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The tour which includes Venezuela's Los Amigos Invisibles, Chile's La Ley, Mexico's Molotov and Spain's Dover on its roster will feature up to 10 acts in each of its 20 stops. Kool Keith is the only non-Latin act on the bill. |
Organizers expect to announce more dates and venues soon. |
Caring cadets have been running a campaign to collect coats and warm winter clothing and have successfully made a second delivery to Boston Stump. |
Thecold weather can badly affect people who do not have the funds to properly equip themselves or their families for the winter. |
So Boston Police Cadets have been running their own campaign in support of The Warm Rail at Boston Stump, which lets anyone who needs something from the rail help themselves. |
The young officers are also collecting old tieswhich will be turned into personal belongings envelopes as an alternative to the impersonal paper envelopes used to return or keep safe the personal belongings of people in hospital. |
In the picture above churchwarden Bob Tamberlin is pictured with Boston Police Cadets, from left, Section Leader Stephen Covell, Cadet Ryan Tittershill, Bob, Cadet Lauren Gamble and Cadet Holly King. |
The Founder of the Church of Pentecost Revival Prayer Centre, Elder Paul Antwi, has urged the clergy to use the pulpit to inspire hope and confidence in the people but not for the pursuit of personal economic gain. |
He said those out there seeking material wealth for their comfort, convenience and self gratification should rethink their motives. |
As Ministers of God, they are enjoined to preach the gospel to bring salvation and help people to reconcile and to be at peace with their creator. |
Elder Antwi was speaking at a service held at the church’s auditorium to mark its 15th Anniversary at Adadientem in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality. |
Intercessory prayers and thanksgiving for God’s favours over the period formed the main highlight of the event. |
Elder Antwi reminded Christians to lead pious lives to become positive influence on the society, saying, they should not only profess to be followers of Christ but reflect “Christ-like qualities”. |
Elder Antwi urged political leaders to put the welfare of those they were leading ahead of self-serving agenda. |
Angry Birds revenues rose in 2013, but only slightly. |
Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment's growth stalled in 2013, according to financial results for the year that show the company's revenues grew by just 2.5% year-on-year. |
Rovio reported revenues of €156m (£128.4m) for 2013 compared to 2012's €152.2m – which represented more than double the €75.6m that Angry Birds made in 2011. |
Rovio's net profits also halved from €55.5m in 2012 to €26.9m in 2013, as the company invested in new games, its ToonsTV cartoons network, and its upcoming Angry Birds feature film. |
47% of Rovio's revenues in 2013 came from its consumer products division, which spans toys, books and other licensed products. In 2012, that percentage was 45%, meaning that Rovio's non consumer products revenues actually fell slightly in 2013: down 1.2% to €82.7m. |
When Rovio announced its 2012 financial results, the company said Angry Birds had ended that year with 263m monthly active players. It has not provided an update on that figure with its 2013 financials, although the company says its games have now been downloaded more than 2bn times. |
"After three years of very strong growth, 2013 was a foundation-building year," said chief financial officer Herkkop Soininen. |
"We invested in new business areas, such as animation and video distribution, ventured into new business models in games, and consolidated our strong market position in consumer products licensing." |
Rovio's chief executive Mikael Hed stressed the milestones of 2013, including the fact that ToonsTV has now generated 2bn views of its cartoons, up from 1bn in September 2013. The network launched in March that year, and is accessed through Angry Birds apps, the ToonsTV website and partner broadcasters and cable servic... |
Rovio's headcount continued to grow last year, from around 500 staff at the end of 2012 to 800 at the end of 2013. But the company has faced a challenge in adapting its games to the increasingly-dominant "freemium" model on the app stores of Apple and Google, focused on games that are downloaded and played for free, bu... |
Kart-racing title Angry Birds Go! – released in December 2013 – was Rovio's first game designed from scratch for the freemium model, including currency and virtual items sold for up to £69.99 in an in-game store. |
