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AMC Theatres, the world’s largest movie exhibition company, has renewed and extended its 3D agreement with RealD for North America through 2024.
AMC also has committed to installing RealD 3D systems in all new facilities and in upgrades and renovations at existing AMC locations in North America during the term of the extension. The announcement was jointly made Thursday by Adam Aron, AMC’s chief executive officer and president, and RealD’s CEO Michael V. Lewis.
AMC is the nation’s largest RealD customer with over 3,300 system installs in North America. On a global basis, AMC and its subsidiaries have more than 4,900 RealD units installed. RealD has more than 30,000 RealD projection systems installed in theaters worldwide.
RealD announced on June 24 that 53% of the worldwide business of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” was attributed to 3D sales with $105 million of the $711 million in grosses from RealD equipped screens.
“Millions of movie fans enjoy the thrills and entertainment provided by RealD 3D, which has become an iconic part of the movie-going experience,” said Aron. “Michael Lewis and his team are leaders in providing incredible movie experiences to millions of movie fans, and we are excited to continue our partnership.”
Lewis praised AMC for its Stubs A-List promotion, which it launched this week as a counter to MoviePass’ aggressive discounting. The program gives guests the chance to see up to three movies per week for the monthly fee of $19.95
“The extension of our strategic partnership with AMC allows RealD to continue providing the best and brightest 3D cinema experience to AMC customers around the globe,” said Lewis. “Under Adam Aron, AMC is leading the charge in exhibitor innovation and developing new programs like AMC Stubs A-List, which we believe will expand market share for future RealD 3D titles. We appreciate our long-standing relationship with the entire AMC family and believe the best of our partnership is yet to come.”
AMC has more than 1,000 theaters and 11,000 screens worldwide. The chain has been owned by Dalian Wanda Group since 2013.


Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright to attend charity screening in Letchworth
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FILM star Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright will be marking the end of filming in Letchworth GC of their latest movie, The World’s End, with an exclusive charity screening of their last collaboration Hot Fuzz tonight (Tuesday).
The duo will introduce the film and take part in a Q&A session at the town’s Broadway cinema.
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Doors open at 7pm with introductions and the Q&A session beginning at 7.30pm.
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Brush the chicken with softened butter. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
In a large bowl combine the carrots, zucchini, mushrooms and potatoes. Add the melted butter and toss to coat. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Put the chicken in a roasting pan and scatter the vegetables around the chicken. Pour in stock and top with herb sprigs. Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Turning the vegetables a few times to evenly brown.
NOTE: If you used a whole chicken, you will need to cut the chicken into serving size pieces and serve with the vegetables.
Stir in spaghetti sauce and water; bring to a boil.
Add the ravioli. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 7-9 minutes or until ravioli is tender, stirring once.
Sprinkle with cheese. Simmer uncovered for 1-2 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
Drain anchovies, reserving oil from the can. Mince and combine anchovies and garlic in a large bowl, mash with the back of the wooden spoon, stir in Worcestershire sauce and the juice of one lemon. Add olive oil to reserved anchovy oil to make 1/3 cup combined oil; whisk into anchovy-garlic-lemon mixture. Toss with Romaine lettuce.
Toast croutons just before tossing with salad and just before serving. Serve with freshly shaved Parmesan cheese and plenty of ground black pepper.
In bowl, combine butter, spices, and cheese. Spread mixture on each half of French bread. Wrap halves in foil. Bake 30 minutes.
Cut into wide slices.
1. Bring water, cinnamon stick and cloves to boil in 2-quart saucepan. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes.
2. Stir in milk and sugar. Return mixture to a simmer. Add tea bags; cover and remove from heat. Allow to steep 2 minutes. Strain tea mixture before serving.
3. Serve immediately or refrigerate to serve cold.
Mash all of the ingredients together until smooth and creamy, preferably with a mixer or food processor. Serve hot.
NOTE: Potatoes can be made ahead and reheated. They even freeze well.
Add butter and olive oil to a large sauté pan over medium heat. When butter has melted, add shallots and Brussels sprouts and cook until they begin to caramelize, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
In a large bowl, cream sugars and butter.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Add vanilla, corn syrup, salt and baking soda.
Add remaining ingredients, mixing well after each one.
Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes, depending on the size of cookie. Cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes than transfer to a wire rack.

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A New Twist in the HAM vs DTB case is up again as Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham petitions the constitutional court challenging the outcome of the judgement of the Supreme Court for being Unconstitutional and in contravention of several provisions of the constitution of the Republic of Uganda.
Not long ago the country witnessed drama at the Supreme Court when Ham and his lawyers protested the scheduled date for receipt of judgement in their Appeal which they termed as a move to deny Ham his constitutional rights of being heard, Ham went ahead and filed an application to arrest/halt the delivery of the said decision, however the same was of no effect as the Supreme Court Hon Lady justice Percy Night Tuhaise went ahead and delivered the said judgement amidst protest from learned counsel Kagolo who represented Ham as Counsel Muwema was unavailable.
Counsel Kagolo went ahead and gave several reasons including but not limited to the fact that they had been invited for a pre-conference hearing which didn’t take effect but rather a date for delivery of judgement was given, the failure of the Registrar of the Supreme Court fixing their application despite having been filed in 2021 and further that they had filed an application to arrest the judgement at hand pending the hearing of their application.
These arguments were rebutted by Counsel Karugire as he stated that the said application was a waste of time as some of the questions therein would be handled in the said judgement and the matter had taken long and secondly that the application to arrest the judgment had been fixed nor heard. Hon Lady Justice Percy Night Tuhaise went ahead and delivered the judgement whereafter she gave a disclaimer for her decision to proceed with delivering the said controversial judgment which would have been delivered by any other judicial officer or the registrar of the Supreme Court.
In light of all the said controversies, Ham has gone ahead and filed a Constitutional Petition stating several provisions of the constitution which were violated as a result of the Supreme Court going ahead and delivering the controversial judgement namely Articles 21,2,20,28,44,126, and 128 among others.
