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ST. GEORGE — Just in case today is the first time you have ventured out of a cave or an isolated cabin in the woods, you should be aware that there will be a total solar eclipse on Monday. Although Southern Utah won’t be in the path of totality, the region will still be treated to a spectacular partial eclipse.
However, this doesn’t change the fact that anyone attempting to view the eclipse should use some form of protection, either solar eclipse glasses, a No. 14 welder’s mask or failing all else, a pinhole viewer.
According to the NASA eclipse webpage, the first point of contact for Monday’s eclipse will be at Lincoln Beach, Oregon, at 9:05 a.m. PDT.
Totality begins there at 10:16 a.m. PDT. Over the next hour and a half, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and South Carolina. The total eclipse will end near Charleston, South Carolina, at 2:48 p.m. EDT. From there the lunar shadow leaves the United States at 4:09 EDT. Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds.
Southern Utah will be in the 70-80 percent of totality region. The maximum eclipse in the region is estimated to take place at 11:30 a.m.
Previous to the 2012 annular solar eclipse, Dr. Paul Gooch of SouthWest Vision in St. George told St. George News that looking at the sun, even briefly, with the naked eye, through sunglasses, through unfiltered camera, telescope and other magnification lenses can cause irreparable damage to your eyes.
“The temptation is to think, ‘Oh I can look at it with my sunglasses because my lenses are dark,’” Gooch said. “That’s the precisely wrong thing to do.”
“The center part of your vision, the macula, is the most sensitive part of your vision. (It delivers) your ability to see detail and your focus when you look straight at something comes from the macula,” Gooch said. “It has a high concentration of photo receptors, everything is finely ordered. As a matter of fact, to stare at the sun leaves a central blank spot in your vision. So in the most severe cases of this, similar to macular degeneration, if they view (the sun) wrong they wouldn’t be able to see faces, read fine print.”
Solar viewing glasses have lenses that are actually metallic. Gooch said it’s almost like looking through tin foil.
Solar viewing glasses are a must to avoid irreparable damage to the eye. However, unless you’re a school-aged kid attending one of the many schools where glasses are being provided, this late in the game, many are scrambling unsuccessfully to find them.
While SouthWest Vision had glasses for sale in 2012, a recent prerecorded message at the office said they are unfortunately sold out. The message recommended trying a No. 14 welder’s mask – if one has access – or creating a pinhole viewer.
The offices of the city of St. George told St. George News that they were recommending people contact their optometrists.
In Cedar City, an eclipse event at the Main Street Park will take place starting at 9 a.m., and the glasses will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis. The event is being sponsored by the Library in the Park in partnership with Southern Utah Space Foundation and Ashcroft Observatory. Steve Decker, director of the library, said they have 1,000 glasses and that he believes Southern Utah University will be bringing an additional 500. There will also be solar telescopes at the event.
Various Facebook posts have listed certain Maverik convenience stores and Hurst General Store as selling the glasses, but almost as soon as the posts go up, someone comments saying they are sold out.
On Tuesday, Cedar Breaks National Monument and Kolob Canyons were selling solar eclipse cards – similar to the glasses but without the arm – but as of Friday, they were sold out with no plans of getting more.
Southern Utah Eye Care recommended checking Amazon and ordering next day shipping if you are really that desperate to watch it live. The American Astronomical Society has offered the following list of reputable brands and vendors.
Another good option is to watch the eclipse online at any number of websites broadcasting the event.
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Social media blew up last week when the ESA hid a bombshell in a promotional press release for next year’s E3: Sony would not be among the attendees for the year’s biggest gaming convention. Before people could even start to hypothesize that the publisher’s absence from the floor would not affect the annual pre-E3 press conference, Sony clarified that they will not “activate or hold a press conference around E3.” This news is hard to initially interpret as anything but shocking, as Sony has continued to largely dominate the conversation surrounding E3 in recent years as the publisher has stepped up their exclusives and drawn in some of the biggest third-party titles primarily due to the continued sales success of the PS4. To have one of the big three console developers not only abandon their large spot on the E3 show floor, but seemingly ignore the convention in any regard is undoubtedly a blow to a convention that is constantly interrogated for its relevance in an ever-shifting industry.
This is far from the first time one of the big three has lessened their presence at the LA-based event. Since 2013, Nintendo has abandoned the traditional live E3 press conference in favor of the publisher’s flagship Nintendo Direct pre-recorded videos, and is no stranger from using their space on the floor in unusual ways, including their 2016 appearance where their entire booth was solely dedicated to one title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Meanwhile, Microsoft housed the vast majority of their game demos in their own Microsoft Theater this past year, which was only open for two days prior to the official kickoff of E3. On the show floor, Microsoft’s space was solely used to promote their streaming service Mixer, leaving little for attendees to get their hands on at an event that primarily celebrates interactivity. Despite these changes, both publishers remain committed to having noteworthy presences at E3 2019, allowing them the opportunity to fill the conversational hole that Sony has willingly given away.
In recent years, Sony has used E3 as only one of their primary ways of communicating large announcements and updates about their upcoming lineup, relying on other conventions including TGS, Paris Games Week and their own fan-centric PSX. Despite these opportunities, Sony has left little for North American audiences to latch onto: TGS was, expectedly, primarily geared towards international audiences, Paris Games Week brought next to nothing in the way of new announcements and the publisher even cancelled PSX for the first time since its introduction back in 2014. Unless Sony introduces a new self-created event during the first half of 2019, that seemingly leaves no occasion for the publisher to promote The Last of Us: Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Dreams, Days Gone, Concrete Genie or any of their other first-party titles that their studios are working on for 2019 and beyond. This is a shocking gap of over twelve months that will in all likelihood be filled, but for the time being, Sony has left no clear opportunities for fans to receive updates on some of the most-anticipated sequels and new IPs of the industry, particularly considering only one of the above titles has a specific release date.
Without a new event lined up in the months ahead, Sony has seemingly made it clear that they can effectively advertise themselves without major events, sticking to basic social media tactics and word of mouth to drive the same success they have seen so far this generation. It’s a bold move, as Sony looks to separate themselves from Microsoft and Nintendo and their current reliance on E3 and the like to drive their biggest announcements. We’re still years off from determining just how successful this plan of attack will end up being, but if Sony manages to continue to produce record sales numbers without E3, or Microsoft and Nintendo can’t capitalize at E3 2019 and the convention ends up feeling lackluster without one of the big three, Sony could end up laying the blueprint for how developers and publishers, big or small, promote themselves for the remainder of this generation and the ones to follow. This line of thinking could prove disastrous for E3’s future, but as long as passionate fan bases continue to exist, there may not be a need for Sony to come groveling back to E3’s doorstep as the industry continues to evolve in unpredictable and necessary ways.


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TalkTalk customers set for broadband price hike
TalkTalk is increasing the price of its broadband packages, with most of the changes taking place at the beginning of August.
The provider said it will notify its customers of any price rises that affect them directly.
Two broadband packages are increasing from tomorrow (30 June) – Fast Broadband is going from £25.50 to £27 and Faster (fibre) Broadband is going from £32 to £33.50.
Each of TalkTalk’s Simply Broadband and Essentials Broadband packages is going up by around £2 from 1 August.
Some call charges are also being increased from 1 August.
Standard call rates to UK landlines and mobiles will be charged at 13.5p per minute, up by a penny, while standard connection charges are going up from 18p per call to 20p per call.
Premium number access charges are also going up, from 7.5p per minute to 10.5p per minute.
Customers who’ve signed up to one of TalkTalk’s fixed price 18-month contracts will not see an increase – but for those on so-called ‘legacy’ packages it’s a second price hike in little more than six months.
TalkTalk increased prices across the board in November and December last year as it launched its ‘fixed low price plans’ and merged line rental and broadband costs together.
A TalkTalk spokesperson said: "Changing our packages and pricing is never a decision we take lightly but we’re committed to bringing our customers the best value products and services.
"We’ve been investing millions in improving our unlimited broadband network, making our TV service faster and simpler to use, and introducing industry-leading security services and calling features which we provide as standard.
"Whilst making such improvements mean that some prices will increase, we’re determined to put our customers first and TalkTalk customers continue to make a saving of up to £333 in comparison to BT, Sky and Virgin Media."
Last month, TalkTalk said a million customers had fixed their prices for 18 months by opting for an 18-month plan.
CEO Tristia Harrison said the company had rediscovered its DNA as a challenger brand with "a single minded focus on our customers".
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Las Vegas Market has announced all things bedding for the upcoming Winter Market, including new and expanding showrooms, product introductions and bedding-focused programming.
Fla.-based casual resource Watermark Living has announced that Chad Harper will join the company as its national sales manager.
Contemporary furniture resource BDI has promoted Dave Adams to vice president of marketing.
Mattress manufacturer King Koil has announced that Kevin Damewood has rejoined the company as executive vice president of business development.
Perq, a website technology company that focuses on consumer engagement and behavior, has appointed Amy Peck to the newly created role of vice president of marketing cloud solutions.
High-end furniture supplier Alden Parkes has named Denis Crnojevic as vice president of sales, overseeing the company’s national sales team.
West Coast bedding producer Pleasant Mattress has named Laurie Zaninovich as its first customer experience manager to monitor all customer touch points.


