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Upcoming Oktoberfest Events

Contributor Holly Beretto lines up some upcoming Oktoberfest celebrations.

Friday and Saturday: Noon – 11:00 p.m.
Sunday: Noon – 6 p.m.
Adults: $8; kids under 12: FREE
Held in Kemah's Lighthouse District, look for a weekend of the best hand-crafted beers available from Germany, Holland and across Europe. Family friendly and fun, expect great food to accompany those great libations.

October 5
$35 ($5 discount for UFO members)
Local beer writer and bar man Joshua Justice will be hosting an Oktoberfest tasting at downtown's Flying Saucer. The tasting will include a two-course lunch and a lecture on the history of the fest and on Märzen beers, the traditional lager poured every year around this time.

Through Oct. 6
Combining craft beers with a gourmet brat. Can you think of any better way to celebrate Oktoberfest? The Hay Merchant is known for its high-end beers and this month the bar is teaming up with Underbelly's Chris Shepherd, whose signature brats (formally only available on the club level of Reliant Stadium during Texans games. Their Bratoberfest features Shepherd's slow-cooked bratwurst with hints of garlic and nutmeg, served on a pretzel bun and topped with butter-braised onions for $9 that you can pair with an array of Okbotberfest beer selections from Left Hand, Karbach, Brooklyn and Real Ale.

October 19
Northwest Mall
Gates open at 2 p.m. for this family-friendly event featuring German food booth vendors and a variety of German beers. Guests can bring lawn chairs onto the site and hang out, listening to traditional music as well as taking part in games like the Stein Race, a Barrel Role and a Brat Toss.

This German-style bar offers authentic Bavarian food and beers throughout the year, so if you're looking for a European experience without a chaotic festival, this is your spot.

Oct. 5
5 – 9 p.m.
Stroll the aisles of this trendy shop in The Woodlands and sample German beers and brats, and listen to live oompah music. The event is free, but donations to the FAITH "Fighting Cancer" charity are appreciated.

Saturday (October 5) 2 to 7 p.m.
1501 Silver Street
Lucky's Pub has partnered with the Houston Press to host an Oktoberfest Brewfest featuring several pumpkin ales and Oktoberfest lagers from local and national breweries. Local food trucks will be on site, including Third Coast and Tha 1 Truck. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door.

This annual celebration always begins at the end of September, the traditional beginning of this beer fest, and runs through the month of October. Stop in from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday of every week until November 2 for discounted authentic German fare. More info here.
–Holly Beretto

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What’s Your Favourite Comforting Read?

You can always rely on a comforting read to make you feel good.

Whether you want something to help you relax, to take you somewhere far away or just distract you from unsettling times, books can be a great companion or source of escapism. And now, more than ever, is the perfect time to reach for a reliable read and get lost in its pages.

I spoke to some of my favourite people in the book community about their own go-to comforting reads and why they’re so special to them. From childhood favourites and laugh-out-loud reads, to heartwarming stories and beautiful writing, here’s what they had to say about their top picks!

Corey Terrett, Book Blogger

Lanny, Max Porter

My favourite book from last year and one of my favourite authors. His writing transports you somewhere else – it’s creative, original and it’s a gorgeous, comforting read. His first book Grief is the Thing with Feathers is another gorgeous book about grief that I also love.

Anything from David Nicholls

He is one of my favourite authors and he writes beautifully – you could easily spend an entire afternoon reading his novels. His characters are wonderful and they stay with you. His latest novel Sweet Sorrow is a quiet, comforting read about young love and One Day is one of my favourite ever books – comfort reading for the soul.

I love poetry and always turn back to it when I’m looking for a comfort read or in a reading slump. I recently loved Mary Jean-Chan’s Fléche and Soho by Richard Scott exploring being gay, gay shame and more.

Sophie McDermott, Founder of Women’s Writes

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus was one of the most beautiful love stories I had ever read when I first picked it up. The book follows the story of two young magicians, and their circus, and the story is so beautifully woven together, I lost all sense of time and place while reading this. It is the perfect book for an escape.

The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary, Catherine Gray

A more recent release, this non-fiction book, the third by Catherine Gray in the “Unexpected Joy Of” series, is an opportunity to pause and appreciate all the good you have in your life, no matter how ordinary it may be. Since lockdown, one of my most ordinary joys has been sitting in the sunny spot on the sofa while the sun sets with a good book. Gray teaches you how to appreciate these moments.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, J.K. Rowling

For me, Harry Potter was a huge part of my childhood. I used to read the books on the long journey to my Grandmother’s house (she lived in the middle of nowhere, it would take about 10 hours) and I would always have the Harry Potter audio tapes on. And yes, I mean the actual physical tapes you had to wind up! Now, I mix it up between reading and listening before bed if I’m really struggling to switch off.

Ellie Butler Church, Book Club Organiser at Cinema & Co.

I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith

I hold this book to my heart for many reasons. Sentimentally, it’s ‘the book’ that’s bought for teenage girls in my very matriarchal family and therefore carries a lot of our values. The book is the protagonist’s journal, and the play between Cassandra observing her family with a shrewd accuracy and simultaneously retreating from her own story makes her voice funny, poignant and subtly modernist. She is obsessed with capturing the essence of the decrepit Castle that her family live in, as well as the family members themselves and the nature that envelops them all. Cassandra’s attitude is very ‘make-do and mend’ as she values the spring mornings, the swans slipping across the moat and the castle’s ancient and looming atmosphere more than dressing in style, luring men and marrying well, like her sister, Rose.

The essence of the novel, for me, boils down to how money and sex translate to masculine and feminine power. As Rose begins to play in the age-old game of transactional relationships, it’s balanced by Cassandra’s (albeit naive) assurance that these decisions should be made with love, passion and being true to yourself in mind. Smith treating all character’s insecurities, flaws and moral dilemmas with such loving care never fails to remind me that we’re all only human and we’re all trying to make as much out of what we’ve been given.

The Silver Dark Sea, Susan Fletcher

This is an atmospheric novel about people making a simple life by clinging to a Scottish island in the middle of the North Sea. The sea’s yearly cycles – its generosity and severity – are brought to life by the poetic and stirring prose. The ebb and flow of the sea turns love into tragedy as the small community is destabilised by a death of one of their own. What the sea does next is where it gets interesting: it spews forth from the churning flotsam a man who doesn’t recall how he got there. The village is torn between suspicion and hope, has the mythic Fishman of Sye finally washed up on their shores?

