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As payment company lifecycles go, the 34-year Payroc journey has been particularly dynamic. Founded in 1994, Payroc has moved through multiple acquisitions and mergers, a significant branding overhaul, and extensive organic growth. All of these created a legacy few companies in the industry can parallel.
Payroc and its family of affiliates comprise one of the largest merchant acquirer, processor and payment facilitator organizations in payments; the enterprise operates in 46 countries and processes $23 billion in annual charge volume for more than 55,000 merchants, the company reported. Headquartered in Chicago, Payroc employs over 200 staff and operates 11 facilities across the United States, Canada, Latin America and the United Kingdom. The company added that it also works with more than 2,100 referral partners.
Payroc's president, Adam Bloomston, indicated the delivery of a quality product set and Payroc's reputation for valuing its sales force are what have enabled Payroc to achieve ongoing success. "Whether we're developing it ourselves, such as gateway APIs, RewardPay and CashRewards programs, or partnering with industry leaders like Quantic, CardFlight and eConduit, we ensure our partners have access to the best the industry has to offer," Bloomston said. "We believe our emphasis on product has contributed in large part to our uptick in new partners."
Payroc has been publicly recognized for nurturing its base of sales professionals, decade-by-decade, as well as contributing innovative tools, technology, and backing into the sales marketplace. In 2019, Payroc was crowned ISO of the Year by the Electronic Transactions Association, a highly regarded distinction within the payments industry. "The biggest focus of our business will always remain on our partners, agents and ISOs," Bloomston said. "These relationships are the lifeblood of our business, and we've always echoed that people do business with people."
The leader also noted sales-side dynamics are ever-changing and Payroc remains sensitive to these changes. "Another trend we're seeing is the rise of the gig economy and an increasing number of people retaining more than one profession," he stated. "Payroc is continuing to make our platform accessible to both industry veterans and the gig economy workforce."
Over time, Payroc has taken on numerous mergers and acquisitions, but 2019 proved to be a banner year as Payroc's leadership executed a four-way merger. "Since the merger of Payroc, Payscape, NXGEN and BluePay Canada back in October of 2019, we've worked tirelessly to combine cultures, teams, products, technology and capabilities across the globe," said James Oberman, Payroc chief executive officer. "We believe we've created the foundation to make us a leader in the payments space and a fantastic home for future acquisitions." "I feel we are in the middle innings of a monumental shift in the fundamental merchant acquisition model for payment solutions," said Marcus Dagenais, president of Canada at Payroc. "Traditional human-centric distribution channels such as ISOs, agents, direct sales, referral partners, etc., are being disrupted and replaced by software-centric distribution."
Dagenais added that he expects this trend will accelerate and bring good news for the industry as well. "Embedding payment solutions within software creates exponential top- and bottom-line growth for the underlying software firm via ancillary revenue on the processing volume, increased client stickiness and ultimately longer lifetime client value," he said. "So, while we increasingly need software, software increasingly needs payment processing infrastructure."
As far as the future, Bloomston predicts compliant surcharging will become widely accepted by merchants and consumers alike. "We believe this is the dawn of the mass acceptance of surcharging," Bloomston said. "Protecting every dollar is extremely important for the small business owner, and consumers are becoming more accustomed to the idea as it picks up speed in the market." Bloomston said Payroc has seen a dramatic rise in surcharge adoption and he expects it will continue. "It's part of our philosophy that businesses can't just reopen, they need to reinvent," he said.
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TimeSplitters Creator Joins THQ Nordic to Work on the Future of the Franchise
Steve Ellis, one of the original creators of TimeSplitters, has now teamed up with THQ to help work on the franchise moving forward.
Last year, THQ Nordic-owned publisher Deep Silver announced that it had acquired the rights to the TimeSplitters franchise. While we haven’t heard word yet on what THQ might be doing with the property since that time, today, they shed some light on just what its status is moving forward.
Alongside divulging the company’s past financial figures, THQ Nordic also announced today that one of the original creators of TimeSplitters has now joined the company. “We’re delighted to announce that one of the series’ creators, Steve Ellis, has joined us to help plot the future course for this franchise,” THQ said in a press release.
While there are still a lot of questions to be had here, such as which studio might end up working on this new TimeSplitters project, it’s good to know that THQ is trying to get some of the originators of the property back to help work on the series’ future. Even though it hasn’t been seen or heard from in many years, TimeSplitters is a beloved IP that many fans will surely want to be treated properly by THQ Nordic.
That said, the fact that THQ Nordic and Ellis sound like they are still planning the future of TimeSplitters out makes it sound as though we shouldn’t expect a new game very soon. If this new title is still in the planning stages and isn’t deep into development, it could be a few years until we see a new TimeSplitters title actually release.
Still, it’s good to know that THQ Nordic didn’t buy this IP simply just to sit on it and is instead actively working on something new. Hopefully, we hear more about the future of TimeSplitters sooner rather than later.

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Attorney: Discovery is “the Biggest Battlefield”Preliminary legal hearings have begun in the class action suit against Heartland Payment Systems, the U.S.-based payments processor that was breached in 2008 More than 30 financial institutions from 22 states have joined the lawsuit against Heartland, which is the largest data breach on record, with a reported 130 million credit and debit cards stolen.
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Privacy watchdogs today will give the Obama administration mixed reviews on its early performance for safeguarding privacy, civil liberties and the nation’s cyber infrastructure. …
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Aldi shoppers have called out the budget retailer after discovering a big mistake on a recent popular Special Buy.
The Aldi Ceramic Non-Stick Casserole Pot, which was an Aldi Special Buy on September 15, has been extremely popular.
But there’s one big problem that most customers didn’t discover until they took it home - the casserole dish cannot be used in the oven.
Confused customers have since shared their annoyance on social media saying they thought a casserole dish would be oven safe.
“How do you get in contact with Aldi's head office about a complaint with a product?” one person wrote, adding: “Also Casserole dishes, they should go in the oven?”
Aldi casserole dish 'could be a safety issue'
Fellow shoppers who also picked up the in-demand Special Buy said the pot had indeed been labelled incorrectly as a casserole dish.
“Casserole dishes should always be oven safe, casseroles are cooked in the oven. Stewing pots may not be oven safe as stews are generally cooked on the stovetop (burner),” one person said on the post.
“They obviously chose to call their pots casserole dishes when they're clearly not. This could easily be a safety issue for someone putting them into the oven,” added another.
“Absolutely should not be called a casserole dish/pot if it can't go in the oven, the definition of a casserole is a one-pot, oven-baked meal,” agreed a third.
Another added that the mistake in the name could cause an injury.
“The word casserole indicates oven usage. Whoever named this pot a casserole is in the wrong, it needs to be corrected before it causes someone an injury,” the shopper said.
Shoppers say Aldi 'warning wasn’t clear'
The shopper who wrote the post found no clear warning on the casserole pot label which indicated it couldn’t be used in the oven.
After cooking with it, she said the plastic handles on the pot were left discoloured and "burnt".
“I read this and it doesn’t say it can’t go in the oven,” the shopper said of the label on the pot.
“The handles went a very different colour. If it’s a casserole dish it should be able to go into the oven.”
Despite no warning on the product label, the Aldi website states that the casserole dish was “not suitable for oven use”.
Aldi Australia was contacted regarding the name confusion on the Crofton casserole pots.
Yahoo News Australia understands that due to the pots not being suitable for the oven, customers can return the product to their local store for a full refund.
Aldi cookware a big hit with customers
The Casserole Pot was part of a cookware Special Buy which included ceramic non-stick frypans, saucepans and a griddle pan in a range of pastel colours.
In a separate Facebook post customers were eager to get their hands on them, especially those in lockdown areas throughout New South Wales and Victoria.
"Dang it. Forgot to go get these. So pretty," one person wrote, while another said her store had sold out.
"Were they selling them last week, as I have just got back from Aldi and nothing there," she wrote.
Another customer wrote: "Thank you Aldi Australia for the most prettiest and durable pink pans. It makes cooking so much more enjoyable!"
As well as the confusion over how the casserole pot can be used, others said the cookware range wasn't as practical as it looked.
"They felt really light to me. I prefer sturdier," one person wrote.
"Pretty but not practical by the looks of it," added another.
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The African Union’s Agenda 2063 initiative focuses on large-scale infrastructure development and aims to connect the continent through rail, road, sea, and air transportation. Alongside this, efforts are being made to enhance economic integration, with the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area in 2021, which is the largest free trade area globally.
Advocates of infrastructure-focused development argue that improving connectivity will facilitate industrialization and planned urbanization. By creating well-planned urban regions that can compete globally and attract foreign direct investment, policymakers believe they can stimulate industrial growth. Development corridors, special economic zones, new cities, and city master plans are proposed as tools to develop urban spaces that can effectively integrate into global production networks. This, in turn, is expected to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of African industries, leading to increased exports of high-value manufactured goods rather than relying on natural resources and unprocessed agricultural commodities.
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I’m sure I looked comical as I staggered down a downtown San Francisco street on a recent weekday, arms full of packages—as I dropped one and bent down to pick it up, another fell, and as I tried to rein that one in, another toppled.
Yet it wasn’t funny, not really. There I was, wearing a bright-yellow safety vest and working for Amazon Flex, a program in which the e-commerce giant pays regular people to deliver packages from their own vehicles for $18 to $25 an hour, before expenses. I was racing to make the deliveries before I got a ticket—there are few places for drivers without commercial vehicles to park in downtown San Francisco during the day—and also battling a growing rage as I lugged parcels to offices of tech companies that offered free food and impressive salaries to their employees, who seemed to spend their days ordering stuff online. Technology was allowing these people a good life, but it was just making me stressed and cranky.


