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Osman Orsal/ReutersTurkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (front L) talks with relatives of miners who were killed or injured in a mine explosion, during his visit to Soma on May 14, 2014.
It hasn’t been an easy week for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and now he’s been accused of engaging in baldly thuggish behaviour.
In a video published by left-wing Turkish media, a man who appears to be Erdogan lashes out at protestors in Soma, site of a mine disaster that’s killed upwards of 270 people, calling for his resignation. At 1:54, a man begins muttering something, before Erdogan lunges at a member of the crowd:
The audio is muffled. And although this video appears to show the man in charge of the world’s 18th-largest economy getting hostile with a group of protestors, both the target and intent of the statements at the end of the video are far from obvious. Some experts believe the voice to be Erdogan’s, but there’s little way of knowing for sure that the voice belongs to him.
Not much about the video is clear, but one transcription of his statement is “Niye kaciyorsun ulan Israil dolu?” According to two Turkish-language experts Business Insider consulted, this roughly translates to “Why are you running, you Israeli offspring?” or “Hey buddy, why are you running, Israeli scum!” (The sentence has some vulgarities that are not easily translated into English.)
Merve Tahiroglu of the Foundation for Defence of Democracies stresses that it’s not clear whether Erdogan spoke the words on the tape, or even what’s being said. But she walked Business Insider through some of the less translatable portions of the tape.
“Dolu could mean offspring, sperm, or seed. I would not translate it as ‘son’ because ‘dol’ is a far more vulgar word,” she said.
Tahiroglu said. “The best way to explain it would be to say it’s a term men use to address each other when they are in an argument or fight.”
The fact that it proceeds “Israeli offspring” indicates that that term is being used in a specifically derogatory context, she said.
Less ambiguous is the video below, translated by Business Insider Turkish linguist and defence reporter Jeremy Bender.
“If you boo the country’s Prime Minister, you get a slap!” Erdogan informs one a protester. It turns out he wasn’t kidding.
The recent Erdogan video comes at a rough time. Earlier this week, a car bomb exploded on the Syrian-Turkish border, killing over 40 people and highlighting Turkey’s ongoing vulnerability to events next door.
And in the west of the country, the death of over 270 people in a coal mine disaster in the town of Soma has rekindled protests against Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule, which began with the Gezi Park demonstrations in May of 2013.
This year's Art Basel Miami Beach featured 258 leading international galleries from across 31 countries and attracted an attendance of 75,000 people over the five show days — a 7% increase over last year.
Besides the famous works of art, emerging talent, and celebrity parties, the art fair also features some pretty wacky pieces.
The street artist known as "Desire Obtain Cherish" showcased a meta acrylic piece titled "It's Not Art Till The Check Clears."
The same artist created these "Intensive Care Units" made of 18k and nickel plated metal encased in plexiglass. Look closely to see the designer names.
The man was looking at this screen made of TVs and DVD players. The work is titled: "I Have A Feeling I Shall Go Mad. I Cannot Go On Longer In These Terrible Times. I Shan't Recover This Time. I Hear Voices And Cannot Concentrate On My Work. I Have Fought Against It But Cannot Fight Any Longer...Naww, F--- It, I'm Good."
Yayoi Kusama's polka-dotted pumpkin was a popular piece on display at the David Zwirner Gallery booth.
Look closer and it's filled with porcelain dolls, animals, and vases. It can be yours for a mere $28,500.
These boats by Hew Locke in the Perez Art Museum Miami were made to look like they are floating from above.
Damien Hirst "For the Love of God — White Skull" is a silk screen print with DIAMOND DUST that goes for $3,070.
The real strength of Box.net is in its document collaboration tools; it essentially works like Google Docs, except with many more features and an excellent mobile app.
When you sign up for the free version of Box.net, you are allotted 5GB of space (like many other online services these days), but there's a glaring problem here: none of your files are allowed to exceed 25 MB in size.
Even if you purchase the $15.00/month business package, your file size cap is 2GB (no storing high-def movies, lossless music, and videos for free here).
Regardless, Box.net seems like it's aiming to please small business owners with its extensive sharing, collaboration, and file version-tracking features. In this department, Box.net beats competitors handily. Google Docs will always have an edge, though, because it includes online document editing in just about any format. With Box.net, you have to download each document, edit it, then re-upload it.
Navigate to box.net and click "Try It Free" to get started with 5GB of free storage. One big drawback to using box.net is that as a free user, you can't upload any file bigger than 25MB.
Once you sign up, you'll be prompted to create a folder that you can share with others, or that you can keep private.
When you create a new document, invite a collaborator to make changes and read the document. No matter who makes changes, Box.net will show an update list that shows times when someone did so.
When you upload a file to Box.net, a progress bar appears at the bottom of the screen. Unfortunately, you have to wait until the upload is complete before you can do anything on the website again.
