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Certas Energy, a fuel supplier to the UK’s independent forecourts, has appointed Spar UK as convenience partner across 35 of its petrol filling stations.
The agreement, which includes wholesale distribution, is effective immediately. In-store refurbishments and rebranding will be carried out over the next few months, and will allow Certas Energy to strengthen the in-store experience for customers and boost revenue.
Certas Energy retail director Richard Billington said: “The forecourt shop has an increasingly important role within any local community and working with the UK’s leading symbol group will ensure that we are able to maximise the potential across all of our retail assets.”
Certas Energy is claimed to be the largest independent distributors of fuel and lubricants in the UK. The company delivers more than 6 billion litres of oil to customers across Britain every year.
Spar UK retail director Ian Taylor said: “We are delighted that a business, as dynamic as Certas Energy, has chosen to build its future with us.
“Our businesses have great synergy; we are both committed to developing our UK forecourt operations and believe that a successful business that allows a customer to grow and prosper is best achieved by a collaborative partnership approach.
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“Certas Energy has made a significant investment to increase the customer experience across all of its forecourts and we look forward to playing our part in its future growth.
The technical expertise of Spar UK and the company’s retail experience, consumer insight, and market knowledge, product portfolio played an important role in Certas Energy’s selection.
In April this year, Spar UK Partner, the Henderson Group, announced plans to trial the ‘scan, pay and go’ app of British retail technology start-up Ubamarket, using its EDGEPoS system, across select stores in Northern Ireland.


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Adobe launched a trio of new Creative Cloud-connected mobile apps last week that bookend this week's edition of the New App Recap, along with other selections to make us more productive, keep tabs on finances, stay up-to-date with news and weather, and even communicate with groups of colleagues or friends. There's so much new to see, we won't waste any more time talking about it and just get on with the show!
This week's New App Recap features a compelling mix of productivity apps headlined by Post-It Plus, takes a detour through the revamped Google Play Newsstand, Path Talk, and Tweetbot for iPhone apps, reveals how rewarding shopping with Groupon can be, and even serves up an entire catalog of free documentary movies for good measure. Not sure where to begin? Why not start with our first new app, which is only a click away....
We're back with another round of apps ready for iOS 8, including several new entries as well as updated titles that have been improved to make the most of Apple's new mobile operating system. This time includes a couple of camera extensions, a more robust alternative to Google Authenticator, a pair of iCloud Drive-friendly Readdle updates, and lots of manual camera tweaks made possible by iOS 8. Eight (technically nine!) of the best and brightest are just a click away!
iOS 8 is finally here, and with it comes an avalanche of new and updated apps! While we can't list them all here, we've whittle last week's arrivals down to eight of our favorites. Here you'll find veteran apps such as 1Password and TextExpander finally given the freedom to breathe, widgets that make Notification Center more usable, and even a photo app that can now share its filters with Apple's own Photos.
Last week was relatively quiet for new apps, presumably as developers got their hands on the gold master of iOS 8 and started preparing for an avalanche of updates ahead of the new iPhone. But don't worry: There's still plenty of cool stuff to be found, including a recent Disney storybook app, updates to your favorite Google apps, and even a Microsoft entertainment app for keeping tabs on your favorite celebrities. Be sure to come back next week for our roundup of the best iOS 8 apps!
We're still groggy from Labor Day weekend, but that hasn't stopped us from lining up a spectacular recap of all the cool new apps that hit the App Store last week. In just a few clicks, you can be creating cooler time-lapse videos than ever before, making presentations on the go, and even sending or receiving money within seconds. Without further ado, let's dive into this week's New App Recap!
'Tis the season to head back to school, and this week's New App Recap has a handful of titles to help students and teachers alike get back in the swing of things. We've even got a bit of Hollywood royalty in the lineup, along with a new app dedicated solely to the task of finding a flight to get out of town within hours of buying a ticket.
Well, if you were looking for a week where productivity apps were blowing up, this is your week. Whether you want an awesome calendar, some inbox management, task lists, or more, the App Store is where you need to be with a few tips from us. But, since all work and no play makes MacLifers dull kids, we've also got a little gaming action to hook you and reward you with some fun times to go with all your hard work.
We're back with another eclectic mix of apps this week, including a couple of new ways to call or message others, updates to a trio of streaming and informational apps, and some impressive ways to save time and keep tabs on your small business expenses. Time to fire up the App Store and take this week's lineup for a spin!
This week's app gallery assembles a number of promising newcomers along with return of a Bitcoin payments app and significant new updates to a pair of popular productivity apps. Most of these new arrivals are free to install, but most of the paid titles are currently discounted for a limited time, so don't hesitate to get downloading before those prices go back up!

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U.S. Rep. Mike Honda plans to introduce a bill next year in Congress to further research into nanotechnology to help spur economic growth in Silicon Valley.
Mr. Honda, a Democrat from San Jose, told people at a breakfast meeting Tuesday morning that he is drafting legislation to fund turning basic research into nanotechnology into actual commercial products.
President George W. Bush last year signed legislation providing $4 billion in federal funding over five years to promote basic nanotechnology research. Mr. Honda does not have a price tag for the new legislation to take nanotechnology to the next step because the bill is still being drafted. He anticipates introducing it early next year.
At a San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting, Mr. Honda told his audience of about 50 people that nanotechnology has many uses. The technology is already being used to make stain-resistant slacks. In another example he cited, solar batteries can be embedded in paint so that the coat of paint on a house can act as a solar panel to heat its interior.
"It's happening here in Silicon Valley but we have competition around the world," he said. "We need to encourage researchers to continue to work."
Mr. Honda cited industry forecasts that nanotechnology could be a $1 trillion industry by 2015.
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NEW DELHI: A number of right-wingers targeted the Zomato over halal tag for the food items.
Many of the users accusing Zomato of causing caste divide and begin leaving one star ratings for its app on the Google play, App store.
Zomato trended furiously all of Wednesday after it turn down the communal criticism to the Jabalpur man, Amit Shukla, who posted a scathing tweet, saying, “Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can’t change rider and can’t refund on cancellation I said you can’t force me to take a delivery I don’t want don’t refund just cancel.”
Zomato quickly respond and gave him a piece of their mind to Shukla but face immense trolling.
Defending its move, Zomato in a public letter later explained the reason behind categorizing Halal and non-Halal food.
The company’s latest explanation over Halal tag hasn’t helped and several users started leaving poor reviews.
“This app is communalising the Indian society and wrongly shaming Hindu religion with its current Hindu-only rider tweet,” one of the users who have left a one-star review on Google Play said.
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In the midst of the raging online debate, Zomato’s archrival Uber Eats has expressed support and shown their solidarity.
Needless to mention, with its response, Uber Eats topped the trends list garnering more than 6,000 retweets and almost 31,000 likes for the particular post, apart from online praising for supporting Zomato.


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The Vernon Public Art Gallery opens its annual members’ exhibition Thursday with a total of 76 works of art produced by 46 talented and creative artists.
This is an increase in submissions from 2011, perhaps due to the new title and theme, Exposed!
“We are happy with the response from our call to artists. The new theme gave the artists the chance to indulge in something new for 2012 and we have a number of figurative drawings and paintings included in the exhibition,” said VPAG executive director Dauna Kennedy Grant. “The quality of work is strong and we expect this exhibition to be popular and look forward to an increase in sales for our local artists.”
The annual exhibition not only provides members of the community the opportunity to exhibit their works in a public art gallery at no cost, it also provides a small source of revenue to the VPAG. Part proceeds of all art sales from Exposed! will support ongoing exhibitions and programming.
“We encourage the public to consider purchasing art as a gift this holiday season,” said Kennedy Grant. “All the artwork is original, and there is a variety of mediums and subject matters to choose from; everything from sculpture to printmaking, in all different sizes and price ranges.”
To celebrate the accomplishments of the artists in Exposed!, the VPAG is hosting an opening reception on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is open to members and guests are welcome by invitation.
Participation in the annual members’ exhibition is one of many benefits to becoming a gallery member, said Kennedy Grant.
Members receive discounts on gift shop merchandise, events, and workshops such as the new Live Model Drawing Series, which takes place at the gallery on Nov. 9, 23, and Dec. 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The members’ fee to take the course is only $10, half the cost of what non-members pay.
Also, with the holiday season approaching, the gallery is hosting its second annual members’ appreciation event, Get into the Spirit, Nov. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Sponsored by Okanagan Spirits, members and guests are invited to celebrate another memorable year at the VPAG. The event provides guests with signature drinks from Okanagan Spirits, live vocal and guitar music by Kelowna’s Harley David, and 20 per cent off purchases in the gift shop, and the chance to win fabulous door prizes.
Tickets for Get into the Spirit are needed (members are free and guests are $10 each.) They are available at the VPAG or by calling 250-545-3173.