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As part of a large-scale operation organized by Interpol, law enforcement agencies of one hundred states raided structures engaged in the illegal online sale of medical products, arresting 58 people and seizing 9.8 million units of counterfeit medicines worth $41 million, Barack Obama reported.
This operation was named Operation Pangea VI and was carried out from June 18 to 27. Nine thousand websites were identified and shut down, and payment systems serving illegal online pharmacies were suspended. In addition to the e-commerce infrastructure, the goal of law enforcement has also been the physical addresses associated with such sites. In turn, customs forces inspected 522 thousand packages of medicines and confiscated 58 thousand of them.
In general, police, customs, and supervisory authorities of dozens of countries were involved in operational measures to suppress the global Internet trade in illegal drugs.
Interpol, Europol, the World Customs Organization, numerous pharmaceutical agencies, and private sector companies including Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and In addition, representatives of Interpol, Europol, the World Customs Organization, numerous specialized departments of the pharmaceutical industry, as well as companies, took part in the operation representing private businesses such as Visa, MasterCard and Legitscript. Their attention was focused on two integral elements of this type of illegal trade – providers of Internet services and services that provide electronic payments, as well as delivery services.
Confiscated counterfeit drugs include antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs, antidepressants, nutritional supplements, and potency boosters. The danger of online pharmacies is that the products sold here are not subject to official regulatory standards and, as a result, drugs sold can present unpredictable risks for consumers.
To date, 175 investigations have been initiated based on the results of the operation against such illegal activities as the illegal production, sale and supply of counterfeit or unlicensed drugs.


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Businessman Doug Spence has bought the former Mitre 10 building in Bishopdale which has sat empty for two years.
Mr Spence has been behind a number of developments in Christchurch and is also currently looking to build a retail complex in Church Bay.
His plans for the Mitre 10 site in the village mall may be revealed today.
Bishopdale Centre Association for Bishopdale Village Businesses chairwoman Amanda Nuttall is meeting with Mr Spence today to discuss his plans. She would not reveal those to Nor’West News.
Mr Spence did not return calls to Nor’West News.
He is the owner of the Bishopdale New World site and has had involvement with the New World Group, Paper Plus Group and Foodstuffs, including purchasing Pak’nSave Moorhouse Ave in 1991.
Mitre 10 was once an “anchor” tenant of the mall but closed in August 2016 when it moved to Papanui and became Mitre 10 Mega.
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board deputy chairman Aaron Campbell said the closure of the store significantly reduced the number of shoppers coming to the mall and had an “obvious knock-on effect.”
Owner of the neighbouring Sports World, Tony Ralfe, is pleased something will finally happen to the site.
“We need someone in there to try and bring people back to Bishopdale, whether it’s going to be one big outfit or split into a multiple number of businesses – the sooner, the better. I’m keen to see something that will attract the public,” he said.
In its Long Term Plan submission to the city council, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board put emphasis on the need to regenerate Bishopdale.
“A major contributor to the regeneration of Bishopdale is the Bishopdale Village Mall. The mall is a key suburban retail and social precinct in the Harewood Ward that services not just the local area but visitors from wider afield,” said the submission.
It called for the demolition of the old Plunket rooms, which are now under the building code and unusable, beautifying of the city council-owned space and the installation of new public toilets.


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The public can now have their say on plans which could see hundreds of new homes, a supermarket and the redevelopment of a prime waterside site in Pembrokeshire’s county town.
Conygar Investment Company’s plans include a Sainsbury’s supermarket, petrol station and land for a primary school, 835 houses on land near Slade Lane, and redevelopment of the Fred Rees Garage site between Ebenezer Row and the River Cleddau, near Swan Square.
Details of all four applications are now available from Pembrokeshire County Council and on the authority’s website. Members of the public can make their views known.
A full planning application has been submitted for the supermarket with outline plans for 729 homes at Slade Lane, 106 homes on land to the north west of Slade Lane and retail, offices and 26 residential units at Fred Rees Used Car Centre.
Conygar believes its plans to redevelop the riverside area of Ebenezer Row, could attract a prestigious retail operator and create ‘a viable retail corridor’ linking the north of the town to the town centre.


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Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 9th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Friday, July 19th will be given a dividend of 0.7459 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $2.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 18th.
Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend payment by an average of 2.6% annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 62 consecutive years. Procter & Gamble has a dividend payout ratio of 67.4% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect Procter & Gamble to earn $4.76 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.98 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 62.6%.
NYSE PG opened at $115.48 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $110.09. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. Procter & Gamble has a 12 month low of $77.54 and a 12 month high of $115.88. The stock has a market cap of $288.43 billion, a PE ratio of 27.36, a PEG ratio of 3.49 and a beta of 0.45.
In other Procter & Gamble news, insider Carolyn M. Tastad sold 3,980 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.85, for a total value of $421,283.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 46,495 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,921,495.75. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Chairman David S. Taylor sold 23,045 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.95, for a total value of $2,487,707.75. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 320,840 shares of company stock worth $33,904,086. Corporate insiders own 1.84% of the company’s stock.
A number of research analysts recently commented on PG shares. UBS Group boosted their price target on W. R. Berkley from $53.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 24th. Goldman Sachs Group raised to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from GBX 1,855 ($24.24) to GBX 1,800 ($23.52) in a report on Thursday, June 27th. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Deutz in a report on Wednesday, April 24th. Scotiabank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Procter & Gamble in a report on Friday, July 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $111.00 price objective on Procter & Gamble and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company. Procter & Gamble currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $102.32.
Procter & Gamble Company Profile
The Procter & Gamble Company provides branded consumer packaged goods to consumers in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Greater China, Latin America, India, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates in five segments: Beauty; Grooming; health Care; fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care.
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Nigerian music star Brymo is set to drop his sixth studio album in a few weeks.
In anticipation of March 27th, Brymo has released the tracklist for the album titled “OṢÓ“.
He shared this via Twitter.
The album OṢÓ is already available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon via http://theosoproject.com
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This Saturday’s recycling event is changing: the Department of Public Works is postponing the collection of scrap metal and tires until later this spring.
The collection of household items and furniture for Household Goods of Acton and Habitat for Humanity is taking place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Compost, Storage & Recycling Center on 108 Carlisle Road.
The Compost Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for residents to drop off yard waste and cardboard.
For the Household Goods collection, residents can bring tables, bookcases, chairs, couches, and dressers. The agency can also use pots and pans, dishes, flatware, cooking utensils, and small appliances like toasters, toaster ovens, and slow cookers. Bedsheets, blankets, comforters and towels will also be accepted. Visit either https://householdgoods.org/ or https://www.bedfordma.gov/recycling to view the full list of acceptable items.
All items should be clean, in good working condition, and not damaged (e.g. cracked, chipped, torn, stained, etc.).
“We realize that postponing the metal and tire collection will be an inconvenience to some residents,” said Ed McGrath, Bedford’s Recycling Coordinator. “We have to scale back Saturday’s event but will be rescheduling a collection for these items in May.”


