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Sarah Carr Joins Bowring Marsh Bermuda

Bowring Marsh, the international placement specialist of Marsh, announced today that Sarah Carr has joined the firm as Financial and Professional Liability [FINPRO] Placement Leader in Bermuda, reporting to Chris Reeves, CEO, President, and COO, Bowring Marsh Bermuda. In this role, Ms. Carr is responsible for leading a team of Bowring Marsh colleagues in Bermuda […]

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Assured Guaranty Declares $0.20 Dividend

Assured Guaranty Ltd. today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per common share. The dividend is payable on June 3, 2020 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 20, 2020. Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a publicly traded Bermuda-based holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty provides credit enhancement products to the […]

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Model Aliana King Featured In Vogue Arabia

Aliana King was featured by Vogue Arabia, with the Bermudian model continuing to build her impressive resume. Vogue Arabia posted the photo below saying, “This month, we take beauty back to the glamour of the 80s with looks inspired by Saudi Arabian singer Etab. Pick up your copy of the magazine to see what the […]

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Covid-19: Bermuda Housing Trust Preparation

In light of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Bermuda Housing Trust [BHT] is taking steps to protect their 194 tenants living in five properties located across Bermuda. A spokesperson said, “At the Bermuda Housing Trust [BHT], we are constantly monitoring the risk that Covid-19 might represent to the 194 tenants living in our five properties […]

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Photos & Video: 2019 Remembrance Day Parade

[Updated with photos] Hundreds of people came out to honour war veterans and the fallen today [Nov 11] as the island marked Remembrance Day. The crowds lined Front Street near the Cenotaph at Cabinet Office as the small band of surviving veterans marched on parade alongside soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment, and its Band […]

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21 Regiment Soldiers Promoted At Special Parade

Some of Bermuda’s soldiers praised the career opportunities at the Royal Bermuda Regiment as they celebrated their recent promotions. They said the RBR offered the chance to develop themselves, network, and boost their chances in the job market, as well as providing a rewarding military experience and the opportunity to travel and gain extra qualifications. […]

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Two People Arrested Following Separate Crashes

A 45-year-old Pembroke man was arrested on suspicion of causing injury by careless driving, while a 63-year-old Southampton man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving following two separate collisions yesterday [Sept 3]. Reported Three Vehicle Collision on North Shore Road in Devonshire A police spokesperson said, “Around 5:50pm Tuesday, September 3rd a reported three […]

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Assured Guaranty To Acquire BlueMountain

Assured Guaranty – a publicly traded Bermuda-based holding company — has entered into an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding equity interests in BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC  and its associated entities for a purchase price of approximately $160 million, subject to certain adjustments. BlueMountain is an alternative asset management firm with $19.3 billion in assets […]

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 097: Someday this Quarantine is Gonna End…

Hello Internet! In This Episode: Erin and Weer’d discuss the increasing desperation of anti-gunners as they react to mass firearm purchases by Americans of all walks of life; Weer’d fisks a stand-up routine by Steve Hofstetter; David tells us how … Continue reading




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Travel + Leisure On Next Quarantine Daydream

Travel + Leisure has selected Bermuda as one of “17 trips Travel + Leisure editors can’t wait to take as soon as we can travel again” as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to severely limit international travel. The Travel + Leisure website said, “When it’s time to travel again, where will you go? We share […]

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Multiple People Injured In Separate Collisions

The police continue to seek witnesses to two separate collisions in Southampton and Devonshire which both resulted in people being transported to the hospital for treatment. Male Rider in Hospital After Reported Single Vehicle Motorcycle Crash A police spokesperson said, “Around 4:30am Saturday, January 11th police officers on mobile patrol were flagged down by a […]

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Wellness Wednesday: Alcohol Consumption Spikes In Ohio Amid Coronavirus Quarantine

Ohioans bought 1.36 million gallons of liquor in March, a nearly 25 percent increase over the same period last year. More of us are leaning on alcohol to beat quarantine doldrums and stress, but experts warn that extended overindulging could make it harder to put down the bottle when the lockdown is lifted.