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JCDecaux founder steps back to welcome 'the third generation'
By Louise Ridley, mediaweek.co.uk, Monday, 08 April 2013 12:12PM
Jean-Claude Decaux, the founder of outdoor media giant JCDecaux, is stepping down from the company's non-executive board in May.
The 75-year-old will remain as founder and honorary chairman, while his youngest son and granddaughter join the executive and non-executive boards respectively.
Jean-Claude Decaux said he wanted to see the involvement of a third generation in the family-run company, which he founded in 1964. His two elder sons, Jean-François and Jean-Charles, are joint chief executives of JCDecaux.
The youngest of Decaux's three sons, Jean-Sébastien Decaux, will join the executive board, subject to approval at the company’s AGM in May.
Aged 36, Jean-Sébastien has worked for JCDecaux since 1998 and is managing director for Southern Europe and Africa-Israel, as well as running the Belgian and Luxemburg subsidiaries.
Jean-Claude's granddaughter Alexia Decaux-Lefort, the eldest daughter of Jean-François, will join the non-executive board.
The 27-year-old is a graduate of the University of Warwick and she has been watch product manager at Piaget, part of luxury goods company Richemont International SA, since April 2012.
In other board-level changes, Gérard Degonse, the managing director of JCDecaux Holding, will replace Jean-Claude as non-executive chairman. Michel Bleitrach, the vice-chairman of Séchilienne Sidec, a French company producing biomass and solar energy, will also join the non-executive board.
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The 2013 Super Rugby season will be the third season of the new 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition, which involves teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. For sponsorship reasons, this competition is known as FxPro Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New Zealand and Vodacom Super Rugby in South Africa. Including its past incarnations as Super 12 and Super 14, this is the 18th season for the Southern Hemisphere’s premier transnational club competition.
The new Super Rugby season is almost upon us and the pressure is on the Chiefs to defend their title.
The Chiefs beat the Sharks in last year’s final to claim their maiden Super Rugby crown. But there will be plenty of competition for the Waikato franchise this time around, with the Stormers leading the charge.
The competition also opens it doors to new-boys Southern Kings, with the Eastern Cape franchise having replaced the Lions.
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The other Lions – of the British and Irish variety – will be in Super Rugby action, though, with games against the Australian franchises as part of their tour adding extra spice.
Remember Sky Sports is your home of Super Rugby – with a whole host of games live throughout the season and online with Sky Sports Xtra, while you can catch up with the Super Rugby Show, Super Rugby Q&A and the Tries of the Week here.
The Rebels against the Force gets our live coverage underway on Friday morning, while Saturday sees the Brumbies entertain the Reds.


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Feeding frenzy: Several new local restaurants to provide different concepts
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By Jim Buice
For the Clemmons Courier
Coming off the traditional Thanksgiving feasts and looking forward to Christmas holiday gatherings, food remains in the forefront — and a variety of different choices will soon be available with the arrival of several new restaurants in Clemmons.
Actually, Dodge City Steakhouse is planning to open this week with Los Muelles, which is promoting a “new concept” of Tex-Mex, Latin food and “all kinds” of seafood, targeting sometime around Christmas, followed by Hawgfish (BBQ Seafood Shack) in January and Shakeburger (fresh burgers and milkshakes) in March.
Dodge City will be occupying the old Ruby Tuesday building at 6412 Sessions Court near I-40 while Los Muelles is moving into the former Milner Brothers spot on Lewisville-Clemmons Road on the other side of I-40.
Hawgfish is taking over where Cimarron Steakhouse was on U.S. 158 entering Clemmons from Winston-Salem, and Shakeburger is coming to Lewisville where a convenience store/gas station was located just off U.S. 421 across from J Butler’s. Both of these additions are the creation of Alexander Kazakos, who opened Breakfastime in Clemmons several years ago.
Dodge City officials stated their intentions to open the week of Nov. 29 but added that permits and inspections could change that. A sign in front of the restaurant on Monday said: “We’re not quite open yet. At this time we’re training our new staff. We will be open soon.”
Dodge City is owned by the Hodge Restaurant Group of Asheboro and has steakhouse locations in the surrounding area in Asheboro, Elkin, Mount Airy and Wilkesboro along with others in Rocky Mount and Sanford.
The company, which was founded by William and Stacey Hodge, owns a pair of other restaurant chains – Coach’s Neighborhood Grill and Shortstops Burgers and Shakes. Earlier this year, the first Coach’s in this area opened in Harper Hill Commons on Country Club Road in Winston-Salem.
Dodge City is described as a family-owned steakhouse, including a variety of steaks, specialties, burgers and sandwiches, “famous rolls” and cinnamon butter, and desserts.
Amanda Hodge, office manager, said that William Hodge originally acquired the Dodge City Steakhouse in both Elkin and Wilkesboro, which were already in operation, and after that he started opening up the new restaurants on his own. The theme was already set when he bought it – a Western-style theme.
Ruby Tuesday closed in Clemmons in May 2020.
Meanwhile, Los Muelles is bringing a unique offering with a mix of Tex-Mex, Latin American and a variety of seafood, steaks and other items, according to owner Mario Flores, who said he is hoping to open “maybe before Christmas” but it could be early next month.
“It just depends on how things go with a few things,” he said.
Flores said he owns a couple of restaurants in Greensboro, including one named Cacao’s Latin Restaurant & Bar that is similar to the new concept coming to Clemmons.
“We wanted to open another restaurant, and Clemmons has a good population and a lot of business there,” he said. “It’s a good location. This will be a different kind of restaurant.”
Milner Brothers, a popular restaurant with a distinctive concept of its own, opened in 2013 but closed its doors in February 2017.
Next in the projected order of opening is Hawgfish, the latest innovation of Alex Kazakos, who said “the name kind of gives you what I’m doing — hawg for barbecue and fish for seafood.
“The concept will be Texas-style barbecue, and we’ll still do Lexington for the region we’re in, and then we’ll be doing seafood as in a lot of Southern fried, broiled, grilled, burgers, hot dogs, desserts, cobblers and a lot of sandwiches with BBQ. There won’t be any steaks, but we’ll have lot of sandwiches and salads in a family-friendly type of environment.”
Kazakos, who is doing this project with cousin Steve Kontos, said he feels there’s a big market for this type of restaurant.
“There’s no other fried seafood restaurants in Clemmons or Winston-Salem other than Mayflower,” he said. “There used to be so many, but they’re gone. And with barbecue, there’s only Little Richard’s and Real-Q. No one is really doing Texas style. I really think there’s a demand for it.”
In addition, Kazakos said he’s added a 120-seat dining room and another 40 seats in an outside patio while also including a drive-through pickup window and a separate to-go room inside.
Cimarron, which had been in the location on the edge of Clemmons since 2007, closed during the pandemic.
And Kazakos isn’t stopping with Hawgfish as he revealed “another concept” called Shakeburger, which will a drive-through and sit-down restaurant serving up “hand-pattied Angus beef, like a smash burger cooked to order and doing all homemade ice cream, making it myself as well as a huge list of milkshakes that will be created that no one has even done before.”
Kazakos said he also has purchased the former K&W Café on 630 Amp Drive in Clemmons, which closed in July 2019. He said it will serve as his main office and commissary for the Breakfastime, Hawgfish and Shakeburger restaurants.
“All the homemade ice cream will be made in my commissary,” Kazakos said. “Shakeburger is a project that is only me completely from the ground up. I’m ready for it.”


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There have been rumors flowing about a new Nintendo NX handheld gaming device coming but nothing official has been heard. That has changed this week with Nintendo officially confirming that the Nintendo NX is coming in March 2017. That is about a year from now, Nintendo is trying to start the buzz early. With mobile gaming being all about the smartphone these days Nintendo seems bent on making it more about portable consoles like it was back in the Nintendo DS days.
The rumors we have heard about the NX so far are very hard to believe with one rumor suggesting it will be a portable console with the processing power of an Xbox One. As cool as it would be to see Nintendo step back into the console wars with something that could compete with the likes of Sony and Microsoft, its home consoles have lagged far behind the competition in power and performance. It’s hard to swallow a rumor that suggest Nintendo’s next portable will be as powerful as the Xbox One and have a mobile form factor.
The fact that Nintendo will be skipping E3, the biggest game conference in the industry, with the console is also strange. E3 isn’t what it once was, but one would think Nintendo would want to talk about the console at the show with the huge amount of coverage E3 still generates. Instead of focusing on the Nintendo NX, Nintendo has announced that its new game simply called “The New Legend of Zelda” for now will be its E3 focus.
Nintendo says that the new Zelda game will launch on both the Wii U and the NX in 2017. If the game is cool it could once again make people interested in the Wii U, a console that has been mostly forgotten by gamers. Many Nintendo fans are hoping that the company will come back to the console wars with a system that can compete on power and performance with the other two big names but so far Nintendo doesn’t seem to care.