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Vneshtorgbank (VTB) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea signed a $30-million credit agreement today. Under the agreement, the South Korean bank shall extend a credit line for financing VTB's customers who import South Korean goods. In particular, the agreement envisages carrying out operations on confirming and refinancing letters of credit, issuing guarantees for South Korean exporters and commercial banks, etc.
According to VTB CEO Vladimir Dmitriyev, the agreement expires in 2 years and envisages making a number of short-term contracts during this period. Dmitriyev refused to confide the credit's interest rate, saying only that it was more lucrative than the Russian market's average interest rate. According to him, the sides agreed to sign a larger agreement in the future. The banker also said it was possible that the Russian gas giant Gazprom was interested in purchasing Korean equipment and would be among VTB's customers to use the Korean credit.


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Smarter men than I have noted that a successful long-term investment relies on demographic trends as much as a company’s balance sheet or management. Shifts in shopping habits, population and technology are big drivers for some of the biggest names on Wall Street, from polestars like Warren Buffett to the next generation of traders like James Altucher.
As lives get longer, modern medicine becomes increasingly valuable to the elderly. China’s middle class and cities are growing at breakneck paces. There are a lot of hungry people in the world creating massive strain on food supplies and significant inflation.
These are just some of the trends that define our current global economy, and thus define the stock market. It’s not rocket science – just pay attention to the headlines, and then apply what you’ve learned Wall Street.
To show you what I mean, here are 7 demographic shifts under way in the global economy right now – and the investments that could prosper as a result.
1. Too many people, not enough food. Agflation headlines abound these days. You know things are bad when it’s seen as an improvement that India’s food prices are up “only” 10% over the previous year. The shortage and subsequent inflation across everything from onions to palm oil to corn can only logically be fixed one way – by growing more food. That’s where fertilizer powerhouse Potash (NYSE: POT), biotech seed giant Monsanto (NYSE: POT) and farm equipment icon Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) come in – or the diversified Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO). What’s more, not only will higher crop yields reduce prices and feed more people, it is actually in the best interest of farmers to produce more. According to new data released to Congress by the University of Missouri this week, soaring food prices should result in record farm income during 2011. So growing more means selling more at higher prices.
2. Massive U.S. debt. Whether you are a member of the apocalyptic camp that predicts we will all be trading in gold bullion and canned goods by 2015 or whether you are just a regular Joe who sees evidence of rapid inflation (see item #1) and is looking to hedge their bets, precious metals make sense right now. Specifically, physical gold or silver investments like the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD) or the iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSE: SLV) make sense. The bottom line is that as long as fear and inflation are moving up, gold and silver will too.


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Over half of Australia's 8.4 million internet subscribers are now surfing at minimum peak speeds of 1.5 Mbps, according to a new report.
The Communications Report 2008-9 [PDF], released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority overnight, said that 30 percent of internet subscribers had a service with a download speed between 1.5 Mbps and 8 Mbps.
This was a 10 percent rise in the space of a year. The numbers could rise further this year as ISPs raised base ADSL speeds to 1.5 Mbps.
A further 21 percent of internet subscribers experienced download speeds between 8 Mbps and 24 Mbps, only slightly up on the previous year, the ACMA report said.
The report also repeated Australian Bureau of Statistics figures that showed internet downloads had grown by 80 percent "during the June quarter of 2009" compared to the same period the previous year.
Internet subscribers downloaded 99,993 terabits of data compared with 55,434 terabits in 2008, the report said.
Subscriber numbers grew from 7.23 million to 8.4 million from 2007-8 to 2008-9.
The ACMA also reported that 3G mobile and wireless broadband services grew by 162 percent in the reporting period.
Wireless broadband subscribers accounted for 25 percent of all internet subscribers at June 2009, up from 11 per cent at June 2008.


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Now it’s getting nasty. Last month the Cannes Film Festival announced the inclusion of Bong Joon-ho’s “Okja” and Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyerowitz Stories” in their line-up, two Netflix original films.
That sent ardent cinephiles into a tizzy, especially in France which has the most draconian release window laws in the world with distributors having to wait 36 months after a theatrical release before they make a film available on streaming sites.
Netflix, in contrast, has the most immediate release system in the world, and only releases films in cinemas occasionally. That these two films are to be shown at the prestigious festival, both NOT to get a French theatrical release, and both to be available on streaming sites shortly after (just over a month in the case of “Okja”) was seen as a heresy of the highest order.
While it’s too late for organisers and conservative French film buffs to stop these films from screening this year, and they have confirmed that there are no plans to pull either of them, it has galvanised organisers into taking action which has resulted in Cannes announcing a new rule (via Indiewire) this morning that goes into action with next year’s fest.
That rule? That films that are screened in competition at Cannes must also be released in cinemas in France. The rule has been seen as a direct reaction to streaming companies who release movies straight to their online platform and are disrupting traditional theatrical release methods.
Within hours, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings aired his thoughts on Facebook, saying that this is: “the establishment closing ranks against us. See ‘Okja’ on Netflix June 28th. An amazing film that theatre chains want to block us from entering into Cannes film festival competition.”
Tensions are growing amidst not just exhibitors and distributors but within film fan communities as well as the call for a day-and-date VOD releases of theatrical features is pushing back against cinephiles who fear the end of the cinemagoing experience if consumers are offered the choice. We haven’t reached an all out cinephile Civil War yet, but battle lines are being drawn.


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Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark is proud of his team for tackling Syndicate despite the shooter's underwhelming retail performance and critical mauling.
"I'm still proud of it. To have the courage to reboot the franchise - We knew from the get-go that there was going to be a small but very vocal [group] of gamers and journalists that was going to hate us whatever route we took," the executive told EDGE.
"If we didn't do an exact copy of the game, they'd hate us. If we did do an exact copy, they'd say we didn't innovate. They were never ours to win; it was a lost battle from the get-go."
The developer said Syndicate cost "substantially less" to produce than it would have at a larger studio/, but EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau admitted recently that the game was a commercial flop, describing it as a failed gamble.
"I don't have any response to what Frank said. I think both EA and Starbreeze can look back at it and say that we could have done stuff differently," Nermark said.
"If you ask anyone about any game in production they probably would say the same thing."
Syndicate, a co-op-friendly sci fi shooter rebooting a classic tactical IP, arrived on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 early this year and sank without a trace.


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Record sales predicted for Boxing Day
Aussie shoppers are tipped to splurge more on Boxing Day than in previous years, largely due to record low interest rates.
The National Retail Association is predicting people will shell out about $2.28 billion on Monday, the highest Boxing Day spend in Australian retail history.
NRA chief executive Dominique Lamb said shoppers taking advantage of the post-Christmas sales were expected to spend $100 million or 4.2 per cent more than they did on Boxing Day last year.
"Consumer spending has become much easier based on the fact that the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) has kept interest rates at a record low," Ms Lamb told reporters in Sydney on Saturday.
"We've also seen an increase in consumer confidence; Commonwealth Bank is predicting that this (month) is a seven-and-a-half-year high on consumer spending for December."
The RBA left interest rates on hold at an all-time low of 1.5 per cent earlier this month.
Queenslander retailers in particular are tipped to enjoy the largest increase in Boxing Day spending, with the NRA predicting them to take in $390 million, a six per cent boost on last year.
Group general manager at Westfield John Warn said a record two million shoppers were expected to visit Westfield stores on December 26.
"That will mean that almost one-in-ten Australians will be visiting a Westfield centre on Boxing Day," he told reporters.
Christmas Eve sales figures should be slightly more modest, with shoppers around the country tipped to spend $1.6 billion on Saturday.
While Sydney's Pitt Street Mall was subdued on Saturday, the Sydney Fish Markets was on track to eclipse 100,000 customers during its 36-hour pre-Christmas trading marathon.
HOW MUCH WILL WE SPEND ON BOXING DAY?
NSW - $741.52 million
VIC - $712.4 million
QLD - $390.08 million
SA - $114.4 million
WA -$198.64 million
TAS - $50.96 million
NT - $24.96 million
ACT - $48.464 million
TOTAL - $2.28 billion
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Apple's iOS 4.3 fixes security holes
Apple has released version 4.3 of its iOS mobile operating system, an update that adds several new features to its mobile devices and closes a number of security holes. According to Apple, the iOS update corrects multiple vulnerabilities in the FreeType rendering library for TrueType and PostScript fonts used by CoreGraphics, buffer overflow issues in ImageIO and a remote code execution hole in the libxml library, as well as a bug in iOS networking that could allow a server to identify a device across connections.
Other fixes correct problems in the mobile version of the Safari web browser that could, for example, cause it to exit on launch or prevent cookies from being cleared via the Safari settings. However, most of the vulnerabilities addressed are within the Safari WebKit-based browser engine, which means that victims need only visit a specially crafted web site to be infected with malware in a variety of ways.
Users can update their iOS-based mobile devices via the latest version of iTunes. However, an update for the Verizon Wireless (CDMA) version of the iPhone has yet to be released.
The company has also issued an update for its Apple TV product, version 4.2. Apple TV is based on iOS and, as such, addresses a number of the same vulnerabilities noted above.
- About the security content of iOS 4.3, security advisory from Apple.
- About the security content of Apple TV 4.2, security advisory from Apple.


