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Marko Polo (ven. i tal.: Marco) (Venecija ili Korčula, 1254. – Venecija, 8. siječnja 1324.), bio je mletački istraživač, putopisac i trgovac, koji je postao poznat zbog zapisa o svom putovanju kroz Kinu.

Oko mjesta njegovog rođenja postoje mnoga sporenja, vezano uz to je li rođen u Veneciji (kako se slaže većina povjesničara) ili u gradiću Korčuli (teoriju koja zasniva se na jednom dokumentu iz 15. stoljeća stoljeća po kojem je obitelj Polo podrijetlom iz Dalmacije, iako oko toga ne postoji konsenzus, a recenziranje iz 2013. nazvalo je tu teoriju "čistim falsificiranjem ili čak krađom baštine") no nije sporno to da se rodio u ondašnjoj Mletačkoj Republici. Markov otac Niccolò i stric Matteo, poduzetni trgovci s Istokom, prevalili su između 1261. i 1269. put do Kine, priključivši se izaslanstvu koje je perzijski kan Hulagu slao mongolskomu velikom Kublaj-kanu, koji je tada imao svoju prijestolnicu u Khanbaliqu (Peking). Iz Kine su se vratili kao Kublaj-kanovi izaslanici papi, s pismom u kojem kan moli da mu se pošalju učeni ljudi, koji bi poučavali u njegovu carstvu. Kada su 1271. krenuli na svoje drugo putovanje s papinim odgovorom, prateći dva dominikanca u Kinu, priključio im se i Marko. Morem su putovali do sirijske obale (İskenderunski zaljev), kopnenim putem do Hormuza, preko Kermana do Balka, pa uz gornji tok rijeke Amu-Darje do Pamirske visoravni. Nastavili su između Tibeta i Lop Nura, prešli pustinju Gobi i 1275. stigli kanu Kublaju. Marko je postao kanov pouzdanik i ostao u njegovoj službi 17 godina, proputovavši mnoge krajeve Dalekog istoka (sve do Mjanmara i Vijetnama), upoznavši jezike i običaje različitih naroda. Godine 1292. pružila se putnicima prilika za povratak, kada je izaslanstvo pratilo mongolsku princezu kao nevjestu perzijskom kanu Arghunu. Venecijanci su krenuli morem uz obalu Indokine, Sumatre, Nikobara, Cejlona (Šri Lanka) i zapadne Indije do Hormuza, a zatim, otprativši princezu do Tabriza, preko Trabzona i Carigrada stigli potkraj 1295. u Veneciju. Godine 1298. Polo je sudjelovao u sukobu između mletačkih i genoveških brodova kraj Korčule, gdje je bio zarobljen. U zarobljeništvu je ispričao svoje doživljaje s putovanja prijatelju Rustichellu iz Pise, koji ih je zabilježio na francuskom jeziku u djelu Knjiga svjetskih čudesa (fr. Livre des merveilles du monde), poslije poznatom pod nazivom Milijun (tal. Milione).

Od 14. stoljeća Polov putopis poslužio je kao podloga za zemljopisne (geografske) karte Azije (Laurentinski portulan iz 1375.), a bogatstvo i egzotičnost opisanoga svijeta poticali su pustolove pomorskih zemalja i gradova (Portugala, Španjolske, Genove) da traže pomorske putove u zemlje Dalekog istoka.

Životopis

Oko mjesta njegovog rođenja postoji mnogo teorija, vezano uz to je li rođen u Veneciji ili u gradiću Korčuli, no nije sporno to da se rodio u ondašnjoj Mletačkoj Republici.
Danas većina svjetskih povjesničara odbacuje teoriju o Korčuli kao mjestu rođenja, a recenziranje iz 2013. nazvalo je tu teoriju čistim falsificiranjem ili čak krađom baštine.

Naime, ulica i dio grada (po postojećim zapisima koji postoje i danas) u kojem se danas nalazi tzv. kuća Marka Pola, odgovaraju prostoru koji od najranijih dana pripada upravo obitelji Polo.
O podrijetlu imena također ima sporenja, talijansko ili hrvatsko podrijetlo, ali najlogičnija se čini pretpostavka da je ime slavenskog (hrvatskog) podrijetla i dolazi od ptice vodarice koja se u tom kraju nazivala pol. Tome u prilog ide i sam grb obitelji Polo koji u sebi sadrži slike četiri ptice vodarice, štoviše i sam Marko se potpisivao s Pol, a ne latiniziranim Polo.

Nikola, Markov otac i njegov brat Mate, još prije Markova rođenja postali su bogati i poznati trgovci trgujući na Bliskom Istoku. Godine 1260. su prebivali u Konstantinopolu, te su predvidjevši političke promjene u carstvu, sva svoja bogatstva pretvorili u drago kamenje i napustili grad. Prema zapisima iz knjige Marka Pola uputili su se u Aziju Kublaj-kanu. Prevalili su između 1261. i 1269. godine put do Kine, priključivši se poslanstvu perzijskog kana Hulagua velikom mongolskom Kublaj-kanu, koji je u to vrijeme imao svoju prijestolnicu u današnjem Pekingu. U međuvremenu je majka Marka Pola preminula i njega su odgajali ujak i ujna. Marko Polo je rastao i učio mnoga trgovačka znanja kao što su strane valute i upravljanje trgovačkim brodovima.

Iz Kine su se, otac i brat, vratili kao Kublaj-kanovi poslanici papi s pismom u kojem Kublaj-kan moli papu da mu pošalje učene ljude koji bi poučavali u njegovu Carstvu. Kad su oni s papinim odgovorom i s dva dominikanca krenuli ponovo prema Mongoliji god. 1271., poveli su sa sobom i 17 godišnjeg Marka Pola. Nakon četiri godine putovanja, god. 1275., stigli su do Kublaj-kana.
Marko Polo je postao kanov pouzdanik i ostao u njegovoj službi punih 17 godina.

Proputovao je mnoge zemlje Dalekog istoka sve do današnje Burme i Vijetnama i upoznao mnoge jezike i običaje tih naroda. Godine 1292. pružila se Marku Polu, njegovu ocu i stricu prilika da se vrate natrag i nakon tri godine putovanja stigoše god. 1295. u Veneciju.

Preko 25.000 prijeđenih kilometara i 24 godine trajanja, s koje su donijeli mnoštvo ˝čudesa˝ u Europu, zbir je njihove legendarne odiseje.

Tri godine nakon povratka, god. 1298., Marko Polo je zarobljen u sukobu đenovljanskog i mletačkog brodovlja kod otoka Korčule.
Odveden je u Genovu i bačen u tamnicu.

Tad je Marko Polo imao vremena razmišljati o dogodovštinama sa svog dugog i zanimljivog putovanja po istočnim zemljama.
Te svoje doživljaje on priča svom "cimeru" u zatvoru Rustichelliju, koji ih je zabilježio na francuskom jeziku u knjizi: Livre des merveilles du monde.

Danas je ta knjiga poznata pod talijanskim naslovom: Il millione, i treća je najprevođenija i najčitanija knjiga u ljudskoj povijesti nakon Biblije i Kurana.

Tisuće pustolova i istraživača nadahnjivali su se njegovim pričama, te su kretali u nepoznato, željevši vidjeti i doživjeti barem djelić onoga o čemu je Marko pričao.
Najpoznatiji među njima je bio Kristofor Kolumbo.

U kolovozu godine 1299. pušten je iz zatvora i vratio se u Veneciju, gdje je s ujakom i ocem radio u trgovačkoj tvrtki i ubrzo postao bogati trgovac. Godine 1300. oženio je Donatu Badoer, kćer trgovca Vitale Badoera. Imali su tri kćeri Fantinu, Bellelu i Moretu.

Godine 1323. zbog bolesti Marko Polo bio je prikovan za krevet. Dana 8. siječnja 1324. g. unatoč naporima liječnika preminuo je u svojoj postelji. Njegova obitelj je za izvršenje njegove oporuke zahtijevala Giovanni Giustiniani, svećenika iz San Procoloa.
Njegova supruga Donata i kćeri nasljedile su jednake dijelove njegove imovine. Crkva je dobila svoj dio imanja prema tadašnjem zakonu, a sam Marko Polo je odredio da taj dio pripadne samostanu San Lorenzo, mjestu gdje je želio biti pokopan. Također je testamentom pustio na slobodu roba Mongola koji ga je pratio na putovanjima po Aziji.

