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The Irish Maritime Development Organisation (IMDO) welcomes the announcement that a deal had been reached in the Irish Ferries dispute.
Since the beginning of the dispute, the IMDO has worked closely with unions, management and the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in the hope that a mediated settlement could be arrived at.
Commenting on the news, IMDO Director, Mr. Glenn Murphy said "We would firstly like to congratulate the members of the Labour Relations Commission for their relentless endeavours in achieving this breakthrough in what has been a very complex and challenging negotiation process. This has been a very difficult time for all parties involved, in particular the workers who faced an uncertain future during this process, however we were confident that an agreement could be reached"
In a report to the Government in July this year, the Office identified the serious threat to Ferry sector and in particular to Irish seafarer employment, posed by companies employing cheaper seafarers on 'Flag of Convenience' vessels that are registered outside Europe.
According to Mr. Murphy "The dispute has seen over 34% of the Freight carrying capacity on the Irish Sea from the republic tied up during this dispute at a critical time for Irish companies. In 2004 goods to the value of €120 billion Euro passed along the Irish maritime shipping supply chain representing an estimated 99% of Ireland's trade by volume being transported by sea. The shipping services sector is strategically essential to Ireland as an island economy, which depends heavily on its shipping industry and its network of support services to connect Irish industry with the global market place. Therefore it is vital that competitiveness in this sector is maintained".
The IMDO is looking forward to working closely with the Government and Industry in devising a long-term strategy for the future employment of Irish Officers and Irish companies involved in the highly competitive International shipping sector.
The Irish Maritime Development Office is Ireland's dedicated development, promotional and marketing agency for the shipping services sector. It is part of the Marine Institute, the state agency responsible for researching the potential of Ireland's 220 million acre marine resource and promoting its sustainable development.


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Infiniti Special Edition 30 SeriesAugust 21, 2019
The Japanese company Infiniti has prepared for release a whole series of cars called “edition 30”.
Japanese company Infiniti, specializing in the production of premium cars, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
Especially for this event, she prepared for the release of a whole series of cars called “edition 30”. New products will be available at the elegance contest this week in Pebble Beach, California.
The Infiniti QX50, QX60, QX80 crossovers and Q50 and Q60 sedans will fall into a special anniversary series. The main differences from the standard models will be a dark chrome grille mounted on a car, dark-colored rear-view mirrors and wheels.
Typically, cars will not receive additional nameplates reminiscent of their belonging to the anniversary version.
Each of the cars will receive a package of driver assistance options Pro Assist, which includes all-round cameras, adaptive cruise control, a collision avoidance system when reversing and an emergency braking system.
According to preliminary data, the first available copies will be available this fall at dealerships in the United States.
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Behind Intel Corp.’s multibillion-dollar revival plan is a growing view among tech executives that booming demand for computer chips will continue beyond the pandemic.
Intel on Tuesday committed to a record $19 billion to $20 billion in capital expenditures this year, or about 45% above the company’s average annual capital expenditures over the past five years.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. , the world’s leading contract chip maker, in January pledged to spend up to $28 billion on plant investments this year, a record for that company and a 47% annual increase.
“Everything is becoming more digital and we are saying Intel is stepping into that gap aggressively to help provide the capacity that’s needed,” Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger said Tuesday as he rolled out his turnaround plan for the company. The embrace of more digital tools fueling that demand, he said, was only accelerated by the pandemic.
Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella, joining his Intel counterpart by video at the chipmaker’s strategy rollout, said that “we’re entering a complete new era as computing becomes embedded in our world.”


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Epic Games’ mobile port of Fortnite has pulled in five times the revenue of rival PUBG Mobile despite racking up half as many weekly downloads.
That comes from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, which released the figures to Bloomberg. Fortnite has made $92 million in revenue for the 11 weeks ending on June 18th, while PUBG generated around $19 million for the same period.
Business has been picking up recently for PUBG Mobile following the introduction of the Battle Pass. As previously reported, revenues soared 365 per cent in the first week of its debut.
Regarding downloads, PUBG peaked at 23.3 million downloads during its first weeks on mobile compared to the 3.4 million that Fortnite brought in.
It should be noted, however, that PUBG is available to download on Android, unlike Fortnite which will launch sometime in the summer.
While the figures don't include China, a notable effect of Fortnite’s absence on Android is reflected by its weaker showing in Asia. Instead, the US proves to be Fortnite’s most active region as it provides nearly two-thirds of its gross revenue to date.
PUBG Mobile on the other-hand has snagged roughly one-third of gross lifetime revenue from Asian territories, and one-third form the US.


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Many reports emerged bearing the sad news that Friends was about to leave Netflix on 1st January 2019. But now it seems that it is not! Netflix’s official Instagram account confirms this using a hilarious screenshot of Ross embodying the Holiday Armadillo. Rejoice fans, for Friends will remain for us on Netflix! At least through most of 2019.
Will it be On Netflix Forever?
That seems to be highly unlikely as the Netflix tab now says that Friends will be available until January 1st of 2020. So, unfortunately our streaming days of Friends on Netflix will be over in 2020. It’s believed that Warner Bros. wishes to create their own streaming service and is trying to claim the licensing on all of its popular sitcoms which includes Friends. And so Friends might not be continuing on the platform anymore. Warner Bros. and Netflix might spark up a new agreement hopefully. It’s definitely going to be hard to keep up with all of the classical shows we can’t let go of if they’re way too many streaming networks with their own hefty costs.
Netflix Paid Big Bucks to Have Friends
In 2014, the streaming service struck a deal with the license owners and got the rights for all ten seasons for a whopping $118 million! The streaming service also transformed the quality of the popular TV show, ensuring it was in top HD quality. The service helped bring the beauty of Friends to a whole new generation, so it would be quite sad to see it leave the platform. Despite the younger generation finding problems with the TV show not being woke enough, it’s still a fan favorite for many. People often re-watch it plenty of times as it has a cult following.


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CBS plans to market its over-the-top subscription products together, offering consumers a discount when they order both CBS All Access and Showtime OTT.
Speaking during CBS’s earnings call Thursday, CBS CEO Les Moonves said there were a lot of exciting marketing plans for both of its OTT services.
“We are planning in the next few months to announce the ability to sell both of them together,” Mooves said, adding that a price point hasn’t been decided yet.
“As we head into the spring and we have Star Trek and Twin Peaks coming out on those competing platforms, how great will it be looking forward to be able to market them together . . . at a slight discount if they buy both,” he said.
CBS has said it has 2 million OTT subscribers, roughly evenly split between CBS All Access and the Showtime service. The company projects having 4 million subs for each by 2020.Mark
“Having a direct relationship with our consumer is a really important thing,” Moonves said. “The more people who are exposed to these platforms, the more they like them. The more we’re doing original content on them, the more they like them.”
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The picture above pretty much says it all. If you’ve read the news in the last 24-hours, you probably already know that one of Apple’s staff accidentally lost a prototype of the upcoming iPhone 4G, and it’s making waves on the Internet at the moment. Considering how Apple feels about secrecy, it’s really no surprise to anyone to see that Apple wants the phone back, and has written a formal letter to the folks over at Gizmodo (who purchased it off the person who found it), asking for the device to be returned. So it looks like the device that was found was really the iPhone 4G, eh?
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KOCHI: Westinghouse, a major player in the home appliances space, has launched its products in the Kochi market.
The operations in India come under Mapana Middle East FZ Co, which is a licensee for the brand. The operations are headquartered out of Dubai.
The company is looking at going pan India by 2013 primarily with the help of the traditional distribution channel, modern retail channel, institutional channel and online sales.
The company hopes to be a major player in the small domestic appliances category by 2015. It is would also focus on niche areas like personal care and baby care products.


