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By Mail On Sunday Reporter

PUBLISHED: 16:00 EST, 6 October 2012 | UPDATED: 06:03 EST, 7 October 2012

A man on holiday with his family has become the sixth Briton this year to be killed in hotel falls on Spains Balearic Islands.

Paul Clough, 41, died in hospital from his injuries last week after plunging from the balcony of his third-floor room in the resort of Ciutadella, on Menorcas western coast.

Police on the island are investigating Mr Cloughs death but a senior officer said: All the indications are that this was a tragic accident.

Tragedy: Mr Clough was on holiday with his family in Ciutadella, Menorca when he accidentally fell off a hotel balcony

It appears Mr Clough fell through a gap in the balcony and into a garden below, after which he was rushed to hospital with multiple fractures and chest injuries. After his condition worsened, he died last Sunday.

Four Britons have died this year in Magaluf, Majorca, while another died in St Antonio, Ibiza. In total, 12 people have been killed in hotel falls in the Balearic Islands this year.

Adam Atkinson, 20, Castleford, West Yorkshire, died after falling off the balcony at the HM Martinique hotel in Magaluf, Majorca in April.

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Paul Clough: Sixth holiday Briton dies in balcony fall on family holiday on Menorca

By Mail On Sunday Reporter

PUBLISHED: 16:00 EST, 6 October 2012 | UPDATED: 06:03 EST, 7 October 2012

A man on holiday with his family has become the sixth Briton this year to be killed in hotel falls on Spains Balearic Islands.

Paul Clough, 41, died in hospital from his injuries last week after plunging from the balcony of his third-floor room in the resort of Ciutadella, on Menorcas western coast.

Police on the island are investigating Mr Cloughs death but a senior officer said: All the indications are that this was a tragic accident.

Tragedy: Mr Clough was on holiday with his family in Ciutadella, Menorca when he accidentally fell off a hotel balcony

It appears Mr Clough fell through a gap in the balcony and into a garden below, after which he was rushed to hospital with multiple fractures and chest injuries. After his condition worsened, he died last Sunday.

Four Britons have died this year in Magaluf, Majorca, while another died in St Antonio, Ibiza. In total, 12 people have been killed in hotel falls in the Balearic Islands this year.

Adam Atkinson, 20, Castleford, West Yorkshire, died after falling off the balcony at the HM Martinique hotel in Magaluf, Majorca in April.

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Sixth holiday Briton dies in balcony fall on family holiday on Menorca

After so far doubling its sales this year, a Beltsville social marketing and software company looks to grow its workforce by more than 450 by years end.

Vocus plans to hire people in all areas, focusing on its sales and marketing and recruiting sectors, said CFO Steve Vintz. He said recruiting has taken on a larger strategic role at the company.

As more businesses turn to social marketing, their demand increases for software that can help them navigate web channels, like the ones Vocus offers, he said.

With a strong product in hand and a big marketing opportunity, were expanding our sales force, Vintz said. Our assets walk in and out of our door every day.

Vocus has been working with the countys Economic Development Corp. on both a career fair it held Thursday and the expansion, said Gwen McCall, president and CEO of the corporation. The corporation helped Vocus find its Beltsville location.

The county is extremely excited about Vocus, McCall said. Many of these are high-level positions with high salaries. Were excited about what this means for residents in Prince Georges as far as new jobs. Its definitely a win.

The company racked up a net loss of $16 million in the first half of the year, versus $2.6 million in the prior-year period, but revenues rose to $78.5 million from $55.5 million.

The company ranked 489th on Deloittes list of the nation's fastest-growing technology companies in 2011, along with 17 other Maryland businesses. Vocus saw 140 percent sales growth during the last five years. The company employs more than 1,200 people.

Part of Vocus growth this year comes from the 150 jobs connected with its acquisition in late February of iContact, a Raleigh, N.C., provider of email and social marketing software.

Vocus started its push for 450 new employees in the first quarter, Vintz said, adding that the company is well on its way of meeting its goal this year.

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Explore, a touring social media and digital marketing conference, stops at Gothic Moon Studio in Orange on Thursday, Oct. 18.

Jason Falls is the 39-year-old CEO of the Social Media Explorer digital marketing agency, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Last year, the company held two social media events in Ohio and Massachusetts. Success in those test markets prompted SME to develop this year's Explore, a series of two-day conferences in five U.S. cities.

Jason Falls, organizer of the Explore conference, addresses an audience.

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Peter Kim (@peterkim), of advertising agency R/GA, and author of the book "Social Business By Design", will deliver the opening keynote, addressing what to expect after the current era of social business.

Michael Brito(@Britopian)of PR firm Edelman Digital, and author of the book "Smart Business, Social Business", will share examples of social business in the real world.

Marcy Massura(@marcymassura)of PR firm Weber Shandwick, and Yorba Linda resident, will talk about making sense of the many social media business needs and solutions.

Jason Falls(@jasonfalls) of marketing agency Social Media Explorer, will deliver the closing keynote, discussing how to implement what was learned at the conference.

SME chose locations that were "underserved markets, where national events and speakers don't typically visit," explains Falls. Instead of Austin, they went to Dallas. They intentionally chose Orange County over Los Angeles, partnering with the LinkedOC networking community to organize the event.

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China Labor Watch is reporting that another Foxconn strike broke out on Friday at the Zhengzhou factory in China. The report says 3,000 to 4,000 Foxconn(2038) are complaining about Apples (AAPL) demanding quality standards for the iPhone 5. China Labor Watch further reports that workers are under immense pressure to deliver iPhone 5s without receiving adequate training on how to improve yield rates.

It was reported that factory management and Apple, despite design defects, raised strict quality demands on workers, including indentations standards of 0.02mm and demands related to scratches on frames and back covers, notes China Labor Watch. With such demands, employees could not even turn out iPhones that met the standard.

iPhone 5 production lines are currently in a state of paralysis for the entire day. A brawl between production line workers and quality control inspectors also resulted in the latter getting beaten up. Factory management is reportedly turning their back on the issue.China Labor Watchs press release follows below.

Large-scale Strike of iPhone 5 Production Lines at Foxconns Zhengzhou Factory

China Labor Watch

October 5, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

(New York) China Labor Watch (CLW) announced that at 1:00PM on October 5 (Beijing time), a strike occurred at Foxconns Zhengzhou factory that, according to workers, involved three to four thousand production workers. In addition to demanding that workers work during the holiday, Foxconn raised overly strict demands on product quality without providing worker training for the corresponding skills. This led to workers turning out products that did not meet standards and ultimately put a tremendous amount of pressure on workers. Additionally, quality control inspectors fell into to conflicts with workers and were beat up multiple times by workers. Factory management turned a deaf ear to complaints about these conflicts and took no corrective measures. The result of both of these circumstances was a widespread work stoppage on the factory floor among workers and inspectors.

The majority of workers who participated in this strike were workers from the OQC (onsite quality control) line. According to workers, multiple iPhone 5 production lines from various factory buildings were in a state of paralysis for the entire day. It was reported that factory management and Apple, despite design defects, raised strict quality demands on workers, including indentations standards of 0.02mm and demands related to scratches on frames and back covers. With such demands, employees could not even turn out iPhones that met the standard. This led to a tremendous amount of pressure on workers. On top of this, they were not permitted to have a vacation during the holiday. This combination of factors led to the strike.

That quality control inspectors would also strike is of no surprise. According to workers, there was a fight between workers and quality control inspectors in area K that led to the damage in inspection room CA, the injury of some people, and the hospitalization of others. After this, another similar incident occurred in area K, once again leading to quality control inspectors getting beat up. Yesterday, inspectors in area L received physical threats. When inspectors reported these issues to factory management, the management simply ignored and turned their back on the issue. For these reasons, all day and night shift inspectors carried out a work stoppage today that paralyzed the production lines.

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