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Slush Puppie fans, hold on to your hats… Slush Puppie are releasing ready-to-drink frozen pouches. There will be three flavours available – Strawberry, Blue Raspberry, and Sour Cherry. This new release means you'll be able to enjoy Slush Puppie drinks any time you want, in the comfort of your own home. These tasty new treats […]Read more
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These ice pops are the perfect way to cool off in the summer heat! Gin and tonic ice pops, anyone? The two flavours available are gin and tonic and raspberry bellini. At just £2.50 for a box of four, these chilled treats would be a great snack this summer. Imagine just relaxing in the garden […]Read more
The Costa Summer Menu Is Here And It Sounds Delicious!
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WKD Is Now Selling Cocktails In A Can For Just £1.60
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Baileys Ice Cream Sandwich Is The Perfect Summer Snack
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Passion Fruit Malibu Is Now Available To Buy In The UK
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In August 14th at TC Lielupe six representatives of Liepaja Tennis Sports school will continue participation at Latvian championship for adults 2014.
Marta Pagraba with Elīna Zīverte at doubles for woman will play against Krista Cērpiņa and Margareta Rebeka Mertena for semifinals.
Margareta Rebeka Mertena with Daņils Kozlovskis at mixed doubles will play against Simona and Ingus Andersons, but, Marta Pagraba with Toms Rolis will fight against Greta Veinberga and Uldis Gaismiņš for quarterfinals.
Signija Stībele will play in gratification tournament for woman. First game will be against Krista Cērpiņa.
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In the House lifting services in Bangalore the procedure depends on the movement of structures by lifting a house with pressure House lifting by jacks. By raising the structure with House lifting methods and House elevation services, we can likewise give a new establishment to the structure or additionally fortify the structure establishment. House lifting services are also very effective for Building uplifting. It will bring about an increment of the strength of the superstructure and life expectancy of the structure. This system is prudent when contrasted with the strategies. Utilized routinely in the fix and rebuilding of the establishment. In any case, this strategy harm the superstructure may likewise be finite.
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MIDDLETOWN - City detectives were investigating a home invasion on East Main Street that occurred Thursday afternoon, according to Middletown police Lt. Gregory Metakes.
Metakes said Middletown police detectives and officers went to the scene after it was reported that two men entered the home with baseball bats and possibly a black revolver.
Three shots may have been fired inside the home, Metakes said.
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That's one reason virtual reality (VR) training is gaining popularity. VR puts trainees in places and situations they are likely to encounter on the job and lets them experience how their actions affect outcomes — all in a safe environment.
"We are seeing virtual reality becoming a popular way to provide hazard recognition activities, safety simulations and site familiarization immersions," says Susan Murphy, M.A., director of professional learning services for UL EHS Sustainability. "Hazard identification in particular is a straightforward application for VR exploration," she says.
"Training content developed to include 360-degree photos, videos and workplace audio provides a realistic view of hazards that, if experienced during a live training session, might prove dangerous or distracting to the learning experience."
Murphy's colleague Jonathan Jacobi, M.S., CSP, says VR training is effective because learners often find it more engaging and relevant than instructor-led training or e-learning courses.
"Learners stay connected with realistic training experiences," says Jacobi, senior EHS advisor at UL EHS Sustainability. "VR gets learners involved and provides opportunities to express curiosities. Well-designed VR bears a close semblance to work environments where learners will apply new knowledge and skills."
VR's ability to provide hands-on experiences makes it particularly applicable when realistic exercises and drills aren't feasible, Jacobi explains. For example, the U.S. Federal Emergency Response Agency uses IMMERSED VR to teach disaster managers about mitigation techniques specific to major flood events.
It also appears that people are able to apply VR-based training more readily on the job. Initial research suggests that this type of learning increases knowledge retention, says E. Andrew Kapp, Ph.D., CSP, CHMM, research manager at Underwriters Laboratories.
"The retention level one year after a VR training session can be as much as 80 percent, compared to 20 percent retention after a week with traditional training," he explains. That's according to Dr. Narendra Kini, CEO at Miami Children's Health System, Kapp says. Kini's organizaton uses VR to train employees on CPR, starting an IV, wound care and other lifesaving techniques.
These results support a key finding from research on adult learning which indicates that the transfer, retention and application of new knowledge and skills improves or weakens depending on the relevance of the training, Kapp explains.
"Well-designed virtual environments provide higher content relevance than other modalities of training," he says, noting that this is why simulator-based training is a trusted approach in military and commercial aviation, space flight and related industries. "The disparity between robust VR applications and simulator-based training methods is narrowing."
One potential drawback of using VR is the need for specialized headsets and peripheral controller equipment. However, cardboard headsets paired with smartphones make basic forms of the technology more accessible.
"Cardboard viewers shield out external distractions and provide immersive binocular playback utilizing smartphone display screens and audio outputs," Jacobi says. "Smartphone motion-tracking technology allows for navigational control through head movement to complete the equation."
A second possible obstacle is the "cyber sickness" many new VR users experience, a disorienting phenomenon that produces symptoms similar to motion sickness.
"The experience can cause unsteadiness and nausea extending beyond the classroom," Jacobi says. "To mitigate this, brief learners about symptoms to watch for, limit session time and encourage breaks."
If your company is considering a VR application for safety training, Murphy says these four questions can help guide your decision-making process:
How does VR add to the learning experience?
"Be sure to understand what value VR adds for the learner and design the immersion to deliver what's needed," she says.
Can we get the desired results without it?
"VR is not the ideal choice for every situation," Murphy advises. "It is best used for immersive situations rather than simple, procedural training."
Which devices will we use?
"Devices needed will vary depending on learning goals and the planned training time and location," she says. "Choose carefully and plan to train on use and support."
How will we track and measure training activities?
"When investing in VR, it's important to understand how success will be defined and measured, and to have a plan for capturing these success metrics," Murphy says.
Jacobi, Murphy and Kapp will share more insights on integrating VR applications into your safety training during the Safety 2018 Session S671, "Virtual Reality: Actual Hazards," on Tuesday, June 5, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Jonathan Jacobi, M.S., CSP, is a senior EHS advisor with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) EHS Sustainability. He has more than 25 years' OSH leadership experience and holds degrees in Occupational Health and Safety from Murray State University.