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text: As the crowds pour off the platform and descend into the noisy interior of Bangkok's flashiest shopping mall, an item in the newspaper catches my eye. It's enough to make you turn around and run out of the mall, or perhaps stick around to keep a closer eye on the spending habits of fellow shoppers. A survey of 1,200 Thais found that 84 per cent of respondents said their monthly income wasn't enough to cover their spending. The income bracket with the biggest financial problems wasn't the rural poor, but Thais earning between 20,000 baht (HK$4,150) and 40,000 baht a month. In Bangkok, that includes secretaries working in local firms and the heavily made-up counter staff in department stores. The average household debt in Thailand has reached 116,000 baht, which is a tidy sum in my book. According to the survey, inflation is blamed for squeezing monthly finances, as higher oil prices and interest rates push up prices. Those who can't make ends meet are turning to banks and finance companies, as well as informal lenders - also known as loan sharks. Perhaps most worrying, about 35 per cent of respondents say they are borrowing to cover routine spending. A credit culture is fast taking root across East Asia. Thais aren't as reckless as South Koreans, for example, when it comes to spending up to their credit card limits. What sent the Thai economy crashing in 1997 was the debt level of poorly managed companies, not weekend shoppers. No doubt banks will be licking their lips when they read that Thais are going into debt to support their spending habits. I still find it amazing that people are prepared to run up debts on credit cards, given the sky-high interest rates. But the billboards are crammed full of advertisements for such cards, so I assume the market is expanding. All this spending comes against a backdrop of political turmoil in Thailand over the fate of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who until now has refused to give up the fight to cling to power in the face of widespread opposition. Economists have been warning for months that the political uncertainty is crimping growth and dampening business confidence. It can't last, they say. But try telling that to Bangkok's young shoppers on a Saturday afternoon, as they pour off the trains and into the bright, air-conditioned malls. More malls are on the way: cranes are swinging over the horizon as giant blocks rise from the dust, destined to be filled with consumer goodies. It raises the inevitable question: what did Bangkokians do at the weekend before malls were built? Go to the market, you might think. Yes, to a point. But there wasn't much to buy there, and it was too hot and sticky to linger. Perhaps they borrowed less, and spent less - and who's to say if life was better or worse?


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Exile Election’s plot involves “Alice”, a mechanical doll, who forces 12 characters to partake in a killing game in an old, abandoned amusement park.
These details emerge following Nippon Ichi Software teasing fans with the launch of a website showing off an image for a new IP. This week, NIS spoke to Famitsu (translation provided via Gematsu), revealing a few details about the horror title.
The game is called Tsuihou Senkyo, translated as Exile Election, and will be an adventure/visual novel game, and will be released for the Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita.
The premise sounds like Saw meets The Park, with Alice forcing her victims to partake in “elections” to determine who lives and who dies.
NIS has also revealed the cast and their respective voice actors as the following:
- Aasha Tademiya (Risae Matsuda)
- Alice (Hiromi Igarashi)
- Hakushuu Izumi (Shun’ichi Toki)
- Issei Ninjouji (Kengo Kawanishi)
- Kaasha Tademiya (Satsumi Matsuda)
- Maa Houshi (Yurika Endo)
- Michimune Ishidou (Tomoki Inoue)
- Minoru Himeno (Nao Shiraki)
- Misai Ichijou (Manaka Kono)
- Motomu Ichijou (Yoshitaka Yamaya)
- Raijin Ayara (Taku Yashiro)
- Shihori Yurizono (Ayaka Imamura)
- Yuuru Himeno (Natsumi Fujiwara)
Famitsu reports that Exile Election is 90% complete, with an expected Japanese release date of April 27, 2017, in Japan. There is currently no confirmation of an English version, but the premise alone would be worth the price of admission.


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Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has told The Verge that his very strange mobile sensation is garnering about $50,000 each day in ad revenue. The free game, which has no pesky IAPs, has been downloaded 50 million times on Android and iOS and was built in a few nights. That’s not a bad return on investment.
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by Brendon Nafziger
, DOTmed News Associate Editor | July 12, 2012
Digital panels that convert old analogue systems into digital X-ray machines will become cheaper as competition among manufacturers further drives down prices, according to a new report.
As a result, retrofit X-ray kits will become "big business" as cost-conscious providers in austerity-wracked European countries and mid-tier developing countries, such as China, look for inexpensive ways to upgrade film equipment.
According to British market research firm InMedica's predictions released this week, prices for retrofit X-ray kits will fall an estimated 5 to 10 percent a year under intense competition from the half dozen or so major manufacturers in the space. Demand for the products will also go up as OEMs have addressed supplier concerns about the fragility of still fairly expensive, and potentially droppable, devices.
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Introduced about four years ago, retrofit X-ray kits are digital flat panel detectors that fit into the same slots used by film cassettes in X-ray rooms or mobile systems to turn them into digital devices at a discount. Rather than spending $180,000 for a new digital radiography room, a hospital could buy two retrofit panels for just over $100,000 to convert two analogue rooms, according to Stephen Holloway, a senior analyst with Wellingborough, England-based InMedica.
However, the current market is quite small. Holloway estimates retrofit X-rays make up no more than one-sixth of the total X-ray market by volume sold. Only around 1,000 units shipped in 2011, he said. But he expects this number to grow by 25 to 30 percent a year.
"Retrofitting of good quality analogue or adding retrofit panels to mobile is going to become big business because it's a cost-effective way to maintain a digital standard but still use equipment that's there," he told DOTmed News.
Prices will fall 5 percent to 10 percent a year, in part because of growing competition from manufacturers. The sector launched commercially in early 2009 with the DRX-1 by Carestream. But now Philips, GE, Konica Minolta, Fujifilm and Canon all make retrofit FPD devices. "It's becoming a lot more of a general market, rather than just (covered by) a few specialists," Holloway said.
And as the price approaches that of computed radiography, the technology becomes more attractive, especially to providers in middle-income countries, such as China, Brazil and India. Currently, a tethered retrofit flat panel detector runs about $55,000 to $60,000, and a wireless one around $70,000. By comparison, CR systems run from $10,000 to $30,000 for single-plate readers on the low end, up to $100,000 for multi-plate systems on the high end.
"Once (retrofit X-rays) get down to the $50,000 mark, they certainly become a more interesting prospect for (moderate income) regions," Holloway said.
Holloway said another factor helping to encourage the adoption of retrofit is that manufacturers have addressed suppliers' concerns that the FPD's are fragile.
"If you drop one, it's kind of an expensive replacement," Holloway said.
But newer generation models are stringently tested, covered in carbon fiber and generally drop-rated to endure falls of about 6 to 10 feet.
InMedica is a division of IMS Research, which is owned by IHS (NYSE: IHS), based in Englewood, Colo.


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Eutelsat Launches First Dedicated Ultra HD Channel14 Jan, 2013 By: Chris Tribbey
The United Kingdom’s Eutelsat Communications has launched the first dedicated Ultra HD channel for Europe, with the first 4K transmissions (four times the resolution of HDTV) already being broadcast.
Eutelsat's new channel operates in progressive mode at 50 frames per second, is encoded in MPEG-4 and is transmitted at 40 mbps over four streams.
"This new step toward 4K continues Eutelsat's longstanding commitment to achieving new broadcast milestones that over the last 20 years have included digital TV, HDTV and 3D," said Jean-François Leprince-Ringuet, Eutelsat’s commercial director. "Early and close collaboration between all players in the broadcast chain will be a key success factor for this new revolution."