The game won't have had a major impact on Rovio's 2013 financials, but it doesn't appear to have set the app store charts alight: at the time of writing, it is the 125th top grossing iPhone game and 79th top grossing iPad game in Apple's US store, for example, having so far failed to dislodge free-to-play kingpins like... |
Clash of Clans developer Supercell made $892m in revenues (£529.6m – so four times Rovio's total) from its two mobile games in 2013, ending the year with a headcount of just 132 staff. Meanwhile, Candy Crush Saga developer King's 2013 revenues were $1.9bn (£1.1bn) according to documents filed for its recent initial pub... |
"It’s pretty clear that free-to-play as a model monetises the best, but no matter what model you use, you have to make great games," Rovio's marketing boss Peter Vesterbacka told The Guardian in March 2014, after criticism from some reviewers of Angry Birds Go!'s in-app purchases. |
"It is what it is. It’s the most efficient model out there for sure. But I would say that it’s also a good model for the fans: you don’t need to spend any money unless you want to, and unless you enjoy the experience." |
In 2014, Rovio is working on a new range of games and characters called Angry Birds Stella, skewed more towards girls, while continuing to explore selling physical toys linked to its digital games – its Telepods products with Hasbro – and preparing for the release of a new freemium game called Angry Birds Epic. |
position around the uncertain U.S. fiscal budget negotiations. |
mining investment had likely peaked. |
on optimism that U.S. lawmakers will reach a deal on the U.S. |
Canadian dollar bets one way or another. |
director at Capital Markets Trading, CIBC. |
moment and it's just not showing itself." |
and C$0.9859 throughout the session. |
these levels is big-picture expensive." |
shed 18 Canadian cents to yield 1.843 percent. |
The Seneca Lake Wine Trail recently hired Brittany Gibson as its executive director after a lengthy search. |
The Seneca Lake Wine Trail has selected Brittany Gibson as its new executive director after an extensive search. |
Gibson is a Dundee native and a graduate of Ithaca College. |
She is currently tourism and marketing manager for the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce. Prior to that, she spent 10 years as as advertising director and wine club manager at Fulkerson Winery. |
Gibson will start in her new position during the last week in November. |
The Seneca Lake Wine Trail, founded in 1986, is an association of 34 member wineries located around Seneca Lake. |
"Brittany’s talent and passion will ensure the Seneca Lake Wine Trail members continue to be recognized as producers of high quality wines offering outstanding experiences for visitors,” said Elizabeth Stamp, President of the Seneca Lake Wine Trail. |
State Assemblyman Phil Palmesano, R-Corning, recently received top scores from three of New York state’s leading business advocacy groups. |
Palmesano received a perfect score of 100 percent from the National Federation of Independent Business. Unshackle Upstate gave Palmesano a 90 percent score, and he earned a score of 86 percent from the Business Council of New York State, Inc. |
The groups release yearly legislative scorecards evaluating how lawmakers perform on key bills that impact the business community in New York state. |
“In the Assembly, I’ve been a steady, vocal advocate for the bold and aggressive tax and regulatory relief that small businesses need to grow and thrive,” Palmesano said in a news release. “I’m pleased to be recognized for my advocacy, and, more specifically, my voting record." |
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and Coley Perry of Elmira, a person supported by The Arc of Chemung, was among 57 statewide winners of the 2018 Joslin Outstanding Performers award. |
The award was presented through the New York State Industries for the Disabled (NYSID) 15th annual people-centered awards program. |
Coley was recognized for his custodial work through Southern Tier Industries, a division of The Arc of Chemung, where he has been employed for two years. |
Southern Tier Industries provides training and employment opportunities to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and is dedicated to developing vocational skills and work habits to enable those individuals to be employed at local businesses. |
There are 127 individuals in Chemung County who receive support from STI and of those, 93 are employed by a community business and earning a paycheck of their own. |
& Wellness, located in the Heart to Heart Yoga studio in downtown Elmira, recently studied the Taylor Technique with Carrie Taylor and completed her advanced osteopathic and myofascial techniques certification. |
workshop led by Taylor Sept. 11 through 15 in Atlanta, Georgia. |
She had to demonstrate mastery in cutting edge clinical techniques, palpation and assessment. |
