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BioWare Wants To Rebuild Its Reputation, Promises "Highest Quality" Games Going Forward
BioWare normal supervisor Gary McKay has published a blog post wherein he outlined a number of the notable occasions of the previous 12 months and laid out some high-level ideas on the place BioWare is headed subsequent and what it's attempting to realize. McKay additionally touched upon how BioWare is pushing to revive its fame and make video games of the "highest quality" going ahead.
McKay mentioned 2021 was "another challenging year," due partly to the influence the pandemic has had on residence and work life. "We've had to continue to think on our feet to adapt to changing circumstances. But despite all that, it has been an absolute joy to lead a studio with so many unbelievably talented people, a team that always pushes the envelope through innovation and an unflagging pursuit of quality," he mentioned.
"Continuing to work under the pressure of a world pandemic has not been easy. We've had to adopt new tools, processes, and ways to communicate. We're all balancing personal time and work, and each person is dealing with their own unique situation," McKay added. "The biggest challenge continues to be the uncertainty of it all, which makes everyone's life more difficult and makes it hard to plan for the future."
Pushed by the pandemic, BioWare is making modifications to its office insurance policies to supply employees larger flexibility. Like different builders, BioWare is embracing a hybrid mannequin whereby some come to the workplace and others work remotely. With reference to BioWare's hiring practices, the corporate beforehand requested employees to relocate to Austin or Edmonton, however now the corporate's North America-based workers can work anyplace.
McKay known as out the launch of the Mass Impact: Legendary Version as a very proud second for BioWare in 2021. "We're so proud to have released one of the highest-rated games on console, and the reception really underscores the value of striving for excellence and quality in every element of a game," McKay mentioned.
As for BioWare's future, McKay mentioned there's a lot to look ahead to, starting with The Previous Republic's new Legacy of the Sith growth, which releases on February 15. Past that, BioWare's groups proceed to work on the beforehand introduced new Dragon Age and Mass Impact titles. McKay mentioned Mass Impact followers ought to look at the teaser artwork launched on N7 Day in November for clues concerning the subsequent sport.
"If you look closely, there are a handful of hidden treats; by my count, there are at least five surprises, all of which point to an amazing future in the Mass Effect universe," McKay mentioned.
We now have one other #N7Day shock for you from the group engaged on the following Mass Impact. 👀
Thanks all for being the perfect followers on this planet! pic.twitter.com/kUwASGJhcx
— Mass Impact (@masseffect) November 7, 2021
For Dragon Age, McKay reiterated that the brand new title shall be centered on single-player and giving gamers "choices that matter." The road concerning the sport being centered on single-player is noteworthy given BioWare was apparently planning a multiplayer factor for the sport however finally determined to go one other means.
Lastly, McKay mentioned how one among his tasks as GM of BioWare is on "rebuilding" the fame of BioWare. This stays a "huge priority," he mentioned.
"We are laser-focused on building back the trust of our fans and community, and we plan to do that by delivering the types of games that we are best known for and ensuring they are of the highest quality," McKay defined. Our mission is to 'Create worlds of journey, battle, and companionship that encourage you to develop into the hero of your story.' We would like the launch of our video games to be seminal moments within the trade. We would like every sport to earn the type of response we have seen with Mass Impact Legendary Version. We really feel that we now have the correct folks, the correct inventive focus, and the assist from EA to ship on the promise."
In other news, the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition came to EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate today, January 6.
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1896-1915 Religious upbringing, Vaisnava roots
Srila Prabhupada was born on 1 September, 1896 in Calcutta India. He was named Abhay Charan De but he was called Nandu as a nickname because he was born on Nandotsava, the day after Krishna's birthday.
His family practised Gaudiya Vaishnavism (Krishna Consciousness). His father, Gour Mohan De, was a successful merchant and an exceptional devotee who brought up his son to follow in his footsteps. Gour Mohan De dreamt of a Vaisnava future for his son, he introduced him to Vaisnava culture and when little Abhay at the age of six or seven wanted to practise certain aspects of his religion, Gour Mohan De helped and supported him in every way possible. He regularly invited sadhus (saintly sages) to their home and always asked them to bless his son.
1916-1936 College years and accepting a spiritual master
Young Abhay read philosophy, economics and English at Scottish Church College and graduated with outstanding results. During his student years he became influenced by Gandhi's independence movement and he was so taken by the idea of an independent India that responding to Gandhi's call, despite finishing his studies and passing all his exams he refused to accept his diploma in protest to English oppression.
In 1922 he met his spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, one of modern India's greatest Vaishnava saints. Bhaktisiddhanta was a scholar and polyhistor of exceptional talents. He established several Gaudiya Vaisnava monasteries in the Indian subcontinent. In his lectures he pointed out that the goal of the independence movement is temporary, not eternal or spiritual and this left a deep impression on Abhay.
Abhay Charan De later moved from Calcutta to Allahabad and tried to make money as a pharmaceutical salesman to maintain his family but as time went on he increasingly turned toward spiritual life. In 1932, 11 years after their first meeting, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati gave formal spiritual initiation to Abhay. During the next four years, Abhay met his spiritual master a dozen times and he was privileged to receive his special attention. In their talks, Bhaktisiddhanta told Abhay several times that he wants Vaishnavism spread all over the world through the media of book printing and publishing.
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati left this material world at the age of 63, in December 1936. A month before his passing he wrote a letter to Abhay and he told him: "You can explain in English our thoughts and arguments to those who don't speak these languages (Bengali and Hindi). This will do much good to yourself as well as your audience. I have every hope that you can turn yourself into a very good English preacher."
During the years that followed, on the request of his spiritual preceptor, Abhay Charan De wrote an English commentary to the verses of one of the most authoritative Vaishnava scriptures, the Bhagavad-gita. In 1944, while the world was engulfed in the horrors of the Second World War, Abhay expounded the message of peace and pure devotion to God on the pages of Back to Godhead magazine, which he single-handedly wrote, published and distributed.
In 1950, at the age of 54, Abhay renounced family and worldly life in keeping with the Indian tradition. With great determination he retired completely, received sannyasa initiation (entered the renounced order of life) and moved to the holy place of Vrindavan to dedicate his life to translating the 18,000 verses of the Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana).
On the request of his spiritual master, Bhaktivedanta Swami (Abhay's sannyasa name) embarked on his greatest and most dangerous undertaking on 13 August, 1965. At the age of 69, with seven dollars in his pocket, he boarded a cargo ship en route to the United States of America to propagate Vaishnava teachings in the Western world. He suffered from seasickness and had a number of heart attacks on board the ship but he was strongly convinced that the Lord would protect him so he could fulfill his mission.
His impossible mission soon turned out to be successful. After extraordinary efforts and due to his pure devotion in 1966, within a year of his arrival, he incorporated the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). This formal registration gave a structure that is recognised in the West to his mission of spreading Krishna consciousness, or Vaishnavism, a tradition, which is tens of thousands of years old and has about 600 million followers. His preaching efforts were very successful and the honorific title 'Srila Prabhupada' was given to him by his young disciples.
