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When you think of the supply chain and logistics industry, what image comes to mind? For many people, you might think of a man standing in front of his truck. While this image represents one particular job in the supply chain and logistics industry, it doesn’t represent the other 149 roles.
Dr Hermione Parsons, Deakin University Industry Professor and Director of the Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics, is part of a team looking to change the perception of the supply chain and logistics industry, while also increasing gender diversity.
Dr Parsons is the co-chair and co-founder of Wayfinder, a supply chain careers program for women, that is breaking down stereotypes in a male dominated sector.
While the industry is full of talented workers, Dr Parsons says the industry is approaching a cliff where talent will likely disappear within a matter of years. The average age of supply and distribution managers is 45 years of age, and as those workers transition to retirement the industry doesn’t have the talent to replace them.
‘The pipeline of new people to come into the industry is a real problem, because this industry wants talent and capability and diversity and women, et cetera,’ Dr Parsons says. ‘But so does every other industry – engineering wants it, pharmaceuticals wants it, retail wants it. Everyone wants the same type of people, but there aren’t that many, so there’s a real problem.’
But there’s another problem.
The industry has recently seen exponential growth in freight volumes, due to the boom in e-commerce. So as the Australian trade market deals with the restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s also trying to overcome a complex supply chain industry.
‘Supply chain has multidisciplinary requirements of lots of people, companies in trusting relationships working together. The complexity of the supply chain is very significant when you consider, for example, pre-pandemic urban congestion,’ Dr Parsons says. If any element within the supply chain falls short, it can cause serious problems.
‘Supply chain complexity is a really interesting subject, but unfortunately we don’t have enough talented people to be dealing with it.’
Dr Parsons helped create Wayfinder to create a new pipeline of gender diverse talent. ‘It’s a fabulous industry to work in, and no one knows about it.’
'Supply chain complexity is a really interesting subject, but unfortunately we don’t have enough talented people to be dealing with it.'
Dr Hermione Parsons,
Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics, Deakin University
One of Wayfinder’s first initiatives was to create a Supply Chain Career Map, which went digital in late 2020. By working with the team of corporate sponsors, Wayfinder brings together the strongest companies in the industry to solve the problems they’re facing together.
‘We realised that the first thing we needed to do was map the careers and the possibilities for people in the industry,’ Dr Parsons says.
By mapping the career paths of all the different jobs in the industry, Wayfinder is shining a light on all the career opportunities that people, and often women, don’t know about.
The career map has information on 150 different types of jobs within the industry and includes information on the type of qualifications each role needs and the salary possibilities.
‘We’ve designed the career map to show all of the different positions in all the sub-sectors as a way of showing the world what’s involved. If you have a map, you know where you’re going, if you have a career map you actually can see all of this hidden world of opportunity.’
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CMRLS Libraries will be closed Saturday, Dec. 22 through Tuesday, Dec. 25, for the Christmas holiday. Libraries will open for regular business on Wednesday, Dec. 26.
So, be sure to check out the holiday videos & DVDs before the 22nd; and the holiday cookbooks; and the children's easy books to keep everyone occupied! Brandon Library even has jigsaw puzzles to check out! How about holiday music to play in the background? Let the library help make your celebration special.
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The U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. The busiest mailing day is set for Dec. 17, as more than three times the average daily volume of cards and letters should be mailed (more than 275 million versus 82 million). This and other interesting holiday facts can be found at the US Census website.

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Purcellville distillery Catoctin Creek tripling size of operation
- Missy Frederick
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A new home for Virginia distillery Catoctin Creek will mean a larger tasting room and quadruple its production capacity when the gin and whiskey maker relocates next year.
Catoctin Creek is finalizing the purchase of the Sam Case Building at 120 W. Main St. in Purcellville, where the company plans to spend nearly half a million dollars renovating the building into a modern, state-of-the-art distillery, according to founder Scott Harris.
Catoctin Creek got its start in 2010, producing such beverages as Roundhouse Rye and Organic Watershed Gin.
“We’ve pretty much been running out of room here for the past year or so,” Harris said.
The company is adding a 300-gallon still to complement its existing 100-gallon still, but there wasn’t room for it at the former location, about a mile farther north on 37251 E. Richardson Lane in Purcellville.