correcting dysfunction caused by injury, accident, and repetitive motion, according to a news release. |
For more information, go to BodyWisdomTherapeuticMassage.com. |
Frank Rijsberman (FR): A variety of countries are already convinced green growth is their only option for pollution and climate reasons. For example in Asia, air pollution is a strong driver of investors in green growth. In Seoul, everybody checks the air condition in the morning, because it is a real issue. We have to... |
And after Trump was elected, the Chinese government did not back out, because solar and wind has become cheaper than coal. Wind energy prices have dropped by 66 percent and solar by 86 percent. In the last three years, the atmosphere has changed. There is a stronger belief that renewable energies are making a breakthro... |
It was announced earlier this week that You Got Served 2 is officially happening. However, B2K member and star of the original, Omarion, has revealed that he will not be participating in the sequel. Chris Stokes is the man behind putting the boyband together and wrote/directed the original movie, which came out in 2004... |
While You Got Served 2 is moving forward, it will not include Omarion Grandberry. The musician released a statement on social media revealing that he will not take part in the project. He did not give a reasoning behind his decision, but he also seems pretty hyped that it's happening. He had this to say. |
"I love seeing & feeling the excitement in anticipation over The Millennium Tour & Dance Battle!! Timing is everything. However, I want to make it clear that the You Got Served Sequel is not affiliated with myself, the tour or our Dance Battle Challenge. Keep that energy up!! Aye" |
It should be noted that Omarion is taking part in The Millennium Tour along with the rest of the group. The Dance Challenge is working with the tour and is a contest that allows dance crews from each city to join B2K on stage every night. Prospective dance crews from all over North America are submitting their dance vi... |
B2K member J-Boog, who goes by Boog now, was the first to share the You Got Served 2 teaser earlier this week, igniting hype amongst fans of the original movie. But, while the sequel is officially happening, not many specific details are available, except for the fact that Boog will be in it and that Chris Stokes is wr... |
After B2K broke up in 2004, Omarion went on to have a solid solo career with two number one records and a string of hit singles over the years. The B2K Millennium Tour kicks off March 8th in Philadelphia and sees the edgy boyband hitting arenas with special guests Mario, Ying Yang Twins, Lloyd, Pretty Ricky and Chingy.... |
Brett Berk: What’s your first car memory?*Paula Patton:*I was born and raised in Los Angeles, so cars are very important. But my very first car was a used Nissan Sentra. My mom was like, “You need to learn how to drive a stick. It’s important for life.” As we now know, it’s not. But as anyone who’s grown up in L.A. kno... |
What happened to that car? |
So what do you drive now? |
I drive a Range Rover. The green people can come attack me, but it’s true. I drive a Range Rover. I recycle, if that helps! I make sure all our old clothing gets donated to people who need it. I try not to drive far distances . . . |
Please, Paula. We don’t judge. I love a Range Rover—all those rich textures and delicious leather. But why did you pick that car?For my kid. Honestly, I mean, when you have a child, you do need more space—there’s the stroller, the car seat, so much to pack in it. It was based on the functionality more than anything. An... |
What about your husband [singer Robin Thicke]? |
Hot cars have always been a big part of the Mission Impossible franchise. So in Ghost Protocol, did you get to drive anything cool?I didn’t get to drive—Tom was doing the driving, and I was the passenger. And I’ve got to tell you, besides being an incredible actor, he’s also a great stuntman. I mean, this man can drive... |
What’s the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to you in a car?[Laughs.] Well, that I can’t tell you. |
O.K., what’s the secondweirdest thing that’s ever happened to you in a car?I’ve done many things in a car to make a man happy. And myself. [Laughs.] It might be the car scene I do in Mission Impossible. It was quite difficult, because I have to do a sort of Flashdance clothing change in the car. We’re on our way to our... |
Are you actually changing your clothes in the car?Absolutely. They had to make a special ball gown for that scene with a little bit of Velcro in the back or it would have taken far too long. People would have been like, “This movie is going on forever—it’s suddenly become a slow foreign picture.” So we had to do, like,... |
