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Survial uptime: Just over 1,400 hours
Can you get 6 hours of uptime on Survival each week? Course! Decided to start getting back into the game - don't have the 6 hours for the previous weeks but can be achieved from now on for sure
Have you been banned before? If yes, why should we overlook this? Indeed.. Back in 2013 for using X-Ray..
Do you have or can you get a Discord account? Yup, I have Discord
Are you applying to be JMod or EventHost or both? If EventHost, will you be able to host 25 events per week?  Admin please! Preferably JMod though but don't mind Eventhoust either. Would like to get back involved with the team!

Fack this game is still going?! Hahaha

Went

Hey, good going with this!!

[Jaeger Owner Explores Sale After Bid Approach]

Jaeger Owner Explores Sale After Bid Approach
from SBNation.com

The owner of the struggling British fashion label Jaeger is exploring a sale of the company just weeks before the high street's crucial Christmas trading period gets under way.

Better Capital, the investment firm which owns Jaeger, has decided to pursue takeover discussions with interested parties, and has asked advisers at AlixPartners to oversee the talks.

A person close to Better, which was founded by the private equity tycoon Jon Moulton, said that a formal auction was not planned but that it was responding to incoming interest from unnamed buyers.

Analysts expressed doubt that there was much value residing in the business given its current challenges.

The news comes just weeks after Better confirmed that Colin Henry, Jaeger's chief executive, had left the company, leaving it facing the most important sales period of the year without a permanent boss.

The decision to explore a sale of Jaeger also follows Better's decision last week to sell another of its troubled investments, the luxury yacht-maker Fairline.

Last Christmas Eve, City Link, the courier company then owned by Better Capital, collapsed into administration, prompting recriminations over its management and sparking calls from MPs as well as Mr Moulton for an overhaul of the UK's insolvency regime.

Mr Moulton engineered the takeover of Jaeger in 2012, acquiring much of its debt and the company's shares as it languished in administration, a move which dismayed its former owner, the retailer Harold Tilman.

Established in 1884, Jaeger is positioned as a premium British fashion brand, known for its contemporary menswear, womenswear and accessories.

[Instagram Overtakes Twitter With 400m Users]

Instagram Overtakes Twitter With 400m Users
from BBC News


Instagram is now bigger than Twitter after the number of monthly users increased by 100 million in just nine months.

The photo-sharing app - bought by Facebook for $1bn (£650m) in 2012 - is growing faster than analysts expected with 400 million regular users.

Rapid growth in countries such as Brazil and Japan is one of the main reasons for the soaring user numbers.

The social network is also playing an increasingly important role for brands, including Disney which posts movie trailers to the service.

By comparison Twitter - which competes for the same advertisers as Instagram - reported 304 million monthly active users in its most recent quarter, up just 12% year-on-year.

Instagram is currently trying to expand its advertising operations, offering brands 30-second video slots and Twitter campaign-style "marquee" adverts.

Adverts first started appearing on Instagram two years ago.

Facebook has not released Instagram's revenue figures, but one analyst estimates them at $600m (£390m) for 2015.

No Facebook branding appears on Instagram, which has a degree of independence from the world's biggest social network.

Since acquiring Instagram, Facebook has bought messaging service WhatsApp and virtual reality device maker Oculus VR.

[Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigns]

Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigns
from BBC News

Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn has resigned following the revelation that the firm manipulated US diesel car emissions tests.

Mr Winterkorn said he was "shocked" by recent events and that the firm needed a "fresh start".

He added that he was "not aware of any wrongdoing on my part" but was acting in the interest of the company.

VW has already said that it is setting aside â,¬6.5bn (£4.7bn) to cover the costs of the scandal.

The world's biggest carmaker admitted last week that it deceived US regulators in exhaust emissions tests by installing a device to give more positive results.

The company said later that it affected 11 million vehicles worldwide.

Been a while since I've read the book, but here are a few ideas for which you could use:

• If I recall, the Inspectors name was 'Goole'? And as you are contrasting him to a ghost, there is an evil spirit in Arabian mythology called a 'Ghoul'. Coincidence?
• You could also mention about the Inspectors appearance and how the Birings may treat him based upon this (class, social status, etc.).
• How he owns the room and addresses members of the family compared to what a normal policeman of that era may have done.
• The language he uses (I.E. when he mentions about 'Eva's' inside's burning out') and whether a normal policeman would have done the same.
• How he gets the Birling's to admit to their crimes whereas another policeman may struggle.

These are just a few ideas and I hope they are okay!

 

So was this a deliberate attempt by the Russian airforce to bait the RAF? Or was there a different reason those planes entered our AoI?