The distillery’s new 5,800-square-foot building will almost triple its floor space. About 1,000 square feet will go toward an expanded tasting room similar to one you might encounter at a winery, Harris said. Solar energy collectors on the roof could allow the distillery to produce as much as 100 percent of its electrical needs on a sunny day.
Catoctin Creek is using John Marshall Bank to help finance the project.
The Sam Case Building’s existing tenant, Personal Marketplace, a gift store, will operate there through March 2013, after which Catoctin will take over. The distillery’s goal is to open by summer 2013.
In 2010, the distillery sold about 10,000 bottles in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. This year, after expanding into New York, it’s on track to sell 40,000 bottles. Harris estimates it could sell about 80,000 bottles in 2013 with the increased capacity.
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This is definitely a CALL 2 ACTIVISM: SOPA/PIPA! Who knew that they had the power to flip the switch like that? Yes this is merely a glimpse of what the future could be without the advances of computer technology.
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Who turned out the manufactured lights?
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)-
The Stop Online Piracy Act (known as SOPA) was introduced on Oct. 26 by twelve bipartisan co-sponsors and now before the House Judiciary Committee, is a complicated bill aimed at stopping online piracy.
DEFINITION OF ONLINE PIRACY
The unauthorized reproduction, distribution, and/or performance of copyrighted sound recording in a network environment.
Most certainly online piracy would also include: other information, writings, articles, etc.
Protect IP Act (PIPA)
The Protect IP Act (or PIPA), the Senate version, seeks to do the same thing. Both allow copyright holders and the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders against sites illegally hosting content (e.g. streaming feature films) or engaging in illegal activity (e.g. selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals).
Essentially The Chamber of Commerce (government) seek to gain alot by regulating a service that is easily accessed by the masses.
Internet companies and their investors would readily say that they’re holding the “blackout” to protect their corporate interests — and the entire burgeoning Internet-based economy. These companies could stand to lose a significant amount of money if the laws were to pass.
Did you know that TV was free at one time? It’s pretty much the same thing.
THE CAUSE: ~ “Anyone who controls the socializer, controls the people”
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The Chinese government uncovered 67 virus-infected apps during an official investigation yesterday, reports the South China Morning Post. Out of 50,000 apps surveyed, finding just 60 isn’t particularly catastrophic. Unless you have recently downloaded an app for “Sexy Fan BingBing Wallpaper” and let’s be honest, who hasn’t, your phone is probably safe. But for language learners, indie game enthusiasts, and lottery players, checking out the list here is well worth it.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, these apps ran up phone bills and sent text messages that create software problems on other phones. Others run background software that monitors and collects personal data, which is then sold to third-parties. Android phones were found especially susceptible.
The apps found came from over 30 distributers including well known Wandoujia, Baidu’s 91, and AppChina. Thankfully for our WeChats and our sanity, none of China’s top-ten apps were on the list.
The sweeping investigation is part of the Cyberspace Administration’s attempt to regulate privacy leaks and malware in the huge Chinese market. Though actual regulations are still underway, the administration’s director Lu Wei confirmed that protection from apps that sold personal data was in development.
If the 67-data stealing apps haven’t scared you away from downloading apps from the Chinese market, check out TWOC’s recommendations for the best app for OCR character reader, our Guide to Hookup apps, or simply woo the ladies with this Song Dynasty Poetry app.
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Gaming platform Paytm First Games to raise $25M
Gaming platform Paytm First Games is in talks with investors to raise $25 million. Paytm First Games is a joint venture between Alibaba Group’s AGTech and Paytm. It offers social and casual games on Paytm’s app.
The portal is planning to use the funds to invest in its technology and for building e-sporting events. It also plans to add more games for its users and double its current team size of over 150 people.
In a company statement, Sudhanshu Gupta, COO, Paytm First Games, said,
“The platform has grown multifold in the last one year. We now have about 30 million users on our platform with half of them being monthly active users. On our paid games, people spend around Rs 4,000 on games like Rummy, while the spends are to the tune of Rs 400 in fantasy league, etc.”