__*Consult Brett Berk’s Stick Shift*car column every Monday for reviews, top-five lists, glimpses into the automotive future, and Stars & Cars—vehicle-centric interviews with celebrities. |
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, and National Secretary, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, to challenge the decision of a Federal High Court Abuja which relieved them of their positions resp... |
The reservation of the judgment came as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) told the appellate court that it wants to remain neutral in the matter as according to it, the appeal was an intra-party dispute. |
The court presided over by Justice Abubakar Datti Yahaya reserved judgment after counsel in the matter had adopted their briefs of argument. |
Counsel to Umeh and Shinkafi, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), who led Patrick Ikwueto, (SAN), had while adopting his brief of arguments, declared that judicial indiscipline and rascality must stop. |
According to him, a situation where lower courts foist jurisdiction on themselves to adjudicate over matters that had already been heard and determined by superior courts of law must stop. |
He said: "This appeal covers various areas of our jurisprudence including the sacred issue of judicial discipline and rascality. |
"Can a high court judge competently sit on an appeal over the decision of a superior court? It covers the field whether or not a high court has jurisdiction over the internal affairs of a political party." |
He told the court that the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, had granted a stay of execution of the judgment of the Enugu State High Court, which voided the national convention where the appellants were elected the national officers of APGA on April 8, 2013. |
Olanipekun said: "That was the day the first respondent (Maxi Okwu) said he was elected as the national chairman. |
"At the time he was purportedly elected, he was an expelled member of APGA. He (Okwu) said he was re-admitted into the party in January 2013 and he is now challenging an election that was held while he was still expelled. |
"After he was purportedly re-admitted, the membership card at the court below he presented was signed by the first appellant (Umeh) and second appellant (Shinkafi) as National Chairman and National Secretary respectively and he is now challenging the election that brought them into office. It is just like a young boy w... |
Olanikpekun noted: "This abuse of court process must stop. A typical example of this impunity is the letter written by the first respondent to INEC in August 2012 as the National Chairman of Citizens Popular Party (CPP) and this man came back in 2013 and is challenges the convention conducted by APGA in 2011 when he wa... |
Counsel to Okwu and the four other respondents, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), had while adopting his brief told the court that the appeal was incompetent and should be dismissed. |
He said: "In the arguments, we have shown that the appeal is incompetent as it does not have the particulars required in law. We adopt our brief of argument and I submit that we adopt the issues for determination in a distilled manner, the appeal has not in any way challenged the two major decisions of the court below ... |
"When there is no provision for a third term, the parties have the responsibilities to abide with the provisions of their party constitution, this was what the court below did and came to the conclusion that they have not complied with the provisions of the party's constitution." |
Counsel to INEC, Ibrahim Bawa, had said the commission did not have a position in the matter because the issues raised in the case were internal affairs of APGA. |
He said: "We were only dragged to this court and we don't want to take sides. We want to remain neutral. As it is an intra party dispute." |
Justice Abdul Kafarati had on January 15 sacked the Umeh leadership of APGA, and made an order that Okwu and his group were the authentic leaders of the party. |
This update follows our earlier update on the outage affecting the Wider Taupō region. Our crews are currently onsite and have restored power to Wairakei substation. We estimate it will take some time for Unison to restore power to individuals and businesses in affected areas. |
The outage was caused by an electrical equipment fault which occurred on one of the feeders that supply Unison, the local lines company. |
There is never a good time for communities to be without power, and we apologise for the inconvenience. Our priority is restoring power supply to the wider Taupō region as soon, and as safely, as possible We will continue to provide further updates on our Facebook page. |
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