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New phone scam reported
The Federal Trade Commission is warning the public to be aware of phone calls from debt collectors.
Using 800 numbers, such as 855-732-9198, the collector may get some personal information and claim that the person owes money from a debt.
If you think the caller is a fraud, ask for the name, company, street address and telephone number.
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Diwali will be a costly affair this time. The prices of the various fire crackers are set to shoot up by at least 15-20 per cent and burn your pocket. Wholesale traders in the city claim that hike in wages, prices of material and fuel have led to an inevitable increase in cost of production. A packet of 120 shots which cost `90 last year, will now cost `120. In the same way, the cost of a small flower pot is `35 now, compared to `30 last year.
“The workers in Sivakasi, where everything is made, have demanded more wages, and simply refused to work otherwise,” explained Sanjay Kumar Bhope, owner of Shanti Fire Works, at Begum Bazaar. '
He explained that other factors like availability of materials and the recent price hike of diesel also added to the cost of crackers.
“Since the crackers traders in the city procure are completely handmade, everything is reliant on labour,” Bhope pointed out.
Amarnath, who runs TM Agencies at Ranigunj, explained that like all the other commodities, fire cracker prices had to inevitably increase. “You can’t help it, there are added costs in this business too,” he observed. According to him, the business has changed over the last few years. “Earlier, it used to be a two-month long business. Right from Vinayaka Chaturthi till Diwali, sales would go on. Now, it has become a two-week business at Dhobhi Ghat where all the major stalls are set up,” he said.
Raju Jonnada, a wholesale trader who manages Jonnada Balaji & Company with his brother at Ranigunj, came up with a curious reason for the hike in prices. He attributed it to the government ban on child labour! “That was one reason why crackers were cheap. Now that and other factors will definitely add to the cost. Hence, the 20 percent rise,” he reasoned.
He too reiterated that business was not as robust as it was a few years ago. “Kids these days have not much interest in fire crackers due to the internet. Also they are taught at school about protecting environment, and hence the demand from children has come down,” Jonnada opined.
The traders also said that noisy bombs like hydrogen bombs have lost popularity over the last few years . “People prefer crackers which go up into the sky to loud bombs. Shots and flower pots are more or less preferred,” said Bhope. “Even children say no to bombs at times when their parents want to buy!” Jonnada chipped in rather sadly.


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Fathom Online releases a report that shows that keyword prices, on average, have dropped from $1.43 at the end of 2005 to $1.39 in the first quarter of 2006. The price drop was "not surprising" according to Fathom Online, stating that Q4 prices were higher due to the "seasonal nature of advertising."
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Since it was introduced in 1970, McDonald’s limited-time Shamrock Shake has been one harbinger of St. Patrick’s Day.
To commemorate its 2013 availability, the fast-food behemoth has added a Gone But Not Forgotten tile creator page to its website.
According to the page itself, the tile creator lasts only as long as the shake does. (A McDonald’s rep did not respond to a request for exact dates.)
The feature asks fans to “remove” a pixel from the page and replace it with a unique tile to “stake your claim as a McCafé Shamrock Shake fan before both are gone.”
Users can pick from five backgrounds, borders, and shapes to create a tile. In keeping with the holiday, the options are mostly green and have St. Patrick’s Day or shake themes.
Once a tile has been created, users are given the option to share it “and (their) love of the McCafé Shamrock Shake” on Facebook.
The page’s background is full of these tiles. Once the tile has been created, it automatically places itself at the bottom of the screen. With about 105 across and 98 down, more than 10,000 had been created as of Thursday.
McDonald’s says the classic minty treat is made with vanilla reduced fat ice cream, Shamrock Shake syrup, and topped with whipped cream and a cherry. It comes in three sizes and sells at the same price point as McDonald’s other shakes.
This is the second year the McCafé Shamrock Shake has been advertised nationally, a McDonald’s rep says.
A February 25 Facebook post elicited nearly 28,000 likes. McDonald’s has 27.6 million fans.
McDonald’s has also reposted a Shamrock Shake video from 2012. As of Thursday, it had 23,000 views.
“The Shake continues to sell very well during the limited time, drawing loyalists and new fans alike,” the rep says.
McDonald’s has also changed its Twitter background to reflect the shake and is using the hashtag #ShamrockShake to engage its 997,000 followers.
As ClickZ reported last year, in 2012, McDonald’s tried to promote #Shamrocking, or the act of posing for a photo in the middle of an Irish jig with a Shamrock Shake in hand.
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As electric-car maker Tesla beefs up its batteries and spins up a giant battery factory, a shadowy horse is moving up from behind. British vacuum magnate James Dyson tells Forbes that he will spend $1.4 billion over the next five years to build a battery factory and push battery technology forward, theoretically eclipsing Tesla’s existing tech.
The commitment is a risky bet for Dyson and his namesake company, which he owns in full. To get a sense of why, consider Dyson’s most notable major investment in batteries so far: The acquisition last year of solid-state battery startup Sakti3. That company’s batteries have still only been demonstrated in the lab, and some have even questioned whether its promises will ever be fulfilled.
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The immediate obstacle is cost. Experts speaking to Forbes estimate that even a modest vacuum cleaner battery produced using solid-state technology would currently cost $2,000. At the time of the Sakti3 acquisition, Dyson said his company would invest up to $1 billion on a factory to bring production of solid-state batteries to scale and, at least theoretically, push the cost down.
If commercialization and cost-cutting efforts are successful within Dyson’s five year window, it could present a threat to Tesla, because it would open the possibility of scaling solid-state technology up to car-battery size. Sakti3 has previously claimed its technology could store energy at nearly twice the density of the lithium-ion formulation used in Tesla’s batteries.
That formulation is the bedrock of Tesla’s massive investment in its Nevada Gigafactory, which couldn’t be easily retooled to produce a different kind of battery. Having a competing, much more effective battery technology available, while Tesla was still locked into li-on, could open the door for other automakers to offer electric vehicles with a big range advantage.
For more on battery development, watch our video.
Of course, there’s a long chain of contingency between a vacuum maker investing in experimental battery tech, and putting a better battery in a production vehicle. For one, Dyson is clearly focused on small rechargeable electronics. Then there’s the very real possibility that solid-state won’t pan out at all—which is why Tesla has stuck with the tried and true lithium-ion, for all its limitations.
And that’s probably the strongest warning sign about the Dyson investment. When Elon Musk has already decided pushing batteries further is too much of a longshot—Elon Musk, who calmly argues for the sensibility of colonizing Mars—it might be wise to tap the brakes.


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Poland - Invitation to DVB-H testsFriday, November 9th, 2007
The Office of Electronic Communications (UKE – Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej) notes increased interest in the implementation of mobile TV in Poland according to the DVB-H standard (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds). Until now the Office of Electronic Communications has issued 11 radio licences for trial transmissions of this type.
On 18 July 2007 the European Commission (the EC) adopted a strategy favouring the take-up of mobile TV across all EU Member States in a uniform DVB-H standard. The Commission urged Member States to accelerate the deployment of mobile TV. The Commission concluded that in order for Europe to remain competitive in the market for mobile radiocommunication services (in terms of creating new jobs, business oportunities for service providers, hardware manufacturers and content creators and bringing new types of services) it is necessary to implement mobile TV.
Currently some 3.5 m Europeans use mobile TV. According to analysts’ forecasts in 2011, i.e. short before the European Football Championship (EURO 2012) organised in Poland and Ukraine, some 500 m people all over the world are going to use it. The analysis for the European Commission shows that in 2009 the world mobile TV market will reach the value of 11.4 billion euro and in 2015 as much as 20 billion euro.
Experts say that the year 2008 may be important for the development of mobile TV in the European Union because of major sports events such as the European Football Championship or summer Olympic Games, which will favour the launch and promotion of services offered in this system.
For this reason undertakings associated in the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (PIIT) have undertaken an initiative to carry out in 2008 large scale trial transmissions in the DVB-H system.
In order to ensure equal treatment, the President of UKE invited all interested parties, especially the operators of transmission networks (mobile, broadcasting, access and others), hardware manufacturers and content creators (including broadcasters) to participate in common mobile TV tests in the DVB-H standard.
The President of UKE, in cooperation with the industry, will lay down the rules for common tests and for the participation of particular groups of interested parties according to their competence.
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Call of Duty Warzone may get New Spooky Ghostface Operator Skin On Halloween. Call of Duty Warzone and BOCW Season 6 is just around the corner. And according to some leaks, on the occasion of Halloween, the developers are going to give the players some interesting stuff. Those leaks said that the developers are planning to add some new things in Warzone Verdansk. They also revealed that the players may get a new Ghostface operator and Donnie Darko skins as well.
Call of Duty Warzone has always been pretty good when it comes to Operator Skins. And the developers are again going to surprise the players with some spooky stuff on the occasion of Halloween. Last year we Leatherface along with Billy the puppet ok the occasion of Halloween. So it can be said that the Halloween event will bring new Spooky Ghostface and Donnie Darko skins in warzone this year.
Call of Duty Warzone may get New Spooky Ghostface Operator Skin On Halloween
Apart from these things, the developers are planning to add the event ‘All Hallows Eve’ on Halloween this year. Along with this, the players may also get a lot of new challenges and game modes on the occasion of Halloween. Raven Softwares may also add some new cosmetics along with Donnie Darko Skins as well.
Also the Season 6 Battle Pass of CoD Warzone got its trailer today. Moreover, after seeing the trailer and these leaks, it is sure that the developers are going to give the players some amazing and unexpected things and amazing things. The new Operator Skin of Mason is what I am waiting for personally, I am sure many players out there are also craving for that amazing skin.
As for right now, that’s all we know about the things that the users will get in the upcoming Halloween Event. But if we got any more info on the topic we’ll be sure to inform you.