Launched in 2018 as Gamepind, the gaming platform was recently renamed to Paytm First Games as part of Paytm’s efforts to offer a clutch of services under its paid subscription plan Paytm First.
According to the company, registered users can play games and quizzes on Gamepind to win Paytm cash, movie tickets, flight tickets, among other things.
It claims to offer more than 300 engaging games including the popular ones like fantasy cricket, fantasy kabaddi, fantasy soccer, rummy, battle center for games of skill, 8 ball pool, ludo, and live quiz.
Last year, the platform received a total investment of $16 million from One97 Communications and AGTech to expand operations. Further, Paytm also stated that the platform offers over 100 high quality casual and real money games to the users.
In May this year, the platform had announced that it has garnered over 30 million registered users, in just a year of its launch.
According to the statement, the company currently has an annual revenue run rate of $50 million.
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Blaze Pizza, looking to bolster its business at lunch and through its mobile app, on Thursday launched a new value program, a relative rarity for a fast-casual chain.
The Los Angeles-based fast-casual pizza chain announced a “$5 Lunch Hack,” with a build-your-own half pizza from open through 4 p.m. on weekdays. Customers can also add a side salad or four dough knots for “a little more,” the company said.
Blaze is also offering two pepperoni pizzas for $10 through its online ordering site and mobile app.
The deals are available for a limited time at participating locations in the U.S.
Value strategies have become important in a restaurant business that has struggled recently to generate consistent traffic. According to the Technomic Chain Restaurant Index, traffic to restaurants declined 5.4% in November. And fast-casual chains in particular had a problem getting customers: The sector’s traffic fell 6.7%.
Blaze has been one of the fastest-growing restaurant chains in the country since its founding in 2012. In November, the company opened its 300th location.
Blaze has been aggressive in its use of technology and delivery, but its value push makes it more unique in the fast-casual sector.
Blaze’s value offers are targeted at specific goals, aiming to build business where the company wants more traffic. Lunch has long been a major part of the overall fast-casual pizza strategy, and many chains have used discounts to bolster use of their online ordering capabilities.
“Blaze has always offered the best quality pizzas at an insanely good value,” CEO Jim Mizes said in a statement, “but in 2019 we’re taking it to the next level, leveraging these new platforms to help us deliver the most deliciously accessible pizzas on the planet.”


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It's safe to say that cable operators--who've been building up a strong cadre of services including everything from their traditional DOCSIS-based data, voice and Ethernet services--have been embraced by SMBs as a sound alternative to the long-standing RBOC regime. And while a lot of attention has been rightly centered on cable's ability to deliver high speed business grade data services--increasingly Ethernet--over their own fiber and even HFC, cable MSOs are finding that their bread and butter video product is just as important to their business customer base.
Such a scenario should not be all that surprising. At the most basic level, small businesses (doctor's offices, laundry mats, the local bar, hotel rooms and car dealerships/repair shops) are a perfect fit for their traditional video service as these industries are all about providing a good customer experience, and amenities such as video or Internet are those little things these businesses can do to keep a customer happy while they wait.
What's more, the business owner knows if there's a problem with their video, data or voice service they could have one number to call versus having to call the cable company for video and then another for voice and data. One cable MSO that's been keen on making video a big part of its business bundle for customers is Cox Business. With a major presence in Las Vegas, it's not surprising to find out that Cox Business has been targeting a video service package at the hotel and resort market.
Given the success it had in Sin City, Cox Business plans to bring its high definition video services to other national hotel chains in its respective markets. Hotel owners will also appreciate the fact that because the new service leverages Pro:Idiom-encrypted HD feeds, a common content security standard used in the hospitality industry, Cox won't have to go in and install new set top boxes in each room.
What's interesting is that every time I meet with Kristine Faulkner, VP of product Development for Cox Business, the conversation always finds its way back to video.
"In the SMB space, we find that video is not only desired, but it's the largest stabilizer to churn," she said. "We see our customers that have video service have a lower propensity to leave us versus other customers that don't have video."
Of course, Cox is not the only MSO with business video desires. Taking a similar approach is Time Warner Cable with its own SMB video offering that it's selling through third-party sales agents.