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The FDA just released new guidance for 3D-printed devices, seeking to clarify the pathway manufacturers must follow to get their products approved. This is the FDA’s latest attempt to keep pace with a fast-moving technology. A few weeks ago, the agency shared their emerging approach to molecular diagnostics.
But 3D printing, or additive manufacturing in agency nomenclature, offers its own unique regulatory challenges. The technology has long been a boon in the design process, driving rapid, iterative prototyping and evaluation. But with these approaches moving into the clinic, the agency felt the need to take further action.
“The FDA is concerned where there’s 3D technology in a device and being directly implanted in patients,” said Patrick Kullmann, founder and lead strategist at CG3 Consulting and president and COO at Medovex, in a phone interview. “Once you start a 3D printing process for an implantable heart valve, or implantable knee or hip, it’s a different story.”
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb noted in a statement accompanying the guidance that 3D printing has the potential to manufacture drugs, fabricate skin grafts for burn victims and even provide replacement organs. The guidance seeks to help manufacturers better understand the agency’s requirements for device design, function, durability and quality as these applications move forward. But it’s also aimed at clinicians, who are developing their own devices.
“The FDA is saying that: If you’re altering devices or creating devices in a medical facility for use in a patient, this is a whole new frontier, and we are stepping up to provide some initial guidance as to what we’re looking for in these instances,” said Kullmann.
This technology has the potential to dramatically accelerate the product development process, forcing the FDA to keep up. Gottlieb’s statement notes the agency has built its own 3D-printing capabilities in The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Emerging Technology Program.
Though 3D printing has unique capabilities to personalize care, such as providing custom-fitted orthopedic implants, it is not without precedent, giving the FDA something to build on.
“Over the last 10 years, we’ve created aortic stent grafting – an endograft that has compressible metal mesh that takes pressure off the artery,” said Kullmann. “These are custom-made for each patient, kind of like getting a custom pair of shoes.”
The FDA recognizes 3D printing is a moving target and is acting accordingly. The agency is also taking another look at bioprinting to complement its recently released regenerative medicine framework. Gottlieb’s statement also notes that, like 3D printing itself, regulation is an iterative process.
“But this technical guidance – categorized as a leap-frog guidance because it helps bridge where we are today with innovations of tomorrow – is only intended to provide the FDA’s initial thoughts on an emerging technology with the understanding that our recommendations are likely to evolve as the technology develops in unexpected ways.”
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Last year, the Victorian government slashed stamp duty for new home buyers and investors.
To encourage property purchases in Victoria, anyone buying a newly built property of up to $1mil in value can save a whopping 50% on stamp duty thanks to the relief scheme.
However, this offer is set to expire on June 30, 2021, so time is running out.
Stamp duty comprises a significant payment, usually in the range of tens of thousands of dollars. For example, a $450,000 home purchase might require a stamp duty payment of around $22,070.
With the 50% rebate, you’d only be paying half that – $11,035!
Melbourne is set to overtake Sydney as the nation’s biggest capital in the near future. This is why here at DDP Property we strongly recommend our clients to purchase property in Melbourne and nearby suburbs.
If you have been thinking about entering the property market, now is definitely the time.
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Boots has barred all loyalty card payments after hackers attempted to access 150,000 customers accounts using stolen passwords.
Boots Advantage Card holders will not be able to make any purchases using their loyalty cards while the retail attempts to limit the fallout from a security breach.
According to Boots, which put the programme on lockdown after spotting “unusual” activity on a number of accounts, hackers attempted to access and spend loyalty points using passwords they had attained from another source.
It assured customers that no credit card information had been accessed and that the “details were not obtained from Boots”.
This follows a nearly identical attack at Tesco earlier this week, in which hackers who had obtained a list of usernames and passwords for another website attempted to access loyalty accounts which may use the same details.
Boots said it had informed the “small number of our customers” who had been affected, telling the BBC that it amounted to less than one per cent of its 14 million loyalty card holders.
“Our customers’ safety and security online is very important to us,” it said in a statement.
“We can confirm we are writing to a small number of our customers to tell them that we have seen fraudulent attempts to access boots.com accounts.
“These attempts can be successful if people use the same email and password details on multiple accounts.
“We would like to reassure our customers that these details were not obtained from Boots. We are aware that other organisations may be impacted too.”
It added: “We are writing to customers if we believe that their account has been affected, and if their Boots Advantage Card points have been used fraudulently we will, of course, replace them.
“We currently believe that this will only affect a tiny percentage of cardholders and we would like to reassure customers that credit card information cannot be accessed. To help protect online accounts we strongly recommend using different passwords for each site used.”


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By Emily Molina | October 30, 2020
Courtesy of the Great Junk Hunt via Facebook
The Great Junk Hunt traveling vintage market has traveled its way up the West Coast and will be at the South Hill Mall, in the former Sears building, from Nov. 13 through Nov. 15.
What is affectionately called junk equates to treasure for a great many as shoppers get a chance to meander through aisles filled with a variety of farmhouse, handmade, repurposed, and rare vintage finds.
The Great Junk Hunt began in Washington — in Puyallup to be precise. It was created in 2009 by the former store owner and consummate ‘junker,’ Linda Albers, and her sister, of the Funky Junk Sisters Vintage Flea Market.
With a name change and continued passion for antiques and one-of-the-kind items, Albers took the show on the road pulling her vintage trailer behind her.
Today the junk hunt travels the U.S., mostly on the West Coast, and offers a haven for both vendors and shoppers to join together in a true junker’s paradise. It has been voted as a top vintage market by flea market inspired magazines like Flea Market Style and Flea Market Décor Magazine.
The event, originally slated to take place at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup, has changed venues due to new COVID-19 guidelines.
Tickets can only be purchased online this year, as the three-day event spreads out within the full space of the former Sears building to keep shoppers safe and allow plenty of room for social distancing. Besides face covering requirements, they are also extending shopping hours and have created different ticket types to ensure fewer crowds.
Start your antiques exploring adventure here as you search for rare and vintage goods at The Great Junk Hunt this November.


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Irish News Archive
Klarius has added a selection of new aftermarket exhausts to its 11,000+ emissions control range, designed to fit an array of modern vehicle applications. All
To undertake service or repair work on a car or light commercial vehicle’s braking system, technicians need to be sure they are fitting a brand
Delphi Technologies, a pioneer in propulsion technologies, solutions, and services is extending its fuel offering in Europe. Building upon more than 80 years of original
Autogem has created a triple-layer, reusable anti-bacterial facemask in a swift response to meet the needs of its customers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mahle Powertrain will showcase its fully integrated and modular hybrid drive, which can be tailored to suit a wide range of vehicle applications, in a
Yuasa is partnering with the Longbow Jet Hydroplane project. Yuasa batteries, which are manufactured by GS Yuasa, will also be used to power up the
The next generation of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is on the horizon with the I.D. BUZZ. Like all game-changing models, it started life as a boundary-pushing
Almost two thirds of people questioned are planning to stop using public transport in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic according to Motorpoint. It is the
The UK’s largest car manufacturing plant is “unsustainable” if the UK leaves the European Union without a trade deal, owner Nissan says.
Irish consumers are deeply confused about the environmental impact of their motor vehicle and wider car options available to them, with almost eight out of


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Spotify Lite is designed to be used on all low-end phones, depending on no network conditions whatsoever. The app will be able to work with patchy internet where data is consumed with care and has restrictions or FUP limits. The app weighs in at 11MB and is available as a beta version.
The company says that the lyrics are available from a vast catalogue of music and one can enjoy line-by-line lyrics on the Prime Music app.
Most of the young population in India who love gaming consider it just a hobby but times are changing now. Globally, it is becoming a billion dollar market, where developers and even gamers are earning quite handsomely.
The new feature is rolling out to all Twitter mobile users on iOS, Android and mobile website, though it’s yet to be featured on Twitter’s desktop interface. Starting today, users will be able to react to a tweet with more than just plain text and add photo, video or GIF when sharing an original tweet.
Sameer Batra, CEO – Content & Apps, Bharti Airtel told The Mobile Indian that the company will bring this feature in the near future.
To start with the new programme, customers will be divided into three tiers including Silver, Gold and Platinum.
This is the result of Microsoft’s three-year partnership with CBSE through which it has delivered exam results through Bing.com and SMS Organizer in the past. With board exam results approaching again, the company is now making ‘result cards’ available on SMS Organizer again.
The company has added a new donation sticker, new camera and create mode and Shopping from Creators options on its application.
Tinder users will now be able to swipe on pet profiles and on swiping right, they’ll be matched with the profile and redirected to a form to indicate their preference. They'll be able to choose from options including adopting, fostering, donating or volunteering.
Customers can now download the application from the respected app store.
The application is currently available for download on Google Play Store.
With the latest feature, users will now have the ability to settle bills/expenses with friends, lend/return money to family, pay rents, pay for services like house-help, newspaper bills, milk subscription and more. Users can also make payments to local stores nearby or to Amazon delivery associate at the doorstep.
Paytm Payment Gateway offers Software Development Kits (SDKs), Developer APIs and secure checkout solutions to address custom payment requirements various types of businesses.
The Bench said that Tik Tok needs to make sure that no pornographic videos should be uploaded on its platform.
The app is currently offering content in three India languages - Hindi, Telugu and Kannada and has a library of movies and short films that lasts over 1,000 plus hours. The company has revealed that it’s focused on Short format storytelling apt for Digital consumption with a content strategy focused on youth.


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Microsoft wants to shape the future of human-computer interaction by including a dedicated “Copilot” button on select keyboards. This step demonstrates Microsoft’s commitment to defining the future of computing by seamlessly integrating AI-powered support into everyday processes, as mentioned on their blog post.
Microsoft to Add Copilot button to Windows Keyboards
The Copilot button, which is strategically placed on various keyboards, allows users to call up Microsoft’s AI chatbot with a single tap. This simple integration eliminates the need for users to navigate menus or memorize commands, giving them rapid access to AI support at their fingertips.
Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, underlined the user-centric approach, saying, “The Copilot button is about putting the power of AI directly into the hands of users.” It represents our dedication to making AI accessible and empowering, allowing individuals to exploit its capabilities for everyday chores as well as creative endeavors.”
Microsoft sees the Copilot button as a portal to a broader set of AI capabilities. The chatbot, which is powered by cutting-edge technology developed in conjunction with OpenAI, provides tailored assistance with things like organizing appointments, creating emails, producing innovative text styles, and translating languages.
Kevin also says that the Copilot button will bring up a whole new universe of possibilities for effortlessly integrating AI into everyday operations, increasing efficiency and unlocking creative potential.
The Copilot button is presently available on some Microsoft Surface devices and partner keyboards, with plans to expand to a broader range of devices and platforms. Microsoft’s approach seeks to make artificial intelligence a core component of its computer ecosystem, influencing everything from operating systems to hardware design.
The addition of the Copilot button represents a paradigm leap in human-computer interaction. Microsoft is paving the path for a future in which technology adapts effortlessly to individual needs and preferences, potentially altering how we work, create, and interact with the digital world.
Microsoft’s Copilot button is a bold step toward democratizing AI and embedding it into the fabric of everyday life. The success of this program is dependent on user uptake, continued AI advancement, and ensuring that this powerful technology is used responsibly and ethically. The Copilot button hints at a future in which AI becomes a commonplace tool, expanding beyond the realm of science fiction.