This isn't the first time RAF jets have been sent up to intercept Russian aircraft. I believe it is mostly down to them testing the UK's 'alert system' and defense protocol and also to show the world what power they have in the air.

[RAF Intercepts Russian Jets Near UK Airspace]

RAF Intercepts Russian Jets Near UK Airspace
from Sky News

RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian 'Blackjack' aircraft, it has been revealed.

The Russian planes did not enter UK airspace but strayed near enough to the edge of international airspace to be in what is known as a "British area of interest".

A Ministry of Defence statement said: "RAF Quick Reaction Alert fighter aircraft scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland yesterday to meet two Russian aircraft.

"The Typhoon pilots visually identified the two Russian aircraft and escorted them whilst in the UK area of interest."

"They don't come into British airspace, the don't come into European airspace, but they come into what is called a British area of interest," he said.

"These are games, in effect. The Russians, strictly speaking, aren't doing anything illegal but it does annoy the Ministry of Defence and it does annoy Defence Secretary Michael Fallon."

The planes are not what we are used to seeing when these incidents have occurred in the past, he added.

[Ukraine's President Lauds Renewed Cease-Fire in the East]

Ukraine's President Lauds Renewed Cease-Fire in the East
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has lauded the renewed cease-fire in the east, saying that not a single Ukrainian soldier has died in fighting this week.

Quick facts: What you need to know about the Syria crisis
Syria's civil war is the worst humanitarian disaster of our time. The number of innocent civilians suffering -- more than 11 million people are displaced, thus far -- and the increasingly dire impact on neighboring countries can seem too overwhelming to understand.

See China's air pollution in real time
Researchers at Berkeley have used Google Maps and new data on China's air pollution to create a near real-time visualization of the country's air quality.

Facebook's WhatsApp hits 900 million users, aims for 1 billion
WhatsApp has reached 900 million monthly active users, cementing Facebook's dominance in mobile messaging.

Paralyzed man takes steps with robotic exoskeleton
It wasn't far -- mere yards -- but when Mark Pollock recently took his first steps in four years, it represented a major victory for scientists who work at the intersection of medical science and engineering.



Updated: 06/09/15

[Top 5 Coolest Gadgets Of IFA 2015]

Top 5 Coolest Gadgets Of IFA 2015
from Forbes

According to Federico Guerrini

Panasonic ‘Future Mirror’

Not only it can digitally enhance your face to show you how you would like with different makeups and detect your skin conditions and recommend how to improve it, but now includes features such as vital statistics check, magnifier and rear view of yourself.

A glow-in-the-dark smartphone

A $199 iPhone looking device with 13-MP camera, 5.2” display, 5-megapixel front camera for quality selfies and octa-core 1.3 GHz processor. But its distinctive feature is that luminescent glow that makes it easier to find it at night or inside your bag.

A PC in a stick

An ultra-miniature PC that turns any HDMI-enabled TV or monitor into a fully-functional Windows 10 PC (provided you add a keyboard and a mouse), and which can also be controlled remotely from a smartphone. It costs $129, and for that price you get 2GB of RAM, 2 USB ports, 32GB of storage, and a headphone jack. Unfortunately, it’s still unclear when it will go on sale.

Ultrasound images via a mobile app

Philips introduced at the IFA, Lumify, an app-based ultrasound solution that offers high-quality imaging on a compatible smart device. It is sold through a subscription model, and is intended mainly for healthcare professionals, but it has a consumer side. It could be used for instance by women waiting for a baby to take ultrasound images of the fetus and send them to the doctor.

360-degree pictures like you’ve never seen before

It can capture high-resolution spherical images of up to nearly 14 megapixels and it can can also record spherical video in full HD with a maximum recording time of 25 minutes. Images can then be shared on social networks or sent to Google Maps or Google Street View. It does not come cheap, the base sale price is $349, so if you’re thinking of just using it for group selfies, you might want to reconsider your ambitions.

These games keep on getting weirder and weirder...

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[Ciudad Real Airport, a symbol of Spain’s economic boom and bust that folded three years ago after luring few users, is set to be purchased by Chinese investment company Tzaneen International -- for just 10,000 euros ($10,850).]

Spanish Ghost Airport May Be Sold for Less Than $11,000
Source: Bloomberg

Ciudad Real Airport, a symbol of Spain’s economic boom and bust that folded three years ago after luring few users, is set to be purchased by Chinese investment company Tzaneen International -- for just 10,000 euros ($10,850).

Tzaneen was awarded the asset at an auction held by a court in central Spain and plans to turn the so-called ghost airport into a European hub for Chinese companies, it said in an e-mail sent by local public relations firm Estudio de Comunicacion.

Spain granted approval in 2006 for the privately-owned airport with a 4,000-meter (2.5 mile) runway originally named after the famously deluded literary figure Don Quixote. Ciudad Real sought creditor protection in 2009 following the global slump and closed in 2012 after just four years of operation.

Tzaneen said Friday it also aims to buy additional land and invest in buildings and equipment as part of its cargo plan, taking total outlay to between 60 million and 100 million euros.

The airport was originally conceived as a freight base to help move perishable Spanish produce around Europe, as well as an overflow terminal for Madrid, and briefly hosted Ryanair Holdings Plc Flights in 2010.

Other bidders can still try to buy the facility, located in a sparsely populated area 125 miles south of the Spanish capital, if they make an offer of at least 28 million euros, or 70 percent of the airport’s estimated value, within 20 working days, Efe newswire reported.

[Five women who were accused of witchcraft have been beaten to death by dozens of people in India.]

Five Women Killed Over Witchcraft Claims
Source: Sky News.

Five women who were accused of witchcraft have been beaten to death by dozens of people in India.

The women were dragged out of their homes in Kinjia in the state of Jharkhand and hit with sticks and iron rods, police said.

Residents blamed them for a string of misfortunes and accidents in the village, including the death of an infant earlier in the week.

Police have arrested 50 people in connection with the attack and deployed officers at the scene to prevent further violence.

Chief Minister of the state Raghubar Das said: "In the age of knowledge, this incident is sorrowful. Society should ponder over it.”

From 2000 to 2012, around 2,100 people, mostly women, were killed in India on suspicion of practising witchcraft, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

[The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate held at a seven-year-low of 5.3%.]

US economy adds 215,000 jobs in July
Source: BBC News.

The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate held at a seven-year-low of 5.3%.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said job gains came in retail trade, health care, professional and technical services, and financial activities.

The jobs figures are a seen as a significant gauge of the health of the economy.

Analysts said the figures meant a US interest rate rise in September remained a possibility.

Last month, the Federal Reserve upgraded its assessment of the labour market, saying it was continuing to "improve, with solid job gains and declining unemployment".

Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said: "With the Fed's decision on the timing of the first rate rise 'data dependent', today's report does nothing to discourage the belief that a September hike is very much on the table, albeit by no means a done deal."

He said that the new hiring figures "just missed" expectations of a 225,000 rise.

"Private sector payrolls grew by a solid 210,000, just shy of an expected 215,000 rise, led by service sector hiring alongside gains in the manufacturing and construction sectors," he added.

[The UK's data watchdog is "making enquiries" after Carphone Warehouse said the personal details of up to 2.4 million of its customers may have been accessed in a cyber-attack.]

Carphone Warehouse customer data breach investigated
Source: BBC News.

The UK's data watchdog is "making enquiries" after Carphone Warehouse said the personal details of up to 2.4 million of its customers may have been accessed in a cyber-attack.

The attack was discovered on Wednesday, and made public on Saturday.

The encrypted credit card details of up to 90,000 people may have been accessed, the mobile phone firm said.

The Information Commissioner's Office, which examines data breaches, confirmed it was aware of the incident.

Carphone Warehouse says the data could include names, addresses, dates of birth and bank details and it is contacting all those affected.

Carphone Warehouse said the "sophisticated" cyber-attack, which happened in the past two weeks, was stopped "straight away" after it was discovered on Wednesday afternoon.

The affected division of the company operates the websites OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk, and provides services to iD Mobile, TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile and some Carphone Warehouse customers.

The retailer's owner, Dixons Carphone, has apologised for the attack and said additional security measures have been brought in. It has also taken the affected websites down.

What can those affected do?

- Notify your bank and credit card company, so they can monitor activity on your account
- Change your password for your online account
- Check your account for any suspicious or unexpected activity
- Be wary of anyone calling asking for personal information, bank details or passwords
- Visit Experian, Equifax or Noddle to check your credit rating to make sure no one has applied for credit in your name.

Back in my day, only rare Yu-Gi-Oh cards were holographic.

I joke.

What I am looking forward to is my very own J.A.R.V.I.S. 

No doubt someone will make a Jarvis app xD

They have -- and there are various other forms of AI out there, Cortana to name one.

J.A.R.V.I.S on the other hand is on a totally different scale, and helps you build suits of armor. Now wouldn't that be cool...

Back in my day, only rare Yu-Gi-Oh cards were holographic.

I joke.

What I am looking forward to is my very own J.A.R.V.I.S. 

[The US Treasury Department says a redesigned $10 note will feature a woman, but who she will be has not been decided.]

US says woman will appear on new $10 note

The US Treasury Department says a redesigned $10 note will feature a woman, but who she will be has not been decided.

The new note will debut in 2020 to mark the 100th anniversary of the US Constitution's 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

The treasury will seek the public's input in the selection, looking for a "champion for our inclusive democracy".

Former US political leaders - all white men - currently headline US notes.

The woman who the Treasury Department ultimately selects will replace Alexander Hamilton, a key figure in the American Revolution and the first secretary of the US Treasury.

Hamilton began appearing on the $10 note in 1929. He along with diplomat and inventor Ben Franklin are the only non-presidents featured on current US notes.

Native American Sacagawea was briefly featured on US dollar coins

Women have been featured on US money before, but the notes and coins were not widely used. Most recently women's rights activist Susan B Anthony and Native American Sacagawea appeared on dollar coins, but both coins quickly went out circulation.

[Wild kangaroos tend to favour their left hands during common tasks like grooming and feeding, a study suggests.]

Most kangaroos are 'left-handed'

Wild kangaroos tend to favour their left hands during common tasks like grooming and feeding, a study suggests.

The researchers say this is the first demonstration of population-level "handedness" in a species other than humans, who are mostly right-handed.

The evidence comes from hours spent observing multiple species in the wild.

Two species of roo and one wallaby all showed the left-handed trend; some other marsupials, which walk on all fours, did not show the same bias.

The research, published in the journal Current Biology, was conducted by Russian scientists from St Petersburg

Senior author Dr Yegor Malashichev said there had been a "widespread notion" that handedness was a uniquely human phenomenon, until research in the last 10-20 years showed that asymmetry in behaviour and brain structure was surprisingly widespread.

But examples of left- or right-handedness tended to be specific to particular behaviours, and were not consistent across a population.

The animals were observed in the wild, in Tasmania and New South Wales

"As one of our reviewers pointed out, laterality is also obvious in how parrots hold their food or how your dog shakes hands," Ms Ingram said. "But these examples of lateralisation have not been proven at the population level."

Can't wait to see the site. Hopefully it's as good if not better than twitch

I think it will also help new and emerging streamers get into the market, with so much of Twitch being dominated by the big players.

[It has a reputation for disorganisation, maddening congestion, and being disrupted by monsoon-like downpours. And yet the Paris Air Show remains the signature event for the aerospace and defence industry.]

Paris Air Show goes green amid sluggish sales

It has a reputation for disorganisation, maddening congestion, and being disrupted by monsoon-like downpours. And yet the Paris Air Show remains the signature event for the aerospace and defence industry.

If you're in the market for a fighter jet, passenger plane, satellite, or drone, the biennial show - the 51st since 1909 - is the place to be. There'll be plenty to choose from.

As with previous shows, the news flow will be dominated by the big beasts of aerospace, Airbus and Boeing.

Planemakers like, if possible, to time their multi-billion-dollar orders to coincide with air shows. But such stage-management tends to be a decision for the customers, not the suppliers.

There has, though, been an uncharacteristic lack of pre-show hype this time.

Cowen & Co analyst Cai von Rumohr says the combined Boeing and Airbus order tally for civil aircraft by the end of the week could be below the average 387 seen in the past few years.

It's possible that airlines are pausing for breath. A rush to buy aircraft after the financial crisis means that Airbus and Boeing have record backlogs of almost 12,000 aircraft. Delivery slots for new planes are years in the future.

Boeing published its closely watched annual market forecast on Thursday, and expects airlines and freight firms to take delivery of 38,050 aircraft worth $5.6 trillion (£3.6tn) by 2034. Two out of every five newly built aircraft will feed Asia's booming travel market, Boeing said.

So, if Paris produces fewer orders than usual, it's a blip not a trend.

[YouTube is to launch a dedicated site and app for gaming in an attempt to take on Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch.]

YouTube to launch dedicated video gaming site and apps
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation News.

YouTube is to launch a dedicated site and app for gaming in an attempt to take on Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch.

Twitch allows gaming fans to watch and interact with live broadcasts of others playing games.

Google - which owns YouTube - is understood to have made a bid for Twitch last year, only to be beaten by Amazon's $970m (£620m) offer.

The search giant said the service would launch later this summer.

YouTube Gaming product manager Alan Joyce said: "On YouTube, gaming has spawned entirely new genres of videos, from let's plays, walkthroughs, and speedruns to cooking and music videos. Now, it's our turn to return the favour with something built just for gamers."

Sooo, I've been thinking, there could be a way to get round this new tax system. People who own autoshops could create signs/ chests and use the Buy/ Sell feature as a Pay/ Send money one. Yes, this issue is not HUGE, but still worth mentioning.

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