Okay, so I know what you're thinking: Verizon has been aggressively offering its own video services via FiOS and satellite partnerships to SMBs. Yes, that's true. But I think the advantage that cable has--or at least in the near-term--is that they can tap into the already video-ready cable that is either already present or nearby these businesses. --Sean


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Retail sales data firm IRI and The NPD Group, a provider of market information and advisory services, have signed a definitive agreement to merge their businesses. The combination will create a global technology, analytics and data provider that offers clients a view of retail purchasing and consumption trends.
The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the second half of 2022. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
NPD provides market information and advisory services for general merchandise, including softlines, technology and retail, as well as foodservice and food consumption. This will be combined with IRI’s market measurement, supply chain and media solutions, technology platform, retail relationships and data assets for the CPG industry, which encompasses the grocery, convenience and over-the-counter healthcare categories, the companies said.
“This combination [will] offer a total store view,” said Kirk Perry, president and CEO of IRI, Chicago. “As the global retail landscape continues to evolve, IRI and NPD will have innovative technology, analytics, data resources, talent and geographic reach to best support the growth of the world’s leading brands and retailers.”
Karyn Schoenbart, CEO of Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD, said, “We are excited about the prospect of combining our companies to give clients the tools and information they need to succeed amid changing consumer behavior. Both NPD and IRI share similar client-focused, innovative and collaborative cultures, making this combination a natural fit.”
Hellman & Friedman (H&F), a global private-equity firm, will acquire a majority stake in IRI and merge IRI with H&F portfolio company NPD. H&F will lead an ownership group consisting of existing long-term IRI investors Vestar Capital Partners and New Mountain Capital, which will both retain significant investments in the combined company.


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Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda has doubled down on his enthusiasm for hydrogen combustion technology, after getting behind the wheel of the flagship Toyota GR Yaris H2 prototype at the WRC Belgium rally this weekend.
The racing enthusiast demonstrated the potential of a specially tuned prototype – a combustion-engine, hydrogen-powered concept version of the brand’s famous all-wheel drive saloon – at Ypres, with the champion Four-time WRC opponent Juha Kankkunen is co-driver. According to the news on Wapcar Automotive News, this is the first time Toyota has launched a hydrogen-burning prototype on a track outside of Japan.
After the race (shown in the video below), Toyoda said he was grateful to Juha for his courtesy in allowing me to drive. He guided me in tune with my driving, helping me feel at ease. The roads were hard, not only slippery but narrow, and their surface seemed to change from time to time.
Some of the customers look like the roads used at Rally Japan, and it’s a good opportunity to think about the races with spectators in mind. He and his team also have a Toyota Mirai in place to demonstrate external power, and he believes that with hydrogen driving they can highlight in Europe the potential of hydrogen which can be regarded as a choice to push forward carbon neutrality.
Kankkunen added that Akio is a great driver. And the hydrogen engine produces solid torque, making it no different from a gasoline engine. Because they do not emit CO2, he believes that hydrogen engines will become one of the options to achieve carbon neutrality not only in the world of motorsport but also in the world of everyday cars.
Toyota has been experimenting with hydrogen combustion technology for a few months now, using a slightly modified Toyota Corolla touring car – using a hydrogen-powered version of the GR Yaris, a 1.6-liter triple turbocharger. cylinder – in the Super Taikyu racing series in Japan. and 24 hours of Fuji.
According to Toyota, hydrogen combustion technology allows cars to become zero-emissions at a relatively affordable price, as it allows manufacturers to tap into “existing know-how and production of internal combustion engines”.
Toyota Europe CEO Matt Harrison said the use of the technology would allow Toyota to “generate almost zero emissions from the exhaust without electrification, but still preserving what people want.” most fans love racing cars – speed and noise”.
“Music to the ears,” he said, “especially that of a petrol driver.”
The GR Yaris H2 uses the same unit as the Corolla race car, with minimal changes to the standard and has the same refueling hardware as the brand’s production Mirai.