In the course of the next decade, Prabhupada opened 108 temples in important cities around the world, accepted and initiated thousands of disciples irrespective of their age or background. He established self-sufficient farm communities, schools providing religious education and vegetarian restaurants open for all to propagate nonviolence. He travelled round the globe fourteen times to give lectures and wrote more than 50 volumes of translations and commentaries to major Indian scriptures. To this day, many respect him as one of India's scholars, philosophers and cultural emissaries. According to the 1976 Britannica Book of Year, "Srila Prabhupada astonished academic and literary communities worldwide by writing and publishing fifty-two books on ancient Vedic culture . . . in the period from October 1968 to November 1975."
On 14 November, 1977, Srila Prabhupada left this material world at the age of 81. He passed away surrounded by his loving disciples in the holy place of Vrindavana, the birthplace of Lord Krishna. Due to his efforts, Vaishnavism became well known all over the world and so many in the Western world have accepted bhakti, devotion to Krishna, as a means of self-realisation.
(Krishna devotees commemorate Srila Prabhupada's appearance day following the moon calendar so the ceremony is held on the day after Janmastami but on different dates each year according to the Western calendar. The event includes prayers and a joyful celebration.
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Q: how to use single submit button for postback and redirecting to a new page based on the validations from the page I have a page written using HTML and PHP with some input fields and a submit button. How can I use the submit button on the page to postback in case of errors after the validations are performed and use the same button to redirect to a new page when there are no errors?
I tried using header(Location: "") function to redirect to a new page but I also want the data entered in my input fields on the page to be posted on the redirected page.
Is there a way I can use 2 html forms in a single page? If yes how can it be done using single submit button.

A: You can use a single form! I assume you're aware about a form attribute called action. <form action="foobar.php"...
The foobar.php will handle the validation and then you can store the user input in sessions so that you can echo them back to text fields as follows:
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Sprinters Keep Getting Better: Even Usain Bolt Can't Keep Up!
The Olympic trials are wrapping up, and teams are forming for each respective country. There has been fierce competition between teammates, such as Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte from the United States in swimming, and Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, who are sprinters from Jamaica. Bolt set world record times in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, along with earning three gold medals, but just recently he lost to teammate Blake in both the 100 and 200 meter Jamaican Olympic trials.1 It's obvious that sprinters are performing better than ever, and in this month's Physics World, Steve Haake, director of the Center for Sports Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom, stated that the men's 100 meter sprint will be a very exciting event.


Experience the perfect blend of country charm and modern convenience in this custom, federal-style colonial located in the desirable Chestnut Hill area of southern Killingworth. Privately situated on three acres and surrounded by natural stone walls, mature trees, beautifully-landscaped foundation gardens and other special touches, this meticulous home draws you in, where fine appointments such as crown molding, custom paneling with wainscoting, solid wood doors and gleaming hardwood floors, among others, are sure to impress. Built in 1990 and nicely updated, this exceptional three bedroom, two-and-a-half bath residence offers 2,400 square feet of well-appointed living space to pamper both family and friends in style.
The generous living room offers a perfect place to unwind, with its attractive wood-burning fireplace, coffered ceilings and hardwood floors. The kitchen is a chef's dream, with attractive cherry cabinets, high-end appliances including four-burner Dacor range with hood and Bosch dishwasher, granite countertops with contrasting stone island, beadboard backsplash and custom built-in hutch. The adjacent dining room is set off from the kitchen by impressive columns and is the perfect place to serve up home-cooked meals. The family room features exposed-beam vaulted ceilings, loads of windows with gorgeous plantation-style shutters and sliders that open to a beautiful sunroom that overlooks a brand-new, in-ground, salt-system swimming pool surrounded by a gorgeous patio with aluminum fencing - a true oasis in the woods! A mudroom trimmed in pegged beadboard is perfect for hanging coats and offers access to the oversized two-car garage. Hardwood floors continue on the second level, which features three bedrooms, including a large master with walk-in closet and attached bath with stone tile and custom shower.
Thoughtful features abound in this fine home. A whole-house, propane-fueled Generac generator offers piece of mind in severe weather, while 2"x6" exterior walls and Andersen windows provide comfort in all temperatures. The first floor benefits from an integrated sound system and Electrolux central vacuuming makes easy work of keeping things tidy.
This amazing home is convenient to both New Haven and Hartford, just two hours from New York and Boston and also enjoys Clinton beach rights, offering access to Connecticut's beautiful shoreline and the best in New England living!


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List of the top natural gas distribution companies in the world, listed by their prominence with corporate logos when available. This list of major natural gas distribution companies includes the largest and most profitable natural gas distribution businesses, corporations, agencies, vendors and firms in the world. If you are wondering what the biggest natural gas distribution companies are, then this list has you covered. This list includes the most famous natural gas distribution companies in the industry, so if you're thinking of working in the natural gas distribution industry you might want to look to these companies for jobs. This list includes names of both small and big natural gas distribution businesses.
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This list answers the questions, "What are the biggest natural gas distribution companies in the world?" and "What are the most successful natural gas distribution companies?"
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Iggy's refined, sleek design promises something special, and with a large picture window drawing your eye to the magic happening in the kitchen, you can take a peek. Head chef Aitor Jeronimo Orive delivers with his ever-changing, highly seasonal, creative fusion dishes. Superlatives extend to the wine list, one of the city's finest.
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The Obamas Sign Major Deal With Netflix
Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year deal with streaming service Netflix, where they will produce a range of different content.
Former United States President Barack Obama and wife Michelle have signed a huge production deal with streaming service Netflix. The famous couple has created High Ground Productions through which they will produce a range of content including "scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries and features", a release from Netflix states.
Across the different mediums, the Obamas will explore themes and issues they pursued during their time in the White House. "One of the simple joys of our time in public service was getting to meet so many fascinating people from all walks of life, and to help them share their experiences with a wider audience," Barack said in a statement. "That's why Michelle and I are so excited to partner with Netflix — we hope to cultivate and curate the talented, inspiring, creative voices who are able to promote greater empathy and understanding between peoples, and help them share their stories with the entire world."
Chief content officer for Netflix, Ted Sarandos, says the deal will benefit the service's audience. "Barack and Michelle Obama are among the world's most respected and highly-recognized public figures and are uniquely positioned to discover and highlight stories of people who make a difference in their communities and strive to change the world for the better," The New York Times reports. "We are incredibly proud they have chosen to make Netflix the home for their formidable storytelling abilities."
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Moldova's Retail Sales grew 7.5 % YoY in Dec 2018, compared with a 7.9 % increase in the previous month. Moldova's Retail Sales Growth YoY data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2011 to Dec 2018, with an average growth rate of 1.8 %. The data reached an all-time high of 24.2 % in May 2011 and a record low of -18.4 % in Oct 2015. CEIC calculates Retail Sales Growth from monthly Retail Trade Turnover Index. The National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova provides Retail Trade Turnover Index with base Same Month Previous Year=100. Retail Sales Growth prior to January 2014 is calculated from Retail Trade Turnover Index based on CAEM Rev. 1/NACE Rev. 1.
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Home ownership in New Zealand requires a whole lot of Grit
The road to home ownership is a tough one for most New Zealanders, even more so today with the New Zealand median house price sitting well over $800,000, with Auckland now well over $1,000,000. So how on earth do Kiwis do it? It's about being determined, focused, and utilising a key Kiwi strength, grit.
Classic Builders has been around for 25 years now, witnessing property booms that have driven prices up well beyond previous limits, and lifestyle changes that have seen storeys go up and section sizes shrink.
But no matter what the market is like, it's commonplace for Classic to hear their clients' stories of struggle and persistence, saving what is required for them to secure and then service their own home in order to build a better life for themselves and their loved ones.