Ham’s petition put across several grounds under which he intends to challenge the controversial judgment as below;
To begin with is in relation to the act and/or conduct of the supreme court of allowing DTB to introduce extrinsic matters on syndicated loans leading to the consideration and judgment upon such matters not being the subject of Civil Appeal No. 13/2021 or any cross-appeal, was an injudicious and biased act done contrary to and in contravention of Article 2, 20, 21, 28, 44, 126 and 128 of the Constitution, the act or conduct of the supreme court to scheduling a pre-hearing of civil Application No. 051/2021 which was an application for judgment on admission and then declining to pre-near the said application, was an injudicious and biased act which intringed the Petitioners inviolable right to a fair hearing contrary to and in contravention of Articles 2, 20,21, 28, 44, 126 and 128 of the Constitution.
Secondly, the act and/or conduct of the Supreme Court of receiving and declining to hear civil Application No. 15/2023 to introduce additional evidence from the Central Bank of Kenya indicating that DTB Kenya had committed illegalities in respect of the credit transaction with Ham was an improper and
Inappropriate exercise of judIcial power and thereby infringed the inviolable right to a fair hearing contrary to Articles 2, 20, 21, 28, 44, 126 and 128 of the Constitution.
Thirdly is the act or conduct of issuing the lead judgement in Civil Appeal No. 13/2021 on the 6th June 2023, whilst claiming that “the other members of the coram were in full agreement” whereas they were not at that material time, the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo committed perjury which fainted and invalidated the judicial process of writing the judgment, renders the impugned judgment suspect, hull void and inconsistent with Articles 2, 28, 44, 126, 128, 130 and 131 of the Constitution.
Furthermore is the act or conduct of the supreme court violating the panel mandate rule to hear and judge upon civIl appeal No.13/2021 at the same time, when It issued the impugned judgement with two commencement dates i.e on June 2023 and 13 June 2023, was an absolute tallure of exercise of judicial power which invalidated the impugned judgement and is inconsistent with Articles 2, 28, 44, 126, 131 and 132 of the constitution.
Also to note is the act or conduct of the supreme court declaring that foreign lending by foreign banks should be free and unregulated in Uganda, usurps the power of Parliament to legislate against illicit money transactions, is an improper and inappropriate exercise of judicial authority and is a craw back on the public policy of Uganda which is inconsistent with and is in contravention of Articles 2, 28, 44, 19, 123 and 126 of the Constitution.
Lastly is the act or conduct of issuing a post judgement statement Titled “Reasons why I declined to halt delivery of judgement” which was signed and delivered by Hon Lady Justice Percy Night Tuhaise on the 29th June 2023 amounted to a disclaimer of responsibility casting aspersions on the integrity of the whole judgement making process in civil appeal No 13/2021, rendering the said process a nullity and in contravention of Articles 2, 28, 44, 126 and 128 of the Constitution.
We now await to see how events unfold over the said petition and how the justices of the constitutional court will address the several concerns in relation to the bluntant violation of human rights.
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The popular West Chester Concert Series at Keehner Park will bring music lovers together in a natural park setting on select Saturdays this summer through Labor Day. The series will kick off on June 1 with the Cincinnati Brass Band.
“We’re always excited in West Chester to be able to offer two weekly free concerts for the community — West Chester Concert Series at Keehner Park and The Takeover. So, we wanted to differentiate them. The concerts at Keehner Park are usually a wider range of music,” said Barb Wilson, spokeswoman for West Chester Twp.
She said the concerts at Keehner Park represent brass bands, symphonic bands, big bands, steel drum bands, classic rock and more. There’s something for everyone.
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The series will feature a mix of new acts like Britney’s Lipstick and Big Trouble Blues Band, along with several returning favorites. The concerts will begin on June 1 with the Cincinnati Brass Band, and wrap up on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, with the West Chester Symphony Orchestra.
“We are so fortunate in the community to have a place like Keehner Park with the beautiful amphitheater. It’s nestled into the woods a little bit; you can bring a chair or a blanket and sit on the lawn. It’s another great place to bring kids and there’s a playground nearby,” Wilson said.
With the exception of the Labor Day concert on Sept. 2, which starts at 6:30 p.m., all other concerts will begin at 7 p.m. at the Keehner Park Amphitheatre stage. The summer-long concert series will showcase favorites like Blue Stone Ivory, Southwestern Ohio Symphonic Band, 122nd Army Band, P&G Big Band and more. The West Chester Symphony Orchestra will also perform twice this summer, including at a community ice cream social at the park on June 22.
Concertgoers at Keehner Park not only enjoy the music, but the surroundings. In addition to the amphitheatre, other amenities at the 120-acre park include picnic shelters, playgrounds, baseball fields, tennis courts and basketball courts. There are also wooded trails, which are great for walking and cross-country running.
“I’m not sure that our residents are all familiar with it, or have taken advantage of it, but I hope more come to realize that it’s there, and the concerts are another way we bring the park to life by offering these concerts, and bringing people into the park,” Wilson said.
Although there’s no alcohol served or food concessions available, guests can pack a picnic, spread a blanket, and bring games for their children to play.
HOW TO GO
What: West Chester Concert Series
Where: Keehner Park, Keehner Park Amphitheatre, 7211 Barret Road, West Chester
When: Select Saturdays, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
More info: www.WestChesterOH.org. Guests may bring chairs. Alcohol is not permitted.
2019 West Chester Concert Series at Keehner Park lineup
June 1: Cincinnati Brass Band
June 8: Southwestern Ohio Symphonic Band
June 15: Arts Council Presents Bluegrass in the Park
June 22: West Chester Symphony — Ice Cream Social
June 29: 122nd Army Band
July 6: Miami University Steel Drum Band
July 13: P&G Big Band
July 20: Blue Stone Ivory
July 27: No concert – Shakespeare in the Park
Aug. 3: No concert
Aug. 10: Big Trouble Blues Band
Aug. 17: Britney’s Lipstick
Aug. 24: Ben Levin Piano
Aug. 31: No concert
Monday, Sept. 2: West Chester Symphony (6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.)