O knjizi Il milione
Markova knjiga imala je presudan utjecaj u doba velikih otkrića. Zemljopisne karte Dalekog istoka stoljećima su izrađivane baš po njegovu putopisu.

Njemački je kartograf Johannes Schöner zapisao 1533. godine:
"Iza Sinae i Ceresa (mitskih gradova središnje Azije)... otkrića mnogih zemalja zasluga su Marka Pola... obale tih zemalja nedavno su oplovili Kolumbo i Amerigo Vespucci u svojim putovanjima po Indijskom oceanu."
Pokazat će se, dakako, da Kolumbo nije stigao do predjela koje je opisao Marko Polo, jer ga je na putu do njih zaustavilo kopno koje će po Amerigu biti prozvano – Amerika.
Ali, preko crte obzora, Kolumba i druge velike istraživače privlačili su upravo Markovi živi prikazi.
Poznato je da je Kristofor Kolumbo (1451. – 1506.) posjedovao jedno latinsko izdanje Markove knjige i u bilješkama koje je pravio tokom putovanja uspoređivao vlastita otkrića s mjestima koja je Marko opisao.

Zanimljivosti

 Podvrsta ovaca Marko Polo (lat. Ovis ammon polii) opisana prilikom njegovo prijelaza planine Pamir nazvana je po njemu.
 Godine 1851. jedrenjak (kliper) izgrađen u Saint John, New Brunswick nazvan je Marco Polo, a bio je prvi brod koji je oplovio svijet za manje od šest mjeseci.

Izvori

Vanjske poveznice
 dr. Živan Filippi Marco Polo & Korčula
 Anđelko (Nedo) Pavešković putopisac Marco Polo

Životopisi, Mletačka Republika
Životopisi, Korčula
Životopisi, Venecija
Svileni put
Pisci
Povijest Kine
Povijest Mongolije
Svjetski putnici

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The second USS Crockett (PGM-88/PG-88) was a  in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.

Crockett was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington,  and commissioned 24 June 1967.

Homeported in San Diego, Crockett served off the coast of Vietnam as part of Operation Market Time.

Crockett transferred to the Naval Reserve Force on 1 July 1975 and was decommissioned on 1 October 1976. On 15 December 1976, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register, and on 1 April 1977, ownership was transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency.

R/V Rachel Carson
Once transferred to the EPA, the vessel was renamed for American environmentalist Rachel Carson. At the time, it was the largest limnological vessel on the Great Lakes, and her initial use was monitoring and analyzing pollution in Lake Erie.

The Rachel Carson was declared excess to EPA needs in 1982 and was transferred to the state of Illinois, and thence to the Combined Great Lakes Navy Association. In 1985 it was proposed that she be moved to Muskegon, Michigan along with  as an exhibit in the naval museum there.

She has since been scrapped.