I’ll leave you to read the novel to find out – it’s all in the journey with this one. The book’s main character is the Silver Dark Sea and how its cycles – the fits of temper, the gentle healing caress, the emboldening gales – can prepare us for the cycles of life. The ups, the downs, the ebb, the flow.

Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zenin

I read ‘Elsewhere’ when I was chosen to judge a children’s book award during my time in secondary school. The book is about second-chances, regeneration and ever-shifting human nature itself. Looking back, with seemingly irrevocable GCSE options looming on the horizon, I’m sure I was soothed by the idea that maybe I’d get a second shot at everything if I messed it up – to be honest, I still find that thought comforting.

Parts of the plot, and the premise of the novel in general, still stick to me this day. It still pops into my head every few months, despite not having read it for a good few years. The book starts with the sudden death of a teenage girl. Waking up on a boat going to Elsewhere, she departs and is greeted by a younger version of her Grandmother. Elsewhere is a magical realism imagining of the after-life, where you steadily de-age, undo life’s damages and are sent bobbing down a river as a squeaky-clean babe. Sign me up, buttercup.

Committee Members, Cardiff Feminist Book Club

How to Build a Girl series, Caitlin Moran

Emina: Reading Caitlin Moran’s writing for me has always been like a big hug, a warm mug of builders tea and feeling like you’re talking to a friend. I take comfort in her ability to be funny, honest and smutty – I love it. These books are semi-biographical and follow the life of Johanna Morgan, a budding journalist, proud feminist, sex goddess and weirdo as she moves from Wolverhampton to London to pursue her career and love of music.

I Love You with Custard on Top, Oonagh O’Hagan

Ali: I have this book on my bedside table; it’s a collection of love letters and notes from lovers, friends, family and flatmates. It’s great to dipped in and out of it when you need a bit of heartwarming, funny love; it will make you laugh and cry but best of all it feels like a hug as you get to experience the love that others have for each other.

Notes to Self, Emily Pine

Eli: It isn’t always an easy read – I found the chapter about trying for a baby heartbreaking. But it’s full of hope as well, her experiences have shaped her into the woman she is and I love that she learns to let go of the things she can’t change. It’s an empowering read. “I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.”

Calypso, David Sedaris

Freya: Whilst the book’s themes include ageing, fractured parental relationships and general family dysfunctionality, don’t let that dissuade you from how heartwarming it is (I laughed out loud several times).

Sedaris feels like a familiar voice with his dry humour and wit. His observations on the mundane, banality of life – in this case, after he’s bought a beach house on the Carolina Coast – feel sanguine and comforting. I’ve already dog-eared multiple pages as I intend to pass on to friends as soon as I can.

Heartburn, Nora Ephron

Polly: When Harry met Sally is my ultimate comfort watch, so it only makes sense that Ephron would create my ultimate comfort read too. While it is fiction, Heartburn is known to tell the story of Ephron’s own divorce from Carl Bernstein. She manages to turn a story of heartbreak into a heartwarming, hilarious book that shows the whole range of human emotions throughout a time like this.

Her wit makes you smile, even in the saddest parts of the book, and her life as a food-writer living between Washington DC and New York is a nice bit of escapism. That’s not even to mention the recipes which are wonderful… mash potato anyone?

What are your favourite comforting reads?

I’d love to hear about the books that make you feel warm and happy. Have you been leaning more towards reading the books you can always rely on or spending time reading new books and authors? Let’s chat in the comments or on Twitter – I’m on @HannahDurham_!

  1. Thank you so much, I was just thinking I needed some suggestions exactly like this and this post was just perfectly timed! 🙂

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Collaborative Planning Forecasting And Replenishment Commerce Essay

See a company XYZ which produces assorted automotive parts. One such portion is ABC, for which there is a rise in stock list degree. The selling squad decides to establish a promotional run to hike the gross revenues and ABC and restrict this lifting stock list degree. This promotional run was a great success and there was an addition in the gross revenues of merchandise ABC. The production section noticed this rise in gross revenues of merchandise ABC and they started bring forthing more of ABC in expectancy of lifting demand. This once more resulted in an addition in inventory degree ( negated the full motivation of the run ) . This is a perfect illustration of the importance of information sharing ( coaction and Communication ) . A similar sort of issue occurs, when we do non portion information in a supply Chain, ensuing in “ Bullwhip Effect ” .

In an organisation, if different sections have different proprietors with different positions and ends, they all try to maximise their single net incomes. In the way of accomplishing this, they get deviated from their common end of maximising the overall net income of the full Supply Chain. This divergence from the true end leads to miss of coordination

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Inappropriate flow of information

Due to incomplete sharing of information between phases ( inter-organization and intra-organization ) , information is distorted. Today, for a given organisation, there are a thousand of merchandises. This addition in assortment of merchandises makes it following to impossible for the companies to interchange all information among all its providers

Such inappropriate flow of information consequences in BULLWHIP consequence. Here, fluctuations in orders increase as we move up the supply concatenation from consumer to retailer to jobbers to makers.

Proctor and Gamble was the first to detect the bullwhip consequence in its supply concatenation for Pampers nappies. They found that the natural stuff refilling order at the provider side had immense fluctuations as compared to fluctuation in demand at retail shops. Same manner, HP besides found that the fluctuations varied significantly with being really small at resellers point and increasing as traveling up in the concatenation towards integrated circuit division ( ICD ) . Here besides, while the fluctuation in merchandise demands were really small, replenishment orders placed with ICD saw much more variableness. A similar phenomenon can be seen in dress and food market industry.

Lack of Coordination and its effects on Performance – The Bullwhip consequence

A supply concatenation is said to be missing in coordination if each phase ( degree ) is concerned about optimisation of its ain aim. In making so, assorted single entities get deviated from a common aim or organisational end – to fulfill consumers by fulfilling their demands and there by bring forthing maximal net income for the organisation. Information deformation is besides one of the causes of Lack of Coordination, as in the instance of nappy supply concatenation of P & A ; G.

Areas affected by Bullwhip consequence

Manufacturing cost

Inventory cost

Replenishment lead clip

Transportation system cost

Labor cost

Degrees of merchandise handiness ( service degree )

Relationship across the supply concatenation

Manufacturing Cost

As a consequence of Bullwhip consequence, Manufacturing unit of P & A ; G have to bring forth to fulfill the demand of nappies with much more variableness. P & A ; G can react to such variableness by either keeping of extra stock list or by bring forthing more capacity, both of which leads to increase in fabricating cost.

