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NJCRI distinguishes itself by its over 30 year history of providing HIV/AIDS care and treatment to individuals in Northern New Jersey. We are a strong integrated team between all our departments and our full service model, makes NJCRI unique and a welcome oasis for our community.   We will continue to adapt and support our clients with essential and innovative services.

The North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) is one of New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive HIV/AIDS community-based organization.

Our mission is to "empower our clients by reducing social and health disparities in the greater Newark area.”

Over the past 30 years of service NJCRI has adapted and changed to rally the fight against HIV/AIDS, as well as providing important social services to our community. In 1988, the initial focus was to provide clinical trials in Newark so those that were infected with the HIV virus could gain access to promising investigational treatments. At that time patients were required to travel to New York to receive these services. NJCRI was the first AIDS service organization in New Jersey to provide medical care to those with HIV.  Our staff have published more than 30 research articles and have presented their research findings at local, national and international AIDS conferences.

Today with over 40 different grant-funded programs, NJCRI continues to be on the cutting edge of HIV treatment. We understand that HIV is much larger than just a medical issue, and take pride in providing those in the midst of health disparities with the opportunity to improve their quality of life.  We have taken a holistic approach by streamlining all our services and creating a one-stop resource center for our clients. Named after an esteemed and respected former colleague, the Dr. George Perez Medical Care Center provides care and treatment to both HIV negative and HIV positive patients alike.

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‘Central Park’ releases season 2 trailer ahead of premiere next week

The Tillerman family will be back on June 25

The trailer for season two of Central Park has just been released – check it out below.

The musical comedy series, which features the voices of Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Kathryn Hahn and more, will be returning to Apple TV+ next week on June 25.

A synopsis for season two of Central Park reads: “The Tillerman family continues to navigate living in and caring for the world’s most famous park.

“Molly experiences the trials and tribulations of adolescence, Cole is challenged by a truly embarrassing moment at school, Paige continues to chase down the Mayor’s corruption story and Owen juggles managing the park, his staff and his family all with a smile on his face.

“Meanwhile, Bitsy inches ever closer to her sinister goal of claiming Central Park as her own; with Helen by her side, eternally wondering whether she’s made it into Bitsy’s will. Every step of the way, we are guided along by our friendly, fumbling, fiddler narrator, Birdie.”

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Central Park is written and executive produced by Loren Bouchard, alongside Josh Gad and Nora Smith. Sanjay Shah, Halsted Sullivan, Janelle Momary-Neely, Jon Liebman, Marc Gurvitz and Robin Schwartz also executive produce.

Earlier this year, the show was renewed for a third season after the first had aired.

“Seasons 2 and 3 of Central Park mean 29 more episodes, and something like 115 new songs. 115!” Bouchard wrote on Twitter to announce the news.

“The people who make this show dazzle me with their talent and ambition and will. Apple and 20th have shown their will too. I’m honored to be a part of something with this much chutzpah.”

Season two of Central Park will air on Apple TV+ on June 25.

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Anglo Irish Bank wants to draw a line under its past when its annual results are published next month, according to a front page article in The Sunday Times. You can readily see why. The nationalised bank is the functioning definition of a basket case. Anglo is about to announce the largest loss in Irish corporate history when it writes off €11.2 billion on loans that it will transfer to the National Asset Management Agency (Nama).The loan losses are substantially higher than anticipated and could mean the taxpayer will have to put billions more than expected into Anglo.  In fact, the scale of the losses could also seriously affect plans by Ireland’s two stock market-quoted banks, Allied Irish (AIB) and Bank of Ireland (BOI), to raise money privately.
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Opportunity Zone Fund

Opportunity Zone Program Overview

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 provides tax incentives for investors to re-invest any form of capital gains into Opportunity Zone Funds dedicated to investing in specially created geographic districts called Opportunity Zones. The Opportunity Zone program is designed to promote development in economically distressed areas throughout the U.S. by providing significant tax incentives to investors. The program offers investors three distinct tax benefits for investing in low-income communities through a Qualified Opportunity Fund:

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  2. Reduction of 10% for the original capital gains tax if gains reinvested in an Opportunity Fund are held for 5 years.

  3. Elimination of tax on capital gains for gains accrued after investment in an Opportunity Fund if held for 10 years.

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NORF realized a great opportunity in the creation of an Opportunity Zone Fund to continue its mission in one of our core beliefs of investing in some of the most neglected communities across the gulf south. As a demonstration of NORF’s commitment to these ideals, up to 50% of our properties already developed are currently located within recently designated Opportunity Zones. As further evidence to our commitment, NORF Companies was honored by the Louisiana Landmarks Society with the award of excellence in Historic Preservation for 2019.

After the continuing success of the New Orleans Redevelopment Fund’s (NORF) first two private equity real estate investment funds and its first Opportunity Zone Fund (NORF 3 Opportunity Zone Fund),  NORF 4 Opportunity Zone Fund will leverage NORF’s unique expertise investing in some of the Southeast’s most neglected communities. The Fund will draw upon NORF’s extensive blighted property redevelopment experience utilizing Historic and New Market Tax Credits to optimize investor returns. NORF has identified and begun work on properties in markets including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houston, San Antonio, and will focus on additional areas of the Gulf South.

Opportunity Zone Fund After-Tax Impact

  • After-tax gains of an investment in an Opportunity Zone Fund can far exceed gains from traditional investment strategies.

  • The illustration below represents an example of an investor’s after-tax returns in an Opportunity Zone Fund investment compared to a traditional investment, both appreciating at 10% per year.

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**Assumes a 10-year hold, 10% annual appreciation, and a long-term capital gains rate of 23.8%.

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  • Minimum investment of $50,000

  • New Orleans market developments will have DBE participation when possible.

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March 10, 2021 | Blog

When it comes to air conditioning in your home, the thing that seems to matter the most is how good the unit is in actually providing the kind of air that they want. Today, there are so many different kinds of cooling and heating systems to equip your home with.

Depending on your wants and needs, one unit could be more beneficial to you than the other. If you’re considering replacing your AC system or simply just ready to get a new one, you may be wondering what the differences are when it comes to a central unit or a ductless air unit.

Central Air Conditioning: Pros and Cons

A central air unit, also known as the central air conditioner, is what cools or heats your entire house as one. Most homes are equipped with a central air unit, however, older homes may not have them built-in, in which case, you will have to have  It comes with an outdoor compressor and a condenser coil that is connected to an indoor furnace which is fitted with an evaporator coil. It is also equipped with refrigeration lines that connect the inside and outside equipment. You can program your system to come on once the inside of your home has reached a certain temperature. This allows the regulation of your desired temperature in your home.

Pros to having a central air unit:

  • Reduces humidity levels
  • Cleaner air
  • Quieter operation
  • Effective circulation
  • Less space is taken up
  • Multiple functions

Cons to having a central air unit:

  • Limited liability
  • Hot or cold spots in your house
  • Can potentially cause minor health problems
  • Higher energy bills
  • Duct maintenance

Ductless Mini-Split Air Conditioning

A ductless air unit, also known as a ductless mini-split system, is a lot like a central air unit, but also has many differences. Simply put, they both provide air to your home. Both consist of two units, an air handler on the inside of your home and a condenser on the outside of your home. A ductless air unit is a smaller indoor unit that is actually in the room with you.

Similar to a window unit, a mini-split, or ductless system eliminates the need for air ducts in your house. By pulling in the warm air from the room it’s sitting in, the ductless air system then reproduces it into cold air and then sends it back into the room. Ductless units only condition the air in one room at a time and only in the rooms where there is a unit.