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These 17 Fortune 500 Companies Are Headquartered In Connecticut
By Russell Blair
| rblair@courant.com |
May 23, 2018 | 6:00 AM
The decision by General Electric Co. to move its headquarters from Fairfield to Boston continues to reverberate across Connecticut's political landscape, with Republicans running for governor blaming it on state government's hostility toward business.
David Stemerman, a Greenwich hedge fund manager, went so far as to kick off his campaign across the street from the company's abandoned global headquarters.
While GE is gone, Connecticut still has 17 companies on the Fortune 500 list of the nation's largest companies by total revenue, which was published this week.
Here are the companies, their rankings on the Fortune 500 list, their headquarters locations and their total revenue for the last fiscal year. (GE fell five spots to No. 18, its lowest ranking ever).
(Jessica Hill / AP)
49. Aetna, Hartford, $60.5B
The health insurer dropped six spots from its place on last year's list but remains the highest-ranked Connecticut company, with total revenue of $60.5 billion. Pharmacy giant CVS Health Corp. (No. 7 on the list) is in the process of acquiring Aetna Inc., which had planned to relocate its headquarters from Hartford to New York before the merger.
UTC CEO Greg Hayes. (John Woike / Hartford Courant)
51. United Technologies, Farmington, $59.8B
United Technologies Corp., the industrial conglomerate that is the parent company of jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney and Otis elevator, barely moved from its spot at No. 50 on the 2017 list. UTC is finalizing its $30 billion purchase of aerospace systems manufacturer Rockwell Collins Inc. (No. 415 on the list) announced last year.
Cigna in Bloomfield. (Brad Horrigan / Hartford Courant)
73. Cigna, Bloomfield, $41.6B
Cigna slipped three spots this year but saw revenue ($41.6 billion) and profit ($2.2 billion) increase. In March, the health insurer announced plans to purchase pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co. (No. 25 on the Fortune 500) for $52 billion.
Charter Communications. (Jeff Roberson / AP)
74. Charter Communications, Stamford, $41.6B
The acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks pushed Charter Communications Inc. up 22 spots on this year's Fortune 500. Charter's revenue grew 43.4 percent and its profit surged 180.9 percent. It's the fourth-largest telecommunications company on the list after AT&T Inc., Verizon and Comcast. Charter moved its headquarters from St. Louis to Stamford in 2012 and serves customers across Connecticut.
Employees for the Lauretano Group carefully raise a section of the new signage for The Hartford in this Courant file photo. (John Woike / Hartford Courant)
156. Hartford Financial Services, Hartford, $19.2B
The Hartford's ranking this year was down slightly from the year before (153). The insurance and financial services company had total revenue of $19.3 billion and reported a net loss of $3.1 billion for the year.
Synchrony Financial (Handout)
173. Synchrony Financial, Stamford, $16.7B
Synchrony, a consumer financial services company, is the country's largest provider of private label credit cards. Its brands include Walmart Inc., Lowe's Cos. Inc., J.C. Penney and CareCredit, a credit card for health care expenses. The company moved up a dozen spots on this year's list and had total revenues of $16.7 billion. Prior to 2014, Synchrony was a subsidiary of GE Capital.
(Handout)
186. XPO Logistics, Greenwich, $15.4B
A transportation and logistics company, XPO Logistics Inc. has more than 95,000 employees and 1,466 locations and handles more than seven billion inventory units every day, according to Fortune. The company's ranking improved five spots this year and XPO has been on the Fortune 500 list for three years.
James Loree is chief executive officer at Stanley Black & Decker. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant)
228. Stanley Black & Decker, New Britain, $12.7B
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. moved up a dozen spots to No. 228 in a year that saw the manufacturer of tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems post a total revenue of $12.7 billion — an increase of 11.7 percent over the prior year — and a profit of $1.2 billion (a 27 percent increase).
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
229. Booking Holdings, Norwalk, $12.7B
Previously known as The Priceline Group, the online travel company had the greatest ranking increase of any Connecticut company on the Fortune 500 list, moving up 29 spots from No. 268. Booking Holdings' brands include Priceline.com, Kayak, Boooking.com, Agoda, Rentalcars.com and the restaurant booking service OpenTable.
Gene West, of Somers, an operation tech at Praxair, fills a company tanker with liquid nitrogen. (Courant file Photo)
264. Praxair, Danbury, $11.4B
The industrial gas supplier Praxair Inc. distributes products including oxygen, helium, nitrogen and hydrogen for a variety of uses. Its revenue in 2017 were $11.4 billion, its profit was $1.2 billion and it moved up 11 spots on the Fortune 500 list.
Xerox Corporation's former headquarters in Stamford. (Douglas Healey / AP)
291. Xerox, Norwalk, $10.3B
Tumbling 129 spots from its ranking on last year's Fortune 500 list, Xerox Corp., a document technology and IT services company known for its eponymous copy machines, saw a 40.1 percent decline in revenue in 2017 due to continued declines in printing and copying, Fortune reported. A deal to have Japan-based Fujifilm take over the company was blocked in early 2018.
Frontier Communications' Connecticut headquarters building at 310 Orange St. in New Haven. (Courant file Photo)
325. Frontier Communications, Norwalk, $9.1B
The other Connecticut-based telecommunications company on the Fortune 500 list, Frontier Communications Corp. posted revenue of $9.1 billion and a loss of $1.8 billion in 2017. Frontier is a major provider of telephone and broadband internet service in Connecticut, having taken over AT&T's operations in the state in 2014. It ranked No. 313 on last year's Fortune 500 list.
Eversource crews work to restore power to residents along Talcott Notch Road in Farmington in 2017. (John Woike / Hartford Courant)
364. Eversource Energy, Hartford, $7.7B
The utility company has dual headquarters in Hartford and Boston and provides electrical and natural gas energy to 3.6 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It posted revenue of $7.7 billion last year and profit of $988 million, slipping six spots from its position on last year's Fortune 500 list.
368. EMCOR Group, Norwalk, $7.7B
The fourth and final Norwalk-based company on the Fortune 500 list, EMCOR is an electrical and mechanical construction and facilities business that serves commercial, industrial, utility and institutional costumers. In 2017, EMCOR's revenue was $7.7 billion and it posted a profit of $227 million. It fell eight spots from its ranking last year.
369. W.R. Berkley, Greenwich, $7.7B
One spot behind EMCOR Group, W.R. Berkley Corp. is an insurance holding company that has dozens of units, specializing in property and casualty insurance. The company is named after its founder, William Berkley. He stepped down as CEO — his son took over — but has a net worth of $1.6 billion, according to Forbes' annual list of billionaires. W.R. Berkley ranked No. 354 last year.
403. Amphenol, Wallingford, $7B
A manufacturer of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, Amphenol Corp. moved up 21 spots on this year's Fortune 500 list. It had revenue of $7 billion and profit of $650.5 million. Amphenol has 70,000 worldwide employees and has been on the Fortune 500 list for four years.
(Courant file Photo)
424. United Rentals, Stamford, $6.6B
United Rentals provides rental equipment to construction and industrial sites in the U.S. and Canada and rounds out the list of Connecticut-based companies on the Fortune 500 list. Its revenue in 2017 were $6.6 billion and its profit was $1.3 billion, a year-over-year increase of 137.8 percent. Last year, United Rentals was No. 452 on the Fortune 500 list.
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This article was updated to include Eversource Energy, which has dual headquarters in Hartford and Boston.
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TFW2005 Coverage Of 32nd Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference
Posted on June 1, 2016 at 12:47 pm by Silver Optimus under Conventions, Transformers Movie (Just Movie), Video Games
Hello and welcome to another TFW2005 Event Coverage. This time, we covered the 32nd Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference. This news post is actually coming to you just few minutes after the conference. So check back again if we add something later.
Alright-y then, the conference was more like a Q&A Session rather than a speech. Even though majority of the stuff were told during the J. P. Morgan Conference a week back, Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner elaborated more on several subject matters.
Hasbro will be looking more into Mobile Gaming. Hasbro also hinted that multiple Animated Series for their brands based on Live Action Movies will also hit the television in near future. Please note that Transformers was not specifically mentioned for this. The statement was mostly "overall". We'll never know what will come out of it other than the fact that G. I. Joe certainly will.
Notable points include:
Hasbro's vision for the Hasbro Cinematic Universe
Next Transformers Movies
Future of Traditional Toys
Hasbro's Digital Strategy
You can check out all that and more… after the jump.
Hasbro introduced themselves with their past achievements and future plans. In 2016 Hasbro has created 1500 Half-Hours of TV Episodes. In 2017 the attention will focus on two movies. One for Transformers and one for My Little Pony.
Transformers is one of the 7 most valuable brands for Hasbro. Other six being My Little Pony, Play-doh, Nerf, Monopoly, Magic The Gathering and Littlest Pet Shop.
Hasbro will continue to grow brands around entertainment.
The introduction was followed by a Q&A Session. We'll briefly highlight the Questions asked and a short summary of the Answers given.
Kids aren't playing with toys these days as much as they did 10/15 years ago. What is Hasbro's strategy regarding the situation?
Traditional toys aren't traditional toys anymore. Hasbro's iPlay Team is integrating digital games and apps with toys. Audience can travel with our brands from Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog.
Storytelling is very important to Hasbro. This strategy was developed over the last decade.
What is Hasbro's Digital Strategy?
Planned for the next 3 or 4 years ahead. Clearly looking at Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Following with consumer trends. Going forward, will look into Mobile Gaming more.
How difficult was this transition?
Spent last decade building the Brand Blueprint. It is now fully formed. Started to execute the new Brand Blueprint from 2015.
Movie slate?
Unprecedented era of new entertainment. More Star Wars, more Marvel movies. Three Transformers movies will be released back-to-back on 2017, 2018 and 2019. Transformers: The Last Knight is a direct sequel on the current series. In 2018, the Transformers movie story is all about Bumblebee. It's a Standalone movie. [Did not comment on the movie which will come out in 2019.]
Regarding Partner Brands – What is it that makes Hasbro a preferable partner?
Being a brand owner makes a good partner. Hasbro treat and take care of other brands as if their own. In order to get in the radar of Disney, Hasbro created a Billion Dollar Girl's Business. So, Disney asked from Hasbro to take a crack at their girls' segment.
What are the Challenger Brands that will jump to the Franchise Brands status?
See the potentiality. For example, Nerf and Play-doh has jumped from Challenger Brands to Franchise Brands. In fact Nerf is now the biggest brand at Hasbro. Hasbro look for Brand Enterprise Value. Art and Science involved in that potentiality. Franchise Brands represents 52% of Hasbro's revenue.
Regarding emerging markets:
[Currently] Only scratching the surface of what Transformers brand can do. China is a huge market. Hasbro will be bringing the Transformers franchise more into China.
Any need for consultation? Specially when considering the rise of digital media?
Believe the brands have lots of headroom to grow. Hasbro will focus on Micronauts, G. I. Joe, M.A.S.K, Visionaries and ROM. Not only there will be Live Action Movies, there will also be new Animated Series.
Brand-new take and a direction for G. I. Joe. New TV (Animated) Series was hinted.
Writers' room will take the brands from Hasbro Vaults to the Marketplace. Will reignite the brands.
Getting more movies than ever before out of Hasbro brands. Toys will grow along with the unprecedented entertainment growth. Continues to refresh the brands. Overtime will grow our brands.
Well, that's all folks. We will continue to update this article with more points noted down. Stick with TFW2005 for the best Transformers News… In The World*.
*This newsie truly miss the old Top Gear.
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June 2nd 2016, 7:30 pm
UnicronHound
You do realize you just summed up ALL of Hasbro's brands right? Transformers, GI Joe, My Little Pony, and so on, they've been around for decades, and just get a reskin to "update" them.
I think the comparison is off. Monopoly is the same EXACT product. Same rules, same dice, same pieces (for the most part).
At least GI Joe gets new characters, redesigns, and significantly distinct (from each other) cartoon media. There's story.
Monopoly being a big seller kind of shows that the effort Hasbro has made to create this media is a waste of time. If TFs, for example, can sell the same as Monopoly, then Hasbro needs to cut the bungee on TFs: Monopoly is just cheaper to sell!