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As noted by AppleInsider, a class action complaint — the second one — takes issue with comments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Office Luca Maestri in the quarter leading up to a revenue guidance correction in January.
The complaint, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is a securities fraud class action on behalf of all purchasers of Apple securities between Nov. 2, 2018, and Jan. 2, 2019. It accuses Apple and the execs of violations of the federal securities law.
The first class action lawsuit regarding the matter was filed last month. The City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System, filing on behalf of all Apple stockholders, also seeks “redress for violation of federal securities laws.”
The lawsuits claim that Apple is misleading in its generally rosy predictions for upcoming financial results due to slowing iPhone sales and other issues. It claims that the misrepresentations alleged would tend to induce a reasonable investor to misjudge the value of Apple common stock.


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MPs partaking in the International Conference “Competition and Consumer Protection”
MPs Mikheil Sarjveladze and David Songulashvili participated in the International Conference “Competition and Consumer Protection” organized by the National Competition Agency.
The Conference aimed at the consideration of the local and international outcomes of the Agency, challenges and achievements, as well as the establishment of the European standards as facilitative components of the EU integration. MPs addressed the attendees in the opening part.
“Particular importance of our country, not only in legislative but ambitions terms, is to become a modern, developed and European state in the sphere of the competition and consumer rights. We have recently significantly improved our legislation and today, we enjoy a fair economic climate and milieu. Naturally, it requires constant development and the cooperation of the Parliament with the Competition Agency stands as a good prerequisite for the achievement of higher standards”, - M. Sarjveladze noted.
D. Songulashvili dwelt on the importance of fair competition for proper and consistent economic development.
“Fair competition is one of the key factors for proper and consistent development of our economy. It is necessary to ensure due protection of consumer rights to achieve a qualitatively improved economy. It is the very harmonization that covers the EU harmonization of our country”, - he noted.
The 3-days Conference is being held for the second time, and is attended by delegations of up to 20 countries, as well as the high officials of the competition and consumer sphere of up to 10 countries, governmental and parliamentary team members, local and international experts, public agencies, regulatory bodies, academic circles and business sector.


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This spring, when New York State was in a lockdown due to the pandemic, it was unclear what that meant for the Adirondacks. Would the outdoor tourism industry thrive or falter? Would people still be hitting the trails? Would small businesses survive?
Nearly a year later those questions have been answered in emphatic fashion. People have been coming to the Adirondacks in droves and outdoor-related businesses have seen a high demand for their products and services.
You can read about the business trends in a recent story by contributing writer Sierra McGivney, who talked to businesses around the Adirondacks. Just follow the link below.
And if you’re thinking about coming to the Adirondacks yourself for an outdoor adventure, Digital Editor Melissa Hart has compiled a list of five fun trips you can do in the snow.
Gear sales still booming
Getting outdoors trend has translated into high demand for stores
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Retailer Aldi has ambitious plans to expand its Scottish presence as it moves ahead in 2016.
Over the next 12 months, the discount retailer is set to open a further eight stores to boost its total number of Scottish locations to 72.
In addition to its Camelon-based store, it is set to open a new store within the former Co-op building in Polmont this Spring.
In addition to new stores and jobs, Aldi continues to expand its range of Scottish-sourced products.
Since 2013, Aldi has increased the number of Scottish lines by 30 per cent and aim to increase that even further.
In the past year alone, Aldi has announced supplier deals with Campbells of Linlithgow to provide more than 140,000 Scottish salmon fillets; a £250,000 contract with Montrose-based Stirfresh to supply fresh ready-to-cook vegetables; and a six figure deal with Dean’s of Huntly to supply stores with shortbread and oat biscuit selections.


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Adobe has announced the completion of a $600 million deal to secure Neolane.
Paris-based company Neolane specializes in cross-channel campaign management technology, giving Adobe a stronger position in the digital marketing field. The firm integrates both online and offline marketing data across an enterprise in order to conduct marketing campaigns across channels including the Internet, social media, mobile, point of sale and direct mail. By doing so, corporations can tailor their marketing campaigns to individual consumers.
Brad Rencher, senior vice president and general manager of Adobe's Digital Marketing business said the acquisition will bring "critical cross-channel campaign management capabilities to the Adobe Marketing Cloud." Neolane will become the sixth solution integrated for use with the Adobe Marketing Cloud, joining existing Analytics, Target, Social, Experience Manager and Media Optimizer features -- made possible due to the purchase of Omniture, Day Software, Demdex, Auditude and Efficient Frontier.
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Bryan Kennedy, CEO of Adobe customer Epsilon commented:
"As a strategic partner of both Adobe and Neolane, we see this acquisition as a natural fit and our existing relationships with them will undoubtedly strengthen as they integrate their capabilities. With Adobe’s expertise in digital marketing and Neolane’s proficiency in cross-channel campaign management, we can drive end-to-end authentic brand experiences and build greater customer engagement for our clients."


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Hunters reported taking 314 whitetails during the early muzzleloader season Oct. 15-20, a decline of 43 from a year ago and more than 200 fewer compared with 2010, the Ohio Division of Wildlife reported last week.
Deer totals at the three open areas during the early hunt were 130 at Salt Fork Wildlife Area, 121 at Wildcat Hollow and 63 at Shawnee State Forest. The harvest slipped from a year ago at Salt Fork and Wildcat Hollow, while it was up at Shawnee.
Two years ago, 516 deer were taken during the early muzzleloader hunt.
Statewide, the deer kill figures were running almost 40 percent higher than during a comparable period last year. In 2011, hunters had taken 18,601 whitetails through the first 25 days of the archery season. This year, the 25-day total as of Oct. 23 was 25,934.
Ohio’s bow season runs through Feb. 3.
The next big deer hunt occurs Nov. 17-18, the weekend of the youth deer gun season. The regular gun season runs statewide Nov. 26-Dec. 2 and Dec. 15-16. Muzzleloaders get a shot at deer statewide Jan. 5-8.
Hunters inclined to donate deer meat to the needy should contact a local chapter of Farmer and Hunters Feeding the Hungry. Details are available at the website www.fhfh.org.
Tree stand recall
Two tree stands made in China and sold by catalogue and at big-box retailers are subject to recall by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after several failures were documented. The failures could cause users to fall from the stands.
Affected are about 2,900 stands made for Summit Treestands LLC of Decatur, Ala., and sold as the Crush Series under models known as Perch, Stoop and Ledge. Among the sellers are Bass Pro Shops and Cabelas.
Also named in a recall are about 14,000 stands made for Rivers Edge Tree Stands, Inc., of Cumberland, Wis., and sold as models Big Foot, Lite Foot and Baby Big Foot. Among the retail sellers are Gander Mountain and Blain’s Farm and Fleet.
For recall information on Summit models, phone (855) 373-9808. For information about the Rivers Edge models, phone (866) 527-9690.
The wildlife division is cautioning hunters and other outdoors lovers that black-legged ticks, previously scarce in Ohio, are becoming more prevalent. The ticks, which carry Lyme disease, remain active during winter on warmer days. … About one in 117 Ohio drivers was involved in a deer–vehicle accident in 2011-12, State Farm Insurance reported. Ohio ranked 15th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the frequency that a driver was involved in a deer-vehicle collision. No. 1 was West Virginia, where the odds were about one in 40. At No. 51 was Hawaii, where the odds were one in 6,800. …The upland game season for pheasants, rabbits and quail begins on Friday.