Inventory cost

The Bullwhip consequence besides consequences in addition in stock list cost. With increased variableness in demand, P % G has to transport a higher degree of stock list than would really necessitate in absence of Bullwhip consequence. Therefore, we can see a major addition in Inventory cost. A higher degree of stock list will besides intend an increased warehouse infinite demand ( once more an addition in cost ) .

Replenishment Lead Time

The Bullwhip consequence consequences in increased replenishment lead clip. With the addition in variableness in demand due to Bullwhip consequence, scheduling at providers and P & A ; G are much more hard as compared to a flat demand. There are state of affairss when the available resource ( stock list ) is non plenty to run into the demand and there by ensuing in higher refilling lead clip.

Transportation system cost

The Bullwhip consequence consequences in higher transit cost. With the increased fluctuations in demand due to Bullwhip consequence, there is a relative fluctuation in the demand of transit. This consequences in a rise in transit cost

Labor Cost

Labor cost additions in presence of Bullwhip consequence. Labor cost at P & A ; G and its providers increase due to fluctuations in demand. Besides, labour cost for having at retail merchants end additions due to this increased uncertainness. Now all these phases have option of either operating at extra labour or variable labour, both of which consequences in addition in labour cost.

Degree of Product handiness

One of the major results of Bullwhip consequence is the Out Of Stock state of affairss. As we know, with addition in fluctuations in orders, P & A ; G is non capable of fulfilling the demands of all its retail merchants on clip, which in bend increases the likeliness of retail merchants traveling OOS – ensuing in a gross revenues loss in the supply concatenation.

Relationship across the supply concatenation

The Bullwhip consequence, holding a negative consequence on public presentation at all degrees of supply concatenation consequences in resentment in the relationship between these assorted phases of supply concatenation. Since each phase is working independently and is seeking to accomplish its single end, they are under an feeling that they are making it in right manner. They start faulting other section of inefficiency and at that place by ensuing in loss of trust.

Performance Measure

Bullwhip consequence

Manufacturing cost

Inventory Cost

Replenishment Lead Time

Transportation system Cost

Transportation and Receiving Cost

Degree of Product handiness

DecreaseThus, we can state that the Bullwhip consequence has a important consequence on the overall profitableness of the supply concatenation. There is an addition in cost and lessening in reactivity.

Obstacles to accomplishing coordination in Supply Chain

Factors taking to local optimisation at assorted phases of supply concatenation or increase in information hold are the root cause of trouble in coordination in supply concatenation. The five major classs of obstructions are

Incentive obstructions

Information processing obstructions

Operational obstructions

Pricing obstructions

Behavioral obstructions

Incentive obstruction

When there is a fluctuation in inducement offered at different phases in a supply concatenation, there is an addition in variableness in the productiveness and decrease in entire supply concatenation net incomes.

Local Optimization: Suppose that the inducement of a floor director at a local food market shop depends up on the net income they generate for that peculiar shop. Here, the directors take all their buying and stock list determinations to accomplish this end merely and non for the benefit of the full supply concatenation. Buying and carrying determinations which are based on individual phase optimisation can ne’er ensue in over all supply concatenation profitableness.

Improper gross revenues force inducement: Very frequently, gross revenues force inducement are designed in a mode to accomplish local ends. Gross saless force inducement are based on the measure sold to the distributers and non the terminal consumers. For illustration, see an umbrella fabrication house, which offers its gross revenues force an inducement on the gross revenues mark achieved in off season. To maximise their fillips, gross revenues force convinces distributers to purchase more umbrellas even though there is no demand. This consequences in order variableness with more demand in off season and less demand when really there are gross revenues. This sort of gross revenues forces incentive consequence in order variableness more than client demand variableness.

Information processing obstructions

Information processing obstructions occurs in a state of affairs when there is a deformation in information sing demand as it moves from clients to retail merchants to distributers to makers.

Forecasting based on orders and non on client demand

When there is a Bullwhip consequence is a supply concatenation, the lone communicating between different phases is the orders they receive. Each phase sees its duty as carry throughing orders to its downstream. In such a scenario, a really little alteration in client demand will ensue in big variableness in orders placed by the distributers. The fact that each phase in a supply concatenation prognosiss demand based on the watercourse of orders received from the downstream phase consequences in a magnification of fluctuations in demand as we move up the supply concatenation from the retail merchant to the maker.

Lack of information sharing

Suppose a retail merchant increases the size of order for a peculiar merchandise due to its planned publicity. Now, if the maker is non cognizant of this planned publicity, it will see this addition in order as addition in client demand and topographic point orders with providers consequently. So, when the retail merchant finishes its publicity, both maker and distributer has a piled up stock list.

Operational obstructions

Operational obstructions occur at the clip of puting and filling of orders. There are a figure of fixed costs associated with placing of order, having or transit of an order. Different retail merchants may prefer orders in tonss to minimise such costs. Therefore at the providers end there is big variableness in order as compared to demand variableness at retail merchant ‘s terminal. Now, if there a figure of retail merchants associated with the same provider, and due to arrangement of orders in tonss, there might be some yearss when order may be unpredictably high as compared to other yearss as compared to demand. Such state of affairss may besides take to big replenishment lead clip.

Pricing obstructions

Lot size based measure price reductions occurs when there are price reductions offered on big tonss of order placed. These ensuing big tonss magnify the Bullwhip consequence. There are a figure of trade publicities and short term price reductions. Such offers ever boost orders, which are nowhere in sync up with the existent demand. Such forward purchasing consequence in big orders during promotional activity or particular price reduction rates but really little orders after that.

Behavioral Obstacles

Behavioral obstructions are jobs in larning within organisations which subsequently on contribute to the Bullwhip consequence.

Each phase of supply concatenation Acts of the Apostless locally and is non cognizant of the effects of its action on others.

Different phases of the supply concatenation react to the current state of affairs locally instead than seeking to place the root cause.

Due to deficiency of common apprehension and common trust, each phase plays a blasted game on each other with no 1 taking the duty of these fluctuations.

Lack of trust with in supply concatenation makes them all timeserving at the disbursal of the overall supply concatenation profitableness. This besides consequences in duplicate of attempts. Since single entities do non portion thoughts and work in isolation, many a times they turn up making the same undertaking.

Meanss to Overcome obstructions of Collaborative information sharing – Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment

Meanss to get the better of these obstructions

Improved information truth

Alliance of ends and inducement across the channel

Building strong partnership and common trust

Bettering Operational Performance

All these attempts can be achieved by Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment. So what precisely is Collaborate Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment ( CPFR ) ? Here, both Sellerss and purchasers at all the degrees come together and join forces along all or few of these activities.

