MEDICINE HAT, AB, and SAN JOSE, CA – Auto-Star Compusystems Inc., an innovative developer of point of sale solutions, and 24Seven Commerce, a global provider of integrated eCommerce software, are excited to announce the integration of the Star-Plus point of sale system and Octopus Bridge eCommerce platform. The integration offers a powerful and easy-to-use solution for retailers to start selling online while saving time and simplifying inventory management.

“24SevenCommerce is delighted to include Auto-Star as one of its partners,” said Anil Jindal, CEO of 24Seven Commerce. “We truly believe that the retail segment will benefit from this partnership, and it will open up new opportunities for both the companies.”

Retailers can easily integrate in-store retail data with any of the leading platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and leading marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and more. The integration facilitates the synchronization of products, inventory on hand, orders, and product categories. Benefits include:

• Eliminate the need for manual data entry
• Sell on multiple eCommerce platforms
• Automate inventory management
• Prevent stockouts
• Expand customer reach
• Drive in-store traffic
• Enhance customer loyalty

The solution allows retailers to seamlessly connect their stores online and adopt various retail models, such as Buy Online, Pickup In-store (BOPIS), and Buy Online, Pickup at Curbside (BOPAC).

“As customers continue to choose multi-channel shopping experiences, we sought to partner with an eCommerce technology company that truly understands the many challenges that retailers face,” said Robert Symmonds, President, and CEO of Auto-Star. “Auto-Star and 24Seven Commerce have a shared commitment to responsive customer service and user-friendly products that retailers can rely on.”

About 24Seven Commerce

24Seven Commerce is an eCommerce expert with over 19 years of experience and customers in 20+ countries. The company provides a cloud-based platform that enables retailers to sell online and synchronize online sales, online shoppers, and inventory with in-store point of sale in real-time. For more information, please visit www.24sevencommerce.com.

About Auto-Star Compu systems Inc. 
Auto-Star Compusystems is a software company that develops point-of-sale software for pharmacy, grocery, and health and natural products retailers across Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean. The company’s products provide seamless end-to-end solutions to optimize efficiency and customer satisfaction while lowering operating costs. For more information on Auto-Star, please call 888-460-6963 or visit www.auto-star.com.

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Offenbach am Main, Hessen (release-news ) October 6, 2021 - Highlight not to be missed: Fireside chat with Oliver Stone

As a cross-media, cross-genre and international moving image festival the German B3 Biennial offering film screenings, exhibitions, conference and workshop programs as well as various competition formats, B3 addresses the discourse on all trends and developments pertaining to the moving image in the areas of film, art, games and VR/XR.


From October 15 to 24, 2021, the sixth edition of the B3 Biennial will offer the world's film, art and media professionals an international platform for innovation, exchange and visibility. B3 2021 will take place as a hybrid festival. A total of around 80 contributors from 25 countries will be featured

This year`s film program at B3 addresses the B3 focus on identity in a special way. The Clash of Cultures, life in or between different cultures, the struggle for diversity or self-assurance in confused times - all this is reflected in the 35 short and feature-length films. Film lovers can look forward to 32 international premieres and German premieres.

One of the highlights of this year's B3 will be the fireside chat with Oliver Stone, Academy Award winner and recipient of the famous B3 BEN Award 2021, on 18th of October. The complete program is available via streaming on the B3 website www.b3biennale.com.

Selected premieres

The B3 opening film, QUEEN OF GLORY (USA 2021), is a comedy directed by Nana Mensah, starring Ward Horton, Nana Mensah and Elia Monte-Brown. The film tells the story of Sarah Obeng, the brilliant child of Ghanaian immigrants who drops out of her Ivy League PhD-program to follow her married lover to Ohio. QUEEN OF GLORY is a continuation of the classic immigrant story while inspiring laughs and compassion.

Superior (USA, 2021) is a drama directed by Erin Vassilopoulos, starring Alessandra Mesa, Anamari Mesa and Pico Alexander. Protagonist Marian is on the run. She returns to her hometown, looking up her twin sister, Vivian. The lives of both sisters are about to change.

Mayday (USA, 2021) is the debut of director Karen Cinorre. In her fantasy thriller, she mixes genres and beguiles us with a unique world in which options are manyfold and women take their destiny into their own hands. MAYDAY is both a feminist fever dream and an ambitious reinterpretation of the war film, defying expectations and asking what empowerment really consists of.

In A Glitch in the Matrix (USA, 2021), documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher explores the question "Are we living in a simulation?" with the help of testimonials, philosophical evidence, and scientific theories.

First Date (USA, 2021). In this perfectly staged classic thriller, directing duo Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp skillfully mix elements of black comedy, teen romance, shoot 'em up action and coming-of-age story into a truly entertaining movie that won`t bore you for a second.

More information: https://b3biennale.de/en/

About B3 - An Alliance for the Moving Image

The aim of the Biennial, which was launched in 2012, is on the one hand to create a broad interdisciplinary alliance for the moving image, and on the other hand to offer the international cultural and creative industries a comprehensive platform for innovation and exchange. The B3 Biennial of the Moving Image is organized by the Offenbach School of Design (HfG) and funded by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art (HMWK).

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Utah has become the first US state to require a sterilization permit for quilted clothing and apparel and from January 1, 2022. The sterilization permit number must be included on the textile label.

The sterilization permit number will be issued by Utah’s Department of Agriculture and Food. It will identify the sterilizing facility, person, or company and certifies that the filling material is safe for consumer use. Sterilization permit numbers are unique to the sterilization facility.

Utah Code Annotated § 4-10-14 came into effect on May 10, 2016, before being renumbered as Utah Code Annotated § 4-10-113 on July 1, 2017. It requires filling materials to be sterilized before used in new bedding, upholstered furniture, or quilted clothing. Manufacturers of quilted clothing were given a five-year transition period to include the sterilization permit number on textile labels, meaning an enforcement date of January 1, 2022.

‘Quilted clothing’ is defined as being a filled garment or apparel, exclusive of trim used for aesthetic effect, or a stiffener, shoulder pad, interfacing, or other material that is made in whole or in part from filling material and sold or offered for sale.

‘Filling material’ means cotton, wool, kapok, feathers, down, shoddy, hair, or other material, or a combination of materials, whether loose or in bags, bales, batting, pads, or other prefabricated from that is, or can be, used in bedding, upholstered furniture, or quilted clothing.

Stakeholders are advised to now check their quilted clothing products conform to the latest regulations.

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Philadelphia-area real estate expert Frank Dowd has seen the changes in the business, especially over the past decade. He knows that home buyers today need better tools and information to make their decisions – especially when it comes to unexpected costs.

That’s why Dowd and his company, Associates Land Transfer Company, LLC (ALT), have introduced the new, free CashToClose™ calculator, available at http://www.cashtoclosecalculator.com. It’s free to use and no personal information is required. Creating an account is optional for those who want to save, edit and share their calculations.

The CashToClose calculator gives home buyers full knowledge of the costs they can expect, and they can use it while touring a home or visiting a site, safely from their own smartphone. CashtoClose is designed to help home buyers save money and eliminate costs with real-time calculator tools built in.

In collaboration with Edgewood Software, the CashToClose calculator is designed to empower consumers entering the home buying process. Before making an offer on a house, buyers can get a clear, comprehensive list of all their closing costs along with a breakdown of their all-in monthly payments. The technology is user-friendly and modeled after similar software products that, until now, were only available to title insurance professionals.

“We believe CashToClose gives Pennsylvania home buyers the most accurate closing cost estimate of any consumer tool currently on the market,” Dowd said. “Of course, it's just an estimate. The final numbers for any individual transaction will be determined by both the home buyer’s mortgage lender and their title insurance company.”

The average home buyer doesn’t know what to expect when buying a home, especially the different costs they incur throughout the process. The new CashToClose calculator gives home buyers a clear, comprehensive list of all closing costs, along with a breakdown of all-in monthly payments. CashToClose provides home buyers with the most accurate DIY estimate, with the knowledge of how much cash they’ll need to plan for settlement as well as the total monthly mortgage payment – considering seller and lender credits, escrows for both property and school taxes, along with pro-rations for items pre-paid by the seller, such as real estate taxes, association fees, and certain municipal utilities. All estimated costs are pro-rated based on their settlement date.

You can create as many estimates as you need, even for multiple properties, and save them all in your personal dashboard on the CashToClose site. Users can revise their estimates if details change, easily duplicate an estimate to compare different scenarios, and keep everyone in the loop by sharing estimates in your dashboard.

“The tools in CashToClose offer home buyers more than just your typical calculator,” said Dowd. “We've worked hard to make sure that the closing cost estimate is clear and easy to follow. The “Closing Cost Worksheet” is comparable to the ALTA Settlement Statement that you'll see at your final closing, using similar descriptions and terminology.”

Using the CashToClose calculator, home buyers can take a close look at the numbers, eliminate unnecessary fees and explore any and all credits that might be available to help reduce their closing costs. The calculator also points out fees they’re likely to encounter during the home buying process that can be avoided by shopping around or simply asking questions. It also encourages them to look for similar savings when shopping for services provided by real estate brokers, mortgage lenders and title companies.

In development by the team at ALT and Edgewood Software over the past four years, the CashToClose calculator made its debut online in 2019 as a consumer-friendly closing cost calculator. Further refinement and enhancements now make CashToClose an indispensable tool for the buyer or borrower, as well as a tool that will make life easier for lenders and other real estate professionals.

“Before we created the CashToClose calculator, there were other software products that were only available to title insurance professionals and looking back, we can understand why,” said Dowd. “Developing CashToClose was no small project. Now, behind the scenes, CashToClose does all the heavy lifting, accessing public tax records and leveraging online technologies for the most complete and accurate estimate available. It’s built with Google address verification for any residential property in Pennsylvania, and automatically designates the property’s county, municipality and school district yet allows the buyer to adjust it for those fringe cases. Borrowers can even enter specific loan details and enter an interest rate up to four decimal places. It’s a robust tool that we feel puts much more power- and information- directly into the hands of the home buyer.”

Additional information about the new CashToClose calculator is available online, at http://www.cashtoclosecalculator.com.