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KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza has instituted a formal investigation into the alleged failure of non-profit organisations (NPOs) to deliver social relief of distress (SRD) to communities around the province.
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South Africa's economy was built on the mining industry. But the sector has been in decline for decades. Mining contributed R312 billion, or 6.8%, to South Africa's GDP and 464,667 direct jobs in 2017, a far cry from the 21% contribution to GDP in the 1970s.
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Amid all the calls for higher inflation and continued growth in the US, Treasury yields have failed to meaningfully rise.
Treasurys have remained attractive, keeping yields low, as investors consider a blurry growth picture in the US combined with uncertainty about geopolitics and President Donald Trump's economic agenda.
"I think we're more likely to go to Mars before we have a 4%-5% 10-year Treasury," David Bianco, chief investment strategist for the Americas at Deutsche Asset Management, said in an interview with Business Insider. "I think it stays near or below 3% through this cycle." Yields rise when bond prices fall.
"Rates markets sit at an important intersection," said Matthew Hornbach, a strategist at Morgan Stanley, in a recent note. "The stoplight for reflation has turned green again, but global sovereign markets have not yet shifted into drive," suggesting that investors are waiting for better economic data and equity-market performance, he added.
The current economic recovery is likely to extend its run and become the longest ever in US history, surpassing the expansion from 1991 to 2001, Bianco said. But during that time, the 10-year yield would struggle to rise well beyond 3%, he added.
Treasurys fell on Thursday, with the 10-year yield up three basis points at 2.36% at 11 a.m. ET. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said economic weakness in the first quarter was likely transitory, further convincing Wall Street that it will raise interest rates at its June meeting.
"About 2% is about as high as the Fed goes, assuming there's no inflation problem" that prompts the Fed to combat it by raising rates even higher, Bianco said. The benchmark Fed funds rate is in a range of 0.75% to 1%.
Higher commodity prices could theoretically stoke inflation, but that's not relevant right now, he said. Crude oil, for example, faces a structural barrier to returning to $70 or $80 per barrel because the market is oversupplied.
The labor market is another unlikely source of inflation in Bianco's view. That's because incomes may not rise meaningfully enough to cause a wage-price spiral in which higher wages raise demand for spending and consequently, prices.
"I think wage growth will only go up if productivity goes up," he said. Higher inequality in the US has meant that salaries are increasing at a slower pace than worker productivity, compared to how they tracked each other before the 1970s. But the output growth that employers get out of investing in new workers has been on the decline globally, making stronger wage growth less likely despite a tight labor market.
Lower borrowing costs, which encourage companies to take on debt and buy their own shares, could continue to support the stock market.
"If I'm right that interest rates continue to stay low as the cycle continues and the Fed does a little bit more hiking, and the Fed doesn't see the need to go above 2% even in 2018 or 2019, I think the S&P's PE on a forward basis goes from 18 to 20," Bianco said. "A lot of things that people think are overvalued like utility stocks have more upside."


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AREA-7 Next to The Living End (at least initially), Area-7 were Australia’s biggest and best contribution to ska’s third wave – a bounding ensemble of musos that first came together as a Madness cover band, called Mad Not Madness, in 1993.
When they took a brave step towards original material about a year later, they became Area-7, taking their name from a lyric in The Specials’ song Dawning Of A New Era. It was an apt title; Area-7 were on the doorstep of a whole new epoch in the history of ska – though it didn’t look like it from where they were standing.
“It’s only the press that ever talks about ska being a resurgence,” smiles Area-7 frontman Stevo, “I’ve been in and around the ska and alternative scene now since ‘81 – ska is always around. It’s just the media that jumps on this ten year cycle and starts noticing it and then all of a sudden it’s popular again.”
The reality however, is that the sound of ska had evolved. In the mid-‘90s, while mangy pop acts like Blink-182 and Pennywise were re-inventing punk, bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish and Operation Ivy set about bringing the funky, peppy Two Tone aesthetic back to the alternative music charts. They took the horny bounce of second wave bands like Madness and the Specials – themselves influenced by Jamaican reggae-meets-r’n’b sounds of the sixties – and injected a even more more energy into it, creating a kind of punk-ska sound with a shiny pop edge. This became known as the third wave of ska.
The third wave bands and their pop-punk brethren appeared side-by-side on the bill of the nascent Vans Warped Tour, which started in the US in the mid-‘90s and came to Australia in 1998. That was the year it really blew up, especially for Area-7.
“I think timing in most things in life is crucial,” says Stevo, “Our first CDs were ignored by Triple J, then we just happened to have a song out about racism, No Logic, which coincided with the birth of One Nation. Next thing you know we have a high rotation airplay on all the indie stations and national air play on Triple J.
“At the same time, Rancid, No Doubt and the ‘Bosstones were gaining big reputations in the ‘States and the next thing you know, the Aussie music industry is looking for their local ‘ska/punk’ act. Enter Area-7! Right place, right songs, at the right time.”
Over the next few years, Area-7 rode high on the third wave, releasing successively more popular singles including Bitter Words, Second Class Citizen and Start Making Sense from the gold-selling debut album Bitter And Twisted. They appeared at every festival we had back then, including Warped, Big Day Out, The Falls and Livid, and supported the likes of NOFX, Reel Big Fish and the Bosstones. They were nominated for an ARIA, too.
Things got altogether ridiculous around 2002, when Area-7 released a song called Nobody Likes A Bogan. It may not have been their highest charting track, but it’s probably their most memorable – which isn’t bad for a song that wasn’t meant to be a single.