Sophisticated mechanical modifications are limited to block reinforcement (because hydrogen explodes more violently than gasoline), new valve seats and an improved injection system. Powertrain boss Thiebauld Paquet estimates it will achieve “similar performance” to its unmodified petrol counterpart, but performance details have yet to be introduced. Speaking after the concept was revealed last year, Paquet explained when they launched it, they created a bit of a vibe and a little bit of noise, so it’s clear and clear. That’s one of the things they want to prove: compared to fuel cell technology, which is very quiet, you can still get a sporty feel, where you can hear and feel the car.
Above all, it is a concept. The idea is to use sport to explore the difficulties and how we can accelerate, how we can rapidly improve technology.
Toyota hasn’t confirmed the production potential of the GR Yaris H2, but Harrison said the technology means zero-emissions engines “are not a distant future.”


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Canterbury’s classic cottagecore has been transformed into a boutique style store with vintage fashion mixes, craft cocktails and classic-style cocktail bars.
Photo: Melissa Adams/Supplied The boutique store opened in June, with the aim of turning the place into a place where you can get your hands on vintage fashion.
“I’m really excited about it,” the store’s owner, Rebecca Hirst, told news.com.au.
“I think the shop is just a really cool place, we’ve had people come in and ask if they could use the washroom, they just loved the place.”
It’s the perfect mix of the old and the new.
“Hirst said her store would feature a wide range of clothing, from the 1950s to the 1980s, with a mix of classic styles like “the old-fashioned mix” to contemporary styles like the new “Cottagecore”.
The store also has a “shop window” with vintage and modern clothing and accessories.”
A lot of our customers come in to shop and buy clothes, we have to have a little bit of space so we’re really happy with that,” Hirst said.
Her new store will have a separate washroom for customers.
She said it was a fitting choice for a place like this, as the place had been “dodging bullets” for years.”
We had to do the best we could with the space, it’s not an open shop, it is just for the customers to come in, get a drink and have a chat,” Hirtts husband, Mark, said.”
When they come in they come back to do a little more shopping.
There’s a bit of a cafe atmosphere, a cafe bar and there’s a coffee shop on the second floor.
“Mark said his wife’s passion for the vintage shop was evident.
He said the couple had been visiting the shop regularly for years and the store was something special.”
She said she thought she would like to come back and have some fun with us, so she’s come in every day and seen the store and is absolutely delighted,” he said.
Mark said the shop’s opening was “huge” and it was the start of a new chapter for the store.”
This is a huge step forward for the shop and we’re happy to be a part of it,” he added.”
The shop is really special, we just love the fact that the store has been opened, so we can bring back a bit more of the retro vibe.
“Cottagecide cafe owner Rebecca Horton said she was happy to see the business take off.
Horton was keen to see how the cafe’s customers reacted to the shop.”
What’s really important for us is that they enjoy coming to our shop, they come and see what we have and what we sell and they want to come here more often,” she said.
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11th Circuit Upholds Historic $380 Million Equifax Data-Breach Settlement
Izzy Kapnick reports:
A three-judge panel for the 11th Circuit on Thursday upheld the largest-ever U.S. class action settlement over a consumer data breach, rejecting a bevy of challenges to the $380 million deal.
Finalized in January 2020, the settlement compensates U.S. consumers whose personal information was exposed in a cyberattack on the credit bureau Equifax. The breach compromised an estimated 147 million people’s data, including social security numbers and addresses.
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Spotify attracts eyes as well as ears with video ads
Spotify is increasingly attracting viewers as well as listeners to its free music streaming service and is finding new ways to target adverts and podcasts at customers, its head of global advertising sales told Reuters.
The Swedish company, which has risen 39 percent in value since it floated in New York in April, is seeing growth in video outpace audio ads and is broadening its audience with rapid growth in sponsored podcasts, Brian Benedik said at the dmexco digital marketing fair in Cologne, Germany.
"Video is our fastest-growing format, which is counter-intuitive for an audio-led platform," Benedik said in an interview.
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Spotify runs an ad-free `freemium` model, with 83 million users paying a monthly subscription - more than its nearest rival Apple. Another 100 million or so listeners opt for a free service that is interrupted by advertising breaks.
With the company now worth $33 billion, analysts say it needs to justify its valuation by hitting ambitious growth targets of its founder Daniel Ek - who wants to grow revenue as much as 35 percent a year.
Most customers of the free service use mobile devices, which account for the majority of ad revenues where video is the fastest-growing advertising product.