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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/30/13 -- Thismoment, an enterprise-class provider of cloud-based software enabling the creation, delivery and measurement of Dynamic Brand Experiences, today announced a 7x year over year monthly recurring revenue growth for 2012. This strong momentum demonstrates that as brand marketers seek to reach and engage customers in any location, at any time, and on any device in a way that is both personal and relevant, Thismoment's Distributed Engagement Channel (DEC) platform is increasingly becoming a central component of their digital marketing strategy.
Introduced in March 2010, DEC is already licensed by more than 100 of the Fortune 500 -- including Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Intel, Target, GM, Maybelline and Sony -- who use it to drive content consumption, sharing, conversation, and conversion easily and simultaneously across Web, mobile, and social media touch points, often on a global basis.
In October of 2012, the company released DEC 4, the newest version of its flagship product. DEC 4 has been the most rapidly adopted release in the company's history, with more than 100 deployments to date, and is delivering unprecedented levels of user engagement as measured by time spent per visit, UGC submissions, and video views.
2012 Performance and Milestones for Thismoment
- Secured $22 Million Series C round of funding led by Trident Capital and Sierra Ventures
- Rapidly growing global presence, including expansion of EMEA office, launch of LATAM region, and acquisition of Bangalore-based technology center
- New hires in leadership team including Stephen Bach (Chief Financial Officer), Shirley Foster (Senior Vice President, Engineering), Leandro Cruz de Paula (Divisional Vice President, Latin America), and Chris McGarry (Vice President, Product Marketing)
- Added dozens of new customers across all categories, including American Family Insurance, Deloitte, IBM, Levi Strauss, and TaylorMade
- Launched several hundred successful brand campaigns in partnership with the world's leading digital agencies, including Digitas, BBDO, VML & Mindshare
- Conducted nationwide premier customer events throughout the New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles areas
- Instituted a global corporate visit center at San Francisco headquarters, hosting premier clients and strategic partners from around the world
- Industry-first mobile user-generated content engine (UGC)
- DEC's industry-leading UGC engine added smartphone and tablet support, allowing multimedia uploads directly from mobile browsers
- Facebook Timeline and Twitter card multimedia embeds
- DEC enabled customers to extend their brand experience by embedding trackable multimedia theater modules into Twitter cards and Facebook's timeline, newsfeed and ticker
- Responsive design
- DEC's responsive design tools and adaptive HTML5-based templates now enable customers to easily optimize the user experience for different device form factors
- LinkedIn social publishing integration
- Thismoment became a LinkedIn preferred developer and launched LinkedIn page and group posting and scheduling functionality to DEC. This allows brands using DEC's Community Manager tools to easily publish to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn simultaneously
- Google+ social publishing integration
- Thismoment became a Google+ preferred developer, integrating similar social posting, scheduling, management and measurement functionality for Google+
- Thismoment created a place for third party developers to leverage a host of APIs, playground, live documentation and sample code to make it easier and faster to build custom brand experiences on Thismoment's platform
User Engagement Highlights
- 6 minutes average time spent per visit across hundreds of DEC-powered channels
- More than 67 million user visits, and 133 million video views
- 1 million+ user generated content (UGC) submissions processed, and more than 9 million views of user-submitted media
- A single DEC-powered live event on Coke TV (coca-cola.tv) generated more than 500,000 simultaneous viewers across 20 countries, with the average view time topping 40 minutes
"2012 was an important year for Thismoment, as we continued to demonstrate that our platform uniquely provides Fortune 500 brands the power, scale, and agility required to effectively engage consumers across an increasingly fragmented digital landscape."
- Vince Broady, Founder and CEO, Thismoment
"We went to Google and said we need something that's more dynamic, flexible and robust, and they were the ones that brought Thismoment to us, and ever since then, we've been very, very pleased. Overall, the net impact has been substantial. We fight above our weight, so we like companies that move at what we call 'Hyundai speed', and this is what's great about Thismoment...we can turn something over to them, and they can turn it around on a dime."
- Jon Budd, Senior Group Manager New Media, Hyundai
"Thismoment's DEC (Distributed Engagement Channel) has allowed our Tomb Raider local communities to be exceptionally responsive, and empowers each of them to utilize the site as an actual asset. I can now not only receive feedback on our implementations immediately, but I can also be much more flexible with my communication strategies. I can then provide our international constituents capabilities they previously did not possess, and empower them to experience the same advantages."
- Karl Stewart, Global Brand Manager, Crystal Dynamics
"The major benefit really is the amount of time that Thismoment saves us from the mechanical aspects of propagating content through social channels. We can now spend that time on developing the creative messaging and also thinking more strategically about how we want to engage with the end user. Everyone we've met at Thismoment has been more than willing to accommodate our needs, and they have a breadth of knowledge that we've not come across very much in the industry of social media. To be perfectly honest with you, there was simply no single vendor who provided the scope of functionality that Thismoment did."
- David Spector, Head of Mobile, TMP
Thismoment delivers a cloud-based enterprise platform for digital experience marketing, called the Distributed Engagement Channel (DEC). In active deployment by hundreds of Fortune 500 brands, DEC is used to create, distribute and measure dynamic brand experiences across multiple sites and devices at global scale. Deployed in more than 43 countries and 60 languages, DEC powers hundreds of brand experiences and channels spanning Facebook, YouTube, Web, tablet, mobile, and digital outdoor for many of the world's biggest brands. To learn more, please visit thismoment.com.
SYS-CON Events announced today that Venafi, the Immune System for the Internet™ and the leading provider of Next Generation Trust Protection, will exhibit at @DevOpsSummit at 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Venafi is the Immune System for the Internet™ that protects the foundation of all cybersecurity – cryptographic keys and digital certificates – so they can’t be misused by bad guys in attacks...
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"Tintri was started in 2008 with the express purpose of building a storage appliance that is ideal for virtualized environments. We support a lot of different hypervisor platforms from VMware to OpenStack to Hyper-V," explained Dan Florea, Director of Product Management at Tintri, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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Identity is in everything and customers are looking to their providers to ensure the security of their identities, transactions and data. With the increased reliance on cloud-based services, service providers must build security and trust into their offerings, adding value to customers and improving the user experience. Making identity, security and privacy easy for customers provides a unique advantage over the competition.
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Is your aging software platform suffering from technical debt while the market changes and demands new solutions at a faster clip? It’s a bold move, but you might consider walking away from your core platform and starting fresh. ReadyTalk did exactly that. In his General Session at 19th Cloud Expo, Michael Chambliss, Head of Engineering at ReadyTalk, will discuss why and how ReadyTalk diverted from healthy revenue and over a decade of audio conferencing product development to start an innovati...
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For basic one-to-one voice or video calling solutions, WebRTC has proven to be a very powerful technology. Although WebRTC’s core functionality is to provide secure, real-time p2p media streaming, leveraging native platform features and server-side components brings up new communication capabilities for web and native mobile applications, allowing for advanced multi-user use cases such as video broadcasting, conferencing, and media recording.
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Large scale deployments present unique planning challenges, system commissioning hurdles between IT and OT and demand careful system hand-off orchestration. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Smith, Senior Director and a founding member of Incenergy, will discuss some of the key tactics to ensure delivery success based on his experience of the last two years deploying Industrial IoT systems across four continents.
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There will be new vendors providing applications, middleware, and connected devices to support the thriving IoT ecosystem. This essentially means that electronic device manufacturers will also be in the software business. Many will be new to building embedded software or robust software. This creates an increased importance on software quality, particularly within the Industrial Internet of Things where business-critical applications are becoming dependent on products controlled by software. Qua...
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SYS-CON Events has announced today that Roger Strukhoff has been named conference chair of Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo 2016 Silicon Valley. The 19th Cloud Expo and 6th @ThingsExpo will take place on November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. "The Internet of Things brings trillions of dollars of opportunity to developers and enterprise IT, no matter how you measure it," stated Roger Strukhoff. "More importantly, it leverages the power of devices and the Interne...
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"There's a growing demand from users for things to be faster. When you think about all the transactions or interactions users will have with your product and everything that is between those transactions and interactions - what drives us at Catchpoint Systems is the idea to measure that and to analyze it," explained Leo Vasiliou, Director of Web Performance Engineering at Catchpoint Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York Ci...
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The Internet of Things will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, demonstrated how to move beyond today's coding paradigm and shared the must-have mindsets for removing complexity from the develo...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that MangoApps will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MangoApps provides modern company intranets and team collaboration software, allowing workers to stay connected and productive from anywhere in the world and from any device.
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The IETF draft standard for M2M certificates is a security solution specifically designed for the demanding needs of IoT/M2M applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Brian Romansky, VP of Strategic Technology at TrustPoint Innovation, explained how M2M certificates can efficiently enable confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity on highly constrained devices.
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"We've discovered that after shows 80% if leads that people get, 80% of the conversations end up on the show floor, meaning people forget about it, people forget who they talk to, people forget that there are actual business opportunities to be had here so we try to help out and keep the conversations going," explained Jeff Mesnik, Founder and President of ContentMX, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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Internet of @ThingsExpo has announced today that Chris Matthieu has been named tech chair of Internet of @ThingsExpo 2016 Silicon Valley. The 6thInternet of @ThingsExpo will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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When people aren’t talking about VMs and containers, they’re talking about serverless architecture. Serverless is about no maintenance. It means you are not worried about low-level infrastructural and operational details. An event-driven serverless platform is a great use case for IoT. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Animesh Singh, an STSM and Lead for IBM Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, will detail how to build a distributed serverless, polyglot, microservices framework using open source tec...
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The 19th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. Cloud Expo, to be held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Microservices and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding business opportuni...
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From wearable activity trackers to fantasy e-sports, data and technology are transforming the way athletes train for the game and fans engage with their teams. In his session at @ThingsExpo, will present key data findings from leading sports organizations San Francisco 49ers, Orlando Magic NBA team. By utilizing data analytics these sports orgs have recognized new revenue streams, doubled its fan base and streamlined costs at its stadiums. John Paul is the CEO and Founder of VenueNext. Prior ...
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A critical component of any IoT project is what to do with all the data being generated. This data needs to be captured, processed, structured, and stored in a way to facilitate different kinds of queries. Traditional data warehouse and analytical systems are mature technologies that can be used to handle certain kinds of queries, but they are not always well suited to many problems, particularly when there is a need for real-time insights.
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CenturyLink has announced that application server solutions from GENBAND are now available as part of CenturyLink’s Networx contracts. The General Services Administration (GSA)’s Networx program includes the largest telecommunications contract vehicles ever awarded by the federal government. CenturyLink recently secured an extension through spring 2020 of its offerings available to federal government agencies via GSA’s Networx Universal and Enterprise contracts. GENBAND’s EXPERiUS™ Application...
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"My role is working with customers, helping them go through this digital transformation. I spend a lot of time talking to banks, big industries, manufacturers working through how they are integrating and transforming their IT platforms and moving them forward," explained William Morrish, General Manager Product Sales at Interoute, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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How NIL has turned Georgia’s college sports into the wild west
Athletes from all of Georgia’s major colleges and universities are engaging in NIL activities, earning products and raking in cash from thousands to millions.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The NCAA is not the only one cashing in on this year’s March Madness.
Both male and female athletes are also using the tournament’s national stage to monetize their name, image and likeness (NIL).
It’s a relatively new practice. In July 2021, new laws took effect around the nation, allowing college athletes to make money from their NIL. Since then, these new rules have begun changing the college sports landscape here in Georgia.
Atlanta News First Investigates found athletes from all of Georgia’s major colleges and universities engaging in NIL activities. Some have earned products. Others have raked in cash ranging from thousands to millions. As one marketing professor put it, we’re still in the “wild west of all this” and it’s evolving.
“You can definitely imagine a scenario where the rich start to get richer,” Mike Lewis, a marketing professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, said. “The schools with the biggest brands and the most marketing exposure end up having the ability to basically buy all the players they want.”
If that happens, Lewis said competitive balance goes out the window, and the college sports we know and love could change.
“If you’re a quarterback at Alabama or Notre Dame, that’s a very different thing than being a quarterback at SUNY Buffalo or Iowa State,” Lewis said. “NIL has the potential to shift the deck toward the already established, the already winning programs.”
Since July 2021, more than 250 Georgia Tech student-athletes in sports took part in NIL activities. During the same time period, 360 University of Georgia student-athletes engaged in NIL activities.
At Georgia State University, 36 student-athletes filed NIL paperwork representing baseball, women’s basketball, football, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, track and field and women’s volleyball.
More than 750 student-athletes from Georgia are participating in Opendorse, according to Julian Valentin, head of marketing. Opendorse is a national marketplace for college and pro athletes where fans can go directly to an athlete’s profile and buy an autograph, a personal appearance or even a social media post.
Some notable NIL deals include UGA’s quarterback, Stetson Bennett, who was seen serving students lunch at Raising Cane’s after winning the 2021 and 2022 championship.
“This is Stetson Bennett taking your order. What’ll you have today?” Bennett said from behind the cash register.
Meanwhile, Bennett’s UGA teammate, Brock Bowers, prefers his NIL deals and his chicken at Zaxby’s.
While colleges and universities are still banned from paying athletes, money is flowing in from organizations called “collectives,” which are popping up across the country and here in Georgia.
Collectives are third-party entities, which create financial opportunities for athletes by pooling funds from donors and supporters.
Classic City Collective, for example, supports UGA athletes, while The Tech Way supports Georgia Tech athletes. One of those athletes is Kayla Blackshear, who plays basketball for Georgia Tech and often posts photos on Instagram tagging the collective.
Blackshear knew her athletic talent could get her into college, but never thought those skills would allow her to earn money while in school.
“Since all these universities make so much off athletes, I [thought it] would be fun to actually benefit from my own likeness,” Blackshear said.
College athletes can now earn money through product endorsements, social media deals, appearances, autographs or merchandise.
Blackshear and three of her Tech teammates signed NIL deals with iFOLIO, an Atlanta-based digital marketing platform. They will be paid $1,000 each and get personalized iFOLIO websites that double as digital resumes.
“It’s a great opportunity to get our names out there,” Blackshear said. “I’m more so planning for my future after basketball because I don’t know what I want to do after college, just to have money after school and have a plan B in case playing professionally doesn’t come to fruition for me.”
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Is this the best food idea anyone has ever had?
A PERTH man has successfully patented and will soon begin selling a cross between a hamburger and a hotdog - dubbed the "hamdog" - across the country.
Mark Murray first pitched his idea on Channel 10's Shark Tank program last year, after successfully securing a US patent for the "combination hamburger hot dog bread bun" in 2009.
"Everyone told me it wasn't possible, because you'd need a patent lawyer and it would cost millions of dollars," Mr Murray told news.com.au.
"Even (Boost Juice founder and Shark Tank judge) Janine Allis told me that it was impossible to patent. She'll be eating her words now," Mr Murray said.
Conceived in 2004, the $8 hamdog consists of a Bunbury beef patty cut in half, with a Hunsa frankfurt inserted in the middle.