But let's look at this from a different perspective: it's NOT that Monopoly is amazing enough to re-buy over and over and over, decade after decade after decade. The real reason? WHAT THE F*CK OTHER GAME IS THERE TO BUY FOR YOUR PARTY??? I mean, have you been to a game aisle? Where's the Monopoly killer app? What comes after Monopoly?
I think Hasbro is lucky to have Monopoly, a universally fun and interesting game that has yet to see a strong competitor. Game of Life, maybe? Jenga? For my money, Monopoly is timeless, so it can print money no matter which version you sell. I hope the creator sees some royalties…
shadowbug
Monopoly is one of their biggest brands? A game that's been around for decades and just gets reskinned year after year?
Thelonicon
Yes, they are really ending it. These two releases were just too close to completion to completely pull the rug out from under them.
Wow, thanks for the link! I guess they're pulling out, after all.
HOWEVER, I'd like to point out something here: Disney historically NEVER makes their own toy products. So when a Finding Nemo toy hypothetically injures a child, they can claim complete ignorance. Also, when it turns out the toys are made by 10 yr olds in the Philippines, again they can say "we had no idea", because (after all), they only license these things!
I'm surprised they went 1st party with the Infinity line at all, so it comes as no shock that they are retreating back into their shells. Disney does not like physical inventory – they prefer others take that risk.
But as your article clearly demonstrates, the Toy-to-Life boom may be ending. So by the time Hasbro pulls its head out of its @$$ and gets in on this…. yeah, we're talking about a predictable failure. Even if they move into virtual reality stuff… HUGE risk. The waters are untested and virtual reality is not a big seller right now (to my limited knowledge), meaning Hasbro would have to innovate and create that market. I'm not sure Hasbro has the ability to create demand like that. They've had poor success with their mobile or console games, so..
Is Disney REALLY pulling out? Everyone keeps saying that.
Alice in Wonderland Infinity toys were JUST RELEASED.
Finding Dory infinity toys are around the corner.
I think "Disney is pulling out!!!!" is hearsay and rumor.
Sigmus Prime
Honestly can't believe how long it's been since GI Joe: Renegades. I'm super excited for a new Joe cartoon/toyline.
cj37a
I get that you are casting your post as "Big toy company Hasbro who doesn't recognize Adult Fans". I get it their business is selling toys and Transformers is a line that is based towards kids in general.
I accept Hasbro PR/sales/marketing aims "Transformers" items primarily at kids; it is. But Hasbro as a whole doesn't treat adult collectors as unwelcome. I just don't think they focus on it.
If the combiner war "to be" show is only for adults, then why the Combiner War line primarily marketed towards kids? Plus haven't seen or read anything on CW animation other than the it is a possibility. More adult than the Bay movies? I doubt it. Probably in the Transformers Prime rhelm.
I think without a show or comic, Combiner Wars would not be much. I only assume if Combiner Wars is doing well (since they are still putting out new waves), that it is doing well just from being the only transformable robot in the retail market in most countries and / or the IDW comic and reruns of the G1 show are what have kept it going.
Hasbro and Takara know this which is why they have some high priced plastic on the shelves. But I think I see your point, you are saying that their PR and sales/marketing is always going to be based around the 5-10 year old. That is fair, but you can't lump the entire franchise and Takara/Tomy into that black and white distinction.
What is criminal is marketing real "adult" movies such as the Bay Transformer Movies, with the language, real world carnage, graphic gore, adult situations… and then marketing a line of items that makes the 5-10 year want to see that garbage.
YEah, pretty much. The marketing team at Hasbro doesn't truly recognize the adult market (except as tools for buying toys for kids). This does NOT include Takara – that's an entirely separate market/topic, and I was not commenting on that at all.
But the CW toys may or may NOT be doing well: yes, you see a lot of "new" toys, but the current Hasbro blueprint for success is to make a mold with 2 heads and retool possibilities – as such, the entirety of the CW line has had more remolds/recolors/retools than a lot of previous lines before it – CW was made to be recycled over and over. So yeah, lots of toys – does that mean successful sales? No – you can recolor something and throw it back on shelves cheaply, as your initial costs are already spent. I think the CW line is absolutely keeping the brand afloat, however. But that's further proof that the adult market needs to be treated with more respect. In other words: have you seen the toy commercials for CW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Mv1lNDMhg
Granted, that's an Australian commercial. But take a look – mostly CG and action, great. Any kids in the commercial? Actually, YEAH. The person transforming the toy is clearly a kid – but Hasbro went out of their way to NOT show the full child in the commercial. So what does that mean? This is a toy line for adults? Not really – the commercial isn't gritty enough or in-your-face or relevant to adults (it's not as eye-catching as it could be). I think it's another example of [email protected]$$ery: Hasbro wants adults to notice, but they're still fixating on kids. And let's all agree: CW appeals to G1 fans more than kids. Kids aren't buying these toys like Hasbro would have you believe, and when they DO buy the toys, I can guarantee it's because a father encouraged them AND showed them the G1 cartoon inspiration.
Look, when Hasbro says they respect and acknowledge the adult consumers, you need to be skeptical. I can say I respect your religion, for example, but if I'm blocking you from practicing it, does it matter what I say? Hasbro says one thing and then does another. What people say doesn't matter half as much as what they do – and Hasbro is NOT marketing to adults or mentioning them much in their official communications. You can say, certainly, that they're turning a corner and BEGINNING to acknowledge adults… but that's a sign of desperation. Like when you need to hang out with your little sister because your cool, older bro is off to college. Do you really PREFER to hang with a little sister who wants nothing but dolls and tea parties? Or is it that you have no other choice? And if you have no other choice, is it ethical to brag to your friends that your little sister is suddenly cool and awesome to be with?
This is corporate bullsh*t, and there's been plenty of precedent to prove that Hasbro is consistently saying one thing and then doing another; claiming good fortune, while lamenting poor sales. It's frustrating to loyal consumers, who essentially have no way of truly predicting what Hasbro will do – except to say that we know they are a KIDS COMPANY and will continue to cater to KIDS, above all else. The problem with a "toy company" selling to kids? When the toy market is dying and the kids aren't even buying anymore. Even then, the adults aren't relevant enough to finally acknowledge – I can't help but feel this "Generations" love we are getting is bitter and contemptuous.
Hasbro is old fashioned, so when your old grandfather says something racist, you need to take it with a grain of salt – it's his way. Hasbro is the company that sticks to the whole, "girls toys" and "boys toys" paradigm. This is the company that felt NERF toys couldn't be sold to girls without slapping some pink and purple all over it and renaming it "Rebelle!" If they're confident enough to enforce gender stereotypes and restrictions like that, of course they would also be ignorant enough to ignore the adult market that's keeping them afloat. For example, a true testament to Hasbro's focus on adult collectors? MP TRANSFORMERS. How many of those are we getting a year, again? How easy are they to buy, once released? How many stores carry them again? And why are we giving Hasbro a free pass to f*ck up distribution so badly that we can't actually buy mainline toys we want? Well, I'm not a Hasbro-apologist: when I see a retail problem, I'm more than happy to say that Hasbro shares a large part of that responsibility. And when we get 2 (or less) USA MPs per year? I'm happy to say Hasbro is full of sh*t and doesn't REALLY think about adult collectors. The CW line is a desperate move to keep profits from plummeting into a "QUICK! LET'S PULL OUT ALL OUR MONEY!" investment nightmare. It's been working, clearly, but I can't help but think about how much better the company could do if they dedicated themselves more to this adult market – maybe a special department within the company, some stronger sales teams, etc.
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Its in the process of already happening. Have you heard the Disney one has stopped making new product? That will leave just Skylanders and Lego.
Is it a 'genre' if theres only two games in it? If Disney cant hack it I dont see why Hasbro thinks it can.
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June 2nd 2016, 4:57 am
The only thing that has depressed me was the mentioning of Top Gear.
"Yes, and GOOD ON THEM. Hasbro is about to miss this boat entirely (lord knows how the Lego Toy-to-Life toys are doing), as I fear by the time they get their act together, the youth will have already moved on."
Again, that CW cartoon is for adults. Adults are parents who buy toys for kids; they are NOT people who buy toys for themselves. Ergo, Hasbro wouldn't be talking about some freak segment of their consumer base – adult fans are barely acknowledged and continue to be treated as an outlier, rather than a sizeable (quantified) bulk of Hasbro business.
June 2nd 2016, 12:38 am
Yeah, I was surprised… (ignoring any [email protected]$$ replies from the peanut gallery)
Neko-bot77
Sounds to me that they want to aim more towards things like Skylanders or Telepods (did i spell that right?) where you use a physical toy as part of a video game/ table game/ whatever electronic device…
Yes, and GOOD ON THEM. Hasbro is about to miss this boat entirely (lord knows how the Lego Toy-to-Life toys are doing), as I fear by the time they get their act together, the youth will have already moved on.
But that segment has exploded in recent years, and it's a damn shame Hasbro didn't get in on that when it was hot…
toaprime
We'll the future appears interesting for tfs to say the least…
The optimistic trans-fan!
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New GI Joe Cartoon?
It's been too long since Renegades.
I don't see how GI Joe can succeed when no one gives a sh*t about war or patriotism anymore. Back in the day, GI JOE stood for something important – nowadays? Good luck getting that sucker moving… I think they're burning money at this point (barring a complete makeover with Cobra suddenly becoming ACTUAL terrorism or something relevant to today).
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Eh. My 11-year-old son enjoys playing with Transformers and my 7-year-old daughter likes playing with Barbies and playing board games. While they both enjoy video games, tactile toys are very much a part of their childhood.
Perhaps they aren't the standard-bearers…but it seems to me that there is opportunity for shared space between virtual and tactile toys.
The majority of boys are moving away from that cause ya can't have money for both mobile/tablet games AND conventional toys, and mobile games are just ADDICTIVE. They have a social element that makes you wanna 1-up your REAL friends by spending more and more money. TFs don't have that addictive quality (among new buyers), so we're really talking about an outdated sales model that doesn't incorporate gambling the way mobile games do! What we really need is a giant parental movement AGAINST mobile games to squash the popularity superficially somehow. Well, after all, mobile gaming does encourage gambling, which I thought we did NOT want kids to do?
Unless they make it so I can play with the toys virtually somehow, Im going to keep buying physical toys. Video Games are fun and all but its not the same as playing with toys.
Im an adult collector but I basically play with the damn things more than I collect em
None of this topic has anything to do with you. Hasn't Hasbro yet made it clear to you that you don't exist? They want your kids, not you.
Haven't heard a peep about that combiner wars animated series recently.
Hard to tell if it really is going to happen seeing as they have almost gone through all the combiner waves and the first ones are unavailable now..
Something good has to come from combiner wars ^^.
All that considered, I would not be shocked to see the cartoon cancelled or shelved. It's gotta be low low low low LOW priority for a company focused on your kids.
June 1st 2016, 10:49 pm
June 1st 2016, 8:09 pm
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A lot of interesting things to take away from this, but by far my greatest amusement will come from the impending influx of grown men complaining about the slow move away from conventional tactile toys, or just not believing toys are becoming outdated.
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You pretty much just answered your own question.
New direction for GIJoe Cartoon?
I guess the only thing that hasn't been in done is a Office-style comedy with cut-aways.
Cobra Commander: "Destro, you'll be in charge of the defense implacement. Major Bludd, you will lead the forward charge against the Joes. As a gunner. In the H.I.S.S. tank."
Major Bludd: "Yes, Cobra Commander!"
-Major Bludd: (cutaway) "Why do I have to always ride in the suicide seat? Have you seen a H.I.S.S. tank? There's no protection! Here's a poem I wrote for Cobra Commander:
Roses are red, Violets are blue
I hope you die in a smelly, snake stew.
There. I feel better."
Fort Max
I like the suggestion of more new cartoons, especially a mask one.