Classic has just released a visual campaign that acknowledges this, reflecting that the journey to home ownership in New Zealand takes true grit.
The campaign – which is being streamed and features on digital platforms – has been created by this leading New Zealand building company, in collaboration with design and marketing agency We Are Society, and Film Director Chris Clark.
Classic Group's Managing Director, Matt Lagerberg, says that, while owning a home should be possible for everyone, it now requires more effort and grit than ever before.
"Having built over 6,500 homes now, we see how hard it is and that makes the part we play even more significant. We have to make all the hard work worth it," he says.
Matt says, "The building industry here in New Zealand has intertwining issues that require critical attention, from legislation and vital infrastructure through to innovation and recycling. Classic is investing time and capital into helping drive change and address these issues, but this will take time and funny enough, a whole lot of grit."
"It's important for Classic to stay committed to both our clients today, while being focused on our future ones. We are determined to build more homes for Kiwis and that means addressing affordability and future supply," he says.
It was only in October that the Classic Group was in the news thanks to the $300m Kaha Ake partnership they have established with NZ Super Fund, aimed at delivering thousands of new homes for New Zealanders.
"This partnership will enable Classic to deliver more home ownership opportunities all over New Zealand," says Matt.
Classic's national Grit campaign carries a "keep going and don't give up" message and, in line with Classic Builders branding, touches on building dreams that create a future. It tracks the stories of three hardworking families/individuals, whose varied scenarios depict the constantly striving nature of Kiwis. All show moments of hard grind culminating in a sense of reward – be it a hard-earned business or project success or… returning to the peace and security of your own home at the end of a grueling day.
Check it the GRIT campaign below:
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Wednesday's bond market has opened in negative territory again following early stock strength. The Dow is currently up 75 points while the Nasdaq has gained 12 points. The bond market is currently down 16/32, but we will still likely see a small improvement in this morning's mortgage rates due to strength late yesterday.
There was no relevant economic data posted this morning, but we will get Federal Reserve's Beige Book report at 2:00 PM ET today. This report, which is named simply after the color of its cover, details economic conditions throughout the U.S. by region. Since the Fed relies heavily on it during their FOMC meetings, its results can have a fairly big impact on the financial markets and mortgage rates if it reveals any surprises, particularly regarding inflation, unemployment or future hiring. However, it is common for this release to have no impact on the markets or mortgage rates if nothing of importance is revealed.
< br />Today is also the first of two Treasury auctions that may influence mortgage rates. 10-year Notes are being sold today and 30-year Bonds tomorrow. Today's sale is the more important of the two as it will give us a better indication for demand of mortgage-related securities. If the sales are met with a strong demand from investors, we should see the bond market move higher during afternoon hours. But a lackluster interest from buyers, particularly international investors, would indicate a waning appetite for longer-term U.S. securities and lead to broader bond selling. The selling in bonds would result in upward revisions to mortgage rates.
Tomorrow has two monthly pieces of data scheduled, with one being much more important to the markets than the other. That would be the Labor Department's Producer Price Index (PPI) at 8:30 AM ET. The PPI is important to the markets and mortgage rates because it measures inflationary pressures at the producer level of the economy. Analysts are expecting to see a 0.8% increase in the overall reading and a 0.2% increase in the more important core data reading that excludes volatile food and energy prices. A larger than expected increase in the core reading could mean higher mortgage rates tomorrow since inflation is the number one nemesis of the bond market. It erodes the value of a bond's future fixed interest payments, making them less attractive to investors. Accordingly, they are sold at a discount to offset the drop in value, which drives their yields higher. And since mortgage rates follow bond yields, this means higher rates for borrowers.
November's Goods and Services Trade Balance is the second report of the day Thursday, but is the week's least important data. It measures the size of the U.S. trade deficit and is expected to show a $41.0 billion deficit. This data usually does not directly affect mortgage rates, but it does influence the value of the U.S. dollar versus other currencies. A stronger dollar makes U.S. securities more attractive to international investors because they are worth more when sold and converted to the investor's domestic currency. But unless we see a significant variance from forecasts, I don't believe this data will lead to a change in mortgage rates tomorrow.


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Eastman Kodak Company ( ) is a multinational US corporation which produces imaging and photographic materials and equipment. Long known for its wide range of photographic film products, Kodak is re-focusing on two major markets: digital photography and digital printing.
Kodak's origins rest with Eastman Dry Plate Company, and the General Aristo Company, founded by inventor George Eastman and businessman Henry A. Strong in Rochester , and Jamestown New York. The General Aristo Company was formed in 1899 in Jamestown New York, with George Eastman as treasurer, and this company purchased the stock of American Aristotype Company. Eventually, the business in Jamestown was moved in its entirety to Rochester, and the plants in Jamestown were razed. The Eastman Dry Plate Company was responsible for the first cameras suitable for nonexpert use. The Kodak company attained its name from the first simple roll film cameras produced by Eastman Dry Plate Company, known as the "Kodak" in its product line. The cameras proved such an enormous success that the word Kodak was incorporated into the company name. George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak on September 4, 1888. The Eastman Kodak Company was founded in 1892. The company is incorporated in New Jersey but has its offices in Rochester, New York .George Eastman, Kodak's founder, coined the advertising slogan, "You press the button, we do the rest."In 1901 the Eastman Kodak Company acquired the stock of General Aristo Company.
Kodak name
The logo from 1987 to 2006.
The letter "K" had been a favorite of Eastman's, he is quoted as saying, "it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter". He and his mother devised the name Kodak with an anagram set. He said that there were three principal concepts he used in creating the name: it should be short, one cannot mispronounce it, and it could not resemble anything or be associated with anything but Kodak. It has also been suggested that "Kodak" originated from the suggestion of David Houston, a fellow photographic inventor who held the patents to several roll film camera concepts that he later sold to Eastman. Houston, who started receiving patents in 1881, was said to have chosen "Nodak" as a nickname of his home state, North Dakota (NoDak). This is contested by other historians, however, who cite that Kodak was trademarked prior to Eastman buying Houston's patents.
Kodak is the largest supplier of photographic films in the world, for the amateur, professional, and motion picture markets - despite heavily reducing its professional still film ranges. Kodak currently derives 70% of its revenue from digital cameras, and Kodak's shift in focus to digital imaging has led to it to announce that the company will no longer manufacture Kodachrome, a film product that, while arguably its most famous, cannot be manufactured with the same processes that Kodak uses for other film products. Only one photo processing lab in the United States, an independent facility named Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas processes Kodachrome, and it has agreed to continue developing rolls until 2010.
The systematic deletion of Kodachrome products from Kodak's product portfolio has caused a great deal of resentment from film users, who used Kodachrome for its perceived unique look, and in many cases would have preferred a period of notice before the film stocks were discontinued. The company has also diversified into various other imaging-related industries (such as medical imaging films now marketed by Carestream Health).On June 22, 2009, Eastman Kodak Co said it will retire Kodachrome color film this year, ending its 74-year run after a dramatic decline in sales.
The back of an old Kodak photo.
