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At Rockingham Dragways 30th annual Moparsat The Rock event, presented by Griffin Motors, Joshua Jones, of Kannapolis, N.C., repeated in the Charger Shootout, Clifton Keith, of Ruby, S.C., was the winner in the companion Challenger Shootout, James Brantley Jr., of Richburg, S.C., prevailed in the Top E.T./Footbrake bracket, and Sanford, N.C.'s Kevin Locklear won the Trophy class.

Jason Sisk, of Culpepper, Va., drove his '68 Hemi-Barracuda to an eighth-mile best of 5.292 seconds at 132.88 mphto emerge as the unofficial winner of the Super Stock Hemi Exhibition, and Rockinghams Turbine Terry Rosberg used a starting line advantage to get the best of Dawn Perdue and Wicked Sinsations in the winner-take-all jet car exhibition.

Although Perdue had the quickest quarter-mile time of the event at 5.347 seconds, Rosberg won the feature while pushing his American Thunder entry to top speed of the meet at 290.82 mph. Defending champion Barry Nall, of Eagle Springs, N.C.,was ousted in the third round of the Combo bracket event in which Top E.T. and Footbrake cars ran separately until only eight drivers remained in competition.

Brantley ultimately hoisted the winners check due in no small part to his starting line expertise. His reaction times in the final five rounds were .036, .015, .016, .013. and .015, although he got a free ride in the final round when Kerry Booth, of Creedmoor, N.C.,was guilty of a .005 of a second foul start. Driving the same '19 Charger in which he won a year ago, Jones this time prevailed in a double-breakout final with Charlottes Greg Donaldson, who squandered a sizeable starting line advantage when he went under his target number by .058 ofa second.

Jones also was under his target, but by only .011. Keith drove his '18 Challenger past the '19 Hellcat of Mike Brice,of MountHolly, N.C.,in the other Shootout finale after Brice had taken out defending champ Joshua Gibson, of McColl, S.C., in the previous round.

Here are the results from the 30th annual Mopars at The Rock all-Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth/Ram/Jeep car show and drag race at Rockingham Dragway presented by Griffin Motors:

SUPER STOCK HEMI EXHIBITION Round 1 Jason Sisk, Culpepper, Va., 1968 Plymouth Barracuda, .154, 5.292, 132.88 mph, def. David Crosswhite, Meadowview, Va,, 1968 Dodge Dart, . 040, 5.499, 122.92 mph; Terry Earwood, Deland, Fla., 1968 Plymouth Barracuda, .372, 6.052, 109.56 mph, def. Mike Nelson, Fayetteville, foul. Round 2 Crosswhite, .024, 5.481, 127.32 mph, def. Nelson, foul; Sisk, .146, 5.654, 109.17 mph, def. Earwood, foul. JET

DRAGSTER EXHIBITION Round 1 (single runs) Turbine Terry Rosberg, American Thunder jet, 5.444 seconds, 290.57 mph; Dawn Perdue, Wicked Sinsations jet, 5.347, 287.90 mph. FINAL Terry Rosberg, Rockingham, .119, 5.442, 290.82 mph, def. Dawn Perdue, Oxford, Pa., .284, 5.421, 269.51 mph.