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HBO Max Greenlights Animated Series "Santa Inc." Starring Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen from Lionsgate

The eight episode, half-hour series will be written by showrunner Alexandra Rushfield and will be produced by Rogen's Point Grey Pictures as part of their multiplatform partnership with Lionsgate.




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Proiect de hotarare din 05.05.2020

Privind prelungirea contractului de concesiune nr.11/12.10.2004 avand ca obiect exploatarea spaţiului in care funcţionează Cabinet Medical Medicină de Familie Dr.Simion Daniel, situat in Timişoara, str. Aluniş, nr.38, cabinet nr.2



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Proiect de hotarare din 06.04.2020

Privind aprobarea operatiunii de rectificare a suprafetei imobilului inscris in CF nr.441128 Timisoara , de la 3065 mp (inscrisa in cartea funciara) la 2505 mp (suprafata masurata)



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Proiect de hotarare din 05.05.2020

Privind prelungirea contractului de inchiriere nr.1581/15.05.2014 incheiat cu CABINET INDIVIDUAL DE AVOCAT GEORGIU RAMONA ALINA



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Proiect de hotarare din 06.05.2020

Privind aprobarea contului de execuţie al bugetului local al Municipiului Timisoara la 31 Decembrie 2019



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Mesajul Primarului Municipiului Timișoara, dl. Ncolae Robu, cu ocazia Zilei Europei

Stimați și dragi timișoreni



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2 Arabian nights




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Tales From The Quarantine: People Are Selling 'Animal Crossing' Bells For Real Cash After Layoffs

This seems to be something of a thing. Our last "Tales From the Quarantine" post focused on how television celebrities had taken to offering people help on Twitter with their virtual home decor in the latest Animal Crossing game. This post also involves Animal Crossing, but in a much more direct way. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are enormous numbers of people who have suddenly found themselves without jobs or regular income. And, so, they've turned to irregular sources of income instead.

Ars Technica has an interesting interview with one of many people who have taken to the internet to indirectly sell Animal Crossing's "bells", the currency of the game.

In the midst of COVID-19, some New Horizons players are turning to World of Warcraft-style gold farming methods to make ends meet. In early April, Lexy, a 23-year-old recent college grad, created a Twitter account offering up bells (Animal Crossing’s in-game currency) for real-world cash (she requested we refer to her by a nickname to avoid potential reprisal from Nintendo). “I got laid off due to COVID so I'm farming bells in ACNH,” she wrote. “I really need to make rent this month so I'm selling 2 mil bells per $5, please message me if interested, I'll give you a discount the more you buy.”

Before setting up this unorthodox income stream, Lexy had been working at a supermarket while developing her animation portfolio. She began exploring the idea of turning bells into cash after showing friends just how much in-game income she’d been making. “One of them asked to legitimately buy some for me,” she recalled in a Twitter interview. “I did some research and found some people selling bells on sites such as eBay, but for pretty ridiculous prices.” (Current prices on eBay seem more competitive, with some sellers offering rare gold tools and gold nuggets to sweeten the deal).

The threat from Nintendo is probably real. After all, unlike some other games where people do this sort of thing, Nintendo's game doesn't include any method for selling in-game resources for real currency. Nintendo is also notoriously prudish about things like this. And, finally, to make an effective go at this sort of thing, it takes some manipulation of the console in a way that is somewhat controversial with gamers generally.

Understandably, Lexy adjusts the clock on her Nintendo Switch to speed up the game’s slow, “natural” money-making cycle of harvesting daily fruit, digging up bells from the ground, and planting a daily “money tree” that can yield big profits. This kind of in-game “time traveling” is controversial practice among casual Animal Crossing players, but it's a practical necessity to maximize real-world bell-farming profits.

As for how much money people like Lexy are bringing in, it's in the four figures, but she wasn't any more specific than that. Payments are made through digital apps like PayPal, after which she visits the game islands of others and deposits the bells.

That all of this is going on during a global pandemic that has some folks farming bells to make ends meet and others with apparently enough disposable income to be buyers is all, of course, deeply strange. But it's also just yet another way technology is having an impact on our lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Creating a Quarantine Schedule Is Not the Opposite of Being Free-Range

At Let Grow, a wise mom named Kate Sundquist admits that while her kids were already good at playing, they certainly weren’t good at filling hours and hours of free time, playing by themselves. (Read the piece here.) So she her and boys created a schedule. “While these routines might seem restrictive or even the […]




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Is the COVID Quarantine Making Kids Less Anxious (and Maybe Even More Helpful)?

At least for some kids, yes, being flung from the stress of a super-structured, super-supervised existence is having a calming, life-expanding effect. I discuss this amazing phenom in this Big Think article, including six short essays by kids themselves, and also in this interview with Bored Panda,  the  pop culture site, where I note that […]




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JoT #2698: Separate, but pulling together!



We all have a rope to pull!




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Distinct immune characteristics distinguish hereditary and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is considered an irreversible fibroinflammatory pancreatic disease. Despite numerous animal model studies, questions remain about local immune characteristics in human CP. We profiled pancreatic immune cell characteristics in control organ donors and CP patients including those with hereditary and idiopathic CP undergoing total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation. Flow cytometric analysis revealed a significant increase in the frequency of CD68+ macrophages in idiopathic CP. In contrast, hereditary CP samples showed a significant increase in CD3+ T cell frequency, which prompted us to investigate the T cell receptor β (TCRβ) repertoire in the CP and control groups. TCRβ sequencing revealed a significant increase in TCRβ repertoire diversity and reduced clonality in both CP groups versus controls. Interestingly, we observed differences in Vβ-Jβ gene family usage between hereditary and idiopathic CP and a positive correlation of TCRβ rearrangements with disease severity scores. Immunophenotyping analyses in hereditary and idiopathic CP pancreases indicate differences in innate and adaptive immune responses, which highlights differences in immunopathogenic mechanisms of disease among subtypes of CP. TCR repertoire analysis further suggests a role for specific T cell responses in hereditary versus idiopathic CP pathogenesis, providing insights into immune responses associated with human CP.





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Why you should not vote for Barack Obama for President, and why you need to vote for Rocky Anderson

Barack Obama promised to change the way things work in Washington, and after four years, nothing has changed: Corporate money controls President Obama and Congress. We need real change: vote for Rocky Anderson. Continue reading





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The Exhilarating Magic of Disneyland in the Rain

If your timing is just exactly right, you can experience a Disneyland ghost town




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Banorte - Ixe se asocia con IBM para establecer un modelo único de banca en América Latina, con enfoque total al cliente.

• Con vigencia de 10 años, Banorte e IBM firman alianza estratégica que permitirá establecer las bases de un nuevo modelo de banca enfocado al cliente, y mejorar sustancialmente sus índices de eficiencia para alcanzar niveles cercanos al 40%, así como retornos sobre capital superiores al 20%. El acuerdo incluye servicios de consultoría y de tecnología, investigación y desarrollo. • “Estamos plenamente satisfechos con el acuerdo logrado, pues este suma el mejor talento humano, tanto de IBM, como de Banorte Ixe, y está en línea con nuestra búsqueda de herramientas tecnológicas para servir a nuestros clientes de manera individualizada”: Alejandro Valenzuela.



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GRUPO FAMSA coloca al cliente en el centro del negocio para impulsar su transformación digital con IBM

El actual entorno tecnológico impulsa a las empresas a transformar sus modelos de negocio en un escenario en donde, según la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), el 25% de la economía mundial será digital en los próximos cinco años. De esta forma, el uso de nuevas tecnologías se vuelve la pieza clave para asegurar tanto competitividad, como su alto desempeño.



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IBM lanza la primera plataforma cognitiva de servicios para transformar las operaciones de negocios

IBM anunció hoy la primera plataforma de servicios basada en IBM Watson y construida en IBM Cloud para aumentar la inteligencia humana y ayudar a mejorar las operaciones de los proveedores de servicios a través de tecnologías cognitivas.



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IBM construye primeras computadoras cuánticas universales para aplicaciones empresariales y científicas

IBM anunció una iniciativa pionera en la industria para construir sistemas de computación cuántica universal comercialmente disponibles. Los sistemas y servicios cuánticos “IBM Q” se entregarán mediante la plataforma IBM Cloud.




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IBM se suma a Movimiento STEM para promover la educación en Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas en México

IBM suma esfuerzos con Movimiento STEM, una asociación civil sin fines de lucro que busca involucrar a diferentes actores sociales para impulsar la educación en México en Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas, con enfoque de género.




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IBM Pionera en Nuevo Enfoque para Simular a la Química con Cómputo Cuántico

Científicos de IBM (NYSE: IBM) desarrollaron un nuevo enfoque para simular moléculas en una computadora cuántica, lo que podrá un día ayudar a revolucionar la química y la ciencia de los materiales. Los científicos utilizaron con éxito un procesador cuántico de siete bits para abordar el problema de la estructura molecular del hidruro de berilio (BeH2), la molécula más grande simulada en una computadora cuántica hasta la fecha. Los resultados muestran una ruta de exploración para los sistemas cuánticos a corto plazo para realzar nuestra comprensión de las reacciones químicas complejas que podrían conducir a aplicaciones prácticas.




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Presenta IBM nueva generación de almacenamiento Flash para acelerar la analítica de grandes volúmenes de datos

IBM anunció dos nuevas soluciones de almacenamiento empresarial completamente basadas en tecnología flash, las cuales ofrecen avanzada eficiencia e incremento en desempeño, así como una sobresaliente confiabilidad para ayudar a reducir costos, y acelerar infraestructuras y aplicaciones con manejo intensivo de datos.




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IBM y Universidad de Guadalajara, Acortan Brecha en Habilidades que Demanda a Profesionales, la Transformación Digital

Como parte de su compromiso por contribuir con la tecnología más innovadora a la resolución de los desafíos y retos que enfrenta el mundo, IBM dio a conocer que seleccionó a CUCEA (Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico y Administrativas) de la Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG); a fin de poner en marcha en México la implementación del Programa IBM Skills Academy, con foco en competencias de tecnología de Nube.




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IBM presenta HackaPalooza, el primer festival de hackeo para desarrolladores cognitivos en México

Este año IBM cumple 90 años de ser un jugador clave en el progreso de México, impulsando a diferentes generaciones a través de la transformación de industrias y profesiones, e impactando el panorama económico, académico y social del país gracias a la estrecha colaboración con todos los actores de la sociedad.




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IBM presenta Blue Hub para acercar la innovación a más empresas mexicanas

IBM es y ha sido un jugador clave en el progreso de México, liderando en el transcurso de 90 años a diferentes generaciones a través de la transformación de industrias y profesiones, e impactando el panorama económico, académico y social del país gracias a la estrecha colaboración con todos los actores de la sociedad.




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Gana Aplicación para Ventas Minoristas, Primera Edición de HackaPalooza en México

Como parte de las celebraciones del 90 aniversario de IBM en México, la empresa realizó por primera vez en el país, los días 7 y 8 de octubre en el Campus Tecnológico de IBM en Guadalajara, el festival de hackeo para desarrolladores cognitivos: HackaPalooza.




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IBM lidera iniciativa Global ‘Call for Code’ para utilizar Cloud, Data, IA y Blockchain para mitigar el impacto de desastres naturales

IBM y organizaciones aliadas lanzaron la iniciativa global 'Call for Code', el esfuerzo más grande y ambicioso para reunir a desarrolladores del sector académico y empresarial, para resolver uno de los problemas más acuciantes de la sociedad de nuestro tiempo: prevenir, responder y recuperarse de desastres naturales.




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IBM y PAPALOTE MUSEO DEL NIÑO lanzan cursos de formación para profesores con un enfoque científico

IBM y PAPALOTE MUSEO DEL NIÑO, anunciaron hoy su alianza para desarrollar y ofrecer dos cursos de formación para profesores de la Ciudad de México. El taller estará basado en el portal web teacherstryscience.org de IBM y representa el compromiso de ambas instituciones por contribuir a la enseñanza de la ciencia y en particular de la astronomía, a través de dispositivos en línea.




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IBM Verse, el mail social, combina tecnologías Cloud, Social, Analytics e innovación en diseño para transformar la forma en que trabajamos

IBM (NYSE: IBM) reinventa hoy el correo electrónico empresarial con una nueva oferta de colaboración social freemium que utiliza la tecnología de analítica integrada para dar a los empleados una nueva forma de conversar, encontrar a las personas y la información correcta rápidamente, y hacer su trabajo de manera eficiente. IBM Verse es el resultado de una inversión de US$100 millones en diseño e innovación, y reúne las plataformas líderes cloud, analytics, social y de seguridad de la compañía para transformar el futuro del trabajo.




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Apple e IBM lanzan la primera ola de apps para iOS

Apple e IBM lanzaron hoy la primera ola de soluciones IBM MobileFirst para iOS, una nueva clase de apps creadas para los negocios y con soporte para servicios de Cloud, que llevan las capacidades Big Data y Analítica de IBM a los usuarios de iPhone e iPad en las empresas.




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IBM lanza nuevo mainframe z13 listo para la economía móvil

Hace posible el cifrado en tiempo real sobre todas las transacciones móviles a escala. Primer sistema mainframe con análisis integrado que proporciona conocimientos de transacciones en tiempo real, 17 veces más rápido en comparación a sistemas competidores en una fracción del costo.




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Papel San Francisco garantiza la continuidad de operaciones aprovechando Servicios de IBM

Papel San Francisco garantiza la continuidad de operaciones aprovechando Servicios de IBM




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IBM presenta pequeño sensor de uñas con inteligencia artificial y anuncia una alianza con la Fundación Michael J. Fox para comprender mejor y predecir la progresión de la enfermedad de Parkinson

La enfermedad de Parkinson es un trastorno neurológico degenerativo crónico que afecta a una de cada 100 personas mayores de 60 años. Se estima que más de 5 millones de personas en el mundo tienen Parkinson y el número está aumentando con la población actual que envejece.




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MineHub Technologies colabora con IBM para presentar una solución global de cadena de suministro de minería y metales utilizando blockchain

MineHub Technologies e IBM anunciaron hoy una colaboración para utilizar la tecnología blockchain con el objetivo de mejorar la eficiencia operativa, logística, financiamiento y reducir los costos en la cadena de suministro de concentrados minerales de alto valor, desde la mina hasta el comprador final.




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Estudio de IBM indica que 64% de los Directores de Marketing estará listo para adoptar Inteligencia Artificial en los próximos 3 años

IBM reveló un nuevo estudio acerca de la manera en que los profesionales de marketing y ventas están adoptando soluciones cognitivas o de Inteligencia Artificial (IA). A pesar de que el 64% de los Directores de Marketing -CMOs por sus siglas en inglés- y líderes de ventas encuestados cree que sus industrias estarán listas para adoptar ese tipo de tecnologías en los próximos tres años, sólo 24% de los encuestados cree que tiene una estrategia establecida para hacerlo en la actualidad.




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IBM lanza Watson Virtual Agent en español para ayudar a las empresas a construir su propio agente virtual

IBM presenta Watson Virtual Agent en español, una solución que permite a las empresas construir un agente virtual para atención al cliente, flexible y fácil de configurar y adecuada a las necesidades de los negocios.




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BP lanza la primera App para facturar consumos en sus estaciones de servicio en México, desarrollada con tecnología de IBM

La compañía energética BP anunció el lanzamiento de su aplicación móvil BPme, desarrollada con capacidades de inteligencia artificial (IA) de IBM Watson, buscando mejorar constantemente la experiencia de los usuarios de las estaciones de servicio de BP en México.