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Nigel Whittaker, corporate affairs director, said he hoped the two sides were not far away from agreeing a deal. News of the takeover talks leaked out in the French press.
Darty is the leading electrical retailer in France, with a 12 per cent market share. On a turnover last year of more than pounds 1bn it made net profits of pounds 70m. It sells white and brown goods through 130 stores with an average size of 12,000 sq ft. Comet has 230 stores in the UK with an average size of 6,000 sq ft.
Darty was formed in 1988 after a management buyout that left it with debt of pounds 500m. Some 4.7 per cent of the former company, Etablissements Darty, was not bought out and is still quoted on the French stock market. Its shares were suspended yesterday. Kingfisher will have to buy in the rump for the deal to go ahead.
Described by Mr Whittaker as the jewel in the crown of French retailing, Darty has a high level of customer service. French stores have a legal responsibility for the electrical goods they sell. Mr Whittaker said Darty had good prices, good locations and was expanding from its heartland in the Paris region.
Kingfisher has been looking for an acquisition on the Continent for some time, as its prospects for expansion by acquisition in the UK are hampered by its wide spread of activities. It has been looking particularly in France, Germany and Spain for businesses where it understands the product, where there are growth opportunities, where the management is first class and wants to stay, and where the price is right.
Kingfisher believes it has found the right company in Darty, but just has to settle details on the price. It has a reputation for not overpaying for acquisitions.
Some 56 per cent of Darty is owned by its management and staff, 25 per cent by the Darty family, and 19 per cent by institutions including Credit Lyonnais and Banque Nationale de Paris.
If the deal goes ahead, Kingfisher hopes it will be the start of a combined expansion on the Continent, possibly into Germany and Spain next. Kingfisher has been rumoured to be close to an acquisition on the Continent before. It was reported to be interested in buying Carrefour's 29 per cent stake in France's leading DIY operation, Castorama.
Its last expansion move was in the UK into the office stationery and equipment market through a joint venture with Staples, the fast-growing US chain. The partnership plans four store openings in the UK this year with each partner investing up to pounds 4m initially.
In its latest interim results to 1 August, Kingfisher made pre-tax profits of pounds 67.8m compared with pounds 70.6m in the previous first half. In the full year just ended pre-tax profits are expected to be between pounds 230m and pounds 240m compared with pounds 227.7m in 1992.
Gearing levels were 12 per cent in August, but are expected to fall further by the year-end. This year Kingfisher is expected to move into a net cash position.
Despite the strong balance sheet, the market expects a rights issue will be needed. A convertible Eurodebt issue, or some other form of debt funding, is expected to overstretch the balance sheet.
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The woman was wild-eyed, yelling to anyone that would listen.
“Three hours!” she yelled. “Those Somalians have been in there for three hours! Those are our shoes they’re taking!”
The woman was one of the hundreds in Kennedy Park Friday morning waiting in line for free used shoes, donated by a charitable local business. I covered the event Friday and wrote about it for Saturday’s paper and I’m kind of amazed at the reaction it got and to the reaction to another package we ran this weekend.
Amazed, but not surprised, mind you.
I thought I should maybe elaborate a little, explain just what I saw.
In front of me, there was a line, hundreds of people — mostly white but black, too— stretching from the center of the park to its southern edge.
At the center, there was a big cube truck surrounded by cardboard boxes. A group of people, mostly African American, sorted through the boxes, looking for shoes that fit.
Most of the people in line looked anxious, happy to have a chance to get some decent shoes but worried the shoes would be gone before the reached the front. Most were in good spirits — it was a nice day in the park, after all.
But a few were pissed, like the wild-eyed lady. They complained that the Somalis were taking all the good shoes, that they had no respect, that they were being allowed to sort through the piles for three hours.
Never mind that organizers limited shoe giveaways to four pairs per person or that the giveaway had been going for less than an hour. They insisted that those Somalis were hogging all the shoes.
But there was more. Farther to the north, a group had gathered around the Salvation Army canteen truck to get free coffee and sandwiches. While they talked, sipping their coffee, I noticed each one had a shoe box tucked under the arm.
There wasn’t a Somali among them, and yet somehow they’d all managed to get their free shoes before anyone else.
Reaction to the story was typical. We received a lot of comments from folks complaining that we somehow hid the real truth, that un-American hordes had descended on the shoe giveaway, making sure that decent, hardworking folks were shut out. Why didn’t I report that?
That’s not what I saw.
I saw people standing in line to get free shoes, just people, and far too many of them. I saw a great thing, local people and businesses working hard to make sure those less fortunate have decent footwear. What matters is that they were less fortunate, and that they needed those shoes.
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Hyundai vehicles will take a starring role in upcoming Sony films as the two companies have entered into a multi-picture promotional partnership. Under the deal, Hyundai vehicles will be shown in upcoming films made by Sony Pictures, while Hyundai will offer substantial marketing support.
Hyundai’s new models and technologies will be featured in five upcoming Sony Pictures films including Uncharted (July 2021); the sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home (November 2021); and the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (October 2022).
“This strategic partnership with Sony Pictures will allow customers to understand and experience our human-centered future mobility vision through innovative vehicles and technologies, illuminating a way forward for transforming how we move, interact, and design our lives for optimal benefits. We will offer various ways to inspire our customers and movie fans around the globe,” said Wonhong Cho, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Hyundai Motor.
“This deal embodies the true definition of the word partnership,” said Jeffrey Godsick, EVP of Global Partnerships and Brand Management, and Head of Location Based Entertainment at Sony Pictures Entertainment. “The deal has many layers, including substantial marketing support, but its real potential and impact come from groundbreaking content that we will develop together.”