E. Andrew Kapp, Ph.D., CSP, CHMM, is the research manager at Underwriters Laboratories. He conducts applied research in the area of workplace health and safety, provides expertise and support to other related research projects and communicates research results through various outreach programs and industry presentations.
Susan Murphy, M.A., is director of professional learning services for UL EHS Sustainability. She has more than 20 years' experience leading the development and delivery of instructor-led and web-based training programs for a wide variety of organizations. She holds B.A and M.A. degrees from the University of Oxford in England.
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Love SP Tab module!
Template that I have makes use of Nivo Slider. The module seems to cause Nivo Slider to stop working. I tested it with IE9 and Firefox 16.0.2. Under IE9 with SP Tab enabled slider locks and wont slide. SP Slider works well. Under Firefox with the same template all is working well.
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Handling Information
We place pretty high value on developing skills in information retrieval and handling frequently conflicting information in our curricula, but we're not the best at it ourselves sometimes! My 'mission' over the past few months has been to reduce the duplication of effort in information we provide to our students. For example, our library operate an excellent reading list service and there is a convenient weblink to the reading list for each module. That reading list is frequently manually duplicated in module guides and in multiple lecture notes. Another example is deadlines for assessment. We produce assessment calendars for each year group with module, short title of assessment, mode of submission (electronic vs in person), date and time. But frequently that information is duplicated into module guides and elsewhere. The problem is that this means that everyone has to remember to go into multiple documents to update something if there is a minor change. I like information in one place so that it is easily updated and easily found by students.
I get a lot of email. I struggle to sift through it but there are a few things I do automatically – I scan then ignore a great number of emails that come through generic mail lists. Of particular note are the announcement emails sent through Blackboard to update students. We send a lot of them! And that means that students receive a lot of them. If I assume that students get as many emails as I do, it is easy to see why they frequently don't get the message.
I've been trying not to send as many whole class emails or announcements this year and I made a conscious decision at the start of the year to ask my students to communicate with me in different ways. Firstly I set up office hours because I'm not sure students always understand what an open door policy means, but also because it must be really frustrating trying to find academics who are naturally busy and not in all the time. So far few students have taken up the offer of office hours to come and ask questions. Secondly I decided to distribute all teaching materials through the blog function on Blackboard. I felt this would allow me to attach files (lecture notes, annotated lecture notes, problem sheets, exercises and answers)* and write brief comments and posts on the teaching material. I thought this would also let me embed videos, audio and other bits if I wanted to do pre-sessional activities. I also though it would provide a useful forum for students to ask questions about the course. Like most academics, I find that I can get the same question asked multiple times so I requested that questions be asked (via an anonymous comments feature) on the blog post so that everyone can see the answer. I'll update on this in January when I have a whole semester of blog use to evaluate its effectiveness.
At this stage I have a few comments on Blackboard blogs, features that would make this type of use a lot easier.
1. The ability to alter post dates. This could be permitted through a setting in the options when setting up the blog. I appreciate that this is problematic if the blogs are being used for assessment but it would be convenient to be able to change posts to keep a course's postings in a reasonable chronological order. I'm working around this by using placeholder posts [e.g. 'summary of lecture will appear hear shortly'] when I need to upload more content.
2. The ability to schedule posts. My plan was to do a post per teaching session, attaching notes and including the information that would have gone in an announcement or email about what to bring to the session. After each session my plan was to post a summary of the key points of the session, any areas where more clarification was required, annotated lecture notes and exercise sheets as appropriate. With the exception of the annotated notes and points of clarification, it would suit the way I work better to be able to write these in advance and have them appear. Actually, if I could schedule posts, I probably wouldn't issue PDFs of annotated notes and would just leave the powerpoint download that can be obtained in the Camtasia produced screencast of the lecture. Scheduling would also be really useful generally.
3. Tagging, keywords, categories or something like it. It would be nice to tag posts with keywords to help students find information. Specific words like 'exercise', 'answers' and terms for the course 'NMR', 'IR' etc would make the blogs a lot easier to navigate.
4. A really quick way to see if comments have been made and get to the post to reply to them easily.
I like many of the features that I can access – I find the interface easy (not dissimilar to the other blogging or CMS platforms I use), I like the easy inclusion of audio clips, and the simple upload and attachment of files. And I like having one place to put everything – otherwise it is upload this file to that folder, another file to a different place, got to the announce feature or email to make a message…
*My lecture screencasts are not uploaded to the blog. They are put in the single Blackboard folder required for my teaching.


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Ms. Jennings was a 23 year-old mother of three from Illinois when she was sentenced in 2000. Her prison sentence, due to two prior convictions, was far longer than many convicts serve for violent crimes. She had no eligibility for parole, and had exhausted all possible appeals.
Crowell & Moring took the case in 2009, a year before Ms. Jennings was diagnosed with cancer.
With traditional judicial avenues for relief completely exhausted, Crowell & Moring appealed to the president of the United States.
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We held meetings on Capitol Hill and worked closely with the staff of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL), a long-time opponent of mandatory minimums, to raise awareness of the case we believed cried out for justice.
On November 21, 2011, the White House agreed.
Crowell & Moring secured a commutation of sentence from President Obama for Ms. Jennings. It was the first under the Obama Administration, and the third of four presidential sentence commutations the firm has secured on behalf of pro bono clients to date.
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Doctor Morley was one of three resident doctors at the San Cristobal Medical Facility aboard Sevastopol Station, along with Dr. Lingard and Dr. Kuhlman. When a lone Xenomorph was unleashed on the station by the crew of the USCSS Anesidora in 2137, he became one of the survivors desperately waiting for rescue.
Morley was attacked and killed by the Xenomorph in San Cristobal.
At some point during the Xenomorph infestation on Sevastopol, Morley was ambushed by the Xenomorph in San Cristobal. The creature brutally eviscerated him before tearing a hole through his face, killing him. Amanda Ripley later stumbled upon Morley's mutilated, disfigured corpse whilst exploring San Cristobal in search of his keycard.
- Alien: Isolation (corpse only)
- ↑ Alien: Isolation (2014), Creative Assembly, SEGA [Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One].
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I didn't always like the Dead Rising series. Far from it, actually.
