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Addendum: By the way, Scotland now wants another independence referendum if a no-deal Brexit ends up taking place. And the UK might eventually lose Northern Ireland as well, thanks to a generational split over the loss of EU membership.
Tecyleen James captures a moment with her children at sunset on a beach in Tumon.
The photo shows the joy and fun children can have at the beach.
James is this week's winner.
I do enjoy these Touchline TV episodes. They’re well put together and Brendan Hannan does a nice job hosting. This month’s episode includes a look at the upcoming US Open Cup semi-final, and interviews with Sean Johnson and Eric Adkins..
DENVER: Budget air carrier Frontier Airlines has hired MWW Group to be its AOR after a competitive review.
MWW will use an integrated communications program to raise awareness of Frontier's hubs in Denver, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Omaha, and its 70-plus destinations in the US, Mexico, and Costa Rica. The activity, which aims to raise the airline's social media presence, will include brand positioning, strategic messaging, leadership positioning, and media relations.
Arthur said about 15 agencies pitched for the job, from which the pool was whittled down to a handful, including MWW; Turner PR in Denver; and Lindsay, Stone and Briggs in Madison, WI. Frontier signed a one-year contract with MWW in April.
“We'll be looking to create a strategy for Facebook and Twitter that is more robust—with greater frequency and more information,” said Kas Rigas, SVP at MWW. Reduced-fare sales will be among the topics handled.
Rigas said MWW would also reach out to local media in Frontier's hub cities and national media such as women's, men's, parenting and travel magazines.
Frontier, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airway Holdings, carries some 40,000 passengers a day and generates $1.8 billion in revenue annually. Republic also owns Chautauqua Airlines, Lynx Aviation, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America.
Oct. 18, 2016, 11:54 a.m.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Tuesday called the recent firebombing of a North Carolina Republican Party office an act of "political terrorism," urging supporters to be vigilant from now until election day.
Pence visited the charred office space in Hillsborough, N.C., located in the suburbs of Durham, and spoke with local elected officials while campaigning in the battleground state.
"I'm here to call attention to an act of political terrorism," Pence said. "Everyone ... universally condemned this attack on our system" of government.
NEW YORK, Nov 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- In new independent research reports released early this morning, Market Source Research released its latest key findings for all current investors, traders, and shareholders of Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BLCM, -4.67% NetEase, Inc. NTES, -0.85% Nice Ltd. NICE, +2.19% Match Group, Inc. MTCH, +0.85% SpartanNash Company SPTN, -0.41% and Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC ADAP, -3.96% including updated fundamental summaries, consolidated fiscal reporting, and fully-qualified certified analyst research.
The new research reports from Market Source Research, available for free download at the links above, examine Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BLCM, -4.67% NetEase, Inc. NTES, -0.85% Nice Ltd. NICE, +2.19% Match Group, Inc. MTCH, +0.85% SpartanNash Company SPTN, -0.41% and Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC ADAP, -3.96% on a fundamental level and outlines the overall demand for their products and services in addition to an in-depth review of the business strategy, management discussion, and overall direction going forward. Several excerpts from the recently released reports are available to today's readers below.
For the three months ended September 30th, 2018 vs September 30th, 2017, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals reported revenue of $0.29MM vs $0.13MM (up 131.75%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share -$0.55 vs -$0.71. For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals reported revenue of $0.19MM vs $0.39MM (down 52.32%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share -$2.89 vs -$2.57. Analysts expect earnings to be released on March 12th, 2019. The report will be for the fiscal period ending December 31st, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was -$0.61. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is -$2.06 and is expected to report on March 12th, 2019.
For the three months ended September 30th, 2018 vs September 30th, 2017, NetEase reported revenue of $2,454.18MM vs $1,875.43MM (up 30.86%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share $1.81 vs $2.88 (down 37.15%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, NetEase reported revenue of $8,315.33MM vs $5,498.90MM (up 51.22%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share $12.50 vs $12.73 (down 1.81%). Analysts expect earnings to be released on February 6th, 2019. The report will be for the fiscal period ending December 31st, 2018. Reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $1.49. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $8.93 and is expected to report on February 6th, 2019.