MOPAR BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP Round 3 (Top ET) Mark Dudley, Winston-Salem, 1970 Dodge Dart, .010, 6.322 on a 6.270, 105.53 mph, def. Zach Pennington, Lexington, S.C., 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger, .046, 6.278 on a 6.250, 104.63 mph; Kerry Booth, Creedmoor, 1983 Dodge Charger, .031, 5.766 on a 5.500, 100.10 mph, def. Barry Nall, Eagle Springs, 1968 Plymouth Barracuda, .013, 8.364 on a 5.790, 54.18 mph; James Brantley Jr., Richburg, S.C., 1973 Plymouth Duster, .036, 6.597 on a 6.550, 102.36 mph, def. Joe Hartsell, Stanfield, 1973 Plymouth Duster, .063, 5.523 on a 5.480, 123.19 mph; Charles Davis, Fayetteville, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, .023, 7.431 on a 7.410, 90.22 mph, def. Kevin Locklear, Sanford, 1971 Plymouth Duster, .223, 6.416 breakout on a 6.470, 102.77 mph; Vick Helms, Catawba, S.C., 1972 Plymouth Duster, bye. Round 4 Booth, .016, 5.540 on a 5.520, 122.85 mph, def. Davis, .030, 7.462 on a 7.410, 89.17 mph; Brantley, .015, 6.589 on a 6.550, 102.14 mph, def. Helms, .080, 6.586 on a 6.540, 102.05 mph; Dudley, bye. Round 5 (Top ET plus Footbrake qualifiers) Booth, .003, 5.512 on a 5.520, 128.31 mph, def. Art Laselle, Fayetteville, 1979 Plymouth, foul; Brantley, .016, 6.571 on a 6.580, 99.87 mph, def. George Page, Stanfield, 1972 Plymouth Duster, .040, 6.740 breakout on a 6.750, 100.79 mph; Dudley, .012, 6.286 on a 6.280, 108.57 mph, def. Tommy Dix, .152, 5.957 breakout on a 6.100, 112.25 mph; Laura Glasscock, Keysville, Va., 1971 Dodge Challenger, .037, 6.327 on a 6.320, 107.33 mph, def. Pope Sellers, Byron, Ga., 1964 Dodge Dart, .067, 6.921 on a 6.910, 97.47 mph. Semifinals Brantley, .013, 6.570 on a 6.560, 101.83 mph, def. Dudley, .008, no time; Booth, .075, 5.520 on a 5.510, 128.36 mph, def. Glasscock, .007, 6.318 breakout on a 6.320, 108.37 mph. FINAL James Brantley Jr., Richburg, S.C., 1973 Plymouth Duster, .015, 6.663 on a 6.560, 102.23 mph, def. Kerry Booth, Creedmoor,1983 Dodge Charger, foul (-.005), 5.516 on a 5.510, 128.42 mph.

CHALLENGER SHOOTOUT Round 2 Joshua Gibson, McColl, S.C., 2016 Challenger, .058, 12.132 on a 12.030, 112.21 mph, def. Unknown #499, .199, 11.665 breakout on an 11.720, 115.63 mph; Philip Scott Kimrey, Indian Trail, 2020 Challenger, .354, 11.573 on a 10.900, 126.54 mph, def. Misty Kimrey, Indian Trail, 2017 Hellcat, .402, 12.609 breakout on a 12.800, 118.37 mph; Julian Heitz, Lincolnton, 2019 Challenger, .107, 11.460 on an 11.430, 112.57 mph, def. Alfonzo Watkins, Southern Pines, 2019 Challenger, .163, 13.327 on a 13.300, 102.68 mph; Brian Corsonaro, Seagrove, 2019 Challenger, .121, 12.186 on a 12.100, 114.17 mph, def. Turk Bates, 2018 Demon, .351, 10.694 breakout on a 10.800, 133.99 mph; Clifton Keith, Ruby, S.C., 2018 Challenger, .088, 9.906 on a 9.900, 133.74 mph, def. Howard Stewart, Godwin, .186, 12.986 on a 12.700, 97.81 mph; Jerry Mason, Florence, S.C., 2009 Challenger, .085, 11.220 on a 10.310, 126.35 mph, def. Jordon Taylor, Oxford, 2020 Challenger, .729, 12.163 breakout on a 12.300, 112.48 mph; Mike Brice, Mt. Holly, 2019 Hellcat, .068, 9.713 on a 9.750, 135.40 mph, def. Dan Leonard, Waxshaw, 2019 Challenger, foul. Round 3 Keith, .063, 10.601 on a 9.890, 101.68 mph, def. Corsonaro, .678, 12.485 on an 11.900, 112.75 mph; Heitz, .184, 11.427 on an 11.380, 118.89 mph, def. Mason, .166, 10.331 breakout on a 10.350, 127.59 mph; Brice, .308, 10.050 on a 9.650, 140.94 mph, def. Leonard, foul; Gibson, bye. Semifinals Brice, .142, 9.918 on a 9.650, 140.66 mph, def. Gibson, .085, 12.002 breakout on a 12.020, 113.52 mph; Keith, .194, 9.919 on a 9.890, 133.24 mph, def. Heitz, .350, 11.454 on an 11.380, 118.72 mph. FINAL Clifton Keith, Ruby, S.C., 2018 Challenger, .116, 10.054 on a 9.890, 133.59 mph, def. Mike Brice, Mt. Holly, 2019 Hellcat, .325, 9.914 on a 9.850, 139.03 mph.