Kodak is a leading producer of silver halide (AgX) paper used for printing from film and digital images. Minilabs located in retail stores and larger central photo lab operations (CLOs) use silver halide paper for photo printing. Kodak is also a leading global manufacturer of photo kiosks which produce "prints in minutes" from digital sources; the company has placed some 80,000 Picture Kiosks in retail locations worldwide. In addition, Kodak markets Picture CDs and other photo products such as calendars, photo books and photo enlargements through retail partners such as CVS, Walmart and Target and through its Kodak Gallery online service, formerly known as Ofoto. In 2005 Kodak announced they would stop producing black and white photo paper.
On January 13, 2004, Kodak announced it would stop marketing traditional film cameras (excluding disposable cameras) in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, but will continue to sell film cameras in India, Latin America, Eastern Europe and China. By the end of 2005, Kodak ceased manufacturing cameras that used the Advanced Photo System. Kodak licensed the manufacture of Kodak branded cameras to Vivitar for two years following (2005–2006). In 2007 Kodak did not license any manufacture of any film camera with the Kodak name in this market. These changes reflect Kodak's focus on growth in the digital markets. Kodak continues to produce film for newer and more popular formats, while it has also discontinued the manufacture of film in older and less popular formats. However, Kodak still continues with its production of specialty films.
Kodak first launched the Kodak Smart Picture Frame on the QVC shopping channel in the fourth quarter of 2000, at a time when the majority of consumers didn't know about or understand this new category. Kodak's Smart Frame was designed by Weave Innovations and licensed to Kodak with an exclusive relationship with Weave's StoryBox online photo network. Smart Frame owners connected to the network via an analog telephone connection built into the frame. The frame was configured to default connect at 2 a.m. to download new pictures off the Story Box network. The other option to load images onto the frame was via the CompactFlash port. The retail price was $349 USD. The frame could hold 36 images internally and came with a six-month free subscription to the StoryBox network. At the end of six months, users had the option of disconnecting from the network or paying a subscription fee of $4.95 per month for two automatic connections and two manual connections, or $9.95 per month for four automatic connections and four manual connections. Kodak re-entered the digital photo frame market at CES in 2007 with the introduction of four new EasyShare-branded models that were available in sizes from 8 to , included multiple memory card slots, and some of which included wi-fi capability to connect with the Kodak Gallery—although that gallery functionality has now been compromised due to gallery policy changes (see below).
After losing a patent battle with Polaroid Corporation, Kodak left the instant camera business on January 9, 1986. The Kodak instant camera included models known as the Kodamatic and the Colorburst.
Polaroid was awarded damages in the patent trial in the amount of US $909,457,567.00, a record at the time. (Polaroid Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co., U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, decided October 12, 1990, case no. 76-1634-MA. Published in the U.S. Patent Quarterly as 16 USPQ2d 1481). See also the following cases: Polaroid Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co., 641 F.Supp. 828 [228 USPQ 305] (D. Mass. 1985), stay denied, 833 F.2d 930 [5 USPQ2d 1080] (Fed. Cir.), aff'd, 789 F.2d 1556 [229 USPQ 561] (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 850 (1986).
Kodak had been the exclusive supplier of negatives for Polaroid cameras from 1963 until 1969, when Polaroid chose to manufacture its own instant film.
Kodak digital camera
Kodak became famous for the Kodak DCS DSLR camera series, including the first commercial DSLR Kodak DCS 100 which was Nikon based.
Many of Kodak's earlier compact digital cameras were designed and built by Chinon Industries, a Japanese camera manufacturer. In 2004 Kodak Japan acquired Chinon and many of its engineers and designers joined Kodak Japan. In July 2006 Kodak announced that Flextronics would manufacture and help design its digital cameras.
As part of its move toward higher end products, Kodak announced on September 15, 2006 that the new Leica M8 camera would incorporate Kodak's KAF-10500 image sensor. This was the second recent partnership between Kodak and the German optical manufacturer.
Motion picture and TV production
The Kodak company holds a vital role in the invention and development of the motion picture industry. Many cinema and TV productions are shot on Kodak film stocks. The company helped set the standard of 35 mm film, and introduced the 16 mm film format for amateur use and lower budget productions. The home market-oriented 8 mm and Super 8 formats were also developed by Kodak. Kodak also entered the professional video tape market, briefly in the mid 1980s, under the product portfolio name of Eastman Professional Video Tape Products. In 1990, Kodak launched a Worldwide Student Program working with university faculty throughout the world to help nurture the future generation of film-makers. Kodak formed Educational Advisory Councils in the US, Europe and Asia made up of Deans and Chairs of some of the most prestigious film schools throughout the world to help guide the development of their program.
Kodak owns the visual effects film post-production facilities Cinesite, in Los Angeles and London, and also LaserPacific in Los Angeles. Kodak also owns Pro-Tek Media Preservation Services in Burbank, California. Pro-Tek is the world's premier film storage company.
Kodak provides document imaging solutions. Historically this industry began when George Eastman partnered with banks to image checks in the 1920's. Through the development microfilm technology, Eastman Kodak was able to provide business and government with a solution for long term document storage. Document imaging was one of the first imaging solutions to move to "digital imaging" technology. Kodak manufactured the first digital document scanners for high speed document imaging. Today Kodak has a full line of document scanners providing imaging solutions for banking, finance, insurance, healthcare and other vertical industries. Kodak also provides associated document capture software and business process services. Eastman Kodak acquired the Bowe Bell & Howell scanner division in September 2009.
Aside from technical phone support for their products, Kodak offers onsite service for other devices such as document scanners, optical storage systems, printers, microfilm / microfiche equipment, photo kiosks and photocopiers, for which they dispatch technicians who make repairs in the field.
Consumer inkjet printers and ink cartridges
Kodak entered into consumer inkjet photo printers in a joint venture with manufacturer Lexmark in 1999 with the Kodak Personal Picture Maker.
In February 2007, Kodak re-entered the market with a new product line of All-In-One (AiO) inkjet printers, which employ Kodacolor Technology.
In June 2001, Kodak purchased the photo-developing website Ofoto. It was later re-named the Kodak Gallery. At the website, users can upload their photos into albums, publish them into prints, and create mousepads, calendars, etc. Kodak says the website is the "leading online digital photo developing service".
In January 2009, Kodak posted a $137 million fourth-quarter loss and announced plans to cut up to 4,500 jobs.
On June 22, 2009, Eastman Kodak Co announced that it will retire Kodachrome color film by the end of 2009, ending its 74-year run after a dramatic decline in sales.
Kodak Graphic Communications wins the British Columbia Technology Industry Association Impact Award for Excellence in Product Innovation. The winning product was an advanced manufacturing tool that uses laser imaging to produce color filters for Liquid Crystal Displays (specifically, large LCD televisions) in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way.
In October 2008, Kodak Graphic Communications Canada Co. was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine. Later that month, it was also named one of BC's Top Employers, which was announced by The Vancouver Sun, The Province and the Victoria Times-Colonist.
On June 14, Kodak announced a two to fourfold increase in sensitivity to light (from one to two stops) compared to current sensor designs. This design is a departure from the classic "Bayer filter" by adding panchromatic, or "clear" pixels to the RGB elements on the sensor array. Since these pixels are sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light, they collect a significantly higher proportion of the light striking the sensor. In combination with advanced Kodak software algorithms optimized for these new patterns, photographers benefit from an increase in photographic speed (improving performance in low light), faster shutter speeds (reducing motion blur for moving subjects), and smaller pixels (higher resolutions in a given optical format) while retaining performance. The technology is credited to Kodak scientists John Compton and John Hamilton. Initially targeted for consumer markets such as digital still cameras and camera phones, the technology is expected to be available in early 2008.