For the three months ended September 30th, 2018 vs September 30th, 2017, Nice reported revenue of $356.21MM vs $322.76MM (up 10.36%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share $0.64 vs $0.43 (up 48.84%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Nice reported revenue of $1,332.15MM vs $1,015.54MM (up 31.18%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share $2.37 vs $1.96 (up 20.92%). Analysts expect earnings to be released on February 21st, 2019. The report will be for the fiscal period ending December 31st, 2018. Reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $1.27. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $4.43 and is expected to report on February 21st, 2019.
For the three months ended September 30th, 2018 vs September 30th, 2017, Match Group reported revenue of $443.94MM vs $343.42MM (up 29.27%) and basic earnings per share $0.47 vs $1.08 (down 56.48%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Match Group reported revenue of $1,330.66MM vs $1,118.11MM (up 19.01%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share $1.33 vs $0.68 (up 95.59%). Analysts expect earnings to be released on February 5th, 2019. The report will be for the fiscal period ending December 31st, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.25. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $1.57 and is expected to report on February 5th, 2019.
For the three months ended September 30th, 2018 vs September 30th, 2017, Adaptimmune Therapeutics reported revenue of $40.79MM vs $27.19MM (up 50.05%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share $0.06 vs -$0.01. For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Adaptimmune Therapeutics reported revenue of $37.83MM vs $14.20MM (up 166.47%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share -$0.78 vs -$1.02. Analysts expect earnings to be released on March 21st, 2019. The report will be for the fiscal period ending December 31st, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was -$0.29. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is -$1.23 and is expected to report on March 21st, 2019.
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Pizza Hut can be found at Gause Blvd W 2020. The following is offered: Food Delivery Services, Carry Out & Take Out, Pizza, Restaurants: American, Fast Food, Restaurants, Restaurants: Italian. The entry is present with us since May 12, 2014 and was last updated on Sep 16, 2014. In Slidell there are 9 other Pizza. An overview can be found here.
[prMac.com] Chengdu, China - Say "happy birthday" to the world's leading multimedia software developer MacXDVD Software. By turning 7, the company is celebrating in a big way with a three-week-long unparalleled giveaway. During the anniversary month starting from today to May 31, all customers can take home a free copy of the world's No.1 fast video converter MacX Video Converter Pro by entering an email. This can't-miss offer also features up to 76% off discounts on the full set of MacXDVD's multimedia solutions.
Join MacXDVD's 7th anniversary celebration and get non-stop free gifts on MacXDVD'S official giveaway page.
"Since our first media helper introduced seven years ago, we have earned an energetic response among users, with over 98% having happy experience with MacXDVD solution," said Jack Han, CEO of MacXDVD Software, "Now MacXDVD continues to stay ahead on pundit charts like Softonic in video converting, DVD ripping, iPhone management and more. One of the constants throughout the past seven years is always our customer. There is no better way than offering our most popular HD video converter to those who accompany us as we grow to commemorate this anniversary."
MacX Video Converter Pro, a professional video converting software which has hit a total of over 5000K downloads globally, is focused on converting the video file you want to watch into the format you need to watch it. It has a full library of media codecs covering over 200 simple and familiar formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, 3GP, MKV and more. Masses of users have used it to convert incompatible videos from camcorder, video editing software, websites and other sources for iPhone 7/7 Plus, iPhone 6S/SE, iPad Pro/Air 2/mini 4, Android etc. in one click.
Its pioneering support for Intel's QSV hardware acceleration tech gives it a massive leg up on its competition. Compared with others, it will reduce the video converting time by up to 80%-90%. For instance, while other converters typically take more than 5 minutes to convert a 4K HEVC video to h.264, the same task is cut to 1 minute with MacX Video Converter Pro. This speed sets a new benchmark that knocks almost all the competitors out especially in an era where videos are having crisper and sharper images.