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"Amazon here we come": Biden touts warehouse unionization efforts
President Biden supported Amazon unionization efforts at the North America's Building Trades Union Legislative Conference on Wednesday, calling out the company by name.
Driving the news: Last week, workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted in favor of unionization, marking the first time a union had been formed by Amazon workers.
- After the vote, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden "was glad to see workers ensure their voices are heard with respect to important workplace decisions."
- Psaki said Wednesday Biden was not saying the government would take direct action in the effort.
- "What he was conveying is his longtime support for collective bargaining, for the rights of workers to organize, and their decision to do exactly that in this case,” she said.
What he's saying: "I created the White House Task Force on worker organization empowerment to make sure that choice to join a union belongs to workers alone."
- "By the way, Amazon here we come. Watch."
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Joint owners of centre:mk, Hermes Investment Management and AustralianSuper, have announced that international fashion retailer, Primark, has officially opened its highly anticipated 75,000 sq ft store within centre:mk. The record letting is the largest new store to open at the shopping centre in the last 25 years. The opening also follows successful footfall growth above national benchmark for shopping centres throughout the country, with centre:mk reporting close to 25 million shopper visits in 2018.
Located in the former BHS unit on Silbury Arcade, the new store features larger shopping aisles as part of Primark’s new store format, and showcases the entire range of womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and homeware.
The opening is a direct response to centre:mk’s customer exit surveys, which had shown Primark to be the most requested store amongst visitors to the destination. This dedication to fulfilling consumer needs has seen centre:mk rank within GlobalData’s top ten shopping centres in the UK, performing particularly well in the ‘meeting shopper expectations’ category.
Ed Sellick, on behalf of centre:mk joint owners, Hermes Investment Management and AustralianSuper, commented: “The opening of Primark is a huge milestone and highlights the dedication to our strategy of ‘reimagining an icon’ that has seen over £60m investment across the shopping destination since 2016. This includes the recently completed 1400 space new technological multi-storey car park, and £10m refurbishment of Sunset Walk and award-winning Guest Services area to ensure our visitors have an experience reflective of our status as a leading UK shopping destination. Primark joins centre:mk as the most requested brand by customers, and so we are thrilled to officially announce the opening of this firm fashion favourite.”
Primark’s Retail Director for the UK & Northern Europe, Simon Gibbs said: “We’re delighted to open a second Milton Keynes store in centre:mk offering customers even more amazing fashion at amazing prices. Today’s opening brings the number of Primark stores to 189 in the UK and 370 internationally and we look forward to continued growth.”
Pam Gosal, Head of Economy and Culture at Milton Keynes Council, added:“Primark’s decision to open in the heart of the city confirms Milton Keynes retail dominance in the South East. The store will be celebrated by our locals as well as the thousands of regional visitors we attract and will be complemented by the existing retail offer available throughout centre:mk. Investments of this nature reflect the confidence that businesses continue to have in the Milton Keynes economy.”
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Call of Duty dominated the airwaves this week, as COD XP not only brought the public the finale of the World League but also the first opportunity to play Infinite Warfare, Modern Warfare Remastered and the Salvation DLC Pack. Here are our top stories from this week in gaming.
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Trailer
Usually revealed earlier in the year, Activision held out until Call of Duty XP for the full public reveal of this year’s CoD smash hit, Infinite Warfare. The game is set for a November 4th release and was fully previewed for the first time in LA last weekend. Trailers are now universally available which show the full extent of the new Call of Duty. You can watch the trailer here.
Not only that, fans at Call of Duty XP could get hands on for the first time with Infinite Warfare. Among the many CoD stars and personalities in attendance were Ali-A, who uploaded the following video of the Infinite Warfare multiplayer to his YouTube channel.
CoD Pros play Salvation DLC
With Infinite Warfare a couple of months away, the final downloadable content for Black Ops 3 was released this week. The pack includes four new multiplayer maps and the finale to the BO3 Zombies saga. The new multiplayer maps include two remakes from earlier Call of Duty titles and two originals. With so much to learn, why not let OpTic Gaming’s Pamaj give you the grand tour?
Pamaj plays Micro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyCTvYJ2qXE
Pamaj plays Citadel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxGhZvrz7uQ
Pamaj plays Outlaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DanksYtFfJE
Pamaj plays Rupture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NxGT2EANJw
We’ve covered the conclusion of the Zombies saga in previously articles, with the public finally able to get their hands on the finale. One such player is ProSyndicate, who took to his YouTube channel to take on the final Zombie apocalypse. You can watch the two hour long video here:
Call of Duty 4: Remastered Remastered Gameplay
As if the prospect of Infinite Warfare wasn’t enough, the game will also ship with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered. For many CoD fans, Modern Warfare is fondly remembered as the greatest title in the series to date. For the first time Call of Duty players will be able to enjoy both boots on the ground and futuristic CoD as part of a singular release. If you’ve still not seen what the Remastered version of Modern Warfare looks like, allow Nadeshot to show you the ropes:
FIFA Demo Release Date
The FIFA17 demo is set to be publicly available September 17th across Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC for football (soccer) fans around the world. German Marco Reus will be the cover star on this year’s game, where Portuguese captain and Euros winner, Cristiano Ronaldo has piped Lionel Messi as the game’s top rated player. The full game is set to be released September 27th in North America and two days later to the rest of the world.
Hitman Epsiode 5 Release Date Announced
Finally, this week IO Interactive announced that the 5th Hitman episode will be released September 27th, as Agent 47 heads to Colorado, USA. The next episode will feature a new host of disguises, as well as 70 challenges for players to sink their teeth into in a range of new terrains in what’s set to be one of the toughest episodes so far. IO Interactive also confirmed the release of a Japanese episode slated for the latter end of 2016.