Pros to having a ductless air unit:

  • No need for ductwork or duct maintenance
  • Fast installation
  • Saves space
  • Zoned units
  • Minor maintenance

Cons to having a ductless air unit:

  • Higher up-front cost
  • Appearance
  • Limited heating options
  • Installation costs are higher
  • Louder unit

Both types of HVAC units have their pros and cons, so it is ultimately up to you to decide what you think is best for your home. If you want the same temperature throughout your whole home, a central air unit will most likely be more beneficial to you. If you have a room that tends to get colder or warmer than the other rooms, then a ductless mini-split system may be your best bet.

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Hot Tub Cover Maintenance | Northern Hot Tub Cover

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How To Extend The Life Of Your Hot Tub Cover

One of the most important components of any hot tub is the hot tub cover. Not only are they a vital part of the hot tub's insulation system, they also drastically reduce the amount of dirt and debris that enter the water; keeping the water clean and clear with fewer chemicals and maintenance.

If not properly taken care of, however, hot tub covers can quickly deteriorate. Today, we will discuss some simple ways to maintain and extend the life of your hot tub cover.

Check For Mildew

Over time hot tub covers can begin to grow mildew, especially in the seams. To prevent this from happening check the underside of the cover every few weeks. If you notice any spots of mildew forming, simply spray the areas with a natural enzyme based cleaner like Clean & Perfect and remove them with a cloth or paper towel.

Don't use household cleaners when cleaning your hot tub cover as most contain sudsing agents that can cause a lot of foam to build up in the water and adversely affect the balance of the water.

Open The Cover

Sanitizers like bromine and chlorine are essential to ensuring that your hot tub is safe to use. Unfortunately, they can also damage the underside of your hot tub cover.

This damage occurs when the hot tub cover is left closed for long periods of time. Over time, chlorine/bromine will leave the water and get trapped in the air pocket between the water and the underside of the cover. If not allowed to escape, these chlorine / bromine gases will build up and begin to eat away at the underside of the cover as well as the vapour barrier surrounding the insulating foam.

To prevent this damage simply go out and open your hot tub cover for 5 minutes anytime that the hot tub hasn't been used for more than 4-5 days. This will allow any built up gases to escape and can greatly increase the lifespan of your cover.

For the same reason, you should also leave your hot tub cover fully open for at least 15-30 minutes every time that you "shock" the hot tub. This allows excess chemicals from the shocking process to escape from the hot tub water.

UV Protectant

Over time, the vinyl outer skin of hot tub covers can be damaged by the UV radiation from the Sun; drying the vinyl out and causing it to become brittle and easily torn. To prevent this get a UV protective cleaner designed for hot tub covers. Spray and wipe down the cover every month or so to keep it soft and supple.

Note: Avoid using Armor All or similar cleaners on hot tub covers. Despite their labels saying that they're safe to use on vinyl, we've found that over time Armor All can damage and fade the vinyl skin of the hot tub cover.

Cover Lifter

Not only do cover lifters make it easier to open and close your hot tub cover, they can also prolong the life of the cover. Hot tub covers are commonly damaged when they're regularly removed by hand. Small tears in the seams can form if they're handled roughly and the vinyl outer skin can be punctured by things like loose nails, wood splinters and sharp rocks.

Keeping your cover on a cover lifter eliminates this potential damage, keeping your cover looking better for longer.

Hot Tub Cover Lifter

Cover lifters not only make it easier to open and close your hot tub cover, they can also prolong the life of your hot tub cover.

Check For Small Rips

Small rips or tears in a hot tub cover can cause big problems down the road. To help extend the life of your hot tub cover, do a periodic check for rips and fix any that you come across ASAP. For more info on how to properly repair rips in a hot tub cover, check out our in depth hot tub cover repair guide.

Wrapping Up

Hot tub covers are vital to the both the insulation and filtration system of the hot tub. Following a simple maintenance schedule and doing the odd minor repair will ensure that you get the longest life possible from your cover. No cover lasts forever though and when it is time to replace your cover, make sure that you choose the right one

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The Cover Valet CV400 is a spa cover lift that is suitable for spa covers up to100" and only requires four to six inches of clearance. This cover lift mounts to the edge of the spa cabinet or directly to the deck and works inside most gazebos. It's made of high quality stainless steel hardware and features durable zinc plated and powder coated finish.

The Cover Valet helps you remove your spa cover with ease while keeping your spa cover off the ground and away from the usual wear and tear. Its dual gas springs assist in lifting and lowering the spa cover and the locking safety features holds the cover open until it is time to be closed. Since this spa cover lift is mounted to the top of the spa cabinet the spa cover doubles as a privacy wall.

The Cover Valet CV400 brings ease, convenience in removing your spa or hot tub cover.

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Theatre to host premiere of dark lockdown comedy

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A new dark comedy thriller that emerged from a lockdown idea is being premiered at Sheringham Little Theatre this summer.

My Other Half is the work of Chris Sainton-Clark, a technical apprentice at the theatre, who wrote and self-published the drama during lockdown then secured an Arts Council grant and crowdfunding to bring it to the stage.

It features a couple in their 20s, H and B, who switch bodies in a freak event which gives them a clearer insight into each other’s lives and what shaped them.

Mr Sainton-Clark said: "During lockdown I wanted to do something creative – and realised that in a lot of relationships each partner does not always know what the other is going through.

“The body swap means they learn about each other – with lots of twists and turns along the way.”

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My Other Half will open at Sheringham Theatre on July 9 and 10 from where it will head to St Georges' Theatre in Great Yarmouth on July 13-15.

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Get your dancing shoes on, a soul night is coming to north Norfolk

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Soul music lovers are being invited to a night of live music in Overstrand this month.

Organiser Paul Hensby is bringing the night to north Norfolk in celebration of growing up in the district with this music, and hopes to bring the crowd on a reminiscent journey with him.

The evening will take place from 7.30pm to 11pm at the Belfy Centre in Cromer Road, Overstrand.

Mr Hensby said: 'This music was the soundtrack to the lives of many of us living in North Norfolk when we were teenagers. And the music is so good, it's got a timeless appeal. It's a good now as it was then and a lot of younger people get off on it too.

'If you come along and you're not dancing, see a doctor!'

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Top 4 Paint Colors of 2019

The top four U.S. paint companies share their colors of the year.

Paint colors of 2019

Refresh your home with a revitalizing coat of the most popular paint colors of the year. Captivate a statement wall in the wanderlust palette of cavern clay’s naturescape or revive your living room with an enthusiastic pop of living coral on a statement chair. The top four U.S. paint companies share their colors of the year.

Pantone's Color of the Year

1. Pantone’s color of the year gives a nod to nature with Living Coral. This vibrant swatch plays on the influence of our chromatic ecosystem. Tie in Pantone complexion shades like Rose Dawn, Coral Sands, Burnt Henna, and Candlelight Peach. Continue the tropical color scheme by combining warm Martini Olive, Twill, Forest Biome, or Mauvewood by Pantone.

2. PPG’s paint color of 2019 seeks timelessness over trend. Designers are showing deep blues as a compliment to the upcoming roaring ’20s in design (for 2020). The roaring 20’s design features deep blues mixed with brass fixtures and rich velvet is on trend. This year features the dark hue Night Watch, accompany this mysterious hue with Magic Dust, Blue Willow, or a warm Horseradish.

3. BEHR’s 2019 color of the year is Blueprint, reminiscent of the night watch shade. This universal blue compliments earth tones like Mars Red, Kindling, and jewel tones like Ecological, Rasin’ in the Sun, and Vine Leaf.