Besides the hardware acceleration benchmark, MacX Video Converter Pro also looms large over its competitors when it comes to versatility, allowing customers to download music and videos from YouTube and 300 more video sites, record videos, capture screens, make slideshows, edit videos and do more.
In addition to the 10k free copies of MacX Video Converter Pro, MacXDVD's whole product range is offered at amazing prices, including the world's fastest new movies ripping software MacX DVD Ripper Pro, one-click iPhone manager MacX MediaTrans, together with the top-notch 5KPlayer and DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac. Customers can enjoy up to 76% off savings and win handpicked free gifts.
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MacX Video Converter Pro, normally priced at $49.95, is offered for free for all users starting from May 10 till May 31. Besides, a 5-in-one pack containing an iPhone manager, HD video converter, fastest DVD decrypter, video player and data eraser is offered at $39.95, 76% off $169.95. Various flexible MacXDVD's products are also available at steep discounts. Check details on MacXDVD'S official giveaway page.
July 16 (UPI) -- Jason Momoa sits in the deep depths of the ocean in the first poster released for Warner Bros. and DC's upcoming underwater epic, Aquaman.
The poster, released Monday by the official Twitter account for the Aquaman film, features Momoa being surrounded by various sea creatures including sharks and killer whales while holding onto his signature trident.
The image comes before the first trailer for Aquaman is set to be debuted during the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.
"Home is calling. #Aquaman - in theaters December 21. Watch the new trailer this Saturday," reads the caption.
The home is calling line refers to how Aquaman is a half-human, half-Atlantean who will be taking up a more permanent residence in Atlantis after living his life on land.
Aquaman, from director James Wan (The Conjuring, Furious 7), also stars Amber Heard as powerful Atlantean Mera, Patrick Wilson as Aquaman's half-brother Orm -- also known as the villainous Ocean Master, Abdul-Mateen II as signature antagonist Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Aquman's mother, Willem Dafoe as Aquaman's adviser Dr. Vulko and Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus of the aquatic kingdom of Xebel.
Could the Mother of Jesus have had a greater role in the mission, Passion, and Resurrection of her son than the evangelists tell us? Could women have been important church leaders in early Christianity?
The earliest complete biography of the Virgin, by the Byzantine theologian St. Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662), takes such things for granted. After centuries of neglect, his seventh-century Life of the Virgin became available in a 1986 French translation by Michel van Esbroeck. Its effect is to radically change our understanding of Mary’s earthly role.
Maximus portrays Mary as a lifelong companion in her son’s mission, a leader of the early Jewish-Christian church, and the source of many gospel stories about Jesus’ life. He has carefully constructed his material from canonical biblical texts and known apocryphal material, as well as from sources unknown to us, particularly those related to the Passion and to Mary’s Dormition and Assumption. Above all, his Life of the Virgin assumes that Mary and other women were significant actors in the early church at a time when Latin church fathers were sharply separating the one perfect woman from the rest of womankind, urging these daughters of Eve to imitate Mary’s purity and obedience.
Maximus is hardly a household name among Western Catholics. An aristocrat from Constantinople who left the service of the Emperor Heraclius to become a monk, he created a bridge between East and West through his firm defense of the Chalcedonian decree that Christ had two wills, divine and human. Bitter wars over heresies were endemic at this time; because Maximus opposed the monothelite heresy and supported the view that Christ was fully human and fully divine, he was brutally tortured and ultimately died for his belief. His position accurately represented the faith of Christian Byzantium with its emphasis on the Incarnation and the intimate connection of the divine and human in Mary’s body. To Eastern believers, the Word became flesh, and the flesh was hers, graceful, truthful, and earthy. Feast days and elaborate prayers to Mary abounded in Constantinople, after she was declared God-Bearer in 431, and veneration of the Theotokos was at its peak in the reign of Justinian, builder of the great Hagia Sofia, not long before Maximus was born. The emperors and their families chose Mary as their patron and clothed her in imperial dress in the mosaics and paintings of her new churches. But devotion to the Theotokos was not confined to the nobility; it was as widespread as the icons of the time, treasured in particular in Constantinople where Eastern believers saw this mother as their protector against the constant invasions of the period.