“From memory we had actually almost finished recording or second album, Say It To My Face, when it dawned upon us that we were really missing a genuine all-round ska tune. Chucky T, our main songwriter and guitarist, just disappeared and tuned up twenty four hours later with that song, almost ready to record,” Stevo explains.
“We put it on as a bit of a gag and then Triple M decided they wanted to use it on a national competition to find ‘Australia’s Biggest Bogan’. In return they offered us high rotation for our next single, Save Yourself. Unfortunately, we never released that next single.”
This is where things went pear-shaped for Area-7, and in a fairly big way. They were contracted to Zomba Records, which unceremoniously shut up shop, leaving the band in a strange legal limbo, unable to release their existing record and unable to record another.
“We sat in limbo for about two years waiting for our release. Two years is a long time in music. In that time, Aussie Idol was born, the alternative scene moved into emo (oh woe is me) and the next thing you know, the demand for a happy-go-lucky ska band has gone into its usual ten year hibernation,” Stevo shrugs, then laughs. “Ah well. It was fun while it lasted.”
By Stevo’s count, the world may be due for another ska renaissance soon, but the boys from Area-7 are pretty happy to let another band lead the pack. While they haven’t split up, they’ve been extremely selective about which gigs they’ll play over the last five years or so, and they’re happy to continue making every appearance a very special event.
“We did eventually release an EP on our return from touring in East Timor, followed by an independent album recorded by Troy Trigwell at Woodstock Studios in St Kilda, but we just never got the same level of exposure,” Stevo says. “That’s ok though; we had our fun and now it’s someone else’s turn. So check out The Resignators and King Cannons – two fantastic Aussie ska bands who deserve some more recognition.”
Meanwhile, when Stevo and the guys play the pressure is off. They get to dive in a get sweaty with their friends and fans, and play ska for no other reason than a life-long love of the genre.
“Back in ‘79/’80 I was a little punker, but I saw Madness in ‘81 at Festival Hall and that gig seriously changed my life,” grins Stevo. “To me, ska offers a bit everything, and so that makes it great. It has history, credibility, a great social message about equality and damn it, its really good fun. When you have three hundred people in a skank circle and you’re watching it from stage and the crowd is just going nuts, it’s a great thing to be a part of.”


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(BBC News) In the days immediately after the Hamas attack on Israel, the Republicans seeking the US presidency had focused their criticism on President Joe Biden and what they saw as American weakness and missteps that had paved the way for violence.
That changed on Wednesday night, however, when Donald Trump addressed the topic in a speech near his home in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Now some of Trump’s rivals are condemning the former president in some of the most direct language of this campaign.
During remarks to a crowd of supporters, Trump said Israel had to “straighten it out because they’re fighting, potentially a very big force.”
He called Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant a “jerk” and repeatedly called Hezbollah, the militant Islamist group in Lebanon, “very smart.”
Trump also said that Israel had initially agreed to work with the US on a 2020 drone strike that killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, but that they backed out at the last minute.
“I’ll never forget that Bibi Netanyahu let us down,” he said. “That was a very terrible thing.”
In a television interview that aired Thursday, he went further in his criticism of the Israeli prime minister, saying Netanyahu was “not very prepared” for the possibility of a Hamas attack.
Trump’s remarks prompted a series of quick and pointed responses from Ron DeSantis, the candidate who once was in a dead heat with the former president but now trails him in most polls by a wide margin.
“Terrorists have murdered at least 1,200 Israelis and 22 Americans and are holding more hostage,” the Florida governor wrote in a social media post, “so it is absurd that anyone, much less someone running for president, would choose now to attack our friend and ally, Israel, much less praise Hezbollah terrorists.”
A DeSantis campaign spokesperson would later call Trump’s remarks “disturbing and disqualifying.”

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Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand 1 (PD-L1) have been extensively studied to block the activation of the PD-1 axis immune checkpoint pathway on T cells. However, recent evidence suggests that PD-1-independent PD-L1 pathways in cancer cells and macrophages are important in cellular proliferation and survival of those cell types but the underlying mechanism is little understood. To recapitulate the binding of multiple PD-1 to the high levels of PD-L1 expression on cancer cell membranes, recombinant histones carrying a PD-1 receptor-derived peptide (PDR) were prepared and used to assemble a PDR-displayed nucleosome array. PDR-displayed chromatin showed physiologically spaced nucleosomes, unaffected by N-terminal histone tails and biotinylated DNA modifications. PDR-displayed chromatin exhibited selective binding to the breast cancer cell line with high PD-L1 expression, MDA-MB-231, where saturated binding occurred within 3 h, comparable to well-known antigen-antibody reactions. Notably, PDR-displayed chromatin enhanced resistance to doxorubicin in PD-L1-overexpressed cancer cells, revealing a PD-L1 level-dependent effect on cell survival upon chemotherapy. Our study sheds light on the potential of PDR-displayed chromatin as a tool to induce chemoresistance in cancer cells without employing anti-PD-L1 antibodies or soluble PD-1 receptors. Further investigation into the underlying signaling pathways and therapeutic applications is warranted, positioning PDR-displayed chromatin as a valuable tool for understanding PD-L1-mediated intracellular signaling pathways in cancer cells with high PD-L1 expression.
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AI-driven direct audience insights and measurement platform Quantcast has announced a new partnership with applied analytics and AI firm Quantium, which will see the companies bridge the gap between online and offline data.
This partnership is a first for Quantcast in Australia as the company invests in developing partnerships to help brands grow in an AI-era.
By combining the power of Quantium’s purchase data and analytics with the power of Quantcast’s AI-driven audience platform, brands will now be able to bridge the gap between online and offline.
Quantium’s QSegments, built from broad-scale transaction data sourced from de-identified customer shopping records, paired with Quantcast’s real-time audience insights platform and AI, provides new opportunities for offline advertisers.
The capability will give advertisers and agencies the ability to see what types of purchasing behaviours their target audiences have both online and offline, and use this data to inform their audience planning to drive a more impactful marketing strategy.