Box.net includes a fully featured "web document" word processor similar to the one present in Google Docs. There's no online doc editor included in Box.net, but they've employed convenient live-syncing and storage for Google Docs.
If you click the arrow next to any file you've uploaded, you can share the file, sync it to your desktop (a Premium feature, while this feature is free with DropBox), and more.
The updates page is a useful way to visualize any changes or uploads that occur. This feature is one of the most unique features of Box.net, because it gives project managers an easy way to see how projects and documents are coming along. Commenting on documents is supported, as is a cool "Discussions" feature.
The iOS app works well enough for viewing pictures stored online, but the experience isn't very immersive. Playing music was painful, because you can't exit the app while listening (vs. competitors like SugarSync).
The app does a GREAT job, however, managing files and illustrating changes that have been made by you or others to shared files. We like the commenting feature, which can be convenient if you need to jot down some quick notes about a file. Also, the "Save for Offline" feature is not unique, but it's still important.
Lastly, here's the App Marketplace. You can find a variety of apps and plugins to enhance the Box.net experience. The Google Apps plugin integrates Box.net with Google Docs, and the Salesforce plugin lets you access your Box.net files from within Salesforce.
As we've explained, fuel is a finished product traded on the international market. Thus, it closely tracks the price of oil priced to the Brent benchmark, the contract traded in London.
Analysts point to unrest in Egypt, although it looks highly unlikely the Suez canal will be affected by the country's political turmoil.
Also of note: Dan Strumpf at the Wall Street Journal reports there's been a new wave of glitches at US refiners, which has slowed down production and adds to price of finished products like gasoline.
City Lodge Hotels expected to be among the first beneficiaries of an economic recovery in SA led by the reforming ANC, the company said on Thursday.
"In SA, there have been encouraging signs of improving sentiment and meaningful political change that could boost the economy — these have however yet to translate into noticeably stronger trading.
"It is expected that the group will be an early beneficiary of higher levels of confidence," the company said.
The group’s occupancies in SA fell two percentage points to 64% in the six months to December. It attributed this to the depressed business environment and low consumer confidence levels.
In the drought-stricken Cape Town area, occupancies "remain good". It had fallen slightly from October and this trend had continued into 2018.
"The group has taken a number of proactive steps to reduce water consumption at its six hotels in the greater Cape Town area and alternative sources of supply are being investigated," the group said.
Group revenue decreased by 0.5% to R787m, while normalised headline earnings declined 11.6% to R174m, or 7.8% if currency movements are excluded.
While occupancies in Botswana were unchanged, Kenyan occupancies were "severely affected" by the disruptions caused by the East African country’s elections.
The group’s 171-room City Lodge Hotel at Two Rivers Mall in Nairobi was partially opened in January, and was expected to be fully operational from April.
The 147-room City Lodge Hotel Dar es Salaam in Tanzania was expected to be fully operational from May or June, while the 148-room City Lodge Hotel Maputo in Mozambique was expected to open in July.
Tiso Blackstar Group on Tuesday announced the appointment of Lukanyo Mnyanda as the editor of its flagship Business Day newspaper with effect from May.
Mnyanda is currently based in Edinburgh, in the UK, where he has been covering the markets and politics for Bloomberg News.
A South African national, Mnyanda has worked for Bloomberg in Johannesburg and London since 2005. He holds a BA degree from Rhodes University, as well as an MSc in International Development from the University of Bath.
As Business Day editor, Mnyanda replaces Tim Cohen, who has held the role for the past two years. Five years ago Cohen was hauled back from his farm in the Karoo to edit the Financial Mail, after which he agreed to extend his tenure to edit Business Day.
"Tim has done an excellent job in taking the paper forward, overseeing its move to new premises, a major redesign, and leading the way in covering some of the most important events in the democratic era. He was also tasked with ensuring transformation and succession for the next phase of leadership," said Andrew Gill, MD of Tiso Blackstar's media division.
Cohen would continue to work for the group for the next year, supporting the company’s push for leading high quality journalism with special investigative and long form reports, and would continue to write for both Business Day and Financial Mail, said Gill.
Cohen said: “I have loved every minute of being editor of Business Day, and I’m excessively proud to have been at the helm, and enormously grateful to management and staff, particularly deputy editor Carol Paton, for the opportunity and the honour of working with such magnificent people.
"Together we have solidified Business Day’s leadership, and affirmed its authentic and independent voice during a time of enormous upheaval both within the media industry and South Africa as a whole.”
Mnyanda is no stranger to South African journalism. He previously held the position of economics editor at Business Day, and has also worked for the Sunday Times.
Said Gill: "We are pleased to be able to appoint someone of Lukanyo’s stature and expertise, and are especially happy to be bringing South African talent back home at such an important time for media in the country."
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Former WesTrac chief executive Jim Walker is set to step up to the role of chairman at Macmahon Holdings, replacing incumbent chair Ken Scott-Mackenzie who will retire next month.
