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Times
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
London's festival king on the capital's newest — and greenest — blowout
When Massive Attack take to the Victoria Park stage to close the first day of Lido, the capital's newest multi-day music festival, they might not realise they're witnessing musical history. 'It will be fully battery operated,' Jim King, head of European festivals at organiser AEG, tells me. 'The whole of the event will be operated from batteries. There's no generators at all. There's no emissions from generators at any time.' Picture a festival and you probably think of bands, light rigs and bars; what you probably don't see in your mind's eye are the clunking, usually diesel-fuelled generators whirring away behind each of them. It's all a bit … industrial. Lido's first night will be different. 'With Lido we've had the opportunity to really embrace
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Lancaster brewery pours optimism and beer after overnight fire damages building
LANCASTER, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Benford Brewing nearly went up in flames overnight. Owner Bryan Oneal was smoking some meat for the next day when he says his smoker caught fire early Saturday morning. 'We lost pretty much everything in smoke damage. The structure is salvageable; the brewery equipment is salvageable. We lost lights, we burnt wires,' Oneal said. 'There was a grill sitting beside it and it caught on fire, lit the propane tank, basically made a blowtorch called the insulation on fire. And it woke my wife up.' It made her wake him up to see what was going on. Thankfully, they were able to call 911 just minutes before the building was in ashes. He's taken at least three trailers to the dumpster of things they couldn't save. Close friends who were once only customers showed up early to help clean up debris. Oneal says it's a testament to his 13-year-old business. 'He's a community advocate. He'll do anything for any charity that's reputable and he'll let them use his farm. He's done it for years and years. And when you know, when I found out, I knew I had to come and help. And there's been an army of people,' said close friend Jim King. While the clean-up was happening, more customers arrived. Madeline Cobb hadn't been to the brewery for the last two years; she says she wanted to bring her husband while they were visiting family. 'I was a little confused walking up and I could smell it. I didn't really realize what was going on, and everyone was outside, which is normal. But then, yeah, he just walked up to us. It's like there was a fire last night. Do you want a beer?' Cobb said. 'We have plenty of beer. So if somebody wants to come out here and have a beer, we have plenty. Picnic table would be a lot of green space,' Oneal said. Through it all, Oneal remains optimistic. 'We'll fix that stuff. It's much better than it could've been,' he said. Oneal is only asking the public's help for one thing, just come out and get a beer! Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
10-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Phone lines down in Adam's Cove days after raging wildfire
Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove is without phone services days after a wildfire destroyed homes and forced residents to flee the Conception Bay North community. The town is serviced by Bell. Councillor Sue Rose says the company "seems to not give two hoots" about residents of the area, which had no cell service, even before losing landline access on Saturday. "You have to be connected to your house to use your cell phone," Rose told CBC News. "You can't step outside your door and go on a walk and feel safe. If something happened … you're not going to have service." She added that one of her friends took it upon herself to rescue her sister from the raging fire this week because she had no way of communicating with her. "She finally got on the quad and went through fire to get her," said Rose. She said the pair is lucky to be alive. For their part, a Bell representative told the town late Saturday morning that the company is sending out a technician "immediately." In the meantime the outage is also affecting pagers and landlines at the North Shore Volunteer Fire Department, according to firefighter Jim King. The fire is contained and the state of emergency has been lifted, but firefighters are still dealing with hot spots. King says there is currently no way to directly contact the fire department, and volunteers are relying on cell phones — with spotty connection — and word of mouth. "Everything is under control here with the fires," he said. "But now, we've got 25 in our department … and there's no way to contact them." CBC News does not know the source of the outage, and has asked Bell for a response.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Phone lines down in Adam's Cove days after raging wildfire
Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove is without phone services days after a wildfire destroyed homes and forced residents to flee the Conception Bay North community. The town is serviced by Bell. Councillor Sue Rose says the company "seems to not give two hoots" about residents of the area, which does not have cell service. For their part, a Bell representative told the town late Saturday morning that the company is sending out a technician "immediately." "You have to be connected to your house to use your cell phone," Rose told CBC News. "You can't step outside your door and go on a walk and feel safe. If something happened … you're not going to have service." She added that one of her friends took it upon herself to rescue her sister from the raging fire this week because she had no way of communicating with her. "She finally got on the quad and went through fire to get her," said Rose. She said the pair is lucky to be alive. The outage is also affecting pagers and landlines at the North Shore Volunteer Fire Department, according to firefighter Jim King. The fire is contained and the state of emergency has been lifted, but firefighters are still dealing with hot spots. King says there is currently no way to directly contact the fire department, and volunteers are relying on cell phones — with spotty connection — and word of mouth. "Everything is under control here with the fires," he said. "But now, we've got 25 in our department… and there's no way to contact them." CBC News does not know the source of the outage, and has asked Bell for a response. More to come. Download our free CBC News app to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Click here to visit our landing page.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
HDI Announces the 2025 Global Service and Support Awards Finalists
Winners to be announced at SupportWorld Live in May in Las Vegas SAN FRANCISCO, February 11, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HDI, the leading organization dedicated to elevating technical support and service management across the enterprise, today announces the finalists of HDI's Global Service and Support Awards, which recognize the individuals, teams, and organizations that have achieved and maintained the highest standards of excellence in technical support and service management. The 2025 HDI Award finalists include: Best Service and Support Manager Daryl Jacoby, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Jim King, Northwestern Mutual Purushotham Nelligere, Unisys Janice Smith, Farm Credit Mid-America Best Service and Support Technician Sergio Michel, First American Mason Lezette, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Cameron Pickard, State of Michigan Cristen Vang, Great River Energy Best Service and Support Analyst Kenny McLean, Open Technology Solutions Zachary Moon, First American IT Service Desk Meghan O'Connor, UPMC Megan Schroeder-Tschida, Infinite Campus Best Local Chapter Officer Matt Beran, InvGate Liz Bunger, Vertex Tyler Russell, The MIL Corporation Jill Weber, Northwestern Mutual Best Customer Experience Fundraise Up Inc. MTA Solutions - Matanuska Telecom Association Splashtop University of Alaska Anchorage - IT Experience Management Task Force Best Service and Support Culture IGS Energy Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) SitusAMC IT Support Best Service and Support Organization First American Field Services - Desktop Support Fundraise Up Inc. Infinite Campus - Campus Support Team Northwestern Mutual Technology Service Center The State of Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget Client Service Center Best Service Improvement Initiative DXC Revinate Unisys WBM Technologies LP Best Use of Technology First American, IT Service Desk Unisys Global Service Desk WBM Technologies The Industry Award winners are evaluated through a meticulous selection process. Submissions are judged by panels comprised of service and support industry experts, tasked with selecting the industry's top team, manager, analyst, desktop support technician, HDI local chapter officer, and more. "Congratulations to the HDI Global Service and Support Awards finalists," said Tara Gibb, Senior Director of HDI. "Your dedication sets you apart in the technical support and service management industry. We look forward to bringing the industry together this spring to see who shines as the best of the best." To learn more about HDI's Global Service and Support Awards, click here. Stay up to date with HDI on Facebook or LinkedIn. HDI Awards winners will be revealed at SupportWorld Live in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 21. The event takes place May 18-22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Register here. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Keith Gregory at Media interested in a media pass, email Meryl Franzman at About HDIFor more than thirty-five years, HDI has partnered with thousands of professionals and their organizations to improve their performance by helping them to: drive change, harness knowledge, transform teams, make connections, and turn challenges into opportunities. HDI empowers the technical support and service management community to advance their strategy, operations and teams through optimized service delivery. From the employee to the enterprise, HDI transforms service and support through its comprehensive lineup of training and certification courses, industry-leading annual conferences, results-driven consulting services, community-based networking opportunities, and insightful research and informational resources. What does HDI stand for? HDI stands for smarter service resulting in better business outcomes. Learn more at HDI is brought to you by Informa Connect. View source version on Contacts Media Meryl FranzmanHDI's SupportWorld Sign in to access your portfolio