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Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL) will have to defend itself in Sweden over claims that it manipulates search results. Reuters reports that Swedish price comparison firm PriceRunner is suing the tech giant for $2.4 billion.
Alphabet is the parent company of Google. Google accounts for 99% of its total revenue, mostly from advertisements.
PriceRunner vs. Google
In the lawsuit, PriceRunner is seeking compensation for profit lost in Britain since 2008, and in Sweden and Denmark since 2013. The company says Google engaged in uncompetitive behavior by manipulating search results that resulted in it losing business.
In an interview with Reuters, PriceRunner’s Chief Executive Mikael Lindahl said his company is prepared to fight Google. PriceRunner has secured tens of millions of euros from external financing to pursue the lawsuit.
The latest lawsuit comes on the heels of Google losing an appeal against a €2.42 billion fine handed in 2017. In the lawsuit, Google was accused of using a price comparison service that gave it an unfair advantage over smaller European rivals.
Before handing the massive fine, the European Commission found Google gave its price comparison service more prominent placement than its rivals. The commission also concluded that the company distorted internet search results to favor its shopping service.
MKM Partners analyst Rohit Kulkarni reiterated the Buy rating on Alphabet stock and raised the price target to $3,375 from $3,150, which suggests 21.23% upside potential. According to Kulkarni, Alphabet delivered solid Q4 financial results. The analyst is also impressed with cloud revenue growth offsetting soft YouTube revenue.
Consensus among analysts is a Strong Buy based on 31 Buys. The average Alphabet price target of $3,498.71 implies 25.67% upside potential to current levels.
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Chinese technology giant Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled an in-house processor, setting its sights on a top-tier global market long dominated by American companies.
The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, said Tuesday that telecoms operator Asiacell will offer free access to the website to its nearly 12 million mobile phone customers in war-torn Iraq.
Netflix head Reed Hastings predicted Monday that mobile carriers will soon offer data plans that give users unlimited video streaming to meet the rising popularity of watching TV and movies on mobile devices.
Finnish brand Nokia, a former mobile star, on Sunday launched three new Android smartphones and unveiled a revamped version of its iconic 3310 model more than a decade after it was phased out.
Chinese telecoms giant ZTE unveiled Sunday what it said is the world’s first smartphone compatible with the lightening-fast 5G mobile internet service that networks expect to have up and running by 2020.
Smartphones are revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, thanks to add-ons and apps that make their ubiquitous small screens into medical devices, researchers say.
New imaging techniques enable exploration of the brain in much more detail than ever before, opening the door to greater understanding of neurological problems and possibly new treatments, researchers say.
Google’s venture to beam the internet to remote areas of the world via balloon has hit a legal snag in Sri Lanka that could see the project abandoned on the island, a minister said Thursday.
Yahoo said Wednesday it was notifying some users that hackers may have been able to use a maneuver to break into their accounts without stealing passwords.
Ukraine said Wednesday it was falling victim to a growing number of sophisticated cyberattacks of the type that saw a regional power grid paralysed by computer codes the US said were developed in Russia.
Facebook on Tuesday announced it was rolling out apps to allow people to view videos posted on the social network on connected televisions.


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This Is How Much Facebook Lost Due To Outage
Nothing works anymore: That was the motto on Facebook on Monday. Because social network and services such as Instagram and WhatsApp were not available for around six hours. The financial damage is great – but for Facebook, it still falls into the “coffee box” category.
In the late afternoon or early evening, users of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram found that the services they were looking for could not be reached and later only to a very limited extent. The DownDetector service, known in this country as general interference, recorded no less than 14 million user reports on the problems.
Around $60 million to $100 million
This had many personal and business consequences, but the greatest financial damage was of course for Facebook itself. As Market Watch has calculated, the hour-long downtime may have cost the social network around 60 million dollars. Based on 2020 sales of 86 billion dollars, experts have calculated or estimated that Facebook lost 163,565 dollars in every minute of the failure.
In the six hours of failure, that adds up to around $ 60 million. Fortune estimates, however, that the damage was even higher, namely around 100 million dollars. The business magazine says, however, that such a large amount of damage would be a major cause for concern for many companies – but not for Facebook. Fortune: “For Facebook, this is (for the time being) a drop in the ocean, which investors will probably shrug off.”
The loss of sales itself is bearable, but the reaction on the stock market weighs more heavily, even if investors shrug their shoulders. Because the share of the social network of Mark Zuckerberg fell by almost five percent and corresponds to a loss of 47.3 billion dollars in market capitalization – Zuckerberg himself has lost around six billion dollars. But these are only snapshots because the price has now largely recovered from the first price slide.
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Google is making the best security feature, two-step verification, a little bit easier to use. This week, the company announced that it’s switching out the annoying (and hackable) six digit code with a simple “yes” or “no” button. This is a great move.
The update could be a huge win for everyone’s security. The easier it is to use two-step verification, the more likely people are to set it up, which means fewer people will be hacked. The update rolls out this week for Android and iOS, although iOS users will have to download the Google app in order to take advantage of the new feature. Once you’ve done that, head over to the Google account page, and set it up under your security settings.
And you really should set it up, if you care about protecting your accounts online. Enabling two-step verification is one of the easiest things you can do to beef up your own security. It can be a pain in the ass when you’re logging into various accounts, but the benefits greatly outweigh the drawbacks. Furthermore, Google’s update makes two-step verification less of a pain in the ass.
Even if a malicious hacker has your username and password, they can often be thwarted by two-step verification. We recommend using it on your bank account, Facebook account, Twitter account, and just about any other account you can think of. There’s even a handy tool for seeing which internet services offer it.
But two-step verification isn’t foolproof. In scenarios where you receive a text with a verification code on your phone (which is often the default setting), a hellbent hacker could socially engineer your carrier to forward text messages to their phone by calling the customer service and pretending to be you. At this point, your security is only as good as the customer service agent working for your service provider. So after the hacker has tricked some poor customer service rep, they can log in with your username and password, probably stolen from some leaked database, and then get you two-step verification code sent to their phone and boom, they’re in.
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This is a rare occurrence, but it’s happened to major public figures. For example, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson had his Twitter account stolen this month because a hacker used a similar method to gain access to his account.
Right now, the best solution to this is in-app verification like Google’s new approach. Instead of getting a text message sent to your phone, you can just fire up an app, tap a button or grab a code provided, and you’re good to go. Google, Facebook, and Twitter are all notable services that offer in-app verification, and now that Google is making it easy as hell to use, let’s hope more people start setting it up.


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Article by Ryan Perry, Daily Mail
The doors swung open at the stroke of midnight and the first of thousands of customers poured in – all eager to be part of history.
At 12.01am Saturday, Nevada became the fifth state in the US to make selling recreational marijuana legal and fans of the drug came out in force.
Party town Las Vegas will be the biggest winner from the new legislation with a huge tax windfall of up to $60million predicted for the first two years.
Millions of tourists visiting Sin City are expected to make nearly two of every three purchases from marijuana retailers.
Some in the industry have said Vegas – which attracts more than 42 million tourists annually – will become the ‘mecca for marijuana’ overtaking the likes of Amsterdam in Holland as the world capital of cannabis.
Anyone aged 21 or over can now buy up to an ounce of pot at a time in Nevada – joining Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska in changing the law.
Customers can only use the marijuana they buy in the privacy of their own home though, with a $600 fine still in place for those caught smoking pot in public or while driving a vehicle.
More than 500 people lined up outside the Euphoria Wellness dispensary in Enterprise, on the outskirts of Las Vegas, and cheers erupted as the doors opened.
First in line was Zachary Miyasato and his wife Denise who had waited for three hours to buy some pot.
Zachary, 38, a medical marijuana agent, admitted he had driven by the dispensary at 9am and again at 12.30pm, just in case the line had already started.
He said: ‘I love to smoke cannabis and relax. This is great for the city, it’ll bring a lot of money, it’s definitely good for me.’


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If you've ever bought a pack of cigarettes, a six pack of beer or legally gambled, you likely paid a sin tax.
A sin tax is something we pay when the government is, paradoxically, trying to raise money off bad behavior. But a finance and marketing professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is worried some of these taxes can have unintended consequences.
"It's generally something that has a bad consequence for general public health or crime or something along that nature so the government tries to recoup revenue that provides some offset for those sin taxes," said professor Tom Shohfi.
Shohfi said these taxes can affect people who don't even engage in bad behavior. Cab drivers who smoke, for instance, have been found to fraudulently charge passengers extra when the tax on cigarettes goes up.
"What we find is that around this increase in excise tax at the federal level, these cab drivers start to cheat their customers more," he said. "So people who really have nothing to do with the sin tax, they don't smoke, but they have to pay more. There's a negative consequence."
And this could potentially be applied to other facets of the economy as well, as lawmakers in New York consider expanding legalized gambling, as well as set down regulations for the burgeoning cannabis market.
"If you move too far into the tax level, it might actually have a negative effect on those who are around those who prefer the black market as opposed to the regular market," he said.
Shohfi said policymakers need to take into consideration the effects sin taxes can have on society.
"Legislators should think about other consequences besides who's being taxes and the revenue generated," he said.


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September 16 – The Bureau of Labor and Industries announces that there will be no change to the state minimum wage in 2016
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries has announced that there will be no increase to the state minimum wage in 2016. The state minimum wage law requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to increase the minimum wage each year when there is an increase in the consumer price index. The Department determined there was no increase in the relevant consumer price index and therefore there will be no increase in the state’s minimum wage for 2016.
To find out more, read Bureau Minimum Wage Announcement.