Kodak EasyShare V570 Dual Lens Digital Camera: In January 2006, the world's first dual-lens digital still camera was unveiled at the CES. It was also the world's smallest ultra-wide-angle optical zoom digital camera. Using proprietary Kodak Retina Dual Lens technology, the V570 wrapped an ultra-wide angle lens (23 mm) and a second optical zoom lens (39 – 117 mm) into a body less than an inch thick.
Kodak EasyShare V610 Dual Lens Digital Camera: The world's smallest 10× (38–380 mm) optical zoom camera at less than an inch thick.
Kodak EasyShare-One Digital Camera: The world's first Wi-Fi consumer digital camera, and the world's first camera that could e-mail pictures was unveiled at the January 2005 CES
Eastman Kodak Company is removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average index on April 8, 2004; having been listed for the past 74 years.
Kodak EasyShare LS633 Digital Camera: The world's first digital camera to feature a full-color, active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display. The display measured and had a 165° viewing angle. OLED technology was developed by Kodak. The retail price was $399 USD.
Kodak EasyShare Printer Dock 6000: The world's first printer-and-camera dock combination, enabled users to print borderless 4 × 6 in (152 mm) laminated, waterproof, photos directly from the EasyShare digital camera with no computer required in 90 seconds. The printer dock could also charge the camera's battery or be connected to a computer to offer one-touch picture transfer. The printer dock used thermal dye-sub technology (a paper-and-ribbon system) that provided continuous tone color ink that dried instantly. The retail price was $199 USD.
Eastman Chemical, a Kodak subsidiary founded by George Eastman to supply Kodak's chemical needs, is spun-off as a separate corporation. Eastman is now a Fortune 500 company in its own right.
Dr. Ching Tang, a senior research associate, and his colleague, Steven Van Slyke, developed the first multi-layer OLEDs at the Kodak Research Laboratories, for which he later became a Fellow of the Society for Information Display (SID)
OLED displays comprise self-luminous pixels, which are thinner, clearer, and do not require power-consuming backlights as compared to LCD displays.
Kodak scientists invented the world's first megapixel sensor, capable of recording 1.4 million pixels, capable of producing a photo-quality 5×7 inch print.
1921 Vest Pocket folding camera
The Bayer Pattern color filter array (CFA) is invented by Eastman Kodak researcher Bryce Bayer. The order in which dyes are placed on an image sensor photosite, is still in use today. The basic technology is still the most commonly used of its kind to date.
The invention of the digital camera by Steven Sasson, then an electrical engineer at Eastman Kodak.
Eastman Kodak introduces Kodachrome, the first 35mm color film.
Eastman Kodak Company is added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average index on July 18, 1930. The company would remain listed for the next 74 years.
Tennessee Eastman is founded as a wholly-owned subsidiary. The company's primary purpose is the manufacture of chemicals, such as acetyls, needed for Kodak's film photography products.
George Eastman registered Kodak as a trademark and coined the phrase "You Press The Button and We Do The Rest."
George Eastman invented roll film, the basis for the invention of motion picture film, as used by early filmmakers and Thomas Edison.
Henry A. Strong President 1884 – July 26, 1919
George Eastman President 1921 – April 7, 1925
William G. Stuber President 1925 – 1934
Frank W. Lovejoy President 1934 – 1941
Thomas J. Hargrave President 1941 – 1952
Albert K. Chapman President 1952 – 1960
William S. Vaughn President and CEO 1960 – December 31, 1968
Louis K. Eilers President and CEO January 1, 1969 – May 17, 1972
Walter A. Fallon President and CEO May 18, 1972 – 1983
Colby H. Chandler CEO May, 1983 – 1990
Kay R. Whitmore CEO 1990 – October 27, 1993
George M. C. Fisher CEO October 28, 1993 – December 31, 1999
Daniel A. Carp CEO January 1, 2000 – May 31, 2005
Antonio M. Perez CEO June 1, 2005 – present
2009Kodak announced an agreement to acquire the scanner division of BOWE BELL + HOWELL. The scanner division is a supplier of production document scanners to value-added resellers, systems integrators, and end users. Based in the greater Chicago area, the scanner division is a worldwide business with locations in North America, Europe and Asia. BOWE BELL + HOWELL's portfolio of document scanners consists of complementary products in respect to Kodak Business Solutions & Services' document imaging product range
2005Kodak announced agreement to acquire Creo Inc., a Canadian supplier of prepress systems used by commercial printers worldwide. Based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Creo was an important provider of workflow software used by printers to manage efficiently the movement of text, graphics and images from the computer screen to the printing press. Creo's flagship workflow product was Prinergy, which is still distributed and maintained by Kodak. Creo's key strengths were in imaging, software, and digital printing plate technology, with a range of technology solutions aimed at commercial, publication, on demand, packaging, newspaper printers, and creative professionals, in part the result of Creo's acquisition of the graphics arts bisiness from Scitex Corporation in April 2000. Creo product lines included software and hardware for computer-to-plate imaging, systems for digital photography, scanning, and proofing, as well as printing plates and proofing media. Creo also supplied on-press imaging technology, components for digital presses, color servers and high-speed digital printers. Creo had more than 25,000 customers and offices in 30 countries worldwide.
Kodak announced on April 5 that it completed its acquisition of Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) through redemption of Sun Chemical Corporation's 50% interest in the joint venture. KPG is now part of Kodak's graphic communications group. Kodak purchased KPG for $817 million.
2004Kodak announced agreement to acquire two lines of business from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, the world's largest maker of offset printing machines. Kodak purchased Heidelberg's 50% interest in NexPress Solutions L.L.C., a 50/50 joint venture of Kodak and Heidelberg that made digital color printing systems, and the equity of Heidelberg Digital L.L.C., a leading maker of digital black-and-white printing systems. Kodak also announced agreement to acquire NexPress GmbH, Heidelberg's German subsidiary, and certain inventory and assets held by Heidelberg's regional operations, or market centers, as well as offer employment to sales and service employees currently with Heidelberg's market centers. NexPress and Heidelberg Digital were leading suppliers of high-end, on-demand color printing systems and black-and-white variable-data printing systems, respectively. NexPress had installed more than 300 NexPress 2100 digital presses throughout the world, making it a leader in high-end, on-demand color printing. Heidelberg Digital had 4,000 Digimaster black and white systems installed worldwide, serving a variety of customer applications. Combined, the businesses acquired employed approximately 2,000 people. Kodak planned to locate the combined headquarters at Heidelberg Digital's Manitou Road facilities in Rochester.
Kodak announced agreement to acquire the Imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp. based in Santa Clara, California, which developed and manufactured complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor image sensor (CIS) devices. The acquired assets, including intellectual property and equipment, and 50 employees who supported National's Imaging business became part of Kodak's Image Sensor Solutions organization, which designs and manufactures image sensors for professional and industrial imaging markets. Through this acquisition, Kodak added additional resources and technologies (including advanced mixed-signal circuit design) to strengthen their ability to design next generation CIS devices that promise improved image quality with complex on-chip image processing circuitry. This move was intended to accelerate Kodak's longer term goal of providing CIS devices that offer the image quality of CCD sensors while still taking advantage of the power, integration and cost benefits traditionally associated with CMOS technology. Kodak opened a new office for the Image Sensor Solutions organization in Sunnyvale, CA.