Andrew Double, managing director for Australia and New Zealand and Quantcast, said: “The partnership with Quantium delivers on advertiser demands for access to the best transaction data and enables them to reach their existing and potential audiences at scale.
“This partnership will enable advertisers to marry powerful Quantium in-store purchase data with the Quantcast real-time audience insights platform enabling brands to see the patterns in online consumer behaviour.”
Quantium CEO Adam Driussi said: “This agreement builds on our growing list of media activation partners, allowing marketers to access the power of Quantium’s ‘buyergraphic’ QSegments to increase digital advertising performance in a real-time programmatic environment.
“We chose to partner with Quantcast in this space because of their ability to deliver very large audiences using their real-time audience insights across the web.”


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The Wayback Machine: '89 quake shook us to core
The guy worked a graveyard shift, so on this late afternoon in October, he fluffed up his pillow, straightened out the bed sheets and adjusted the rabbit ears on his portable TV.
He thought he'd relax and catch the World Series pre-game show before his wife returned from her work and compelled him to do his household chores.
At precisely 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989, the earth convulsed in a spasm that seemed to endure much longer than any other earthquake he had experienced. From other rooms in his house he heard glass breaking, furniture collapsing and knick-knacks smashing against the floor.
His first thought when the shaking stopped inexplicably was: "My wife is going to kill me for this." Then going outside he saw a neighbor and asked the dumbest question in human history: "Did you feel it?"
In the confusion immediately following the Loma Prieta Earthquake, many people had irrational, incongruous first thoughts. And others were amazed to have witnessed phenomena they'd never have believed possible, such as:
• Seeing the very ground and pavement ripple as the shock wave moved beneath the surface of the Earth;
• Seeing water "jumping" out of swimming pools and fish tanks;
• Seeing terrified animals running as if from an invisible predator.
People popped out of their houses shortly after the shaking stopped to assess the damage. How big was it? Where was it centered? Was anyone killed? Was this "The Big One?"
The greatest anxiety in the aftermath of Loma Prieta was the feeling of intense isolation. We knew we were OK, but is the rest of the world still standing? All power was gone.
And those damned aftershocks, many of them as strong as other named earthquakes we who grew up in California learned to take in stride, frayed already taut nerves.
People with transistor radios fingered the dial, trying to find a station, any station, still on the air. In the immediate minutes after the quake, there was none, only the ominous tones of the Emergency Broadcast System. We all were familiar with the annoying sound of the EBS tone during tests. This was no test.
News trickles in
Finally, someone picked up one of the San Francisco stations. The news was staggering: The Bay Bridge had collapsed; multi-deck freeways had pancaked; San Francisco was in flames.
Those words, not nuanced, played hell with imaginations 100 miles away. My coterie of friends and neighbors actually had an image of the entire Bay Bridge under water, entire freeways toppled. It was days before we were able to sort out which of those early reports were true and which were exaggerated.
Then night fell. It was warm as it usually is in mid-October. And the darkness was a profound darkness. No street lights. People managed to get by with flashlights, camping lanterns and candles. Those who had camp stoves became neighborhood heroes. With no electricity to power refrigerators, frozen food was immediately cooked and consumed lest it spoil.
Through it all, those aftershocks again and again. Days after the initial strike, you'd lie awake waiting for the next one, wondering if the room would tumble down on you.
Cash and carry
It became clear to those of us who endured the quake and its aftermath how utterly dependent we are on modern conveniences. A few stores opened within a day of the temblor. But they limited the number of customers they allowed into the store to no more than a dozen at any one time.
When it came time to pay for your groceries or batteries or whatever, you were out of luck if you didn't have cash. With the power off, credit cards, debit cards and checks were not accepted. Cash registers didn't work; bar-code scanners didn't work. There were a few ATM places back then ... but they didn't work either for lack of power. You could have had the best credit in the world and still be denied.
But if the modern spider web of commerce failed in a time of extreme necessity, some good old-fashion virtues re-emerged. Neighborliness and cooperation born of a shared moment in history became almost as memorable as the events that inspired them. People had to rely on one another.
Local impact minor
Although the Loma Prieta Earthquake shattered our nerves, scared us to the bone, Monterey County, relatively speaking, got off easy. There was a tragedy in Moss Landing where a man was killed. He was the county's lone casualty.
Elsewhere in the county, roads buckled and, for a time, the area was cut off from destinations north of Watsonville. The highway over Struve Slough on western edge of the town collapsed. The Moss Landing Marine Laboratory was wrecked, but no one in the building when the quake hit was hurt.
Hotlines were set up to help deal with post-traumatic stress, and there must have been plenty of that. Some employers reported absenteeism upas much as 33 percent in the first few days after the temblor.
Quake slowed the presses
Without power to run the presses and word-processing terminals, getting the printed word out to the public proved something of a chore.
The Oct. 17 edition of The Salinas Californian, an afternoon newspaper back then, already was on customers' doorsteps when the earthquake hit. To publish its Oct. 18 edition, its reporters and editors dusted off their manual typewriters to write their accounts of the disaster.
Photo film and news copy were flown to The Californian's sister newspaper in Visalia where 40,000 copies of a 28-page newspaper were published and flown back to Salinas for distribution on Wednesday morning, stealing a march on the competition.
Most morning newspapers weren't able to get on the street or doorstep until Wednesday afternoon. And the big metro dailies — the Mercury-News, Chronicle and Examiner — were unable to deliver to some of their circulation zones because of snarled traffic in the Bay Area and damaged roadways.
Earthquakes are a peculiar terror: They don't spare anyone in their sphere of seismic influence. They're not like tornadoes that mow down one block but leave an adjoining block untouched. There's no safety in higher ground, you can't see them coming and no way to predict them using Doppler radar.
We endure them and go on, promising to be better prepared the next time.
