Century Business Solutions Certified by Acumatica, EBizCharge is a payment application designed to make the processing of electronic payments more efficient and cost-effective. EBizCharge is PCI compliant and utilizes the latest data tokenization technology to provide the highest level of security. Additionally, the integration has been specifically developed to eliminate unnecessary double data entry and reduce human errors by automatically posting received payments to account receivable and general ledgers.
It's not just document management. It's behind-the-scene empowerment. No matter its source. No matter where it's going. No matter what you need or want it to do. UnForm will find, enhance and deliver your information with speed and precision.
B2BGateway's Acumatica solution is 100% built and maintained by B2BGateway developers. B2BGateway's solution is integrated directly into the Acumatica users dashboard, allowing for hassle free, reliable and seamless exchange of any business documents such as purchase orders, invoices, inventory updates, advanced shipping notices via any communication method (FTP, AS2, HTTP, API) and any file type (X12, EDIFACT, CSV, etc). B2BGateway's EDI solutions for Acumatica are simple to use, competitively priced, highly effective and can increase profitability by reducing the costs associated with manual data entry errors.
JAAS Advanced Manufacturing Software (JAMS) offers specialized software for manufacturing companies, specifically for the discrete manufacturing industry. JAMS is built utilizing the Acumatica Cloud xRP platform and takes complete advantage of the platform. Integrating seamlessly with Acumatica's Financial Management, Distribution Management, Customer Management, and Project Accounting Suites; JAMS provides real-time coordination of all your business activities from one central location.
JAAS Systems has also created two additional modules that can be utilized in conjunction with JAMS – Estimating and Product Configurator. The Estimating solution creates estimates for new or existing items that can be converted into bills of material, production orders, and/or another estimate. All aspects of estimating are taken into account, including materials, overhead, labor, and other miscellaneous costs. The Product Configurator is a muti-level, dimensional, rules-based system with non-hierarchical feature selections and configuration evaluation. The Product Configurator from JAAS Systems allows the user to configure a product's features, options, and dimensions to maximize the quote-to-order process.
The Kensium Magento Connector is a key feature of Acumatica Commerce Edition. It combines the power of Acumatica Cloud ERP with the world's leading eCommerce platform, Magento. This extension tightly integrates the two platforms through two-way data synchronization, eliminating redundant information and the need for duplicate entries.
The Magento Connector transforms Acumatica into a single business management platform from which merchants can manage all eCommerce activities, including those related to inventory, fulfillment, orders, sales, and financials. It provides automation and synchronization that allow Magento businesses to maximize operational efficiency and boost profits.
An essential component included in Acumatica Commerce Edition, Kensium Product Configurator enables you to configure, bundle, and group products. It also gives you the option to offer downloadable and virtual products through Acumatica. These products are available on your sales and purchase order screens, allowing sales personnel to easily create orders.
Product Configurator enables you to manage the following types of products.
Fusion Retail Management System (FusionRMS) is a suite of applications extending the reach of Acumatica to the small and medium-size retail and wholesale distribution markets. Seamlessly integrated, these applications simplify end-user experience and extend the reach of Acumatica without affecting core functionality.
Spitfire Project Management System combines the collaborative strength of web-based project management with deep integration with Acumatica Cloud ERP for project cost accounting and financial management. Spitfire's browser-based project management has Owners/Developers, Project Managers, Consultants, Engineers, General Contractors and Subcontractors collaborating with ease and efficiency in the new mobile world – Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Device.
For most businesses, the accounts payable process can be a nightmare. Automating this process saves you time, money and effort. With AvidXchange, you can slash the time you spend on invoice approvals and payments by 60% or more – and significantly reduce your operating costs too. Plus, this cloud-based, fully integrated AP and Payment Automation solution for Acumatica users eliminates your need for manual data entry and all the headaches that come along with it.
Uplevl offers Acumatica customers a variety of ways to digitize their AP-related documents and the processes surrounding them. Acumatica users and their vendors can upload, scan, email or fax in their invoices or other documents to Uplevl. Uplevl automatically indexes all the content on each page and pulls key information into data fields, minimizing manual data entry, and making it easy to find documents later. Once an invoice has gone through the appropriate approval process, it is sent to Acumatica via our API integration for the remainder of the payment process.
A link is automatically added to the AP bill in Acumatica, making it simple for Acumatica users to view the invoice when working in Acumatica. A history of every action taken on a document is automatically logged, creating an audit trail that is readily accessible. Uplevl also extends beyond AP to provide businesses a solution for all of their document management and processing –including contract management, human resource management, technical documentation, and collaborative writing.
InfinityHR is a secure web-based HR Management System that provides comprehensive HR and payroll functionality to a diverse client base. The system architecture consists of three portals (enterprise, administrative, employee) that allow for tailored module offerings to clients with varying requirements.
The highly configurable employee self-service portal serves as the central hub for all relevant HR data and activity while also streamlining interactions between employees, managers, and administrators.
InfinityHR has various established integrations with third-party vendors and outside technology platforms and boasts a robust reporting suite that includes ACA compliance, 200+ standard reports, a customer report writer, and electronic delivery of benefit data to carriers.
EazyStock is an Acumatica certified application that brings true inventory control to companies carrying stock. EazyStock helps wholesalers, manufacturers, and distributors become more competitive by automating and optimizing their inventory management processes.
The cloud solution is easy to implement and customers are quickly achieving inventory cost savings of 25-50% whilst also improving product availability and fill-rates. EazyStock is developed by Syncron, a leading provider of inventory management solutions, trusted by leading global brands in 100+ countries around the world.
NonProfitPlus enhances the cloud ERP experience for nonprofits, providing the unique functionality required to run a successful not-for-profit organization. NonProfitPlus empowers organizations through effective financial management, offering a suite of modules that is tightly integrated with Acumatica Financial Suite, Time and Expense, Fixed Assets, and the Distribution Suite.
The Acumatica Nonprofit Accounting Suite enables your organization to demonstrate accountability and stewardship, maintain funding sources, and engage leadership by analyzing your true financial picture.
Implementing Commercient SYNC creates a simple data integration pathway between Acumatica and Salesforce. Our SYNC solution also enables you to prevent the duplication of data, handle custom objects in Salesforce, and take advantage of the premier support offered by our qualified specialists. Our goal is to provide a smooth data integration service that results in simplified business processes for you and your sales reps. Commercient SYNC for Acumatica ERP and Salesforce CRM is designed to make the most of what these two systems have to offer. We believe that when all of your data is in one easy to access place, it's possible to accomplish almost any business goal, big or small.
Edisoft Merchant Cloud Services is an out-of-the-box, SaaS supply chain platform for manufacturers and distributors, available on any mobile device, anywhere in the world. The modular software platform supports flexible communication options for EDI, and seamlessly integrates with Acumatica's web services API to automate EDI order posting, shipping, and invoicing processes. It also simplifies warehouse operations by eliminating a range of pick and pack tasks, and includes support for global transport carriers. Acumatica manufacturers and distributors can take advantage of Edisoft's platform to achieve a declining average EDI cost curve and a declining operational cost curve as order volumes and number of customers increase.
StarShip by V-Technologies is a multi-carrier shipping software that provides small package and LTL processing to automate shipping labels, email notifications, EDI transactions, and more. Eliminate the manual workflows of cutting and pasting shipping and commodity information to websites or stand-alone systems and ultimately save time creating shipping labels and related documents such as packing slips, commercial invoices, and bills of lading. StarShip benefits extend past the warehouse with custom shipment notifications and labels that build your brand and encourage repeat business, automated freight calculation for faster invoicing, and a dashboard that gives everyone in the office access to shipment details, metrics, and reports.
RIC Group supply chain suite for Acumatica is the only choice for a growing small to mid-sized business, which includes warehouse management solutions, transportation solutions and EDI (electronic data interchange). Our solutions are feature rich and allow flexibility and scalability without modifications.
The RIC Groups warehouse management system fully integrates to Acumatica. With the combination of Acumatica and The RIC Groups WMS, users will dramatically improve accuracy, process orders faster and improve customer satisfaction.
AcuCharge guarantees the lowest merchant credit card processing rates through Level 3 credit card processing, which is obtained by transmitting detailed transaction data to banks. The plug-in, the only Level 3 Interchange solution for Acumatica, can be used with multiple payment gateways and card types. Kensium Solutions, a former Acumatica Innovation Partner of the Year, co-developed AcuCharge and delivers responsive, effective support services for the solution.