Sherwin Williams paint color of the year

4. Sherwin-Williams paint collection color of the year features Cavern Clay. This tone is a bite of bohemian and has the liveliness of nature in a Southwestern desert landscape. The color experts suggest pairing with paint colors like Origami White, Moth Wing, or Dark Clove. A great trend with the Southwestern theme is an accent wall in Cavern Clay with stacked textiles either in rugs or throw pillows.

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Heavy, inflamed eye lids, with meibum that is blocked, a sign of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), can make eyes feel tired.

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Sheffield United have been dealt a potentially blow in their quest to secure automatic promotion to the Premier League.

Influential defender Chris Basham and former Nottingham Forest striker Billy Sharp both limped out of Saturday’s dramatic 1-1 draw with Millwall at Bramall Lane, while John Egan is definitely out of the 12:30pm kick-off, following his straight red card.

United host Forest on Good Friday, looking to reignite their stuttering bid for the top flight, with Saturday’s draw with the Lions gifting Leeds the chance to leapfrog them into second place after their win over the Blades’ city rivals Wednesday.

Wilder admitted after their second successive 1-1 draw, the Blades would face an anxious wait on both injuries ahead of Friday’s showdown with rivals Forest, with 23-goal striker Sharp likely to be a big loss.

“I don't know how serious they are, (they’re) both hamstrings, (but) we don't know to what extent yet,” he said after the game.

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United had been heading for a narrow but vital 1-0 win over Neil Harris’ Lions, before the visitors were awarded a penalty after Egan’s handball.

Former Wednesday man Ben Marshall crashed his 85th minute spot-kick against the bar with Gary Madine’s 51st minute goal looking like proving decisive to keep the Blades second in the division.

That was until Jake Cooper’s diving header five minutes into added time secured a valuable point for Millwall in their quest to avoid the drop into League One, a goal which left the Blades boss somewhat unhappy with referee David Webb.

"As soon as we scored we went backwards, added Wilder, who was far from happy with his players.

John Egan will miss the Forest game

“We needed to get the second but everyone thought we had to go safe. I wanted us to play forward but we got deeper and deeper and from a football point of view, we got what we deserved.

"We invited pressure. All we needed to do was keep playing the same way we did in the first half. We went safe and I've said to them (the players), if you do that you don't deserve to win games of football; they were there for the taking.

"27,000 people see (Ryan) Leonard go through (David) McGoldrick. It's a foul with 30 seconds to go and if he gives it, we get the ball, it's in the corner and we get the win.

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Guantánamo Detainee Transferred To Morocco In First Release Under Biden The Biden administration has transferred a Guantánamo detainee to Morocco, marking the first time a prisoner there has been released since President Biden took office.

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Nearly 800 people have been detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay since it opened in 2002. Today that number is down to 39 - this after the Biden administration transferred one detainee to Morocco. This is the first time a Guantanamo prisoner has been released since President Biden took office, and it signals a renewed effort to shrink Guantanamo's population, maybe to close the prison entirely. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer has made several trips to Guantanamo. She's here now.

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KELLY: So the prisoner released today - who is he? Why was he there?

PFEIFFER: His name is Abdul Latif Nasser. He's a 56-year-old citizen of Morocco. He was captured in Afghanistan in 2001, and military officials say he's a former Taliban fighter. But he was cleared for release from Guantanamo back in 2016 by a parole board that found he was no longer a significant threat to the U.S. But Nasser remained at Gitmo for five more years until the Defense Department announced very early this morning that he's been repatriated to Morocco, his native country. So in total, he spent 19 years at Gitmo despite never being criminally charged with anything.

KELLY: Right. And stay on this point you just made because I cannot get my head around it. He was cleared to be transferred out of Guantanamo five years ago. Why was he still there?

PFEIFFER: Right. His transfer was approved near the end of the Obama administration. But before Nasser could actually be released, President Trump entered office. And you probably remember, Mary Louise, that Obama had pledged to close Gitmo. But then Trump said he wanted to fill it up with, quote, "bad dudes."

PFEIFFER: So the prisoner release process basically came to a halt under President Trump.

KELLY: There are other prisoners - right? - who have been cleared for release but are still at Guantanamo still being held.

PFEIFFER: Yes. There are 10 more Gitmo prisoners in addition to Nasser who are cleared for transfer. Many of those transfer deals were brokered under the Obama - under his administration. Yet the prisoners are still imprisoned. And what's happening now is that the Biden administration is dusting off those old Obama transfer deals and actually releasing prisoners. Biden has said he wants to close Gitmo, and reducing the prisoner population is a gradual way to work toward that goal. I spoke today with the Obama administration official who used to negotiate those Gitmo prisoner transfers, Lee Wolosky, and he said that this is long overdue.

LEE WOLOSKY: We're now 20 years out, and it's about time to wrap up this chapter of our history, to prosecute the individuals, finally, who we can prosecute. And I would note that we still haven't been able to bring the 9/11 conspirators to trial, which is frankly a national embarrassment. And we should release those that we're not going to charge.

PFEIFFER: And by the way, Mary Louise, the majority of Gitmo prisoners - about three-quarters of the 39 left - are what's known as forever prisoners. They've never been charged with anything, but they're being held indefinitely. Nasser may be the best-known forever prisoner because his story was the subject of a Radiolab podcast series. But he's only one of many.

KELLY: And to circle us back to him, to the man at the center of this latest development, have we heard from Abdul Latif Nasser himself?

PFEIFFER: I have not spoken with him. I don't know that anyone has since he's been released. But I did talk today with two of his lawyers. They say they've been told he landed in Morocco at about 2:30 this morning, and they have spoken with his brother, whom they described as ecstatic. But they also call this a miscarriage of justice. Here's attorney Tom Durkin.

TOM DURKIN: It's a tragedy that he was there for 19 years without ever being charged. Not just a tragedy - it's a tremendous black mark for this country as far as I'm concerned.

PFEIFFER: And Durkin also told me he believes the release of Nasser will be the start of a steady winnowing down of Gitmo's prisoner population by the Biden administration. That's widely how this move is being interpreted by anyone who keeps tabs on Gitmo. The 9/11 defendants who are criminally charged - it's possible that rather than go to trial, which hasn't happened in 20 years, they could negotiate settlements with them, sort of deals for life in prison in return for guilty pleas. That's how they may resolve those cases.

KELLY: All right. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer, thanks for your reporting.

PFEIFFER: Thanks for having me.

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Investing for the future: do you have a plan for your retirement?

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The UK population is in a state of worry over personal finances. Research commissioned by Nutmeg1 found that eight in ten people in the UK are stressed about money matters. Not only are we dealing with the rising costs of outgoings, such as bills, food and transport, but many of us are concerned we are not putting enough aside in pensions for our retirement.

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Each category brings with it its own specific worry:

  • Mortgage – nearly half (49%) of people are worried about getting on the property ladder.
  • Supporting parents – more than half (51%) of people are worried about caring for ageing relatives.
  • Pension – more than two-thirds (67%) of UK adults worry they are not putting enough money away to sustain us in our later years.

Of these, it seems the last, pensions, is the top concern. Nutmeg’s research shows there are certain groups who are especially prone to financial worry because of external factors affecting them.

Mid-lifers are most stressed about pensions

Nutmeg found that UK people in the 35-44 age bracket are most likely to worry they are not putting away enough for their retirement (to check if you are investing enough for your retirement, try our pension calculator). In fact, more than three quarters (76%) of them say their greatest financial fear is not having enough for the years after they stop working. This group, along with 45 to 54-year-olds, are suffering from something of a mid-life pension crisis. No longer young and carefree, they know they should be planning for their future, but they find it hard to put money aside when there are so many other demands on their finances, such as raising children or the struggle to get on or move up the property ladder.