Scheme and Planning

Demand and Supply Management

At scheme and planning phase, all the spouses involved discuss upon the range of coaction and assign functions and duties and define checkpoints. They align all their activities including publicities, new merchandise debut, shop gap and shutting and stock list policies. Then, at demand and supply direction, gross revenues forecast utilizing point of gross revenues informations give an accurate image of demand. Now, as the prognosiss become house, they are converted to existent orders. Then, procedures like production, transportation, having and carrying are executed. Now the last but most of import undertaking is analysis of KPI. There is ever a demand for placing exclusions and measuring prosodies that are used to entree public presentation.

One successful CPFR execution has involved Henkel, a German detergent maker, and Eroski, a Spanish nutrient retail merchant. Prior to CPFR, Eroski saw frequent stock outs of Henkel merchandises, particularly during publicities. At the origin of CPFR in December 1999, 70 per centum of the gross revenues prognosis had an mean mistake of over 50 per centum and merely 5 per centum of the prognosiss had an mistake below 20 per centum. But, merely within four months of CPFR execution, the Numberss changed drastically. Forecast mistakes above 50 per centum reduced to 5 per centum and more than 70 per centum of the clip, forecast mistake was below 20 per centum. Customer service degree besides increased to 90 % with an mean stock list of merely 5 yearss.

CPFR execution Scenarios

Mentioned below are the most common CPFR execution scenarios

CPFR scenario

Where applied in Supply Chain

Industries where applied

Retail event coaction

Highly promoted channels

All industry other than those that pattern EDLP

DC refilling coaction

Retail DC or distributed DC

Drugstores, hardware, food market

Store refilling coaction

Direct shop bringing or DC to hive away bringing

Mass merchandisers, Club shops

Collaborative mixture planning

Apparel and seasonal goods

Forte retail

Common CPFR Scenarios

Retail event Collaboration:

In any retail supermarket, there are a figure of events such as promotional activities and they affect demand really much.OOS and extra stock list, unplanned logistics cost and order arrangement costs are sometimes really high and may impact the overall profitableness in the supply concatenation. Here the two parties involved identify specific trade names that are to be included in coaction. Each and every minute item like publicity clip and topographic point, show tactics, advertizement are shared. Once, information sharing is done, a demand prognosis is prepared and shared with in the two parties.

P & A ; G is one such illustration which has implemented Retail event coaction with many large retail ironss including Wal-Mart.

DC refilling Collaboration

This is one of the simplest and largely used coaction scenarios, where spouses need to join forces for calculating on demand and DC backdowns. This coaction is comparably easy to implement since this coaction requires aggregative prognosiss and does non necessitate sharing of point of gross revenues informations. And easy, with due class of clip, this coaction can be moved up to all other storage points in supply concatenation ( from retail shelves to Inventory warehouse )

Store Replenishment coaction

Store refilling coaction is one measure in front of DC replenishment coaction. Here, coaction is on shop degree point of sale prognosis. These prognosiss are used puting shop orders. Benefits of shop Replenishment coaction is increased replenishment truth, improved service degree and less Out of Stock state of affairss, reduced stock list and greater visibleness of point of gross revenues informations.

Collaborative Assortment Planning

For manner dresss and seasonal merchandises, demand follows a seasonal form. Therefore, collaborative planning in these classs follows seasonality Hence, the prognosiss rely more on collaborative apprehension of industry tendencies, client gustatory sensations and less on horizontal informations.

Why is CPFR of import?

See a consumer walking in to a retail food market mercantile establishment to happen that the merchandise which he is looking for is non available ( out of stock ) . For the consumer, it is great incommodiousness and for the shop proprietor, it is a loss of gross. Such a state of affairs is non merely a pestilence in retail industry, but besides a incubus for fabricating sector. Out Of Stock of one peculiar stock list in the fabrication line can take to zero overall production ( constrictions ) . Mostly ( 70 % to 75 % ) , out of Stock occur at retail merchant degree.

Reasons for Out of Stock at retail merchant degree:

Drawn-out Ordering Processes/Cycles

Underestimated demand

Un stocked shelves even though the merchandises are at the shop

So, what is required to undertake such jobs?

End to stop information channel – Point of Sale information coming from retail merchant to the provider. CPFR is one such procedure where we use common tools to capture informations at all phases in the supply Chain. Pioneers to this pattern are Wal-Mart and Tesco. They foremost linked their Point of Sale informations from Retail shops to their Warehouses. This laid down the bricks to the edifice of an unfastened information substructure. The 2nd and more critical undertaking in execution of CPFR is pull offing cultural alteration. There has to be a willingness to portion information. A common trust between different stakeholders is a must, since the needed information to be shared is confidential most of the clip.

Benefits of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment

Lower stock list degrees

Increased gross revenues

Less overhead

Reduced human mistakes ( informations exchange )

Better penetration in client demand ensuing in better resource use, reduced stock list demands.

Improved and direct communicating with clients

Opportunity to supply class direction

Reduced replenishment clip

Less redundancy

Increase service degree and decreased stock outs

Lower Inventory Level

By holding cognition of exact stock list position of client, the provider has better control on lead clip of his stock list. He knows his exact stock list demands due to lower uncertainness. A better prediction leads to take downing the demand for safety stocks ( besides termed as buffer stock – is the degree of excess stock maintained to extenuate the hazards of stock outs due to uncertainnesss in calculating ) . All these factors combine to ensue in lower stock list.

Increased Gross saless

CPFR in topographic point ensures the merchandise handiness at any given point. This consequences in a better client experience and client satisfaction. A satisfied client becomes your loyal clients. A loyal, regular client generates more gross than a first clip client. Besides, less stock outs at mercantile establishments result in less clients returning without any purchase. This consequences in increased gross revenues.

Better Resource Utilization

Proper cognition of client demand due to stop to stop information sharing, consequences in a better prediction. An improved prediction Numberss result in more planned determinations, lucidity of head in footings of stock list demands and so a better RU program.

Increased Service Level

Collaborative Planning, prediction and Replenishment builds up a better prediction theoretical account. In CPFR system, at each degree, a provider has entree to existent clip gross revenues and stock list informations of a client. Equally shortly as the stock list goes below the safety degree, a replenish order call is triggered. It helps clients to run at higher service degrees and lower stock lists. Now, these are the benefits every provider aspires for.