PrintShop manages all of your print and embroidery jobs for the promotional products and apparel industries. With PrintShop, we can process your print jobs from quotation to print production, handle all daily inventory management, shipping, and job setup screens/data. PrintShop is integrated with your CRM, Accounts Payable and Receivable all across the job.
PrintShop links your core business processes – from sales and marketing, artwork and design management, inventory and purchases, fulfillment and shipping, ecommerce order management and finance.
Smartsheet is a modern SaaS visual project scheduling tool for tasks and resources that's integrated with Acumatica Project Accounting to make any project professional's job easier. Field supervisors and project managers can use Smartsheet to reschedule tasks and resources quickly and easily. Schedule changes are sent back to Acumatica to update Project Accounting. Users who perform back-office business processes such as project costing, purchasing, and expense processing can do so in Acumatica.
Manage and sign documents easily and rapidly with Adobe Sign for Acumatica. Adobe Sign for Acumatica makes it easy for Acumatica users to prepare, manage and send documents for signing. With this integration in Acumatica, users can now take advantage of the Adobe Sign capability from within Acumatica Cloud ERP. Whether working on a sales order, bill or contract, users can now send these documents for signing quickly and easily, straight from Acumatica.
Contract Management (part of the Advanced Revenue Suite) from MaxQ gives you the flexibility and control you need to effectively manage contract life cycles with one single point of data entry. Streamlined contract management features enable quick and easy setup of customer billing cycles, revenue recognition cycles, and renewal processes.
Amazon Order and Inventory Sync Management Software with Multi-Channel Fulfillment: Omni Channel Hub is a product that is designed for multi-channel retailers who are dissatisfied with their current supply chain management software. Omni Channel Hub is a specialized retail platform that lets your business access a range of marketing channels like Amazon and eBay and helps maintain, analyze, and optimize operations across each of those marketplaces.
InvoiceAction will automate most of the mundane and tedious tasks involved in posting supplier invoices. InvoiceAction will capture invoices as they are received through email or fax or when they are scanned and automatically sort, separate and process them into Acumatica. InvoiceAction eliminates manual data entry, automates validation against Vendor Master File, Purchase Order and Receipt tables, allows for automated GL coding, electronic approvals and automatic posting to Acumatica.
BigCommerce Connector delivers seamless integration between e-commerce stores and Acumatica. Those that implement it into their business strategy enjoy synchronization between the two platforms, meaning the information you input into one platform will be updated in the other. Use of BigCommerce Connector allows businesses to take and carry out orders, manage inventory, set prices, and process inbound logistics all in Acumatica, creating an omnichannel approach. The benefits of BigCommerce Connector lead to greater profits and increased conversion rates for e-commerce businesses.
CADTalk for Acumatica is a CAD integration tool that eliminates the manual transfer of data from CAD software into Acumatica. This eliminates redundancy, cuts lead to production, and reduces BOM errors. CADTalk will allow for the creation of new items and full BOM information if not already existing in Acumatica, or allow users to update, revise, or manipulate existing information. Very often companies can implement the basics and get a big benefit within hours!
What makes CADTalk a Unique CAD Integration is our deep understanding of ERP and its implementation, as well as the challenges of engineer-to-order companies. We have forged great partnerships with all of the major CAD/PDM vendors as well as the ERP vendors that are known for innovation. Our goal is to provide the very best CAD integration experience on the planet. To do that, we provide deep and robust integrations that can be configured for the customer's needs instead of custom software that is hard to maintain and costly for the customer.
CirrusPrint is designed to manage and streamline printing and document delivery across networks. It solves cloud migration problems related to printing, improving performance, simplifying configuration and maintenance, and securing documents as they are sent across the Internet. It also provides the most direct and immediate method to deliver documents to your users.
CirrusPrint runs on Windows and Linux, in the cloud or your own data center. It accepts print jobs and other documents, parses and compresses them, and delivers them to remote printers, file systems or users. Integration with applications is simple and flexible: print to it like any network printer, email files to it, drop files into it, send PDF files from your browser, or use the REST API.
Print jobs sent through CirrusPrint arrive quickly and securely at remote printers, as precise duplicates of the original print job. Documents can also be sent directly to users, bypassing the clutter and overhead of email. Files dropped on the server can land at remote locations automatically. You can email PDFs files to your printers. Each of these delivery mechanisms takes advantage of CirrusPrint's patented compression and easy configuration and management. Acumatica users can send PDF files directly from their browser to any configured device, or set up scheduled reports and templates to email printers or file systems, enabling unattended printing and document distribution tasks.
IIG's Acuboost "Container Tracking" powered by Acumatica allows companies to view inventory in transit by allowing users to create container information tracking transactions. Items in transit can be easily loaded from existing purchase orders into container transactions created by selecting an entire purchase orders, specific lines of a purchase order, or partial quantity of a purchase order line.
Users are able to track the container status using user defined container status codes such as; on the water, customs, in land transit, foreign dock. In addition, this enhancement allows for tracking of the expected and actual departure & arrival dates, payment due date as well as custom & duty information.
The landed costs info is entered at the container level and are allocated to each item in the container. Landed Costs are loaded into created Receipts of Goods transactions for the container.
DealerSoft is a new generation of dealership software and back-office business systems designed to take your dealership into the Internet age. DealerSoft runs inside of Acumatica ERP and is natively built as an embedded Acumatica module. With DealerSoft, you receive an advanced suite of software that connects customers, equipment suppliers, and your dealership operations.
Powerful. Reporting. Simplified. At DexSplicity, we share our belief in getting quality information into the hands of those who need it by providing a reporting tool that is EASY to use and can access ANY data. DexSplicity is an Excel Add-in that combines drag and drop report design with one-click data refresh in reports that can include any formula, format or graph available with Excel features.
Webiplex DocuPeak: Automatic, intelligent, document capture and automation apps letting you focus on what really matters. Robotic Process Apps built on the DocuPeak cloud platform streamline operations "before and including data entry", from automated data extraction and data entry, to approval workflows and document lifecycle management and even entirely electronic form applications. DocuPeak apps, whether out-of-the-box or custom, are tailored to your unique business requirements, using your unique terminology and processes, and leveraging your unique ERP customizations.
Manage and sign documents easily and rapidly with DocuSign for Acumatica. DocuSign for Acumatica Cloud ERP makes it easy for Acumatica users to prepare, manage and send documents for signing. With this integration to Acumatica, users can now take advantage of the DocuSign capability from within Acumatica ERP. Whether working on a sales order, bill or contract, users can now send these documents for signing within Acumatica Cloud ERP.
Ebay Inventory and Order Management Software – Sync Products to Marketplaces: Omni Channel Hub is a product that is designed for multi-channel retailers who are dissatisfied with their current supply chain management software. Omni Channel Hub is a specialized retail platform that lets your business access a range of marketing channels like Amazon and eBay and helps maintain, analyze, and optimize operations across each of those marketplaces.
Import, manage, and ship your orders with ShipStation, the #1 choice of online sellers. With ShipStation, ecommerce shipping is easy – you'll be up and running in minutes – no installation or insanity involved. Our shipping solutions seamlessly integrate with all major shipping carriers, shopping carts, ecommerce marketplaces and more. Connect your selling channels to import your orders and create and batch print shipping labels with a few clicks.
SPS Commerce is proud to roll out our Acumatica integrated EDI solution powered by MAPADOC. This Fulfillment (EDI) solution provides streamlined communication and efficiency across your trading partner network. To meet your needs, SPS offers solutions to satisfy all EDI requirements and integrate seamlessly with your Acumatica ERP.
DynaRent is a new generation of equipment rental software built for the Internet. It integrates rental, sales, service, asset management, job costing and accounting into a single system. DynaRent features are simple yet built to handle the complex situations that arise during a rental transaction: orders that start with a quote and later become a contract, returns coming back broken or missing, billing being either repetitive or one-time, warehouse parts sold along with your rental equipment, billing rates being dynamically altered when the rental period extends (such as daily rate going to monthly).
Are you copying and pasting your data into Excel? Discover the BizNet Excel Suite, the most innovative and intuitive reporting solution on the market pre-built for Acumatica. It creates a user-friendly, drag and drop environment with real time access to the most accurate and current data. Built upon fundamental business disciplines and controls, BizNet solutions reduce the time spent updating spreadsheets and make it easy for Microsoft Excel users to connect, analyze, and share real time information.