Most real estate investors are constantly searching for investments that make sense and have a great return. We all want to make 20% per year with no risk. In today's environment that's somewhat unreal; however, there are some wonderful investments out there if you take the time and effort to look closely.
One such opportunity that the principals of TFS Properties has recently identified is manufactured homes – as investments. There are a lot of preconceived ideas about manufactured homes, especially if you live in the big city like our buyers in Los Angeles. When the terms "mobile home park" or "manufactured homes" come up, we all visualize wasted parks in the aftermath of a Mid-West tornado that these mobile home parks seem to attract – and the media loves to air on prime time.
This does happen from time to time.. but they are not that common. According to www.Money-Zine.com, over 250,000 manufactured / prefabricated homes (the preferred term) were sold in the US in 2016. That equates to a $3.65 Billion yearly industry.
A deeper dive into the manufactured home industry gives us a lot more confidence in the quality of the build. Many of the destroyed homes you see on TV were built prior to 1976, the year when the Office of Manufactured Housing was established as part of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD currently chaired by Ben Carson). The agency has been charged with overseeing the advancement of standards and regulations to improve the quality of this type of housing after the safety and quality of these homes came into serious question in the 60's and 70's. Since then, the quality of homes has drastically improved and in 1994, HUD issued a whole new level of standard to address key factors such as wind resistance, fire safety, building strength, and energy efficiency concerns. Unquestionably, the homes built after this date are in a whole different caliber of high standards in comparison to pre-1994.
They are precisely built to specification in a factory with computer-enhanced designs. The joints, walls, floors, etc. are precisely cut and fitted, with no room for error. They can be built from 500 to 2,500 square feet and most are in the 1,000-1,500 square foot range, very typical of any modern suburban home. Due to strict standards and guidelines implemented by HUD, the durability and quality of today's manufactured homes are easily as good as any modern suburban house and due to the factory precision construction they are probably better.
Another concern that comes up is the longevity of this type of home. If you bought a house, how long would you expect it to last? Easily 50+ years for any modern built home. Usually, the standard repairs are cosmetics that need to be updated, like a kitchen or bath remodel. It is no different for a manufactured homes. Many older parks have homes that are easily 50 years old, and that was under the old standards. With the current implementation of HUD, homes build after 1996 will undoubtedly last longer with the strengthened build. It's too soon to have any statistics, but we're confident that today's manufactured homes will easily last as long as any modern-built single family residence.
We are fully aware of hurricanes, tornadoes, and high winds; consequently, these concerns were also addressed in the 1996 regulations. Today, areas that have manufactured homes are divided into zones, which is based upon the intensity of winds that occur in that area. There is a system of anchors and tie-downs that are used to stabilize and hold down a building. The zone that your home is located in tells you the level of anchoring that you need. This ensures that in an intense wind, etc. your manufactured home holds firmly to the ground. For a further explanation and map of zones see this link.
You can see that the problems that most of us have envisioned for mobile homes has been clearly addressed by both the government and the industry and as a result, this area of housing has flourished. Today people are very comfortable with the increased standards and livability of the modern manufactured home. If one travels just about anywhere in the south of the US, you can see hundreds of these pleasant communities.
So why are we talking about these homes? Today in America, there is a shortage of housing. Due to the economic crash of 2008-2009, capital available for developers evaporated and very little inventory was built for many years. America's population has been growing at a consistent clip – about 3 Million new people annually between births and immigration are added. With fewer new homes or apartments being built for the majority of the Great Recession, there is currently a pent-up demand for housing of any type. In Texas, it is even worse. Texas and particularly the Houston area are ranked #1 in growth in America. In addition, Hurricane Harvey destroyed several hundred thousand homes in the South Texas Market and left over 350,000 people displaced.
Any available housing, whether it's an apartment, single family home or mobile home is occupied with very little vacancy and it is anticipated that this situation will remain for many years. One interesting fact of a manufactured home is that even though it costs a fraction of a normal suburban home to build, it rents for a comparable amount. This means the cap rates (% percentage of net income from the rent) are much higher on a manufactured home for a similar sized asset. Specifically, typical cap rates in the Houston area for single family rentals is in the 6% range. For manufactured homes, that number doubles to the 10% range and sometimes well over 12%+. The returns are very attractive and while you don't get the price appreciation with manufactured homes that you do with a regular home, the annual bump ups in rent allow the cash flows to become very attractive in comparison to the purchase price until they are no longer usable. Today's manufactured homes have a life expectancy of 30 to 55 years. A their current price point, they can easily be purchased through an IRA or Roth IRA.
In the world we live in, interest rates are ridiculously low. Any investor who is trying to get some sort of decent income stream off of their investments are hard-pressed to find any low risk, quality investment that is paying more than 3-4% cap rates. When it comes to income property in the Los Angeles region, cap rates are at an all-time low, with the median cap rate for multi-family apartments only 3% with deferred maintenance. This makes rental property outside of California very attractive. At TFS Properties, Inc. we specialize in finding above average rental properties out of state that are off market. Please contact us to find what opportunities we currently offer.


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"Beautiful, bright, fresh, and floral," according to Wine Director Liz Mann of Spoke Wine Bar. "It's so aromatic and perfumed that you think it might be sweet, but it ends up being very dry and very crisp with bright acidity, which makes it a wonderful food wine." The nose is chock-full of stone fruits and white blossoms, but the palate is light and lean, with a crisp saline minerality on the finish. A great bottle for fresh salads, young cheeses, and light fish dishes.


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After releasing "Run This Town 2" inspired by Kanye West, Urban Sound teamed up with Brisbane's finest Sahara Beck for "I Made It" a song communicates youth depression. In July 2016, new single "Watermelon" was first published in the triple J Unearthed page. Genres from hip hop, pop, indie Urban Sound is always looking to give real original fresh on trend music. So the band is now experimenting electronic music and in 2017 you will hear more new music from Urban Sound with some sick global collaborations. Keep it real.


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The most meaningful trend I see in ID is that of convergence. The ID card is increasingly becoming an integral component of a larger integrated security environment. At one time, an identification card existed on its unique little island. It was produced by a stand-alone system and used independently. "This is me, I belong here…" In such a system, the card was used for little more than a visual check.
We hear a lot of talk about the latest RF, smart chip, contactless systems when we discuss card technology. Whichever of these is implemented is largely irrelevant, except as a means of interfacing the "this is me" to the larger security system. It is the system in which the card is utilized (and produced) that is becoming far more significant than the card technology itself.
The larger security system consists of access control, video monitoring, asset tracking, time and attendance, background checks and visitor management, along with a photo ID. Therefore, it is only logical that the production and production control of the ID card be part of that larger system.
The core of security is simply the ability to prevent harmful threats and to nullify them when they occur. From a technology standpoint, the delivery of relevant information is the most critical factor in the success or failure of that operation.
For that reason, ID card production must be part of the larger data network that comprises the integrated security information system. Any breaks in the line between production and use are vulnerabilities that will potentially be exploited. When incidents occur, knowing a cardholder's full history is important–where a person had access, where he or she had been, who issued the card when and where–becomes highly relevant.
We will see an increasing emphasis on integration, on technologies that work together, and on their abilities to share data between systems. More importantly, we'll need to know how these products can be integrated into sister products. We will see more convergence of access control and time and attendance, of visitor management, background screening and equipment tracking, and, of course, in IDs.
Effective ID systems will need to have the capability to interface with other components and become an integrated piece of the total solution.


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Grifols SA ist ein in Barcelona, Spanien, gegründetes und bis heute dort ansässiges  multinationales Healthcare- und Pharmaunternehmen. Es stellt hauptsächlich Derivate aus Blutplasma her und ist in dieser Sparte Marktführer in Europa. Das Unternehmen liefert auch Medizin- und Endprodukte für Testlabore. Grifols ist seit Mai 2006 an der Madrider Börse notiert und wurde im Januar 2008 in den IBEX 35 Börsenindex aufgenommen.

Geschichte
Der Hämatologe José Antonio Grifols Roig (1885–1976) gründete 1909 in Barcelona das Instituto Central de Análisis Clínicos, Bacteriológicos y Químicos. Aus ihm gingen 1940 die Laboratorios Grifols hervor, ein Familienunternehmen, das der Gründer mit seinen beiden Söhnen Víctor († 2015) und José Antonio Grifols y Lucas († 1958) ins Leben gerufen hatte. Letzterer entwickelte 1951 ein Verfahren zur systematischen Anwendung der Plasmapherese-Technik beim Menschen, das er 1952 im British Medical Journal erstmals veröffentlichte. Seine Arbeit beruhte auf einer 320 Spender umfassenden Studie, die er auf dem 4. Internationalen Kongress für Bluttransfusionsmedizin vorstellte.

Im Jahr 1958 eröffnete das Unternehmen seine erste Plasmafraktionierungsanlage. Mitte der 1990er Jahre führte Grifols sein humanes Immunglobulin zur intravenösen Anwendung (IVIG) in den europäischen Markt ein. 2003 übernahm Grifols die Alpha Therapeutic Corporation in Los Angeles. Im März 2018 wurde die vollständige Übernahme von Haema, dem größten privaten Blutspendedienst in Deutschland, durch Grifols vereinbart, der im Dezember desselben Jahres an eine Grifols-Aktionärin, die niederländische Investmentgruppe Scranton Enterprises weiterverkauft wurde. Am 25. April 2022 übernahm Grifols den deutschen Plasmaproduzenten Biotest.

Portfolio und Produktion
Grifols ist weltweit einer der größten Hersteller von IVIG, Albumin, Blutgerinnungsfaktor VIII und anderen Derivaten des Blutplasmas sowie von Präparaten und Materialien zur Analyse im Bereich der Immunhämatologie. Das Unternehmen verfügt über drei Anlagen zur Plasmafraktionierung mit einer Gesamtkapazität von 17 Millionen Litern pro Jahr (Stand: 2021).
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 Werk Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
 Werk Clayton, North Carolina, USA

Die Plasmaderivate von Grifols sind biologische Arzneimittel, die aus Plasma, dem flüssigen Teil des Blutes, hergestellt werden. Eine Plasmaspende erfolgt mithilfe der von Grifols 1951 entwickelten Plasmapherese-Technik. Sie ermöglicht häufigere Spenden und die Bereitstellung größerer Mengen. Die Herstellung von Plasmaderivaten ist langwierig und komplex und erfordert sowohl hohe Qualitäts- und Sicherheitsstandards als auch die Rückverfolgbarkeit aller Produktionsschritte von der Spende bis zur Anwendung beim Patienten. Dieser Prozess kann bis zu einem Jahr dauern.

Die aus Plasmaproteinen erzeugten Medikamente werden eingesetzt, um bestimmte chronische, zum Teil seltene und schwerwiegende Krankheiten zu behandeln. Gelegentlich stellen sie die einzige Behandlungsmöglichkeit dar. Immunglobuline beispielsweise werden zur Therapie primärer Immundefekte, neurologischer Erkrankungen und potenziell tödlicher Infektionen eingesetzt, vor allem bei Tollwut, Tetanus, Hepatitis B und anderen Viruserkrankungen. Albumin dient dem Ausgleich des Blut- und Proteinverlusts bei Patienten mit Leberzirrhose, Traumata, Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und schweren Verbrennungen.

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Not good when they can't even build a highway that is drivable...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/highway-427-extension-toronto-ontario-government-1.6005609
The $616-million extension of Highway 427 near Toronto sits unused and off-limits to drivers amid a legal dispute between the Doug Ford government and the private consortium hired to build it, CBC News has learned.
To the naked eye, the extension appears complete: the lanes are painted, road signs are up. Bridges and off-ramps have been built. Traffic lights are installed.
But the provincial government has told CBC News the highway, built as part of a public-private partnership, can't open due to safety concerns.
The consortium, LINK427, disputes that. In a lawsuit filed this week, it accuses the government of stalling the opening of the extension so it can delay paying the consortium more than $144 million it is owed.


The news of her pregnancy may have shocked the nation — nay, world only two months ago, but according to Us Weekly, Eva Mendes has welcomed a baby girl with boyfriend Ryan Gosling. Hooray! Congrats to the happy couple and let Gosling Is Having A Baby Twitter Meltdown Part 2 commence! Us reports that Mendes gave birth on Sept. 12. Yep, it happened all the way back on last Friday and you're just finding out about it now. Oh, they are so sneaky with their wanting to keep their personal lives private!
The couple has not yet confirmed the news themselves, and it's possible they never will. They never even confirmed the pregnancy news, sources just did it for them. Sorry, North West. I know you rarely show your face on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but I'm pretty sure Baby Mendes Gosling #1 (hey, until she has a publicly released name, that's what I'm calling her) is the most elusive celeb baby in the world.
For now, congrats to the two new parents! Unless this baby news is really all a rumor gone wild, that is. In that case, how long exactly is this going to go on?! Until "the baby" is college aged?


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HomeIndiaED summoned Aishwarya Rai in Panama paper leaks case
ED summoned Aishwarya Rai in Panama paper leaks case
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ED summoned Aishwarya Rai in Panama paper leaks case.
New Delhi: Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was ordered to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a money-laundering investigation connected to the Panama Papers leak on Monday (December 20).
The actress is scheduled to appear before the agency later today to make a statement or request a different date.
In the past, the 48-year-old was summoned twice. But she had sought the help of the probing agency for additional time.
According to ANI, the money-laundering matter by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) has been filed with the ED in this regard.
Enforcement Directorate summons Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a case being investigated by the agency: Sources
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The Panama Papers are 11.5 million documents that were leaked that were obtained from the secret documents that belong to Mossack Fonseca, a law firm with its headquarters in the tax haven Panama.
The papers expose customers of the law firm as well as their dealings. Mossack Fonseca's business included investing in shell companies to aid individuals in avoiding tax.
The information for more than 2,14,488 people was first released on April 3, 2016, by Suddeutsche Zeitung. It contained over 300 Indians.
Other than Aishwarya Rai Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgn's name have also been pumped up in the controversy.
Congress Fields Actor-Model Archana Gautam from Hastinapur In UP Elections
Election Commission To Decide Today if Ban On Poll Rallies Will Last
Gen Rawat's Chopper Crash Because of Pilot Error the Cloudy Weather
India reports new covid-19 cases 2,68,833 and 402 deaths. Omicron count is 6,041
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to interact with more than 150 entrepreneurs today
Bengal Prepared To Tackle Rise In Covid Cases: Mamata Banerjee To PM Modi


The layman's guide to the spectrum of robotics and automation in government.
While not new for government organizations, intelligent automation is relatively new to the back room of government which is largely driven by legacy systems. Enabling technology like intelligent automation will be a key factor in government's digital transformation.
This layman's guide defines the three classes of intelligent automation, offers potential applications and benefits for governments, and provides insight as to why harnessing intelligent automation will be increasingly essential to the business of government in an era of budget constraint and increasing citizen expectations.
This article, reproduced with the permission of the Association of Government Accountants, describes five game changers that can enable governments to address fiscal sustainability, restore public confidence in government, move CFOs to the next level.
This issue brief summarizes EO 13781, the implementing guidance in M-17-22, and the linkage to the President's Hiring Freeze memorandum. It then highlights our thoughts on the way forward.


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On Wednesday 1st February a ground-breaking housing scheme in Soham was given the go ahead by East Cambs. District Council Planning Committee.
This is the first scheme that has gained planning permission as a partnership between East Cambs. District Council's development company, Palace Green Homes, and a local Community Land Trust (CLT). Thrift CLT for Soham is a local, democratic organisation run entirely by volunteers from the local community. CLTs work to ensure provision of housing which is affordable to, and secured in perpetuity for, local people on local wages.
The developer, Palace Green Homes, is part of the trading company set up by the District Council in April 2016. Palace Green Homes is a specialist in community-led housing and firmly believe that involving the community in the development of new housing delivers real social and economic benefits. They hope to start on site July 2017 for completion in the summer of 2018.
This scheme consists of 13 new homes, from one bed flats to three bed family homes, at The Shade in Soham. Eight of these will be affordable homes, offered for both rental and shared ownership. They will be owned and managed by Thrift CLT on behalf of the community. As well as gaining this valuable community asset, the people of Soham will also benefit as the homes will be reserved for people with strong local connections to the town, who would otherwise be unable to afford suitable accommodation. Chair of the Community Land Trust, Rosemary Aitchison, said
"We feel passionately that those who have strong local connections to our town should be able to afford high-quality, suitable housing. These may be people that grew up here, have family in the town, work here and contribute to the community. These are the people we want to help, whether it be young families just starting out or older people that want to stay in the town in which they have their roots. We hope this development will provide something that the town can be proud of and, as the homes will be retained by the CLT for the benefit of the community forever, leave a real legacy for the town."
Thrift CLT for Soham are already welcoming Expressions of Interest in the affordable homes. If you, or someone you know, has strong local connections to the town of Soham and is looking for housing then please do get in contact with the CLT via their website www.thriftsoham.org.uk. Any local people are also encouraged to sign up, for just £1, as members to the CLT. This will enable you to keep up to date with the project and have your say as a member of the community in any future projects.


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Strategymore from Remarkable Results issue
The Ticker: China's Strategic Transformation in the Chip Industry
By natalie.rahnFebruary 4, 2016No Comments
By Insigniam minute read
China's largest computer chip manufacturer doesn't lack for ambition. Late last year, the state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup announced it would invest $47 billion during the next five years to become the world's third-largest producer of NAND memory chips, which inhabit everything from flash drives to digital cameras to personal computers. That's almost as much as market leader Intel's annual revenue, which was $50 billion in 2014.
"If you can't be the top-three giant, it will be very hard to develop your business in the chip industry," Zhao Weiguo, the company's chairman, told Reuters.
"If you can't be the top-three giant, it will be very hard to develop your business in the chip industry."
—Zhao Weiguo, Chairman,Tsinghua Unigroup
Qualcomm Inc. is currently the third-largest chip manufacturer in the world, trailing Samsung Electronics and Intel. Tsinghua's aggressive expansion plan continues a campaign begun in 2013 to reduce China's dependency on Western chip manufacturers. (Both Qualcomm and Intel are based in California; Samsung is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.) Since then the Beijing-based company has spent more than $9.4 billion in acquisitions and investments, including the acquisition of Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics in 2013 and 2014, respectively, and buying a $600 million stake in Taiwan's Powertech Technology Inc. in 2015.
But the execution of Tsinghua's strategic transformation, which supports China's national security goal of strengthening its semiconductor industry, hasn't been flawless. The company's $23 billion bid last year to acquire the only remaining U.S. chip manufacturer, Micron Technology, fell apart due to the low likelihood of regulatory approval. Still, Zhao remains determined to establish Tsinghua as a top-three player in the global chip industry. Click To Tweet
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The other passengers then alerted the crew after realizing what the man was doing, who then pursuaded the confused passenger to return to his seat.
According to Sanowar Khan, the officer in charge of the local police, there was chaos on board as the man attempted to unlock the exit door to the point that some passengers reportedly even wrestled with the man which resulted to some injuries.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), a branch of the Indian military in charge of airport security, the passenger was able to get the door unlocked, but was unsuccessful at opening it due to the cabin pressure. Reports though from GoAir said that the man was able to unlock i.
After the flight landed safely, the man was taken into custody and questioned by authorities, who deemed the incident to be a genuine mistake. "There was no ulterior motive behind his act,".
Please be careful when opening doors inside an aircraft!


New chemical material is an important part of new material industry as well as the most active and potential field of basic chemical industry. New chemical material industry plays a significant role in domestic resources bottleneck breakthrough, environmental protection, industry structure adjustment and stable fast and sustainable development of petrochemical industry. China crude oil external dependency in 2011 has exceeded 55% which is the third consecutive year to over 50%. It is predicted that the external dependency will reach 67% by 2020. Energy utilization rate of domestic petrochemical industry is averagely 15% less than that of developed countries and energy consumption in some corporations is 20% to 30% higher. There is an obvious structural inconsistency for domestic petrochemical products. More than 65% total output value formed by petroleum and nature gas exploitation, petroleum refining and primary processing products like basic chemical raw materials and fertilizer which can hardly meet the demand of related industry.
Decisions on Speed Up Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industry and The "Twelfth Five Years" Development Plan for New Material Industry. Moreover, the Outline of the "Twelfth Five Years" Sci-tech Development Plan for Petrochemical proposes that by 2015 gap of overall technology merit for high-end new chemical material between China and developed countries will be 10 years narrowed and the technology merit will reach the international advancing level of the turn of the century. Major development fields of new chemical material which proposed in The "Twelfth Five Years" Development Plan for Petrochemical Industry include: special synthetic rubber, engineering plastics, high-performance fibers, fluorosilicone materials, biodegradable materials, functional membrane materials, functional polymer materials and composites.
There is a huge market gap for current domestic new chemical material market. Imports take up most of the market share. The overall self-sufficiency rate for domestic new chemical material is about 56%, among which it is 52% for new fields, 35% for engineering plastics and 30% for special rubber. Generally speaking, new chemical material products will experience the fluctuation of product gross profit margin and improvement of imports substitution rate. During the imports substitution of new chemical material we can find the following performances: most products are oversupply while some are in short supply; for the corporations which handle the core technology expanse of production capacity will gain the directly proportional profit to the investment; most corporations will fast develop. High barriers bring high revenue. Gross profit margin of high-end new chemical material products is over 70% which is far exceeded the average industry profit of 15% for bulk chemicals.
In general market prospect for China new chemical material industry is fine. Growth rate of product market in current years keep higher than that of GDP. Growth rate for some significant new material markets even exceeds 20%. If take the price increasing trend for general chemical raw material, steel and non-ferrous metal and the strengthen idea of plastic replacing steel into consideration, new chemical material will play a more important role to substitute engineering material and daily necessities material. Thus the market space is hopeful to further enlarge.
This report mainly analyzes the following aspects: definition, policy environment and economic environment of China new chemical material industry; supply and demand condition of basic chemical raw material market; operation and competitive status of new chemical material industry; market demand prospect of advanced polymer materials, high-performance composite materials and inorganic chemical materials; regional market prospect of new chemical material industry; operation analysis of leading new chemical material corporations; investment strategy planning of new chemical material industry. Meanwhile, together with the comprehensive and detailed market data which is accumulated for years, Forward helps you to grasp the market and development trends of new chemical material industry, so as to win advantages from competition!
Major characteristics of this report are forward-looking and timeliness. Base on the forward-looking analysis of massive research data, we further analyze the development scale and competitive landscape of new chemical material industry. Along with the industry development route and our practical experience, we analyze and predict the future development prospect of new chemical material industry. This report contains a high value for enterprises like new chemical material producing corporations, R&D institutions, sales corporations and investment corporations to accurately know the latest industry development trend, obtain market opportunities and determine an insightful operation strategy and development direction.
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Potters Bar golfers' Open challenge for Hatfield charity
Published: 7:52 AM June 21, 2009 Updated: 8:04 PM November 3, 2020
A RECORD breaking feat of playing 108 holes of golf and travelling 350 miles within 24 hours is being attempted today.Potters Bar golfer - Alistair Hunter - as part of a team of four, is taking
A RECORD breaking feat of playing 108 holes of golf and travelling 350 miles within 24 hours is being attempted today.
Potters Bar golfer - Alistair Hunter - as part of a team of four, is taking on the challenge to raise cash for Old Hatfield-based charity The Willow Foundation.
He and his group are hoping to become the first people to play all six English golf courses - Princes in Sandwich, Kent, then play Royal St Georges in Sandwich, Royal Cinque Ports in Deal, Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, Royal Birkdale in Southport, and Royal Lytham & St Annes - that have hosted the Open Championship in one day.
A twin-engine helicopter will jet the team across the country to achieve their one-day goal.
They will obviously be hoping to finish the task before tonight's US Open.
* To see how the golfers get on read Wednesday's Welwyn and Hatfield Times Potters Bar Edition.


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Technology Connected News
1st August 2019 by Sophie Peppin
#WalesTechAwards 2019: and the winners are…
The winners of the Welsh Technology Awards 2019, in partnership with Cardiff Metropolitan University, have been revealed at a gala celebration at City Hall Cardiff.
The awards, powered by Technology Connected, celebrated the best and brightest in the thriving Welsh tech sector, with hundreds of guests in attendance.
Guests witnessed companies from across Wales honoured, showcasing the breadth and diversity of the vibrant industry.
In addition, attendees were wowed by a spectacular augmented reality (AR) experience courtesy of technology partner Propeller, which offered a tantalising glimpse into the future of Technology Connected.
The Wales Technology Awards 2019 winners are:
The Sir Michael Moritz Tech Start Up Award – partnered with GoCompare
Drone Evolution (Caerphilly)
Best Tech Workplace – partnered with Acorn IT and Digital Recruitment
Bipsync UK Ltd (Cardiff)
Best New Talent – partnered with the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult
Gerard Church, GoCompare (Newport)
Best Application of Tech – partnered with Sony UK Technology Centre
Vizolution (Swansea)
Technology Leader of the Year – partnered with Wynne Jones IP
Jackson Hull, GoCompare (Newport
Innovative Product of the Year – partnered with Innovation Point
Glyndwr Innovations (Saint Asaph)
International Impact Award – partnered with IQE
Software winner: BipSync UK Ltd (Cardiff)
Hardware winner: TXO Systems (Chepstow)
Avril Lewis, Technology Connected managing director said: "Across the whole of Wales, there are innovative companies doing truly great work, and it has been an honour to bring the industry together and celebrate their achievements at the biggest night of the year for Welsh technology."
Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, Lee Waters said: "I'm delighted to be a part of the Wales Technology Awards; to take the time to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the business nominated here, and across the industry. It provides further opportunity to engage with this transformative industry, to understand what we can do to harness the talent we have in Wales to ensure we maximise the potential of tech transform the public sector, and all industries across Wales."
Technology Connected would like to thank all winners, shortlisters, attendees and partners for a spectacular and memorable evening, and look forward to seeing you all again in the near future.
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Q: Sampling calculation on based IDs in snowflake I've been facing an issue while taking sample from an ID of a table. If I sample it over the whole population then getting improper results, and getting count 3 on CLI_1 and count 0 for CLI_2, when I sample with .1 mean. For example -
Table create query :
CREATE
OR
REPLACE temp TABLE tmp.cg_test AS
SELECT
        column1::varchar ID          ,
        column2::boolean sample_flag ,
        column3::varchar term_id
FROM
        ( VALUES
        ('ID_1', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_2', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_3', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_4', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_5', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_6', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_7', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_8', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_9', NULL, 'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_10', NULL,'CLI_1'),
        ('ID_11', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_12', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_13', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_14', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_15', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_16', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_17', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_18', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_19', NULL,'CLI_2'),
        ('ID_20', NULL,'CLI_2')
        );

Sampling Query:
          CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE tmp.sample_calc_cli AS
     Select id,
        uniform(0::float, 1::float, random(1))  AS random_val,
       --  uniform(0::float, 1::float, random(1)) OVER (PARTITION  BY term_id) AS cli_sampling_value,
     (uniform(0::float, 1::float, random(1))<.1)::boolean  AS sample_flag,
       -- ((uniform(0::float, 1::float, random(1)) < 0.1) OVER (PARTITION  BY term_id))::boolean as sample_flag,    -- error
         term_id
         from tmp.cg_test
     GROUP BY id, term_id ORDER BY term_id asc;

Count check for sample:
 SELECT term_id,
 count(term_id) AS total_cli,
 count_if(sample_flag= true) AS sample_count
 FROM tmp.sample_calc_cli GROUP BY term_id;

Result

TERM_ID
TOTAL_CLI
SAMPLE_COUNT

CLI_1
10
3

CLI_2
10
0

Uncommenting partitioning with uniform() populates an error as :
SQL Error [2060] [42601]: SQL compilation error:
Invalid function type [UNIFORM] for window function.

What could be the possible way to rectify this issue?

A: You just calculate random values, to randomly pick rows from the table. If you use 23 as the seed number, you can see that you get 2 samples from CLI_2:
CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE sample_calc_cli AS
     Select id,
        uniform(0::float, 1::float, random(23))  AS random_val,
     (uniform(0::float, 1::float, random(23))<.1)::boolean  AS sample_flag,
         term_id
         from cg_test
     GROUP BY id, term_id ORDER BY term_id asc;

If you need to pick equal number of sample rows, you may use this:
SELECT *
FROM sample_calc_cli
qualify row_number() over (partition by term_id order by random() ) < 3;

This one will pick 2 rows for each term_id.

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Trivium's Matt Heafy Shares Gleeful Photo + Story of Meeting Rob Halford, Fans React
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It's always heartwarming when venerated musicians get to meet the legends who inspired them, especially when said legends are unexpectedly friendly and supportive. That's precisely what happened to Trivium guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy this past Friday (Dec. 9), when he was greeted backstage by indelible Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford.
You see, Trivium are currently in the midst of their international "Deadmen and Dragons Tour" (in support of In the Court of the Dragon, which Loudwire named as one of the 45 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2021). That night, they – as well as Judas Priest – were playing at Knotfest Colombia; after Trivium finished their set, Heafy was hanging out backstage, where he caught a glimpse of Halford.
As Heafy humbly wrote on social media:
I never assume anyone knows me or my band. Today after an amazing show I was walking into catering and saw the living legend Rob Halford was backstage as well. I didn't want to disturb him. He came up to me and gave me a big hug and said such wonderful things about our band and I - about our/ my hard work ethic and what we do. The rest is a bit of a blur. I will never forget that moment. Thank you to a lifelong hero of mine!! That is all. I am stunned and elated and blown away. I exist in this metal world because of legends like Rob Halford. Hail Judas Priest and Rob Halford!!!
In the accompanying photo, both men seem equally joyful as they give the requisite "devil horns" salute.
Naturally, Heafy's post received hundreds of positive reactions from fans.
For instance, one Facebook user replied, "That's the reward for your hard work!! Good for you!! I'm jealous!!" while someone on Twitter rejoiced: "The way you go about this world is inspiring and you deserve everything coming your way. I salute you my friend!" As for Instagram, one follower declared: "This is how I felt when we met haha."
Even Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia responded to Heafy, commenting on Instagram: "He did the same to me at Ozzfest . . . he pays attention to everything around him. Such a great person, artist and frontman."
You can see more social media reactions to Heafy's posts below. Also, you can purchase tickets for the remaining dates on Trivium's tour here.
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