2003Kodak announced agreement to acquire Applied Science Fiction Technologies with operations in Austin, Texas (now referred to as Kodak Austin Development Center). Applied Science Fiction, formed in 1995, was the creator of Digital ICE and Digital ICE3 technologies, a leader in automatic photo restoration applications, and the inventor of the digital dry film processing system: Digital PIC. Digital PIC in minutes would develop standard color negative film without chemical mixing or plumbing. The process would simultaneously render a digital image file used to print photographs or write images on a CD. Kodak intended to integrate these technologies into its Photo Kiosks.
Kodak announced agreement to acquire Scitex Digital Printing, the world leader in ultra-high-speed, variable data inkjet printing systems, from Scitex Corporation Ltd. Based in Dayton, Ohio, Scitex Digital Printing was the leading supplier of high-speed, continuous inkjet printing systems, primarily serving the commercial and transactional printing sectors. Scitex Digital Printing's product included the monochrome, spot and full-color VersaMark page printing systems and the Dijit family of narrow-format printers. These systems are used primarily to print utility bills, banking and credit card statements, direct mail marketing materials, as well as invoices, financial statements and other transactional documents. The company employed 733 people. The acquisition of Scitex provided Kodak with additional capabilities in the transactional printing and direct mail sectors, as well as an industry-leading patent portfolio for continuous inkjet printing technology. Scitex Digital Printing had over 9,000 system installations worldwide in a variety of applications ranging from addressing, personalization and variable messaging, to direct mail and bill and statement printing. Kodak renamed the company Kodak Versamark, Inc. and subsequently brought the facility into the Kodak Graphic Communications Group as its Inkjet Printing Solutions area. Scitex Digital Printing had originally been acquired by Scitex from Kodak in June 1993 and was then known as Kodak's Dayton Operations.
Kodak announced agreement to acquire Laser-Pacific Media Corporation, a leading Hollywood-based post-production company. Laser-Pacific operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak, reporting to the company's Entertainment Imaging products and services operation. Founded in 1990, Laser-Pacific is well recognized in the Hollywood entertainment community. A winner of six Emmy awards for outstanding achievement in engineering development, Laser-Pacific provides post-production services for television, home video and motion pictures. These services include high-quality film processing, state-of-the-art film transfer, editing, mastering, digital preview services, and DVD compression and authoring. The acquisition allowed Kodak to establish a major presence in television post-production and further extend the company's current digital services capabilities in the feature film market.
2001Kodak announced the completion of the acquisition of Emeryville, California-based, Ofoto, Inc., a leading online photography service. Ofoto was to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak, and served to complement Kodak's existing infrastructure and Internet photography services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1999, Ofoto had 1.2 million registered members. The company employed 121 people. Kodak indicated that no layoffs were planned at Ofoto. Kodak said they planned to use Ofoto mainly to make prints of the digital images uploaded by consumers or with the help of retail photofinishing partners. With 18 million members, Ofoto announced in 2005 that the service would change its name to Kodak EasyShare Gallery.
Kodak announced it would acquire ENCAD, Inc., a San Diego manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, for approximately $25 million on November 15. The acquisition was finalized January 24, 2002 and ENCAD became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kodak. The acquisition made Kodak one of the top three sellers of wide-format inkjet products in the commercial inkjet market. The transaction was expected to contribute to earnings beginning in 2003. The acquisition leveraged Kodak's core capabilities in inks and media, and opened markets ranging from retail point-of-sale to office decor.
2006Motorola, Inc. and Kodak announced a 10-year global product, cross licensing and marketing alliance intended to fulfill the promise of mobile imaging for the benefit of consumers. By incorporating Kodak's image science and system integration expertise with Motorola's mobile device design, the two companies goal is to greatly improve the ease-of-use and image capture experience of camera phones. The collaboration covers licensing, sourcing, software integration, marketing, and extends to co-development of image-rich devices with joint engineering teams. For example, Kodak expects to supply its CMOS sensors to Motorola for use in its camera phones, as well as in any future devices the companies co-develop. Additionally, the cooperation to seamlessly integrate millions of Motorola mobile devices with Kodak home printers, retail kiosks, and the Kodak EasyShare Gallery will provide a solution to consumers who want a quick and easy way to get their images out of the phone for sharing. Under the alliance, Motorola and Kodak plan to initially expand access to and awareness of mobile-imaging services – including retail programs, online services and customized operator-led initiatives that deliver a seamless, easy experience for consumers. Later plans are to launch handsets and co-created mobile devices with integrated software to enable consumers to access and manage their mobile images seamlessly and conveniently. This cross-licensing agreement between Kodak and Motorola delivers royalty revenues to Kodak.
Kodak announced a partnership with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. for a line of custom, personalized photo products. The products are intended to blend Martha Stewart's "how-to" style with Kodak's photo quality expertise, combining online photography with offline products. The photo products include individualized Photo Books, stationery, stickers, and cards, customized for holidays, weddings, and thank-you notes. The products were available by the end of the year and found on www.kodakgallery.com and www.marthastewart.com.
There was also partnerships with Kodak Fc in Harrow, where in the season of 03/04 a bright left footed striker by the name of Jack Dennehy ermerged from the ranks scoring 73 goals in the one season before the tragic event that lead to his football career being trashed, when he broke his leg in 6 places in a tragic skiing incident in the Torino Olympic Trials.
Kodak Canada, Ryerson University
Ryerson University located in Toronto has recently acquired two significant collections. Kodak Canada has recently donated its entire historic company archives to Ryerson University . The Library will also soon acquire an extensive collection of materials on the history of photography from the private collection of Nicholas M. & Marilyn A. Graver of Rochester , New York . The Kodak Archives, which begin in 1909, contain historic photos, files, trade circulars, Kodak magazines, price lists, daily record books, cameras, equipment and other ephemera.
2007Kodak announced a cross licensing agreement May 25 with Chi Mei Optoelectronics and Chi Mei EL (CMEL) of Taiwan. CMEL plans to incorporate Kodak's active matrix OLED display technology in small panel, mobile displays. The license, which is royalty bearing to Kodak, enables CMEL to use Kodak technology (intellectual property, manufacturing know-how, and materials) for active matrix OLED modules in a variety of small to medium size display applications such as mobile phones, digital cameras and portable media players. The agreement also enables CMEL to purchase Kodak's patented OLED materials for use in manufacturing displays. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
On September 4, Kodak announced a five-year extension of its partnership with Lexar Media.
2006Kodak announced an agreement August 1 in which Flextronics International Ltd. would manufacture and distribute Kodak consumer digital cameras and manage certain camera design and development functions. Flextronics would also manage the operations and logistics services for Kodak's digital still cameras. Kodak continues to develop the high-level system design, product look and feel and user experience, and conducts advanced research and development for its digital still cameras.
Under the agreement, Kodak divested its entire digital camera manufacturing operations to Flextronics; assembly, production, and testing. Flextronics thus acquired a significant portion of the Kodak Digital Product Center, Japan, Ltd. ("KDPC") in Chino and Yokohama, Japan, (camera design functions and employees) and Kodak Electronics Products, Shanghai Co. Ltd. ("KEPS") in China (camera manufacturing, assembly, warehousing, and employees). Approximately 550 Kodak personnel were transferred to Flextronics facilities.