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Canada ranked the second most popular tourist destination for Uber users
Uber recently released their annual stats for 2019.
According to the report, Toronto’s CN Tower cracked the top 10 most popular travel destinations this year.
The top five were the Eiffel Tower at number five, the Arc de Triomphe at number four, the CN Tower at number three, the Freedom Tower, at number two, and the Empire State Building at number one.
Additionally, Canada was the second most popular destination for U.S. tourists this year—Mexico was number one, while the U.K. was number three.
This year, St. Paddy’s Day was the most popular day for Uber usage for the second consecutive year, while October 26 and November 2—when people celebrated Halloween—were second and third.
Additionally, this year, Uber Eats delivered its billionth delivery. Further, Toronto was the most caffeinated city, as Uber Eats users from Ontario’s capital ordered more coffee than any other city. Toronto also had one of the latest peak times for orders at 11 p.m.
The most popular foods ordered this year were pizza, sushi, wings, and ramen.
Based on searches so far, Uber predicts the top five most popular foods for 2020 will be Keto at number five, Reishi at number four, Collagen at number three, Squid ink at number two, and Starfruit at number one.
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Merck announces EC approval of Schering-Plough Corp.
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. Just days after Pfizer completed its acquisition of Wyeth, another major drug company merger that began earlier this year reached a milestone.
Merck & Co. announced Friday that the European Commission — the European Union’s counterpart to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission — had approved its acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp.
“Approval from the European Commission marks a key milestone for the completion of our transaction with Schering-Plough,” Merck CEO Richard Clark said in a statement. “We’re making good progress towards our closing and look forward to creating a strong, global leader that will make a substantial difference to patients and health care around the world.”
Merck said that integration planning teams from the two companies were planning for the combined company to start business as soon as the merger was completed, which they expect to happen in fourth quarter 2009.
Schnuck exec honored by produce pub
ST. LOUIS A weekly newspaper serving the produce industry has given a top award to a Schnuck Markets executive.
The Packer named Schnucks VP produce and floral Michael O’Brien the 2009 “Marketer of the Year,” Schnucks announced, presenting him with the award at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit earlier this month.
O’Brien has worked in the supermarket industry for 37 years, starting at Schnucks as a bagger in 1972, becoming a store manager in 1983 and division manager in 1990. He has served in his current position since 2001.
Schnucks said O’Brien had taken an “active role” in promoting produce consumption and was a member of a number of industry organizations. He is chairman-elect of the PMA’s board of directors and served as chairman of the Produce for Better Health Foundation in 2007, promoting that organizations “5 a day, Fruits & Veggies – More Matters” campaign to promote the eating of fruits and vegetables. Produce Merchandising magazine also named him “Retailer of the Year” in 2004.
AACE introduces diabetes algorithm
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A new algorithm designed to help Type 2 diabetes patients achieve glycemic control has appeared online in the September/October edition of the journal Endocrine Practice.
The algorithm, released as a consensus statement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American College of Endocrinology is a one-page resource designed to assist primary care doctors, endocrinologists and others in the management of Type 2 diabetes.
“Depending on a patient’s current A1C level, a physician will use the algorithm to determine whether a mono-, dual- or triple-combination therapy should be considered,” former AACE president and co-chairwoman of the Algorithm Task Force Helena Rodbard said in a statement. “To minimize the risk of diabetic complications, the algorithm will help achieve a hemoglobin A1C value of 6.5 or less when appropriate.”
The task force said it was the first such algorithm that considers currently approved classes of medications emphasizing safety and efficacy while also considering factors such as the overall cost of care.


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Even before its official start at 11:30 a.m., the first customer walked in to order a poke bowl.
“I usually have to go to Savannah for something like this,” said Brooks Davis, who lives in Rose Hill and works in Hardeeville.
Wasabi’s owner and chef, LingXian Chen, said his family owns a restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, but he was drawn to the Lowcountry to be close to the ocean.
For three years starting in 2013, he operated a restaurant in Bridge Center along U.S. 278 near the bridges to Hilton Head Island, but since then he worked in restaurants in Charleston, as well as Georgia, Florida and New York and elsewhere, to gain more experience and add to his skills.
While his previous restaurant offered an assortment of Asian menu items like Thai and Chinese, “here ... we are small and we are more focused on the most traditional Japanese dishes,” Chen said.
Sushi and sashimi are the stars of the menu, with dozens of traditional and modern choices. Chen emphasized that the key is the freshest fish.
One of the appetizers is a nod to the Lowcountry that Chen loves: The dish called Hunting Island is half an avocado topped with fresh tuna or salmon.
There’s also bento boxes and habachi options, Japanese curry and a sizzling hot plate with tofu, chicken, seafood or steak.
Poke bowls should appeal to those who are looking for a healthy option.
Right now, customers can order beer, wine or saki served hot, cold or room temperature.
Lunch specials start around $10, and sushi starts around $5 for a more traditional roll, with most of the more elaborate ones, like the Buddah’s Belly roll that includes spicy tuna, salmon, avocado and cream cheese, falling in the $11-16 range.
Dinner choices range from about $13 to around $20.
Chen, who has two elementary school-age children, said he is looking forward to offering families in the area more of a dining experience instead of just takeout. He also is hoping that being open later will appeal to those customers who want to hang out and visit.
“You don’t want to hang out in a to-go restaurant,” he said.
Chen said he feels lucky to find the location along Buckwalter. “At least I hope I’ll be lucky,” he said with a laugh.
What: Wasabi Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar
Where: 103 Buckwalter Place Boulevard, Suite 109, in Bluffton
Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday.


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Parimatch, the global betting brand, has extended its cooperation with The International 10 champions, Team Spirit. According to the contract, Parimatch will stay as the title sponsor of esports organisation throughout 2022, with the potential for the agreement to be extended at least until 2024.
Parimatch and Team Spirit began their cooperation in the summer of 2019. Over the years, the esports organisation won multiple tournaments — the most recent of them being The International 10 where the triumphant team claimed the prize of over $18,000,000.
The updated visual style of Team Spirit’s jerseys will feature Parimatch logo on the front and sleeves of the organisation’s Dota 2 and CS:GO uniforms. Just like in 2019-2021, the brands intend to continue creating exciting content for the esports community worldwide, as well as launch a joint merch line.
In 2021, Team Spirit has been an undisputed leader regarding their performance and one of the world’s most popular esports organisations. Over the last year, users have placed over 4 million bets on Team Spirit using Parimatch’s platform.
It is a genuine partnership. We started working even before the legendary roster appeared, even when Dota 2 as a whole was not a priority for “dragons.” The victory at the most prestigious esports tournament in the world opens a new page in the organisation's history for Team Spirit. Glad we are part of this story
We are glad to announce the continuation of cooperation with the Parimatch brand. We carefully select companies and brands for potential collaboration. Parimatch has established itself as a reliable betting brand that focuses on esports and its development over so many years on the market. Moreover, we are delighted that the Parimatch brand strives to enter into partnerships with the best in their sports. It is a pride for us to be on a par with such giants of world sports as Chelsea and Juventus. We much appreciate our partner's interest in the growth of our brand and a concern for the promotion of Team Spirit both in the regional and international arena. This is a rare quality on the market today. Thanks to the Parimatch brand for this approach
Developing esports is a priority for the Parimatch Tech holding, promoting the Parimatch brand globally and providing tech and marketing solutions in the entertainment and betting industry. Esports development is reflected in the company’s main product, mobile applications, specialized promotions, and giveaways for esports fans. In addition to partnerships with well-known esports clubs and players, Parimatch brand supports amateur tournaments, organizes its own professional leagues, and creates content for the esports community on social networks.
The Parimatch brand was born in Ukraine in 1994. It started as a retail bookmaker and became a successful digital sports and entertainment betting platform. A growing number of local operators and partners across Europe, Asia, and Oceania use Parimatch's tailored technology solutions and brand to facilitate business in their regions.
Parimatch’s roster of champions includes MMA fighters Petr Yan and the Shevchenko sisters; Parimatch also has partnership agreements with football clubs such as Chelsea, Juventus, Leicester City, Everton, Aston Villa, Brighton, Southampton, and works with several national sports federations.
As a market leader in the CIS and a responsible business, Parimatch is championing the move towards responsible gambling. Parimatch advanced the Responsible Gambling Project in development, analytics, and communication with clients. The absolute world heavyweight boxing champion and gold medal-winner of the 2012 Olympics, Oleksandr Usyk, joins the Parimatch brand as the first-ever Responsible Gambling Project ambassador.