Gold miner Doray Minerals plans to accelerate drill testing of near-mine exploration targets at its Andy Well gold project in the Murchison region following a $17 million capital raising.
Vanadium producer Atlantic has stood down some of its contractors after announcing that the damage caused by last week’s fire at its Windimurra plant is “extensive”.
Vanadium and iron ore miner Atlantic has suspended its shares from trading on the ASX following a fire at its Windimurra operation which it says has caused "comprehensive material damage".
Gascoyne Resources has concluded an agreement with the native claimant group Wajarri Yamatji, enabling the company to progress plans on its 100 per cent owned Glenburgh gold project in the Gascoyne region.
Contractor OTOC has appointed Simon Thomas as its new chief executive officer as current CEO Adam Lamond takes on the position of executive director for corporate strategy.
Northern Star Resources has announced an expansion of its management team following two major acquisitions in the gold mine sector.
Conor Purcell: ‘The fact that most indie titles get little or no advertising means they are beholden to no one, and they exhibit an authenticity that is missing in the majority of mainstream magazines’
Shopgate Joins Shopify Plus Technology Partnership Program To Give Retailers the Ability to Add a Powerful Mobile App to their Sales Channels | Business Wire
Shopgate Joins Shopify Plus Technology Partnership Program To Give Retailers the Ability to Add a Powerful Mobile App to their Sales Channels
Shopgate will work with Shopify Plus merchants to connect with their most loyal buyers through a mobile app to increase engagement and ultimately conversions.
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shopgate, Inc., the leading SaaS shopping app platform, today announced it has joined the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program to help retailers take advantage of the benefits of a mobile app. As part of the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program, Shopgate will be able to extend its leading mobile app platform capabilities to Shopify Plus merchants with a seamless integration. The Shopgate platform will allow retailers to harness the benefits of a mobile app with segmented push notifications, digital wallets, barcode and QR code scanners, and other features based on the native capabilities of a mobile device.
“In 2017, over 66% of mobile revenue was earned through an app and mobile apps on average provide a 3x higher conversion rate over a mobile website. We are elated to join the Shopify Plus Technology Partner network and extend these game-changing results to Shopify Plus merchants,” said Marc Biel, CEO, Shopgate. “This exciting program allows us to offer our leading mobile commerce solution to Shopify Plus merchants, so they can create their own remarkable mobile shopping experiences catered to their customers’ unique needs.”
With Shopgate’s offering, Shopify Plus merchants will now be able to tap into a highly-valuable customer segment — most loyal customers. Using an array of powerful built-in features, Shopify Plus merchants can now proactively engage loyal users on their most personal devices, resulting in significantly higher retention rates. Merchants will be able to benefit from a mobile app’s most valuable feature, segmented push notifications, to create native app experiences that are more targeted and relevant than ever, personalized by demographics, location and user behavior.
Shopgate already serves as the mobile platform of several Shopify Plus merchants, including Grunt Style, Black Rifle Coffee Company, NanaMacs, and Elite Queens. Anthony DiFiore, President of Neverland Events & Artist Management Corp. and manager of the Elite Queens app, found exceptional value in the Shopgate platform for his company’s unique brand of retail and marketing. “Shopgate’s level of communication and the platform’s ease of use are their defining characteristics and are what set them apart in the market for mobile shopping apps,” said DiFiore.
Additionally, Shopify Plus merchants will be able to modify and optimize their app at any time using Shopgate’s easy-to-use admin portal — with no coding. Shopify merchants’ customers will also be able to find products effortlessly with Spotlight search integration and AdScanner, which unites merchants’ marketing collateral with their mobile app using smart image scanning technology. Add these features to Shopgate’s other tools like Facebook login, daily deal and coupons features and one-touch payments via Apple Pay, and merchants can make the path to purchase as convenient and simple as possible.
What’s more, with Shopgate’s advanced analytics tools as well as a built-in AppsFlyer integration and the Facebook Analytics plug-in, Shopify Plus merchants have the ability to gain detailed insights into customer behavior and app performance and use these capabilities to address the unique complexities of continued business growth.
“We are thrilled to welcome Shopgate to the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program,” said Jamie Sutton, Head of Technology Partnerships, Shopify Plus. “This program recognizes the best-in-class solutions that, together with Shopify Plus, further enables the rapid growth and innovation possibilities of today's modern merchant. Bringing Shopgate on board recognizes the important role this technology plays in ensuring customer engagement and driving growth in ecommerce businesses.”
Shopgate’s leading SaaS platform provides retailers a complete mobile commerce solution that improves customer retention, while boosting conversion rates and revenue. The Shopgate platform allows online retailers to easily create, maintain and optimize native apps and mobile websites for the iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets. Shopgate uses cutting-edge marketing features such as one-click payments, mobile coupons and advanced push notifications to help merchants connect with consumers on the go. Shopgate is headquartered in Austin, TX and has a team of more than 200 employees in Europe and the U.S. Learn more at: www.shopgate.com/en/