The agreement served to drive profitability, efficiency, and streamline digital camera operations by bringing "camera products to market more quickly, with greater predictability, flexibility, and cost efficiency while maintaining the innovative ease-of-use for which the Kodak brand is renowned." He added that the new strategy would enable Kodak to sustain innovation be focusing on advanced development and other areas to achieve the greatest competitive differentiation and advantage.
Kodak would retain all intellectual property and patents as part of the transaction as well as Kodak trademarks, Kodak trade names, Kodak customers, customer information and customer relationships, Kodak feature specifications, Kodak digital camera designs and Kodak digital camera technologies.
Greg Westbrook, President of Flextronics' Consumer Digital market segment, was formerly General Manager of digital capture at Kodak.
2004Kodak signed an exclusive long-term agreement with Lexar Media Inc. of Fremont, California to help market digital memory cards by putting its brand name on cards designed, manufactured and sold/distributed by Lexar such as Compact Flash and Secure Digital cards. The agreement was to give Kodak a broader role in a rapidly growing market. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, however a source of revenue would be provided to Kodak. The agreement would also help Lexar to crack new channels of distribution worldwide. At the time, Lexar products were sold in about 48,000 retail outlets, whereas Kodak was doing business with a half-million storefronts in roughly 70 nations.
Environmental record
Kodak has been widely criticized by environmentalists and researchers as one of the worst corporate polluters in the United States. According to scorecard.org, a web site that collects information on corporate pollution, Kodak is New York State's number one polluter, releasing 4,433,749 pounds of chemicals into the air and water supply.
The Political Economy Research Institute of the University of Massachusetts, author of the Toxic 100, ranked Kodak the fifth largest polluter in the United States in 2002. In 2004, the Citizens' Environmental Coalition's (CEC) of New York awarded Kodak one of its "Dirty Dozen" awards to highlight its consistently high rates of pollution.
However, in 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected Kodak to receive the EnergyStar Sustained Excellence Award for "outstanding and continued leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through superior energy management."
As an example of the company's environmental stewardship efforts, Kodak has hosted a pair of Peregrine falcons since 1998. An endangered species in New York State, Peregrines were de-listed from the federal Endangered Species list in 1999, but are still considered threatened. The female falcon, Mariah, and her mates Cabot-Sirocco (1998–2001) and Kaver (2002-present) have raised 35 young from a man-made nest box placed at the top of the company's world headquarters building in Rochester, New York. From 1998–2006 the Kodak Birdcam website transmitted images from the nest box. In 2007 Kodak ceded primary responsibility for hosting the website to the Genesee Valley Audubon Society under the new name Rochester Falconcam.
Kodak details its annual progress in Global Sustainability, as well as Health, Safety, and Environment, in a Global Sustainability report.
Kodak announced, on January 10, 2007, an agreement to sell its Health Group Onex Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Toronto-based Onex Corporation for $2.55 billion. The sale was completed May 1. Kodak received $2.35 billion in cash, and would receive up to $200 million in additional future payments if Onex achieved certain returns with the Health Group investment. Kodak used the proceeds to fully repay its approximately $1.15 billion of secured term debt, and is studying options for the remaining cash as it sharpens strategic focus on consumer and professional imaging and the graphic communications industry. About 8,100 Kodak Health Group employees transferred to the Onex-acquired business, continuing under the name Carestream Health, Inc. Included in the sale are manufacturing operations focused on the production of health imaging products, as well as an office building in Rochester, N.Y. Kodak's Health Group had revenue of $2.54 billion for the latest 12 reported months (through September 30, 2006). It was a worldwide leader in information technology, molecular imaging systems, medical and dental imaging; including digital x-ray capture, medical printers, and x-ray film. Onex Corporation is a diversified company and one of Canada's largest corporations, with global operations in health care, service, manufacturing and technology industries. The health care operations include emergency care facilities and diagnostic imaging clinics. Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as financial advisor to Kodak on the sale of its Health Group and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provided legal counsel. Lazard Freres & Co. provided a fairness opinion in relation to the transaction.
On April 19, 2007, Kodak announced it had reached a deal to sell its Light Management Film group (a portion of its display business) to Rohm and Haas Co., based in Philadelphia. Light management film is used as layers on flat panel TVs and displays to improve effectiveness and control brightness. The group comprised 125 workers worldwide, with about 100 located in Rochester. Rohm and Haas would license technology and purchase equipment from Kodak, and lease Building 318 at Kodak Park. The sale price was not disclosed.
Kodak's chemical subsidiary, Tennessee Eastman, was spun-off as a separate corporation, Eastman Chemical. Tennessee Eastman had been founded in 1920 by George Eastman to provide Kodak with the chemicals needed for its film-based photography business. Since the spin-off, Eastman Chemical has diversified its product portfolio, and is now a Fortune 500 corporation in its own right.
Better Business Bureau expulsion proceedings
On 26 March 2007, the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) announced that Eastman Kodak had advised it that the company was resigning its national membership in the wake of expulsion proceedings initiated by the CBBB Board of Directors.In 2006, Kodak had notified the BBB of Upstate New York that it would no longer accept or respond to consumer complaints submitted by them. In prior years, Kodak had responded by offering consumers an adjustment or an explanation of the company's position. The BBB file contains consumer complaints of problems with repairs of Kodak digital cameras, as well as difficulty communicating with Kodak customer service. Among other complaints, consumers say that their cameras broke and they were charged for repairs when the failure was not the result of any damage or abuse. Some say their cameras failed again after being repaired.
Kodak said its customer service and customer privacy teams concluded that 99 percent of all complaints forwarded by the BBB already had been handled directly with the customer. Brian O'Connor, Kodak chief privacy officer, said the company was surprised by the news release distributed by the Better Business Bureau:
In an effort to reduce costs, Kodak accompanied its shift toward digital products with a series of layoffs and facility closures, cutting 12,000–15,000 jobs around the world since 2000, a 20–25 percent reduction in its workforce.
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Joel will take you through Northern Thailand as he embraces dangerous animals, learns to live off the land, and meets successful Deaf business owners. Visit the Tiger Kingdom and see the playful side of tigers, and bathe with enormous Elephants in the Golden Triangle as Joel puts his life at the mercy of these animals. No Barriers also shows Deaf Thai people who have broken down barriers to own their own businesses including a large bottled water factory owned by a Deaf man, and a farmer that grows corn and raises boar. See Long Necked natives, and enter a day in the life of the Akha Tribe and see how they live off the land. Joel wraps up his trip with the Hill Tribe Chiang Mai Children's Shelter Foundation and where he takes deaf children shopping with money raised through the DeafNation Foundation. All this and more in the latest action-packed video of No Barriers!
Awesome!! I love that part of bathing with elephants!!!
Thank you for sharing video of Northern Thailand. It was so amazed that lots of deaf people live there. I would love to visit there!
I'm a big fan of your all videos. I really enjoyed watching this video and see how wonderful those deaf people can do as same as hearing people do. Keep up good work!
By the way, I do remember you since you were my classmate in television production class at Gally.
Love this video! Oh those beautiful tigers…I wanna pet them badly! Hats off to those deaf business owners. I laughed at the way you did with the elephant and it made my day!!
My priority visit a Tiger Kingdom place Chiang Mai, Thailand for my next vacation. Glad, you share your experience with us to help us network to visit those Deaf people.
We are very fortunately to have you to establish the DeafNation for the Deaf Community.
