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The competition challenged businesses to come up with sustainable fishing models that were interesting enough to attract VC dollars. For the last 50 years, commercial fishing has meant massive trawlers catching as many fish as possible until they ran out. As fish populations have plummeted around the world, this business-as-usual has become a death sentence for species from cod in Canada to tuna in the tropics (PDF) (both fisheries are now functionally extinct). Because fisherman can now wipe out a tenth of a species in less than 15 years, dozens more are destined to follow in their wake. Now a business competition is trying to sink this model by financing new ways of doing businesses. The Fish 2.0 competition solicited seafood businesses from around the world and matched them with investors plunging into sustainable fisheries. It’s been a welcome burst of progress after 20 years of creeping advances, says Monica Jain of Manta Consulting in Carmel, California, who founded the competition. She says she launched Fish 2.0 to solve three issues holding back sustainable fisheries: too few deals ready for investors, too many small businesses unprepared to scale, and no way to bring these groups together.Read Full Story

Pindrop Security specializes in finding and stopping phone fraudsters who prey on call centers and banks. Now, with an $11 million round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, the startup hopes to expand its efforts around the globe. What Pindrop does is actually interesting. It uses a technique called Acoustic Fingerprinting to identify fraudsters, their locations, and their devices, then adds that data to a huge store of records. This database, called CallDNA, helps to sort the legitimate from the malicious callers. The company says it can pinpoint 80 percent of would-be attackers on their first call. About a year ago, Pindrop closed a tiny $1 million round from Andreesen and a school of others, including New World Ventures, Sigma Partners, and Googler turned angel investor Kevin Donahue. Today’s funding, which saw participation from Citi Ventures, Redpoint, Felicis Ventures, will help Pindrop hire more engineers, ops team members, sales folks, and marketing professionals, expanding its customer base in the U.S., Europe, and Canada. “Enterprises, and particularly financial institutions, are facing increasing volumes of attacks from sophisticated social engineering operations,” said Pindrop co-founder and CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan in a statement on the news. “Pindrop’s solutions are the first tool for financial institutions and enterprises to detect and stop these attacks accurately and consistently on the first call. This investment will allow us to meet the tremendous market demand we’re experiencing.” Founded in 2010, Pindrop Security is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Image credit: stephenliveshere/Flickr Filed under: Deals, Security

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Homicide investigators released footage that depicts the suspects in a brazen backyard slaying looping around a Scarborough neighbourhood for several minutes in what police say is an attempt to locate their alleged victim: a 38-year-old married father of a 4-year-old boy. Shortly after 3 p.m. on May 29, Surendra Vaithilingam was shot at close range in the backyard of his Mantis Road home, dying of a gunshot wound to his chest. Mr. Vaithilingam left work early that day to work on upgrades to his backyard patio in preparation for his son’s upcoming birthday party, according to Det. Justin Vander Heyden. RelatedVideo shows suspects running away from scene of Scarborough shooting death After piecing together security footage taken from multiple home security cameras in the area, police isolated shots showing a dark coloured vehicle — an older model Mazda Protege caked in dirt — driving past Mr. Vaithilingam’s house. The victim is standing outside, fiddling with a pallet of interlocking bricks on his lawn, a contractor’s vehicle in the driveway, giving the suspects “a very clear opportunity” to see him, said Det. Vander Heyden. Moments later, three men walk up to the house. Then, they flee on foot from the back of the house, ostensibly to the vehicle parked out of range. The suspects are described as men in their 20s, two are black and the third has brown skin and straight black hair. “For this reason I believe Surendra’s murder was not a mistake,” said Mr. Vander Heyden, who appealed to anyone with information about the vehicle and its owner to contact him directly (416-808-7400) or to leave a tip anonymously with Crime Stoppers 416-222-TIPS (8477).

Some months ago I agreed to work with the Matawa Tribal Council in northern Ontario as their negotiator in dealings with the government of Ontario.The Ring of Fire mining development will have a huge impact on the communities in the area and well beyond. How positive that impact could be has yet to be determined, and will depend on the outcome of the discussions that are now underway, and will only intensify in the time ahead.More...

Toronto police have release surveillance camera videos of a car they believe is linked to the shooting death of a Toronto man last month.Surendra Vaithilingam, 38, had come home early from work on May 28 and was laying interlock brick for his son’s birthday party the following weekend when a dark four-door car drove past his Mantis Rd. home.Vaithilingam was shot once at close range in the laneway leading to his backyard before the three suspects fled on foot.With still “no obvious source of conflict” in the victim’s past, Det.-Sgt. Justin VanderHeyden told a news conference investigators are looking for leads on the car he believes the suspects drove past Vaithilingam’s home eight minutes before he was killed.Police have released five short video clips captured from home surveillance cameras of the car as it drives down the sunny suburban street.Watch the second videoWatch the third videoWatch the fourth videoWatch the fifth videoVanderHeyden said the car could be a 1999-2003 model Mazda Protege. On that day it had dirt splashed behind the front wheel wells that may have since been washed away.The suspects drove by the home as Vaithilingam loaded bricks into a wheelbarrow on his driveway, VanderHeyden said. They then parked the car further up the street and walked to his home.Anyone with information can contact VanderHeyden at 416-808-7400 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers 416-222-TIPS (8477).