Spotify tracks online behaviour and, if it figures out customers are looking at the Spotify app, it runs a video ad. If they are listening passively, the ad would be audio.
Spotify is also ramping up its offering of podcasts and, although these don`t go to commercial breaks for premium subscribers, shows can be sponsored in much the same way that TV coverage of major sporting events is backed by major brands.
Benedik said he saw potential for Spotify to deploy its algorithms to recommend podcasts, along the lines of its `Recommended for You` feature for music, that will get to know users` interests and keep them coming back for more.
In Germany, podcast listening on Spotify has increased 150 percent, year-on-year. Growth rates globally are 367 percent.
"If we can figure out a recommendation around podcasts and serve them up to users, that would be great," said Benedik, adding that if Spotify can get the user experience right this would open the way to make more revenue from podcasts.
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By LianJintian, People’s Daily
Dehua County of Quanzhou, southeast China’s Fujian province, is known for the production of white porcelain, one of the most important pieces of merchandise on the Maritime Silk Road.
In 2006, Dehua white porcelain was listed as a Chinese national intangible cultural heritage.
Over recent years, Dehua County has dug into the cultural connotation of white porcelain and vigorously advanced cultural relics protection.
Zheng Jiongxin, curator of the Dehua Ceramics Museum, introduced that among the 22 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Quanzhou, two are klinsites in Dehua, where six furnaces were excavated and over 10,000 porcelain specimens produced between the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) were unearthed.
Porcelain culture needs more than protection. It shall be carried forward. Dehua craftsmen have always been proud of their porcelain making skills. At present, there are 19 organizations in the county aiming at passing on the intangible cultural heritage.
The great atmosphere of porcelain culture in Dehua attracts many enthusiasts for porcelains. In Dehua county’s Shigu and Xianjing villages, there are currently over 100 porcelain workshops started by porcelain-loving entrepreneurs from across China.
Besides, Dehua County has built an industrial park of cultural products for young artists. So far, the industrial park has been joined by 64 professionals, including over 20 porcelain masters at provincial level.
With the support of relevant parties, traditional handicraft sareseeing innovative development and industrial upgrading.
XuRuifeng, the sixth-generation inheritor of “Xu-school” porcelain making, which has a history of more than two centuries, has developed a type of red-glazed porcelain dubbed “China red.” Young artist LianZihua, inspired by thangka, a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, invented a new form of Dehua porcelain called “Jicai,” which means “extreme colors.”
The industrial chain of Dehua porcelain is restructuring. For instance, a cultural product industrial park in Dehua has partnered with over 100 designers and some 20 porcelain factories. General manager Xu Haiyan of the industrial park told People’s Daily that trendy Chinese-style cartoons and illustrations popular on social media can soon be turned into delicate and fashionable porcelain products in Dehua county.
Besides, the porcelain industry of Dehua is also contributing to rural vitalization. In Zengban village of Shangyong township of Dehua, dozens of ancient residential buildings have been transformed into practice bases of art schools and colleges, and the sites of ancient klins, roads and corridors are also repaired and protected. Recently, a porcelain gallery that displays 288 Chinese family names with porcelains opened to the public in the village.
Dehua’s porcelain industry reported revenue of 45.9 billion yuan ($6.65 billion) last year. To better introduce the porcelain culture to the outside world, Dehua has revitalize nearly 1,000 local porcelain workshops and galleries. It has also developed eight porcelain factories for tourism and over 300 companies making porcelain souvenirs.
At present, 70 percent of the porcelain products manufactured in Dehua are exported to over 190 countries and regions. The county has established long-term partnerships with a dozen foreign artists, and many renowned brands from home and abroad are negotiating with it over the production of porcelain products. The porcelain versions of BingDwenDwen and ShueyRhonRhon, mascots of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, were produced in Dehua.
Today, Dehua porcelain artists are seeking innovation of Dehua white porcelain while inheriting traditional techniques and skills.


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Eager for presence in Kirwan
Vinnies buys own store
FOR the first time in more than 20 years, the St Vincent de Paul Society has bucked the leasing trend and purchased a property in Townsville.