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The ICLoods India mail service is facing a shutdown after two-and-a-half years, its chief executive officer Vijay Goyal said in a letter on Tuesday.
The company’s India division is being shut down due to a lack of funding, Goyal added.
The Indian telecom company ICL, founded in 2012, has a turnover of about Rs 2,000 crore ($24 million).
In 2015, ICL had been a valued Indian telecom service provider (ISP) company with revenues of around Rs 500 crore ($71 million).
The company has also invested heavily in new infrastructure.
Goyal had said in October 2016 that it would close its India operations by the end of 2019, citing “continuing difficulties in the telecom sector”.
Goyal also announced on Monday that the company was planning to launch a new global broadband service through a joint venture with China’s Huawei, the country’s second-largest internet provider.
“This is the most significant step in our strategy to further transform our business and grow the company’s revenues in India,” Goyal wrote in the letter to the company shareholders.
The announcement came after the Indian government approved the creation of a joint fund between ICL and Huawei to help ICL build infrastructure and expand its footprint in India.
Goy said that the Indian Telecom Regulatory Authority (ITRA) had granted the request to the joint venture company, which will also invest in infrastructure in India, and that ICL has been in talks with the government for nearly a year.
“We will not delay in investing in India’s telecom infrastructure, which has already proved itself to be an asset,” he added.


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We all know that familiar sound of an ice cream truck, the aroma of our favorite food truck. But what about a mobile fashion truck.
Abbey DeStefano of Fort Myers Beach decided to put her boutique on wheels in 2017 after not having much luck at finding her dream job. “I had been researching boutique trucks, but also looked into a store front on Fort Myers Beach,”Abbey said in a brief email.
Abbey realized a boutique truck would be way more convenient for her lifestyle.
Mobile fashion trucks entered the scene around 2014 and has seen steady growth as more brick & mortars opt out of paying rent .
Pros & Cons
There are several advantages to getting into the mobile e-commerce business. For the most part mobile trucks are cheaper to open and operate than traditional stores.
In 2016, the American Mobile Retail Association , reported in a survey that the average cost to start a mobile retail business is $19,000. This includes, purchasing a used truck or trailer, remodeling it in and out, and purchasing inventory.
They are also very mobile . You can literally take your business anywhere and you don’t have to spend a ton of cash on advertising because it’s all on the truck.
On the flip side, parking is always going to be an issue. It’s imperative to stay on top of the local laws of where you can park and for how long each day.
Then you have the cost of maintenance, and the fluctuating prices of gas, and in some cases diesel.
But the truck-based commerce business isn’t just for food and fashion?
Small Biz Labs found entrepreneurs are revving up their engines and heading on the road in just about anything.
Financial Planner Marsha Barnes put her business on wheels in 2014 and started to provide financial advice to her clients throughout Charlotte, N.C. on her mobile truck, The Finance Bar.
There’s also a bookstore on wheels . Parnassus, an independent bookstore in Nashville, has been on the road since 2011.
We’re on the look out for mobile businesses throughout SWFL, if you see any send them our way.


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When Navy takes the field to battle Air Force on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, they will have a new look, thanks to a new uniform paint job from the popular company Under Armour.
For the game, Navy will wear a special Marine Corps-themed uniform at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. It will be the first time that Navy has gone worn specially designed unis for a game against Air Force. Since 2008, Navy has worn alternate uniforms for the Army-Navy game, and now they will try their hand at new unis for their matchup with Air Force.
The elements of the dress blues uniform is symbolic of Marines, both enlisted and officers. It was created by Under Armour designer Adam Dougherty in consultation with Navy associate athletic director for equipment operations Greg Morgenthaler. The design process took a total of 18 months.
Back in 2010, Navy wore a specialty uniform that honored the Marine Corps for the Army game. The unis at the time were created by Nike.
Navy won’t be the only one in special gear, as Air Force will also wear alternate uniforms for the game against Navy to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.


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Trump: We must have "fair and reciprocal" trade with Germany
There has been growing scrutiny over Angela Merkel’s nation’s trade surplus, which has provoked anger from the United States’ president, but the balance sheet for 2017 will add fuel to that fire.
Over the course of the year Germany will sell more across its borders than even they expected with reports claiming exports have hit a “breathtaking rate since the financial and economic crisis”.
While firms, employees and the treasury have all seen the benefit, anger is growing from trading partners over the burgeoning account surplus.
German press have revealed a leaked forecast for the year from foreign trade association Börner Group (BGA), which shows the export estimate has doubled.
Newspaper Welt said this was down to “brilliant foreign business in the first half of the year”.
Germany is under pressure for its huge trade surplus
The group is reported to be expecting German foreign sales to increase by five per cent over the course of the year, up from 1.1 per cent the 12 months previous.
Companies are expected to see sales of goods from national firms bring in over £1trillion.
Better dealings with EU countries are said to be the key reason for the increase.
BGA president Anton Börner said: ”German exporters are benefiting from the growth in many regions, and in particular also from the fact that Southern Europe is fighting its way out of the crisis and the economies there are growing again.
Angela Merkel will come under fire for the surplus
This is where more investment is being made and Germany is also benefiting from it
"In Southern Europe and France confidence is returning. This is where more investment is being made and Germany is also benefiting from it."
Ifo Institute for Economic Research also predicts Germany will once again have the biggest trade surplus in the world.
The figures will draw anger from critics such as Mr Trump and IMF chief Christine Lagarde.
Donald Trump tweeted about the surplus earlier this year
Iain Duncan Smith: What Germany wants, Germany gets
They could also put Germany on collision course with the European Commission and governments across the continent who believe Mrs Merkel’s nation is not importing enough.
Mrs Merkel, currently on course to win the German general election later this month, will face demands for a debate over the surplus.
President Trump has pushed for protectionism of US interests since being elected to the White House and has Germany in his sights.
Back in May the US leader tweeted: “We have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for US. This will change.”