An EDI solution for Acumatica that is fully embedded by design. The eZCom EDI Connector for Acumatica delivers absolutely seamless communication with trading partners while maintaining all the customization, mobile, and automation features of Acumatica that you rely on. With the EDI Connector, an extension of Lingo, eZCom's award-winning EDI application, Acumatica users have automatic, 100% transparent exchange of electronic documents such as sales orders, invoices, advanced ship notices (ASNs), inventory updates, purchase orders, and more. Essentially, they'll be able to create, review, and process trading partner-compliant EDI documents just as if they were standard Acumatica objects.
Costly chargebacks due to mistakes, time consuming manual and duplicate data entry, compliance concerns, retailer-specific validation checks, drop ship errors, and label printing problems can all be eliminated. In addition to comprehensive EDI functionality, Acumatica customers will save time, increasing trade volume and respond quickly to retailer and marketplace requirements. EDI that is Acumatica!
Nuvola connects Concur's expense data within Acumatica's Cloud ERP to share data and automate processes. Nuvola's Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS) solution clearly maps business logic from Concur to Acumatica and removes guesswork to give a complete picture of your data workflows. Workflows can be easily modified to fit your needs. Our platform is designed with security in mind and is scalable to accommodate large data flows, so you can integrate with confidence. Nuvola streamlines repetitive processes so you can focus on your core business.
From developers of Service Management for Acumatica, comes SkyKnack.
First-class services for partners and members of the Acumatica community. We leverage our extensive knowledge of the Acumatica ERP and its framework to provide you with premium, cost-effective consulting and support services, from customizations, code development and reports design to assistance with implementations.
The unity and ease of payments delivered by PayPal is unmatched. With all payments centralized, it's easy to analyze outbound and inbound cash flows, as well as orders that are due in the future. PayPal works with nearly every merchant account, processor, and shopping cart, making it easy to integrate with Acumatica and existing website structure. Those who choose PayPal enjoy peace of mind, with their financial information safe and security from PayPal's protection policy.
Built around the Dyna-Cast™ forecasting engine, the module predicts next months' sales using focused forecasting. The planning engine takes this forecast, looks at current inventory, and tells you what to buy and make. The benefits over traditional min/max and spreadsheet-dependent practices are immense: distributors can cut purchasing overhead; manufacturers can reduce planning and scheduling costs.
IT Pro Global provides a well defined, structured and iterative path to migrate business data from QuickBooks to Acumatica. The tool helps migrate Master Records (such as Accounts, Customers, Vendors and Items) along with historical transactions such as Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Invoices, Payments, Bills, Checks, Deposits, Journal etc. The system allows you to select the types of data that you want to migrate and is also designed to migrate all of transaction data or only a portion of the data based on dates.
Rental360 enables companies who rent products as a portion of their main business as well as companies that primarily rent consumer goods and industrial equipment for construction, oil, gas, and pipeline projects. It provides complete 360 degree coverage of rental needs such as managing inventory, tracking depreciation, tying rental activity back to office systems, and more making it a perfect add-on to Acumatica deployments for companies who need to maximize their rental business efficiently.
Paramount WorkPlace brings advanced web-based and mobile Requisition, Procurement, and Expense solutions for mid-market and enterprise organizations. Automate your Requisition and Expense, move projects forward, enhance communications, gain real-time visibility and control, and deliver strong ROI across your organization. Experience a software solution that is easy for employees, effective for management, and powerful for accounting. Achieve just about any spend management goal, eliminate paper-based processes, and provide excellent employee experience.
For most businesses sales tax is an obligatory, complex nightmare. Automating this process saves time, money and effort. Avalara AvaTax dynamically delivers instantaneous sales tax decisions based on precise geo-location in more than 11,000 taxing jurisdictions. The system automatically considers hundreds of thousands of taxability rules and the latest jurisdiction boundaries to deliver the right rate and tax calculation, every time.
AvaTax removes the guesswork by integrating seamlessly with existing business systems from ERP, financial, and billing systems to eCommerce shopping carts and Point of Sale systems. Rates are calculated "behind the scenes" and automatically applied to each transaction. As your business continues to grow, AvaTax is built to grow with you. This cloud based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is tailored to meet each customer's specific needs and eliminates additional hardware costs.
The Scanco integrated WMS solution for Acumatica introduces a new paradigm in integrated supply chain execution solutions – robust extended warehouse management functionality at an outstanding cost value for your operation. Specifically designed for Acumatica ERP users, Scanco's WMS Solution delivers innovative product features, mobile solutions and an easy to use interface.
Acumatica shipping by Pacejet seamlessly integrates hundreds of parcel, freight and 3PL shipping services directly into Acumatica to reduce cost, improve labor efficiency and increase fulfillment speed. Freight quotes with rate shopping, improved shipment billing and service controls, automatic capture of tracking numbers, and freight terms with cost+price capture are just a few of the features.
Pacejet worked with Fusion Software to adapt Acumatica to handle dimensional information for standard packages as well as adding boxes on the fly – including dimensional requirements for shipping accurate quotes. The Pacejet integration can work with or without Fusion Software's Warehouse Management Suite. However, Fusion adds pallet management, pack contents detail, scale integration, and handles multiple units of measure for picking and shipping, all embedded in Acumatica. Whether you choose FusionWMS and Pacejet, or Pacejet alone, the savings in time and labor well justify the investment.
Shopify Connector delivers seamless integration between e-commerce stores and Acumatica. Those that implement it into their business strategy enjoy synchronization between the two platforms, meaning the information you input into one platform will be updated in the other. Use of Shopify Connector allows businesses to take and carry out orders, manage inventory, set prices, and process inbound logistics all in Acumatica, creating an omnichannel approach. The benefits of Shopify Connector lead to greater profits and increased conversion rates for e-commerce businesses.
Online sales of auto parts and accessories will reach $6.5 billion in 2017 and will continue to grow at a 15% annual rate. Those that tried to reach and surpass $1M in revenue are finding it difficult to achieve without the right tools and features in their eCommerce solution. Here are the reasons why Shopping Cart Elite is the best choice for businesses selling auto parts and accessories: Shopping Cart Elite includes the most Automotive Data.
With SCE, you get more brands than any other shopping card, free. Over 1,500 brands + SEMA data + JDM data comes with your package. For many businesses, not having this data included can be a deal-breaker because it affects time-to-market. Often it can take weeks or even months to set up automotive data feeds. It will also cost you development fees and resources if you have to do the set up manually. It is important to consider this if you don't want to delay your sales when starting up. If you prefer not to deal with the hassle of development and want to have everything included from the start – go with Shopping Cart Elite.
SourceDay is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that automates purchase order management processes by seamlessly integrating with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. SourceDay extends ERP purchasing capabilities by centralizing and managing the PO lifecycle for buyers and suppliers to eliminate manual processes while improving supplier performance. SourceDay is targeted at manufacturing and distribution companies that use ERP systems to manage direct spend. By using SourceDay, customers can improve on-time supplier-provided material by 35% on average.
TaxCloud for Acumatica automatically retrieves the latest sales tax rates from TaxCloud's library of tax tables so your sales orders and invoices are always up-to-date. TaxCloud is free and easy to use. You can now calculate sales tax for every address in the US and automatically keep track of product and use-based exemptions in every state. TaxCloud is trusted by 15,000 online retailers of all sizes to automate their sales tax.
Acumatica's integration is seamless and easy to use. Simply enable your Taxcloud account in Acumatica and then enjoy the normal sales order and invoice process. TaxCloud for Acumatica will automatically maintain the correct sales tax for you, while transmitting all sales tax information and/or quarterly tax reports to your local municipality.
AcuShip connects Acumatica to UPS Worldship® and helps companies who are utilizing both systems to dramatically increase efficiency by greatly reducing manual entry and potential for errors.
By adding AcuShip to your existing Acumatica system you'll gain automatic, two-way communication between your Acumatica software and WorldShip®. That means that you can initiate WorldShip® shipments right from inside Acumatica. AcuShip will also automatically import WorldShip® information into Acumatica such as weight, costs, and tracking numbers.
When a warehouse management system is too much, Savant ADC provides small and mid-market companies with a scaled down version of Savant's robust WMS solution. Unlike most automated data collection (ADC) solutions that have evolved from technology integrators with often little or no industry expertise, Savant ADC was developed by supply chain professionals who have worked with global distribution and manufacturing companies in the design and implementation of warehouse automation.


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Amazon Reportedly Working On Hi-Fi Music Streaming Service That Sounds Better Than CDs
Amazon's alleged Hi-Fi music streaming option will offer listeners songs that sound better than CDs. No word yet on when it might come out, though.
Internet April 27, 2019
Spotify Finally Comes To India, With On-Demand Songs Available On Free Tier
Spotify is now available in India. The music streaming platform offers a library of 40 million songs and support for different languages across the country plus on-demand music access to free-tier users.
Apps/Software February 28, 2019
Spotify Is Making A Music Player For Cars, Possibly Launching This Year
Rumors of Spotify's physical product have been making rounds since April last year. A new report now corroborates this speculation, and it says the service may launch it later this year.
Gadgets January 19, 2019
Social Media Features On Apple Music Slowly Going Away
Apple is throwing the towel on Connect, the social media center of Apple Music. Seems like the feature couldn't avoid being the second iTunes Ping.
Apple December 14, 2018
You Can Now Make Spotify Playlists Using Your DNA: Here's How
Spotify teamed up with genealogy company Ancestry to provide users with playlists based on their DNA. The new feature is not free, but it shows that Spotify is trying its hardest to fight back against rival Apple Music.
Apps/Software September 26, 2018
Apple Music Overtakes Spotify In US Paid Subscribers, Which Was Just A Matter Of Time
Apple Music and Spotify each have 20 million paid subscribers in the United States, according to an exclusive Digital Music News report. Apple Music, however, is 'a hair ahead,' which is not a surprise.
Apple July 7, 2018
Apple Music Web Player Now Allows Subscribers To Log In And Play Full Songs
The Apple Music web player generated by widgets provided by the service was recently upgraded to allow subscribers to sign in and playback full songs and albums. Does this mean that a dedicated Apple Music web client is coming soon?
Apple June 4, 2018
Pandora Rolls Out $15 Premium Family Plan: Here Are The Details
Music streaming service Pandora revealed a new $15 service for up to six subscribers. The Premium Family plan takes all of the benefits of its regular Premium subscription and delivers the same advantages for all six members for a smaller monthly fee.
Apps/Software May 29, 2018
Spotify Officially Unveils Revamped App For Free Users With On-Demand Playlists, Features Less Shuffling
Spotify showcased its revamped app for free users for the first time since 2014. Free users will now get to shuffle less but for a limited selection.
Apps/Software April 24, 2018
Spotify And Hulu Bundle Launching For All, At Just $12.99 Per Month
Spotify and Hulu bundled their services for $12.99 bill per month for both. The bundle is currently available for Spotify Premium users, complete with a neat trial that further cuts the cost, and will extend to all users this summer.
Spotify's First Hardware Product Might Not Be A Smart Speaker, But Something For Your Car
Spotify will release a 4G-capable standalone music players for cars, according to an offer that seemingly was released ahead of schedule. The device's cost will be stacked on top of a typical Spotify subscription.
Gadgets April 7, 2018
Spotify IPO: How Will It Affect Your Music Listening Habits?
Spotify has finally decided to become a publicly traded company. The move indicates significant changes in the company's relationship with investors, artists, and even regular paying customers.
Apps/Software April 3, 2018
YouTube Will Place More Ads In Music Videos To Nudge You Into Paying For Its Streaming Service
YouTube will soon launch a music streaming service, its answer to Spotify and Apple Music. How does it plan on attracting converting free users into subscribers? Bombarding them with ads, of course.
Internet March 22, 2018
Apple Music Growing Strong: 38 Million Paid Subscribers, But Spotify Still Rules
Apple's Eddy Cue, the SVP of Internet Software and Services, announced on Monday that Apple Music now has 38 million paid monthly subscribers. Spotify is still the industry leader, but Apple Music is growing strong.
Apple March 14, 2018
Spotify Premium Hack In The Crosshairs: Violators May Get Their Account Terminated
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Spotify Has Twice The Number Of Paid Subscribers, But Apple Music Will Catch Up By Summer
Spotify revealed earlier this year that it has 70 million paid subscribers, double the 36 million subscribers of Apple Music. However, according to The Wall Street Journal, Apple Music will take the lead over Spotify by summer.
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Spotify Quietly Launched Stations Music App On Google Play
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Apple Music For Artists Dashboard Allows Streaming And Download Analytics
Apple has revealed a new feature for Apple Music that gives artist some control. The Apple Music for Artists feature allows artists to view analytics for their work on the music streaming service.
Apple January 24, 2018
Major Music Publisher Files $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Spotify Ahead Of The Streaming Service Going Public
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Tidal Holiday Event 2017: Music Streaming Service Completely Free For 12 Days Starting Christmas
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YouTube Will Be The New Spotify: Paid Service Likely Coming Soon After Deals With Universal, Sony
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Business Tech December 20, 2017
Tidal Music Streaming Service Reportedly Struggling, Only Has Enough Money To Last 6 Months
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Look Out Spotify, Apple Music: Tesla Considering To Launch Its Own Music Streaming Service
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Apple Music Now Offers A $99 Annual Subscription: Your Move, Spotify And Pandora
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Apple June 20, 2017
Google Play Music Launches 'Exclusive' Radio Station For Samsung Galaxy S8
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Google June 20, 2017
Taylor Swift Returns To Spotify And Pandora: All 5 Albums Back On All Streaming Services
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Celebrities June 9, 2017
Pandora Launches Premium Tier For More Personalized Music Experience
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Apps/Software March 13, 2017
Prince Back On Spotify, Other Artists Like Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Thom Yorke Still Out
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Internet February 13, 2017
Prince Tracks Come Back To Streaming On Sunday: Here's Where To Stream Prince's Music
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Spotify Joins Forces With AccuWeather To Launch 'Climatune' Site That Plays Music Based On The Weather
Spotify and AccuWeather launched a new website that reveals what kind of music trends based on the weather in the user's location.
Internet February 7, 2017
Pandora Streaming Data Now Included In Billboard Charts, Immediately Impacts Hot 100 Rankings
Pandora streaming data will now be included in the Billboard top chart rankings in various genres. The programmed streaming service's inclusion has already resulted in significant Hot 100 chart jumps for several songs popular on Pandora.
Internet January 31, 2017
Ed Sheeran's New Songs 'Shape Of You' And 'Castle On The Hill' Break Spotify One Day Streaming Record
Ed Sheeran has started off 2017 with two new hits. His just-released tracks 'Shape Of You' and 'Castle On The Hill' both individually broke Spotify's record for most song streams in a single day.
Streaming Drives Music Industry Comeback In 2016 With Uptick In Music Sales
The music industry experienced growth in 2016, thanks to the popularity of streaming. Streaming sales shot up during the year, while physical sales of music as well as digital downloads continued to drop significantly.
Pandora Premium Set For Q1 2017 Launch: Should Spotify And Apple Music Be Worried?
Pandora's app has been around longer than Apple Music or Spotify Premium but has been sidelined by other music streaming apps. All this could change as the company plans to publicly release Pandora Premium by the first quarter of 2017.
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Amazon Music Unlimited Now Live In The UK: Here's How Much You Need To Pay For The Music Streaming Service
Amazon Music Unlimited, the on-demand music streaming service that is looking to compete with Spotify, has gone live in the UK on Nov. 14. Subscribers in the UK will need to shell out £7.99 or £9.99 per month depending on whether they are Prime members or non-Prime customers.
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Spotify Junk Data Issue: Music Streaming App Slowly Killing Your Hard Drives By Writing Gigabytes Of Junk Data
Spotify could be slowly killing the storage devices of users on the PC, Mac or Linux. Investigations revealed gigabytes of junk data being written in less than an hour, with the problem happening even while the app is idle.
The Weeknd And Daft Punk's 'Starboy' Remains US Spotify Streaming Chart No. 1 While The Chainsmokers' 'Closer' Reigns Globally
The Weeknd's smash hit 'Starboy' has retained the top position on Spotify's U.S. Streaming Chart for a second week. Runner-up 'Closer' by The Chainsmokers is still on top globally, however.
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Pandora Losing Money And Subscribers: Can It Compete With Streamers Apple Music, Spotify, iHeartRadio And Amazon?
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Spotify Commits To Offering Free Streaming Tier, Rejects Apple Music's Exclusive Strategy
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Pandora Becomes First Music Streaming Service To Launch Music Sharing Extension For iMessage
Pandora launched an app extension for Apple's iMessage App Store on Oct. 13, providing a new way for users to share and discover music.
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Deborah Lowe Vandell has been a leading researcher on expanded learning programs since 1985. Dr. Vandell agreed to respond to our interview questions regarding her research on the field of afterschool. Below are some of her responses.
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Phnom Penh Post - Implementation accord inked for Koh Kong dam
Implementation accord inked for Koh Kong dam
Thou Vireak | Publication date 09 December 2020 | 11:23 ICT
Energy minister Suy Sem (centre right) signs implementation agreements for the projects. ENERGY MINISTRY
Thou Vireak
Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem on December 8 signed implementation agreements for a 150MW hydropower dam and two 500kV transmission lines.
The 150MW Stung Tatai Leu dam will be built on the upper reaches of the Tatai River in Koh Kong province's northern Thma Bang district by the Chinese state-owned China National Heavy Machinery Corp (CHMC) at a cost of $389,414,004.
This is according to the minutes of the October 23 Council of Ministers Plenary Session, which approved the dam and transmission lines.
State-run electricity supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) and the Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) also signed a power purchase agreement with CHMC on December 8.
According to the council, the project will be conducted under a Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) 39-year concession scheme, including four years for construction and 35 years for business operation.
The dam will generate an average of 527 million kilowatt hours (kWh) per year and the electricity will be sold to EdC at $0.0792 per kWh.
SchneiTec Co Ltd will build the two 500kV transmission lines.
One will be 199.52km long and connect Phnom Penh to the Cambodia-Lao border. It will be built under a BOT 28-year concession scheme, including three years for construction and 25 years for business operation, and will be built at a cost of $330,466,584.
The other will be 107km long and link Battambang province with the Cambodian-Thai border. It will be built under the BOT model for a 39 year lease contract – four for construction and 35 for doing business – at a cost of $110,948,912.
Victor Jona, the director-general of the Ministry of Mines and Energy's General Department of Energy, told The Post that the government decided in principle to allow the transmission lines to connect to the national grid, in anticipation of increased energy demand down the line.
"We're mulling over importing energy from Laos in 2024 and 2025 to put into motion the plans outlined in this signed agreement, which will allow for the company [SchneiTec] to look for the capital investment needed for construction.
"According to the plan, the construction project [the transmission line to the Cambodia-Lao border] will take at least three years to build," Jona said.
Contact author: Thou Vireak
PM sings hydropower's praises
Koh Kong dam to energise local supply


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Abstract: Abstract Post-disaster social recovery remains the least understood of the disaster phases despite increased risks of extreme events leading to disasters due to climate change. This paper contributes to advance this knowledge by focusing on the disaster recovery process of the Australian coastal town of Cardwell which was affected by category 4/5 Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011. Drawing on empirical data collected through semi-structured interviews with Cardwell residents post-Yasi, it examines issues related to social recovery in the first year of the disaster and 2 years later. Key findings discuss the role played by community members, volunteers and state actors in Cardwell's post-disaster social recovery, especially with respect to how current disaster risk management trends based on self-reliance and shared responsibility unfolded in the recovery phase. Lessons learnt concerning disaster recovery governance are then extracted to inform policy implementation for disaster risk management to support social recovery and enhance disaster resilience in the light of climate change.


Thrift Urban Housing was formed by a group of committed people in 1997. Initially, our focus was solely on housing, helping people who, for whatever reason, have difficulties in life. Although our role has broadened since then, to better meet the needs of the people who have turned to us, housing-related concerns remain the core issue for us.
Our primary motivation was, and remains, the shortfall in the services provided by Local Authorities and other Agencies. The former simply are not in a position to provide individually tailored support; the latter either do not have the required expertise in housing-related matters, or are not focussed on the practical aspects.
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We are not a huge charity – and nor do we aim to be. We understand that by remaining small and tightly focussed we can better help those we are here to help. Currently, we only work within the London boroughs as listed below, but we do aim to extend our services outside of London in the future.
We are also aware that by remaining small and focussed we can continue to be very cost-effective. We have a number of volunteers, which means as much of the financial support we receive as possible is ploughed directly into our work, not soaked up by overheads and administrative costs. Supporting us means you're supporting those in need.
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27 July 2012 / Travel & Leisure
On your marks… get set… Golympics!
Nikki Whiteman
Although some events have already begun, tonight's opening ceremony marks the true start of the Olympics. So will you be embracing the Games, or hiding behind the sofa? I asked staff at Which? HQ…
I live just down the road from Stratford, so I can only anticipate travel chaos over the next few weeks. Couple this with the fact that I was always the chubby, clumsy child who was rubbish at sports, and you'd be forgiven for thinking I might be a bit grumpy about the Olympics.
However, as the opening ceremony draws closer, I have to say I'm getting a bit excited. A colleague told me earlier this week, with wide-eyed excitement, that he'd seen the rehearsals: 'I can't tell you what's in it, but it's going to be amazing.'
A spectacular spectacle?
So, rather uncharacteristically, I'll be watching the whole thing on TV tonight, and possibly even rushing outside to watch the fireworks. But is everyone getting into the spirit? I did the rounds to see whether my colleagues will be celebrating.
Chris Gray, from our travel team, is a late convert too:
'Initial ba-humbugism turned into late enthusiam, so I'll be watching the opening ceremony on telly, allowing an over-excited five-year-old to stay up late brandishing her souvenir Olympic torch, while I'll be tucking into booze and nibbles.'
Tim Gee has 'concocted' a rather novel way to celebrate:
'I've brewed my first ever beer especially for the Olympics (well I've brewed my own beer and it just so happens to be ready this week). In a 'pre-Olympic test event' it tasted surprisingly good so I'm looking forward to sitting in front of the TV and drinking a truly British beer. I still haven't settled on a name yet, so if you've got any suggestions let me know in the comments!'
David Paine will be at a more musical celebration:
'I am going to be partying like it's, er, 2012 at the Olympic opening ceremony celebration concert in Hyde Park tonight. Big bands, big screens and a big party atmosphere; it is going to be awesome! I am so excited for the Olympics and all it brings that I can barely contain myself. Let the Games (officially) begin!'
Guy Hobbs had a party spring up around him:
'My friend has hired a yurt for 30 people on the roof of a club in Hackney where we will be able to see the fireworks. He hired it ages ago (because it's his birthday) before the club realised the potential of opening ceremony night – now they've put on the party around us.'
Surprisingly, it's an almost overwhelmingly positive response. I know, I know – Which? HQ is in London, so although we've been subject to the irritating tube announcements, we also get many of the great Olympic benefits. Is it any wonder there's a feeling of excitement in the office?
But I can't help but think it'll be a different story elsewhere in the country – if you aren't into sports, don't have tickets, and haven't been subjected to weeks listening to the dulcet tones of Boris Johnson reminding you to check TfL before you travel, I wouldn't blame you for not getting into it.
Are you embracing the Games? How will you be watching the opening ceremony – at home, at the pub, with a special celebration, or perhaps not at all?
Consumer rights advice during the events
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Have you gotten rid of your landline because of nuisance calls?
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I will watch some of the Olympics on TV, but I am so disappointed not to have been able to get tickets that I don't feel swept up by it all. In fact, all those people in London has put me off taking friends to do some sightseeing! I applied, unsuccessfully, for the original ballot and each time tickets have been on sale recently, but the only ones left are extortionately priced. Yet some people got loads of tickets at the start. Just highlights then for me.
argus says:
Did you see Boris's speech at Hyde Park last night? Absolutely fantastic.
Oh and for Tim Gee, why not call it "Tim Gee Bee – Olympian" – no copyrights were harmed in the making of this post
Tim Gee says:
I'm sure there's a Bee Gee/Team GB pun in there somewhere, but I can't quite find one I'm satisfied with.
Alba D says:
I eagerly waited for the opening ceremony and was oh so quickly disappointed by a show which made no sense. I truly wonder what the watching world actually thought about that spectacle. It wad, in a word, crap. A £27M ego trip with Mr Bean of all people!!! I'm sorry but if this is the best if British then we should hang our heads in shame. Only saving grace was the lighting of the Olympic flame, after three freakin hours we're given a masterpiece, only to be spoiled by Sir Paul. Marks out of 10? Doesn't qualify. Let the sport do the talking now.
Man. Neva thot I say but tot agree with u. Luv sport, luv all things sport. That was tot waste of mega cash.
Have to say I actually disagree. The opening ceremony was brilliant, full of spectacle and probably the most British things I've seen. From the chatter I've seen only, it was an international success – with Mr Bean picked out as a highlight worldwide. Why? Because he's one of the most recognisable figures around the world due to his comedy not involving words. Worldwide media also appear to have praised. I really thought it was great!
George Rowley says:
Its as if we have learned nothing from the MPs Expenses Scandal to the Banking Scandal. Where is the rational in all this? Lord Coe and his rich friends on the Locog are busy fixing things and not being challenged by the govenment as to the cost of the whole Olympic Sham. Where do they think they are living when G4s still wants its Management Fee even when it failed to deliver on time and on budget. Reason, well Lord Coe and the Olympic Bid Partners know they did not tell the whole truth when the bid was first made in relation to the true cost of the project. For myself, I say not in my name no matter what the cost.
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RAMBLE TAMBLE - "Outlaw Overtones"
Plinky guitars usher in a pastoral feeling of rustic bliss in Cracklebarrel Buddha. Thick overgrowth of layered strings hides the rusted chassis of the car you were waiting on parts for. Southern poison ivy jazz, wrapping around your leg and injecting you with jangly sideways fuzz, as a backwoods, backwater, backroad prophet slowly speaks the rugged wisdom in the divine dialect of drawl.
Sitting on the front porch with a busted banjo in the hot sun, the weary string bean farmer is waiting for ivy to cover everything in cool itchy green blankets of thick leaves. Zen Mondo, a gonzo tribe of laid back tangle-weavers play the chaotic finale of a song for an entire song. In this dusty ghost town only populated by lonely tubleweeds, hear their knotted voices wrap around themselves and choke out the light with thick wreaths of briar and bramble, each folksy hymn spilling forth, twisted and wild.
At last the prophet bids farewell, and walks back up the dirt road to the hill country, carrying his strings and baskets of beans, wearing a crown of pernicious vine.
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READING FC boss Paul Clement is expecting their 'hardest game of the season' tomorrow when Ipswich Town visit Madejski Stadium (3pm ko).
The clash between two of the bottom three teams in the Championship is being labelled an early relegation six-pointer.
After 16 games, Royals sit 22nd in the table on 15 points with four wins with Ipswich bottom on 10 points with only one victory.
However, Clement expects the Tractor Boys to be much tougher opponents than their league position suggests under new manager Paul Lambert, whose first game in charge since replacing Paul Hurst ended in a 1-1 home draw with Preston last weekend.
"This is a very complicated game," said Clement, whose side made it back-to-back home wins by beating Bristol City last Saturday. "If we starting thinking it's going to be easy we're wrong.
"Ipswich are a team that's struggled with only one win this season, but they're fighting for their lives, like we are, and that makes it a very hard game.
"They have a new manager who has had another week to work with the team after a draw in his first game. They'll be searching for their first win under him and I think it will be very difficult.
READ: Former Swansea City boss linked with Reading FC hotseat.
Tomorrow's clash offers Reading the chance to claim successive league victories for the first time since December.
"It's not so much about Ipswich's situation but our own," he argued. "We have the opportunity for back-to-back wins which hasn't happened for a long, long time.
"I would think if we win we'll be out of the relegation zone which we've been in for a few weeks now.
Liam Kelly celebrates after scoroing a stunning goal in Reading's 3-2 win against Bristol City last weekend. Picture: Jasonpix.
Clement, though, has nasty memories of his last encounter with Ipswich Town towards the end of last season.
The teams met at the Madejski Stadium in Reading's final home game when a draw would have been enough to keep them up.
But a shocking, late collapse saw the visitors rattle in four goals in the last 19 minutes to win 4-0 and send Royals survival battle into the final day where a 0-0 draw at Cardiff City eventually proved enough.
"I'm still having nightmares about Ipswich last season," admitted Clement. "It was 0-0 going into the last 20 minutes and we were going to be safe, then ended 4-0, it was incredible.
"That was when they had a caretaker manager. Now they have an experienced manager. I watched their game against Preston and you could see how animated he was on the side and how much he was driving them on.
Clement is short of options up front with top scorer Jon Dadi Bodvarsson ruled out for six week and Yakou Meite facing a late fitness test after rolling his ankle against Bristol City.
That could see teenage hot-shot Danny Loader involved having trained with the first-team all week.
Goalkeeper Anssi Jaakkola could also return to the squad after recovering from a knock.
Adrian Popa and Pelle Clement have returned to training, but Vito Mannone, Saeid Ezatolahi, Dave Edwards, Omar Richard and Jordan Obita are all ruled out.
Ipswich manager Lambert has no fresh injury concerns since his first match in charge. Midfielder Jon Nolan is sidelined after a knock in training and Grant Ward looks set to miss out again.


Ralph Salt was born around 1784. He married his wife, Rosannah, at Norton-on-the-Moors on 16th February 1807.
[i] Rodney Hampson, Pottery References in the Staffordshire Advertiser, 1795–1865 (N.p.: Northern Ceramic Society, 2000), p. 102.
[ii] Peter Roden, Copyhold Potworks and Housing in the Staffordshire Potteries, 1700–1832 (Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria: Wood Broughton Publications, 2008), p. 256.
[iii] R. K. Henrywood, Staffordshire Potters, 1781–1900 (Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2002), p.276-7.


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The Flipping new Collection has landed! Yay!
From the choice of fabric, to the shape and cut of the new top and shorts, the soul of Flip the Dog runs through these new designs and we are hugely grateful to everyone who has helped us along the way.
We can't wait to see people wearing their Flip the Dogs and putting them through their paces. We don't make in huge quantities, these are all, we consider, limited editions, made with quality and our values firmly in mind. These are not mass produced, samey samey fitness garments. We are proudly different, proudly British made and proudly colourful.
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Troubles continue to mount for R Kelly. A third video tape has now surfaced allegedly showing Kelly with a 14 year old girl. Attorney Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels former lawyer, is representing some of the women that have come forward. The 55 minute video is now in the hands of prosecutors.
Imagine this… you're on a train headed to Los Angeles and you get stuck in the snow…FOR 40 HOURS! It happened on an Amtrack train that got stuck in very deep snow in Eugene Oregon with nearly 200 people on board. Until yesterday, they had been stranded since Sunday. No one was able to leave the train because of the weather conditions. Workers finished clearing nine miles of track before the train started back on its journey.
Admit it, you LOVE to hate Tom Brady. Yes, maybe the QB has a little more mojo than just raw talent… but incredible dedication and a plant based diet are some of the factors contributing to his longevity. It seems wifey Giselle builds a mantel before every game for him. It contains special stones, healing stones and protection stones. She apparently makes Tom say mantras and wear a special necklace before heading off to games. All this talk got us thinking… it sure sounds like an idea for a new church!


Etienne Jacobs, who has been featured in Cross Connect before, is a 24 year old from France working on a Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics. He saw the work of Wavegrower and was inspired: He wanted to do the same kind of thing. He succeeded. Now you see his gifs all over Tumblr, and for good reason. While they are generative based on math, they are also extremely seductive experiences for a viewer because he has a great sense of motion and design - and he makes great vortices. Why just black and white? Again, being inspired by Wavegrower, he said about other colors 'I feel like it adds nothing, it is unnecessary'. I have to agree. His gifs are perfect for now, as is.


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Cypress Hill is First Latinx Hip Hop Group to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Iconic hip hop group Cypress Hill is about to make history as the first Latinx hip hop group to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will honor Cypress Hill with the 2,660th star during the ceremony on April 18 with special appearances by comedian George Lopez and rapper Xzibit, who is in the group Serial Killers with member B-Real.
Join us for our induction to the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
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Cypress Hill members Senen "Sen Dog" Reyes, Lawrence "DJ Muggs" Muggerud, Louis "B-Real" Freese and Eric "Bobo" Correa are of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican descent.
The event is not far from South Gate, where they formed almost 30 years ago and which is home to the street that provided the inspiration for their group name. They released their eponymous debut album in 1991 which went on to sell 2 million copies. Their massively successful track "Insane in the Brain" was released in 1993 as part of their chart topping album Black Sunday and reached #1 in the rap charts and #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. They've released nine albums and have collaborated with artists including Eminem and Everlast.
They'll be performing songs off their latest album Elephants On Acid, released last year and produced entirely by DJ Muggs, at the legendary nightclub Whiskey A Go Go in West Hollywood the night of the ceremony.
They've already made history as the first Latinx hip hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums with more than 20 million albums sold worldwide.
"We are proud to honor the first Latino American hip hop recording group," said Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame said in a press release. "They have been successful as a group for three decades and we know they will continue their success for many years to come."
Join us 4/18 11:30 AM – for our induction to the Hollywood Walk of Fame! #smokelikecypresshill #russia #cypresshill #sendog #breal #eric_bobo #mixmastermike #LA #nyc #paris #rome #uk #greece #japan #germany #amsterdam #dtla #argentina #brazil #mexico #canada #drum 🖼 @soundbytemgmt @breal @sendog @drgreenthumbs.sylmar @djmuggs_the_black_goat_ @juliog1580 @cypresshilldocumentary @mixmastermike @eric_bobo
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The Grammy-nominated group joins rapper Pitbull, who received his star in 2016, as well as other Latinx musicians including Ricky Martin, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Selena on the famed sidewalk.
Cypress Hill is well known for their musical contributions to the hip hop world throughout the span of their career with Cuban-Puerto Rican rapper Fat Joe stating they were one of the first Latinx involved in the early stages of West Coast rap.
Apart from working on their music, the members are currently planning a documentary film taking a look back at the group's history and their cultural impact. The trailer includes a call for financial support for the documentary which already exceeded its goal receiving more than $38K in funding.
The induction ceremony will take place this Thursday at 11:30 a.m. PST at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Green Leaf restaurant in Eastown and will be live-streamed exclusively on the Walk of Fame website.
Virginia Isaad
Virginia Isaad is an L.A.-based journalist who has written for publications including Elite Daily, Hello Giggles and Upworthy. She's also contributed to the Be Visible Latinx blog and worked as a staff writer for El Paso Times and assistant editor for lifestyle website Gayot.com. She was born in Argentina and raised in the San Fernando Valley...


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Great Indian Curry
By The Words Kraft on August 21, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )
Shiv Kumar Chatur, a 24 years old software engineer working at a Bangalore based IT firm, has been arrested last night from his rented apartment. He has been accused of causing mental trauma and irreparable psychological damage to his project manager Mr. M Podugu. The police charged him with section 377 of the Indian Penal Code after the company's HR department filed an FIR against Chatur accusing him of gross Human Rights violation. Chatur would be produced in court later next week.
IT Fraternity Shocked: Repeatedly Disagreed with Boss
According to the HR head, Chatur a junior developer has shocked the corporate fraternity by "repeatedly disagreeing" with his boss Mr. Podugu. An action that caused immense psychological stress to Mr.Podugu, who never had any subordinate that dared to question his decisions and argue. In his 23 years of exceptional IT career, Mr. Podugu has managed more than 400+ associates across many designations. According to sources, each of the 400+ associates has always unanimously applauded any decisions that the boss took. They diligently laughed when Mr. Podugu cracked any joke, irrespective of the merit. They attentively listened and nodded in agreement to anything Mr. Podugu ever said. For months, the associates have stayed back in the office till late hours simply because Mr. Podugu wasn't willing to return home. The corporate industries have always glorified and appreciated individuals who willingly sulk at office beyond business hours. The team always showed utmost loyalty and obedience towards their boss. Some of them had been duly rewarded with the prestigious "Employee of the Quarter" awards. A coffee mug, a certificate signed by Mr. Podugu and a cash incentive of INR 2000 minus Income taxes.
Chatur Was Setting the Wrong Examples.
"The Boss is always Right. Absolutely always !! You don't argue, question or doubt him. And this certain devotion should originate from within. Naturally. Without compulsion or fear. Not because the Boss holds the invisible leash to your elusive growth curve. Not because keeping him happy gets you better incentives. Definitely not because you get preferential appraisal benefits. Appraisal process across most companies are so transparent, automated and data-driven. Bosses hardly influence any decisions. Isn't it? Don't we all know?" – clarified one of the company's HR personnel on conditions of anonymity.
"We agree to our bosses because we love him so much. Because he is like a powerhouse of unbounded knowledge and wisdom. Disagreeing with your Boss is an unpardonable sin. A breach of conventions" –The furiously hysteric HR further continued "Chatur is setting the wrong examples and should be penalized."
Heated Argument Leading to Health Plight
The incident occurred last week when Mr. Podugu was conducting the mandatory post-appraisal discussions with his team. "360 Degree Appraisals" as the corporates call it. Impartial, automated and always correct. Every associate humbly accepted their in-numerous faults and shortcomings, that the Appraisal system bluntly pointed out depending on just a few variable criteria. The market condition, company growth, department revenues, future pipelines, personal achievements, personal goals, contributions, this, that, ………. Just a few more…….your height, weight, your dog's height, your dog's weight………….the local weather, yearly temperature average……..and a few more.
So the appraisal system was churning out accurate reasons justifying the candidate's ineligibility for promotions or any increments this year. Mr. Podugu was a humble spokesperson conveying the same to his team.
Chatur was last seen barging out of the room shouting "I want better reasons…". Apparently, Chatur was a promotion nomination candidate this year. And Mr. Podugu had cited reasons which Chatur didn't find acceptable. "Need to improve interpersonal skills and team participation. What the heck is that supposed to mean?" people heard Chatur complaining.
In a rare show of athletics, the 5 feet, 11 inches Mr. Podugu was seen running around frantically along the corridors probably looking for Chatur. According to eye-witnesses, his face was unusually red and trouser had wet stains which looked like a momentary bladder leak. Though he consistently insisted it was just a coffee spill. Mr. Podugu looked severely agitated. Later that day, he started complaining of chest pain and blurred vision and was immediately sent back home. In spite of several attempts, Mr. Podugu was unreachable for comments. It was around 8 PM that he marked himself "safe" on Facebook, bringing much-needed relief to his countless well-wishers.
Shiv Kumar Chatur was arrested from his apartment, where he shared a room with 7 other IT employees.
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The planetary community is invited to the first major international conference devoted specifically to Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn. Through its array of instruments and global mapping opportunities, the Cassini mission has revolutionized our understanding of the Saturn system, and the surprisingly complex icy moons are no exception. The active jets of Enceladus are chief among the new discoveries. Others include color/thermal anomalies, equatorial ridges, satellite-derived rings, resurfacing and thermal relaxation, librations, and global fracture network surprises, to name just a few.
The conference will be open to all scientific aspects of Enceladus and its neighboring moons. Topics include (but are not limited to) geology, geophysics, geochemistry and mineralogy, active jets and their properties and origins, formation and evolution, astrobiology, and future investigations of these bodies. Comparative planetology is encouraged! A major focus will be the new results from the 2015 Cassini encounters with Enceladus and the other icy moons. Contributions from Cassini, Voyager, and groundbased studies are welcome, as are suggestions for additional topics.
The conference, in planning for almost two years, will feature invited speakers, contributed talks, and contributed posters; major reviews of key topics will also be presented. The conference will also lead to the production of a printed volume summarizing the findings of the conference, and encompassing the state of the art in our knowledge and wisdom concerning these amazing icy worlds.
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Week 17 Early Games: 0-16! Inconceivable!
A modified screenplay by IWI Sports.
C: Now, a clever man would pick the Steelers because he would know that only a great fool would pick the Browns. I'm not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the Browns. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the Steelers as I know that they will rest their starters this week.
T: You've made your decision then?
C: Not remotely. Because the Browns come from Cleveland, as everyone knows. And Cleveland is entirely peopled with distraught sports fans. And distraught sports fans are used to losing, as you would not like to lose to me. So, I can clearly not choose the Browns.
T: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
C: Wait till I get going! Where was I?
C: Yes -- Cleveland, and you must have suspected I would have known that Cleveland's QB is DeShone Kizer, so I can clearly not choose the Browns.
T: You're just stalling now.
C: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? The Steelers are 12-3 which means they're exceptionally strong. So, you could have picked the Steelers, trusting on their strength to save you. So, I can clearly not choose the Steelers. But, you've also followed the Browns the entire season which means you must have studied. And in studying, you must have learned that the Browns are terrible so you would have put this team as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the Browns.
C: It has worked -- you've given everything away -- I know who to pick.
T: Then make your choice.
C: I will. And I choose the Steelers.
C: (roaring with laughter) You only think I guessed wrong -- (louder now) -- that's what's so funny! I switched picks when your back was turned. You fool.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders—the most famous of which is, "Never get involved in a land war in Asia"—but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never bet against the Browns when 0-16 is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha…[thunk].
New England secures the top spot in the AFC with a win, so they are not losing this game. The Jets are starting Bryce Petty at QB, so they are not winning this game. Expect New England to play this game the same way Dash runs his first track race at the end of The Incredibles.
Both Yates and Heinicke left week 16 with concussions, so the Texans signed Josh Johnson on Tuesday. Also, DeAndre Hopkins is missing the first game of his career with a calf "injury".
Philly has secured the top spot in the NFC so there is nothing on the line this week for the Eagles. Head Coach Doug Peterson has said they'll play their starters and not take the week off. That's a Coughlin-esque move. Won't happen. Philly has too much on the line this year. They'll cruise through week 17 and enjoy a bye in playoffs week 1 before being upset at home in week 2 of the playoffs.
New NY Giants GM Dave Gettleman has already started clearing house. He cut starting right tackle Bobby Hart after last week's game. Awesome move! Hart was a cancer in the locker room and Gettleman cut him straight away to send a message to the rest of the team. This message was heard loud and clear and I think it'll put some fire behind the guys that want to remain with the team.
Also, there is a good chance that this is Eli Manning's last game. The Giants don't owe Eli anything as they have paid him more than $219MM during his career which works out to about $950,000 per interception.
Hopefully the Giants were not watching Sam Darnold's bowl performance (8 sacks, 2 fumbles, 1 pick six) as that looks eerily like an Eli Manning stat line. We'd much rather see the Giants use the 2nd pick in the draft to take Saquon Barkley and then offensive lineman with the remainder of their picks.
Green Bay will be without Jordy Nelson, DaVante Adams, Richard Rodgers, Aaron Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre, Reggie White, Ray Nitschke or Bart Starr. The Packers are sitting so many players we are not sure who will be suiting up. Also, Clay Matthews (commercials) will likely miss the game.
Vikings needs this win to clinch a first-round bye, so they'll come to play this game. Chicago has zero motivation other than winning one for John Fox who will likely be fired on Monday. I'm pretty sure the Vikes motivation outweighs the Bears motivation by at least 2 touchdowns.


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There Will Be Cake
By Kim Davis
This book was published on Sunday 14 February, 2016.
GENRE: Gay Romance
Nineteen-year-old Nick Wattley is serving as the best man in his father Tim's wedding to his partner, Craig Pearson. After being closeted for years, Tim is finally out and proud and Nick is happy for his dad.
But a weekend that's supposed to be filled with pre-wedding preparations turns into a nightmare for Nick as he's forced to deal with one uncomfortable situation after another. A day after witnessing a terrible argument between Tim and Craig, Nick mistakenly walks in on his father and his partner while they're in flagrante delicto. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, Nick has to deal with Tim's anxiety over walking down the aisle again and fend off an old friend of Craig's who tries to make trouble.
Can Nick keep his cool long enough to get his dad to the altar?
But Dad ignores him and asks me again what I saw. I have no idea what to say to my father that won't make him even angrier than he already is. I consider going with, "I saw you and Craig in flagrante delicto," but since Dad's practically frothing at the mouth, I keep my own mouth shut.
"Well?" he asks, folding his arms across his bare chest.
When I still don't say anything he narrows his eyes at me. "You can't even say it, can you?" he asks.
He stares at me, waiting for an answer, so I swallow down the lump in my throat and give him one. "No, I can't," I tell him, "so please don't make me."
I wait for the wrath to come, but it doesn't. Dad heaves a heavy sigh and runs his hands through his hair before turning to Craig.
"Give us a minute, okay?" he asks.
Craig's eyes go from my father to me and then back to my father again before he nods. "I'll be right outside," he says before leaving the room.
Once he's gone, Dad turns back to me. "Look, Nick, Craig and I have a sex life and neither of us is ashamed of that. But I am ashamed that you saw us. This is our fault. We were careless in leaving the door open and I'm sorry for that."
I start rambling then to try and explain myself. I apologize and tell him that I couldn't sleep and how I saw the door slightly open, so I figured he and Craig were still awake too. I must have said "I'm sorry" four or five times before my father finally interrupts me.
"Nick, stop," he says. "You're making my head hurt. Just go to bed and let's try to forget this whole thing ever happened, okay?"
"Okay," I say.
He leaves my room and I hear him and Craig speaking softly in the hall for a few seconds before they retreat to their bedroom and I hear the door close firmly behind them.
Dead Shot
Just a Little Magic
Always a Groomsman
Of Rats and Cats
Define Boink
First and Goal
I Do, I Don't
Paulie and the Wedding Bell Grouch
September's Always Gorgeous
Ace-High Royal Flush
Splendidly Ever After
Married Cowboy
Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?
Heavy Metal Heartfelt Blues
Diving In Head First
All a Steer Can Do Is Try


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Home » Our Journey
The Recruit Venture Group started out as Recruit Ventures in 2011 and we were born with the sole aim of helping entrepreneurial recruiters, like you, who want to start and own your own recruitment business.
We give you the opportunity to break out and start up your own recruitment business without remortgaging your home or borrowing money. With us you can retain your current lifestyle knowing you have a guaranteed income and enough headroom in your accounts to grow your business.
We exist to make saying goodbye to being an employee as easy and simple as possible.
Without the need for loans from banks, living off credit cards or remortgaging, over 55 recruiters have become successful business owners with The Recruit Venture Group and we want to help you launch and grow a great business… your business!
The Man Behind The Model
The reason The Recruit Venture Group exists today is thanks to the singular vision, determination, and ambition of its founder, the late John Buckman
A driven, bold and innovative entrepreneur, John recognised there were many professional recruiters out there who could successfully launch their own businesses. John's skill was designing a unique and now proven model that enabled those talented recruiters to do just that!
John came from a humble background and left school early with little to show academically. This never stopped him. Determined to show the world there is a success story in every one of us, John went on to build and head-up what was at one point the largest independently owned recruitment business in the United Kingdom!
John was a true serial entrepreneur
John spent his entire career and working life building and growing many successful businesses.
From the moment he left the classroom, John set about creating businesses.
In those early days some would fail but many went on to thrive and still continue to this day. John's passions for entrepreneurship led him into the recruitment niche where he focused much of his time while still growing other ventures.
Through the 2008/09 recession John had seen so many entrepreneurial people struggle and suffer the same roadblocks he had overcome.
He decided the time was right
It was time to give these dedicated souls the 'leg up' they needed to do what he knew from experience could be the greatest thing a recruiter could ever do – launch your own businesses!
So, in 2011, John launched Recruit Ventures.
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This proved that supporting people in achieving their dreams was the right thing to do and in 2016 John and his team opened up the opportunity to another 22 entrepreneurial senior recruiters who had a passion to own and run a business of their own.
Then in spring 2017 Recruit Ventures merged with Jark Recruitment, the recruitment firm he also co-founded back in 1996, to form The Recruit Venture Group.
By the end of 2017 The Recruit Venture Group had launched over 40 businesses and as turning over in excess of £130 million.
The success speaks for itself
John passed away in May 2018, following a long illness and in recognition of his great life, The John Buckman Foundation was launched in late 2018, a charitable trust which will raise money for causes close to his and his family's hearts. Find out more about The John Buckman Foundation by heading to www.johnbuckmanfoundation.com.
The business legacy of John Buckman is not limited to the past
He built a business, bigger than no man, and instilled in its leaders his vision, to create the biggest Joint Venture business in the recruitment industry.
Today John's original dream, determination and ambition live on in the professional team leading and running The Recruit Venture Group.
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The current team, some with more than 18 years' experience, continue to run, build and support the group on a belief that anyone can succeed in business if they mix their talent with plenty of hard work.
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You might be thinking…. "Being a successful Recruiter is one thing, launching and running a business on my own adds another level of complexity I've never had to deal with… payroll, staff, property, software, hardware, legal, HR and all that 'stuff' my employer currently takes care of…"
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