The new Vinnies store will open at 375 Charles St, Kirwan, in late August after an extensive fitout.
It will be one of eight Vinnies stores in Townsville.
Vinnies Townsville Diocese executive officer Jenny Manganaro said she was very excited when the settlement went through last Friday.
She said Vinnies already owned two other stores in Townsville, but it was rare for the charity organisation to buy property.
Ms Manganaro said the purchase was a strategic move and showed the group was making a commitment to Townsville and the Kirwan community.
“Vinnies has rented its store on Gollogly Lane in Gumvale for 33 years,” she said.
“We looked at our options when our lease renewals came up.
“We decided we could keep renting or we could see if we could get a loan and buy a building.
“The market supported us and we were able to finally make a commitment to Kirwan. From a strategic planning perspective, we wanted to own a site and put down roots.”
The sale of the 278sq m building was facilitated by Knight Frank agents Renee Nicol and Paul Dury.
Ms Nicol said the site had attracted a lot of interest, especially in a strong buyer’s market, and she was glad that Vinnies had found a home.
“The building is a good for Vinnies,” she said.
“It’s the perfect size and perfect location, being near other services.
“There’s lots of parking and the fact that it stands alone on the main intersection means it stands out as well.”
Within a year, the Mountain View Vinnies store will also relocate to Kirwan.
“Vinnies Kirwan will do all the things a regular Vinnies does,” Ms Manganaro said.
“It will be a family store and we are planning a children’s play area inside as well.
“It will be really welcoming.”
Vinnies has been operating in Queensland for more than 120 years and in Townsville for more than 100 years.
The stores are staffed by volunteers and the money raised goes to those in need throughout the community.
With an extensive fitout planned for the new premises, the former hairdressing salon will be painted in Vinnies colours.
“We want it to look good and we want it to be an asset to the suburb,” Ms Manganaro said.
“We think it has great street presence, it’s centrally located and the location is very prominent.
“It’s important this shop looks as professional and as good as it can.”
From a strategic planning perspective, we wanted to own a site and put down
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DEAL DONE: St Vincent de Paul’s Jenny Manganaro with Knight Frank agent Renee Nicol at the Kirwan premises.


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I’ve walked through the news from official website about SDN, which I thought was a missing part of their product line, and found a interesting one. Seems Huawei finally caught up with the SDN bus.
I personally don’t think what has been mentioned in the news will bring truly impact to the SDN market, and prefer to take it as only a symbol for Huawei entering the SDN game. Here are some of my reasons:
- Huawei has showed ONLY one product for the market, which is futile in my opinion, because we are asking for the solution instead of blind faith in that one device could solve the whole problem.
- Huawei hasn’t mentioned any detail in applications or campus controller. I suppose the obscure words is a sign of unripe production.
- Huawei is a member of OpenFlow and OpenDaylight, but it seems devoid of activity and influence.
Anyhow, Huawei has something to talk finally while other giants have already played this for quite a while. I don’t know this is a kind of special strategy or just lacking of R&D investment. But it is good to see another big company has taken its hand into this. I’m looking forward to seeing the marketing fight between Cisco and Huawei.


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Google announced a host of new translation-related features at its Live from Paris event today, including improved contextual search, a redesigned iOS app and a seamless AR translation feature through Google Lens.
The search giant is improving contextual translation in English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. This means that words and phrases with multiple meanings will get translated based on the context of the text. It’s a great way to make sure that your sentence sounds natural and that you’re using idiomatic words. It works a bit like Linguee and Reverso Context.
This may also be helpful to avoid using some offensive or hateful meaning of a phrase when you are not fluent in a language. Google said this update is rolling out in the coming weeks and will have support for more languages in the coming months.
Last year, the company updated the Google Translate Android app with a new design that followed the “Material You” design system. Now it is bringing new features and a refreshed user interface to the iOS app. The updated app has a big microphone button on the bottom-center part so that users can easily input text through voice. The iOS app also introduces a dynamic font that makes translations more readable as you type. Plus, The redesign makes it easier to choose languages with fewer taps.
What’s more, the redesigned app adds gestures like swiping down to access recent translations and holding the language button to quickly pick a recently used language.