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Not that they are Luddites; it's just that they regarded retail technology as a major expense, especially in human capital. They often were cautious, even skeptical, about the promises of new technology being pitched to them.
When the pandemics arrived, many retailers responded rapidly and smartly. In scramble mode, some crammed five years of technology adoption into five months!
Now, as the lockdown restrictions recede, the conventional wisdom eagerly suggests that consumers of all ages will continue to rely on online shopping and other technology.
Hmm. Let's consider that "conventional wisdom" a bit more closely.
- "Americans spend about two-thirds of their TV time watching conventional television and just 6 percent streaming Netflix."
- "Online shopping accounts for less than 14 percent of all the stuff that Americans buy."
- "In the US, just 6 percent of Americans order from the most popular restaurant delivery company."
- "And Peloton, the maker of $2,500 exercise bicycles for streaming fitness classes, has about 2.1 million customers paying to use its exercise bicycles or treadmills. For comparison, about 3.5 million households in the United States had birds as pets during a recent year. Peloton might be less popular than parakeets, but it gets far more attention."
And isn't that the point? All the talk and attention is given over to whatever is new or different. You know, "newsworthy."
Now, consider this almost throw-away comment by Rose Jia, Amazon's head of growth marketing, speaking at the NRF Retail Converge.**
- “It means that we're going to have to spend a lot more time and effort educating customers” on the value of online grocery shopping, Jia said.
Hmm. The shopper needs to be "educated" about the value of buying the way that Amazon wants to sell?
Might that mean that it's the customers who are the "technology laggards?!" Maybe independent retailers were simply listening to their customers.
Granted, the customers are seldom out on the leading edge. Like Henry Ford's comment: no customers were asking for a car; what they wanted was a faster horse.
As we wait for the post-pandemic dust to settle, those who keep listening to the customer – rather than trying to "educate" them – will likely be far better served.
Meanwhile, now more than ever:
- Retailers should be able to do an Open-to-Buy with a pencil before they turn over their inventory control to the promise of a technology system.
- Retailers should not go into debt to purchase very expensive technology without seeing what that debt will do to their debt-to-worth ratio. The Balance Sheet has to balance!
- To expect a POS system to control your inventory (the common pitch) is like expecting your bathroom scale to control your weight.
Exciting times continue.
* Shira Ovide, The Big Impact of Small Changes, On Tech newsletter, New York Times, June 22, 2021
** Retail Brew, June 24, 2021.


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Dhaka: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen has said in one of his statements that Indians infiltrate into Bangladesh to eat free food. He also said that the economy of Bangladesh is much better than the Indian economy. This is also the reason why Indian people are infiltrating their country and coming to eat free food.
Momen has said that Indian citizens are living illegally in our country with the help of some brokers who will be taken out of the country. He said that people from India are infiltrating into Bangladesh because the conditions here are very good. Economic conditions are good, so people are coming here. Not only this, but they are also getting jobs in Bangladesh. Along with this, poor Indians are getting food for free here.
He said that due to all the above facilities, Indian citizens are eager to come to Bangladesh. He also said that the Indian government is repeatedly saying that it is not pushing anyone into Bangladesh. We have also said that if any Bangladeshi is living in India illegally, then inform us, we will follow the procedure and bring them back to our country.


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Last week, the much-anticipated Asus Eee PC was officially released in Taiwan amid tremendous user response. While the 7-inch budget notebook is yet to be released stateside, Mark Spoonauer over at Laptop Mag got his hands on the new Asus Eee PC 701 and gave it a full review.
Spoonauer praises the $400 notebook for its simple UI Linux OS saying it's "ten times simpler to use than any Windows machine, starts up twice as fast, and is only about a fifth of the cost of other systems in its weight class." There were a few complaints, though. According to Spoonauer, installing new applications was less-than intuitive, and he also reported some problems getting the embedded webcam to work with Skype - something Asus has promised to fix through a driver update early next year.
Although the review notes you can get a laptop with a bigger screen and better specs for the same amount of money, all in all, the Eee PC will definitely make an excellent secondary computer that will come in handy for working on-the-go without being a pain to carry around. Head over to Laptop Mag to read the full review.


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Funko has revealed their latest addition to their Marvel line of Pops with Gwenpool. Created a couple years back, she will be available in three different versions: a regular release, a metallic Toys R Us exclusive, and a maskless version exclusive to Walgreens. Look for all three versions on shelves sometime in February.
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Its sales grew 21% to 165,346 units
India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) posted a 20.6 per cent rise in total sales in July at 165,346 units as against 137,116 in the same month last year.
This is its highest-ever monthly sales. The previous best was in April this year when the company had sold 144,492 units.
The company's domestic sales increased 22.4 per cent during the month to 154,001 units as against 125,778 in July 2016.
Last month, sales of mini segment cars, including Alto and WagonR, went up 20.7 per cent to 42,310 units, from 35,051 in the year-ago month, MSI said in a statement.
Sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Dzire, Baleno and Ignis increased 25.3 per cent to 63,116 units in July this year as against 50,362 in the same month last year.
Similarly, sales of mid-sized sedan Ciaz registered a growth of 23.5 per cent at 6,377 units during the month.
Sales of utility vehicles, including Ertiga, S-Cross and Vitara Brezza, surged 48.3 per cent to 25,781 units in July this year from 17,382 in the corresponding month last year.
Sales of vans -- Omni and Eeco -- increased 6.6 per cent to 15,714 units last month compared to 14,748 in the same period of the previous year.
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2024 Buick Envista Avenir
DETROIT – General Motors on Monday revealed the last new gas-powered Buick vehicle ahead of the brand’s transition to an all-electric domestic lineup by 2030.
The final new traditional nameplate for the brand will be the 2024 Buick Envista, a small crossover that has the look of a sedan but the ride height and storage of a comparable SUV. It features a smooth, long exterior with styling inspired by the brand’s well-received Wildcat concept car last year.
The Envista will replace the Buick Encore as the brand’s entry-level model, starting at $24,495 for a base model and $29,695 for a top-end Avenir model. GM discontinued production of the Encore last year in exchange for a larger “Encore GX” vehicle that starts between about $26,000 and $35,000.
“There just seems to be an enormous opportunity at the price point,” Sam Russell, Buick marketing director, said during a media briefing. “The Envista we honestly think is just a great opportunity for conquesting. … That’s kind of our objective is to be the conquest champion within GM.”
The Envista comes amid affordability concerns about new vehicles, as many automakers have discontinued lower-priced cars in exchange for pricier crossovers. Average transaction prices have increased to record levels amid low vehicle availability during the past three years.
Production of the Envista at a GM plant in South Korea – home of other Buick and Chevy small crossovers – is scheduled to start next month. The vehicles are expected to arrive in Buick showrooms this summer.
The Envista will be offered exclusively in front-wheel-drive and powered by a 1.2-lter turbocharged engine that’s expected to include 136 horsepower and 162 foot-pounds torque. It includes a standard safety package with six active safety features such as automatic emergency braking and lane keep assist. Its interior features 19 inches of information and control screens.
The Envista is the second of five new models or vehicles for Buick over an 18-month span that ends next year. The first vehicle was the redesigned 2024 Encore GX. The last model is expected to be the brand’s first all-electric vehicle, which will debut in the first half of next year.
“Once we transition to EVs, it’s just all the EVs after that,” Russell said.
Buick’s target to exclusively offer EVs by the end of this decade comes as GM spends $35 billion in electric and autonomous vehicles between 2020 and 2025. The automaker has a goal for all of its brands to exclusively offer consumer EVs by 2035.


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Green River Whiskey, which billed itself as "The Whiskey Without A Headache," will be made in Owensboro again more than a century after the historic distillery burned to the ground.
Simon Burch, CEO of Terressentia Corp., the parent company of O.Z. Tyler Distillery, made the announcement Thursday during the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce's Rooster Booster Breakfast at the Owensboro Convention Center.
He said later that it may be late next year before the distilling of Green River Whiskey begins.
"We just acquired the rights to it," Burch said.
But he said Green River Whiskey has "a rich, rich heritage. It will be an icon, the finest whiskey."
From 1885 until it burned in 1918, John Wellington McCulloch's Owensboro-based Green River Distilling Co. produced some of the best whiskey in Kentucky.
His distillery sat on the same site as O.Z. Tyler does today. In 1893, McCulloch won a medal for excellence at the Chicago Colombian Exposition.
He took some of his whiskey to Europe and won a gold medal for quality at the Paris Exposition of 1900 and later the grand prize at the 1905 Exposition Universelle de Liege, Belgium. He also took the grand prize at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon; at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis; and the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia.
But McCullouch's distillery burned in 1918, with the loss of 43,000 barrels of whiskey.
Prohibition began before he could rebuild.
And he died in 1927 -- six years before Prohibition ended.
But the brand has returned in recent years.
Last year, Rob McCulloch was making Green River Whiskey in Ohio with his great-grandfather's recipe.
It was selling online for $199.99 a bottle.
"Since Prohibition, we've never been able to produce enough to supply stores," Rob McCulloch said then. "Green River used to be aged 12 to 16 years. Now, it's around 2 to 4 years. We're bottling at 4 years now. But I'm trying to get it back to 10 to 12 years."
The brand was iconic.
And last December, 17 bottles of 1910 Green River Straight Whiskey sold for a combined $45,938, at Christie's Auction House in New York.
Burch said he expects the brand to be good for Terresentia.
He said the O.Z. Tyler Distillery site is the 10th oldest in Kentucky.
"We've brought history back to life," Burch said of his company, which started making bourbon here in 2016.
It was the first time bourbon had been distilled in Owensboro since 1992.
Today, the distillery in northwestern Owensboro produces 90,000 barrels a year -- about 2.7 million bottles of whiskey.
It employs 90 people today, Burch said.
But employment is expected to grow, he said.
O.Z. Tyler is the western gateway to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which draws more than 1 million visitors a year.
And the local distillery saw 4,800 visitors in 2018, Burch said.
"It's not Disneyland," Burch said. "It's a real working distillery."
That number is expected to grow, especially when the Duke Tasting Room and John Wayne Experience opens in April.
O.Z. Tyler crafts the whiskey for Duke Spirits, a company that makes bourbon and rye based on the actor's 1962 handwritten recipes.
And Duke Spirits said the John Wayne Experience at the visitors' center will include some of Wayne's memorabilia.
Keith Lawrence, 270-691-7301, email@example.com


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The Australian dairy industry is at “a critical juncture” despite reaching record-breaking profitability after a “rollercoaster ride” for the past decade, according to Rabobank’s Australian Dairy Industry: At an Important Juncture report. It reports that Australia’s dairy sector has experienced a remarkable turnaround, underpinned by favourable seasonal conditions, high farmgate pricing, and a shift in the balance of power within the supply chain due to increasing competition for milk supply and the introduction of the Dairy Industry Code of Conduct.
In spite of the positive developments, the report notes there is a need to reboot in order to achieve a much-needed growth in milk production. It says that such a move will be “vital” for the future success of Australia’s dairy industry in order to take advantage of growth opportunities in export markets.
Report author, Rabobank senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey said in recent years the Australian dairy sector had navigated a “perfect storm of widespread drought, isolated bushfires and floods – all coupled with a severe global market and unprecedented industry disruption and instability”.
“This turmoil resulted in a squeeze on the profit pool and a drop in milk solids produced,” Harvey said. “It also zapped farmer confidence, which ultimately heralded a major shift in how the supply chain operates.”
Harvey added that while some recovery in national milk production has been underway, so far the milk supply response “underwhelmed initial expectations:”.
“The Australian dairy supply chain processed 8.86 billion litres of milk in 2020/21, 950 million litres less than in 2014/15, with 55 per cent of the fall coming from the northern Victoria irrigation system,” Harvey said, adding that expanding Australia’s milk supply is essential to the growth of the industry as it aims to construct sustained growth outside of a maturing domestic market.
“A vibrant industry requires a strong presence in growing export markets and being able to fully leverage existing access to Asian supply chains,” Harvey added. “Australian dairy has some strong global market credentials, but a lack of a sustained growing milk pool is a weakness to overcome. Even with the mature domestic market, demand from key customers is outstripping supply growth, and many customers in the industry will require more volume over the next decade.”
The report stated that with the Australian dairy supply chain experiencing a shortage of milk solids and the foundations in place for a period of investment, the stage is set for the industry to take advantage.
“If this strong run of healthy farm profitability, elevated investment ambition and positive investment outlook does not result in some well-executed long-term investments, it will be a missed opportunity for the industry in reigniting growth,” Harvey said. “And to fully unlock growth, significant long-term capital investment is required to increase efficiency and production capacity.”
The report indicated that Australia’s dairy sector is expected to provide profitable capital investment opportunities for farm businesses over the next decade. As such, it stressed that investing for long-term growth will not be the right strategy for every dairy farm business.
“While a growing industry is vital for the wider sector, the reality is that farm businesses should only invest in growth if there is a profitable and sufficient return based on any planned investment strategy,” Harvey said. “And for enterprises willing to invest, a well-structured plan and consideration of capital at risk is required.”


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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says three international customers failed to remit $16.11 million owed for electricity supply in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023.
Using the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) exchange rate as of August 8, 2023, ($/768.767), the three international customers are owing N12.38 billion in debt, according to TheCable’s calculations.
Under an international treaty, Nigeria sells electricity to neighbouring countries like Benin Republic, Togo, and Niger.
NERC’s 2023 Q1 report shows that the aforementioned value of electricity was sold to four firms in three countries.
The firms are Paras-SBEE and Transcorp-SBEE both from the Benin Republic; Mainstream-NIGELEC from Niger; and Odukpani-CEET from Togo.
“None of the underlisted international customers made any payment against the cumulative $16.11 million invoice issued to them in Q1 2023; Paras-SBEE ($3.46 million), Transcorp-SBEE ($3.85 million), Mainstream-NIGELEC ($5.48 million) and Odukpani-CEET ($3.32 million),” the report reads.
“The market operations (MO) issued invoices to all the eight bilateral customers in the NESI in 2023/Q1 which amounted to N842.38 million. During the quarter, only North-South/Star Pipe made a remittance of ₦15.38 million against an invoice of N24.69 million issued to them.
“This means that for the period, the cumulative remittance performance of bilateral customers was 1.83 percent.”
The NERC explained that the non-remittance by international and bilateral customers continues a trend that should prompt the MO to invoke the provision of the market rules to curtail the payment indiscipline being exhibited by the various market participants.
The regulator also said under the special customers’ arrangement, Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and the host community did not make any payment towards the N0.38 billion (NBET) and N0.08 billion (MO) invoices received in Q1 2023.
“As of March 2023, Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited had a total outstanding debt of N26,715,043,905.73 to NBET and N1,739,966,505.69 to the MO. NERC has communicated this longstanding debt to the federal government for interventions.” the document further reads.
“This continues a longstanding trend of non-payment by this customer and the commission has communicated the need for intervention on this issue to the relevant FGN ministries.”


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Dave Information Breach Affects 7.5 Million Customers, Leaked On Hacker Forum
Overdraft cash and protection advance solution Dave has suffered an information breach after having a database containing 7.5 million individual documents had been offered in a auction and then released later on at no cost on hacker discussion boards.
Dave is a company that is fintech permits users to connect their bank reports and enjoy cash improvements for future bills in order to prevent overdraft charges. readers who require more money to pay for a payday can be got by a bill loan as much as $100, but cannot receive another loan until it really is paid back.
A threat actor released a database containing 7,516,691 users documents at no cost for a hacker forum on Friday.
After reaching away to Dave regarding their database being released, Dave disclosed the event as being a information breach 24 hours later.
In a declaration delivered to BleepingComputer yesterday evening, Dave states their database had been breached after Waydev, a previous third-party company employed by the organization had been breached.
вЂњAs the consequence of a breach at Waydev, certainly one of DaveвЂ™s previous alternative party companies, a harmful celebration recently gained unauthorized use of specific individual information at Dave, including user passwords that have been kept in hashed kind, making use of bcrypt, an industry-recognized hashing algorithm.вЂќ
вЂњThe taken information additionally included some individual individual information including names, e-mails, delivery times, real details and telephone numbers. Notably, this failed to influence banking account figures, bank card numbers, documents of monetary deals, or unencrypted Social protection figures. Dave does not have any proof that any unauthorized actions had been taken with any reports or that any individual has skilled any loss that is financial an outcome of the event.вЂќ
вЂњAs quickly as Dave became conscious of this event, the business instantly initiated a study, that will be ongoing, and it is coordinating with police, including aided by the FBI around claims with a party that is malicious it’s вЂњcrackedвЂќ some of those passwords and it is trying to sell Dave consumer data. DaveвЂ™s safety group quickly secured its systems and has now been working night and day to help keep clientsвЂ™ records safe. Dave is within the procedure of notifying all clients for this event along side doing a reset that is mandatory of Dave client passwords. Dave additionally retained CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity consultant, to assist,вЂќ Dave.com claimed in a declaration submit to BleepingComputer.
It is really not understood just exactly how Waydev had been breached, but BleepingComputer has contacted them to learn more.
The released database contains names, phone numbers, addresses, birth dates, encrypted social security numbers, email addresses, and Bcrypt hashed passwords in samples seen by BleepingComputer.
Those accounts can also be breached while Dave is performing a mandatory password reset on all accounts, if the same password is used at another site.
Consequently, it really is highly encouraged that most users straight away alter any passwords for records which used the exact same account qualifications as with Dave.
From auction to leak that is free hacker discussion boards
While Dave has since responsibly disclosed their data breach in a nearly record-setting time, there is certainly much more to your tale.
Earlier in the day this cyber intelligence firm Cyble told BleepingComputer that a threat actor was auctioning the database for Dave on a hacker forum month. During the right time, Cyble had told Dave concerning the auction and had been told that the matter was being done.
Dave auction (information redacted by BleepingComputer)
The exact same star has also been auctioning databases for Swvl.com and Dunzo.com as well as Dave. On 11th, 2020, Dunzo disclosed that they suffered a data breach july.
Dunzo auction (information redacted by BleepingComputer)
On roughly July 14th, 2020, the Dave auction post had been deleted through the hacker forum, and Cyble discovered that it had been offered in a personal purchase for approximately $16,000.
Fast ahead to July 24th, 2020, and an information breach seller referred to as ShinyHunter circulated the complete database 100% free for a hacker forum that is different.
Dave database leaked free of charge for a hacker forumSource: BleepingComputer
The leaked Dave database contains 7,516,691 user documents and 3,092,396 e-mail details. As formerly stated, the passwords are encrypted making use of Bcrypt, as well as the database also includes encrypted social safety figures.
ShinyHunter is a well-known information breach vendor that has been in charge of attempting to sell and dripping many databases into the past, including HomeChef, ChatBooks, Chronicle.com, Wattpad, Tokopedia.
It isn’t understood why ShinyHunter leaked this database as opposed to continue steadily to offer it, nevertheless now it is released, other threat actors will dehash the passwords and make use of the records in credential stuffing assaults.
As formerly encouraged, make sure to replace your password at virtually any web web sites in which you payday loans online in Georgia utilized the same password as when you look at the Dave software.


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Dubai has unveiled plans to develop an exclusive Arabian- Style resort in Hatta.
Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Defence Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum who is also the chairman of the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) unveiled an artist's impression of the proposed resort at the European Incentive and Business Travel Meetings (EIBTM) exhibition in Geneva.
He made the presentation of the planned development to an audience of hosted buyers from four countries - the UK, Germany, France and Australia as well as the international media.
Shaikh Mohammed headed a 52-strong team to the event which received a massive response from visitors and buyers at Europe's major incentive market gathering.
The new development will combine a state-of-the-art convention centre, an open-air amphitheatre with full-fledged facilities for stage and back-stage provisions, a village plaza, traditional souq (market place), handicraft area and workshops as well as food and beverage outlets.
The Hatta Heritage Village Resort will be set in the midst of the Hajar mountains and include exclusive suites and chalets.
In other highlights of Dubai's presence at the EIBTM:
DTCM Director Operations and Marketing, Mohammed Khamis bin Hareb, said: "The Dubai Card is a smart card-based loyalty programme which will simply give back a slice of all that visitors spend in a day."
He said the Dubai Card would be an excellent promotional tool for tourism companies to reach potential visitors.
DTCM's promotional activities in the Swiss and Austrian markets will include exhibition participation, marketing visits, presentations and roadshows, advertising, brochure distribution, media relations, as well as familiarisation visits to Dubai for influential business and travel journalists.
TTN is the most established trade publication in the Middle East distributed on a controlled circulation basis to members of the travel and tourism industry.
Published monthly by Al Hilal Publishing and Marketing Group, the region’s foremost trade publisher, TTN is aimed at professionals in the industry, from travel agents to airline and hotel personnel.
TTN provides in-depth and extensive coverage of relevant issues in the Middle East and North Africa as well as in other parts of the world. Travel related news, analysis, and new appointments together with information on up-coming exhibitions, marketing and promotional campaigns are presented in an innovative and striking colour tabloid.
Every issue also contains a collation of international and regional news and topical features of interest to readers.


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Global revenue for power-over-Ethernet (PoE) lighting is expected to grow from an estimated $35.8 million in 2016 to $419.9 million in 2025 according to a new report from Navigant Research. The report analyzes the global market for PoE lighting, including market issues, codes and standards, and regional trends.
Ethernet’s ability to transmit data and low-voltage DC power through one cable offers advantages to LED lighting systems by eliminating AC-to-DC conversion within luminaires while also providing the backbone for data transmission throughout a building.
“PoE lighting utilizes a trusted technology that, while new to the lighting industry, has experienced proven success in other applications from phone systems to cameras,” says Krystal Maxwell, research associate with Navigant Research. “By adding Ethernet to the lighting equation, companies are expanding the technology and opening the door to increased benefits in connected lighting systems.”
Although PoE’s success has not yet materialized for the lighting sector as it has in other industries, a number of market players support the technology’s potential. According to the report, technology companies and lighting manufacturers have begun partnering to further advance PoE lighting offerings and increase the integration of building systems.


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Writing on the wall points to Apple tablet, but Steve Jobs still must prove it’s worth buyingBy Jessica Mintz, AP
Monday, January 11, 2010
Apple may wipe slate clean for new tablet computer
SEATTLE — Apple has a knack for spotting problems we didn’t know we had. It can leave us wondering how we survived without vast libraries of music and TV shows in our pockets or the comfort of knowing “there’s an app for that.”
Now, speculation is growing that in two weeks Apple will unveil a tablet-style touch-screen computer that is bigger than an iPhone but smaller than a standard laptop. If indeed that is Apple’s next move — the company won’t comment — it would have to show us why we ought to pay for yet another Internet-connected screen, on top of the TVs, computers and smart phones we already have.
Tablets, also called slates, are one-piece computers with big screens and no keyboards, though some models can convert from a regular laptop to a tablet by flipping the screen around to hide a keyboard.
Such devices have been around since the early 1990s, including one from Toshiba Corp. that weighed 3.3 pounds and cost about $3,500. But tablets haven’t seen much success in the mainstream. At the peak in 2007, manufacturers shipped about 1.5 million tablets worldwide — less than 1 percent of the personal computers shipped that year, according to the research firm IDC. Only about one-third of those tablets were for consumers. The rest were used in specialized settings such as doctor’s offices or warehouses.
Bill Gates, co-founder of Apple nemesis Microsoft Corp., predicted repeatedly during the 2000s that tablets were about to take off. He was wrong because those tablets required people to use a pen-shaped stylus to tap buttons or write on the screen, which was attractive in workplaces where employees needed to check boxes or fill out forms. For most people, though, using a stylus for regular computer tasks such as editing a spreadsheet was more cumbersome than using a mouse and keyboard.
No one has given up on tablet computers running Windows; several cropped up last week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including prototypes from Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc.
But it seems it will be Apple CEO Steve Jobs who swoops in with a tablet that takes advantage of recent technology improvements and garners the most buzz.
Dell and HP didn’t present a retail-ready tablet because the companies want to be able to adjust if Apple’s vision turns out to be radically different, says computer industry analyst Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies Associates.
“If Apple blows it out of the park, we know that that’s what the space is going to look like for a while,” he says.
While older tablets weren’t pitched as Internet-surfing devices, modern ones will be able to take advantage of near-ubiquitous wireless Internet access, as well as our growing willingness to pay for monthly data plans for smart phones and little netbooks.
Touch screens and the underlying software are also dramatically better today, and we’ve gotten used to pinching, swiping and using on-screen keyboards thanks to the popularity of Apple’s iPhone.
And gadgets — especially ones made by Apple — are thinner and sleeker all the time, making them more portable than clunky early tablets.
We’ve seen this happen before: Portable music players and “smart” phones had existed before the iPod and the iPhone came along, and yet it was Apple that redefined those categories.
Still, an Apple tablet could have a harder time becoming a mainstream success than those gadgets, if only because there is not necessarily a compelling reason for one.
In the absence of confirmation from Apple, analysts have many guesses about how Jobs would position an Apple tablet. Some think it will simply be an oversized iPod Touch, a music player that is also used to view movies, family photos and other content on the go. Others believe Apple is building the tablet with an eye to the burgeoning electronic book market (even though Jobs said in 2008 that “people don’t read anymore.”) Still others position it as a companion screen to use while watching television — the tablet would deliver information related to the program airing on the TV.
But the mechanics of the human body may be stronger than Jobs’ charisma. We tolerate devices like smart phones with their tiny screens and awkward keyboards because they’re fine for what we need them for — quick, on-the-go reading and messaging. As soon as the screen gets bigger, though, people tend to start wanting to do more with the device, such as typing longer missives, says Mark Rolston, chief creative officer for Frog Design, a firm that designed one of Apple’s first computers. At that point, the limitations of small screens and the lack of a real keyboard could be intolerable, and people would move up a rung to a small laptop.
Jon Gibs, vice president for media insight at The Nielsen Co., says he can’t think of a situation in which a tablet screen would be the best one available for watching video. At home, the TV is the more natural choice, while on the go, a pocket-sized iPhone would be more convenient.
Rolston believes Apple won’t market a tablet as a replacement for a workhorse laptop. Instead, Jobs will describe a limited set of uses for the device at first, Rolston says, and later Apple may broaden how it advertises the tablet. He pointed to the way the iPhone evolved from easy-to-use phone to multipurpose pocket computer a year after its debut with the advent of the App Store, which sells add-on software of all sorts.
Perhaps some of the biggest hopes for tablets are bubbling in media companies that have failed to capture enough advertising on the Internet and now crave a new way to sell interactive content. Something like Apple’s iTunes program, which lets people buy songs, TV shows and movies to put on their iPods and iPhones, could be used to distribute newspaper and magazine stories or TV programming on a tablet.
Already publishers are flocking to e-book readers such as Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle, but photo and graphics-rich magazines and video or multimedia installments from newspapers don’t look very good on the e-readers’ black, white and gray “e-ink” screens.
A tablet with a color screen, however, could create new opportunities. Sports Illustrated published a video online of a tablet-based digital magazine that lets readers glide through content, jump from a single photo to an entire gallery, view features and ads with embedded video segments, and play games on the tablet that tie into sporting events on TV.
Wired magazine is working on a made-for-tablet edition. While the business model isn’t final, Wired will likely charge a subscription fee for some or all of the tablet version, says editor-in-chief Chris Anderson.
Smart phone screens are too small for long-form reading and high design, while PC screens require people to lean in across the keyboard to read. A tablet would have both the intimacy and the screen real estate to approximate a magazine experience, Anderson says.
“We decided this was the big one,” Anderson says.
Apple’s stock more than doubled in the last year, partly because of investors’ expectations that the company has another blockbuster coming. But tablets would still have to get into consumers’ hands, which makes the price perhaps the most important question.
If a tablet doesn’t replace a laptop or any other gadget, it would have to be inexpensive enough to feel like an accessory, not an investment. And yet it might also have to come with a speedy cellular data plan to ensure people can access content everywhere. That could mean paying at least another $30 a month on top of what people shell out for cell phone, TV and broadband service.
Kay thinks many people would still likely be interested.
“For this jewel-encrusted status symbol,” he says, “the answer is absolutely yes.”
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Timken India hits all-time high; up 300% in 3 years
Updated: 20 Jul 2022, 01:25 PM IST
TL;DR.Timken's net profit surged 128.87 per cent YoY to ₹121.30 crore, which is one of the highest in the industry, Trendlyne data showed. The company delivered an ROE of 19.74% in the year ending March 31, 2022, outperforming its five-year average of 14.46%.
Timken India is primarily into the manufacture and distribution of tapered roller bearings, components and accessories for the automotive sector and the railway industry.