September, 2011
Wine industry optimistic despite economy, low supply, study finds
Not much, including a sluggish economy, bad weather and low supply, can keep wine aficionados from a good glass, according to new reports from UC Davis. Economic doldrums have stymied consumer confidence. Cool temperatures hampered the grape crop. Wine production is likely facing several more rough years, said Dean Robert Smiley of the university’s Graduate [...]
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Youth Outdoor Day shows children the fun in outdoor sporting activities
CARNEYS POINT TWP. South Jersey Youth Outdoor Day is an opportunity for young people from South Jersey and the Delaware Valley to be introduced to outdoor sporting activities. For one day last week, the young people came to the Salem County Sportsmens Club and participated in activities ranging from fishing to kayaking to shooting a [...]
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BioInformatics LLC Announces the Nominees for the 2011 Life Science Industry …
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – BioInformatics LLC has closed the nominations for the 2011 Life Science Industry Awards. Between August 16, 2011 and August 31, 2011, hundreds of scientists on The Science Advisory Board® voted to include their favorite life science suppliers on the ballot to determine the recipients of the [...]
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Game Face Gaming, Inc., a Reality Gaming Social Network Company, Hires Bonnie …
Game Face Gaming, Inc., a Reality Gaming Social Network Company, Hires Bonnie Damiano-Leinhos as Its Tournament Director
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Xperia Play 4G Review: Mobile Phone Gaming at a Hard-to-Beat Price
To the delight of mobile gamers on ATamp;T, Sony Ericsson has brought the Xperia Play to the carriers HSPA+ network. When I reviewed the Xperia Play on Verizon, I praised the phones physical gamepad–a godsend to people like me who hate using touchscreens for gaming–but I criticized the Play for not taking advantage of Verizons [...]
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New study shows York County prime for slots
Gaming in Pennsylvania continues to be a growing and profitable industry. Some state leaders are hoping to expand on its success. A new study shows a surprising spot in our area could be a prime candidate for the gaming industry. You would think new gaming would best be suited for heavy urban areas like Philadelphia [...]
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Cloud Gaming’s OnLive Launched In UK With BT And Game group
OnLive, which lets consumers play remotely-hosted games on multiple client devices, launches in the UK on Thursday through Game Group online retail and through BT (NYSE: BT), after the telco secured a 2.6 percent stake in the company with an earlier investment.
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EMC Delivers Industry’s First Unified Big Data Analytics Appliance
NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Strata Summit – News Summary: EMC today introduced the EMC® Greenplum® Modular Data Computing Appliance (DCA), the industry’s first complete Big Data analytics platform. The EMC DCA allows enterprises for the first time to combine a shared-nothing MPP relational database with enterprise-class Apache Hadoop in a [...]
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Airline profits to drop 29% in 2012
The International Air Transport Association has said airline profits will drop by almost a third in 2012. The IATA, which represents the airline industry, announced it expected industry profit to fall from $6.9 billion to $4.9 billion in 2012. The organisation upgraded its expectations of industry profit from $4 billion in June to $6.9 billion [...]
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Churches that refuse to conduct gay marriages should lose licence – British MP
Churches which refuse to conduct gay marriages should be stripped of their licence, according to an MP. Mike Weatherley, who represents Hove in Parliament, made the controversial call as a way to encourage equality in unions. Churchmen in the city with the largest number of same-sex households in the country believe any state intervention would [...]
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