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If you have an active lifestyle and use Apple products, the rumored wireless PowerBeats revamp could provide an appealing alternative to AirPods.
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The Panasonic Lumix LX100 II may be the nicest camera you didn't know you needed. It's a point-and-shoot camera in an age where they’ve seemingly been replaced by smartphones.
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Hmmm, I wonder who they're talking about ...
It was easier to relax and let go when it felt like I was immersed in nature.
Hurry up and give the people what they want, Apple.
The videos automatically played behind banner ads where no one could see.
Why are women opting out of tech and what can we do about it?
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It's back, but not as sweet as it used to be.
Apple could finally take on Netflix and Amazon Prime next week.
Find out where and when to see Apple show off its Netflix-killer.
Consent just got sexty
Job interviews are about to get even weirder
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Security experts have some thoughts.
According to the CDC, there have been more than 250 cases of measles reported in the U.S. so far this year.
Between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users were affected.
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As Starbucks faces a rising tide of employee unrest, the new CEO abruptly changes the way the coffee chain divides its profits between workers and shareholders.
In a letter Monday to employees, customers, investors and others titled “On the Future of Starbucks,” Howard Schultz announced the company would immediately suspend share buybacks. It was his first act on his first day back at the top job, which he had previously held twice.
Mr Schultz said halting buybacks would allow Starbucks to “reinvest more profits in our people and in our stores — the only way to create long-term value for all stakeholders.” When a company uses its funds to buy back and retire its own stock, it often increases its stock price, thereby rewarding investors and executives who typically hold large amounts of stock.
During Mr. Schultz’s last tenure as CEO, between 2008 and 2016, Starbucks spent more than $6 billion on buybacks. Last month, Starbucks announced Mr Schultz would temporarily return as chief executive, replacing Kevin Johnson, who took over in 2017. Mr. Schultz helped grow the Seattle-based company into a global powerhouse.
Now Starbucks is under pressure from growing efforts to unionize its stores, which it has resisted as workers push for better wages, hours and benefits. Since late last year, a handful of stores have voted to unionize, the first in the company’s history. Over 100 locations in more than 25 states, from nearly 9,000 company-owned stores nationwide, plan to hold elections.
Starbucks spent $10 billion on buybacks in 2019 but paused early in the pandemic. The company recently resumed that practice, spending $3.5 billion on buybacks in its most recent quarter that ended in early January. Last October, Starbucks announced it would spend $20 billion on buybacks and dividends over the next three years. That program is now suspended under Mr. Schultz, less than six months after it was announced.
Share buybacks have been criticized by employee representatives and others for diverting funds that could be reinvested in running a company, used to hire workers, or to cover higher wages and greater benefits. Last week, President Biden’s annual budget proposal called for a special tax on buybacks and a ban on executives selling stock in person for three years after a buyback.
Companies in the S&P 500 repurchased a record $882 billion last year, and analysts at Goldman Sachs are forecasting buybacks to top $1 trillion in 2022.
Though Starbucks has posted robust sales and earnings growth during the pandemic, its shares are down more than 20 percent this year. “Our company, like many businesses, faces new realities in a changed world,” Mr Schultz said in Monday’s letter, citing “restricted supply chains, the decimation caused by Covid, heightened tensions and political unrest, a racial reckoning and an emerging… generation looking for a new responsibility for the business.”
Mr. Schultz said in his letter that he plans to travel to stores and manufacturing facilities to find “ideas for building this next Starbucks.” In September he visited store leaders in Buffalo, NY, where the first company-owned store would vote to unionize a few months later. He told them the company had let them down because it hadn’t helped them solve operational problems at their stores and that he wasn’t anti-union but “pro-Starbucks,” the New York Times previously reported.
Starbucks isn’t the only corporate giant facing growing pressure to unionize. On Friday, workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to form a union, the company’s first in the United States.
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San Francisco-based Coinbase has announced the launch of a range of new products designed to attract institutional organizations to the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.
The formal launch of Coinbase Custody alongside several other offerings has placed institutional financial organizations directly in the sights of the exchange platform as more sophisticated institutional participants enter the crypto environment.
The new storage solution will leverage Coinbase's experience with storing more than $20 billion of cryptocurrency and was first announced by Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong in November 2017.Today we're announcing the Coinbase suite of institutional products.
In addition to the new Coinbase Custody solution, the newly-created Coinbase Chicago office has will be launching Coinbase Markets, a new solution that is set to enhance what is already the deepest pool of liquidity in the crypto market.
Coinbase Markets will provide a centralized pool of liquidity for all Coinbase products as well as deliver a range of new features including latency performance, institutional connectivity and access, on-premise datacenter colocation services, as well as settlement and clearing services.
Another unique product launched alongside Coinbase Markets and Coinbase Custody is the new Coinbase Prime solution.
Specifically designed to " provide a suite of tools and services that institutional investors rely on when trading cryptocurrency," Coinbase Prime will offer both lending and margin financing products, OTC trading, algorithmic trading, market data, and research products to qualified clients.
We are also excited to announce the launch of Coinbase Prime, a new platform designed specifically to provide a suite of tools and services that institutional investors rely on when trading cryptocurrency.
"There is clear demand from institutional clients and financial services professionals for more specific solutions with regard to cryptocurrencies that address their sophisticated needs. Through new products like Coinbase Prime and Coinbase Custody, we're building the necessary capability for institutions that allows cryptocurrencies to be traded and stored in a compliant, trusted and efficient manner."
Lastly, the launch of the new Coinbase Institutional Coverage Group will see the platform launch a new service that will deliver sales trading, research, market operations, and client services support to institutional clients.
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Brazil's Biggest Brokerage Goes Big on Bitcoin
Grupo XP, Brazil's largest independent brokerage and owner of XP Investimentos SA, is launching an exchange in the upcoming months that will facilitate Bitcoin and Ethereum trading.
Dubai Department of Finance Launches Blockchain-Based Payment System for UAE Gov't
The Dubai Department of Finance has partnered with the Smart Dubai Office to launch a blockchain-powered payment system.
Bitmain Announces Next-Generation SHA-256 Antminer Chips
Bitmain, one of the largest cryptocurrency mining ASIC manufacturing companies, announced on Sept. 21 the release of new SHA-256 mining rigs at the World Digital Mining Summit in Georgia.
Hodler's Digest, September 16-23: Elon Musk Wants Advice on Twitter Crypto Scammers, the US SEC Wants Comments on BTC ETFs
As a result of a security breach on September 14, hackers have managed to steal 4.5 billion yen from Japan's Zaif cryptocurrency exchange, as well as 2.2 billion yen from the assets of the company, with total losses amounting to 6.7 billion yen or around $59.7 million.


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torsdag 13 september 2012
In anticipation of a possible QE3 (in December..?)
In the last 30 days (since August 13th), platinum has risen by 18.9%, silver by 18.7%, palladium by 18.4% and gold by 7.6%. All remain well below their nominal record highs (see charts) and more importantly well below their inflation adjusted highs.
While hardly a factor in the Fed's thinking which is due to present its announcement in 4 hours, today's Initial claims report came at 382K, the biggest miss to expectations (370K) in 2 months, and up from last week's naturally upward revised claims of 367K. The 15K jump is the biggest weekly spike in 2 months and 4th largest this year. Just as relevantly, as we warned months ago, those on extended claims continue to run out at a fast pace, with 41K people losing their extended benefits, down by nearly 1.8 million from a year ago, and are forced to seek disability benefits to keep the government dole running. More importantly, and just as Bernanke is doing his best to stoke inflation,producer prices soared by 1.7% in August, up from July's 0.3%, and well above expectations of 1.2%. This was the biggest M/M spike since the 1.9% surge in June of 2009, and was driven primarily by soaring food prices, which however as everyone knows, is not really a factor in the Fed's thinking. "On an unadjusted basis, prices for finished goods climbed 2.0 percent for the 12 months ended August 2012, the largest advance since a 2.8-percent increase for the 12 months ended March 2012." Then again, who out there needs food or energy - inflation is precisely what Bernanke wants, the FOMC will welcome this news with open arms. But at least the Fed will create jobs and get people to give up on renting which is the New Normal buying, and scramble right back into the housing re-bubble.


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The Netherlands led the competitiveness in the labor market according to a classification prepared by the Institute for Management Development (IMD, for its acronym in English), based in Switzerland.
In that ranking, the World Competitiveness Ranking 2022, the Netherlands achieved the first position among 63 world economies evaluated.
The Netherlands registered a labor force of 9.34 million people in 2020, reaching position 28 globally in this indicator.
Likewise, the Netherlands was ranked 24th in female labor force (46.9% of the total), 10th in skilled labor, and 18th in labor force growth (0.44 percent).
The Dutch economy has quickly recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Consumer spending in particular rebounded quickly, with the vaccination campaign in the first half of 2021 allowing the economy to reopen again.
Number of unemployed and number of job vacancies (in thousands)
The recovery in world trade translated into strong exports and net trade that contributed significantly to GDP growth.
At the same time, investment activity was affected by supply-side constraints, mainly due to labor shortages and global supply chain disruptions.
Despite new restrictions brought about by the Omicron variant in the fourth quarter of 2021, overall GDP growth in 2021 was strong, reaching 5.0%, according to the European Commission.
The European Commission reports that the labor market in this economy is performing well overall, but challenges persist with growing labor and skills shortages and labor market segmentation.
Unemployment in the Netherlands fell from 4.7% in 2020 to 4.2% in 2021.
Furthermore, the number of job vacancies has even exceeded the number of unemployed in the last year.
As a result, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to find people with the right skills.
Wage growth is gradually picking up, and the European Commission expects it to continue into 2022 and shortages are likely to persist.
In particular, the high level of flexible employment requires further attention in terms of equal opportunities in the labor market, fair working conditions, adequate social protection, as well as its contribution to slow productivity growth.