Challenges in execution of CPFR

It is a cosmopolitan truth that no benefit comes without a cost. Same manner, with so many benefits associated with Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment, there are besides few hazards and hurdlings to its execution. With sharing of information at such a big graduated table, its abuse is one such hazard. Often, one entity may hold relationship with assorted rivals. Another hazard involved is viability of alteration in engineering. If one of the spouses in coaction alterations its engineering, the other is forced to make so or it may lose its coaction. Third, with the demand of close interaction of the spouses, a fluctuation in their civilizations can besides play a really of import function in doing determinations of CPFR execution. The inability to further a collaborative civilization across the spouse organisations can be a major hurdle to the success of CPFR. However, one of the biggest challenges is that the demand information which is shared between the spouses is frequently non used in an incorporate mode within the organisations. It is imperative to hold integrated supply and demand, logistics and corporate planning within the organisations. This will assist in maximising the overall net income generated in the supply concatenation.

Factors impacting Distribution Network design

Elementss of client service influenced by web construction:

Response clip

Merchandise assortment

Merchandise handiness

Customer experience

Order visibleness

Return ability

Supply concatenation costs affected by web construction:

Transportation system

Facilities and managing

Supply Chain Costss affected

With a better visibleness due to information sharing, the stock list demand lessenings, thereby cut downing overall stock list cost. Besides, a common provider may hold information ( existent clip ) of all its clients and can really easy nine in assorted orders. This can be achieved by utilizing MILK RUN theoretical account of distribution – One truckload fillet at multiple points to refill assorted clients. This helps him to cut down his transit cost besides. Execution of centralised information systems ( ERP, SAP ) may extinguish the fusss of manually informations entry and transportation. Though, the erstwhile cost of execution of such systems might be really high, they cut down the human mistake chance. Such mistakes may ensue in inaccuracy in calculating which will once more ensue in higher stock list costs and out of stocks ( loss of gross revenues ) .

Elementss of Customer Services influenced

Response clip and Product handiness

CPFR builds up a better prediction theoretical account. The existent demand information is used to bring forth replenishment orders. This helps sellers to better their response clip and less out of stock state of affairss in the retail mercantile establishments.

Customer Experience

When a client walks in to a retail shop, there is a lesser opportunity of him happening an out of stock state of affairs. Product handiness ( right merchandise at right topographic point ) helps to increase client satisfaction.

Order Visibility

With CPFR in topographic point, the provider can see the client demand in existent and can expect the orders. This helps in decrease in mistakes in prediction. A well informed and collaborated spouses increases order visibleness. All this is possible merely due to Collaborative information sharing in the system.

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After the incident. I interacted with the people involved in the accident. I besides took exposure of the amendss to the auto. At 9:30 a. m. . I called my supervisor. Cesar Serrano. to take attention of the insurance company. I called the client to inform him that I will non be able to run into with him because of the happening. Tomorrow. I plan to subject for check-up on any farther hurts.

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Matter and Its Changes

Term Definition
matter everything that has mass and takes up space.
atom small particle that is the building block of all matter
substance matter with a composition that is always the same
element a pure substance made up of only one kind of atom
molecule two or more atoms that are held together by chemical bonds and act as a unit
compound substance made of two or more elements that are specifically joined in a specific combination
mixture matter that can vary in composition
heterogenous mixture mixture in which the substances are not evenly mixed
homogenous mixture a mixture in which two or more substance are evenly mixed but not bonded together
physical change a change in size, shape, form or state of matter that does not change the matter’s identity
chemical change a change in matter in which the substances that make up the matter change into other substances with different physical and chemical properties
law of conservation of mass states that the total mass of a chemical reaction is the same as the total mass after the chemical reaction

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The History of the First World War Essay

1. What was the temper at the beginning of the war. and what caused it? At the beginning of the war was that all of the people were excited. they wanted action hence praising the ground forces. the people were really chauvinistic. The war was caused by a buildup of nationalist thoughts and turning tensenesss between states. The people were bored and patriotism inspired the people to get down wars. 2. What were the main· characteristics of trench warfare for the military personnels involved? What would go on to people who managed to populate through this experience? The military personnels had small nutrient. lick grass for H2O. had to bear the sight of other’s deceases. every bit good as unrecorded under the idea that they could decease at any minute. The people who lived through this of frequently scarred for life. mentally and physically and even being depressed.

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1. What did Hitler mean by the personality rule? It meant that there is no voting rights or bulk regulations. fundamentally it’s stating no democracy. Merely 1 individual would do the determinations while others could merely rede. a absolutism. 2. Why might Hitler’s thoughts appeal to Germans who had experienced World War I? Hitler’s thoughts would appeal to Germans because they knew the consequences of hapless leading with democratic rights. Due to the consequences of democracy and big casualties. the veterans didn’t want to travel through that once more. 3. What sort of province. with what intents. did the Nazis seek? There weren’t any representation for people. the people had no say. they could merely rede the selected leader.

4. What changes in province maps did the Beveridge Report recommend? The Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services. known normally as the Beveridge Report was an influential papers in the initiation of the Welfare State in the United Kingdom. It changed the province map by spread outing National Insurance and with the creative activity of the National Health Service. 5. What were the chief differences between Nazi and welfare-state political definitions? The Nazi political definitions placed accent on no bulk control. they wanted a absolutism in which that the whole state would follow him. Welfare province political definition emphasized cooperation between the authorities and the people. hence giving some power to the people. 6. Why did the twentieth century see a growing in province claims. albeit under assorted systems. in Western society? They wanted to see a more organized states every bit good as seeking to derive more control so that they could go on to be a universe power and compete against other states.

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atom The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element.
carbon dioxide
carbohydrate A class of molecules that includes sugars, starches, and fiber; contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
cellular respiration The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.
chlorophyll A green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis.
chloroplast An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs.
energy The capacity to do work.
law A descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions.
Law of Conservation of Energy The law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another.
Law of Conservation of Mass The law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes.
mass A measure of the amount of matter in an object.
matter Anything that has mass and takes up space.
mitochondria In eukaryotic cells, the organelle that is the site of cellular respiration, which releases energy for use by the cell.
molecule A group of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds; a molecule is the smallest unit of a substance that can exist by itself and retain all of the substance's chemical properties.
photosynthesis The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food.
product A substance that forms in a chemical reaction.
reactant A substance that participates in a chemical reaction.
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Parallels in Fandom: “I Can’t Stop, Buffy!” Magic as Addiction

Addiction is one of the most difficult diagnoses to overcome. Dependance on drugs and alcohol can destroy a user’s life both medically and socially. The effects of drugs and alcohol can make the user feel anything from invincible to euphoric or simply make them blissfully numb to their problems. This weight off one’s shoulders can feel almost magical at times, making drugs and alcohol very addictive. It’s no wonder, then, that magic has been used so often as a metaphor for addiction in Television and Film.