My dour experience with the original wasn't exactly out of the ordinary given its rough edges. I liked the concept, particularly back in 2006, of an open-world zombie game that didn't take itself too seriously. One that was comfortable enough with itself to be flat-out ridiculous when the situation called for it.
The idea of Dead Rising always seemed great to me, but the actual experience of playing it? Not so much. It just didn't click. I'm not sure if it was the infamous prisoner sequence or the time crunch or some other annoyance, but I couldn't get into the game, so I swore off it forever. End of story.
Except, then Dead Rising 2 came along. Its standalone prequel, Case Zero, looked condensed enough and as a result low-risk enough that I decided to try it out. And by god, it worked! I finally "got it." I had the right mindset needed to enjoy this series, and that adoration bleed back to the original game, then straight into the sequel. Now, all these years later, here I am reliving the Las Vegas undead survival adventure with Capcom's re-release of Dead Rising 2 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
There's just one problem: Case Zero isn't included!
Dead Rising 2 (PS4 [reviewed], Xbox One)
Developer: Capcom Vancouver
Publisher: Capcom
Released: September 13, 2016
The remaster of Dead Rising 2 is about as basic as they come. It strives for (and usually hits) 1080p at 60 frames per second, which might not sound impressive, but I don't think it needs to.
Essentially, these current-gen console ports are what PC players have had for years. If you liked or didn't like the game before, your opinion won't change either way merely because it looks crisper and runs better. So, set your expectations accordingly. My big takeaway from replaying Dead Rising 2 is that I still (mostly) love it in 2016. Much of this arcadey-feeling action game holds up well, and that's a relief.
The protagonist, single parent Chuck Greene, has compelling story motivations. He's a motocross champ turned killer-game-show contestant who's in it not for fame and glory, but to afford costly Zombrex medication for his infected young daughter, and now he's been framed for a zombie outbreak.
The true star of Dead Rising 2, however, is its setting, Fortune City. The sprawling resort is made up of malls, casinos, plazas, and a hotel, and it's such a conducive place for having fun in the post-apocalypse. I was amazed by how quickly the different zones and the interconnected layout came back to me, whether I was outside running down zombies with my bike on the Platinum Strip, or trying my damnedest to tame a ferocious show tiger with steaks in the Yucatan Casino. Y'know, dad stuff.
Once you get an adequate lay of the land, the rest of the pieces fall into place. That's when you can truly enjoy Dead Rising 2 in spite of its brisk pace and time-limited mission design, which may initially feel overwhelming. With confidence, and especially with more maneuvers and inventory slots under your belt, it's no longer this ordeal to escort survivors back to the safe house, or to find public restrooms (save points), or to stock up on nourishing orange juice or knives and boxing gloves with which to craft the super-cheap but entirely necessary Wolverine-esque "Knife Gloves." Those elements exist for a reason -- they provide some tension, some resistance, to keep the sandbox from growing stale.
With all that said, gosh do I still loathe the psychopaths. I don't find these fights to be a rewarding challenge in the slightest. Win or lose, prepared or unprepared, they're just a pain in the ass. Dead Rising 2's melee and ranged combat works well when you're slapping electrified Blanka masks on zombie heads, chucking explosive footballs into the horde, or just plain screwing around, but it falls apart when you're fighting against crazies who might as well be hiding a hyperalloy under their supposedly human flesh. A special spot in hell is reserved for the next-to-last boss, whose absurdly long invincibility frames and all-around ability to take a beating are the stuff of nightmares.
But for as uneven as that specific slice of Dead Rising 2 can be, the rest of the experience shines, even today. It's one of those games that pays back the time you invest into it at least double fold. Returning players won't find anything substantially new in this remaster aside from sharper image quality and better performance, but given the budget pricing here, that's a perfectly reasonable offer.
[This review is based on a retail build of the game provided by the publisher.]
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Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.
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|Gunstar Super Heroes
|System(s): Game Boy Advance
|Publisher: Sega
|Developer: Treasure
|Distributor: THQ (EU)
|Genre: Action
|Number of players: 1
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Gunstar Super Heroes (ガンスタースーパーヒーローズ), known as Gunstar Future Heroes in Europe, is a sequel to Gunstar Heroes, and was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2005.
The game makes many references to classic Sega games, including After Burner, Flicky, Galaxy Force II and Thunder Blade. Unused music based on tracks from Altered Beast, ESWAT and Golden Axe has also been found.
In the past... Two heroes stood up against the Destructor, the God of Ruin known as Golden Silver.
After a mighty battle, these heroes defeated the God of Ruin at the Moon. However, when the heroes defeated the God of Ruin, it exploded, resulting in the creation of four new moons that eventually began to orbit the Earth.
Many years passed, and the moons were colonized. And so began an era of prosperity.
However, a fifth moon has recently emerged. A "machine" moon created by an organization only known as the Empire.
This man-made satellite looms ominously. It is apparently a part of the Empire's master plan to resurrect the God of Ruin once more, its obsession since it's discovery of a relic known as the Megalith.
However, the Empire's plan hasn't gone unnoticed. On the Earth, the organization known as "3YE" has secretly created an elite unit to counter the Empire's plan.
In recognition of the past heroes, this elite unit has been given the codename "Gunstar Super Heroes."
Production credits
- Director: Tetsu Okano (Sega)
- Graphic Designers: Han (Treasure), Satoshi Yokokawa, Shinya Kaneko, Tomoharu Saito, Satoru Nakai, Tetsu Okano (Sega), Nami, Syoriya-3, Konig Ishida (Treasure)
- Programmers: Konig Ishida (Treasure), Nami, Yaiman (Treasure)
- Music: Non (Treasure)
- Sound Effects: S. Murata (Treasure)
- Story: Tetsu Okano (Sega)
- Special Thanks: Keiji Okuda, Ayako Taneda (Mausu Promotion), Haruko Hosaka (Treasure), A. Nishikawa, A. Koechi, K. Morii, H. Miyano, S. Yamagata, Y. Nakamura, SEGA Logistics Service
- Producer: Masato Maegawa (TREASURE)
- CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
- President/COO: Simon Jeffery
- Senior VP of Product Development: Bill Petro
- Director of Localization and QA: Osamu Shibamiya
- Localization Producer: Jason Kuo
- QA Project Lead: Shawn Dobbins
- Testers: Cliff Anderson, Chester Lee, Josh Pfeiffer, Davidson Talag
- Vice President, Entertainment Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg
- Associate Product Manager: Teri A. Higgins
- Creative Services: Chris Mowry
- Web Development: Chris Olsen, Bridget Oates, Rodwin Pabello
- Public relations: Jennie Sue
- Special Thanks: Rick Ribble, Cammy Budd, Tina Painton, Sandy Hatcher, Ayumi Tani
- CS Marketing Dept. International Team: Shinobu Shindo, Yukiko Kato
- Created by: Treasure DEPT. 0 and DEPT. 3
- Presented by: Sega
- Copyright: Sega 2005
- Source: In-game credits
Magazine articles
- Main article: Gunstar Super Heroes/Magazine articles.
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Please note: for the FALL AND WINTER periods 2020, Pamina will be available ONLY for up to 5 guests. A section of the villa (the lower part) will be closed.
Just minutes walking from the city center, this property offers comfortable and bright bedrooms, and several living spaces both indoor and outdoor. There are two fully equipped kitchens, beautifully decorated with traditional Vietri majolica tiles, and two dining areas, one indoor with an oversize wooden table, and one outdoor featuring a stone round table surrounded by fruit trees. The views from Villa Pamina are postcardworthy and will remain etched in your memory forever.
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- Reading alcove with rattan couch and exposed bare-stone wall
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Bedroom Details
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Home improvements could doom S. Africa's president
The Constitutional Court of South Africa -- the nation's highest judiciary arbiter -- has found that President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution by failing to pay back public funds used to upgrade his personal home.
After years of prevaricating and two years after the Public Protector found that the president needed to pay for non-security upgrades to his private home in Nkandla, a full bench of the Constitutional Court on Thursday laid the matter to rest, finding that Zuma and the National Assembly had indeed breached the constitution.
In a unanimous and scathing judgement Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng ruled that Zuma and the National Assembly had violated the constitution in challenging and ignoring the binding remedial action of the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, in relation to the residence.
This story is ultimately a modern reworking of the biblical David vs. Goliath tale. In this version, South Africa's softly spoken, unassuming Public Protector Thuli Madonsela slays both a corrupt president and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party that blindly supported him.
The story took root seven years ago when Zuma spent $16 million to upgrade his personal home in Nkandla, in South Africa's KwaZulu Natal province. Zuma and his supporters argued the upgrades were necessary to improve security at his private villa.
The matter was taken to the Public Protector for investigation, and Madonsela said in a damning report that the president had indeed used public funds to upgrade his home illegally.
She revealed that some of the money had been spent, not on security upgrades, but on a list of additions including a swimming pool, a visitor's reception area, a cattle pen or "kraal" as it's known in South Africa, and a chicken run.
Madonsela ordered the president to pay back the money that had been used on the non-security upgrades, but left it up to the National Treasury to determine the precise amount. And that is where the problem began.
Parliament conducted its own investigation, which absolved the president of any wrong doing or liability. The lawmakers determined that all the renovations were for legitimate security purposes, and even went so far as to produce an absurd video demonstrating how the swimming pool was actually a "fire pool," from which the water could be used in the event of a fire breaking out at the complex.
Opposition parties, civic organisations and even some members within the ANC have been deeply unhappy about what effectively amounted to a blatant disregard for the constitution. The president and his supporters argued the Public Protector's rulings were only recommendations and, therefore, not binding.
The opposition Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters petitioned the constitutional court and, on Thursday, the Public Protector's decision was vindicated.
The Chief Justice ruled that the remedial action taken by the Public Protector against the president was, in fact, binding, and that the failure of the president to comply with this remedial action was inconsistent with the constitution and invalid.
The National Treasury will now determine the reasonable percentage of the costs of those features that were non-security improvements, including the reception area, the chicken run, the kraal and the swimming pool, to be paid by the president.
The court ordered the treasury to report back within 60 days, and said Zuma must personally pay the designated sum within 45 days of the court's approval of the report.
The court also ruled that President Zuma should reprimand government ministers involved in the upgrades, as directed by the Public Protector's report, and that the resolution passed by the National Assembly absolving Zuma from punishment be officially set aside.
It was an important day in South Africa; the highest court in the land has in no uncertain terms ruled that President Zuma and the parliament failed to uphold the constitution.
The judgement is a far-reaching one that could have serious consequences. Opposition parties have begun proceedings to impeach Zuma.
Under South African law, a president can be impeached following a grave violation of the constitution, but it has to be supported by a two-thirds majority in parliament. At present, the ruling ANC controls the National Assembly.
The victory has been hailed as a momentous one for South Africa's young constitutional democracy. It is being seen as a day when the rule of law has been upheld, and the independence of the judiciary has been affirmed.
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A colorful quilt by the artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, hangs on the wall in the dining room of Esther Saks' Chicago apartment in Lakeview. Its elements are finely detailed—down to the images of people woven into the fabric. And like the images woven into the quilt, so has the desire to do social justice work been woven into the fabric of who Saks is.
"Living a self-sustaining and self-supporting life is a given, but above that offering one's resources, time and intelligence to your communities, takes the meaning of life next level," said Saks. "Our family has always felt that one owes something to your community," she said.
Saks, 80, shared this passion for social activism with her late husband Alan Saks, and in their 50-year marriage, the couple were deeply committed to many political and social justice movements and activities, and raised four daughters who followed in their footsteps.
"Both my parents and Alan's parents led by example – we always tried to do the same," said Saks.
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Saks began her career working as an art supervisor in Appleton, Wis. It was during this time when Saks' life as a social and political activist took off.
In 1951 she joined others in signing a public petition against Sen. Joseph McCarthy in his hometown of Appleton, because of his Communist hunt, which became known as the Red Scare.
It was also there where she met her husband. "I was always very liberal in my politics and thinking and he was too, as well as lively, energetic, talkative and articulate," said Saks.
After getting married in 1954, the couple moved to Alan's hometown of Chicago, where she served as president of their neighborhood PTA and was involved in the integration of Evanston schools.
Her interest in school issues carries on today, as she serves on the board, and was a founding member of, the Young Women's Leadership Charter School. It is the only all-girls school in Chicago with a curriculum emphasis on math, science and technology. It supports its students to develop as leaders in non-traditional fields for woman, pursue college degrees and lead productive lives.
The Esther Saks Gallery, which opened in 1982 in Chicago, became a popular site for numerous benefits for pro-choice and political causes, as Esther used her business in much the same way Alan did – to support the social issues and community challenges of the times.
For example, when Chicago neighborhoods were experiencing rapid urban flight in the 1960s and 1970s, Alan opened Saxon Paint & Hardware stores in communities being abandoned by national chains. Saks recalled that a particular store her husband opened on 89th and Stony Island Street became very successful.
"Many people in the community could see Saxon's commitment to the neighborhood – the other stores moved out and we moved in. It became one of our best stores," said Saks.
Across the city, Alan worked with community leaders and other progressive leaders to strengthen local neighborhoods, businesses and schools.
As president and CEO of the 50-store chain, Alan Saks became well known for his ethical business practices in the Chicago communities in which his stores were located, and provided paint for many nonprofits across the city.
And, said Saks, the business also had a profound impact on her children.
"Our kids were surrounded by conversations about business and politics, and our life values. They understood the connection between all of these ideas because they saw how we made choices and ran our businesses as well as our social activism. We hoped our example of social action would be very influential in their lives," she said.
Ruth Saks became the fourth generation of Saks family members to work with Saxon Paint, which was founded by Alan Saks' grandmother in 1914. She worked to keep up the equitable and responsible businesses practices her father worked hard to maintain. In 2004 she started Ruth Saks Ltd., an advertising and marketing consulting business geared toward helping businesses stay afloat during the recession.
Beth Saks previously held the position of chief financial officer & treasurer at Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, and is currently treasurer and chief financial officer of The Global FoodBanking Network, an organization working collaboratively to reduce world hunger.
Additionally, Beth spent eight years doing financial management consulting for various nonprofits. She and her husband Scott Fithian have two teenage children, Sam and Sarah. The entire family continues to be involved in volunteering for various organizations from soup kitchens to social justice initiatives.
Jane Saks is the founding executive director of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College Chicago which uses the arts and media to create original works, research, public engagement/education, and advocacy. She works to challenge and champion issues of gender, sexuality, human rights, race and power within the worlds of arts and culture, politics and civil rights, academia and philanthropy.
She serves on several boards including: Advisory Board for the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, co-chair of Chicago Foundation for Women's Lesbian Leadership Council, Chicago Committee of the African Women's Development Fund and Radio Diaries of National Public Radio.
Naomi Saks founded and directed the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute, a San Francisco Bay Area-based education and social development organization that advocated for women and girls in economically disadvantaged communities to have entrepreneurship and financial literacy skill opportunities. She recently completed her Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School where her studies focused on spiritual care, bioethics, interfaith collaboration, and Jewish studies.
She currently works as a spiritual care and bereavement coordinator at a hospice in Northern California. She is also working toward receiving ordination as a rabbinic pastor from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi at ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.
Esther Saks said it's gratifying to see her daughters carrying on the family's tradition of social justice work in their own unique ways — their impulse to pursue justice woven as tightly as the threads of the quilt hanging on Saks' dining room wall.
"Alan was and would continue to be very proud of them," she said.
Saks and her daughters will be honored for their social justice efforts at the Rabbi Robert J. Marx Social Justice Awards Dinner hosted by the Chicago-based Jewish Council on Urban Affairs on Nov. 18 at the Millennium Knickerbocker, Chicago.
To join in honoring the Saks family and to support the important work of JCUA, please contact Pamela Klier-Weidner at email@example.com or (312) 663-0960.


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To create a Custom Provider simply go to Providers and click on the "Create" button to start. You just need to put some name and description and click on "Create" again. You can edit all the options later.
This is an example of a basic alert to send us a buy signal from your TradingView account:
key = 565kadfk43kl1cb1Knd3De8e5459japair=xrpbtcexchange=binancetype=buysignalId = xrpbtc (otional)
As you can see, the only value that you need to change is the pair when setting new alerts.
signalId value it's only required if you want to send SELL signals later, to locate the position you want to sell, as the example below.
key = 565kadfk43kl1cb1Knd3De8e5459japair=xrpbtcexchange=binancetype=sellsignalId = xrpbtc
Optionally, you can use a lot more values with the alerts. You can check all the options available in our buying mail signals and sell mail signals.
In order to link your TradingView account to Zignaly you need to use the Email-to-SMS option in your TradingView settings, or directly from the form where you edit the alerts. Just click in the Email-to-SMS field and enter this email:
That's all. Did you expect it to be more complicated? ;)


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Bands my dad was at school with Part 1
Ok here's a musical history lesson courtesy of my old man who was a couple of years below three of the members of Scottish punk group The Valves at high school. A great band during the late 70's who never quite made it but had some cracking tunes.
A favourite of mine is 'Aint No Surf In Portobello' (as proved by the pic above).
The Valves were one of the early punk groups from Fife . The band featured Dave Robertson aka Dee Robot on vocals, Gordon Dair on drums, Gordon Scott aka Pada on bass and Ronnie Mackinnon on guitar.
The Valves released three singles and then sadly broke up in 1979, with most of the members quitting the music business. My dad went to Beath High in Cowdenbeath at the same time as everyone other than Dave Robertson (he's pretty sure but then he is very old).
This was their third, and sadly final single 'It Don't Mean Nothing At All'.....
This was their third, and sadly final single 'It Don't Mean Nothing At All'.....
Probably their only filmed live performance.....someone please prove me wrong!


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Have you already noticed (and tasted) some of those Proseccos carrying the name "Rive" on the label? Introduced in 2009, the category is supposed to bring a more terroir focus on the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG subzones, but is there a future ahead of the category? Anton Moiseenko is reporting from the region
Before 2009 the only truly territorial unit within the larger Conegliano-Valdobbiadene area was that of Cartizze, the historic 107-ha hill located close to the town of Valdobbiadene, the one that used to supply the parties of well-off Milanese with rich, exuberant, mostly sweetish sparkling wine. Then the changes arrived — and many Prosecco producers woke up to the fact they could now produce something called "Rive" Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene.
The name of the new category was taken from the local dialect word "Riva" meaning "hill". That's not exactly a coincidence: most vineyards that can bear the "Rive" name are located on the slopes of the hills between the towns of Valdobbiadene and Conegliano. There are currently 15 "Rive" villages (or communes) of which 43 separate "Rive" can be — in theory — produced. Innocente Nardi, the President of the Consorzio Tutela del Vino Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco puts it this way: "We have been studying zones and soil types for years to see the difference from one zone to another. In 2009 we made a clear statement that the territory is of the utmost importance. "Rive" is the consequence of this philosophy".
While some slopes allowing "Rive" production are gently rolling into the autumn mist like Rive Di Manzana in the commune of Vittorio Veneto to the north of Conegliano, others rise abruptly with extreme hill inclinations that reach 80% as in the vineyards of Riva di Guia in the commune of Valdobbiadene. Besides the requirement of being located within the specific communes, the grapes for "Rive" wines must come from vineyards with controlled yields of maximum 13 tons per hectare (which is slightly lower than the official 13,5 tons requirement for the Prosecco Superiore DOCG wine) and be manipulated exclusively by hand.
The hilly concept
Not all the "Rive" hills give birth to "Rive" wines, though: some exist only on paper. "The vineyards are owned by a lot of people," — says Lodovico Giustiniani, the owner of Borgoluce winery that produces wine from Riva di Collalto in the commune of Susegana. "The wineries located closer to the "Rive" area are more interested to produce "Rive" wines. Some "Rive" subzones have several producers, others don't have any, especially if the growers sell to bigger wineries."
"To produce Rive one needs a dedicated project, fewer grapes quantity and more work in the vineyards," — says Sergio Bramuzzo of Le Manzane winery bottling Rive Di Manzana.
"Rive" production is still relatively small (only 2,3% of all the Prosecco Superiore DOCG sparkling wines were "Rive" in 2016) not only because enough growers have to come together united by a single winery. Smaller wineries are still figuring out how to build "Rive" into their current production, that is already coming from the hills. In fact, some small-to-medium size wineries could (if they wanted) convert all their production into "Rive".
"In the beginning, we didn't actually want to produce this category," — says Vanessa Follador of Tanorè winery that makes "Rive di Guia" from extremely steep hills and older vines near Valdobbiadene. "All our vineyards are on the classified hills. If we converted all the vineyards we'd produce less wine and would have to set higher prices, which — due to the steepness of our vineyards — are high enough already".
While bigger wineries are treating Rive as communal appellation and blending grapes from the hills, others, like Zardetto with its Rive di Cozzuolo called "Le Viti Di San Mor" are playing the single vineyard card selecting grapes from dedicated plots within one "Riva" hill. "Of course, we could make "Rive" wine from the whole site that we have here, but we are trying to source grapes only from the best parts of the vineyard," — explains Filippo Zardetto, whose father Fabio is consulted by a famous Umbrian enologist— Riccardo Cotarella.
"We started to produce "Rive" in 2011 and each year we decide whether to make it or not because each year is different. It's like doing something for fun, but it's not fun, it's a serious approach to show the soils diversity and the Glera variety," — says Daniele d'Anna Bortolotti of Umberto Bortolotti winery already producing several different "Rive".
Besides hilly vineyards which are considered to be the must for a proper "Rive" Prosecco, producers point out the importance of old vines. Manuel Godello of Roccat winery, the producer of Rive di San Pietro di Barbozza, says: "The older vines make wines last a lot more in terms of smell and taste".
The approach
If "Rive" is a communal and terroir-based concept one would expect some differences in style of different communes. The question not – yet — so easy to answer: it's been just 7 years from the arrival of the category. While producers are taking "Rive" seriously and with enthusiasm, their number and "Rive" production traditions are not enough to speak about the distinct differences between the "Rives" at large. Some of the "Rive" have only one single producer that, in fact, defines its style. Those that have 3-5 producers making "Rive" off them are too early to compare since their production methods are varying in terms of lees contact times, fermentation and blending practices, not even mentioning soils composition within one "Riva".
One important factor is that "Rive" producers are sharing the idea that "Rive" should be wines with lower sugar levels. There are, of course, extra-dry and dry versions of "Rive" wines, but overall the tendency is towards being either Brut or even soon-to-be "Extra Brut", the category that will encompass wines with sugar levels below 6 g/l. Prosecco area has a long history of producing sweeter versions of Glera they actually call "dry", but with "Rive" that might change.
"In Rive wines we want to achieve a more complex and structured taste, also retaining fruitiness," — says the producer of Rive di Refrontolo, winemaker Mirko Della Colletta from Colvendrà winery. "Yes, sugar is important for boosting perfume flavors. In dry version the flavor is more pronounced. The brut version expresses the terroir better, but we also would like to have a top wine that could pair with deserts. Brut is just not good for that". Even with these considerations, Colvendrà bottles 70% of its "Rive" production as Brut. "It should be the best wine we produce".
It's safe to say "Rive" producers are looking to bring more complexity and identity to their wines, for many of whom "Rive" already represents the top wine. Sweeter and richer Cartizze wines remain something of a tradition. And an expensive one.
Time seems to be key in the DOCG zone evolution. Sergio Bramuzzo of Le Manzane emphasizes: "We have 20 years of experience with Prosecco DOCG and only two years with "Rive". There's a long way ahead and we are experimenting a lot". "The differences between "Rive" wines are not so clear, but the more you know these wines and the more you taste, the more they become apparent. For us it's also a learning curve," — says Innocente Nardi, whose family also produces Rive di Farra di Soligo at the La Farra winery.
Oddly enough, the bigger cooperatives like Cantina Produttori di Valdobbiadene (around 13M bottles a year) have all the opportunities to be the leading "Rive" producer in the Prosecco DOCG area. With roughly quarter of a million bottles of "Rive" produced in 2016, the winery accounted for about 13% of all "Rive" production that year. "We don't say we make the best wine, but we can make the best wines from certain areas. Wines with different personalities," — says the winery's general director Aldo Franchi. With an extensive network of growers at hand, he can, in fact, produce the most variations of "Rive" wines. "The response we have from the market encourages us to move forward with "Rive". We could end up producing 10-12 different wines". For now, they make four.
The market figures indicate that "Rive" exports have been growing since the introduction of the category in 2010 — together with the growing production of the category. Around a quarter of "Rive" bottles produced is being exported. This means 75% of "Rive" is consumed in Italy where the prices for these wines are way more affordable. This is especially true for €7-10 price range — being around 30% of "Rive" production in 2015, only 4,6% made it to the distribution channels.
The price difference between ex-cellar prices for "Rive" wines and Prosecco DOCG normally falls into €1-3 range. "Partly this increase is caused by lower production and bigger costs associated with manual labor. While Prosecco Superiore DOCG wines are also often produced by hand, it's important to understand that in "Rive" vineyards one cannot use machinery at all: neither for grass management nor for moving the boxes with grapes and such. All the treatments have to be applied by hand too", — says Mirko Della Colletta. "It's about 8-9 times more labor-intense to produce wines from these hills than from flatlands," — adds Vanessa Follador. "It's just normal that "Rive" wines cost more".
The future
For many wine producers a less pricey and less sweet "Rive" category is allowing to replace the expensive and traditionally sweet and limited Cartizze production, become less dependent on bought grapes and seek new terroirs best fit for the Glera grape.
"Knowing Rive is knowing the Prosecco territory, it's moving towards the deeper understanding of the area," — says Innocente Nardi. "This is a very cultural aspect. A lot of people know Prosecco, but not so many know about Conegliano-Valdobbiadene, and even fewer know about Rive".
Prosecco DOCG producers tend to avoid the subject of competition between Champagne and Prosecco. Still, with a more terroir-driven, communal and even single vineyard approach, this competition will become more and more evident. It's worth mentioning some producers go as far as rejecting the "Prosecco" name form their labels altogether. The appellation rules actually allow them to do so: some labels simply read Valdobbiadene DOCG and the name of a specific Riva as it's with Roccat and Umberto Bortolotti. The extreme side of it is Bepin de Eto — the winery produces its Rive di Rua closer to the town of Conegliano without any reference to the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG on the front label. Could there be a stronger "Rive" message to the world?
Not all the "Rive" communes are currently producing "Rive" wines, among them are Colle Umberto, Miane, San Vendemiano and Tarzo. Wishing to guarantee the hillside location of the classified vineyards, Consorzio Prosecco Superiore is also thinking to exclude flatland areas from the current "Rive" zones altogether. As per the latest information we know that "Rive" will become closer to the "Hill" concept than it is today. "The old concept of villages as an administrative delimitation has been overcome, however, to circumscribe them through a cartography in which the individual mappings with the characteristics of location and holography more closed to the term of Rive are included," – explained the official Cpnsorzio representative to Meininger's.
It will probably take years for the international markets to "digest" the new category of Prosecco Superiore quality. Wineries with clear passion for quality and terroir are going to define the face of "Rive" wines in years to come. They will also have to confront the stereotypes associated with Prosecco. Will "Rive" category make this task easier? We will see soon enough.
Anton Moiseenko for Meininger's Wine Business International, (c) 2018


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26 Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth.
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- Seneca vs. her mother's fear and jealousy
- Seneca vs. her sister's envy
- Seneca vs. her own personal demons (fear of success, intimacy, men, being controlled, getting pregnant…)
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Francine Howarth, a wonderful UK writer, has brought us a fast-paced romantic thriller with Love Walked In. The extra spice of the British dialect to tickle our ears and whet our appetites for me. As a wonderful nod to her growing fan base here in the US, the leading man is American with beautiful eyes that can go from dark midnight blue to stormy cloudy skies but the intensity is still the same — sizzling!
Cassie Douglas is married to a dashing, driven, man who's sexy and also happens to be a secret agent. Cassie is not clear on all of the details other than she's madly deeply in love with him and she can never tell him, No. Her and their two children, are happy — most of the time — especially when he comes home. It's when he dashes out, or leaves in the middle of the night for weeks and months without end that life gets trying for Cassie. That is, until her beloved Jamie is assassinated by terrorists.
Cassie's life is changed forever. Not just by his violent passing and the enormous job of consoling the children and being strong for them while dying inside herself. As the months tick by, Cassie's life is not returning to normal. Her son finds a computer game of his father's that has captured his attention and the unwanted attention of others!
Cassie and her family are in danger and they don't even know where to seek their enemy! Within a day, American Major "Mac" McKinley, Jamie's closest friend comes to pay his respects — 10 months later.
This fact does not immediately compute as Cassie recalls Mac's picture vividly from an old photo Jamie kept in his wallet that is now her only reminder of him. Mac quickly becomes the center of Cassie's attention and very soon, her life. She had fallen in love with him years before with is "wolfish eyes" but the rest of him was lean, strong and virile. Cassie feels safe with Mac around but bullets keep flying and the game that her son found is seeming to implicate Mac in a number of murders. Cassie flees for her life, children in tow.
Read how Cassie's story ends. Does she come out unscathed with a romantic partner for life? Does she follow her husband to the other side? Is Mac who he says he is? The suspense is kept up until the very end. This is a page-turner! Once you become accustomed to the British tone, you will love this story!
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So, last weekend we did AC. You know the new promotion that Atlantic City media folks are pushing, right? DO AC??
You've seen this and other commercials, right? Well, it got my Hun and I thinking and we took off for a couple of days to relax and not DO too much.
We had a blast! We visited Maria's Luncheonette on Atlantic Ave. Tun Tavern (part of the Sheraton across from the Convention Center). We partied (well, tried to at least…) at the 40/40 Club. [It was SO dead that night (6/2) that we left after only 40 minutes or so.] We stopped in at the famous Angelo's Fairmount Italian Restaurant.
And most of all we cavorted at the newly renovated Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino. Did I mention we browsed past Flagship which is located Uptown AC? They offer timeshares there and it's a family-friendly establishment. There's also a "passive park", the Oscar E. McClinton, Jr. Waterfront Park, right around the corner from Flagship where you can view the Marina. Tres chic! [Yeah, dunno what a passive park is…]
Did you know that Atlantic City is divided into three sections?
Yeah. Sure. OK.
All the rest of us care about is — where can I win the most money? Which casino?? [Many people say DownBeach at Tropicana…]
Anyway, here's our trip in pictures. Enjoy!!
|Crazy NJ Parking Rules…
|Angelo's Famous Fairmount Tavern – Chicken Florentine & Chicken Cacciatori
|Gold-to-Go @ The Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino (in the lobby)
|LOVE this room!!
|One of the shops at the Golden Nugget had this replica of the largest gold nugget found.
|Really?? 40/40 dead on a Saturday night?? REALLY??
|Yes — REALLY!!
|Good food at great prices. So, when you're down on your luck — go to Maria's!
|H20 Club @ The Golden Nugget (Yeah – 4 Jacuzzis outside!!!)
|Tun Tavern's Terriyaki Chicken
|Tun Tavern's Chicken Parmesan
|Tun Tavern's Tun of Wings (they are AWESOME!!)
|"I refuse to leave AC!!!!!!"
|Wish this bathroom were mine…
|Diva me (watch out Tyra — here I come!)
|You think Golden Nugget's taking the theme too far?? 30 chocolates in a box?? For $29.95??
|My Dream House on Sunrise Avenue (seriously that's the name of the street!)
|Gold pieces seen thru bullet proof glass on the gold-to-go machine
|Me juggling technology
|Yeah, I'm laying an egg.
|Isn't he dreamy???
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While investigating this building we sometimes would hear what we thought was a woman speaking. While some team members (who were not in the room at the times these were recorded) insisted this was someone's stomach, those who were there insisted that it was not. I find it interesting that the noise does seem to respond to our questions. – Barbara
And another at a different investigation (same room as the other voices)


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James Bond could be driving an EV in his next movie as Aston Martin are working on an all electric Aston Martin Rapide with 800 horsepower.
The news of the all electric Aston Martin Rapide was confirmed to Automotive News by Aston CEO Andy Palmer at Pebble Beach.
If you want to keep making V-12 engines, then you've got to do something at the opposite end of the spectrum," Palmer said of the company's defensive strategy. Emissions-free models are necessary in the immediate future to balance out the emissions of its powerful V-8 and V-12 sports cars, especially in markets such as China.
He also said that the company is planning an all electric version of their DBX and that the new Rapide EV would probably retail fro more than $200,000 and would have a range of around 200 miles.
This new EV from Aston Martin is expected to launch in around two years time, as soon as we get some more details, we will let you guys know.
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Has it ever happen to you that you went to the store and forgot your wallet? Yes, it is one of those days when everything goes wrong. Don´t worry, we have a solution for you! There is a new wave of wearables that have a payment function. Yaay, no more wallets!
UP4 from Jawbone is a fitness tracker that also enables payment. It is great for joggers who don´t like to take a lot of things with them. Unfortunately the payment function only works with American Express holders.
DC TAG is a waterproof payment wristband which can be used everywhere Visa paywave is allowed. It is a great solution for people with active lifestyle. You can do water sports and not have to worry about your wallet being left on the beach and no one being around to look after your stuff.
Yes, besides many forward innovations, Apple Watch allows you to purchase materials. The good thing is you need no app or iPhone. All you have to do is to double-click the side button and hold the face of your Apple Watch up to the contactless reader. A beep confirms that your payment has been successfully completed. Just in case you lose your Apple Watch, your credit card account is protected with a passcode. This function works with many different bank holders; to name the biggest ones: Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
Kerv is a payment ring which can be used everywhere in the world where contactless payment symbol is displayed. It comes in different sizes and you don´t have to pair it with a smartphone to make a payment.
bPay offers a variety of products for payment all under £25. You can choose a fob keychain, a small hardware device with built-in authentication mechanisms, which you can attach as a key chain or a sticker. They also sell a wristable. Their app works under both platforms, Android and OS. The app itself allows you to track your spending, so you always know how much money you you've got left on your account.
A few months ago, a cool partnership was announced between Xiamo and Alibaba Group Holding. Together they have been developing a payment system using wearable technology. It has been said that Alipay Wallet mobile app will be linked to Xiaomi's Band smart fitness bracelet. This partnership is first for China´s major tech firms, so we will keep you posted and let you know on new news.
Another new partnership is Kairos Watches and Wirecard. They want to integrate NFC payment to their products. The team believes that the future of payments is wearable so gathering forces with a German payment technology provider was a no brainer.
LoopPay is a mobile payment system which looks like a card case that holds a little, battery-powered plastic puck inside. It is embedded with a magnetic loop which allows you to mimic a regular credit-card swipe when placed up against any regular credit-card terminal. To load credit cards into your LoopPay accessory, you use an included Square-type card swiper. The bad thing about it is that all of your credit card information is stored on your phone. Once the cards are loaded in, you can hold LoopPay up to any swipe terminal, press a button (or select a payment method in the app), and a payment goes through.
PureWrist is a silicone bracelet that contains an embedded NFC payment chip. You can use it all over the world; specifically where MasterCard Debit contactless payments are accepted. The bracelet contains a prepaid reloadable debit card and the company emphasizes this is not a credit card and no credit card is needed. The company donates from 20% of their Indiegogo campaign's net profit to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
WT also is concerned about long-time standing companies that are making the switch to wearable payments.
Disneyworld, for example, wants to give families who are staying in their hotel the experience which is as care free as possible. They developed MagicBands. These wristbands allow you to open door in hotel room, gives you fast pass so you no longer have to wait in line and the opportunity to purchase food and merchandise in Disneyworld theme park. Again we think this could be a great family trip without a wallet.
Season ticket holders of the British rugby club Saracens can now enjoy a similar experience as Disney fans. These rugby fans received a wristband, produced by Gemalto, were they can purchase food and drink at the club's Allianz Park stadium in London. In addition they can also make payments outside the venue and travel on the city's public transport network.
2015 trends reveal that wallets will be replaced by NFC payments in the near future. On one hand it is a new exciting chapter in the wearable world and although companies are investing a lot of money into making their services as safe as possible we can´t help but wonder if consumers will feel safe using them on a day to day basis.


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Omg, hehe sorry. You have a great memory! That was before I took a break from the game, before the career train update, what... 5 years ago? The third still counted but they didn't count the rounds played before the update, so for a while my profile was showing total game rounds played: 1, Top3: 1.
I was rockin that noob power too!
And the ID call, indeed he called that several times, and closed the good every time.
He is quitting unfortunately, so the game will be missing a great caller even if most are happy to see him go.