Everest Re Group Announces Second Quarter 2013 Earnings Release Date HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYS: RE) will release its second quarter 2013 earnings after trading closes on the NYSE on July 23, 2013. A conference call discussing the results will be held at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on July 24, 2013. The call will be available on the Internet at the Company's website, www.everestregroup.com or at www.streetevents.com. Everest Re Group, Ltd. is a Bermuda holding company that operates through the following subsidiaries: Everest Reinsurance Company provides reinsurance to property and casualty insurers in both the U.S. and international markets. Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda), Ltd., including through its branch in the United Kingdom, provides reinsurance and insurance to worldwide property and casualty markets and reinsurance to life insurers. Everest Reinsurance Company (Ireland), Limited provides reinsurance to non-life insurers in Europe. Everest National Insurance Company and Everest Security Insurance Company provide property and casualty insurance to policyholders in the U.S. Everest Indemnity Insurance Company offers excess and surplus lines insurance in the U.S. Everest Insurance Company of Canada provides property and casualty insurance to policyholders in Canada. Additional information on Everest Re Group companies can be found at the Group's web site at www.everestregroup.com. Everest Global Services, Inc.Elizabeth B. Farrell, 908-604-3169Vice President, Investor RelationsKEYWORDS:   Bermuda  CaribbeanINDUSTRY KEYWORDS:

Apple has added new channels to the Apple TV set-top box, through a software update published today. The good news is that HBO GO (apparently this is USA only) and WatchESPN are now part of the Apple line-up of programming offered to customers. “HBO GO and WatchESPN are some of the most popular iOS apps and are sure to be huge hits on Apple TV,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “We continue to offer Apple TV users great new programming options, combined with access to all of the incredible content they can purchase from the iTunes Store.” Apple has also shared details of iTunes movie downloads. According to the press release, iTune users have downloaded more than a billion TV episodes and 380 million movies from the iTunes store as of now, and they are purchasing over 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies each day. Alongside WatchESPN and HBO GO the software update brings three new content providers — Sky News (limited to US, UK and Ireland), Crunchyroll and Quello — offering live news, sports and current TV programming. Crunchyroll, supports supports popular Japanese animation shows. Using an Apple TV, subscribers worldwide will be able watch the latest HD shows one hour after they air in Japan. Qello, an on-demand streaming service for HD concerts and music documentaries, offers free or paid subscriptions to music fans worldwide. New users can sign up for Crunchyroll and Qello instantly on Apple TV. Are you seeing this? Software Update Brings HBO GO & WatchESPN to Apple TV is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource

The world athletics body (IAAF) on Wednesday denied that it had any prior knowledge or evidence of Italian 2008 Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer's doping practices before he was caught with a positive test last year.

Sadly for fight fans in New York, it will be at least another year until professional mixed marital arts is finally legalized in the state.Newsday reported on Tuesday that the bill to sanction professional MMA in New York would, for the fourth year straight, not be going to the State Assembly floor for a full vote.According to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a noted opponent of the bill who is also in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal, the decision to exclude the bill from the current legislative session's agenda was made after a meeting of the Democratic Conference on Tuesday night.“The conference has asked not to put it on the agenda,” Silver revealed to reporters at the state's capital. In March, the New York State Senate once again approved the bill to legalize and regulate the sport, passing by its widest margin ever. However, it failed to gain support in the Assembly, despite having 64 sponsors."We also feel bad for New York's arenas—large and small, particularly those upstate—that are struggling and have worked alongside us to pass the legislation," UFC chairman Lorenzo Fertitta said in a statement. "I guess New York's loss will continue to be New Jersey's, Massachusetts', Pennsylvania's and Toronto's gain."Earlier this month, both the state of Connecticut and the entire country of Canada lifted their bans on the sport, making New York the last place in North America where professional MMA is illegal.Connecticut's state Senate voted 26-9 in favor of regulating the sport while Canada's House of Commons voted overwhelmingly for a provision that would legalize MMA under the country's criminal code.New York remains the last hold out on the continent mostly due to opposition from several women's groups who claim that MMA is misogynistic as well as the Culinary Union of Las Vegas, who's long-standing fued with the Fertitta brothers over their labor practices has halted any progress within the state for the sport.“This year’s new, absurd, offensive and completely erroneous charge used to justify the defeat of MMA legislation was that MMA is anti-woman and leads to domestic violence," Fertitta said. "This is a deception fabricated by a Las Vegas union that is recklessly and callously trying to use an important societal issue to try and punish the UFC. It isn’t honest and doesn’t work."For the sake of New York fight fans, I hope that 2014 will be the year that officials will finally drop the politics and bring MMA to the Empire State. Be sure to like Matt on Facebook and follow @MattchidaMMA.