Women worry more about pensions than men

The research from Nutmeg found that 68% of women are anxious about their retirement finances compared with 57% of men. On average, women invest about £70 less a month than men into their retirement funds3The implications of this difference are significant as it could add up to a retirement pot worth roughly £164,000 less than the average man, if you assume an average investment growth of 5% a year over the course of a 18-65 working life. This “pension gap” between men and women is about 37%, according to Nutmeg’s research, which is bigger than the pay gap, which was 17.9% among men and women in full or part-time work in 20182. No wonder women are anxious about their retirements.

Would you like some guidance on your finances? As well as providing regulated financial advice, we now offer a low-cost planning service that could help you make better-informed investment decisions.

Freelancers are at risk of being without pensions

The number of self-employed people in the UK has been rising in the last two decades. In 2001, there were 3.3 million working for themselves, but in 2017 there were 4.8 million4.

The introduction of government initiative means those employed by businesses are auto-enrolled into workplace pension, but if you’re self-employed, it’s up to you to set up your own arrangements.

A freelancer’s income can be sporadic. Knowing where the next pay packet is coming from is hard to pin down, so saving for a pension can easily fall down the list of priorities.

Improving pensions for a comfortable retirement

There are many things you can do to improve your chances of a financially comfortable retirement:

  • Start by acting now. Analyse your current incomings and outgoings to see where you’re spending the biggest proportion of your salary and whether you’re saving too much or too little.
  • Use Nutmeg’s financial planning tool to plot how your finances may change over time. These kinds of tools can give you an idea of what you might want to invest.
  • Speak to a Nutmeg financial adviser – we’ll be able to talk you through anything you’re not sure of and give you recommendations based on your current situation
  • Try to pay off any debts, especially those charging the most interest, such as credit cards
  • If you don’t have a pension, set one up. Pension contributions benefit from tax relief, which means they are a very effective way to invest for your future. If you have a workplace pension, consider increasing your regular contributions.
  • Set up a stocks and shares ISA or lifetime ISA. Investment products such as these can help you beat inflation, though be aware that your capital is at risk and you may get back less than you invest.
  • Review your funds once or twice a year to check if you’re still on track and make changes if necessary.
  • Consider bringing all your pension pots into one account. Consolidation can make your retirement fund easier to manage, though it may be worth seeking guidance to ensure you would not give up any useful benefits in the process. Again, Nutmeg’s financial advisers can help.

Take action on your financial future

If you have no real plan or understanding of financial products on the market, you may feel unease about your financial wellbeing.

By understanding what you can afford, you’ll not only get to grips with what this means for your future, but you’ll be able to make smarter choices to make that future more fruitful.

  1. Unless otherwise stated, all the findings in this article come from a survey by Populus, conducted on an online sample of 2,076 GB/UK adults between 2-4 July 2019. Data is weighted to be representative of the population of Great Britain. Targets for quotas and weights are taken from the National Readership Survey, a random probability F2F survey conducted annually with 34,000 adults. Populus is a founder member of the British Polling Council and abides by it rules. For further information see:
  2. According to the Populus research, the average man in the UK invests £197.15 a month into a retirement fund and the average woman invests £125.04 a month.
  3. The gender pay gap is calculated by the Office for National Statistics as the difference between average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men’s earnings. The pay gap of 17.9% among full and part-time employees falls to 6% among full-time employees only, which reflects the fact that women are more likely than men to work part-time jobs, which are lower paid.
  4. Trends in self-employment in the UK’, Office for National Statistics, released 7 February 2018

Risk warning

As with all investing, your capital is at risk. The value of your portfolio with Nutmeg can go down as well as up and you may get back less than you invest. Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance. Tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and may be subject to change in the future.

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The health and safety of our clients, colleagues and community is paramount here at NXT PHASE.

We’re committed to doing our bit in the fight against COVID-19 and following the latest guidance from the government.

Below are the steps we’ve put in place to create a safe environment. Feel free to contact us via support@nxtphasefitness.com if you have any questions or special requirements.

Please stay at home if you or someone in your household show symptoms of COVID-19. Please seek medical advice and let us know for Track & Trace.

Please plan for your visit where possible. Book classes in advance (via our website or app) and make an appointment for a Gym Induction  (020 3793 0879).

Please arrive no earlier than 10 mins before your class or appointment to minimise congestion in reception.

Please arrive in the appropriate gym attire. Where possible, travel home to change as our showering facilities are not in use at this time.

Check-in is contactless. You can use the QR Scanner or alternatively, a colleague can do it on your behalf.

You will have a non-invasive temperature check, be asked to sanitise your hands, and offered optional PPE (i.e. disposable gloves and mask). You will not be able to use the gym / join your class or personal training session if your temperature is 37.8C or greater.

First-time Visitors must sign the Guest Book (for Track & Trace) or complete, sign and date a Medical Form.

You (along with our Colleagues) will sanitise your hands regularly. Hand sanitiser is available throughout the gym and studio.

You (along with our Colleagues) will maintain social distancing where possible on the gym floor and communal areas:

  • Equipment is spaced apart to allow suitable distancing and adequate circulation of gym goers

  • Signs, visual aids and temporary markings provide additional guidance.

Wipe down the equipment once you are finished. Anti-bacterial spray and wipes are available throughout the gym. Our Colleagues will also wipe down equipment throughout the day for extra sanitation.

Double-check that you have wiped down equipment that you used.

Safely dispose of all personal waste, and drop your face towel in the laundry baskets (located by Reception and in the Changing Rooms).

Our timetable allows us to sanitise the studio in between classes.

You will not be allowed to join the class if you arrive more than 10 minutes late.

Each class is capped at 70% occupancy.

For each class, your instructor will:

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Lifestyle Pig Farming

All about raising pigs on a small scale

Understanding the principles of caring for pigs on a small scale is very important. Below are some of the requirements relevant to pig farming in New Zealand.

Resource Management Act 1991

Directs every person to avoid, remedy or mitigate any adverse effects on the environment. District, city and regional councils are responsible for compiling plans and rules which cover resource management in their local area.

District and Regional plans

Your local councils (city, regional and district) have rules about where pigs can be raised and resource management requirements. Contact your relevant councils for details. You can check your relevant councils here.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Owners and the person in charge of an animal are required to ensure that the physical, health, and behavioural needs of animals are met and that pain and distress of ill or injured animals is alleviated. The standards of care for pigs are described in the Code of Welfare for Pigs, it can be downloaded from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Feeding waste food

The Biosecurity (meat and food waste for pigs) Regulations2005 requires that any feed containing meat or meat products (e.g. ham, bacon) or that has come in contact with meat (e.g., sandwiches, pies) must be heated at 100C for one hour BEFORE it can be fed to pigs. Read here for details.

Protecting New Zealand

To help protect our disease free status the Biosecurity Act requires that any suspected exotic diseases or pests are reported to MPI's 24 hour hotline 0800 80 99 66.

Animal Products Act 1999(part 6)

Regulates who can kill and process an animal.

Key points are:

  • You must have owned or cared for the animal for28 days prior to slaughter if you wish to sell the meat
  • More information on Home Kill (the slaughtering and butchering of your own animal either by yourself or a listed Home Kill service provider) is provided here
  • A list of registered home-kill butchers is maintained by MPI.  You or a registered home-kill provider can kill and process animals for your personal use
  • Animals for commercial sale must be slaughtered at a registered facility. A home-kill butcher is NOT permitted to kill animals for sale
  • Contact NZPork for details of a licensed premise close to you.