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Analysts Suggests That iPhone 6c Release Date Isn’t 2015
Currently there are many talks about iPhone 6c release date 2015. And KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed in his new note that Apple company is unlikely to release its next smartphone iPhone 6c with a 4-inch screen later this year. You can check iPhone 6C images as well.
Ming-Chi Kuo makes an conjecture that the iPhone 5c will reach its end of life later this 2015 year, and iPhone 5s will take its place 5s as Apple’s cheapest iPhone.
The analyst also added that Apple will release a new iPhone with a 4-inch screen in 2016 for customers who prefer a smaller mobile phone. The updated 4-inch iPhone will also help in completing the Apple Pay ecosystem for Apple.
The prediction made by the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is in stark contrast to multiple previous leaks and reports which strongly suggest that Cupertino giant will release the iPhone 6c later this year.
We also hope that iPhone 6c release date 2015and Apple company will push an updated 4-inch iPhone this year to make its payment service Apple Pay ubiquitous across all its iPhone models. It is also entirely possible that the company will replace the iPhone 5s with this new 4-inch iPhone, since the former lacks support for Apple Pay.
It is all only supposition and all we can do is to wait till the end of the year. But due to fact that majority of all rumors and reports suggest that Apple will launch its next generation smartphone later this year we can say that iPhone 6c will hit the market shelves this year.


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Syrian ship carrying 'stolen Ukrainian barley, flour' docks in Lebanon, Ukrainian embassy says
Lebanon's economy minister Amin Salam told Reuters that the country's customs authority and its agriculture ministry were following up on the issue. Salam had said earlier on Thursday that severe bread shortages in Lebanon would be eased this week by new wheat imports, but did not say where they were coming from.
A Syrian ship under U.S. sanctions has docked in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli carrying barley and wheat that the Ukrainian embassy in Beirut told Reuters on Thursday had been plundered by Russia from Ukrainian stores. The Laodicea docked in Tripoli on Wednesday, according to shipping data website MarineTraffic.
"The ship has traveled from a Crimean port that is closed to international shipping, carrying 5,000 tonnes of barley and 5,000 tonnes of flour that we suspect was taken from Ukrainian stores," the embassy told Reuters. "This is the first time a shipment of stolen grains and flour reaches Lebanon," the statement said.
Russia has previously denied the allegations that it has stolen Ukrainian grain. An official from the Russian embassy in Lebanon told Reuters it could not immediately comment. Ukrainian Ambassador Ihor Ostash met Lebanese president Michel Aoun on Thursday to discuss the shipment, telling him that purchasing stolen Ukrainian goods would "harm bilateral ties" between Kyiv and Beirut, the embassy told Reuters.
A Lebanese official confirmed that the issue had been raised during a Thursday meeting with Aoun and noted Ukraine's general concerns that Russia might try selling stolen Ukrainian wheat to a host of countries including Lebanon. Lebanon's economy minister Amin Salam told Reuters that the country's customs authority and its agriculture ministry were following up on the issue.
Salam had said earlier on Thursday that severe bread shortages in Lebanon would be eased this week by new wheat imports, but did not say where they were coming from. The agriculture minister, the head of Lebanon's customs and the head of Tripoli port did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
"We are checking the accuracy of the information that has been mentioned in the media, and we have laws and we resort to Lebanese law," Lebanon's transport minister Ali Hamie told Reuters. A shipping source told Reuters that the ship had yet to be unloaded because of Ukraine's objections and speculation about the goods on board.
The Laodicea is one of a trio of ships owned by the Syrian port authority that Ukraine says have been transporting wheat plundered from stores in Ukrainian territory recently overtaken by Russia. All three ships have been sanctioned by the United States since 2015.
The Laodicea's arrival coincides with a new round of severe bread shortages across Lebanon, where a three-year economic crisis has slowed imports of subsidized wheat. Bakeries were inundated this week with frustrated crowds in a country where about half the population is food insecure, according to the World Food Programme.
Lebanon used to import about 60% of its wheat from Ukraine, but those shipments have been disrupted by Russia's invasion and blockade of the main Black Sea ports through which Ukraine once exported. Ukraine had resumed legal exports of wheat to Lebanon in mid-July, according to the Ukrainian embassy and the head of Lebanon's mills association.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)


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ProMediate is organising a roadshow to showcase Alternative Dispute Resolution in the UK. https://www.promediate.co.uk/adr-roadshow/
15 June 2020 at 2pm – 3pm.
It is designed for businesses to help them resolve disputes through ADR. Even this week, the Financial Times recorded that Cabinet Office Guidance is to mediate disputes rather than clogging up the Courts.
It is part funded by the EU which enacted the ADR Directive in 2015. Since then, businesses have been required to signpost consumers to ADR bodies including ProMediate. The majority still do not use ADR.
Why have a roadshow now?
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic it already made sense to use alternative dispute resolution for almost every type of dispute including consumer disputes. Following the pandemic there is likely to be a backlog in the courts and small claims and other cases are likely to be delayed.
Lawyers are predicting a tsunami of claims following the coronavirus pandemic and the Courts will have a backlog of cases to deal with. Now more than ever, it makes sense to use mediation to resolve disputes with consumers and others.
What is the purpose of the Roadshow?
The objective of the roadshow is to show how consumer and other claims can be dealt with efficiently and cost effectively through mediation and ADR.
What is in it for my business?
Businesses which sign up to use ProMediate’s consumer ADR scheme after attending the webinar will receive free membership for 6 months and one free consumer dispute falling within the scheme in return for providing feedback as to how helpful ADR was to the business.
When is it?
The first webinar will be on 15 June 2020 at 2pm – 3pm.
Once the coronavirus pandemic has past, we will be holding the webinar in various venues around the UK to be announced.


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The $8.6 billion business equals total coffee and coal exports, which add up to $3.091 million and $5.652 million, respectively. It is an influx of silent money that grew by an average of 24% in 2021 and will become one of the most important pillars of the Colombian economy in the next decade. Living off citizens sending money from abroad is a growing trend in regions such as the Southwest, the Coffee Region and Antioquia, remittances that account for more of their economies than traditional exports.
It is a fact that since the end of the nineties, millions of citizens have begun to immigrate to countries such as the United States, Spain, Germany, Chile, Mexico, Great Britain and Portugal, among the most attractive destinations for work and sending remittances to them. their families or employees in Colombia; As of 2010, the trend according to fashion has increased in many countries in the region and South Florida in the United States, Madrid, Barcelona, Spain or Mexico City become the hub of millionaire shipments of dollars and euros changed into pesos Colombians are multiplying at a rate of 17% annually, becoming a lifestyle For many families in Cali, Popayan, Pereira, Medellin, Armenia or Manizales, in particular.
That money, which last year amounted to nearly $8.6 billion, can be seen in a silent boom in exchange offices, the opening of international air routes from non-traditional regions, and the proliferation of domestic and international financial courier offices offering the service. Sending and receiving foreign currencies with very high commissions for those receiving money from abroad. Remittance business has not yet been embodied in the national accounts, despite the fact that it is important for finance, but there are no policies that make it an interesting, dynamic and essential sector of regional economies. The big problem is that the only temporal pattern found in the increasing transfers of money from abroad is uncertainty about the exchange rate and business cycles of the countries from which the resources are sent.
A Colombian abroad may have a job this month, but the other doesn’t, in such a way that the money he sends is erratic or stable in relation to the financial system, which, for example, has no significant role in that business which is still in the hands of entities or entities that are not Too formal, nothing to do with banking. Nor did they invent benefits in the form of consumer loans or mortgages for the beneficiaries in the state, which made the money received turn into pocket money that only exchange companies can benefit from. The goal should be to turn $8.6 billion annually into remittance money for families in need of banking.
Figures from Banco de la República show that the largest recipients of foreign exchange last year were Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Eje Cafetero and Cundinamarca, which accounted for 65% of total remittances, with 5259 million USD in total. The most eloquent example is Cali, where more than $2,300 million was received, money beyond many exports, but no public policies based on that money and no ideas in banks to eventually reach the account holders.