Love this video. Love to have Tiger Kingldom. Thanks for information. You did great job and those peope are happy. Someday we hope to visit Thailand some day. Enjoy this video.
Wonderful to see this most Natural Adventure. I love it. Thank you for sharing us.
I love your videos and so appreciative of seeing and learning about the deaf world in Thailand. I am profoundly deaf and an advocate for asian elephants. I was rather dismayed to see clear signs of abuse at Anantara Golden Triangle in your video. Next time, if you do go back, visit an elephant camp that's far kinder to captive working elephants such as Elephant Nature Park or Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary.
Y'all DEAFNATION STAFFS the awesome for wonderful donation for deaf shelter! they'll not forget you guys! 🙂 yet videos so amazing experience!!!
I was so awe about how you did to the kids! I wish that I coud see the hotel in the opium city as you stated, if you got the video it will be awesome, if not no worry I will be able to reserach it. Keep on the work and your show is bit better than Globetrekkers or Rick Steves because you showed more contact with deaf and thier culture!


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Difference between a Spider and an Insect, "Little Miss Muffet Learns About Spiders
Little Miss Muffet Learns the difference between a spider and an insect. Your student will too!
Using the familiar Mother Goose rhyme, students will read and discover important scientific facts about how insects are different from spiders. They will be on their way to becoming an entomologist and an arachnologist. This printable guided reading book and PowerPoint Show will help students learn to read too. They will be able to recite a fun rhyming text while tracking each word.
This resource includes a printable guided reading book and a PowerPoint Show to use on a computer screen, TV, or interactive whiteboard. The book includes beautiful full-color illustrations by award-winning author and illustrator, Dawn Stephens.
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Little Miss Muffet learns the difference between an insect and a spider
Little Miss Muffet sits on the tuffet to see if the spider returns. She has studied books and observed her surroundings and therefore knows specific details about spiders and insects. Consequently, this new knowledge helps her overcome her fear of spiders and she is anxious to share it with the spider in the story.
Students will read and discover important scientific facts about the difference between a spider and an insect in this printable guided reading book and PowerPoint ebook that uses the familiar Mother Goose rhyme of Little Miss Muffet. Children will be on their way to becoming an entomologist and an arachnologist through this memorable book. Moreover, this creative resource will help students learn to read. They will be able to recite a fun rhyming text while tracking each word.
The resource includes a printable 20 page guided reading book and a PowerPoint Show of the book. In addition, the text is easy for young readers to recite, track, and read. Additionally, the book includes full-color illustrations by award-winning author and illustrator, Dawn Stephens that also visually explain the differences between a spider and an insect's body parts, legs, and eyes.
You can download this creative teacher resource and print an individual book for each student. Further, the PowerPoint Show can be projected on a large screen and allow the students to read the story as a group. Certainly, this resource will allow you to teach reading and science at the same time.
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The National Lottery Community Fund: Awards for All England (Covid-19)
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This programme now focuses on funding voluntary and community organisations with projects helping communities through the COVID-19 pandemic (to be reviewed in July 2020)
Given the emergency, the National Lottery are looking to award funding of £300 – £10,000 to cover six months of expenditure and to fund activities supporting people affected by the crisis.
The National Lottery are looking to fund Covid-19 projects and will prioritise:
organisations supporting people who are at high risk from COVID-19;
organisation supporting people most likely to face increased demand and challenges as a result of the COVID-19 crisis; and
organisations which connect communities and support communities to work together to respond to COVID-19.
Projects should involve your community in the design, development and delivery of the activities you're planning.
The National Lottery can fund:
equipment;
one-off events;
small land or building projects (but make sure you own the land or building, have a lease that can't be ended for five years, have a letter from the owner saying the land or building will be leased to you for at least five years, or an official letter from the owner or landlord that says you're allowed to do work on the building) – you should also think about getting planning permission for the work too;
staff costs;
training costs;
transport;
utilities/running costs; and/or
volunteer expenses.
Applicants are encouraged to think about any organisational costs needed to help them and their community through the current crisis.
Applicants must be one of the following:
a voluntary or community organisation;
a registered charity;
a constituted group or club;
a not-for-profit company or Community Interest Company;
a school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school); or
a statutory body (including town, parish and community council).
The National Lottery are keen to fund smaller organisations too.
Deadline: Continuous rolling programme. The National Lottery ask organisations who are not looking for COVID-19 related funding to not to submit an application at this time.
Applicants can have one National Lottery Awards for All grant in each country in the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland), and one COVID-19 related National Lottery Awards for All grant in each country too (within a 12 month period)
For more information and how to apply please click here
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Q: Distributed BiPartite Graph I have a use case where I have a Bi-Partite Graph. Call one type of nodes "Type A" and the other "Type B." Now when a Type A node gets added, it forms some edges based on a criterion with Type B nodes (usually how many existing edges does the Type B node have?). Type A nodes are being added consistently (say with every HTTP request). The criteria used is very simplistic since the latency of the HTTP request cannot be large.
After some time interval X, a process runs in the background that takes a snapshot of the Graph and "reshuffles" the edges based on a more optimal criteria, which takes much longer to run. Now after it is done reshuffling it needs to update the processes that are serving HTTP requests to the new state of the graph.
Now this happens in a distributed environment. Several boxes are serving HTTP requests.

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*How can I store the distributed graph?

One option is to store the edges and nodes in Redis. Then when a request comes in with a Type A node you first fetch all the Type B nodes (won't be too many), form all the edges and save the edges in the Redis again. Problem is that the constraint is the number of edges Type B nodes can have. So if a Type B node had 4 edges and the limit is 5 and two concurrent requests try to add an edge one has to fail. The only way I can see doing this is either
(1) Grabbing locks in Redis or
(2) Sharding the graph so that a subset of Type B nodes are always fetched by one box (which is suboptimal).

*How do I update the distributed graph after the optimal cycle?

The optimal cycle takes a snapshot of the Graph and optimizes the edges (reshuffles them). Now this make take some time. So during that time the HTTP requests are also adding nodes to their snapshot in Redis. What's the best way to "merge" these two graphs.
One option is after the optimal cycle runs, it
(1) sets a flag to say temporarily stop adding new nodes in HTTP requests (the requests will most likely block or send Async Message to the caller later via Kafka/RabbitMQ)
(2) adds any new nodes that were added while it was running (if it took 30 seconds to run and there was a new node added every second, then it needs to account for 30 more nodes that weren't in its snapshot).
(3) Replaces the Graph edges in Redis.
(4) Unsets the flag to start processing HTTP requests again.
However, this process causes the latency of HTTP requests to become too high when the are blocked from processing, which is not good.

A: Don't grab locks. Your graph must always be available, for reading and for updates.
To perform your offline reshuffling (30-seconds) you will need a way of instantly splitting the graph into two copies. That is, a web GET arrives, then you split, then a 2nd GET arrives and it won't notice an unusual delay. A typical technique to accomplish this is COW, copy-on-write.
Now you have two graphs that will diverge, one being mutated by online web requests and one being reshuffled. Web requests are additionally being logged on the side.
Once reshuffling completes, replay all logged web requests against the reshuffled graph. More requests will arrive during this, so keep at it until the queue is drained.
At this point you can safely delete the online graph, and switch the offline reshuffled graph into use for online requests.
As far as a limit of K edges per node goes, just relax it to K + 3 or 2K or something during reshuffling, and prune edges beyond K as a final step before pressing the graph into online service.