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Christian Siriano is going from Fashion Week to "Freak Show."
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Washington Post carries a long article about how internet access through cellphone (connected to a computer) is making life easier for the people of a village in Bangladesh. Here are some of the uses listed in the article
1. Making sure that a doctor will be available before making a long and expensive trip to the city
2. Make up for the lack of access to books
3. Call relatives abroad using VoIP at dirt cheap rates (11 cents vs $2)
4. Getting married on webcam !!!
These cellphone powered internet centers are being set up by Grameen Phone which is partly owned by Grameen Bank of Muhammad Yunus fame. To the best of my knowledge 3G hasn't arrived in Bangladesh yet. So that means the cellphone based internet can provide dialup speeds at best. I didn't know you could do VoIP or video conferencing over dialup!
Right now a number of initiatives are going on to make computers available at extremely low cost. Assuming atleast one of these initiative will succeed, this story illustrates how a combination of dirt cheap cellular rates and availability of computers can improve the quality of life of people.


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RH, the high-end furniture seller formerly known as Restoration Hardware, on Wednesday became the latest retailer to cut its financial targets, citing a weaker-than-expected economic environment. The company said it expects sales to decline between 2% and 5% in the current fiscal year, a change from the flat to 2% growth forecast earlier in the month. Chief Executive Gary Friedman said a decline in luxury home sales and the prospects of the Federal Reserve further raising the federal-funds rate will contribute to cooling sales.
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UK-based consultancy, ASM, has developed a training programme with Pacific Air Travel Association (PATA) to show tourism authorities how to work with airlines to gain new flights for their destinations.
‘Route Development for Destinations and Tourism’ will be held in Bangkok on 2-3 February. It is the first course of its kind to focus on air service development (the creation of new flights or ‘air routes’) for tourism authorities due to the changing nature of the aviation industry. Many airlines look beyond airports for support and will also engage with tourism authorities when considering a new service.
Bangkok was chosen because the Asia-Pacific aviation market is worth around $500 billion and a huge increase in passenger numbers is expected over the next twenty years. International Air Transport Association (IATA) figures show that Asia-Pacific will have overtaken North America and Europe in terms of passenger numbers by 2030, and nearly half of all air travel (2.9 billion journeys) will touch Asia-Pacific by 2034.
The course will show tourism authorities, economic development agencies, government departments and industry associations how to benefit from the growth by taking the initiative with airlines. It will help them to understand different airline models and types of traffic, the economic benefits of new services and how to build a compelling business case for new air routes.
The guest speaker will be Peter Wiesner, Senior Vice President – Network Management at Bangkok Airways. Peter will explain the decision-making process from an airline’s perspective and what is expected from tourism authorities and destinations.
ASM was the first air service development consultancy in the world when it was established in 1993. Managing Director, David Stroud, said: “The aviation industry in Asia-Pacific is set to boom over the next two decades. Airlines will be seeking new destinations and there will be many opportunities for tourism authorities and their partners.
“Air service development will become important for destinations as they proactively seek to boost their visitor economy through new flights.”
Mario Hardy, Chief Executive Officer at PATA, said: “We have been encouraging our members to get involved with air service development because it helps to drive growth in the tourism industry. Tourism authorities in Asia-Pacific will find this course very useful and it’s a great initiative for us to be involved with.”
More information about the course can be viewed at the ASM website: http://www.asm-global.com/courses/route-development-for-destinations-and-tourism/
‘Route Development for Destinations and Tourism’, 2-3 February 2016, PATA head office, Siam Tower, Bangkok.
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It’s back to school week!
And with kids heading back to the classroom, comes a shopping list of supplies.
“The cost of sending kids back to school continues to rise and many students don’t have the opportunity to head back to class with all the school supplies they might need.”
Because of that, Grand Home Furnishings is launching a “Stock The Schools” Supply Drive.
“We just want to help our local community and help some of these kids get back to school on the right track. So we have offered a 10% discount to any customer who is bringing in any school supplies,” Jason Carter, the store manager of the Beckley location, told us.
Now until August 20th, you can donate school supplies to any of the four Grand Home Furnishing locations in West Virginia.
Basic supplies are needed, including pencils, pens, glue sticks, and paper.
“I think there’s people that have several children, and whenever you have several children it gets to be really expensive. Especially whenever you have specific supplies that need to be purchased, or you have kids that are in high school that need much more expensive supplies. Free school supplies are always a good thing,” said Amber Grimmet, an Oak Hill resident and mother of two.
This is a great cause where everyone can support our local community and children in need.
“We want our kids to get started on the right foot this year,” said Carter.