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Wow, has it really been 10 years already since Halo first entered our vocabulary? Time flies when you're exterminating the Covenant.
Nov. 15 marks the 10th anniversary of the holy Halo empire with a nostalgic new game release. On that day, Xboxers worldwide will pause to honor the legacy of arguably the best first-person shooter ever, gleaming energy swords held high.
In advance of the launch, Microsoft has created a tribute trailer for their latest Halo edition that may have you sobbing in your gaming chair. The teaser rewinds the last decade of gameplay, blending storylines to create a seamless trip down memory lane.
Created in grand celebration of the 10th anniversary of one of the fiercest franchises in gaming history, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is a budget-priced, re-mastered version of the original Halo campaign, with bumped-up graphics, Achievements, Terminals and Skulls. It will be sold and bundled with seven of the coolest multiplayer maps in Halo history for campaigns on Xbox LIVE. Microsoft's in-house gaming studio, 343 Industries, will develop the special celebration edition.
Halo: Combat Evolved, the original game, was developed by Chicago-based Bungie Studios in 1999 and was first code-named Blam! before they were acquired by Microsoft in 2000. It became the showcase title for Microsoft's new Xbox console gaming system and heavily advertised in every medium imaginable. Bungie split off from its parent after the release of Halo 3 in 2007, and the Halo grail passed to a newly formed, internal Microsoft division, 343 Industries.
Since its triumphant inception and many sequels and spinoffs, the Halo universe has generated more than $2 billion in revenue, selling more than 40 million copies and spawning a galaxy of tie-in comics, novelizations, T-shirts, bed sheets and cookie cutters. And If we're lucky, the next decade's anniversary might even bring us a big-screen Halo movie ... maybe. Peter Jackson? Are you listening?
Microsoft recently announced Halo 4: the Reclaimer Trilogy, is currently in development.
So what were you doing 10 years ago when Master Chief first energized his MJOLNIR armor and leveled a Needler on the Flood? Relive the memories in this launch trailer until the game's release on Nov. 15.
Now pass me a tissue and my pepperoni Hot Pocket ...
(via Furious Fanboys)


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With PUMA set to take over as Manchester City‘s kit manufacturer in the near future, Nike has released a special-edition jersey to mark the six-year partnership. The limited-edition shirt is made up of fragments of iconic kits worn over the past six years, including references to title-winning and record-breaking seasons.
The nine kits featured in the mash-up jersey range from the 2017/18 home jersey — which marked the club’s centenary and saw it break the Premier League points record – to the third jersey worn in the double-winning 2013/14 season. Speaking about the commemorative jersey, Manchester City’s Phil Foden explained that the kit means that “the fans will be able to point out the jerseys and relive the memories created in them.”
The shirt will make its on-pitch debut as a pre-match option for the rest of this season’s English Premier League. The jersey — which is individually numbered and limited to 6,000 — will then release via the Nike web store on April 10.
In other sports news, Paul Pogba bought his teammates 2018 World Cup Championship Rings.


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The Telegraph is going to be sold out
Due to fall of the circulation and profit, the famous news paper of United Kingdom is going to be sold. It has been disclosed in a report of BBC on Sunday (Oct.27).
According to the reports the owners of Telegraph Media Group (TMG) Sir Fredric and Sir David Brakely have given advertisements to sell their all properties including the daily Telegraph and the special edition of Sunday Telegraph. They have taken the decision due to huge fall of profit.
In the annual statistic of TMG group it was found that the profit of TMG was 9 lakh Euro in last fiscal year which is 94 percent less than the previous year. This led to the disposal of the Telegraph.
The news of the Telegraph sale was first circulated by the Times.
However, the news of the Telegraph sale is not new this time. Earlier there were rumors of Telegraph selling but the owners denied then.
According to Telegraph sources, in the previous years 3 lakh 10 thousand 586 copies were published daily. While on Sunday it has come down to 2,44,351 copies.
According to BBC the Telegraph might be sold within next 12 to 18 months.
Sir Fredric and Sir David Brakely purchased the paper in 2004.
The potential purchasers include Daily Mail, owner of General Trust, the Independent and the owner of the Evening Standard Alexander Lebedev.


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In a recent report published by Pepperdine University and Dun & Bradstreet, 81% of small businesses and 80% of mid-sized businesses expect to perform better in 2016 than they did in 2015. As you might expect, access to capital was identified as one of the biggest impediments to growth this year, with respondents identifying the challenge up two percent from first quarter 2015 at 26 percent.
While access to capital has continued to improve for mid-sized businesses, it’s still lagging for smaller businesses. These business owners report some improvement, but it isn’t happening at the bank. Respondents report traditional bank loans are down from this time last year by five percent—from 35 percent last year to 30 percent this year. The bright spot is the increase alternatives to the bank are gaining in the market. Capital access from online marketplace lenders, for example, is up from 17 percent last year to 25 percent this year.
While access to capital comes in as one of the top three impediments to business growth identified by these business owners, the other two in the triad are no surprise to me. The concern about potential government regulations and taxes came in at #1 (35 percent) with the U.S. economic and/or political environment at #3 (23 percent).
“For small business owners, questions about government regulations and the economy are driven by uncertainty,” said Craig Everett, an assistant professor of finance at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. “Businesses like predictability, and despite the current political climate, for now, business owners expect this year to be better for their businesses. That could change depending upon what happens as we get closer to November or after the election.”
The Pepperdine/Dun & Bradstreet data pairs nicely with a recent report released by OnDeck identifying that 34 percent of business owners don’t have faith in the current crop of Presidential candidates. This survey is a follow up to one conducted last fall and dissatisfaction is up 24 percent from the previous survey—regardless of political affiliation.
These business owners are nostalgic for past presidents they see as more friendly to small business. Ronald Reagan was overwhelmingly thought to be small business friendly by 42 percent of respondents with Bill Clinton and Barack Obama coming in next at 17 percent and 14 percent respectively.
“Small business owners are keenly interested in this year’s presidential election as they grapple with some big issues tied to economic growth…” said James Hobson, Chief Operating Officer at OnDeck. “Given their active participation in past presidential elections, candidates would be wise to engage this vast voting constituency of 28 million small business owners.”
Because small business owners tend to also be voters (95 percent identify that they were registered voters and participated in the last election), the candidates should be paying attention to ways this campaign could be creating uncertainty within the small business community—and potentially putting the breaks on growth.
Jeff Stibel, Vice Chairman at Dun & Bradstreet suggests the real threat to small business growth isn’t the current state of the economy or the threat of another recession. “The key issue for small business is not economic recession, as most people think. Rather it’s uncertainty. Small business owners will be voting for some semblance of certainty over the next four years.”
I write about small business and small business finance as Editor for OnDeck. With over 30 years in the trenches of small business, I’m a Main Street business evangelist, author, and marketing veteran that makes the maze of small business lending accessible by weaving person...MORE


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Simon Boden brings with him 35 years of packaging industry experience, most recently acquired as production director at Mayr Melnhof Packaging Iberica.As Glossop Cartons’ first business improvement manager, he is responsible for ensuring that processes are efficiency aligned with the company’s strategic objectives.
Said joint managing director, Jacky Sidebottom-Every:“As the business grows, both organically and via new business, it is vital that our production operation runs as efficiently as possible in order to continue to give our customers the highest quality products within increasingly competitive lead times.”
Glossop Cartons’ growth was most recently marked by the announcement of a property expansion of over 50%, as it acquired a new 2,300m2 industrial building in order to further improve operational efficiency and facilitate investment in new manufacturing equipment.
Boden’s appointment is part of Glossop Cartons’ plan to invest in its management team in order to enable further growth via the acquisition of additional industry expertise, and to allow joint managing directors, Jacky Sidebottom-Every and Brian Sidebottom, to focus on corporate strategy. His appointment follows that of operations director, Dave Bartlett, who was recruited last year.
The family firm’s customers span a diverse range of sectors, such as pharmaceutical and personal care, food and drink, vape and household, and customers include many blue-chip companies. Its products include cartons, sleeves, wallets, blister pack cards, skin pack cards, counter top and shelf displays, header and hanging cards.
Glossop Cartons has recently been shortlisted in the manufacturing and engineering category of the North West Family Business Awards, taking place in March.


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SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan last month.
The MOU was sealed on September 25 by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority Eranda Kotelewala and the vice-president and CEO of Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan International Ports Corp Shao-Liang Chen.
It was witnessed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Minister David Lee, SIPA Chairman Billy Titiulu and SIPA Directors Johnny Sy and Humphrey Tura.
SIPA CEO Kotelawala told Solomon Star yesterday that this was a historic achievement for the country’s leading SOE.
“This is the first sister port MoU with one of the largest ports in the world,” he said.
He said that the MoU sets out areas for corporation between the two ports.
“This MoU will promote and develop greater understanding, friendship, and trade opportunities between the Port of Kaohsiung and the ports of Honiara and Noro.
“Through this sister port relationship, the Port of Kaohsiung and the Port of Honiara mutually agree to conduct exchanges of information and personnel related to port development, administration and operations in order to enhance mutual understanding,” Mr Kotelawala said.
The SIPA CEO said the benefits expected from MoU are the enhancement of the traditional friendship between the Republic of China and Solomon Islands and fostering of greater mutual prosperity and growth by the sharing of information and ideas regarding port planning, infrastructure and technology.
Meanwhile, Mr Kotelawala reiterated to the nation that under his management, SIPA made a lot of improvement and he is committed to take the SOE to newer heights under its reforms.
“The situation is now different and we are strengthening everything possible way to safeguard the company and improve the business. SIPA is now moving ahead and more development is expected.
By TEDDY KAFO