Jim Albanese can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


STELLARTON, NS – The parent of Sobeys and IGA, Empire Company, has unveiled plans for an e-commerce rollout that includes building a second automated fulfillment centre, this time in the Montreal area.
Voilà by Sobeys and Voilà par IGA will be the name and brand for its online grocery home delivery service for the Greater Toronto Area, Ottawa and major cities in the Province of Quebec.
Voilà by Sobeys will offer up to 39,000 products, including fresh produce. It will be managed by Ocado Group plc’s online grocery engine.
The company is already working with UK-based Ocado to build the first fulfillment centre, in Vaughan, Ontario, that will serve the home delivery model. Ocado’s latest generation, state-of-the-art automated warehouse is designed specifically for grocery e-commerce. It’s based around a propriety robotics AS/RS grid system.
The e-commerce offering includes front-end website functionality, supported by proprietary ‘web shop’ and mobile grocery ordering applications, as well as last-mile routing management technology to optimize delivery truck efficiency, customer service excellence and punctuality.
The Vaughan DC is projected to be completed in the spring of 2020. The latest estimate of construction and design costs for the DC is approximately $95 million, up $25 million from previous estimates. The design has evolved, the company says, and significant industry-wide cost inflation in construction materials, particularly steel, has led to cost increases.
“We are building the most advanced e-commerce infrastructure in Canada”, said Sarah Joyce, SVP, e-commerce for Empire.
“An online grocery home delivery experience like Voilà by Sobeys does not yet exist in Canada. While most players in the industry are focused on store pick models to fulfil their online orders, we are building automated warehouses specifically designed for home delivery based on a highly successful model from the U.K.”
Empire plans to launch Voilà par IGA, its second customer fulfillment centre (CFC) in the Montreal district of Ponte-Claire, in 2021. Empire will partner with Crombie REIT to develop the second CFC in Montreal. Empire will lease the location from Crombie and Crombie will build the site to Empire’s specifications.
The cost of the CFC in Montreal to be consistent with, or less than Vaughan, as the Toronto development will enable efficiencies in Montreal. The majority of the Montreal investment will be incurred by Crombie. In addition, software, licensing and systems integration costs incurred during fiscal 2019 apply to all CFC’s.
For more than 20 years, IGA.net has operated a successful online pick up and home delivery grocery service in Quebec. IGA.net will continue to serve customers in Quebec until Voilà par IGA launches in 2021 and IGA.net customers will experience the world-class service and assortment of the Ocado based platform.
Following the 2021 launch, IGA.net will continue to serve customers who are outside of the delivery area.
Empire projects that about 1,500 jobs will be created in the GTA and Montreal as a result of its e-commerce expansion.
“We’re thrilled to build on our solid legacy of e-commerce in Quebec,” explained Joyce.
“When selecting future locations we consider size of market, population density and potential for growth. Launching in Quebec is another exciting step forward to bringing the world’s most innovative e-commerce solution to Canadians.”


The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has lashed out at critics who are opposed to its privatization programme of the port facilities
According to the agency, it has the statutory powers to concession any part of the Nigerian ports for public interests and efficient service delivery.
The declaration of the body came on the heel of stiff opposition mounted by a group which called itself NPA Warri Stakeholders Furum , which petitioned the presidency over the concession of old Warri Port
This was contained in a statement made by the Bureau’s Head, Public Communications, Alex Okoh, in Abuja this week.
“The petitioners alleged that BPE is working with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Federal Ministry of Transport (FMoT) and office of the Vice- President to concession the terminal to “their cronies”.
“They further alleged that the BPE’s action is illegal as they are usurping the powers and functions of ICRC, ” the statement said.
The group urged the presidency to stop the BPE or else the petitioners would take up the matter with the incoming administration or resort to legal action.
“However, we wish to further clarify that NPA is listed in the BPE Act of 1999 as amended and therefore NCP/BPE has the full powers to handle and conclude the transaction,” it stated.
BPE had in July 2014, placed adverts in some selected dailies requesting for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for the Concession of old Warri Port Terminal ‘B’.


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Sunday, October 04, 2015
Undefeated Airoforce gives Colonel John two juvenile colts in Breeders’ Cup
John Oxley’s undefeated Airoforce shored up his spot in the Breeders’ Cup with a win in Sunday’s $250,000 Dixiana Bourbon S. (G3) at Keeneland. He joins fellow 2-year-old colt Cocked and Loaded, who also qualified with an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup with a win in last month’s Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill – giving Colonel John a pair of top contender in this year’s juvenile Breeders’ Cup races...
Friday, October 02, 2015
Runhappy punches ticket to Breeders’ Cup with sizzling Phoenix (G3) win
Talented 3-year-old colt Runhappy, one of three Grade 1 winners from the first crop of Super Saver, defeated a top field that included reigning Eclipse-winning sprinter Work All Week in the $250,000 Phoenix S. (G3) on opening day at Keeneland...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
Bodemeister has top colt at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale
First-year sire Bodemeister had the top-selling colt at the Oct. 6 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Yearling sale, a $190,000 juvenile consigned by Dark Hollow Farm...
Tiznow’s Alexis Tangier best in Santa Anita’s Swingtime S.
Ran Jan Racing, Inc.’s Alexis Tangier, the multiple stakes-winning filly by Tiznow, proved best in Saturday’s Swingtime S. at Santa Anita...
Thursday, October 01, 2015
Multiple G1 winner Rock Fall to join sire Speightstown at WinStar
Stonestreet Stables’ leading sprinter Rock Fall, last Saturday’s winner of the $400,000 Vosburgh S. (G1) at Belmont, will stand alongside his sire Speightstown at WinStar Farm when he retires at the conclusion of 2015...
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Congrats filly dominates in Remington’s Flashy Lady S.
Haveyougoneaway found herself in the Remington Park winner’s circle following a convincing 4 ¼-length score in Sunday’s $50,000 Flashy Lady S...