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Teladoc is on the verge of replacing Tesla as Ark Invest's biggest holding. Here's why Cathie Wood is so bullish on the telemedicine company.
Teladocis neck and neck with Teslaas Ark Invest's top holding across all of its funds. Cathie Woodhas been consistently trimming Ark Invest's Tesla stake while buying more Teladoc.
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As of Friday, its Teladoc position was worth $1.24 billion, while its Tesla position was worth $1.25 billion, according to the latest data from Cathie Wood's Ark. Depending on how Monday shakes out, Teladoc could finally knock Tesla off the top spot in Ark's investment portfolio.
Teladoc was first added to Ark's flagship Disruptive Innovation and Genomic Revolution ETFs in September 2020, with a 2% weight across all of Ark's combined ETF funds. Since then, Ark has consistently added to the position, with Teladoc having a 5.7% weighting today.
While Ark was buying Teladoc, it was also consistently selling Tesla. Ark's purchase of Tesla shares last week after its earnings decline was the first time in eight months the Wood bought the EV stock.
Teladoc is a telemedicine company that saw a boom in business amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The company's platform allows patients to schedule virtual doctor visits.
In late 2020, Teladoc acquired digital healthy company Livongo for $18.5 billion. At its peak in early 2021, the combined company was worth nearly $45 billion. Today, it's worth just $11 billion.
But that decline represents an opportunity for Wood. Here's why she is so bullish on Teladoc, according to a recent interview with ETF Trends.
1. The Pandemic Changed Things
"A lot of people were introduced to telemedicine during the coronavirus crisis. They got their first taste. And to the extent they can help it, meaning they don't absolutely have to see a doctor for checkup reasons that need to be done personally, we are not going back to the old way of doing things."
2. The Cross-Selling Opportunity
"Now, if you look at the revenue of Teladoc, it is up fourfold from 2019. And perhaps more important, the average revenue per user has gone from roughly $1, to $2.60. And our analyst, Simon Barnett, says that if they did a lot more cross-selling and just theoretically, every person took all of their services, that ARPU could go all the way to $68. Now, of course it won't, but it is going a lot higher."
3. They Have A Real Business
"They just guided to the December quarter 43% growth, which was higher than consensus expectations. That revenue for 2021 now stands at $2 billion dollars. That's a real company. A lot of sellers of our stocks... really don't care what a company does. Many just have used valuation as a reason to sell our stocks. But they compare our strategy to a tech and telecom bubble strategy. None of the companies in the tech and telecom bubble that I remember got anywhere near $2 billion in sales."
4. On Competition
"Many people are basically dismissing Teladoc as, hey, United Healthcare could do that easily. Well, the fact is, and maybe they could – they are trying to do it in some way – but this is not their DNA. If you look at Teladoc's price to sales right now, Teladoc's price to sales is 5x. United Health, 13x to 14x. Teladoc's growth rate revenues, they will tell you over the next three to five years, 25% to 30% plus, and United Health, maybe 10%. So there's something very interesting about this picture."
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Ten points to Marc Pritchard for making his “not sexy” marketing topics as sexy as all hell last week. If common sense prevails, the themes of his address at IAB’s Annual Leadership meeting in Florida will actually prove to be the industry’s sexiest topics of 2017.
Last week P&G’s chief brand officer caned large swathes of the online advertising industry for a string of shortcomings that the world’s biggest advertiser is no longer willing to avert its gaze from.
Pritchard put us all on notice. All the industry’s sacred cows – ludicrous viewability standards, the rise of bot and methbot fraud along with online ad platforms marking their own scorecards – were put under the microscope in a scorching and fearless speech.
And in probably the most pragmatic assessment of the modern marketing playbook, he admitted that P&G, like many others, has been distracted by the “latest shiny objects” and taken its eyes off real stuff: like demanding to know what it is paying for.
Now, I don’t think any one group – marketers or agencies or media owners – owns this issue but I do think it’s time to take a collective look and inject common sense back into the work we do. You know, the basic rules that seem to have been suspended in a mad rush to embrace the cult of the shiny and new.
So let’s have a look at Pritchard’s views and see why they are set to become the industry’s hottest topics of 2017.
1. Viewability, anyone?
P&G, he said, spends too much time comparing the contrary viewability metrics of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, YouTube and others.
Take a squizz at the table below and you can see his point: the definition of what constitutes a “view” is, not to put too fine a point on it, a total soup.
The reports that emerge from these inconsistencies – big numbers from global internet companies to impress, confuse and obfuscate – are what I call ‘Numberwanging’ (our candidate for the sexiest marketing word of 2017).
The lack of standards creates confusion and cost and all too often the numbers shed no light on reality or the key metrics marketers are interested in – the ones that show an impact on profitable sales.
There’s also the big question of whether your online video ads are actually viewable on the screen. “Not nearly as reliably as you’d like”, according to Nielsen.
Generally, 50% of digital ad impressions aren’t viewable, said the research house in late 2015. “Of course, if an ad isn’t viewable, it will have no impact,” added Nielsen. “If you’re going to go all-digital, your agency must address the viewability issue or you will be wasting a good part of your media spend.”
You certainly will, according to a report by Integral Ad Science Report in September 2016 which also found that more than half of Australia’s digital ad inventory remained unviewed.
And that’s assuming your digital ads will actually be delivered to the audience you target. Nielsen data on more than 30,000 digital ad campaigns showed that only about 60% of digital ad impressions reach the intended audience.
TV, of course, is different. Broadcast TV ads take up 100% of the screen 100% of the time. It’s viewability on steroids.
Not only that but OzTAM’s third-party measurement panel system ensures that the ad and the program have to be played at normal speed – with the sound on – to be credited in the ratings.
If only the same could be said of the interweb, which us leads to another of Pritchard’s bugbears.
2. Bot fraud
The staggering scale of bot and methbot fraud was underlined just before Christmas when security firm White Ops revealed that a group of Russian criminals are making up to US$5 million every day in the biggest digital ad fraud ever uncovered and perpetrated by faking clicks on online video ads.
These crafty crims create tons of fake impressions and tons of fake actions to get tons of real money from brands. It’s a bit like placing your ad in a free newspaper and stumbling across a stack of them dumped at the tip a million miles high, wrappers still on.
It underscores the inherent risks of buying blind through programmatic exchanges rather than through a trusted, premium publisher.
And so to Pritchard (and Portrate’s) final pet peeve.
Kim Portrate: ThinkTV
3. “Media that mark their own homework”
Pritchard was refreshingly blunt on the “ridiculousness” of the current situation where massive online platforms like Facebook and Google craft performance figures with no accredited third-party measurement verification.
Online platforms can work fantastically well for many advertisers, in particular when mixed with other mediums, but – as Pritchard pointed out – regardless of how much we trust and respect the people from whom we buy media, we need an “objective and impartial judge to perform the measurement”.
He said: “We have this for TV but not broadly in place for digital, despite the fact that Nielsen, Moat and many others have the capabilities. Instead we have too many who are self-reporting, and incredibly we as clients are still tolerating it.”
Clients who use OzTAM’s third-party measurement panel can sleep soundly tonight knowing it is independent and audited, and is about to increase by 50% in size this year, making Australia the largest per capita people metered market in the world.
Brands should tolerate nothing less, just as you should expect the same rigour from every platform you spend your precious money with.
So here’s to three of the industry’s raciest topics for 2017: viewability, third-party verification, and protection from bot fraud.
Let’s put our heads together and bring sexy back.
It’s good for all of us, you know it feels right, and it will ultimately mean growth for brands.


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You can also hear this episode on iTunes bitcoin price spike 2017. To be fair, much of that bullishness was driven by China and India. 00, which should be possible, given the trend of ever-tightening monetary control. Itâs madness, but it helped the Bitcoin price forecast. Bitcoin Price Prediction: The Micro View A micro analysis only strengthens our belief that Bitcoin can reach $2,500. Many Chinese Bitcoin companies have sided with the coders. The first is centered around the idea of blockchain technology, and the second around the idea of money. You can see the spike in demand in the chart below. Extrapolating this model through 2017 leads us to a Bitcoin price forecast of $2,500. Some people think it is the ultimate iteration of money, while others argue that it is doomed to failure. Interest in bitcoin has increased in Venezuela, where the local currency has lost much of its value. dollar, or the Chinese renminbiâis governed by a central bank, a central authority. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times s products and services. Also, many people are transferring their Bitcoins to certain wallets/ exchanges to trade, that do not use Segwit. Â Bitcoin transaction fees are the biggest problem Bitcoin is facing in my opinion.
Why rumors may have played a role as wellÂ Rumors are one of the most powerful forces in any market, and can change prices by significant amounts very fast. There is still a lot of disagreement about the future of Bitcoin. As a result, the fork was cancelled, and this is what caused some of the price action.Golem.. The only other time the price of Bitcoin has exceeded $1,000 was in late 2013, when the demand was driven by a surge of interest from Chinese investors and traders. In my opinion, I think the largest reason for the price action we’ve seen is because of irrational traders in the marketplace. Without any significant warning, the Indian government declared that 500 rupee and 1,000 rupee notes would no longer be accepted as legal tender. Some people saw 2x as an alternative to the increasingly expensive Bitcoin chain, and it combined the benefits of both scalability solutions. Only 10-12% of transactions are Segwit enabled, and this has made people very hesitant that it would solve the transaction problem. Since then, the price has risen in fits and starts, in part because of continuing hacking and fraud, and because of fights over the direction of the Bitcoin network. It was made in a meeting behind closed doors earlier in the summer, where everyone from big miners to wallet companies compromised in order to avoid a more contentious hard fork. This in turn caused many traders to fear that the BTC network was collapsing, and BCH would be king. This cause investors to panic and sell BTC in a parabolic manner. .Gas.Vertcoin. Syscoin.


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What originally started as a religious holiday celebrating the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland has become a celebration of all things Irish and is marked globally - not least in Irish pubs.
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Cape Town - Trade targets set by South Africa and the UK have not been met because of global economic pressure, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said in Cape Town on Tuesday.
“While we have made a commitment that we will double our trade by 2015, we have not been able to achieve that because our economies are fully integrated in the global economy,” she told reporters after the SA-UK Bilateral Forum.
“... That did put a negative impact on our plans. There was a bit of a damper there,” she said.
Nkoana-Mashabane and her UK counterpart William Hague co-chaired the 10th forum, following a joint strategy adopted in 2011 for bilateral co-operation until 2015.
They launched the SA-UK business council on Tuesday morning as a step towards promoting a focused trade and investment partnership.
Nkoana-Mashabane said the UK remained South Africa's largest foreign direct investment source, and the seventh largest export market for local products.
She said tourism was also a growing source of revenue.
South Africa welcomed 440,000 tourists from the UK in 2012, an increase of 9.9 percent on the previous year.
She welcomed the forum as a platform for discussion, warning that South Africa and the UK should not start taking their relationship for granted because of historical ties.
“When you have such good relations... if you don't have such a mechanism, we can end up discussing those issues of peace and security, which are very critical, but would not necessarily be embedded in keeping our eye on the ball,” she said.
“By that, I mean making sure bilateral relations and all elements are taken good care of.”
She said that while the countries did not always agree on all issues, there were no fundamental differences with the way in which they conducted their business.
Hague said the forum had been productive and was a chance for the countries to review their goals and joint agenda for 2015 and beyond.
He said the strategy adopted in 2011 was designed to put the countries' relationship “on a modern footing fit for the 21st century”.
“We share a long and extensive relationship..., it's a kinship that goes well beyond politics.”
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Colorado Springs, CO (August 15, 2018) – The Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation (AFAAC) announced today a multi-year partnership with Fanatics, the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, to exclusively manage and operate its onsite team stores and retail outlets. Fanatics has powered e-commerce for the school since 2014, and this enhanced partnership will now create a seamless online and offline shopping experience for fans with an expanded assortment of high-quality, readily accessible merchandise and fan gear.
Fanatics will create an elevated retail experience for fans shopping at team stores and kiosks across the Air Force Academy campus through new state-of-the-art POS software, dynamic fixtures and updated signage. Upgraded container stores at Falcon Stadium will roll out for the Falcons’ first home game on September 1, and renovations are already underway at the team’s flagship store on the United States Air Force Academy’s campus.
“We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Fanatics to help give Air Force Athletics fans the ultimate buying experience,” said AFAAC CEO Dr. Nancy Hixson. “Our fans are deployed around the globe and we want them to have a first-class buying experience both at the team store and online. Fanatics has an unprecedented reputation in the market and their quality is second to none.”
Fanatics’ rapid supply chain and quick-strike manufacturing capabilities will ensure Falcons fans have access to the most robust assortments of merchandise across men’s, women’s and kids’ categories, with the ability to create “micro-moment” products for unpredictable team feats and incredible performances.
“At Fanatics, we take tremendous pride in serving those who have served, and we appreciate that when partnering with those in the armed forces, you’re accepting a big responsibility. We are thrilled with the opportunity to grow our partnership with the Air Force Academy and to implement an innovative, fully connected shopping experience - including operation of the Air Force Academy Gift Shop located in the Visitors Center – for the passionate Falcons fan base and current cadets,’” said Cole Gahagan, Fanatics Chief Commercial Officer. “There is tremendous pride and tradition associated with the Academy, and we’re proud to join forces on this new, robust omnichannel retail offering.”


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Portland, OR-based owner/operator Provenance Hotels has emerged from the worst of the pandemic with a new brand identity and guiding principle—Illuminating Originals—that focuses on telling the story of the innovators, entrepreneurs and artists that make up its community culture. Katherine (Katy) Durant, president/CEO, calls them the company’s “Illuminators.”
For Durant, who added the president title after Bashar Wali left in April 2020, it was the COVID-19 crisis that provided the impetus to rethink and relaunch the company.
“The pandemic has, in a number of ways, given us as many opportunities as it has hardships,” she said. “You’re either going to sit back and worry about it all until it’s over, or you can lean in and go for it. That’s what we’re doing. Having this time to step back from the operational necessities of a hotel open in full force has given us an unexpected opportunity to reset our focus and reassess our core values. We’ve taken a lot of time to think about not only our own provenance and brand identity but what our future holds and where we go from here. From that introspection, we relaunched Provenance with our renewed voice, a refreshed visual identity and a commitment to a consistent customer experience that fulfills our brand promise.”
The brand refresh will include a new website, which will feature visuals focused on the Illuminators, strategic partnerships that elevate the guest experience, as well as expand and invest in the company’s portfolio and nurture the company culture and employees, according to Durant.
For the first several months of the pandemic, the entire Provenance portfolio was closed, and new developments were delayed. The company took a staggered approach with reopening, noted Durant, adding, “[It started] with Hotel Lucia in Portland and the Old No. 77 Hotel in New Orleans. The decision to reopen what and when was determined by a number of factors—from market demand, state orders and restrictions and, generally, the cost of doing business. Travel intent has been slow, unsurprisingly, making the ability to forecast challenging, to say the least. But, this is where you lean into industry data and trust the collective experience of the team we have in place to carry on. Right now, we have 12 properties in operation, reopening our 13th in the summer and another in final stages of construction, to be opened later this year.”
After a year-plus of uncertainty, things are starting to look hopeful. “We’ve seen a gradual increase in occupancy over the last several weeks to months, more so in the leisure market as business travel has stalled,” said Durant. “But, it’s encouraging and bodes well as we head into summer and fall. With demand increasing, this sets the stage for us to be able to bring more employees back and hire, which is the best of news. As the vaccinations become more readily available and travel restrictions loosen, travel will ramp up. We know industry predictions have been made that travel won’t fully rebound until 2022, but we’ve got to start somewhere.”
Before the pandemic really took hold in the U.S., Provenance added new faces to the executive team—Ernest Glidden,CFO, and Ralph Aruzza, chief marketing officer. Another key person to the running of the firm has returned. Gordon Sondland, Durant’s husband and founder of the company, is back in the chairman’s seat following a stint as United States Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 to 2020.
“It’s been a great partnership in that Gordon focuses on long-term growth for Provenance through investments and acquisitions of property to own and manage, while I focus on ensuring the company runs to an optimal operational standard,” said Durant. “I’m more the boots on the ground.”
That mentality has served her well since taking on the president’s role.
“My role is hands-on in terms of working with our executive leadership team to guide the ship, from the growth plan to streamlining operations,” said Durant. “My background is in engineering so I’m all about systems and processes, and learning how something works from the inside out. Hotels are an intricate business, full of nuances that come together to make it a well-oiled machine. The outcome and experience should be consistent. Right now, our scale allows us to be nimble, seize opportunities and modify operations that place us in a good position when we get to the other side.”
The next Provenance hotel to make its debut is The Bradley in Fort Wayne, IN, a boutique hotel in collaboration with Barbara Bradley Baekgaard, cofounder of handbag and luggage design company Vera Bradley. It is expected to open in July.
“We were introduced to Barbara through a mutual contact who believed our vision would align,” said Durant. “Barbara came out to stay with us to experience Provenance and the rest is history. Her eye for design coupled with our experience in hospitality management is quite a match. The project is special, as it’s meant to be a gift to the town Barb loves so much. It’s boutique in style with great dining experiences and plenty of local influences. It makes good business sense for this particular market.”
Although she couldn’t provide any details, Durant said the company is in the process of partnering with one or two groups that will provide capital for Provenance to acquire additional assets that “match our brand aesthetic and customer profile.”


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“Plenty of digital devices on the market feature white ink capability, but no other manufacturer produces a machine that prints white ink like Screen does,” he said. “The printed piece exactly matches the source file. The density and fit are fantastic. There is no variance from one print to the next.”
Screen USA is demonstrating the Truepress Jet2500UV at SGIA Expo 2012 in booth #2669, October 18-20 at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Convention Center.


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Genuitec and Skyway Software have announced the release of MyEclipse for Spring 8.6. The latest release includes accelerators for Spring Core, Adobe Flex, Spring MVC, GWT, Spring Web Flow and iPhone Web applications. The release also introduces a new set of Spring development editors, Code Assistants, that facilitate the annotation-based development of Spring and JAX-WS artifacts.
Last month, the committers of the Apache Beehive project voted to retire the project due to inactivity. The last release of Apache Beehive was version 1.0.2, which was released in December 2006. In the announcement posted on Feb 10th, Henri Yandell suggested alternatives for the main components which were part of Beehive.
A new version of the Spring Framework, version 3.0, was released today. InfoQ spoke with Juergen Hoeller, technical lead of the Spring Framework project, to learn more about this release and the changes that it brings to the Spring portfolio.
In this interview made by Srini Penchikala, with the participation of Ryan Slobojan, Rod Johnson answered many questions about Spring Framework 3.0 and other applications developed under SpringSource’s umbrella - Tool Suite, Integration, Web Flow, Batch – talking about their current status and existing plans for the future.
The announce SpringOne conference included the announcement of tcServer, partnerships with VMware and Adobe, and the new Spring ActionScript project.
Rod Johnson discusses the Spring Portfolio, the Oracle/BEA and Sun/MySQL acquisitions, Java EE 6, Tomcat and Spring, Spring Dynamic Modules, the future of enterprise Java, the benefits of OSGi for application developers, the Covalent acquisition and Spring 3.0. Johnson also alludes to the SpringSource Application Platform, which was announced a month after this interview was filmed.
InfoQ sat down with Keith Donald and Jeremy Grelle of the Spring Web team to discuss the release of Web Flow 2.0.0.RC1, the first production release candidate for the next major release of Web Flow. Web Flow is an extension to Spring MVC for implementing flows in a web application.
In a surprise announcement, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson announced that SpringSource has agreed to be acquired by Microsoft. InfoQ interviewed Johnson to learn more about this acquisition and what it will mean for the future of both Spring and the .Net Framework.
In this interview from QCon San Francisco, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson discusses the origins and philosophy of Spring, the Spring Portfolio, Spring Web Flow, Spring Batch, Spring.Net, the partnership with Tasktop Technologies, and community involvement and utilization of Spring.
Spring 2.5: Drop-in upgrade for 2.0 with OSGi bundles, full annotation-based configuration & AspectJ
The first release candidate of Spring 2.5, formerly known as version 2.1, was recently released. InfoQ spoke with Spring framework lead developer Juergen Hoeller to learn more about this release.
Version 2.0 of Spring IDE was released today. This release includes support for Spring Web Flow and Spring AOP development tools. InfoQ took the opportunity to speak with Christian Dupuis, Spring IDE co-lead, in order to learn more about this release.
In a new article Interface21's Keith Donald details how Spring Web Flow integrates with JSF to provide a better model for implementing navigation logic and managing application state.
Java web frameworks are increasingly adopting the ability to change portions of a web application and see the results immediately without restarting the server. This capability reduces the cost of the compile-build-test cycle, and helps to compete with the features of dynamic-language web frameworks such as Ruby on Rails or TurboGears.
In this article, Jonas Boner and Eugene Kuleshov give an overview of Spring Web Flow and Terracotta for Spring, and after that show you how you can use these technologies together to enter a new dimension in writing stateful, conversational, scalable and highly available web applications.
Peter Thomas has written a detailed article about his impressions of moving a Spring MVC application to Wicket. He took a few screens from JTrac and ported them to Wicket and ended up very pleased with what Wicket had to offer.


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UPDATE 1-Casino keeps goals, France still weak in Q1
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PARIS, April 15 (Reuters) - French retailer Casino said growth slowed in the first quarter, reflecting a still lacklustre performance in France, despite price cuts there, while an economic slowdown in Brazil hurt the sales of its consumer electronics business.
Casino, which controls Brazil's Grupo Pao de Acucar , however stuck to its full year goals after it posted first-quarter sales of 11.9 billion euros ($12.61 billion), in line with the average of analysts' expectations.
Stripping out acquisitions, disposals, currency effects and fuel, sales rose 2.7 percent year-on-year, a slowdown from the 3.1 percent growth recorded in the fourth quarter.
Casino also underperformed larger rival Carrefour, which last week achieved like-for-like sales growth of 3.2 percent, including an 8.4 percent sales growth in Brazil.
Casino, which makes 60 percent of its sales abroad, reiterated it expected sustained organic growth at its international business and higher underlying group operating profit this year.
Casino notably expects to be rewarded for its price-cutting strategy with a higher operating profit in its home market this year after feeling the impact of lower margins in 2014.
Retailers across Europe, including Carrefour and Tesco , have struggled as shoppers' disposable income has been squeezed by subdued wage growth and austerity measures.
Most have responded with price cuts. Continuación...


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E-cigarette maker Juul has SLOTXO agreed to settle a lawsuit with a US state that accused the firm of marketing its products to young people.
Juul will pay $40m (£29m) to North Carolina over six years and will change its advertising in the region.
The vape pen manufacturer did not, however, admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
A Juul spokesman said: "This settlement is consistent with our ongoing effort to reset our company.
"We continue to combat underage usage and advance the opportunity for harm reduction for adult smokers."
Juul also pointed out that it had stopped distributing its non-menthol, non-tobacco, flavoured products and paused all "mass-market" product advertising over the last two years.
Its efforts included shutting down Instagram and Facebook pages promoting its vape products, the firm said.
The settlement, announced on Monday by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, is the first to be reached by the company with a state government.
Attorney General Stein told a press conference: "North Carolina is now the first state in the nation to hold Juul accountable for its instrumental role in creating a youth vaping epidemic.
"They did it to teenagers across North Carolina and this country simply to make money."


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The President & CEO of Luminex (NASDAQ: LMNX) is Buying SharesBy Carrie Williams
Following this transaction Nachum Shamir’s holding in the company was increased by 6.06% to a total of $1.96 million. In addition to Nachum Shamir, 2 other LMNX executives reported Buy trades in the last month.
Based on Luminex’s latest earnings report from September 30, the company posted quarterly revenue of $71.22M and quarterly net profit of $2.75M. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $60.6M and had a net profit of $6.4M. The company has a one year high of $23.75 and a one year low of $17.29. LMNX’s market cap is $788.4M and the company has a P/E ratio of 21.22.
Based on 3 analyst ratings, the analyst consensus is Moderate Buy with an average price target of $24.50, reflecting a -24.7% downside. Five different firms, including Avondale and Citigroup, currently also have a Buy rating on the stock.
The insider sentiment on Luminex has been positive according to 23 insider trades in the past three months. This sentiment is slightly higher than the average sentiment of company insiders in this sector.
Luminex Corp. develops, manufactures and markets proprietary biological testing technologies and products with applications throughout the life sciences and diagnostics industries. Luminex was founded by Mark B. Chandler and Van S. Chandler in May 1995 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.


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Rakulpreet Singh posted an Instagram story gulping down this healthy shot, take a look!
The diet tips were by Rakulpreet's own personal nutritionist Munmun Ganeriwal.
Actor Rakulpreet Singh was seen indulging in these delicious treats; can you guess what it is?
Rakulpreet Singh shared an Instagram story that featured a plate of freshly made, crispy waffles that were topped with delish dressing and some healthy seeds, have a look:
Rakulpreet Singh recently posted a story on Instagram featuring one of her latest dinner spread. Let's take a look.
Rakulpreet has been sharing her vegan journey on Instagram for quite some time now. Recently, she shared another story that might particularly interest the caffeine lovers out there.
Rakulpreet re-shared a super cute throwback picture of her holding a vanilla ice cream cone. The picture was shared by her brother Aman
We always wanted to know the secrets our favorite Bollywood actors use to maintain a fit body and skin. Well, Rakulpreet Singh is letting us in one of her tiny secrets, and it is none ...
Rakulpreet enjoys a healthy mid-night treat and that has surely left us craving for some.
Rakulpreet shared a Reel on Instagram recently; and it features the foodie in her. In the video, we could see a collage of all her recent indulgences.


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India International Jewellery Week (IIWJ) is all set to roll, come this Monday. The week-long event has promised to set our hearts on fire, and going by what they had to present last year, we sure know to take heed in their warning.
To be honest, their last year’s event was simply mind boggling! From the dazzling jewellery to the glittery clothes, everything was just fabulous! Not to forget how beautiful our Bollywood celebrities looked.
If you want more details about what happened at IIJW 2014, click here.
We for sure know that this year’s event is going to be a massive hit! Because the sneak peeks we have been getting so far are just beautiful!
India International Jewellery Week
There are a number of big names and big heads that have come together in organizing the events.
Some of the big brands that are participating in the event are Tanishq, Gitanjali, Nazraana, Forever Mark, Gia, Jewel Trendz, Shobha Shringar etc.
While this event is all about jewellery, there are a lot of other factors that will come to play. Since the jewellery that’ll be displayed by bridal sorts, a lot of designers have also come forward to curate the event.
So, a model on walk will show us the best jewellery in the most beautiful clothes. Hair and makeup artists will have a major part to play here, so as to highlight the pieces of fine jewellery in the best way possible.
Mehera Kolah and Kapil Bhalla will be the designated hair and makeup artist. The duo have worked with a lot of celebrities and made them look fantastic!
Are you guys excited yet? We sure are!
Oh, wait. Did you guys know, Bollywood celebrities will be walking the ramp for these jewellery designers?!


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The online press release distribution company now offers professionally produced news anchor videos to enhance their customers' written press release strategy
Online PR News – 02-November-2018 – Reno, NV – Online press release distribution company, Online PR Media, now offers customers a fresh way to share their news with a News Anchor Press Release Package. The $279 package includes the distribution of a written press release, along with all the features of the company's popular Search Engine Visibility Package. Additionally, customers upload a separate "script" that is turned into a professional news anchor video in Online PR Media's very own newsroom.
More than 5 billion videos are watched daily on YouTube, the second largest search engine in the world behind Google. Now, Online PR Media customers can harness this popular multimedia format to reach an even greater audience and enhance their written press release distribution strategy.
In addition to the hundreds of partner media sites every press release is sent to, news anchor videos are also published on Online PR Media's YouTube channel. YouTube videos often garner the top spots in the search engine results pages, giving customers' press releases an added SEO boost and greater coverage. Customers have full rights to the video, and are encouraged to share it on their website and social channels for maximum exposure.
"Most companies don't have the resources or knowledge needed to produce professional looking news videos. We're excited to be able to use our technical resources and expertise to bring this feature to Online PR Media customers. Simply hit submit and we do all the hard work for you, creating a professional news anchor video that gets your news the attention it deserves" said Kevin Petersen, CEO of Online PR Media.
News Anchor Press Release Packages from Online PR Media are available for purchase now. Production takes approximately 5 business days.
For customers that have never written a news script, Online PR Media offers helpful on-screen tips during the upload process. Read more about the benefits of adding news anchor videos to your online marketing strategy Here.
About Online PR Media: http://onlineprnews.com/ Online PR Media offers affordable multimedia press releases that achieve high search engine visibility -- putting your message in front of the right people at exactly the right time. We've combined all of the features that internet marketers, business owners, and journalists have asked for in an online press release distribution site.


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Dark Souls 3 shipped 3 million copies, Bandai Namco announced today, making this the largest launch in series history.
The figure is for units shipped to retailers, not actual copies sold, but it still appears Dark Souls 3 will end up the all time leader in that department. The first sold 1.2 million copies, the second only shipped 1.2 million copies, over roughly the same span after their launches. Dark Souls 3 launched March 24.
The series has sold 13 million units lifetime, Bandai Namco said. The shipping breakdown for Dark Souls 3 is 1.5 million to North America, 1 million in Europe, and 500,000 in Asia.
For more on Dark Souls 3, see Polygon's in-depth guide.


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Google’s Customizable Live Cases Are Here To Stay For The Pixel Phones
Google has just announced its flagships for this year, Pixel and Pixel XL. Apart from the smartphones, there were a lot of new additions and upgrades as well, including the Chromecast Ultra and Google Home. However, one thing that excited us the most were the customizable Live Cases for the Pixel smartphones. The company definitely does not want its new handsets to roam around naked and it wants to cover them up in style. To do that the company has re-introduced Live Cases.
Live Cases Return With The Announcement Of The Pixel Handsets
The return of the Live Cases is a neat step by Google that sets itself apart from other major case manufacturers. Not only has the company brought novelty, it has done it in the most efficient manner. Live Cases are a range of customizable phone cases which were first announced for the Nexus phone earlier this year. Live cases allow users to bring their own design to the case, according to their preference. Let's see how Google has achieved this.
Users can now design their own case or they can also buy a readymade from Google's new Artwork collection. The entire list of Artwork collection includes artists like FAILE, Justin Maller and much more, including snaps from Chris Hadfied, a Canadian Astronaut. The unique designs and artwork will provide a refreshed look to your new Pixel handset.
The original Live Cases from Google costs $35 and used an NFC connection to transmit their design directly to the smartphone so it can use it as a wallpaper. However, it is not yet clear if the same feature will be available for the company's recently announced Pixel handsets. Moreover, there are no details on the pricing and availability front as well. Nonetheless, we will definitely keep you guys posted as soon as we hear more details on it. By the look of it, Live Cases were available in all kinds of designs. So it will be a neat addition to the Pixel accessory category.
While Google's Pixel smartphones are looking great so far, it would hurt be to put a case on it and hide the external design of the phone. Nonetheless, it will be a good move if protection is a factor to be accounted. The handsets comes in three new colors, including the Really Blue color.
This is it for now, folks. What do you think about the new Live Cases from Google? Would you be using one on your Pixel handset as soon as they're out? Share your thoughts in the comments.