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Sennheiser creates new sales role
Sennheiser Communications has appointed Ewan Stephenson as unified communications sales manager.
In his new role Stephenson will support sales for headsets through Sennheiser distributor partners and their resellers. Prior to joining Sennheiser, he was senior business support manager for British Telecom for six years.
Sennheiser UK‘s director of sales, Jane Craven, commented: “The creation of a specialist UC sales role and Ewan’s appointment demonstrate Sennheiser’s commitment to this critical area of development for the telecoms industry.”
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No-frills airline Spirit Airlines announced June 5 that it is selling wine by the can. In a partnership with the Friends Just Wine brand, Spirit will sell cans of white or strawberry moscato for $7 each or $12 for two cans.
That won’t be Spirit’s only wine offering, though. The airline will continue to sell Sutter Home’s more traditional mini-bottles of wine. According to reports, Spirit’s can of wine is larger — 250 milliliters to the bottle’s 187 — but less potent. The canned wine is 6% alcohol by volume vs. 13% for Sutter Home.
While some customers may be skeptical about the quality of wine that’s offered in a can, Spirit isn’t concerned. The cans are easier to stack and store on airplanes with limited storage space; they also weigh less, which helps the airline are save on fuel.
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By Cody GodwinBBC Reports, San Francisco
Afterwards this current year, Tinder lets owners to locate public information help and advice of potential schedules making use of their label or cellular amount.
The move comes as consumer basic safety for electronic relationship has come under scrutiny.
Fit team, Tinder’s adult company, wants to are the element across every one of their applications at some future date.
“all of us understand enterprises can start to play a key element function in assisting clear away those limitations with technologies and correct combination grounded on activity,” Tracey Breeden, fit collection’s Head of well-being and friendly Advocacy, mentioned.
Besides Tinder, the club also owns PlentyOfFish, OkCupid and Hinge.
Match have partnered with Garbo, a back ground inspecting platform, to give you the premium solution. The dating sites service in addition has used a stake in Garbo.
The background investigations corporation ended up being started by ladies and gathers “public registers and research of brutality or abuse, most notably busts, beliefs, restraining requests, harassment, and various aggressive offences” to create the documents.
The reports will not integrate any medicine prices or site visitors infractions.
In a March post, Garbo stated: “The data consistently demonstrate that there is not any website link between treatment ownership and gender-based brutality.”
Cellphone owner basic safety is becoming a very important issues for digital dating employers amid increased consciousness concerning their issues.
Soon after ProPublica’s researching, 11 people in meeting delivered correspondence to complement collection ceo Shar Dubey. “a relationship networks, like those purchased by complement people, must be starting all things in his or her capability to guarantee the basic safety of these consumers. Meaning aware enforcement of terms of service that strengthen people in almost any using the internet market,” the March 2020 document explained.
The members urged accommodate to “take swift action to minimize the possibility of sexual and going out with assault against their particular users.”
Currently, if a person reports the informatioin needed for somebody’s severe history to Tinder, or their particular sister programs, the annoying membership is taken away.
Apps contains Tinder and equal Bumble have put in gear like photo check and in-app clip dialing to show men and women are who they’re saying to become.
In January 2020, Tinder included a worry option function which store information about a romantic date, such as area facts, and alert disaster companies when key had been pressed.
Sarah Sawrey-Cookson, marketing and sales communications movie director at consider secure on the internet, recognized fit’s want to combine the background checks have.
“We have now usually emphasised the necessity for both novice and seasoned on line daters to exercise careful attention and ‘check a person, certainly not the profile’,” she informed the BBC.
“therefore we applaud any move which allows people to carry out best research before they get into a connection that may end up as really harmful.”
Cody Godwin is part of the BBC Tech staff operating out of san francisco bay area. A lot more computer information, heed their on Youtube and twitter at @MsCodyGodwin
Apparently Tinder is not the best place staying an old directly guy
Older direct guys most likely aren’t the best demographic that comes to mind if talking points of error and discrimination. But based on a recent examination, there could possibly be more than one neighborhood which mid-life direct men take advantage of the brief end of the cling: a relationship programs.
A study by Australian consumer advocacy collection Choice learned that Tinder happens to be asking right men over 50 much more than any gang of customers because of its paying superior rate, Tinder benefit. While cost are determine to alter drastically across era and locality class, right men over 50 happened to be billed the greatest costs, paying up to about five times above some groups for premium access.
Choice’s study realized the lowest Tinder Plus costs comprise wanted to queer feminine owners under 30, exactly who spent simply $6.99, set alongside the $34.99 requested of city-dwelling directly guys over 50. Generally, the retail price tended to generally be reduced for consumers under 30, just who spent a regular rate between $6.99 and $16.71, while those over 30 settled from $14.99 to $34.37.
As Vice noted, but dynamic pricing that may differ by personal information was an element of Tinder’s high quality plan given that the dedicated collection was first introduced in 2015. Tinder co-founder Sean Rad actually as soon as defended the insurance policy at a TechCrunch interrupt summit, declaring the costs differences are intended to create a discount for younger individuals with minimal dollars to decrease on high quality plans.
“It’s maybe not about fundamentally perfecting for that pounds we all make. it is about refining for the amount of people it is possible to present,” Rad described back in 2015. “If I reside in a growing region or around with a rising economic situation, we can’t manage to shell out nearly an individual who lives in the usa. There Are Certain Things we must start thinking about.”
Recently, Tinder resolved a $23 million class-action young age discrimination lawsuit registered this past year that claimed the working platform billed owners over 30 double the amount for superior agreement companies.
But Choice’s researching lifts more issues about how many other personal information Tinder may making use of to generate their prices choices.
“We know that Tinder is applying get older to set up different rates. But even within age groups, we learn an array of cost, demonstrating that you have other variables at enjoy that Tinder is so far to explain,” stated Turner. “It is absolutely concerning that individuals dont understand what information about all of us Tinder is using to find out these tailored costs.”
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Kroger asking shoppers to leave guns at home
CINCINNATI (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) - Kroger is asking shoppers to leave their guns home – stopping short of banning the “open carry” of firearms in states like Ohio and Kentucky where it is legal.
The retailer also endorsed laws strengthening background checks and for keeping guns out of the hands of people deemed at risk of waging violence, according to our media partners at the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Tuesday announcement comes after rival retailer Walmart made a declaration and follows a wave of mass shootings that have struck at both retailers and across America.
“Kroger is respectfully asking that customers no longer openly carry firearms into our stores, other than authorized law enforcement officers,” Cincinnati-based Kroger said Tuesday. “We are joining those encouraging our elected leaders to pass laws that will strengthen background checks and remove weapons from those who have found to pose a risk for violence.”
The Enquirer wrote about Kroger’s policy in August following a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso that killed more than 20 people.
The Enquirer reported that retailers generally allow shoppers to bring weapons despite the fact that nearly half of mass shootings (45.6%) occur in business settings, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Sovex has secured a deal with major international retailer TK Maxx to supply further bespoke parcel-handling machines at sites across Europe.
In total, the Merseyside-based firm has supplied made to measure vehicle loaders at five TK Maxx sites and has been tasked with manufacturing and installing a further three in Poland and the UK.
Sovex is one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies specialising in the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of vehicle loaders and conveyor systems, largely for the post and parcel market.
Founder and Executive Chairman David Lindfield said the latest order for TL3 conveyors will help meet TK Maxx’s niche requirement of handling tote box-style crates as well as smaller parcel profiles.
“This vehicle loader was specifically designed for TK Maxx. It incorporates many of the options available for our TL3 range” he said. “The three machines due to be installed this year include two in the UK and one in Poland. This deal will enhance our reputation for delivering bespoke solutions and collaborative approach with customers. It further signals our strong ambition to drive Sovex’s market share across Europe.
The Sovex Solution
“The TL3 is an extremely adaptable telescopic boom conveyor. It has three extendable sections, complete with a 7.5m main casing, a 15m extension and a 600mm-wide belt. Some have fixed operator platforms on the front boom and others have collapsible operator platforms. For the Walsall site we were asked to ensure that each conveyor had a nine-metre main casing and a 17m extendable length to allow for even greater flexibility when loading delivery vehicles.
“Key benefits of this machine include operator platforms mounted at the front of the boom which can accommodate two people. They enable the operator to load and unload trailers up to three metres high. The slewing also allows the conveyor to be pivoted away from the door to create floor space to allow access for forklift trucks.
Ultimately, our machinery will help TK Maxx drive greater operational efficiency, in turn saving time and money.”
Sovex will also provide service and maintenance contracts in Wroclaw, Walsall, Stoke and Wakefield.
Mr Lindfield said the firm is now developing a significant footprint across Europe backed by an expanding global network with sales offices in the Netherlands and distributors in Italy, France, Poland, Denmark and Portugal.
Sovex recently launched a division in the United States targeting the booming multibillion dollar e-commerce and parcel- handling markets. Meanwhile in the Far East, exports are being driven by a manufacturing operation in Kluang, Malaysia, which opened in 2013 and currently employs more than 70 people.
Mr Lindfield said Sovex has a core offering of around 30 products including the award-winning Bendy Boom telescopic conveyor designed to make lorry loading and unloading quicker, easier and safer. It is already proving popular with a number of other high-profile customers including German firm Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s largest courier company.
Mr Lindfield said the firm’s engineering expertise, customer service and constant drive for innovation is key to Sovex’s international success.
“Many of our products are created as a direct result of working in collaboration with customers,” he said. “This not only shows the flexible offering that we provide, but ensures that our customers’ parcelhandling is made as simple and as efficient as possible.
“Our capacity is also a key selling point. We can deliver high volume orders to short time frames, with ultra-fast maintenance response times. In the UK we have a nationwide team of more than 30 engineers offering 24/7 service, with response time between one to four hours.”
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This is an important milestone as Amazon continues to expand and improve customer-free insights into the company, from reviewing salaries to posting employees. Amazon is also using robotic technology to make sure it keeps up with orders in Canada. Walmart New York has hired robots to keep up with a boom in online orders.
Fewer than a year after opening a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in southeastern Ottawa, the e-commerce giant said Tuesday it plans a second fulfillment center in the national A & A area that will use a waterfall, iterative and agile methodology. Earlier this month, Amazon announced plans to build a new fulfillment centre in the eastern suburbs of Ottawa that will produce large items such as home decor, sports equipment and gardening equipment from Toronto, Ontario and Europe.
Amazon says a new warehouse in Alberta aMarketology that will use robots to pick up, pack and ship small items like books, electronics and toys will create over 1,000 full and part-time jobs. You can find one by clicking the apply button at the top of the role title. According to a Canada Now press release, items will be packaged by robots instead of human employees at a new Amazon fulfillment center in Canada scheduled to be completed in 2021. The warehouse will use robots, and Amazon says that it will hire over 1,000 full and part-time workers to work at the facility that is expected to open early next year.
The Long Term Effects of AI in the United States
The center will be the 12th fulfillment center in Canada and its seventh in Ontario for Amazon. Toronto Printful plans to open a 2,900-square-foot facility in Mississauga, Ontario with production due to start by the end of 2020, Canada’s first and seventh city. Broccilini Real Estate Highway 416 will be closed in both directions for a short time this week morning and afternoon as residents feel the rumbling of the blasts being carried out in the Barrhaven area in preparation for construction by Amazon.
Construction of the 2,900 square meter facility began in partnership with Takeoff Technologies. On wheels, the robots will bring the boxes of Apple Juice, Food and Other Small Goods to Walmart, where workers will pack them for customers. The robots will stay in the warehouse and build separate areas just for shops and businesses.
E-commerce giant Amazon says the average entry-level wage for a role in fulfillment and logistics is over $17 an hour and the company offers signing bonuses up to $1,000. As it expands its supply chains, it will need manpower as it adds significant quantities of parcels in one place. In recent weeks, Amazon has said it will buy energy from the giant new photovoltaic farm in Alberta, marking the company’s second renewable energy financing deal in Canada.