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Rock Fall’s win streak continues in Grade 1 Vosburgh
Rock Fall’s victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Vosburgh at Belmont Park marked the seventh straight win for the 4-year-old Speightstown colt...
Speightstown 2yo runs to first stakes win in $150K Hall of Fame S.
Full Salute’s professional-looking victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Hall of Fame S. at Parx had the look of better things to come for the 2-year-old son of Speightstown...
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Colonel John colt tops Keeneland’s Thursday session
A colt by Colonel John was the session-topper during Thursday’s Keeneland September Yearling sale, with trainer Ken McPeek going to $170,000...
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Maiden Special Weight double for Sidney’s Candy
Sidney’s Candy tallied a pair of debut maiden special weight winners on Saturday...


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“Perpetual Imbalance” by Albert Alvarez (Saturday Reception)
Un Grito Gallery
August 6, 2022 6:00 pm - August 6, 2022 9:00 pm
Un Grito Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by Albert Alvarez.
His solo exhibition “Perpetual Imbalance” will be on display for the month of August, with opening receptions on Thursday, August 4th, First Friday, August 5th and Saturday, August 6th.
Un Grito Gallery is located in the Upstairs Studios at Blue Star.


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May 15, 2018
M Berretta et al, 2018. Coffee consumption is not associated with ovarian cancer risk: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies, Oncotarget, Volume 9(29)
BACKGROUND: Coffee consumption has been associated with numerous cancers, but evidence on ovarian cancer risk is controversial. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis on prospective cohort studies in order to review the evidence on coffee consumption and risk of ovarian cancer.
METHODS: Studies were identified through searching the PubMed and MEDLINE databases up to March 2017. Risk estimates were retrieved from the studies, and dose-response analysis was modelled by using restricted cubic splines. Additionally, a stratified analysis by menopausal status was performed.
RESULTS: A total of 8 studies were eligible for the dose-response meta-analysis. Studies included in the analysis comprised 787,076 participants and 3,541 ovarian cancer cases. The results showed that coffee intake was not associated with ovarian cancer risk (RR = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.89, 1.26). Stratified and subgroup analysis showed consisted results.
CONCLUSIONS: This comprehensive meta-analysis did not find evidence of an association between the consumption of coffee and risk of ovarian cancer.
Ja tak, jeg vil gerne modtage nyhedsbrev, når der er noget nyt om kaffe og helbred.


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As fall starts giving way to winter you know what that means for my Warhammer and hobby activity: it begins to increase, or at least my blogging about it does. I have a lot of stuff that I have been completing in terms of Warhammer and a lot already photographed. In particular I have been hard at work on the repaint of my Wood Elf army which is now quite respectable in size. But enough of the heads up on where I'm at, onto the point of this blog entry: Creatures of Chaos.
As outlined in my previous entry on the matter here I purchased all three of the Creatures of Chaos from Langley Miniatures by Andrew Taylor. To recap, these are great sculpts and I was happy to support them; they also have a fair amount of other minis I'm keeping my eyes on for down the road. The minis are created very much in the vein of the miniatures that Citadel/Games Workshop/Marauder created back in the heyday of 3rd Edition Warhammer.
The minis themselves were a pleasure to paint with very few awkward areas. You know the kind I mean: some minis have areas, usually the undersides that are a pain to try and contort the hand and brush to reach to apply adequate paint coverage.
I decided to mount these minis on 50mm by 50mm bases as that would also allow me a fair amount of space to create some decorative bases in the style of 3rd edition Warhammer. By this I mean the look and feel of the 3rd Edition rule book and White Dwarfs at the time with their crazy painted mushrooms, simulated rushes/weeds and the like.
With the chimera, the issue was trying to find the right balance of the lighter colors.
A few bonus pictures of the project.
Bears and Big Cats.
As to timing of these purchases? Yet to be determined...


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Don Kagey, 59, and his wife, Julie, 60, of Okemos, Mich., consider their bicycle trip through Sicily this past spring as the best vacation of their lives. “Having a deep food experience is very important to us,” says Julie. Her family comes from Sicily, so the Kageys signed up for a tour led by celebrity chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Traci Des Jardins.
“While we were riding our bikes, the chefs kept a watchful eye out for wildflowers, fruits and edible vegetation, such as wild mushrooms, to forage along the roadways and put on our dinner plates that night,” says Don. The couple also watched local farmers turn goat milk into ricotta cheese, sampled sandwiches made from cow spleen and lungs that resembled (but didn’t taste like) Chicago Italian beef sandwiches, and went on a fishing boat and caught tuna that was later turned into a red-sauced pasta dish.
Eating great food, especially the kind that can’t be found at home, has always been an important part of travel. According to the nonprofit culinary education and research group World Food Travel Association, 93% of travelers create longlasting memories based on their experiences with a region’s food and beverages.
But in a new twist for many travel companies, consumption is taking a back seat to providing a closer look at where food comes from, cooking traditions and the cultural forces that shape local cuisine.
“We design trips to use food as the lens for understanding and connecting to local traditions,” says Jim Kane, founder of Culture Xplorers (opens in new tab), which specializes in trips to South America and the Iberian Peninsula. “I’m on a quest to connect travelers with local people, culture and traditions. There is no better catalyst than food. It encompasses learning about ecosystems, ancient traditions, art and history.”
Most of Kane’s clients—about 90%—are ages 50 to 80, and they typically take nine-day trips that cost $5,000 to $8,000 per person plus airfare. One of the most popular itineraries is the 10-day “Chile: Farms, Fjords and Flavor,” which for 2019 starts at $5,995 plus airfare. Travelers visit the fjords and farms of Chiloé Island in southern Chile. The group participates in cooking a curanto. They go clamming at low tide, “then dig a pit and cook on superheated rocks, covered with wild rhubarb plants,” Kane says. Another highlight is visiting the private rural cabin of a chef who raises rabbits and ducks.
“Roots, Revolutionaries,” another Culture Xplorers tour, includes a visit with scientists at a research station near Belém, Brazil. Travelers learn about native bees, including the stingless Amazonian honeybee, and taste wild honey straight from the hive.
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A culinary tour can be combined with adventure travel. Heather Dowd and husband Beppe Salerno, co-founders of Tourissimo (opens in new tab), combine biking with food tours of Italy, so travelers such as the Kageys can enjoy local gastronomy and still fit into their clothes afterward. “We offer true insider access. Beppe and I spend half the year in Italy scouting new locations and connecting with local producers,” Dowd says.
Their newest offerings are chef bike tours, led by chef-riders to explain a region’s history, climate and culture, as well as aspects of local gastronomy. For example, an eight-day trip, including six days of riding through Sicily, is scheduled for May 4 to May 11, 2019, and costs $4,995 plus airfare. Led by chef Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins, a former Top Chef contestant, the tour group will cycle through rural Sicily, where olive, orange and almond trees grow, and ride south through the landscape of saline, which are artificial ponds where salt is collected. Travelers will discover how the volcanic soil of Sicily is ideal for growing vegetables and grapes and learn about cannolis, the ricotta-filled pastries that originated there.
In the Kageys’ group, all 18 travelers were age 50 to 65. They biked 30 to 60 miles a day on hilly terrain. Electric bicycles are available, and a support van follows the route, which is handy “if someone gets tired or drinks too much wine at lunch,” Dowd says.
In the U.S., Alaska adventure company Within the Wild (opens in new tab), based in Anchorage, runs two rural lodges and combines activities, such as heli-skiing, snowboarding and bear-viewing by plane, with a cooking school located on a repurposed crabbing boat, which was formerly a World War II–era troop carrier. “The boat looks like Noah’s Ark,” says co-owner Kirsten Dixon. Led by staff foragers, guests seek wild edible herbs, flowers and mushrooms; learn how to make their own sea salt from seaweed; and board fishing boats to catch, fillet and cook local salmon.
Even if you aren’t booking a culinary tour, you may find local culinary experiences while you travel on your own. NOSHtrekker (opens in new tab) helps travelers experience how families eat in Singapore by matching diners with locals who share common interests, such as wellness, art or history. The local hosts prepare a meal that is served in their home. “The meals have a strong storytelling aspect, and the hosts serve food that is not widely found in restaurants,” says co-founder Sarah Tan. For example, one host, the former fire chief of Singapore, spoke to his dinner guests about life before Singapore’s 1965 independence. The cost to attend a dinner: $85 to $280 per person.
Choosing the right kind of culinary travel requires research. Don Kagey advises asking questions to determine whether the trip offers the right balance of travel, culture and activities. “I’m used to riding 50 to 60 miles a day. My wife isn’t,” Don says. But because the tour offered electric bikes and a van for those who wanted a rest, he says that evened things out. He also recommends vetting the experts. “Our guides at Tourissimo and the chefs knew the terrain literally, gastronomically, culturally and linguistically,” he says.
Linda Williams, 62, of Liberty, Mo., has gone on two culinary trips with Culture Xplorers to Portugal and to Spain. “I could determine quality before signing up by looking up information about the locations and the guides leading the trip,” she says.
Williams returned home with memories that a “casual tourist could only dream about.” For instance, she toured a small sheep farm in the hills near Tolosa, Spain, that produced award-winning Idiazabal cheese, and she watched a dog herding a flock of Latxa sheep. Her tour group also met a farmer who was instrumental in saving a nearly extinct breed of heritage floppy-eared pigs. “In their centuries-old farmhouse, his wife prepared a lunch of local meats, fish caught and cured by the farmer, and homemade wine,” she says. “We ate at big wooden tables in a rustic room with a large hearth. It was a delicious experience.”
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Lilian Bardet and Dorian Zheng occupy the top seeded spot in the junior boys’ team event ahead of India’s Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Raegan Alberquerque; in the junior boys’ singles competition Manush Utpalbhai Shah is the top seed, followed by Lilian Bardet and Dorian Zheng, Raegan Alberquerque is the no.7 seed.
All are players who have enjoyed notable success on the ITTF World Junior Circuit; last year Manush Utpalbhai Shah was the junior boys’ singles runner up in Jordan, Raegan Alburquerque in Egypt. Notably, this year in Bahrain, Lilian Bardet was the runner up, Dorian Zheng a semi-finalist.
However, the names that attract the attention are those of the host nation’s Zeng Beixun, Quan Kaiyuan and Gao Yang. They form the third seeded combination in the junior boys’ team event ahead of the Japanese formation comprising Hayata Suzuki, Ryoichi Yoshiyama and Takeru Kashiwa.
Impressively, three months ago in March in Italy, Zeng Beixun was the junior boys’ singles runner up, Gao Yang a quarter-finalist; more significantly, one month later Quan Kaiyuan won in Belgium. In the junior boys’ singles competition Zeng Beixun is the no.4 seed ahead of Takeru Kashiwa and colleague Horoto Shinozuka; Quan Kaiyuan is the no.8 seed, Gao Yang is much further down the order. He is the no.21 seed. Notably last year Takeru Kashiwa was a semi-finalist in Hungary; Hiroto Shinozuka, a quarter-finalist in Hong Kong.
Eyes focused on the host nation in the junior boys’ team and junior boys’ singles events, it is very much the same in the cadet boys’ team and cadet boys’ singles competitions.
Currently listed in top spot on the cadet boys’ world rankings, Chen Yuanyu joins forces with Chen Yaxuan and Shen Feng in the cadet boys’ team event, a competition in which the trio occupies the second seeded position behind Hong Kong’s Yiu Kwan To and Yu Nok.
Meanwhile, in the cadet boys’ singles Chen Yuanyu heads the list being followed by Iran’s Navid Shams, Hong Kong’s Yiu Kwan To and India’s Payas Jain.
Play commences with the team events; the team events begin on Friday 14th June.