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From Bublcam to ARKYD, the first publicly accessible telescope, there is an infinite space in which someone’s bedroom idea can turn into a successful business, capable of enriching people’s creative lives.
Triggertrap, a mobile-friendly intervalometer capable of creating beautiful time-lapse and HDR photography with a tap on a screen, was funded on Kickstarter in 2011 and has gone on to find wide success in the photography tech market with over 750,000 downloads of the app and products sold in over 100 countries.
Marked at £30, this universal intervalometer has revolutionised the way we do our time-lapse; not only has it made these shots more accessible but it has broadened the horizons of long-time photographers hoping to create more diverse content, from warping time-lapse, which fluctuates the speed at which photos are taken, to distance-lapse, which can make a start-and-stop bus ride turn into a tunnel vision spectacle by taking pictures by distance travelled rather than time passed.
Londonlapse was organised by Triggertrap, who brought in users of the small piece of tech to broadcast just how easy it is to plug in and shoot – 40 photographers came together in London to create the ‘most ambitious crowd-sourced time-lapse’ in history.
The result was an inspiring three-minute compilation of panning sunsets, blurring crowds, and iconic landmarks that gave huge publicity to the app, cementing it as a game-changing piece of tech. In October 2015, they recreated this event in a bid to create an even more ambitious piece of work.
Lapseworld will take place in London, New York, San Francisco, Milan and Cape Town throughout the month of October in a hope to accomplish an even more moving bringing to life of the cities.
The London event featured guest speaker Kevin Meredith going over of the basics, detailing the strict rules in which time-lapse is performed.
“Always shoot in manual” are the four words every photographer will stick by, and it’s a similar situation when it comes to time-lapse. “Setting up a shot isn’t like composing a still; time-lapse can be quite frustrating,” he said.
Meredith is in the process of documenting the conscription of the i360 tower in Brighton. On top of this, he maintains an up-to-date website and social media presence through which he publishes all of his content.
His support of Triggertrap is backed up by his powerful work; from astral photography to building sandcastles, Meredith claims this new piece of tech has given him an opportunity to create small-scale shots with ease and expand his professional work to new peaks.
Although Meredith is famous for his lomographic style, in reference to a shot he created of the Bristol Balloon fiesta he says that “the great thing about time-lapse is you can see how things behave more clearly”.
Managing Director of Triggertrap, Mat Rodger, believes that the success of the product was down to its competitive pricing and its ability to perform like no other intervalometer.
“Things like intervalometers, sound triggers, motion sensors, GPS triggering, these sort of things are ways of taking pictures that many photographers will never have considered previously, either because of the high costs and expert knowledge involved, or even just the relative obscurity of the technique,” he told Artefact.
Rodger added that unlike a lot of high-priced tech, Triggertrap is something that is constantly being updated. “We added the Timelapse Pro app to the IOS app store in September and it’s only the first in a number of things we’re hoping to add. There’s a lot of work being done behind the scenes.”
In response to the question of whether new inventions in photography technology are devaluing the skills required by a professional photographer, Roger responded: “Buying a hammer and some nails doesn’t magically make you able to build a birdhouse.”
With the eclectic mixture of people attending the event, this is a product that appeals to both ends of the spectrum.
There are amateurs who have never done a time-lapse before, those who have been avid photographers for most their professional lives, and then there are the heavy artillery enthusiasts with kit bags full of mechanical sliders and GPS locaters, all functioning a purpose to help push each photographer’s work further in order to shine above the rest.
It now seems as though Triggertrap is quickly becoming a part of that essential arsenal.
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Wayin announced yesterday that it now integrates with Facebook’s Media Solutions APIs to give brand marketers and media outlets access to public Facebook and Instagram posts within its social media search and analytics platform.
When brands are increasingly acting like publishers, it’s crucial that they understand the complete story around their brand and trending topics on social media. With access to Facebook data, brands and media pros will now be able to react to news and trending topics with relevant content in real time.
Social networking analytics and display company, Wayin, has coordinated with Facebook’s Media Solutions APIs to give brand advertisers and media outlets the capacity to get to open Facebook and Instagram content inside the Wayin platform.
Wayin, which already integrates with public Twitter content, gives marketers and media outlets the power to discover, analyze, and display social media conversations in real time. As real-time marketing built upon social media insights becomes the norm for companies, Wayin provides the ability to not only discover relevant content across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with social search, but also act on findings in a meaningful way.
“Brands are starting to act more and more like publishers. Marketers have an interest in uncovering important social media conversations and reacting with relevant content creation in real time,” said Elaine Feeney, CEO of Wayin. “With our Facebook integration, Wayin gives them the power to do this across major social platforms. Marketers are able to find within seconds who is driving certain topics and form an understanding of the context around conversations to act on the news in an effective way.”
For marketers, the ability to act on relevant social content is what brings social marketing full-circle to meet overall business goals. Without a way to tie social media efforts to sales, web traffic or other metrics, it’s difficult to monitor a return on investment for these efforts. Marketing customers use Wayin in a variety of ways, like with in-store screens displaying public consumer-generated content, or on owned sites that aggregate relevant conversations based on hashtags or keywords.
Similarly, news outlets use Wayin to engage and educate audiences with relevant social content. The platform gives producers the power to display viewer-generated public social content on air in real time to accompany breaking news stories.
Public Facebook and Instagram data is now incorporated into Wayin’s search bar for all users. Users can select from Facebook, Instagram or Twitter when conducting initial hashtag or term searches. All content, regardless of platform, can be used for Wayin’s display capabilities.


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WCCF Tech heard from a source that AMD has plans to provide chips for the next-generation of consoles, which may arrive as soon as 2018. The company reportedly believes it's a strong contender to supply the next round of consoles with its APUs, which promise to offer five times the performance/Watt off the current generation.
AMD believes it is a very strong contender to supply the next round of APUs – which considering the history, isn’t a bad assumption at all. The company is confident that its GCN architecture will be able to achieve at least 5x the performance/watt of the current generation, resulting in much more powerful consoles, with approximately the same power draw. They have also mentioned other focuses this time around which I will be going over shortly. The company has plans to provide said chips by 2018 to console manufacturers – which can also be interpreted as the timeframe for the arrival of next generation consoles.
One of the key features of the next generation of consoles may be virtual reality gaming.


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Fraser Trebilcock has launched its cannabis law practice, with Shareholder Paul C. Mallon, Jr. serving as Chair of the practice. "The fast-growing cannabis industry in Michigan offers significant opportunities for growers, processors, retailers, and ancillary businesses. But the complex and rapidly evolving legal and regulatory framework at both the state and local levels creates challenges for both cannabis entrepreneurs and municipalities alike," said Paul Mallon.
Fraser Trebilcock attorneys use a multi-disciplinary approach to help clients in the cannabis industry mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities. With experienced attorneys in licensing and regulatory compliance, litigation, corporate transactions, real estate transactions, taxation, banking matters, and other matters of importance to cannabis industry clients, Fraser Trebilcock’s cannabis group is able to address all of the key issues cannabis companies face. Fraser Trebilcock's significant presence in Lansing, along with former state legislators with the firm's ranks, means that Fraser Trebilcock has strength in government relations and legislative advocacy as well.


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Dubai Duty Free celebrated the UAE’s 52nd National Day with all departments coming together for a programme of activities that were enjoyed by both Emiratis and their expat colleagues at the company’s Head Office in Umm Ramool.
The celebrations were officially opened by Ramesh Cidambi, Chief Operating Officer (COO)and Salah Tahlak, Joint COO, and were commemorated with the playing of the UAE National Anthem.
As part of the celebrations, the Dubai Duty Free executives and employees enjoyed an outdoor Emirati exhibition on the grounds of the Dubai Duty Free Head Office. The exhibition showcased the UAE’s rich traditions and history and included attractions such as traditional Emirati games, henna decoration, a 360 selfie booth, tote bag painting and live cooking of traditional Emirati cuisine, all of which the employees actively participated before a cake-cutting ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Dubai Duty Free’s COO, Ramesh Cidambi said, “On the occasion of UAE’s 52nd National Day, we take pride in what this country has achieved over these years and this celebration is a perfect way of marking all that the UAE has to offer. “
To mark the UAE National Day celebrations, Dubai Duty Free will continue its 40th anniversary activities with a ‘Shop at DDF and your shopping is on us’ promotion on 1st and 2nd December. There will be 40 lucky winners each day who will get their shopping for free (up to AED1,000). The winners will be selected randomly and will be surprised at the check-out counters across Dubai Duty Free locations.


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Nintendo’s attacks against anything capable of copying a video game are not just a historical curiosity. The company, along with the rest of the video game industry, continues to sue these copying devices to this day. The most recent lawsuit is against the R4, a Nintendo DS cartridge that fills many of the same purposes as the old Game Boy Advance flash cartridges. The device bypasses the protection on the system and uses a micro SD card to run pirated games, homebrewed games, or anything else capable of working on a Nintendo DS system (playing music, programming, etc.). Despite being fully aware that the device skirted the edge of legality, Japanese retailers continued to stock and sell the device to high demand (while explicitly not explaining what the device does). Of course, Nintendo was not happy about this state of affairs, and proceeded to sue the companies that make and distribute the device. 54 other software companies joined the lawsuit.
Under the precedent set by the Game Boy Advance flash cartridges these devices are probably illegal. It is easy to see why the video game industry wants them off of the market. However, the consumer base clearly loves these devices. The R4 apparently sold very well in Japan, and with the lawsuit the price of the device skyrocketed (see another article linked from this one). Consumers seem to believe that there exists plenty of legitimate uses for the R4, not just playing old, illegally obtained games. Consumers write homebrew applications that allow the DS (and also the PSP, although this is not the subject of the lawsuit) to do an incredible number of things. The author even notes that he has meet people who jumped into game design by learning on hacked DS’s and PSP’s.
Clearly, the consumer base enjoys using the R4. And while Nintendo might be perfectly within their rights to stop them, it could create massive ill will. Being told that all of the hard work you put into a homebrew application that you created without breaking copyright law is bound to make anyone angry. With a huge portion of the video game industry getting behind this lawsuit, it makes an easy target for the ire of the community. The video game industry, it seems, has not learned its lesson. Despite already angering many consumers with their attacks against any form of copying or emulation, it continues to press lawsuits. If this path continues, then the industry risks turning into the next RIAA.