Moving animals

All animals that are transported to slaughter, or from one property to another where there is a different person in charge, MUST have an Animal Status Declaration (ASD) completed and signed. Single use ASD for Pigs forms can be downloaded here.

NZPork provides registered pork producers with ASD books free of charge and to other farmers for a cost of $25 for a book of 25 forms. To order books please send your order to:

Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

This Act regulates what treatments you can give your pigs. You may need to consult with MPI or your veterinarian.


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Market Penetration [Definition & Strategy]

What is market penetration?

Market-penetration rate is a metric that tells you what share of the whole potential market a product or a business has achieved. It is calculated as a percentage. The market is shared with competitors in the same sector, which are targeting the same people with the same product or service.

For example, Apple, Samsung, and Huawei share the smartphone market. They all calculate their market penetration by comparing their own results (e.g. volume of smartphones sold) against the potential market (number of people willing to buy a smartphone).

What is a market-penetration strategy?

The goal of a market-penetration strategy is to increase a company’s market-penetration rate. The main objective is for the product to account for the majority of the market. For example, Google is the standout in the search-engine market.

A market-penetration strategy helps a company with its growth. Along with product development and diversification, it is one of the three tactics a company can use to grow.

How can you penetrate your market?

Your market-penetration strategy depends on what you are trying to do. Do you want to introduce a new product to an existing market? Are you trying to target a new segment? When setting out your plan, focus on one main goal where there are growth opportunities.

Then, you will need product development, tech, sales, marketing, and financial services to help you achieve your objective: opening up new distribution channels, changing your pricing, increasing your sales efforts, optimizing your product, etc.

How do you measure market penetration?

The calculation for measuring market penetration is very easy.

Market penetration = (number of products sold or customers / target market size) x 100

For example, for a vegan and organic hand cream, the target market size is 200 million city-dwelling young women. A beauty brand has sold 12 million units of this hand cream. The market-penetration rate can be calculated as follows: (12 million / 200 million) x 100 = 6%.

What business tools can be used to calculate market penetration?

No specific tools need to be used for the calculation. However, there are software packages that can help with the most difficult part of measuring market penetration: obtaining the two metrics used for the calculation.

  • Number of product sold or number of customers
  • Target market size

To find out the number of products sold or of customers, you need to use your CRM or accounting software/database.

There are several possible methods of finding out the target market size. Depending on the nature of your target market, you need to access data. How many young women between the age of 18 and 25 live in a country’s cities? How many parents aged 30 to 45 with more than two children live in the countryside in this specific geographic area? This is data you need to have and some geomarketing tools, like OALLEY, can provide it for you.

With OALLEY, you can draw your market areas and then access demographic data (age, gender, socio-economic classification, households and more), either as absolute figures (e.g. 5,000 inhabitants) or as percentages (e.g. 62% live in houses, 38% live in apartments). You can compare this with the data from your CRM or accounting software. To make this comparison, you can also import this data into OALLEY, so that you can have a visual representation of where the datapoints are located in the area.  Start analyzing your area.

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Aug 11, 2018

I started my weight loss journey again on June 27 after visiting my oldest daughter, husband and kids in Florida. My mom, who was also visiting from Puerto Rico, made fun of my weight and how I look, mercilessly, nonstop, and really thought it was funny and okay to ridicule me in front of the family. I felt hurt, very hurt, and decided that enough was enough.

I returned home determined this time to get rid of this excess fat once and for all, for good. I started dieting and 8 days later I joined the gym and got a personal trainer. At first, I would just think about my mother's rude jokes about my weight and it would bring tears to my eyes as I did my water aerobics. No one saw my tears because my face would be wet from the water, but I felt angry and the angrier I would feel, the harder I would work out in the water.

I am happy to say that I've kept up with my exercising and healthy eating, and I'm thrilled that I'm finally seeing the results of my working out on a regular basis. I haven't been working out with my personal trainer because I owe money for the training sessions, but I've been able to use the facilities and I do take advantage of it. I love doing water aerobics. I also have done the treadmill and the other night, my daughter and I did the bikes, but my butt wasn't too happy with that one. My current weight is between 223-225 pounds, and although the scale doesn't make me too happy, I can see that I look slimmer now than what I did when I reached 215 last summer when I tried losing weight without exercising. I can't and won't let my guard down. I've gone down this same path too many times in the last 10 years or so.

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In true entrepreneurial spirit, Boston-based Kyle Waring is trying to make the best of a difficult situation. Boston has experienced one of the worst winters this year, receiving a record-breaking 8.3 feet of snow. Instead of complaining about it like most people, Kyle is actually attempting to make a profit by selling the excess snow.

The Massachusetts native created a start-up called ‘Ship Snow’, through which he’s delivering chunks of snow to people living in warmer areas of the US where snow rarely falls. “This snow is wicked,” the official website reads. “This is historic snow. Boston Snow. This is your chance to not only own a piece of history, but also help save Boston from #Snowmageddon 2015! Every order counts!” The packaging options include a 16.9 oz snow bottle for $19.99, a 6 lbs. box of packed snow for $89, and a 10-pound package for $119. The website promises to deliver snow to any destination in the U.S. in 20 hours flat. But there’s an exception: “We will not ship snow to any states in the northeast! We’re in the business of expunging snow!”

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Dutch Artist Takes Taxidermy to a Whole New Level of Creepiness

28-year-old Noortje Zijlstra is a part of a new group of Dutch artists who are gaining recognition for their fusion of taxidermy and art. Noortje, in particular, takes the macabre practice of taxidermy to the next level – some of her pieces include a white dove’s head mounted on a shuttlecock,  a stuffed squirrel standing on its hind legs with a test tube in its throat serving as a flower holder, and a single preserved baby chicken leg mounted on a wooden stand, covered in fluffy white feathers. Her studio is also home to a family of mice with their hides replaced by decorative colored sugar.

“My work fuses taxidermy and art, sometimes creating work that may shock or even revolt, but I hope it serves as a catalyst for conversation,” she said. Her latest work involves a frozen crow carcass; she’s not yet sure what it’s going to become, but she hopes that the final piece gets people talking. During an interview with AFP, she demonstrated how she cuts into the bird’s breastbone before removing its insides. “This is what I do,” she said. “I take its ‘jacket’ off and use it as a medium for art. As soon as that happens, it ceases to be a dead animal.”

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Tiny Pony Gets Periscope So He Can See Out of His Stall

At 43 inches, Pedro, an adorable pint-sized Shetland pony, is so small that he can’t even see over his own stable door. Fortunately, a group of schoolchildren recently found a solution to his problem – they designed a special equine periscope just for him. The cardboard contraption, aptly named the ‘Pedroscope’, is fixed to the 60-inch gate and uses carefully placed mirrors in order to give 14-year-old Pedro a view of the world outside his stall.

Owing to his small stature, Pedro was given a home at Ebony Horse Club, a struggling charity in London that gives disadvantaged children a chance to engage with horses. But builders estimated that it would cost thousands of pounds to create a custom-made miniature stable for the cute pony. So the charity turned to local school children for help, and they rose to the occasion quite beautifully. They came up with the design for the cardboard periscope, which was later built by printing firm Print & Cut.

“We got an email from the Ebony Horse Club who were asking for our help, it was so nice, and a little bit funny, that we decided to give it a go,” said Andy Morris, owner of Print & Cut. “The sketch was sent to us and then I turned it into a 3D sketch with some software, and then it was sent to be made. It was all quite easy, and we did it for free to help Pedro. As soon as I saw it, I thought it was funny and knew it would be relatively easy for us to do, and we’d make the pony and children pretty happy.”

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German Pastafarian Seeks Recognition for Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

In case you haven’t heard of it before, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, also known as Pastafarianism (a cross between pasta and Rastafarian) is a movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion, and is generally viewed by the media as a satirical take on organized religion. But 63-year-old German retiree Rüdiger Weida takes his Pastafarianism quite seriously – he established his own church chapter in the town of Templin, in September of last year, and is now trying his best to get it legally recognized by the state!

Weekly noodle worship at Weida’s church begins at 10 a.m. every Friday. The basic mass format is somewhat similar to mainstream Christian churches – there’s an altar, a time for prayers, scripture readings, hymns and a Holy Communion. But the similarities end there. The wine and bread are replaced by beer and of course, cooked strands of spaghetti, and parishioners hey say “Ramen” instead of “Amen” and chant “Beer-alleluia” at the end of the service. As the leader of this unusual church, Weida, who goes by the alias“Bruder Spaghettus”, acts as the “Noodler”, which means he presides over the service wearing a long yellow robe and a pink stole.

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World’s Most Expensive Chocolate Costs a Whopping $260 per 42-Gram Bar

If you’re looking for the finest dark chocolate money can buy, you might want to try , a delicate, handmade chocolate, made from the finest cacao beans Ecuador has to offer. At a hefty $260 per 1.5 ounce-bar, it is the most expensive chocolate in the world.

According to the makers of To’ak, 95 percent of the world’s chocolate is made from mass-produced beans, whereas they use rare cacao seeds harvested from the coast of Ecuador. These seeds are fermented and converted into liquid chocolate, which is then hand-moulded into bars. Each bar contains 81 percent cacao, and requires 36 different steps to create. Finally, a single, hand-selected, hand-measured, shelled cacao bean is placed in the center. The bean, measuring between 7 and 8 mm, has to fit perfectly.

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This Man Has Photographed Everything His Right Hand Has Touched in the Last 11 Years

Alberto Frigo is a man on a mission – for the past 11 years the 36-year old Italian has been photographing every single object that his right hand has touched. And he plans on continuing the bizarre project until he reaches retirement in the year 2040.

Frigo said that he had been fascinated about the idea of recording his life many years before he began the project. He tried embedded cameras for a while, but found the experience frustrating. Writing a journal did not appeal to him either, because the writing eventually fades.

The idea finally came to him in September 2003, and he started photographing every object his right hand came into contact with. Soon, he got so addicted to it that he simply couldn’t stop. And now it’s become a habit. “At this stage, my left hand now naturally photographs my right hand using objects without me really thinking about it.”

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World’s First “Beauty Chocolate” Keeps Your Skin Looking Young

Developed by a Cambridge University affiliated laboratory, Esthechoc is being touted as the world’s first ‘beauty chocolate’. It’s a dark chocolate with 70 percent cocoa containing high levels of two powerful anti-oxidants which help reverse the skin’s natural ageing process.

A 7.5g piece of Esthechoc has as many cocoa flavanols as a 100g piece of regular chocolate, and the same amount of astaxanthin as 300g of wild salmon. These substances are believed to help improve blood circulation and increase blood supply to the skin, making it look healthier and younger. Cambridge-based bio-medical company Lycotec tested the chocolate on volunteers aged between 50 and 60, and recorded visible benefits in just three weeks.

“After 3-4 weeks of daily intake by 50-60 year old volunteers, the Beauty Chocolate was able to not only suppress markers of sub-clinical inflammatory damage in their blood, but also reverse their age-related depression of microcirculation and blood supply to such peripheral tissues as subcutaneous fat and skin,” Lycotec claims in a post on its website. “This consequently resulted in a significant boost of oxygen delivery to these tissues and restoration of their respiration – the essential physiological need in controlling and supporting skin health.”

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Meet Tomoko Kanda, Japan’s Cutest Female Bodybuilder. She Is 48 Years Old!

People often believe that female bodybuilders have to compromise on their feminine charm in order to lift heavy and win competitions, but Japanese bodybuilder Tomoko Kanda is proving them wrong. The 48-year-old has dedicated her life to bodybuilding and weight training, but also managed to retain her feminine beauty.

Tomoko, who lives in Abeno-Ku, Osaka, was introduced to the world of bodybuilding during her years working for the Department of Defense at Yokota Air Base. “I got fat very easily because of my body type, so a soldier there told me about weight training,” she recalled. “I first did it to lose weight. I was 23 at the time, a late bloomer.”

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Welcome to the World’s Only Retirement Home for Old Cats

The Lincolnshire Trust for Cats, in Lincolnshire, England is a charity that claims to be running the world’s only retirement home for cats. It is currently  home to nearly 80 elderly cats living out their last days in comfort.

The retirement home caters specifically to cat owners who are worried about what will happen to their pets if they outlive them. “Would you want your lifelong friend to be put in a pen for the rest of its life, with no hope of a home because of its age,” the trust website asks. “We all tend to think we live forever but we need to remember that our pets deserve our consideration and may well outlive us.”

So Lincolnshire Trust for Cats provides an alternative – a safe place where cats can grow old and die in peace. The unique home is located on seven acres of land on the outskirts of Osgodby village. It has three centrally-heated sitting rooms connected by enclosed outdoor areas, and every room is designed to be facing south, so that the cats can enjoy plenty of sun-bathing. Felines are fed top-quality food and enjoy a variety of amenities, like heated beds, sofas and even a fireplace.

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15-Year-Old Girl Hires CEO to Run Her Successful Nanny Agency While She Attends High-School

15-year-old New Yorker Noa Mintz is one of the youngest people in the world to own a successful start-up. The teen entrepreneur is the founder of ‘Nannies by Noa’, a popular baby sitting agency that she started after a number of bad personal experiences with babysitters, but because she is still in school she needed someone to handle business for her. So she just hired a CEO.

Although Mintz agency was doing well, she simply couldn’t find time to handle the ‘excruciating hours’ and ‘hundreds of emails’ along with homework. So she decided to delegate the responsibility of running the business, and her decision has paid off. The agency now serves almost 200 clients in the tri-state area, providing them with baby sitters as well as full-time nannies.

It all started three years ago, when Mintz, a sixth-grader, spent the first half of her summer vacation interning at a nonprofit. Subsequently, she spent the second half brainstorming for her nanny agency. It stemmed from the fact that Mintz, the eldest of four, always found flaws with her own babysitters. She realized that there must be a better way of pairing families with the right caregivers. “For what you’re paying, your kids should be more stimulated,” she explained. “At seven, I would tell my mom, ‘You need to get more bang for your buck.’ It would drive me insane.” So Mintz accepted a challenge from her mother to find a better babysitter for their family, and succeeded. Soon, she started helping out her mother’s friends too.

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Japanese Farmers Somehow Create Eggs That Smell Like Citrus Fruit

Only in Japan can you find strange foods like garlic flavored cola, deep-fried maple leaves, and delicious water cake, but citrus-scented eggs are pretty strange, even by its standards. And yet these fruit-smelling eggs do exist thanks to a producer in Kochi Prefecture, in the southwest corner of Shikoku island.

The special eggs, called ‘yuzu tama’, supposedly smell and taste like yuzu – one of Japan’s most loved citrus fruits. A yuzu looks like a wrinkly cross between a lemon and an orange and tastes like a combination of grapefruit and mandarin. It grows in abundance in Kochi and is used widely in Japanese cuisine.

Surprisingly, the yuzu tama don’t contain any chemical additives or flavorings. They are produced merely by feeding chickens copious amounts of yuzu peel, along with kale, non-GMO corn and sesame seeds. The resultant eggs don’t look very different from regular eggs, but they supposedly smell tantalizingly citrusy, even before they’re cracked open.

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Woman Formerly Known as Ladyzunga Cyborg Changes Name to Abcdefg Hijklmn Opqrst Uvwxyz

A Colombian woman recently changed her name to include all 26 letters in alphabetical order. So her first name is Abcdefg Hijklmn and her last name is Opqrst Uvwxyz. We’re not sure what she’s having people call her, but it’s probably something short, like Abc.

Before she turned to the alphabet, the 36-year-old Bogota resident used to go by ‘Ladyzunga Cyborg’, also a name that she fashioned for herself. In fact, the woman is known to have habitually changed her name several times in the past, but the alphabet name is probably her weirdest one yet.

Miss Abc revealed the reason behind her bizarre new name in a recent interview with a Colombian TV station. “I started looking for a name that nobody had in Colombia, or the world, so I thought ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ,” she said. “I’ve changed my name so people wouldn’t know it’s me. It’s not because I was disturbed by it, but because I always wanted to bring an element of surprise.”

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Cicada 3301 – The Internet’s Most Baffling Mystery

Cicada 3301 is often referred to as the internet’s most elaborate and mysterious puzzle, one that often leaves cryptoanalysts and hackers scratching their heads. A sort of cross between a contest, job interview and highly complex puzzle, Cicada 3301 recurs each year, but no one knows who is behind it or what prize awaits the person who solves it.

The first internet puzzle appeared online on January 5, 2012, and two subsequent rounds were released on the same day of the following years. During the first year, Cicada 3301 started with a picture on 4Chan, along with the message: “Hello. We are looking for highly intelligent individuals. To find them, we have devised a test. There is a message hidden in this image. Find it, and it will lead you on the road to finding us. We look forward to meeting the few that will make it all the way through.” The message was simply signed 3301.

The ensuing puzzle provided focused heavily on data security, cryptography and steganography. The clues were scattered in locations all over the world – from the US to France and Poland, within various forms of communication including the internet, telephone, bootable Linux CDs, digital images, and physical paper signs. The clues have also referenced several books, poetry, artwork and music. Clues are always signed by the same cryptic private key to confirm authenticity.

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This Poor Man Wanted the Tattoo of His Dreams, Got a Permanent Nightmare

When 29-year-old Didier Jacquemin set out to get the tattoo of his dreams, little did he know that it would turn out to be a huge disaster. While the image he desired was a beautiful forest scenery complete with birds in flight, the tattoo he ultimately got was the stuff of nightmares!

Didier, a resident of Liege, Belgium, said that he found the original pattern on the internet and immediately fell in love with it. So he printed the image and took it to a local tattoo parlor on January 15, asking for a replica. The artist agreed to do the artistic tattoo, but ultimately delivered something that seems drawn by a 4-year-old.

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Chinese Prison Uses Fake Mini City to Help Longtime Inmates Adjust to Modern Life

In an attempt to make long-term inmates more comfortable with modern technology, a Chinese prison has built a fake mini city within its walls. Located in Beijing, the prison campus features a small supermarket, internet café, and even a fake subway station!

These structures are meant for inmates who have spent the last 20 years locked up and have no idea of the developments that have taken place outside during this time. “The project aims to give a micro view of the new society that now exists,” said guard Liang Chiu. “Prisoners were very often finding it difficult to adjust to life outside and now they are being taught how bank cards work, mobile phones and even computers, which most of them would have had no experience with before they ended up being jailed.”

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21 Mar 2013

The Book of Mormon – A Masterclass in Marketing

Despite double and triple dip recessions the West End has never looked healthier. The number of people paying to see a London musical or play is constantly rising, and new shows continue to open each month, each fighting above the noise to be the commercial and critical success of the season. This growth however means that the London theatregoer is presented with a wide selection of shows that are vying for their hard earned money, and with premium ticket prices slowly edging up towards the £100 mark, choosing which show to see has become much more of an investment.

There surely cannot be a Londoner who has not heard of the hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon in some form. Whether it be their formidable presence on social media, their regular Evening Standard take overs or the iconic images on escalators and buses, ‘Mormon-Mania’ has certainly taken over the city. Even those who do not keep up with the comings and goings of West End shows are bound to have noticed the efforts employed by the marketing team to make sure The Book of Mormon is the show everyone is talking about this spring, but what is it about their campaign that makes them stand out from the other dozens of shows equally fighting for our attention?

Creating a Brand

The answer surely has to do with the show (or for the purpose of this discussion, the ‘brand’) being a wholly American one. Unlike the majority of major shows in the West End, The Book of Mormon is not based on a film, nor a collection of hits from well-loved musicians, but is instead an original book musical, the likes of which is sadly rarely seen on the commercial West End. True, the show relies somewhat on the writers association with ‘South Park’, but this is as exclusive as it is appealing, given that the popularity of the TV series is incomparable with what it is in the USA. What Producers of the show have done is create the first modern day ‘brand’ out of an original musical, that is as effective as it is overwhelming. Broadway is a much more cut-throat commercially dependent industry than its UK counterpart, and is not blessed with the public financial support that blesses many UK venues. There is no Arts Council, there are few subsidised theatres and no National Theatre to exhume £18million from the tax-payers each year. This results in a more competitive industry, where shows, especially big budget musicals, need to fight for survival and are quickly closed if targets are not met.

The Book of Mormon opened in the 2011 Broadway season and was the runaway success of the year. Even in the first two weeks of previews it was playing to 95% capacity audiences, which escalated to 102% after just three weeks, and has remained at that level ever since (the additional 2% takes into account the standing room tickets that are only sold when every seat has been sold). Two years on, it continues to perform 8 times a week to sold out crowds, and the average price of a ticket is creeping up to over $200, resulting in weekly grosses in excess of $1.6million. This success is hard to ignore, and obviously one which producers hope to replicate when the show opens officially in London’s West End on 21 March 2013.

The success of the show has been attributed to many factors:

  • Critical praise: The New York Times’ Ben Brantley, who holds so much significance to the success of a production in a way some UK reviewers desperately try to emulate called it ‘the best musical of this century’. This was matched by publications from around the world, adding to the hype and giving it the ‘must see’ label.
  • Tony Awards: The most highly coveted awards in worldwide theatre awarded the production 14 nominations and 8 awards, including the ‘big three’ of Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book. After the awards telecast, the show’s Grammy Award Winning Cast Album rocketed into the US Billboard charts at #3, becoming the first musical album to do so in four decades.
  • Word of Mouth: Perhaps the slowest burner in terms of ticket sales, but the most effective method of conversion. People are more likely to see a show if recommended by a friend, and this show has been the talk of dinner parties, bus rides and the school gate pick-up.
Despite all of these factors, I believe the marketing of the show has had the most significant effect on ticket sales. The same model is currently being used in London to promote the European premiere, but has it achieved the same effect? Are UK audiences ready to be sold a ‘brand’ when wanting to choose an evening at the theatre? The proof as they say will be in the pudding, but for now we can examine the methods used by producers to market the show to see exactly how this marketing machine has taken off and left other shows trailing behind in its shadow. These three things are particularly effective especially within the theatre community, but any producer worth their salt knows that real world marketing is the most difficult nut to crack. Theatre can not sustain itself by relying on a small group of people – for a show to succeed, the marketing must reach beyond the ‘traditional theatre goer’ and attract those who didn’t know they possibly could be fans of a brand new musical.
Announcing the Show – Make Your Audience Wait

As Mama Rose tells Louise as she is preparing to take off her clothes for the first time in public, ‘always leave them wanting more’. Since the hype of the Broadway production was so great it was only a matter of time until London audiences were treated to this theatrical delight. Rather than fast-tack the show to ride on the back of the Tony wave, UK Producer Sonia Friedman clearly thought carefully about when to bring the show to London. After teasing newspaper columnists with the news of it coming in 2012, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone seemed adamant that a transfer wouldn’t happen until they had finished work on the 16th series of ‘South Park’. By this time however people knew the Mormons were coming, and online speculation grew as to where, when and how it would land. Whether the 2012 Summer Olympics proved to be too much of a hurdle is unclear, but news of the show’s opening was leaked to the Daily Mail, before details were drip-fed to fans. This scramble for information only heightened the anticipation, which was at fever pitch by the time the official announcement was later made.