The language Maximus uses in his Life of the Virgin recalls the elaborate praises of Mary in the poetic hymns of the sixth-century Romanos the Melodist, originally Syrian, but later a cantor of the Theotokos Church in Constantinople. At the opening of Maximus’s narrative biography (121 pages in the French translation), he asks people of all nations to listen as he celebrates the “immaculate and fully blessed Theotokos, the ever virgin Mary.” Fusing scholarship and personal devotion, he makes us feel Mary’s living presence with him as he composed the Life.
The biography begins with a record of Mary’s birth and childhood. It neatly combines material from the apocryphal Protevangelium of James with references to the canonical Gospels. Maximus insists that in using the former material he is following the example of great bishops—Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Athanasius of Alexandria. The reader’s first surprise comes when the Archangel Gabriel delivers an unexpected message during the Annunciation, telling Mary that this divine invitation reveals God’s intention that women should no longer be subordinated to men. Through the Incarnation, the curse of Eve will be lifted, and women can be independent. But this independence comes only to virgins, Gabriel goes on to explain. He points out that this life choice, which Mary has made possible, gives women the chance to escape from the pains of childbirth, obviously an appeal to later women. In this totally patriarchal society, Mary’s virginity could be seen as a positive affirmation of humanity in relation to the divine.
Mary’s perpetual virginity was not only universally accepted within Christianity at this time, but it had been confirmed over a century earlier at the Council of Chalcedon (451). In Byzantine eyes, it glorified the physical body and character of the woman who had made the mystery of Christianity possible.
What is most unusual in this Life is not just Mary’s close companionship with Jesus, but the leading role she and other women take in his mission. She constantly stands beside him, always understanding his messages. Joseph, portrayed in the Protevangelium as a widower with children when he married Mary, stays at home because of his advanced age, according to Maximus, but his sons James and Jude are said to follow Christ as his disciples, while his daughters become disciples of Mary.
Chief among the women working with “the holy Theotokos,” according to Maximus, was her good companion Mary of Magdala. Magdala’s extraordinary position and missionary travels made her an apostle who ultimately received the crown of martyrdom in Rome. As Peter was zealous among the men, says Maximus admiringly, so was she among the women.
Most striking in this Life is Mary’s central presence throughout her son’s Passion, beginning at the Last Supper. Maximus says that she is in fact the source of most of the information in the Gospels about her son’s last day, the only person who remained with him at all times from his arrest to his Resurrection. She saw and heard everything. When the guards prevented her from watching his appearance before Annas and Caiphas, the biography tells us, she questioned witnesses going in and out, gathering a complete account of what happened.
Lamenting first at a distance with Mary of Magdala and other women followers of Jesus, Mary holds out her hands and beats her breast. When the crowd finally disperses, she approaches the cross and speaks to her dying son. Their talk is filled with the intense emotion characteristic of late medieval Europe, unlike anything in earlier Western writing or art. “Show me,” she cries, “the Resurrection and the glory as you often promised.” His response is to speak his dying words to her and the beloved disciple as recorded in John’s Gospel.
Joseph and Mary place Jesus in the tomb and roll the stone before it, and eventually all the others leave Mary alone to pray, making her the first witness to the Resurrection. Recognizing that his account differs from the gospel stories, Maximus explains that this strategy was adopted by the apostles “so that no one would disbelieve because the vision of the Resurrection was reported by the mother.” Then as now, such maternal testimony might well be considered unreliable.