CHARGER SHOOTOUT Round 2 Jose Rinck, Lincolnton, 2019 Charger, .307, 11.015 on a 10.900, 123.77 mph, def. Unknown #00, .209, 12.037 breakout on a 12.420, 111.56 mph; Joshua Jones, Kannapolis, 2019 Charger, .124, 11.853 on an 11.780, 109.69 mph, def. Unknown #766, .080, 10.108 on a 9.890, 140.12 mph; Greg Donaldson, Charlotte, 2016 Charger, bye. Semifinals Donaldson, .067, 11.719 on an 11.600, 108.19 mph, def. Rinck, .429, 11.016 on a 10.990, 123.28 mph; Jones, bye. FINAL Joshua Jones, Kannapolis, 2019 Charger, .217, 11.829 on an 11.840, 115.65 mph, def. Greg Donaldson, Charlotte, 2016 Charger, .103, 11.742 breakout on an 11.800, 101.04 mph.

TROPHY Round 4 Thurman Warren, Dunn, RAM truck, .112, 14.252 on a 14.200, 89.19 mph, def. Unknown #510, .127, 13.001 on a 12.700, 103.21 mph; Unknown #69B, .084, 15.474 on a 15.430, 83.00 mph, def. Daniel Furr, Salisbury, 1969 Dodge Coronet, .119, 14.485 on a 14.450, 92.80 mph; Holly Smith, Rocky Mount, Dodge Ram truck, .113, 17.168 on a 17.130, 74.69 mph def. Jose Rinck, Lincolnton, 2019 Dodge Charger, .342, 11.040 on a 10.990, 123.80 mph; Kevin Locklear, Sanford, 1971 Plymouth Duster, .003, 12.486 on a 12.800, 107.21 mph, def. Jeff Minnick, Delta, foul. Semifinals Thurman Warren, Dunn, RAM truck, .092, 14.335 on a 14.200, 95.40 mph, def. Unknown #69B, .042, 15.403 breakout on a 15.430, 84.16 mph; Locklear, .058, 12.728 on a 12.750, 89.45 mph, def. Smith, .116, 17.068 breakout on a 17.100, 80.69 mph. FINAL Kevin Locklear, Sanford, 1971 Plymouth Duster, .034, 12.775 on a 12.750, 93.41 mph, def. Thurman Warren, Dunn, RAM truck #52, .052, 14.267 on a 14.250, 91.41 mph.

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James Rockall, chief executive of the World LPG Association explains why switching to Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) may provide a quick-fix to our air pollution problems.

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AROUND 260 MILES or 419km off the cost of Donegal sits the small uninhabited island of Rockall.

Ownership of the island and the fishing rights in the waters surrounding it have become a hot topic in recent days after the Scottish government said it would apprehend Irish vessels found fishing in Rockalls waters.

The island itself is located around 240 miles or 386km - from St Kildas, an archipelago to the north-west of Scotland.

Maritime law dictates that fishing rights in the 12 nautical miles surrounding the island, which have been claimed by the UK, belong to Britain.

This is complicated though by the fact that the ratification of the UN convention on the law of the seas in 1972 states that unless an island is habitable, a state cannot lay claim to the territorial waters around an island.

The latest move from Scotland has sparked tensions between Edinburgh and Dublin with the Irish government rejecting Scotlands move to rid the 12 nautical miles around Rockall of Irish vessels despite them fishing there undisturbed for decades.

The Irish government has thrown its support behind Irish fishing vessels who today continued to fish there today.

With the potential to sour relations further in the ongoing Brexit saga,TheJournal.ieis taking a look at how a small island in the Atlantic Ocean has caused a huge headache for politicians on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Who owns Rockall?

Rockall has been claimed by the British and is generally accepted to belong to the UK and, more specifically, Scotland.

In the 1950s, the British navy set out to annex the islet and claim it as part of its own territory in a bid to extend the UKs shoreline as far into the Atlantic as possible for fishing and seabed exploration benefits.

The claim to ownership, however, has been disputed in the decades since by Iceland, Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands) and Ireland all of which reject the British territorial claim to the island.

Parliament in Westminster passed legislation in 1972 declaring the island its own, including the 12 nautical miles which surround it.

The UKs claim to historical sovereignty over Rockall is a strong one, UCD professor Richard Collins told TheJournal.ie today.

It cannot be definite until someone takes it to court and adjudicates on it, but since the 1950s the UK has asserted sovereignty over it and the Irish havent, so if it went to court it would likely side with the UK.

An international court would have to rule on the UKs claim for it to have outright sovereignty over the rock but as there are few official records of other countries rejecting its claim, a court would likely side with the UK.

Collins explained that although Ireland has never accepted the UKs claim, it also never made a claim to the island itself. And so the UKs assertion of ownership went largely unchallenged.

Does the UK have rightful ownership to the waters around it?

A few short years after the UK passed theIsland of Rockall Act 1972, the United Nations agreed the Convention on the Law of Seas 1982, which carved up regions of the earths waters into Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ).

Along with the 12 nautical miles which surround a country known as a countrys territorial waters an exclusive economic zone was allocated to countries extending up to 200 nautical miles from their coastline.

In Britains case, that extended zoneincludes Rockall island and, as a territory, it would normally include the 12 nautical miles surrounding it.

However, the convention stipulates that the land must be habitable to be an island with but as Rockall island is not habitable, it therefore can be argued that it does not apply in this case.

The convention states: Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf.

So Scotland claims it has the exclusive right to the waters around the island, and while the island but the waters around this fall into the EEZ anyway which, as a result of EU law, is essentially shared amongst member states.

And what about the EU fisheries regulations?

As it stands the UK is part of the EU and will remain so until Brexit is finalised either with or without a deal.

EU common fisheries policy mean the waters outside of the territorial waters of member states are pooled as one common resource when it comes to fishing, with varying quotas introduced to maintain the fish stock across the bloc.

Therefore, Irish fishing vessels fishing outside the 12 nautical miles are supported by EU law to fish in the EEZ as it stands but this isnt really the issue.

The issue lies with Scotlands claim that Irish vessels cant fish in the alleged territorial waters around the island (thats the 12 nautical miles), something which they have been doing for decades.

There a strong argument for the Irish right to fish in these waters which appears to have been accepted to the present day by the UK and specifically Scottish fisheries, Collins said.

From Irelands perspective, the argument is that the UK has given the right to fish in it up to now. Its not clear-cut and its tricky but there could be historic rights entitlements here, based on what has been accepted to date.

So because Ireland has been fishing in the 12 nautical miles around the island for decades, it could have customary rights under international law anyway, according to Collins.

Whats so significant about Rockall anyway?

There is a vested interest in this area because of the abundance fish stock and natural resources, with the UK and others wanting to explore the area and extract the minerals.

The marine environment which surrounds the island is home to a variety of fish, including squid and haddock, and so is a desirable spot for Irish fishing vessels.

Below the remnants of the extinct volcano that forms the island itself is a seabed which is believed to have an abundance of rich natural minerals and gases below.

Much marine exploration in the area has been halted as a result of the ongoing disputes between the four countries involved, although tensions have mellowed over the last number of decades.

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So why the heightened tensions now?

The renewed interest in Rockall from the devolved Scottish government came following the UKs Brexit referendum in 2017, when fisheries became a key issue in the lead up to polling day.

Brexiteers used the fact that EU common fisheries policies allowed member states to fish in waters around the UK as a selling point in the bid to pull Britain out of Europe.

So far, London has been quiet on the issue with Edinburgh alone bidding for exclusive control of Rockall and the water around it.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said he was informed of the Scottish parliaments decision to move to enforcement last September, with a promise to give a weeks notice to the Irish government before the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency moves in.

The Irish government is continuing to reject the claim of an exclusive right of the UK to the waters and Irish vessels are still fishing in the area today.

Coveney said: The longstanding position of the Irish Government is that Irish vessels are entitled to access Rockalls waters.

We have never recognised UK sovereignty overRockalland accordingly we have not recognised a territorial sea around it either.

Meanwhile, Minister for Agriculture and the Marine, Michael Creed said he had no option but to put our fishing industry on notice of the stated intention of the Scottish government.

The challenge ahead is to avoid escalating tensions even further, particularly if the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, with the support of the Royal navy, is to begin boarding Irish vessels under the announced enforcement action.

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Several states have claimed interests over the sea bed adjoining Rockall, an uninhabitable granite islet which is located within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United Kingdom. Ireland, Denmark, Iceland, and the United Kingdom have all made submissions to the commission set up under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea states, "Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf."

The convention was ratified by all four states in dispute over the Rockall Plateau Iceland on 26 January 1985, Ireland on 21 January 1996, the United Kingdom on 25 July 1997 and Denmark on 16 November 2004.

The twenty-fourth session of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) was held in New York from 10 August to 11 September 2009. Iceland,[1] Ireland,[2] and the United Kingdom[3] have made submissions. Denmark was due to make a submission before the end of 2014.[4]

On 7 November 1988 the United Kingdom and Ireland agreed a delineation which ignores Rockall's existence and have granted exploration rights.[5][6] This bilateral agreement is disputed by Iceland and by Denmark.[4]

In 1997, the UK Government declared that "The United Kingdom's fishery limits will need to be redefined based on St Kilda, since Rockall is not a valid base point for such limits under Article 121(3) of the Convention." This is the only example to date of a state voluntarily downgrading an insular feature to "a rock" and thus reducing the area of its claimed maritime zones.[7]

Rockall is within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claimed by the United Kingdom.[8][9][10] In 1997, the UK ratified[11] the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and thus relinquished any claim to an extension of its EEZ beyond the islet. The remaining issue is the status of the continental shelf rights of the surrounding ocean floor. These are the exclusive rights to exploit any resources on or under the ocean floor (oil, natural gas, etc.) and should not be confused with the EEZ, as continental shelf rights do not carry any privileges with regard to fisheries. Ownership of these rights in the Rockall area are disputed between the United Kingdom, Denmark (for the Faroe Islands), Ireland and Iceland.

The Faroe Islands are an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Since 1948 they have had self-government in almost all matters except defence and foreign affairs. Consequently, their interests in Rockall are represented by Denmark. On their behalf, Denmark claims continental shelf rights in the Hatton-Rockall area.

A communiqu issued by the Prime Minister's Office on 7 May 1985 announced the designation of not only the seabed in the immediate vicinity of the Faroes but also a vast area of the Rockall plateau to the south west. The press release which accompanied the communiqu indicated that the legal basis of this designation was the assumption that "the Faroe Islands are part of the microcontinent" formed by the "Faroes-Rockall Plateau", an "elevated plain with its summit in the Faroe Islands".[12]

Iceland does not claim the rock itself, considering it irrelevant as far as delimitation of EEZs and continental shelf is concerned. Iceland however claims an extended continental shelf in the Hatton-Rockall area.

Despite its long history of human habitation into the 20th century, Iceland considers St. Kilda to be "a minuscule, effectively uninhabited, islet, categorized under article 121(3) of the Law of the Sea Convention". Furthermore, St. Kilda lies outside the British territorial sea limit. Therefore, it is not an "equitable basepoint for an equidistant line".[13]

Iceland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1985; it was the first Western country to do so. A regulation was issued by the government in that same year outlining the area where Iceland claimed continental shelf rights for itself; the regulation[14] was based on legislation[15] from 1979 claiming for Iceland the exclusive right to research and exploitation of continental shelf-based resources within the limits of the Icelandic continental shelf. Regarding the Hatton-Rockall area, it claims the area within 60 nautical miles (110km) from the foot of the continental shelf and assumes that the UK and Ireland cannot claim a continental shelf outside their EEZs. To its fullest extent, this area reaches about 700 nautical miles (1,300km) to the south from Iceland's coast, which is further south than the United Kingdom's southernmost point.

In 2001, Iceland began working on its submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; it was scheduled to finish in 2007. The most important aspect of this work is to survey the entire ocean floor in the areas claimed outside the EEZ and, in Iceland's case, a part of the area inside the EEZ as well. In all, 1.3million square kilometres (500,000 sq mi) have been surveyed by Icelandic marine research institutions for this purpose, an area 13 times larger than the land area of Iceland. The commission does however not make proposals regarding areas that are claimed by two or more states unless they have already reached an agreement on its division. Therefore, Iceland's submission is expected to deal only with the area that just Iceland has claimed and not the Hatton-Rockall area. Iceland also hosted an informal meeting of all parties to the dispute in 2001. It was the first such meeting regarding the dispute where all four countries participated.

According to a Written Parliamentary Answer from the Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs on 14 June 1990, an agreement[5] was reached between the British and Irish governments on delimitation of the continental shelf between the two countries and that this included a line of delimitation across the Rockall Plateau.[16] As a result, a very extensive area under Irish jurisdiction, including part of the Rockall Trough and Plateau, is not disputed by the United Kingdom. No further negotiations were taking place in relation to the rock at the time.

More recently, on 11 June 2003, the Irish Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources gave a Written Parliamentary Answer, stating: "Ireland claims an extended continental shelf ... up to more than 500 nautical miles (926km), particularly in the HattonRockall area".[17]

As the United Nations[18] has no mandate regarding issues of delimitation between neighbouring states and cannot consider an area under dispute without the agreement of all the parties concerned, Ireland has participated in informal discussions with Iceland and the Faroe Islands in an attempt to resolve the dispute before making its submission to the Commission.

Representatives from the UK, Ireland, Iceland, and Denmark, met in Reykjavk, Iceland in September 2007[19] for negotiations over territorial rights over the continental shelf in the area. The final boundary will be determined by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. The parties have until May 2009 to submit reports to the commission, which it will take into account when determining the boundary. The involved nations have the option of submitting separate reports, or a joint one.

Ownership of the rock itself did not form part of the negotiations.[20]

In November 2007, talks were held in Copenhagen. Here a template for a deal was secured by Irish, Danish, British and Icelandic diplomats.

As a follow-up to Copenhagen, the Government of Ireland was to host negotiations. They were due to commence in January 2008, but were postponed because of elections in the Faroe Islands. The talks are hoped to bring the four nations closer to reaching an agreement over the Rockall-Hatton basin. It is understood a final deal is not likely to be agreed at the Dublin meeting.[21] The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time, Dermot Ahern said

There have certainly been protracted talks, but that is not unusual when one considers the complexity of the issue at hand and the competing interests. However, there was some progress made at the last talks in Copenhagen. I believe further progress can be made in Dublin. The deadline is May 2009 so we have time on our hands. It is in the interests of Ireland, UK, Denmark and Iceland to come to a deal on the division of the seabed area. We have come to outline agreements in relation to other parts of our seabed in the Atlantic. There is no reason ultimately why we also can't do a deal on this protracted issue. Finding a deal is a significant challenge but the rewards are there for future generations from all four countries.

The latest conference between all four parties occurred in Reykjavik in May 2011[22]

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Announced this morning, the two biggest names in cashless payment solutions, PlayPass and Weezevent have combined forces, and are eyeballing the reemerging leisure and entertainment sector, read: live events.

Together, the group now comprises six offices around the globe including Paris, Madrid, Antwerp, Lausanne and Montreal and has a headcount of over 100 employees.

Pre-pandemic, cashless payments were steadily growing in popularity amongst event producers with Lollapalooza (in Paris, Berlin and Santiago), Rock Werchter, Main Square, Hellfest, Rock En Seine, Frequency and Nova Rock all employing the NFC technology. And not just for music, leading sports brands including Formula 1, Red Bull Air Race, Paris St. Germain FC, Lausanne FC and the William Hill World Darts Championship have all employed this technology at their events.

Combined, this represents substantial 400 million in annual turnover. No small change.

And while this success represents a global/continental europe market, the new merger is expected to be replicated in the UK. Steve Jenner of PlayPass and Olly Goddard of Weezevent will jointly head up the groups UK division, and in-house development teams are expected to be beefed up.

The PlayEvent (?) WeezePass (?) upcoming festival client list includes Standon Calling, 2000Trees, Black Deer, ArcTangent, Lakefest, Neverworld and the inaugural UnLocked Festival.

The new entity is reporting pre-orders for click-and-collect drinks, social distancing measures and adapted access control protocols for mass gatherings, are all now accounted for in the groups latest product set.

All this humble author can say is gimme mah vaccine, and bring on the FESTIVALS!

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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX Williamson County and the Texas Department of State Health Services will continue to have several drive-thru vaccination sites for the week of March 8.

Here's when and where you can get vaccinated.

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, Texans who can receive the COVID-19 vaccine at this time must fall into the Phase 1A and Phase 1B categories.

Phase 1A includes health care workers, medical first respondents and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. Those in Phase 1B include anyone 65 and older and individuals 16 and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness.

Earlier this month, the state agency and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services announced teachers, school staff, bus drivers and those who work as or for licensed child care providers, including center-based and family care providers are also eligible for the vaccine.

People must first pre-register on the county's centralized waitlist in order to receive an appointment.

If you need to reschedule your appointment with Family Hospital Systems, residents are encouraged to email support@familyhospitalsystems.com.

Have questions? Williamson County has set up a call center to serve as a resource for residents interested in COVID-19 vaccine information.

The call center number is 512-943-1600 and is answered Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Note: The call center cannot reschedule appointments.

Family Hospital Systems will vaccinate eligible residents this week at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, 10211 Parmer Lane, and Curative will host a site at the Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex, enter off of Stadium Dr. Both are appointment only.

On March 12, Curative will also open an additional drive-thru vaccine site at Dell Diamond, 3400 E Palm Valley Blvd., in Round Rock. All vaccine doses are scheduled by appointment only.

The Williamson County and Cities Health District is also working to vaccinate the county's vulnerable population with a vaccination location in Taylor at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

This site targets eligible residents who live in the eastern part of the county and are unable to transport to other sites. This site is by appointment only with emailed invitations going to people from the county's centralized waitlist with zip codes on the east side of the county, as well as people referred to them from their community nonprofit partners.

State allocated sites:

Once it is your turn to receive the vaccine, Williamson County can offer technical assistance with completing your registration paperwork at a Vaccine Registration Technical Assistance site.

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