In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, “Wrecked” (season 6, episode 10), Willow grapples with an intense addiction to magic and puts Buffy’s sister Dawn in danger. She is reckless, irresponsible and unable to control her urges. This destructive addiction has been a long time coming, however. Ever since the sixth episode in the season, Willow’s use of magic has bordered on the unhealthy. When Tara and Willow fight about the redhead’s reliance on magic in “All the Way” (season 6, episode 6,) Willow decides to make her girlfriend forget about the fight rather than deal with it. Similar to how an addict might use a substance to escape their problems, Willow uses magic to dodge the issue completely. When Tara finds out, she is furious and threatens to leave Willow if she can’t go one week without using magic. When Willow inevitably fails this endeavor, Tara packs up her things and leaves.

What a lot of people don’t realize about addiction is that it affects the entire friend and family group of the addict. Addiction is the number one health problem in the US and has affected millions of family members. Addicts drive many of their loved ones away with their actions and those that stick around suffer alongside the addict. The international organization Al-Anon provides support groups for the loved ones of alcoholics. Many drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers have groups or classes for families of the addict in the center’s care such as the Family Program at the Center for Dependency,  Addiction and Rehabilitation (CeDAR) in Colorado. “Family members often blame themselves or try to control an addict’s behavior, but only the addicted individual can stop the destructive cycle,” CeDAR says on their website. Programs like these help attendees cope with their loved one’s addiction and learn what they can do to help as well as how to keep themselves safe and sane during the addicts recovery. They learn to be caretakers without giving up their own mental health in the process.

One thing that is imperative to understanding a loved one’s addiction is that the only person who can save them is the addict themselves. Tara quickly learns that there is little she can do to help Willow if her girlfriend doesn’t want to get better. In the end, she realizes that she can’t sacrifice her own happiness and wellbeing to stay with Willow and makes the right decision in leaving her. Buffy helps Willow the best she can, being supportive and removing all the magical items from the house, but ultimately it’s Willow that keeps herself sober.

Because both Willow and Buffy are out of the house during “Smashed” (season 6, episode 9), Tara has to stay the night with Dawn. While she only plans to stay for a short amount of time until one of the two girls comes back, she ends up staying the whole night. Willow’s magic induced actions keep Tara from going home, taking advantage of her. If Willow had been home at a reasonable time, Tara wouldn’t have had to spend her whole night taking care of Dawn. While Tara is happy to spend time with Buffy’s little sister, she still wakes up worried about the fact that no one came home last night and leaves the house in a huff after she realizes the reason Willow was out all night. Once again, Willow’s addiction to magic comes before her loved ones. This is common in families with addicts. When one spouse is acting irresponsibly and allowing the substance to rule their life, the other has to pick up the slack and often ends up taking on more than they can handle or should have to handle.

In “Smashed” Willow is distraught over Tara leaving but still hasn’t learned her lesson as she tells Amy, still a rat at this point, “We need to get you a nice companion rat that you can love, and play with and grow attached to until one day they leave you for no good reason.” Willow doesn’t think she’s done anything wrong in using her magic to dodge her relationship problems. She’s still in denial that there’s anything wrong with what she’s doing. Most addicts refuse to believe that they are dependent on a substance for a long time before getting help. Some addicts never admit to having a problem.

One thing that many addicts go through is disinterest in the activities that used to bring them joy. All they care about is the substance to which they’ve become addicted, when they’re going to take it again, how they’re going to get it, and where it’s going to come from. In the Magic Shop, Willow takes her laptop out to help with the investigation on what happened at the museum. For a brief moment, Buffy and Xander believe that she’s going back to the basics of being a Scooby; using her hacker skills rather than magic. Quickly though, we see that Willow is using her magic with the computer. She’s lost interest in her computer skills and is using magic instead. It’s obvious that Xander and Buffy are uncomfortable with what Willow is doing, but the witch hardly pays them any mind. “Guys. I’m fine,” she insists. Again, she refuses to see her problem.

When Amy is finally turned back into a human, she and Willow take to the streets. “It’s nice,” she tells Buffy, “having another magically inclined friend around.” Amy manipulates Willow into taking her out, suggesting that if she doesn’t she’ll be lame for sitting around in the house all night like she did in high school. Determined to prove Amy wrong, the two hit the town. As the night unfolds, the two witches misuse their magic and turn The Bronze into a chaotic mess. By the time they arrive back at home at the beginning of “Wrecked,” it’s well into the morning and Willow is so tapped out she can’t even close the curtains.

In “Wrecked,” Amy takes Willow to see the evil warlock Rack who operates out of an invisible and constantly moving crack-house-like dwelling. Though Willow is made aware of the fact that visiting him could be dangerous, she follows Amy there nonetheless. Inside, are a few of Rack’s clients slumped in their seats. When Rack emerges from his office, two clients get antsy. “Rack! Rack, it’s my turn,” says one desperately. “No man, you said I was up,” says another. “Bull! I’ve been here for hours!” says the first. Both of them look gaunt, sweaty and are shaking, much akin to a heroin addict in withdrawal.

Rack himself looks like he’s been strung out on something for decades as well. His skin is warped. His eye is messed up. He fits the bill for stereotypical, creepy drug dealer. The way he operates is very much like a drug dealer as well. “You have to give a little to get a little, right?” he tells Willow before taking some of her magic for his own. Afterward, Willow and Amy are shown high on the dark magic he supplies. Amy spins around in a blur while Willow rolls around on the ceiling in ecstasy, hallucinating as if she were on a psychedelic drug.

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Addicts frequently have someone who is either doing the substance with them or allowing them to do it regardless of the harm it might pose. More often than not, they are addicted to the substance as well. These people are called enablers and they do exactly what it sounds like; they enable the addict to keep interacting with the substance. Sometimes these people are friends, other times they’re dealers, but regardless of their relationship with the addict, they’re toxic when it comes to recovery. Frequently, addicts in recovery will move away from the place where their enablers live. It’s very hard to keep away from a substance when you have someone reiterating what the addiction is already telling you do to: “Just one more time.” That’s why when people go to residence rehabilitation centers, they often aren’t allowed to see their friends. Only family members are allowed to visit unless they’re proven to be enabler’s as well. People are put into residence rehabilitation centers because part of recovering is cutting yourself off from those who got you into the substance in the first place, and it’s easier to do that if you’re living in a controlled setting until you’re strong enough to live on your own again.