Controversy regarding the first witnesses to the Resurrection was active in the early church. While the evangelists cited the myrrh-bearing women who came to the empty tomb, Paul reported that Jesus appeared first to Peter and the twelve apostles. These different traditions hardened in the following centuries, with those in leadership backing Paul. Theologian Shoemaker points out that a similar split occurs in early Marian literature, in which the first report by a female witness to the events of Mary’s death is replaced by a later emphasis on the additional presence of male apostles. Although only a vestige of female leaders remained in the diaconate at the time Maximus was writing, his biography stresses women’s key role, even after Christ’s Ascension. He implies that leadership status for women in the early community was not at all exceptional.
Mary, says Maximus, “prescribed the fasting and prayer for the holy apostles until Pentecost.” He cites Acts 1:14 regarding her presence in the upper room at Pentecost, but adds something not found in Luke. When, afterward, Mary tries to travel with John (like the apostles), taking Mary of Magdala and other women, she is told by Jesus in a vision to turn back and let the others go without her. He wants her instead to head the church in Jerusalem along with James. She obeys his wish and becomes a teacher of the apostles, the one to whom they report, the one who maintains the unity, order, and doctrine of the early church.
Living in Jerusalem, her mercy extends to strangers and to enemies, and the faith of many is fortified by her. She works hard till she is nearly eighty, when the Archangel Gabriel appears to her again. Handing her a palm, he announces her forthcoming death as he had announced her son’s birth. In response, completing the pattern, she replies: “Be it done to me according to your word.” This indefatigable woman then walks to the Garden of Olives to pray, selects her tomb at Gethsemane, and prepares the house for the ceremonies to come. From her couch she receives crowds of disciples and apostles arriving from the ends of the earth. Prayer, grief, and blessings abound, a heavenly odor permeates the room, and at last her Son appears, flanked by angels, and takes her soul to heaven. The pattern of the Nativity is reversed in icons of the Dormition, in which Christ holds his mother’s tiny soul.
Mary’s biography continues, however, with a carefully composed synthesis of ancient accounts related to her Dormition. Some of these remind us that we have yet to fully face up to the frightening hostility to Jews that early on became a strong undercurrent in Christian tradition.
Although Maximus’s biography was influential among later Byzantine biographers of Mary, notably George of Nicomedia (end of the ninth century) and John the Geometrician (the tenth century), it was the much shorter biography by the late tenth-century Simeon the Metaphrast (“The Reteller”) that was passed on to the West. He retained material giving Mary a central role during the Passion, but eliminated almost all references to the active work she and other women disciples performed in the early church. The tradition of Mary as central to her son’s mission and as a leader of the early church along with other women seems at the end of the first millennium of Christianity to be preserved, ironically enough, only in monasteries. Shoemaker suggests that was the case because there “the absence of actual women may have made this representation considerably less threatening than it would have been in a mixed, urban setting” in the tenth century.
As a layman in a setting populated with women, Simeon would have been aware of the potentially subversive nature of the material in Maximus’s Life and perhaps felt the need to trim it accordingly. His carefully edited version prevailed, dominant even in monasteries during the second millennium of Christianity. It became the biography the medieval era passed on to European Catholicism, while that of Maximus was hardly remembered. The recovery of Maximus’s long-neglected work suggests how self-censorship in conformity to changing political and institutional opinions has limited our awareness of the great diversity of Catholic tradition. It also reveals how that tradition has changed since those early centuries.
Today the church would officially reject the tone of the legends about Jewish “impiety,” as well as women’s need to be virgins if they are to gain the human equality God desires. But we might well be receptive to a view of Mary as an active, competent woman carrying out her son’s mission of mercy in the world alongside other women and men. Long considered the model of faith all believers should follow, Maximus’s Mary seems singularly appropriate today. Perhaps the early sources that led him to present her and other women in leadership roles can be traced. In any case, this portrait of Mary, held for centuries by Byzantine believers, helps us appreciate the power of the Eastern Catholic belief that in her son, Jesus, God joined humanity so that humanity can join God.