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HP already admitted it’s already working on a Windows 8 tablet, but it didn’t mention if that rumored Slate 8 exists or not. Now there’s a video out there, a commercial called “Make it Matter”, that ends with a familiar looking tablet.
What we see here is a metallic body with a big black antenna window, that may just be the HP Slate 8. The folks of Engadget already asked HP if it’s a clever teaser for a product or just a concept and they haven’t replied yet. After all, it’s the weekend, the summer holidays and people aren’t keen on answering such stuff.
Last I heard HP was pretty uncertain about its involvement with the whole Windows 8 and Windows RT phenomenon. They pulled back from the Windows RT initiative and announced they’ll only focus on Windows 8. The company is going through a sort of transition an Win 8 would be a good idea to come back on the market with a glorious product.


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The virtual spin brigade worked overtime Thursday in an effort to inject some much-needed upside into the quarterly reports from BEA Systems and Dell that had investors sprinting toward the exit.
They get about a C-plus for their efforts, which isn't bad considering the direction of the two stocks.
Let's start with an exuberant BSPackM on Yahoo: "This is an excellent opportunity to accumulate due to the overreaction. Hardly a rational valuation for a company with increasing revenues, rising profits and steady licensing agreements."
LongShort88 echoed his thoughts: "Missed the license revenue but, this is a huge overreaction. Look for buying to come in now and the shorts to cover big time. Also the price for an acquisition is looking a lot more attractive."
It didn't take much to whip the crew into speculation frenzy. Take BingCrosbyWhiteXMas: "Just in time for Larry Ellison and Oracle to step in and buy it out!"
Only a matter of time, according to Mercatos: "They'll be acquired by the end of '04 in my opinion. They're in a great market, have terrific management, and have carved out a very good niche. Their earnings report wasn't that bad, folks!!"
A possible target or will BEA Systems remain mired in single digits for awhile? Share your thoughts in CBS MarketWatch's "BEAS" discussion group.
Over on the Dell boards, the damage to the stock wasn't nearly as severe - shares were off just about 3 percent late -- but the tone wasn't nearly as giddy, either.
In fact, shorts seemed to rule the banter -- evidenced by pesky posts like this from PInYourPool: "I shorted Dell using a Dell laptop. Now that's irony."
Not sure if that's truly "irony" but let's get back to the topic at hand with Normandie2004: "Is that the best Dell can do? 1 percent interest, no inflation, recovery. Now what? Dell
TraderJack05 was one of many that had seen more than enough: "I've given up fighting ... the analysts control stock prices. Good news is bad news and bad news is bad news these days." Read full earnings story.
SimpleAsCBA continued to sing the Dell dirge: "It seems that thin margins have finally caught up with this box maker. Dell exhibited neither top line growth nor bottom line growth while margins continued to shrink. Looking for greener pasture elsewhere."
Of course, there were a few plucky Dell-ionaires, like ItsACanesThing, who took up the good fight: "Find me another company the size of Dell, growing like Dell, consistently dominant in its field like Dell, has margins like Dell, has cash like Dell, and buying back shares like Dell. Not too many of them out there."
Are there better alternatives? Stop by CBS MarketWatch's "Dell" board and discuss the report.


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From Tech 2:01 pm
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.4.2 Kitkat OS update will roll out in May.
From Tech 1:14 pm
If you are a gadget enthusiast and aching to have your hands on Galaxy S5 or you just cannot since you have your Galaxy S4 from the previous year, you have a way to work it out.
From Tech 12:38 pm
The Galaxy Note 4 on its rumoured September 2014 release date will be awesome in a freshly-engineered form factor, which is a spectre directly implied by Samsung.
From Tech 12:31 pm
Australia is planning to deploy a highly sophisticated powerful sonar equipment that is similar to the one that helped locate the sunken Titanic 29 years ago as the country vowed to continue the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370.
From Tech 8:53 am
Motorola's Moto G is easily one of the best-selling smartphones across the globe. The handset is not only popular for its price range but also for its high performance and impressive hardware specification. If rumours are true, Motorola is planning on launching a new model of its Moto series, with an attractive price and added value for money.
From Tech 8:29 am
Flesh trade workers in Germany have gone high-tech, tapping the newly released Peppr app to get clients. The app works like a dating site which matches customer and prostitute, making it the Tinder of the sex industry.
From Tech 12:52 am
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6 will be a “chick magnet” according to Rocco Pendola's piece. The soon to be release smartphone has been generating quite the buzz over the last few months especially with patents and predictions surfacing. Recent Apple patents hint that the iPhone 6 will be much different from previous offerings.
From Tech 12:27 am
The HTC DROID DNA, Verizon's version of the HTC Butterfly, might be overshadowed by HTC One and its successor HTC One (M8), but the Taiwan smartphone makers seem to have a soft corner for the device, as it is set to receive Android 4.4.2 KitKat and Sense 5.5 updates on Thursday.
From Tech 11:23 pm
Amid speculations on the release date of Google Nexus 6, a report has emerged stating that successor of Nexus 5 might be priced under $100 - cheaper than Motorola Moto G.
From Tech 11:18 pm
Amidst growing concerns on whether Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 will get the latest KitKat update or not, a report has surfaced online, suggesting that the South Korean company is keen to release the new OS firmware to its 2012 flagship phones probably by next month.


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Balaji Amines today posted 30.685 jump in net profit at Rs 9.37 crore for the first quarter ended June 30.
The speciality chemicals maker had posted a net profit of Rs 7.17 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.
The company recorded its net sales at Rs 136.55 crore for the reporting quarter, up from Rs 114.08 crore in the year-ago period, a company statement said here.
Exports during the reporting quarter went up by 35.115 from Rs 23.10 crore to Rs 31.21 crore, it said.
"With the expansion and diversification plans on schedule, this year holds a lot of promise for the company and we expect that to translate into better numbers," Balaji Amines Director D Bala Reddy said.
The company said that its new plant for manufacture of methylamines with 30,000 TPA which was commissioned in March 2012 is operating as planned.


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Back in 1997, Koei Tecmo released Dynasty Warriors for the PlayStation. It was a typical one-on-one fighting game starring historical figures from the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history that didn’t make too much of a splash, yet its sequel, released in August 2000, carved a path into gaming history.
Titled Shin Sangokumusō in Japan (essentially making it as a spin-off to the original in Japan), it took the action into full 3D and had the player face off against swathes of enemies powered by the then-revolutionary PlayStation 2.
August 3rd marked the 20th anniversary of the birth of the “musou” genre, and series producer Akihiro Suzuki sat down for an interview with Famitsu to discuss the milestone. As Siliconera reports, he touched on many aspects like the experimentation with an open world in Dynasty Warriors 9 (which likely won’t return in future numbered titles), as well as the upcoming live-action movie which he found “wonderful.” Most intriguing of all, though, is there reference to “20th anniversary celebration titles”.
Yes, that’s titles, plural. Suzuki promises that they will be announced “soon”, but we have no more specifics than that. We’ll be sure to let you know if they’re Switch-bound as and when they’re announced!
In the meantime, you can check out the anniversary video released by Koei Tecmo earlier this week below: