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Birthdays Today, June 7: Iggy Azalea, Prince, Fetty Wap, Liam Neeson

She was born in Australia in 1990, she is a great hip hop singer and she is our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, June 7. And she is… Iggy Azalea! From Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Iggy Azalea!

Famous Birthdaysb Today, June 7: Iggy Azalea in Sydney Australia. Source: flickr. Author: Eva Rinaldi

I always say: ‘Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,’ but some things make me question it. I don’t know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that’s really scary.

Iggy Azalea

I’m a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don’t think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it’s hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media… but we won’t say any names.

Iggy Azalea

More famous birthdays today, June 7: Prince, born in Minneapolis in 1958, died in 2016; Fetty Wap, rapper; and Liam Neeson, fmous actor born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birtdhays Today, June 7 Video: Iggy Azalea – Team (Explicit)

New Gin Map of Scotland launched for World Gin Day

5pm Gin Map of Scotland 2016

A new definitive Gin Map of Scotland has been launched by5pm.co.uk

The map includes nine Scottish gins created in the last year with two, McQueen and Persie, launching just last week.

The map is a celebration of Scottish gin which has rocketed in popularity in recent years, threatening to overtake whisky as Scotland’s national drink.

Gin Map of Scotland

In time for World Gin Day on 11th June, the Map aims to encourage gin lovers to be adventurous with their G&T and explore the impressive range of Scottish gins available.

The colourful infographic (or ginfographic) includes the name of the gin, where it is from, its botanicals, and recommended garnishes.

The gins featured include world famous brands such as Hendrick’s to small operations like Jinzu, created by bartender Dee Davies whose Jinzu recipe won a Diageo run competition.

It highlights the creativity and resourcefulness in creating Scottish gin, with botanicals varying from sugar kelp in the Isle of Harris Gin to hand foraged Stirlingshire nettles in the Stirling Gin, with many distillers utilising local produce.

Each gin on the map includes the garnish recommended by the producer to best compliment their gin, with examples ranging from frozen raspberries for Eden Mill Love Gin to kiwi for Shetland Reel gin.

The Map is a 2016 update of last year’s hugely popular 5pm Gin Map of Scotland which was widely shared online.

Scottish gin

No longer an artisan fad, gin is a major player in the Scottish economy with gin bringing £1.76bn to the UK economy, 70% of which is produced in Scotland.

Scots drank 29 million litres of gin last year with 42% consumed by 18 to 34 year olds and 27% by over 45s with Edinburgh drinking more gin than any other city in the UK.

Scottish gin is now shipped to 139 countries and St Andrews distiller Eden Mill recently secured a £1.5m deal to distribute their gin in China.

Ronnie Somerville, 5pm Founder said: “As a restaurant bookings website, we always enjoy the opportunity to champion Scottish food and drink and Scottish gin has experienced a phenomenal rise recently.”

“With Scotland’s rich history of distilling matched with the best natural larder in the world, the growth of locally created Scottish gin feels like a natural progression.”

“This World Gin Day we encourage gin lovers to take ginspiration from our Gin Map of Scotland, fill up their glass with a cold G&T, and make it a Scottish one.”

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Arkivum appoints Guy Yaniv as new Chief Executive Officer

Guy Yaniv

Chippenham, Wiltshire, 6th May 2016 – Arkivum, the leading provider of Big Data preservation and archiving solutions, is delighted to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Guy Yaniv as its new Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect, succeeding Jim Cook, who will serve as the company’s Chief Customer Officer (CCO).

Guy Yaniv joins Arkivum from NICE Systems (Nasdaq: NICE) a leading global enterprise software company. In the past five years at NICE, Guy held various General Management positions, most recently leading its cloud based Big Data Customer Analytics Division. Prior to NICE, Guy held a number of senior management positions at software company, Comverse Technology, culminating in VP and General Manager of the Value Added Services Business.

Arkivum, founded in 2011 as a spin-out from University of Southampton IT Innovation Centre, provides long-term data management solutions for the Healthcare, Life Sciences, Digital Heritage, and Higher Education sectors. Arkivum has enjoyed rapid growth and has established itself as a market leader, and with Guy at the helm, the company is now well positioned to scale its business whilst building on its domain expertise, unique offering and valuable client base.

Jim McKenna, Chairman of Arkivum, comments: “Guy brings with him skills and expertise that will help us drive the business to the next level of growth and market penetration. He comes with an enviable track record in senior leadership positions and extensive experience of operating in global markets, which will prove critical in building competitive advantage, delivering exceptional customer experience and tapping into new revenue sources. The Board welcomes Guy and looks forward to working with him and building an even greater business.”

“I am very excited to join Arkivum as the new CEO and lead its winning team in the journey ahead,” said Guy Yaniv. “Arkivum is an innovative company with cutting edge technology and a unique offering. The business has grown 300% year-on-year over the past two years, expanding into new markets and securing an impressive array of customers. I am looking forward to working with our highly skilled management team to accelerate growth and create value for our stakeholders.”

For more information please visit www.arkivum.com

TV Shows Today, June 4: Outlander, The Dead Files, Ghost Adventures

Outlander TV show

One of the best series today. Don’t miss it! Outlander. Today’s episode: Je Suis Prest. Season 2. Episode 9. 9:00 pm. STARZ. From Wikipedia: Outlander is a British-American television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Left Bank Pictures for Starz, the show premiered on August 9, 2014.

Our second choice is for The Dead Files. Today: Devil’s Plaything – Canton, Illinois. Season 8. Episode 10. 10:00 pm. TRAVEL.

And our last recommendation is for Ghost Adventures. Today’s episode: Aftershocks: Myrtles Plantation; Old Licking Jail. Season 1. Episode 21. 9:00 pm. TRAVEL.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

TV Shows Today, June 4 Video: Outlander | Promo – S2EP09 ‘Je Suis Prest’

Famous Birthdays Today, June 4: Angelina Jolie, Bar Refaeli, Russell Brand, Mollie King

She is great, a fantastic actress and a beautiful woman. She won an Academy Award in 1999 for her role on the film Interrupted and she is… Angelina Jolie, and, of course, she is our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, June 4. From Yareh, we wish her and her family all the best in this specil day. Congrats and happy birthday, Angelina Jolie!

Famous Birthdays Today, June 4: Angelina Jolie. Source: flickr. Author: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The side of fairytales I don’t like is that they always have happy endings, that there’s just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that’s what I try to teach my kids.

Angelina Jolie

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

Angelina Jolie

More famous birthdays today, June 4: Bar Refaeli, model born in Israel in 1985; Russell Brand, actor; and the pop singer Mollie King, member of the group The Saturdays.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, June 4 Video: Angelina Jolie Pitt: Refugee system breaking down – BBC News

 

Professional hiring up 1% year-on-year

Permanent vacancies increase 1% year-on-year

Finance & accounting roles up by 10%

Demand for engineering professionals dips 14%

Contract vacancies increase by 1%

Average salaries slide month-on-month, decreasing by 0.1%

Professional recruitment firms now have 1% more vacancies on their books than this time last year according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). This is in line with the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which reveals that overall employment levels increased modestly by 44,000 in the three months to March 2016, representing an employment rate of 74.2%.

Finance & accounting sectors driving growth

The latest data from APSCo reveals that vacancies within the finance and accounting sectors continue to climb rapidly despite uncertainty surrounding the upcoming EU referendum, increasing by 10.2% year on year. This is in line with the latest data from specialist recruiter, Morgan McKinley, which found that available jobs in the City increased by 11% month-on-month to April.

Engineering vacancies dip

In contrast, APSCo’s data found that engineering vacancies have dipped by 14% year-on-year. This comes at a time of huge uncertainty for the sector as the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) warns of the potential ramifications if the UK were to leave the EU. The future of the British steel industry – and the associated impact on jobs – is also currently in limbo as Tata Steel considers investment partnership bids.

Average salaries slide

APSCo’s figures also reveal that median salaries across all professional sectors dipped by 0.1% month-on-month following a sustained period of growth. This figure is characterised by notable fluctuations in terms of sector, with education, for example, recording an uplift of 11.2% while salaries within property and housing fell by 2%. Year-on-year, professional salaries rose by 3.4% across the board which exceeds the national increase in salaries as reported by the ONS which found that average earnings grew at an annual rate of 2% in the three months to March 2016.

Ann Swain, Chief Executive of APSCo comments:

“The relatively soft 1% growth in demand for both permanent and contract roles indicates that Brexit uncertainty is no doubt affecting the professional jobs market. This is further illustrated by the fact that average salaries dipped month-on-month in April for a fourth consecutive month.”

“The recruitment firms that we work with have reported that employers are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to future workforce planning. Other indicators of market confidence also reflect this hiatus in confidence and associated activity. May’s Markit / CIPS services business activity PMI stood at 52.3, the lowest since February 2013. The construction sector PMI is also at a three-year low, and the manufacturing PMI has now fallen below that critical 50 figure, sitting at 49.2. Meanwhile, the Bank of England’s rate setters have said they will wait for evidence of stronger wage growth before raising interest rates from their record low of 0.5 per cent. Although salaries have increased year-on-year, the marginal month-on-month decrease in pay is further indication of a wider hesitancy in confidence.”

“Amid this lull in hiring activity, the one clear exception is the financial services industry. Although George Osborne has warned of “tens of thousands” of potential job losses in the sector if Britain leaves the EU – claiming that 285,000 jobs in the sector are linked to business with Europe – it seems that the current landscape means that hirers in this area cannot afford the luxury of breathing space to reassess talent needs. The pace of change surrounding legislation and technology, as well as several high-profile relocations, means that continual hiring of specialist skill-sets is required just to keep the sector’s wheels in motion.”

Contract vacancies hold steady

Temporary and contract vacancies have increased across the professional staffing market with opportunities up by 1% year-on-year. Demand within finance and accounting was particularly strong, with vacancies increasing by 29%. This can most likely be attributed to increases in workload in the run up to the 2015/16 financial year-end.

Swain continues;

“According to official figures, the number of self-employed people in the UK increased again by 182,000 in the three months to March. This means there are now 4.69 million self-employed people in the country, accounting for 15% of the workforce. Consequently, as we have long anticipated, vacancy swing for temporary roles is now more closely aligned to those for permanent roles, rather than acting as a bellwether for future recruitment trends.”

Freelancers contributed £109bn to the UK economy in 2015 and this trend for flexible working shows no sign of abating, with a recent survey from the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) finding that over two thirds (68%) of UK freelancers are as or more confident in their business’ performance for the year ahead than they were last year. The professional staffing sector, as you would expect, is working with employers to respond to this shifting recruitment landscape.”

John Nurthen, Executive Director, Global Research for Staffing Industry Analysts, which compiles the report for APSCo, comments:

“The EU referendum is conveniently taking the blame in many quarters for the recent softening in economic performance, however, this could mask a fundamental weakness in the UK economy. As well as GDP growth easing in Q1 2016 and further easing forecast in Q2, business investment has fallen, manufacturing and construction have slumped, and growth remains reliant on consumer spending. Against this background, a modest 1% increase in permanent and contract vacancies compared to the prior year sounds like a pretty good result. Nevertheless, the increase in professional vacancies, has noticeably softened since the autumn and we’ll have to wait until we get past the 23 June to see how much the referendum is truly to blame for this weakness.”

Famous Birthdays Today, June 3: Michelle Keegan, Rafael Nadal, Mario Gotze, Logan Fabbro

Famous Birthdays Today, June 3: Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan.. Source: flickr. Author: Sarah Winterman

She is fantastic and she is great as Tina McIntyre on Coronation Street. Yes, she is Michelle Keegan and she was born in Stockport, England in 1987 and, from Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congrtulations and happy birthday, Michelle Keegan!

More famous birthdays today, June 3: Rafael Nadal, tennis player born in Spain in 1986; Logan Fabbro, dancer born in Canada in 1998; and Mario Gotze, soccer player.

Have a very nice day, dear friends.

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?

Rafael Nadal

My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that’s the truth. And my goal is the same – it’s to always be happy playing, it’s to enjoy the game and improve always.

Rafael Nadal

Famous Birthdays Today, June 3 Video: Michelle Keegan interview 2015

Festival of Ideas Welcomes Inventor Dr John C Taylor OBE

Dr John C Taylor OBE

Celebrated British inventor Dr John C Taylor OBE is to be the guest speaker at a lecture taking place at Fairfax House, as part of the York Festival of Ideas 2016 this summer.

The lecture, titled Keeping Time in the Georgian House, is taking place on Wednesday June 15th 2016, at Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, YO1 9RN and begins at 7.00PM.

The theme for the Festival of Ideas 2016 is ‘Tick Tock’, and as one of the world’s most renowned inventors and foremost horologists, Dr Taylor will be exploring the revolutionary advances in timekeeping that elapsed throughout the Georgian Age.

Looking specifically within the historic Fairfax House, Dr John C Taylor will further discuss and suggest what clocks the Fairfax family may have owned or were acquired by the Ninth Viscount, Charles Gregory Fairfax.

Speaking ahead of the lecture, Dr Taylor said “I am delighted to be lecturing at the York Festival of Ideas. The Georgian era was an interesting and poignant period for clock making and I am intrigued to visit the historic townhouse to speak about how clocks and timekeeping were incorporated into the life of those who lived at Fairfax.”

Dr John C Taylor is perhaps best known for creating the bimetal thermostat controls inside electric kettles and other small household appliances. With over 400 patents to his name, he is regarded as one of the world’s most prolific inventors as well as being a leading expert on the work of John Harrison, the inventor of bimetal and an early horological pioneer who is best known for his marine chronometer, the first clock accurate enough to be used for navigation at sea.

His interest and admiration of clocks led Dr Taylor to also design and build the Corpus Chronophage, a unique device for measuring time which is displayed on an exterior wall of his alma mater: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It was unveiled by the world-renowned physics professor Stephen Hawking in 2008. Dr Taylor has since created two other Chronophage clocks – the Midsummer Chronophage and the Dragon Chronophage.

Dr Taylor is no stranger to Fairfax House, having loaned his wooden Harrison precision longcase clock to the ‘Keeping Time’ exhibition in 2013.

Tickets for the event are available from Fairfax House Shop or by calling 01904 655 543.

Links:

Dr Taylor’s website: http://www.johnctaylor.com/

Fairfax House: http://www.fairfaxhouse.co.uk/

York Festival of Ideas: http://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2016/

Keeping Time in the Georgian House: http://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2016/talks/keeping-time-georg…

 

Furniture and Fixtures from Athlete Apartments at 2016 Olympic Games up for Auction

A uniq opportunity for business buyers

Online Marketplace to Sell Bulk Quantities of Bedroom and Venue Furniture and Other Items from the Olympic Villages and Venues

Buy a piece of Rio 2016! Furniture and fixtures to be used by athletes residing at the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Village are going up for online auction before the Games have even begun. Olympic Sponsor RGS Events, the Official FF&E Project Manager of the Games, is selling bulk quantities of furniture, fixtures and equipment from athlete apartments and sporting venues including: 20,000 beds, 10,000 wardrobes, 42,000 tables and 135,000 chairs. Everything will be available via the marketplace, B-Stock Events, operated by B-Stock Solutions. Bidding for the first round of items, which will be sold in 40-foot containers, is currently open with additional auctions being added throughout the summer. For more information visit: http://bstock.com/events/. The items will be available for delivery following the Paralympics closing ceremony in September.

“This is a unique opportunity for business buyers around the globe to purchase items used by some of the world’s top athletes. Wholesalers, resellers or organizations in need of bulk quantities of furniture and fixtures are all encouraged to bid on these pieces of Olympic history,” said Paul Ramler at RGS. “RGS is a proud to continue our tradition of supplying furniture, fittings and equipment for the Olympics and Paralympics as well as providing sustainable outcomes for the items.

As part of its sponsorship for the Rio Games, RGS Events was responsible for designing, prototyping, managing quality control, procuring, shipping, and project managing the warehousing, assembly, delivery, installation, maintenance, retrieval and disposal of items in the 18,000 athlete apartments and Games venues.

All the furniture is commercial quality and has only been used for a limited time in Rio. RGS source a wide range of products to fulfill the requirements of a major event such as an Olympic Games. Products include everything from Safes to Megaphones, Massage Tables to metal Road Barriers and much, much more.

As part of its end-to-end solution RGS partnered with technology-enabled service provider B-Stock Solutions to build and customize the B2B marketplace where the items are being sold. B-Stock’s solution will give RGS access to a dedicated team of marketplace management experts, who will oversee all aspects of the process, including: inventory uploads, auction strategy, logistics, and tier one customer support.

HBO News. Bill Maher’s June 3 lineup

Bill Maher attending a ceremony to receive e a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Source: wikipedia. Author: Angela George

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER CONTINUES Its 14TH SEASON JUNE 3, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO; NICK HANAUER IS THE TOP-OF-SHOW INTERVIEW GUEST; NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON IS THE MID-SHOW INTERVIEW GUEST; JOHN AVLON, EDDIE HUANG AND MATT WELCH ARE THE ROUNDTABLE GUESTS

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 14th season FRIDAY, JUNE 3 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 11:30 p.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with guests. Entrepreneur Nick Hanauer is the top-of-show interview guest. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are journalist John Avlon, chef Eddie Huang and journalist Matt Welch.

Other HBO playdates: June 5 (1:15 p.m.), 7 (4:45 p.m.), 8 (11:10 p.m.) and 9 (4:30 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates: June 5 (7:00 p.m.) and 7 (11:00 p.m.)

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO and HBO On Demand.

The show has already been renewed for a 15th season of 35 editions, scheduled for 2017.

            Politico has hailed Maher as “a pugnacious debater and a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news,” while Variety noted, “There may not be a more eclectic guest list on all of television.”

Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in ten solo specials to date, including the hour-long presentations “Bill Maher: Live from D.C.,” “Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong,” “The Decider” and “I’m Swiss” (both nominated for an Emmy® in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category), “Victory Begins at Home,” “Be More Cynical,” “The Golden Goose Special” and “Stuff That Struck Me Funny,” and two half-hour stand-up specials, plus the specials “30 Seconds Over Washington” and “Comic Relief VI™.” Maher is also an executive producer of the innovative news magazine show “VICE,” currently in its fourth season.

The executive producers of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER are Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Brad Grey, Marc Gurvitz, Dean E. Johnsen and Billy Martin; co- executive producer, Chris Kelly; producer, Matt Wood; director, Paul Casey.