Both Amy and Rack are Willow’s enablers, and it isn’t until Willow cuts herself off from them completely that she’s able to recover. In the end, Amy doesn’t really care about Willow as shown when Buffy catches her stealing herbs from the witch’s room. This is common in heavily dependent addicts. They’ll steal from people to get the money they need for the substance their addicted to. In this case, Amy is stealing herbs to exchange for magic from Rack.  All she cares about is getting her next fix from Rack and all Rack is concerned with is getting some of Willow’s magic for himself. Enabler’s don’t actually care about the people their enabling. If they did, they’d recognize that the addict has a problem and would try to keep their friend away from the substance, rather than helping or allowing them to interact with it.

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When Willow wakes up on her bedroom floor the next day, she is slowly starting to realize the gravity what is happening to her, but doesn’t quite understand how bad her problem is until that night. On her way to a movie night with Dawn, Willow takes a detour to see Rack. She takes Dawn into the dangerous neighborhood and leaves her in Rack’s waiting room for hours while she gets her fix. When she finally emerges, it’s too late to see a movie, and Dawn is furious. At this point all she wants to do is go home, but Willow, still high, convinces her to stay out. As they walk down the street, Dawn gets more and more nervous but Willow only patronizes her. Suddenly, a demon jumps out in front of them. Willow thinks it’s a hallucination at first until it lashes out at Dawn, scratching her cheek and tells the witch that she summoned him.

This demon is a physical manifestation of Willow’s addiction. It hurts the ones she loves, puts both their lives in danger and causes Willow to act recklessly. Adding this demon into the mix was a genius move on Whedon’s part. It gives the audience a clear, definable metaphor for addiction. For many addicts, their addiction feels like an entirely other creature. It’s something inside them that destroys their life. Much like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a metaphor for alcoholism, Willow’s demon is a metaphor for her addiction.

Willow and Dawn flee from the demon and jump into the nearest car. Willow drives away, but isn’t really paying attention to where she’s going. She swerves back and forth and laughs as Dawn screams in fear. Willow acts very much like a drunk driver and in the end, wrecks the car, breaking Dawn’s arm and in the process severely wounds her friendship with the young girl.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, someone is injured in a drunk driving accident every two minutes and 28 people die on a daily basis. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the rate of driving under the influence is highest among ages 21 to 25. Willow falls right into this age bracket. Her magic in “Wrecked” puts Willow under the influence and is a clear metaphor for drunk driving.

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Willow begs for Buffy’s help

By the end of “Wrecked,” Willow finally understands what she is giving up for her dependance of magic. Her girlfriend has left her, a demon has been summoned from her misuse of magic, she nearly kills Dawn, and Buffy is beyond pissed. Everything she cares about is falling apart and she is so desperate for help at that point that she falls to Buffy’s feet and begs. “I can’t stop, Buffy! I’ve tried and I can’t… God, I need help! Please, please help me, please!”

In the months following, Willow goes completely cold turkey from magic. She realizes the power she feels from using magic isn’t worth hurting the people she loves. That night she lies in bed, hyperventilating, covered in sweat and shaking as she works through the withdrawal. She could simply cast a spell and feel better, but she is determined not to let her addiction rule her life and suffers through the night in silence. Later on, Willow cuts herself off from Amy and she and Buffy get rid of everything magical in the house. Episodes later when Anya tries to force Willow to use magic in order to help them defeat the big bad, she refuses. Tara backs her up and slowly their relationship begins to repair itself.

When Willow relapses over Tara’s death, she goes on a rampage and isn’t herself anymore. She does things completely out of character with the lovable and kind Willow we’re used to seeing. Once again, it’s not until she sees someone she loves hurting that she’s able to stop. It’s not until Xander tells Willow that her loves her that she’s able to stop again and goes to live with Giles for a while as she learns to control her magic, similar to an addict leaving their home to a live in rehabilitation center.

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Relapses are almost inevitable when it comes to recovering from an addiction. Addicts work extremely hard to keep sober but relapses are common, especially in the first year of recovery. Many rehabilitation centers will award coins for every milestone of being sober. CeDAR gives out a gold coin after one of their patients is sober for a year, signifying the intense effort they went through to keep from using. While Willow is eventually able to control her magic and use it only when she needs to, addicts in our world can’t do that. Once someone is diagnosed as an addict, they can never interact with their substance again or it’s considered a relapse.

Addiction narratives like Willow’s are extremely inspiring to both those going through an addiction and the family members of recovering addicts. When one sees their favorite character survive something that they themselves are going through, it can empower that person. By seeing Willow overcome her addiction, Buffy fans who are also addicts can relate and find the strength within themselves to keep fighting. That’s why it’s important to point out these parallels when we see them. Fiction is incredibly powerful when it comes to coping with adversity. It gives an example of how someone might overcome that adversity and through those narratives we find our own way of conquering adversity. The idea is, if Willow can do it so can addicts all over the world.

Photo credit to Warner Bros.

Video credit to Warner Bros. and Al-Anon.

“Respect My Craft” – Nicholas Brendon

In this consumer-based industry, it can be easy to forget the years of hard work that the people in the business put in. Behind every panel, it takes a skilled writer, artist, inker and colorist to make the product complete. Behind each scene goes hours of preparation. Hush Comics’ weekly article “Respect My Craft” will dive into the history of these comic book and pop culture greats that will hopefully give a new perspective on how the men and women behind the pen (or stylus) contribute to the collective awesome-ness of the nerd world, or at least give you a reason to invest in their work.

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NOTE: Nicholas Brendon can’t make Denver Comic Con.  So sad!  We will see you next year!