The late Sally Cunneen was professor English at SUNY, and was the author of In Search of Mary and The Icon Reborn.
Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss.
Bitcoin reached another new high on Sunday, crossing the threshold of a $11,826.76 a coin for the first time.
With the surge, the digital currency may also have produced its first billionaires, according to the Telegraph: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who are best known for suing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2008 over the claim that he stole the idea for the social network from them. They were awarded $65 million.
In 2013, the twins told the New York Times that they owned more than $11 million worth of bitcoin, making them the first well-known figures to divulge such a hefty stake in the speculative asset.
Bitcoin has grown exponentially since: Fortune reports that, when the Winklevosses first invested, the cryptocurrency was trading at $120 per coin, a far jump from the more than $11,000 it has reached today. That's an increase of over 9,000 percent.
Despite controversy surrounding the long-term implications of investing in bitcoin, the twins say they're committed to the digital currency. "We've never sold a bitcoin, we're in it for the long haul," Cameron told CNN Money in 2015.
"If Bitcoin is a better gold or seen as a type of gold-like asset, then it could be in the trillions on a market cap. We do feel those are very real possibilities," Tyler also told CNN Money.
The newly minted billionaires still have a long way to go to catch up to their former rival. As of Monday morning, Zuckerberg, one of the richest people in the world, is worth an estimated $72.2 billion.
WESTFIELDS lifted their first silverware of 2018/19 as they got their pre-season campaign underway with a 3-0 victory over Pegasus Juniors in the Dennis Hartland Memorial Trophy.
Fields, who have been in training for several weeks, took a 30th minute lead when Ben Hayes crossed onto the boot of Ben Miller to fire his side ahead.
The visitors were two goals ahead just after the hour through Keanu Cooper before Mark Magree was rewarded for his hard work by slotting home the third six minutes from time.
"We have done some very good training sessions and the lads went into the first pre-season game hungry to be back playing football," said manager Andy Bevan.
"It was nice to get the win as Pegasus have improved massively from the start of last season which is a credit to them. I was pleased with how we moved the ball and kept our tempo high."
Westfields will travel to English Bricknor on Wednesday night and will be facing some familiar faces at Cinderford Town on Saturday including striker Richard Greaves and goalkeeper Alex Harris.
Bevan's side host their first friendly against Tuffley Rovers on Tuesday (7.45pm).
"Cinderford will be pushing for the Southern League Division One this season so it is a chance to test ourselves," added Bevan.
"We have three games in a week so it will be a good test after pre-season and so the boys can get match fit."
Westfields have also signed former Lads Club youngster Lewis Fletcher following a trial at the club.
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The maker of the OFF Pocket claims his metalized pouch can hide your phone’s signal from the NSA or anyone else, but is that better than just turning it off?
The OFF Pocket’s metalized fabric works by shielding the interior of the case from electromagnetic signals in the 800 megahertz to 2.4 gigahertz range, covering all cellular band frequencies. According to Harvey’s extensive field testing–and he’s had his OFF Pocket prototype and testing antenna in the Sony Building in New York–CDMA, GSM, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS are 100% blocked by the metal-fabric case. Harvey also claims that the OFF Pocket shields users from the radiation emitted by cellphones. “I don’t focus on that part,” he says. “The OFF Pocket’s a privacy accessory, but it’s an added benefit.” Harvey built the first iteration of his signal blocker into the back pocket of his jeans, and the current model’s made from a blend of “flexible, rigid, crinkly and drape-able” metal fibers to balance functionality and usability.
The OFF Pocket isn’t Harvey’s first foray into disruptive design solutions. In 2009, Harvey created CV Dazzle, an anti-face detection technology developed for his masters thesis at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. The product’s name was a nod to the monochrome, cubist-inspired “dazzle” camouflage used by British Admiralty and U.S. Naval ships in WWI, created to mislead enemies about the position of the ship.
Cardinal Energy Ltd. ("Cardinal") (CJ) confirms that a dividend of $0.035 per common share will be paid on October 15, 2018 to shareholders of record on September 28, 2018. The Board of Directors of Cardinal has declared the dividend payable in cash. This dividend has been designated as an "eligible dividend" for Canadian income tax purposes.
A National Rifle Association employee accidentally shot himself while doing firearms training at the organization's headquarters, according to police.
The 46-year-old man's pistol accidentally discharged Thursday afternoon as he holstered the gun in Fairfax County, Virginia, police said.
The accidental shooting happened at the NRA's National Firearms Museum at 11250 Waples Mill Road in Fairfax.
The employee suffered a minor wound to his lower body and was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
Officers worked with the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office and no charges are expected, according to police.
News4 has reached out to the NRA for comment, but has not received an immediate response.
Neil J. Rubenking Total Defense Ultimate Internet Security Total Defense Ultimate Internet Security offers excellent protection for macOS and Android devices, both licensed from Bitdefender, along with less impressive protection for Windows.
Excellent macOS and Android protection. Very good phishing protection test score. Good malware protection scores. Includes 25GB hosted storage for backup.
No results from independent antivirus testing labs. Web protection disabled by default. Simple parental control is easily defeated. No option for local backup. Phishing protection less effective on macOS.
Total Defense Ultimate Internet Security offers excellent protection for macOS and Android devices, both licensed from Bitdefender, along with less impressive protection for Windows.
When a security company offers two levels of security suite, distinguishing entry-level from top-tier is important. Some add "Total" to the higher-level suites name. Others don't make things as clear—would you consider "Deluxe" or "Premium" to be the better option? Then there are those that cut to the chase, identifying the top-of-the-line product as "Ultimate." Indeed, Total Defense Ultimate Internet Security is at the pinnacle of this company's product line. It offers a few additional features for Windows, along with very good security for Android and macOS devices.
You pay $99.99 per year for 10 Total Defense licenses. As with Norton (which costs $10 more) you get 25GB of hosted storage for your online backups. BullGuard Premium Protection also offers 10 licenses for nearly the same price, and a McAfee subscription at the same price as Total Defense lets you install protection on every iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows device in your household. Kaspersky Security Cloud looks expensive, at $149.99 per year, but that gets you 20 cross-platform licenses, which in many households is effectively unlimited. All in all, Total Defense's price point is normal, and the 25GB of hosted backup storage is a nice bonus.
The entry-level Total Defense Premium Internet Security costs $20 less, offers five licenses, and gives you 10GB of storage for your backups. I should point out that you can use these licenses to install protection on your Android and macOS devices, too. But when you start looking at many devices, a five-licenses limit doesn't always cut it. I've chosen to treat Total Defense Premium Internet Security as an entry-level suite, and the more generous Total Defense Ultimate Internet Security (reviewed here) as a cross-platform multi-device suite.
On Windows, you won't see much difference between Premium and Ultimate. Both have the same dark background, white text, and bold-colored line-art icons. Both let you access major security components either by clicking large button panels or by selecting from a left-rail menu. The biggest difference is that a panel for the Ultimate-only Vulnerability scan replaces the Support panel.
Total Defense takes the unusual step of omitting web protection from its basic Total Defense Essential Anti-Virus. The entry-level security suite adds that important feature, along with parental control, a performance-check tool, and a cloud-based backup system here. I'll summarize my review of the suite here; go read the full review for additional details.
Before every antivirus review, I check to see if test results are available from four independent labs: MRG-Effitas, SE Labs, AV-Comparatives, and AV-Test Institute. When product that gets high scores from multiple labs, that's a good sign that it's effective. Alas, no current results are available for Total Defense.