‘The Mormons Are Coming’ – Create a Panic

The artwork for the show has become one of the most iconic in recent history, and has helped the brand become an international phenomenon. Not since the days of the 80s mega musicals has a production’s art work been as highly regarded in the ‘normal’ advertising markets. Unlike other Broadway to West End transfers such as Wicked (2006) and Avenue Q (2006) whose artwork went through subtle changes during the Atlantic crossing, The Book of Mormon stuck with their black on white figure and signature doorknob for the UK market. The usual methods were employed with takeovers of buses, cabs and escalators reaching out to the average Londoner, but instead of using the title of the show, a clever tag line, “The Mormons are Coming” was used to add to the ever bubbling anticipation. Although it kept commuters talking, some were confused at the campaign, with some thinking that was the name of the show, even after posters were replaced with the ‘Now in Previews’ strap-line.

House Full – Or Is It?

How do you make something instantly attractive? By making it unobtainable. The term ‘Sold Out’ has become almost synonymous with the show since tickets went on sale last year, with the previews being the first tickets to go. Whilst this seems to be a current trend by West End producers to hopefully boost interest in a show, this method certainly worked at the Prince of Wales. Added to the fact that tickets were only released one month at a time, genuine panic buying ensued as theatre fans booked up to see the show as soon as they could. Magazine and TV features claiming the show was set to be the biggest opening of the year created a ‘must see’ mentality, as no one wanted to be left behind in the rush. The show has faced some online criticism for claiming it is sold out when tickets were readily available online. Although it is certainly true that tickets are hard to come by, especially in the early months, the confusion was somewhat detrimental in the early stages and people saw through the marketing ploy. At least producers were almost telling the truth, unlike those at Viva Forever who proudly claimed in the media that the Spice Girls musical at the Piccadilly Theatre was unavailable for months, when in reality hundreds of discounted seats were left available for each performance. The ease of online booking systems means that such bold statements have to be carefully controlled, as audiences are only ever a couple of clicks away from disproving such claims. Whilst releasing tickets for The Book of Mormon at a monthly pace worked initially, the system proved somewhat confusing for both ticket retailers and consumers, and as of Friday 20 March the booking period has been extended into 2014.

First Preview – Creating Lines Around the Block

One of the biggest headline grabbing stunts occurred before the show’s marquee had even been completed. Producers used Twitter and Facebook to reveal that a surprise preview performance was going to happen on Monday 25th February, the day before the previously announced first preview. All tickets for this sneak peak would be priced at £20, with unreserved seating meaning the keenest Mormon fans would be rewarded for their loyalty. The catch was that to stand a chance to secure a ticket potential audience members had to wait in line outside the box office, which opened at 12 noon. Lines started from 10pm the night before, and it wasn’t long before the producers had exactly what they were after – a line wrapping around the block full of converted fans raring up for a bargain. As the lines continued to build, stretching more than 500 feet, the news cameras came to find out exactly what it was about the show that had people waiting for hours in the freezing cold. The most interesting thing that this publicity stunt proved was the breadth of support base the show had already attracted. This wasn’t the 14 year old Idina Menzel fans that regularly line up outside the Victoria Palace for returns at Wicked but the crowd included the most diverse collection of ages, races, genders and personality.

Love Mormon – The Power of the Hashtag

Anyone who works in advertising or marketing has come to know the power of the hashtag. Twitter is quickly becoming one of the most viral forms of social media, and hashtags are a way to group together what people are talking about at any one point. On leaving the Prince of Wales Theatre ushers are handing out business cards which encourage audience members to share their thoughts online by using #LoveMormon. These have been collected together to create a Twitter collage on their website LoveMormon.com, and audience members have been encouraged to find their own tweets in the picture. When shows have long preview periods, social media can either be a friend or a foe, and this is an example of producers using the voices of the masses to keep the hype bubbling before the more ‘official’ reviews are considered. Printed adverts including Twitter reviews are being used in Time Out and the Evening Standard, adding another interactive aspect to the show, speaking directly to the audience and marketing the ‘brand’ as one that is endorsed by peers and the theatre-going public in 140 characters, rather than (to use the words of Jennifer Saunders) ‘five balding men’ in a national newspapers. Rather than coming across as a publicity attempt to be ‘down with the kids’, this direct link between audiences and the show has set the bar high for future, and current productions.

Facebook – We All Want to be ‘Liked’

Twitter’s older and somewhat wayward relative Facebook has also been utilised to the max, and the show’s official London page now has over 30,000 ‘likes’. To reach this level of social media esteem, Producers incentivised users with the offer of free tickets and competitions to those who shared their posts, widening their reach even further into the online stratosphere. If the American model is to be used as a marker, this involvement is set to continue, with fans earning ‘points’ based on their level of activity that can then be cashed in for a range of exclusive goodies, as well as tickets. The team in charge of the show’s social media activity certainly knows how to engage fans, with daily posts, pictures, videos and comments that have helped the Broadway page attract almost 400,000 ‘likes’ which continues to grow exponentially. Exclusive priceless gifts such as tickets to a dress rehearsal and signed memorabilia were a perfect way to reward fans and make them do most of the work for you. Online and social media endorsement is one of the most effective, and cheapest methods of marketing, but also one that many productions fail to handle well.

In Conclusion

After the show formally opens on March 21, many would think that from here on in the hard work is done and the ‘brand’ will continue to sell itself. In many cases this may be true, but in a heavily saturated market that relies on new audiences and seasonal traffic, the hard work is far from over. Some may argue that this marketing method has been so overwhelming that it has the potential to create the opposite effect, as other hit Broadway transfers such as Once the Musical and A Chorus Line have been left somewhat in the dark. Some within the industry have criticized this method, calling it too commercial and brand focuses, saying it has removed the art from theatre industry. Although I agree with this on some level, I feel ticket sales and box office receipts will say otherwise, as The Book of Mormon will prove to be the biggest West End hit of the year, and will set the marketing bench-mark for future ‘brands’ to compete against.

Rebecca is a cheeky London lady with a love of theatre, cheese and wine (preferably all at the same time!) She graduated from Goldsmiths (University of London) with a First Class Honours degree in Drama and Theatre Arts and later went on to study for an NCTJ postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

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The historic record of 10 million bpd was reached during November, 1970 when US oil prices were still below US$3. This record was close to being surpassed in 2015 when US production peaked during April at 9.6 million bbls. Production then dropped 1 million bpd over 18 months as oil prices fell from above 100 to below US$40. Based on proprietary and detailed well level data, Rystad Energy sees current US production bouncing back twice as fast as it dropped, reaching 9.4 million bbls on May 31st. And, this very steep growth comes with US oil prices locked below the price most analysts estimated as a minimum to grow US oil production. The US Energy Information Administration just released their latest official data for March at 9.1 million bpd. Rystad Energy believes this implies another upward revision of the EIA’s official oil production outlook for the US, which is now at 9.74 million bbls for December 2017.

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