Name: Nicholas Brendon

Profession: Actor

Notable Work: Xander Harris from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

“I want people to say, ‘Nicholas Brendon, he’s supposedly the nicest guy in the world.’ I want to do good work, but more than that, I want to stay a good human being. That’s more important than any character I play.” -Nicholas Brendon

Nicholas Brendon has been in my life for 17 years.  Typing that seems so surreal, and it makes me seem much older than I really am.  When I was 9 years old, Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuted on TV, and I was hooked from the start.  I instantly knew I was Buffy, and subsequently, Nicholas Brendon’s Xander Harris became my best friend.  When I was in 5th grade, I was the new girl in school.  I made fast friends with a boy and a girl and I often roped them into playing “Buffy” with me on the playground.  It worked out well that the boy was named Alex, and he was the best Xander any 10 year old could ask for.  15 years later, when I was lucky enough to attend San Diego Comic Con in 2012, I had the opportunity to meet the real life Xander Harris, Nicholas Brendon.  I remember being very scared, even at 25, to meet one of the people who influenced my thought process and language.  He even gave me the oft said line, “It’s funny if you’re me.”  I nervously approached his table and as sweet as pie, he asked if I wanted a hug.  Who would say no?

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Nicholas Brendon and I San Diego Comic Con 2012.

Nicholas Brendon was born in 1971 in Los Angeles.  And yes, he does have a twin brother named Kelly. And yes, it is mind boggling how similar they look.  Brendon was a huge baseball fan growing up.  As a child, he dreamed of being a Dodger.  Brendon loved baseball so much that at his own prom, he decided to watch a Dodger game instead.  “We had better music at Sunnydale’s prom than at my real-life prom. And at my prom, I didn’t really have a date, which is sort of what happens to Xander. At my real prom, I kind of ducked out the hotel ballroom and watched a Dodger game until 3 a.m. because it went about 22 innings. And my friends were saying, ‘Oh no! Where’d Nick go?’ I think I was trying to get people to worry about me. That whole teenage angst thing.”  When he was a teen, he injured his arm, making his professional chances slim.  After dabbling in many different careers, Brendon decided at age 25 to try to become an actor.

Brendon’s career really began with Buffy.  He had been in showbiz for about 3 months before he got the job of a lifetime, playing Buffy’s quirky, yet lovable best friend, Xander.  Before Buffy, Brendon had played background roles in Married with Children and Children of the Corn III.  It has been highly publicized that Brendon has a stutter.  He has talked very positively about how he has dealt with it, becoming a role model for people who also stutter.  When it comes to his decision to act, he has said, “I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it’s kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an acting class, which was very, very nerve-wracking… my stomach would just be in knots.”  His roll of the dice led to his most notable role.  For 7 years, Brendon was a lead role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, appearing in 143 episodes.

Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris in BtVS.

Brendon’s Xander started out as a goofy, not so popular skater, and best friend to other not so popular Sunnydale High sophomore, Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan).  Over the shows 7 seasons, Xander became more than just comic relief, although he was always good at that.  In his relationship with Buffy and Willow, he was the heart of the group.  Along the way, he ended up becoming the secret boyfriend to the most popular girl in school, the go-to guy about weapons due to his knowledge of the Army, and the only guy on the show without some sort of “label” who also saved the world.  Xander may have been “The Zeppo”, but Brendon’s portrayal of the character allowed everyone to love him.  And led everyone to cringe, wail, and yell violently when he got his eye poked out.

Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris with his gals Buffy and Willow (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan).
Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris with his gals Buffy and Willow (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan).

Since Buffy ended in 2003, Brendon has been in roles intermittently, though he admitted in his panel at Comicpalooza 2014 that he believes he has been typecast.  Despite that, he is a recurring character on Criminal Minds as Kevin Lynch, a technical analyst and love interest to the character Penelope Garcia.   He also played Lee McHenry, a rapist, who had a 4 episode arc in Private Practice.  He has spoken on how emotionally difficult that was to play.  Aside from acting, in 2010, Brendon and artist Steve Loter started an online comic, Very Bad Koalas.  Currently, Brendon helps write the comic adaptation of Buffy, contributing largely to his own character, Xander.  In two weeks, Brendon’s new movie Coherence will come out in theaters,  Coherence is a science fiction drama about a group of friends who are together when a comet passes over Earth.  It is being highly touted, and you can read a spoiler-free review here.

Hush Comics is very excited for Nicholas Brendon to come to Denver Comic Con.  Buffy may have ended 10 years ago, but Xander will always be “the heart.”

Most of the media in this article belong to Hush Comics; it  belongs to their respective properties (Mutant Enemy). Join us tomorrow as we continue our countdown to Denver Comic Con with chameleon Karl Urban.

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Everybody Will Be Victors Over There

Author: A. J. Showalter

Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmo… Go to person page >

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First Line: In that coming great reunion over on the other shore
Title: Everybody Will Be Victors Over There
Author: A. J. Showalter (Oct. 22, 1922)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Victors all will be up there
Publication Date: 1923
Copyright: Public Domain

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Customized RSS feeds with media mentions

In this blog post, we’ll go through how you can create RSS feeds in the Hypefactors platform in such a simple manner that you don’t have to call the IT guy to assist you.

What is an RSS feed?
Without getting too technical, one could say that an RSS feed is a standardized system to distribute content from online publishers to internet users. The system or feed will update itself automatically. This is beneficial for users that very easily can follow updates. Hypefactors’ RSS feeds displays a headline and a brief description of the mention with a link directly to the article, which provides the reader with a simplistic yet sophisticated way of getting an overview of the latest mentions.

How to create an RSS feed in Hypefactors
Hypefactors have made it even easier to set up an RSS feed. Simply go to settings, first click ‘Brand’ and then click the RSS symbol. Here you can create, view and edit your feeds. Press ‘Create RSS feed’, give it a catchy name and save it.

If you have several feeds, you can select which feed you would like to take a look at by clicking ‘Select RSS feed to view´. Click ‘View RSS Feed’ to fetch the URL.

Select mentions for your feed
The next step is to gather mentions to your feed, which you do under ‘Monitor’. Here you can press ‘Select multiple mentions’ and check the checkboxes to select your mentions. You can choose mentions across all your streams that are monitoring online media outlets.

Here you choose which feed you would like to add mentions to.

You can also view, change order and delete mentions.

The easiest way to add the feed to your website is by adding the XML/URL through a plug-in. If your site is running any of the common CRM systems, chances are that it provides a good plugin that covers your needs. For WordPress users, we suggest RSS Aggregator by Feedzy or WP RSS Aggregator.

Add all mentions from a stream
If you prefer to add an entire media monitoring stream with all of its mentions to your website, you can do so when creating or editing a stream in Monitor.

Make sure your stream only includes online media outlets and scroll down to ‘Advanced’ and press ‘Enable Auto RSS feed’. Click the RSS icon, it takes you to the XML/URL file that you can add to your website just like described above.

If you have questions about Hypefactors RSS feeds, you are always welcome to contact our Customer Success Team: