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APPLE SMASHES SALES RECORDS
By Jonathan Keane
Apple has been on a winning streak of late with massive iPhone 6 sales, launching a new Macbook, stepping into the mobile payments market with Apple Pay, and of course releasing its new flagship product, the Apple Watch last week.
This week's earnings report showed the company had hit record results with sales of the iPhone 6 driving massive figures for Apple, namely $13.6bn in profits. Pretty much everything in terms of revenues and net profits were up, but there's one figure you really need to know – $194bn in cash, which makes Apple the world's most valuable company.
Mac sales and the ever-growing App Store were also credited with fuelling this growth.
"We're seeing a higher rate of people switching to the iPhone than we've experienced in previous cycles."
– Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Typically, Apple has strong figures after the release of the latest iteration of the iPhone. The iPhone 6 is a little different though in that it came in two sizes (with the larger iPhone 6 Plus), which scooped up plenty of new customers.
This quarter, the Cupertino tech giant sold a whopping 61m iPhones, 40% more than it did in the same quarter of 2014. This gives you an idea of how in-demand the iPhone 6 truly was on its release.
It's also important to note that none of these figures include the Apple Watch, which was released officially last week following a pre-ordering frenzy in early April. It's very early days for the Apple Watch sales so far but Cook said he expects even better results when the next quarter rolls around. "We're off to an exciting start to the June quarter with the launch of Apple Watch," said Cook, with the wearable expected to sell very well.
Apple is also aggressively expanding its business in China. According to this week's numbers, the company's China revenue grew over 70% since last year. That makes for more than a quarter of Apple's overall revenue. It has already conquered the US and Europe where it enjoys strong market share for smartphones and now looks primed to go further into China.
Furthermore, Apple is still plotting its entry into the music streaming business following its acquisitions of Beats and a number of new hires in the field.
On the flipside, iPads aren't looking too hot anymore, with sales dropping over 20% compared to last year, but sales of tablets in general have been declining for a while. It will be the one disappointment for Apple but still only a blip compared to the rest of the numbers.
With a new larger screen iPhone at the helm, a new Macbook on the way, and the buzz around the Apple Watch, there appears to be little reason for Apple to worry too much about one of its devices falling by the wayside.

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>> Public Safety
March 11, 10:09 a.m.
March 19, 2014 - 12:23 pm
A resident called police to report someone wiggled the handle on the back door of her home. No one was seen in the yard.
March 11, 8:05 a.m.
Police received a call of approximately five gunshots in the area around New Mexico Street. Police discover someone working on a car on Avenue D, which could have been the source of the noise.
March 11, 1:17 p.m.
Police received a report about a dog that appeared to be in distress locked in a car parked behind the Senior Center. The person states the car has been there at least 40 minutes.
Someone called to report children playing on the roof of a house.
Police receive a report of a 4-foot-long tan and black snake hissing and wiggling.
Police received a report of a man lying down in the back of this car. Upon questioning, the man said he had a headache and was taking a nap before returning home to do some work.
Police received a report about a man with serious injuries after an ATV accident. A helicopter medical transport was requested to take him to UMC Trauma Center.
Police received a report about a man with a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound who was discovered in his garage. The coroner was called.
Police were asked to check on the welfare of a teacher who had been missing since March 6. The teacher was contacted and said the phone and computer were not working so a request for a leave of absence could not be completed. Also the teacher reported that people were entering the home to take items and then replacing them with other items.
A woman called to report she was fighting with her husband and that he wanted her out of the house immediately. After speaking with officers she agreed to leave for the night.
March 14, 12:25 p.m.
Police received a call about a fight between a mother and son. Upon arrival, the mother appeared intoxicated and was warned about making a false claim of battery.
Someone called to report that a neighbor's sprinklers had been on for about four hours and water was running down the street. The resident was contacted and the sprinklers were turned off.
Police received a call from a person stating a cooler with eight beers and several snacks was left on the back porch along with several chairs after a birthday party the previous night. The empty cooler, chip bags and chairs were discovered on the nearby golf course. The caller requested extra patrol around the home.
A person called to report that a neighbor said the caller's son, who is in high school, was having a party while the parents were out of town. Approximately 40 kids were seen at the party.
Officers gave a woman a ride home after she was spotted walking on the street with no shoes and wrapped in a blanket. She said she had just been in a fight with her boyfriend and wanted to go home.
Police provided assistance to a man who appeared to be disoriented and thought he was in Mississippi.
Police arrived at Garrett Junior High to find a woman who appeared to be passed out. After testing her alcohol level, she was warned about public intoxication and picked up by a friend.
Police received a report of a suspicious couple wearing cowboy hats and carrying backpacks.
Someone called to report finding a drug kit with drugs by the pool. It was picked up by officers and destroyed.
Police received a report of a fire in the street. It was extinguished.
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Get to know your thyroid, its function
By Boulder City Hospital To Your Health
Did you know that one in 20 people has some kind of thyroid disorder?
#Intentionally cheesy: PD's Facebook posts boost popularity, appreciation for officers' work
Adding a little lighthearted fun to their work has brought a new appreciation for the work of Boulder City's police officers.
2022 one of deadliest on Nevada roads in decades
By Mick Akers Special to the Boulder City Review
Last year ranked as the fifth-deadliest year on Nevada roads in the past three decades.
New law decriminalizes drivers' minor infractions
An ordinance reducing minor traffic offenses from crimes to civil matters went into effer Jan. 1
Winter brings threat of virus convergence
Our local temperatures may seem mild, but we are facing some colder days and with that comes a winter chill — and sneezing, coughing, sore throat and more.
'Spoof' call temporarily locksdown high school
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Boulder City High School was placed on a brief lockdown this morning after Boulder City Police dispatch received a "spoofed" all at 9:09 a.m. from someone claiming to be a teacher supposedly hiding from a gunman in the school, according to a city official.
Police investigate Thanksgiving shooting
November 30, 2022 - 5:07 pm November 30, 2022 - 5:07 pm
Police responded to a call of shots fired at 10:48 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, in the 1000 block of Boulder City Parkway, said Lisa LaPlante, communications manager.
PD officers honored for traffic safety efforts
Boulder City Police officers Ryan Espiritu and Ian Ham were recognized for their hard work and outstanding commitment to traffic safety with eight nominations and one award at the Joining Forces Nevada Traffic Safety Summit at the Nugget Casino Resort in Reno on Oct. 20.
Take charge of prediabetes to prevent progression
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Did you know that one in three adults are diagnosed with prediabetes? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020 there were an estimated 88 million adults, or 34.5 percent, of the U.S. adult population, diagnosed with prediabetes.
Tips to stay safe on Halloween
With Halloween quickly creeping around the corner, staying safe is just as important as the fun.


Lingyin Temple, embraced by two splendid mountains, was built around the year 326 in East Jin Dynasty. Around the 1,600-year-old temple that is considered as a leading centre for research of Chinese Buddhist culture, the clouds are circling over the flourishing ancient trees, providing people a peaceful and picturesque resort.
The old but well-preserved main hall is single layer architecture with a height up to, amazingly, 33.6 meter, inside which there is a huge golden Buddha status of almost 20 meters tall. The magnificent but lifelike status is carved exquisitely from a huge wood consists of 24 pieces of camphorwood. In addition, the other carvings of various designs around the temple and a wealth of Buddhist classics kept here will be a feast of eyes.
Pavilions with rockeries and old trees around and the streams running under the bridges have added magic color to the mysterious temple, making thousands of worshippers and tourists reluctant to leave.
Transportation: Bus No. J17, J18, K837, K7, K807, Y1, Y2, 7 and 807 and Tour Bus 1, 2 and 4 will bring you here.


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America's State Parks
America's State Parks promote and advance the state park systems of America for their own significance, as well as for their important contributions to the nation's environment, heritage, health and economy.
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks is a nonprofit umbrella organization that provides support, sponsors statewide events and provides grant opportunities for property-based local Friends Groups.
The Ice Age Trail Alliance (IATA) is a nonprofit, volunteer organization whose mission is to create, support and protect the many segments of the Ice Age Trail. There are 21 local IATA chapters across Wisconsin. Volunteers play a key role in constructing new segments of the Ice Age Trail and help keep existing segments open.
National Park Service properties in Wisconsin include the Apostle Islands, the Ice Age and North Country National Scenic Trails, Ice Age Scientific Reserve and the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.
Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
The Natural Resources Foundation (NRF) of Wisconsin connects generations to the wonders of Wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife through conservation, education, engagement and giving.
North Country Trail Association
The North Country Trail Association is a nationwide, nonprofit, volunteer organization whose mission is to develop, maintain, preserve and promote the North Country Trail. Volunteers with the Brule-St.Croix, Chequamegon and Heritage NCTA chapters play a key role in creating, supporting and protecting the trail in Wisconsin.
The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest covers more than 1.5 million acres of Wisconsin's northwoods. The U.S. Forest Services manages the forest for multiple uses including forestry, wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation, fisheries management, special forest products gathering, wilderness and natural areas management.
Wisconsin County Forest Association
Wisconsin county forests have 2.4 million acres of land to explore. Recreation opportunities include campsites; hunting; beaches; boat landings and canoe portage routes; snowmobile, ATV, bike, equestrian and hiking trails; and winter trails for dogsledding, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
Wisconsin Historical Society
The Wisconsin Historical Society is our state's memory and foremost storyteller. Several of Wisconsin's Statewide Historic Sites are adjacent to Wisconsin State Park System properties.


Did you know Farah Khan and Manish Malhotra played college students in one of the scenes?
Karan Johar's directorial debut movie, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai broke several records the year it released. This movie became the highest-grossing Indian film of 1998, both in India and abroad. That year, Karan Johar bagged all the major awards for the film and even garnered critical acclaim. It's going to be 20 years since the movie's release(whaaa!!! feeling old yet?). In an exclusive interview with Film Companion, the director Karan destructed an iconic scene from the movie and shared some interesting (read chaotic) BTS goss.
1. St. Xaviers' College, Faridabad was not shot anywhere in India. Sigh.
The college campus where the movie was shot is in Scotland, NOT Faridabad.
Realising that Farah and Manish were a part of the movie makes us wonder what other details we failed to notice.
While shooting an emotional scene, on a budget, in a foreign location, what could possibly be your biggest concern?! Umm...it could be anything but not what Karan's concern was. Manish, who was also the film's designer, and Karan had a major showdown on the location over the colours of Rani and Kajol's outfit.


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What's stopping the world from using more green hydrogen?
By PAGE August 15, 2022 Updated: August 17, 2022 No Comments9 Mins Read
Green hydrogen (GH2) as a means to decarbonize industry is now well-ingrained in the policy discourse. - Image: Unsplash/Zbynek Burival
Emanuele Bianco
Programme Officer, International Renewable Energy Agency
Manuel Albaladejo
Country Representative for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Smeeta Fokeer
Research and Industrial Policy Officer , Department of Policy Research and Statistics (PRS) of UNIDO
Nele Wenck
Junior Specialist , United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Petra Schwager
Chief of the Energy Technologies and Industrial Applications Division , United Nations Industrial Development Organization
45 countries are devising or have published hydrogen strategies, utilizing green hydrogen as a means to decarbonize industry.
GH2's high production costs are hampering its industrial application.
A multi-faceted industrial policy is needed to facilitate the emergence of GH2 as a breakthrough technology in a world that is heavily locked into fossil fuel-based technologies.
The potential of renewable energy and land availability in the Global South create a major competitive advantage for regions with surplus renewable resources to become sites of green industrialization.
Green hydrogen (GH2) as a means to decarbonize industry is now well-ingrained in the policy discourse. Around 45 countries are devising or have published hydrogen strategies, and several agreements have been concluded between countries to set up tomorrow's trade routes for hydrogen. Despite these efforts, we are still far from a world where GH2 plays a key role as a source of energy, given that demand for GH2 is limited and the infrastructure for GH2 is confined to industrial areas. Moreover, global electrolyser capacity amounts to just a few hundred megawatts, which lies significantly below the target of 115 GW by 2030 to meet the GH2 demands for all the published and announced strategies, and again far below the forecasted target of 5 TW by 2050, according to IRENA's World Energy Transitions Outlook.
Around 45 countries are devising or have published green hydrogen strategies. Image: Industrial Analytics Platform.
On the one hand, the lack of clear demand for GH2 impedes investment, while policymakers, on the other, may be wary of supporting a technology without a clear understanding of the cost benefit and business model. With neither a clear demand for GH2 nor a public policy, investors may deem GH2 projects too risky. This gridlock between investors, developers, policymakers and off-takers must be resolved to kick-start initial GH2 projects and to promote the development of a solid GH2 sector, while simultaneously supporting socioeconomic objectives, such as decent jobs and a clean environment.
The prevalence of GH2 export routes around the world
Getting green hydrogen around the world. Image: Industrial Analytics Platform.
Aside from the present lack of demand, GH2's high production costs are hampering its industrial application. For instance, although the steel and chemical industries are major hydrogen users, many companies are reluctant to shift to GH2. Under the present market conditions, higher priced green products are competing against established lower priced grey options, particularly in capital-intensive sectors with low-profit margins. Without environmentally-conscious consumers and adequate market policies, green product manufacturers will continue to struggle to recover their production costs and remain competitive. Market policies such as regulation, knowledge brokerage, innovation promotion and public procurement could facilitate the uptake of GH2, for example, by reducing the price of environmental goods and increasing the costs of conventional ones. Technical barriers as well as the risk of carbon leakage are further compounding the problem of GH2 uptake.
Innovation and industrial policy to support GH2
Market-driven factors are still not conducive for a speedy GH2 transition. Innovation and industrial policies can address market failures through a range of interventions that could make GH2 production viable in the broader context of a country's structural transformation. GH2 is an integral part of the "Green Industry Policy" approach, which is aimed at achieving societal objectives, including a shift towards low-carbon manufacturing and resource efficiency.
A multi-faceted industrial policy is needed to facilitate the emergence of GH2 as a breakthrough technology in a world that is heavily locked into fossil fuel-based technologies. Such a policy would help bridge the gap between market requirements, sustainability/ climate requirements and hydrogen technology development.
Industrial policy must promote speedy adoption of green hydrogen technology and innovation. Image: Industrial Analytics Platform.
Industrial policy must promote speedy adoption of GH2 technology and innovation and introduce a ban or mandated phase out of fossil fuel-based technologies (e.g. SMR, blast furnaces). Blacklisting certain technologies within a climate-consistent timeframe can open up space for decarbonized solutions. Alternatively, a whitelist of decarbonized technologies could achieve a similar result. The implementation of binding GH2 quotas in the industrial sector could generate stable demand for GH2, thus reducing offtake risk. Additionally, measures could be introduced to ensure that GH2 production does not have any indirect impacts on extending the lifetime of fossil fuel plants. Crucially, measures to ramp up and guarantee sufficient supply of renewable electricity will also be necessary to prevent competition between GH2 production and other green electrification sectors. Public R&D funding for pivotal research activities, pilot and demonstration projects can help alleviate apprehensiveness, test feasibility and endorse learning by doing. Scaling up the adoption of GH2 technologies requires putting in place skilling and reskilling programmes. Such measures will foster a new generation of experts in hydrogen-related technologies and accompanying academic educational programmes, e.g. hydrogen engineering.
Secondly, financing for the uptake of breakthrough GH2 technology must be made available. The landscape of financing mechanisms for green projects is evolving rapidly and could include grants and loans for each phase of project development, from feasibility studies to commissioning; tax rebates to promote carbon emission reductions by decreasing firms' tax liability if they invest in carbon-neutral processes; carbon contracts for difference, which can support greater price stability and bridge the price gap between GH2 and fossil fuel prices, thereby complementing ETS revenues; bilateral auctions for GH2, which can regulate the balance between demand and supply. Financing mechanisms are also needed to internalize climate change-related externalities. This could entail tighter use of emission trading systems (ETS) or carbon pricing and the lifting-off of grandfathering while other sectoral exemptions from carbon pricing/ETS can ensure that energy-intensive industries are not sheltered from climate responsibilities.
Thirdly, as mentioned above, industrial policy must ensure that there is sufficient and consistent demand for GH2. Policy instruments to facilitate this objective include sustainable public procurement, which would serve as an initial and stable driver of demand for green goods and materials; the use of quotas for green materials, creating the foundation of a green materials market which currently does not yet exist. Large consumers of basic materials (e.g. carmakers) would have to prove that they purchase a predetermined minimum amount of green materials. This instrument would need to be used in tandem with eco-labelling as a mechanism to convey information to consumers on products that meet environmental standards and to nudge them towards buying low-impact products. Another instrument that has the potential of changing consumer behaviour and increase demand for GH2 is product-related taxation instruments, e.g. tax differentiation and capital allowances.
Fourthly, national and international policy coordination is indispensable. An industrial policy that supports GH2 must factor in decarbonization strategies to ensure that the adoption of policies is tailored to national and local conditions, to clearly signal the forthcoming changes to stakeholders, and to take its broader impact into consideration. Regulations and standards must be agreed on across countries to allow for hydrogen trade and to determine its minimum quality. To protect local industry from the risk of carbon leakage and to impose the same carbon price on imported goods, carbon-based import taxes such as the proposed European Border Carbon Adjustment Measure could be considered.
An opportunity for the Global South
Countries in the "Global South" with a high low-cost hydrogen potential are developing export-oriented hydrogen sectors. This entails support for the development of appropriate infrastructure to produce and export hydrogen. For example, auctions have been held in Chile to support the deployment of the first 388 MW of GH2. Colombia's GH2 strategy includes measures to support both hydrogen shipping capacity to meet expected international demand as well as firms' export ambitions, while promoting the country's role as a prospective logistics hub in the Caribbean.
If carefully planned, GH2 can induce a geopolitical shift in production, trade and energy security to the benefit of the Global South. As discussed in the anchor piece for this GH2 series, countries in the Global South are likely to benefit from new paths to industrialization which a shift to GH2 would create, thereby generating new jobs and additional welfare benefits. The relocation of manufacturing would be most suited for industrial commodities such as aluminium, ammonia, iron, jet fuel and methanol. Three elements can drive this phenomenon2, namely (i) the willingness of industrial agglomerates to relocate; (ii) the cost of transporting finished or semi-finished products compared to the transport of energy, and (iii) the cost of energy.
Setting up new production facilities in renewables-rich countries does not necessarily imply the closure of plants elsewhere. On the contrary, the energy transition offers scope for growth in many industries. More ammonia will be needed to fuel international shipping and more steel will be required, given the expected population growth and the energy sector's new infrastructure requirements.
Transporting green goods will be cheaper than transporting GH2. Energy-intensive industries have the opportunity to establish new facilities in countries with low-cost renewable surpluses, exporting semi-finished products (e.g. reduced iron) or finished goods (e.g. cars); the cost of energy may be a key factor in their decision.
The potential of renewable energy and land availability in the Global South create a major competitive advantage for regions with surplus renewable resources to become sites of green industrialization. Even though the cost of renewables is falling across the globe, sizeable differences in terms of cost between countries and regions remain. Therefore, energy sector policies to reduce the political, regulatory and financial risks that renewable energy developers might face are instrumental for decarbonizing the local energy sector and attracting green industrialization.
Industrial policies to support GH2 supply and demand are still in their infancy and are mostly drawn from policies that were once used to promote the uptake of renewable energy. Yet differences between the two cases exist and adjustments will have to be made as we learn by doing. Nevertheless, this should not prevent any country from establishing a GH2 sector and from sharing its experiences.
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Web page design may appear like an intimidating if you don't know a lot about it. However, if you take the time to learn more about it, you'll see that it's pretty simple.
Make sure your website passes the NoScript test. Download the NoScript extension in Firefox and see if your site looks. Some stuff won't work without the proper scripts.
While Java opens many doors towards an interactive website experience, it can create problems for various visitors. The major web browsers differ somewhat in functionality, and they all release new versions with frequency.Not all visitors have the latest version of his browser. These two things mean that some users from getting to your website.
By testing the way your website will work in different browsers, you can ensure that the maximum number of visitors see your site they way you want them to. The most popular browsers are Internet Explorer, Firfox, Safari and Google Chrome and what works with one might not work with the others. Verify the way in which your pages load in all major browsers prior to your official launch.
There is nothing worse than visiting a site and being attacked by pop-up ads or newsletter sign-up boxes. Many people will leave a site that has pop-ups, even if it's a site run by a well-known brand or company.Stay away from annoying ads and your visitors will be pleased. If the pop-ups are coming about because of your host, you probably need to search for another host.
You are better off keeping the graphics to the normal GIFs and JPEGs for graphics. PNG and BMP files take up a lot of bandwidth. Convert your graphics into file types with more manageable sizes to make visitors happy.
You can find millions of websites where there is so much information to help you design your own site. Just remember that borrowing others' ideas of others is not always enough to guarantee success for your own website.You should always improve ideas.
Take some time to learn about shortcuts that can be used to save time. In the world of web design, shortcuts are common place. Look into them and you will discover that they can help with most things. It doesn't take that long to learn about the HTML code that you can insert into your website's design to help you edit any page without having to upload the page again.
Don't put pop-ups on websites.People will most likely never want to return to your site.Keep your ads you do use simple; you don't need crazy pop-ups.
Development platforms can make your own code, but some of them are not as reliable as a classic text editor. The idea with a platform is that you design the site features, you paste the code created by the platform into your website. However, if you would like to keep the errors to a minimum, and be directly involved in the process, then obtaining classic text editor would be the way forward.
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The year is 1827. Due to a case of mistaken identity, a young poet named Victor Hugo finds himself running for his life from the police, an assassin and a secret society. With the help of a mysterious gypsy girl, he uncovers a conspiracy that challenges his beliefs and loyalties.
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La Gran Sinagoga de Bucarest (en romanès: Sinagoga Mare din București), va ser alçada l'any 1845 a la ciutat romanesa de Bucarest, capital de Romania, per la comunitat jueva d'origen polonès asquenazita que hi havia aleshores a la ciutat. Posteriorment va ser reparada l'any 1865, redissenyada el 1903 i el 1909, repintada a l'estil Rococó el 1936 per Gherson Horowitz, durant la Segona Guerra Mundial va ser devastada per uns legionaris d'extrema dreta. Fou restaurada de nou l'any 1945. L'edifici és encara actiu en el , i es fa servir com a lloc de pregària, i com a museu de la Xoà.

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Could GDPR spark a rush for compensation from your customers?
With GDPR looming large on the horizon, concern mounts around the ambiguity of key aspects of the regulation, such as what will constitute 'legitimate interest' for capturing data, and the future validity of data from third-parties.
However, one area that appears more clear-cut is in relation to 'subject access request' – the principle that outlines a consumer's right to access all of the data records any given company holds on them within 30 calendar days of request.
It is anticipated that the GDPR's introduction in May 2018 could act as a catalyst for a wave of subject access requests (SARs) from consumers, which could leave companies open to a growing industry of compensation claims as a result.
In the UK, SARs are set to be actively promoted by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the build-up to GDPR, with concerns building over just how little knowledge consumers have about the pervasive use of their data by many of the brands they have relationships with.
According to research from Exonar, 70% of consumers currently have no idea they might be able to make SARs requests.
However, when told that a SAR could run into hundreds of pages, almost a fifth of Exonar's respondents stated 'shock' that companies potentially held this much about them, with15% saying that if they held that much information they would want to know exactly what it was and a further 10% stating they'd make a 'right to be forgotten' request as a result.
In separate research from UNICOM and MaruUserv, it was found that 52% of consumers would likely make a request if they suspected their personal information was being held without consent.
26% also stated they would make a request if there was a chance of compensation – a possibility under GDPR, if privacy is being breached. 17% said would make a request in order to 'get back' at companies who had given them a negative experience.
The new PPI?
At a roundtable GDPR event in October, security and data privacy experts raised the concern of compensation claims in the wake of GDPR, which, they said, could lead to "an army of 'no win, no fee' compensation lawyers" which could do more damage than the 4% annual turnover fines GDPR legislation will allow.
Robert Bond, a partner at law firm Bristows, said the legislation was almost an open goal for an industry of compensation claims to develop:
"The area we foresee [being used] is emotional distress – having ambulance-chasing lawyers saying, 'have you lost sleep because your data might have been exposed?'.
"You can imagine, if a million people make a claim of £1,000 each, that dwarves any of the other fines."
Cloudian global technical director Neil Stobart agreed, saying: "You can guarantee there will be a whole industry out there."
The marketing role
In the build-up to GDPR's introduction next year, many marketing professionals are questioning their role in ensuring their brand's compliance to the new regulations.
Lynda Kershaw, marketing manager at Macro 4 says the prospect of compensation claims from customers highlights just how necessary marketers are to how brands communicate their use of customer data.
"42% of consumers find it difficult to keep track of personal information they have consented to organisations collecting," she said. "41% would be more likely to use a company that made it easier to understand what personal information they are holding and how it will be used.
"You need to explain exactly how you are using this kind of information, and be able to respond to customer queries about it, too."
The aforementioned GDPR panel, which also included EY global GDPR lead consultant Noris Iswaldi and University of Suffolk director of IT Peter O'Rourke, said that biggest challenge of GDPR was that it was too often being left to IT leaders to oversee.
"The struggle is they think it can be solved by IT and it cannot," said Stobart. "The data owner needs to look at their data, and say whether it's relevant for them to keep."
Exonar's research stated that the organisations most likely to be hit with an abundance of SAR requests and possible compensation claims were those in financial services, telecoms and social media.
A third of people said they would submit a SAR to their bank (the equivalent in the UK of around 21million current account holders).
11% said they'd submit a request to their mobile network provider, 8% a utility firm, and 5% on retailers. A further 9% would raise a SAR on a current employer, 4% on an ex-employer.
Chris is Editor of MyCustomer. He is a practiced editor, having worked as a copywriter for creative agency, Stranger Collective from 2009 to 2011 and subsequently as a journalist covering technology, marketing and customer service from 2011-2014 as editor of Business Cloud News. He joined MyCustomer in 2014.
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Q: how to stop open activity while splash screen killed
*

*I have splash screen .

*once i open my application the splash screen will appears after completion of splash screen passed intent to HomeActivity.

*but when i kill this app while splash screen running after some time HomeScreen will automatically open , but i want to kill the app.

*but the HomeScreen should not show when i killed the app .

public class SplashAnimation extends Activity {

    ImageView imageViewSplash;
    TextView txtAppName;
    RelativeLayout relativeLayout;
    Thread SplashThread;
    MediaPlayer mySong;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash_view);

        mySong=MediaPlayer.create(SplashAnimation.this,R.raw.monn);
        mySong.start();
        imageViewSplash = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageViewSplash);
        txtAppName = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtAppName);
        relativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.relative);

        startAnimations();
    }

    private void startAnimations() {

        Animation rotate = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.translate);
        Animation translate = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.translate);

        rotate.reset();
        translate.reset();
        relativeLayout.clearAnimation();

        imageViewSplash.startAnimation(rotate);
        txtAppName.startAnimation(translate);
        SplashThread = new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                super.run();
                int waited = 0;
                while (waited < 3500) {
                    try {
                        sleep(100);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    waited += 100;
                }
                SplashAnimation.this.finish();
                Intent intent = new Intent(SplashAnimation.this, LibraryView.class);
                intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
                startActivity(intent);
                mySong.stop();
            }
        };
        SplashThread.start();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {

        SplashAnimation.this.finish();
        finish();
        mySong.stop();
        super.onStop();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        finish();
        mySong.stop();
        super.onDestroy();
    }
}

A: Once you have called SplashThread.start() it will do its job as long as it can do. I would recommend to use a Handler instead, tho you can remotely cancel the task, the Handler runs:
//init and declare the handler instance
private Handler delayHandler;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    if (delayHandler == null) {
        delayHandler = new Handler();
    }
    //your code
}

//define the task the handler should do
private void startAnimations() {
//replace the code beginning at 'Thread SplashThread = new Thread()' with the following
delayhandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        Intent intent = new Intent(SplashAnimation.this, LibraryView.class);
        //these flags will prevent to 'redo' the transition by hitting the back button, that also makes calling 'finish()' obsolete
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
        startActivity(intent);
    }
//instead of the while loop just execute the runnable after below given amount of milliseconds
}, 3500)

//to remotely cancel the runnable, if the app, respectively the Activity gets killed override 'onDestroy()'
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    mySong.stop();
    //calling 'finish()' is obsolete, tho 'finish()' calls 'onDestroy()' itself
    //tell the handler to quit its job
    delayHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
}

A: Call in onStop() method
SplashThread.interrupt()

A: You can use Timer instead of instantiating the Thread class.
Refer the code below to start the Activity after 4 seconds. Use this in onCreate() of SplashActivity.
timer = new Timer().schedule(new TimerTask() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class));
    }
}, 4000);

In your onPause() method use:
timer.cancel()

This will terminate the timer and disregards any currently scheduled tasks.

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What we know about the oyster industry's woes: Here's a timeline
September 1, 2021 admin Products 0
A new report from the World Bank suggests that while the industry is thriving, the world's largest producer is still struggling.
The group, which is focused on the Pacific Rim region, found that in the past decade, the seafood industry has lost more than 60 per cent of its capacity in the region.
In the Pacific, the sector employs more than 2.3 million people.
The report, titled Pacific Oyster Processing and Marketing, examined more than 30 years of data and found that the sector is in a crisis, according to the Associated Press.
The report says that in 2013, the industry lost nearly 3 million tonnes of oyster shell.
That's the equivalent of nearly a fifth of all the oysters produced worldwide.
The region's fishery, however, is still a lucrative one.
"The oyster fishery is a major source of income for many small fishing communities in the Pacific and is essential to supporting the livelihoods of thousands of people across the region," the report said.
Yeast processing plant is set to be the next to close in May The Pacific Northwest oyster farming industry is set for a massive shutdown in May.
The closure, the first in decades, will affect millions of oysters harvested in the Northwest.
The closures come as the Northwest is already facing the effects of the Pacific Northwest's ongoing wildfires, the worst in US history.
A spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife told the Associated News that the shutdown will not affect fishing.
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02 Mar 08 #15539 by NotMyIdea
Topic started by NotMyIdea
LittleMrMike
03 Mar 08 #15652 by LittleMrMike
Reply from LittleMrMike
A judicial separation is not often encountered in England.
What it does is to free the parties from their duty to cohabit. That means that it prevents both of you at a later date from relying on desertion as a ground for divorce, since the parties have been relieved of their duty to cohabit.But hardly anyone relies on desertion as a ground for divorce anyway. The use of JS is most frequently used by people with religious or moral objections to divorce.
I asked my solicitor for advice as to a possible JS and was told that it was not possible to get a Clean Break, which is what I wanted at the time.
There is a possible alternative to a decree of JS and that is a Separation Agreement. This also prevents you from relying on desertion as a ground for divorce, for the same reasons. A separation agreement is not watertight but there is a very good chance that it would be upheld if made with proper legal advice.
It sounds to me that you are both very sensible people and it's good that you still care about each other. But everything you say suggests to me that you would be well advised to seek legal advice and not rely on wikivorce.
There's a lot of money involved here and if you screw it up you could regret it later. My inclination is to think that you are right - it's better to sort this out now.
But don't rely on me.


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Beyond the AAF: American Football Leagues that Didn't Make the Cut
AFI | News | 08/06/2019
Competition is said to be the lifeblood of the economy. When there are more than one companies offering the same type of product or service, each one works hard to be more innovative and efficient to sell more than the competitors. While this is true in most other areas, though, it doesn't always apply to sports (which, by the way, is one of the most lucrative branches of the entertainment industry). Sports fans are not customers looking for the best value for their money – they are people who want to cheer for their favorite teams and have a great time doing so. This may be one of the reasons why initiatives like the Alliance of American Football fail: they can't win the hearts of their potential fans. The AAF is just the most recent example of sports leagues that tried and failed to break the status quo. Here are some earlier examples that should have served as a warning.
The World Football League
The AAF is not the first alternative league to challenge the dominance of the NFL – back in the mid-1970s, a California businessman called Gary Davidson proposed to take American football worldwide by the introduction of the World Football League. He had some experience in this matter – earlier, Davidson helped create the American Basketball Association and World Hockey Association, both of which survived long enough to enter their respective established leagues later on. This wasn't the case of WFL, though. This in spite of the fact that it was created at a time when the NFL and CFL players' salaries were at their lowest, triggering strikes across both countries.
The WFL managed to survive for one and a half-season, spawning only one team not based on mainland USA – the Hawaiians. Its successor also called the World Football League, returned briefly in 2008 – this time, it survived for three seasons before all its teams folded or defected to other leagues.
The XFL
If there is a flashier version of Greek wrestling that attracts millions of devoted fans, why wouldn't this be a thing in football? This was probably what NBC and the WWF have thought when creating the XFL, a catchier version of the traditional football involving pro wrestling tropes like heat, kayfabe, barely dressed cheerleaders, and guest appearances by WWF personalities. The league planned to start its season just as the NFL season ended, making use of the hole left in the TV schedules – and the fans' hearts – by the ending of the NFL season.
While the first game night was a surprising success, the viewership of the new league's matches took a nosedive shortly after. Ultimately, NBC and the WWF cut their losses ($30 million on a $100 million investment) and ended it. WWF owner Vince McMahon maintained control of the brand and has recently announced that it may be revived for a new season in 2020.
The World League of American Football
Finally, here is one American football league that failed to take off despite being backed by the NFL itself. The World League of American Football (WLAF) was invented by NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and founded in 1989 by the owners of the franchise, with its inaugural season starting in 1991. It was a league for US and European football teams with six teams coming from the USA, three from Europe and one from Canada. The WLAF served as a proving ground for new rules in the NFL, it seems – the two-point conversion rule, the shorter kickoff tee, and the helmet-mounted cameras and the one-way radios were also introduced here first.
After two seasons, the number of teams was reduced from 10 to 6. After the third season, the league was renamed to "NFL Europe", then rebranded again as "NFL Europa" in 2006. Then, it disbanded completely in 2007. Reportedly, the league was nowhere near as successful a business as its American counterpart, producing losses of up to $30 million per season.


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Q: How do you use AJAX using user input? I have a project to build a very simple web page which will utilize AJAX to display a result.
In main.py we have a list of words,
words = {
    'a': True,
    'aah': True,
    'aahed': True,
    'aahing': True,
    ..............
}

And we already have this class defined for us:
class CheckWordHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
        word = self.request.get('word')
        if word in words:
          self.response.out.write('true')
        else:
          self.response.out.write('false')
    def post(self):
        return self.get()

So far this is the only thing I have working on index.html which uses AJAX, whenever you type something it just displayed a new random number. I did this just to get a feel for how it works.
function checkWord() {
    var xmlHttp = createXmlHttp();
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
        if(xmlHttp.readyState == 4) {
            var text = Math.random();
            var d = document.getElementById('texthere');
            d.innerHTML = text;
        }
    }
    postParameters(xmlHttp, '/check', '');

}

But I'm having troubling thinking how to use checkwordhandler to display if the user is typing in a word which is in the list. How would I get the user input to be checked by the handler?
I have a form, where the user can type in anything
<form >
    Enter a word:

    <input type="text" onkeypress="checkWord()" name="word">

</form>

So, how would I go about taking the input from this form and checking if it's in the list of words using xml?

A: Change the input to send the value that the user has typed:
onkeypress="checkWord(this.value)"

And change the AJAX function to send the value as a parameter, and show the response text.
function checkWord(word) {
    var xmlHttp = createXmlHttp();
    xmlHttp.open('GET', '/check?word=' + encodeURIComponent(word), true);
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if(xmlHttp.readyState == 4) {
            var text = xmlHttp.responseText;
            var d = document.getElementById('texthere');
            d.innerHTML = text;
        }
    }
    xmlHttp.send();
}


London: India's defence budget broke into the world's top five, beating the UK for the first time, a new report by a London-based global think-tank has said, signalling a key shift in the military balance between the two countries.
India overtook the United Kingdom as the fifth-largest defence spender in the world in 2017 at USD 52.5 billion, up from USD 51.1 billion in 2016, according to the 'Military Balance 2018' report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
In contrast, the UK's defence budget fell from USD 52.5 billion in 2016 to USD 50.7 billion in 2017.
"This represents a key shift in the military balance between India and the UK, with India allocating more capabilities to develop its regional resources than the UK in a global context," said IISS Senior Fellow for South Asia, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury.
The report notes that while India continues to modernise its military capabilities, China with the world's second-largest defence budget after the US remains far ahead with three times India's defence budget at USD 150.5 billion.
China's real defence spending increased by nearly 25 per cent in 2016-17, whereas India's rose by just 2.4 per cent.
"Post-Dokalam, India's military balance with China continues to be significantly in China's favour. Since 2000, China has built more submarines, destroyers, frigates and corvettes than Japan, South Korea and India combined. China will continue to dominate the region militarily and seek to challenge the US in the region as well, Roy-Chaudhury notes.
According to the analysis, the Chinese Army has over 600,000 more active personnel than India; it has nearly 1,200 tactical aircraft compared to India's 785; and 55 more cruisers, destroyers and frigates than India.
The report takes note of the Indian government's 'Make in India' policy, which aims to strengthen the defence-industrial base through measures such as "reforming the cap on foreign direct investment" (FDI) and that the country is one of the top troop contributors to UN peacekeeping operations.
"The overall capability of the (Indian) Army is limited by inadequate logistics, and shortages of ammunition and spare parts. Defence cooperation with the US continues to grow, with an increasing level of exercising and sales of US equipment.
"Development and procurement programmes across the services are aimed at replacing ageing equipment, but many projects have experienced significant delays and cost overruns, particularly indigenous systems, the report finds.
IISS says the new Indian Joint Armed Forces Doctrine issued last year sees an "emerging triad" of space, cyber and special-operations capabilities complementing conventional land, sea and air capabilities as India continues to modernise its strategic forces, particularly its delivery systems.
Overall, the report found that China and Russia, with the world's fourth-largest defence budget at USD 61.2 billion, are challenging the military supremacy of the US (USD 602.8 billion) and its allies and that the West can no longer rely on the strategic advantage it has enjoyed until now.
Saudi Arabia, with a defence spending of USD 76.7 billion, came in third to complete the world's top five" the US, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and India.


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