The iOS app also recently added support for offline translation of 33 new languages, including Basque, Corsican, Hawaiian, Hmong, Kurdish, Latin, Luxembourgish, Sundanese, Yiddish and Zulu.
Last September, Google showed off a new translate capability that seamlessly blends real-world translated text into the background image. This means if you are translating a poster written in another language, it won’t look out of place. The company is now rolling out this ability on Android phones with 6GB of RAM or more.
Apart from this, Google also announced the global launch of multisearch along with enhancements for Maps, including immersive views in five new cities and expanding the glanceable directions feature to all users.


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Escondido’s popular Peterson’s Donut Corner sold after 40 years, but buyer promises to uphold traditions
New owner Anthony Deeb said he’s not planning any changes, including the shop’s famous name
Longtime Escondido residents have seen massive changes in their city over the past 40 years, but one thing has stayed exactly the same: Peterson’s Donut Corner.
The family-owned, walk-up doughnut stand at the corner of Escondido Boulevard and Ninth Avenue has been reliably churning out thousands of fresh butterlogs, apple fritters and raised glazed treats for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, since the Peterson family bought the shop in August 1981.
But on Jan. 1, the Peterson family announced on their shop’s Facebook page that they had sold the business with “a heavy heart.” But there’s good news for fans of the shop’s famous Peterson’s Pillows and bacon maple bars. New owner Anthony Deeb of San Diego may have taken over, but he’s not planning any changes. Not even to the name.
“This is not going to be Anthony’s Donut Corner. It’s going to stay Peterson’s,” Deeb said in an interview Thursday outside the shop, which attracted a steady stream of customers. “It makes people happy and that makes me happy. This is a tradition that people love and I don’t plan to change a single thing, unless it’s an improvement for the better. “
In tribute to the Peterson family’s long run in business, the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will issue a proclamation declaring Jan. 11 as Peterson’s Donut Corner Day.
Ralph Peterson Sr. and his wife, Vera, moved with their five children to California in the early 1980s, looking to buy a business like their former delicatessen in Rockland County, N.Y. When they saw the former Scotty’s Donuts stand for sale in Escondido, they purchased it and made it their own. All five of their Peterson children would work at the stand over the years, but only two — siblings Ralph Peterson Jr. and Maureen Peterson-Perkins — were still involved to the end.
Ralph Jr. said his parents had no experience making doughnuts when they bought the shop, but they learned the trade quickly. Over the years, they tweaked the recipes and developed many of the unique menu items that are now its best-sellers, like the Butterlog, a bear claw glazed doughnut filled with butter and cinnamon, and the Peterson Pillow, a fluffy frosted doughnut made with croissant dough.
Customers say the reasons the shop has endured are its super-size doughnuts made with quality ingredients and its fair prices. Back in 1981, doughnuts were 40 cents apiece. Now they start at $1.40. Customers say they also appreciate the friendly staff and the reliable knowledge that — except for a two-week closure during the Christmas holidays each year — the store is always open and the doughnuts are always fresh.
On Thursday, Clint and Miki Hunter stopped by Peterson’s to pick up a dozen doughnuts for their drive home to Sandy, Utah. They’ve been visiting the shop since it was Scotty’s in 1978. The couple moved from Escondido to Utah in 1990, but every time they drive out to visit their grown children in the area, Peterson’s is one of their must-visit spots.
“I love the French crullers and the glazed twists, but what I love most of all is that they haven’t changed a thing. We love the tradition of it,” Miki Hunter said.
Peterson, who has served as the shop’s longtime manager, said the secret to maintaining these traditions is his staff. His two lead bakers, Sylvano and Rolando, have worked there for 20 years or more, and some of the doughnut decorators and servers have 10 to 20 years experience in the shop.
Over the years, the team has come to know their customers well and often have their favorite items waiting at the pick-up window by the time they reach the front of the line. Although morning hours are always the busiest, Peterson said plenty of customers still turn up after 2 a.m. when the bars close and also just before dawn when workers are starting their drives to work.
In an average 24-hour day, the shop makes and sells about 2,000 doughnuts and other pastry items. It also donates hundreds of boxes each year to Meals-on-Wheels, Little League teams, church groups and a local veterans center. Peterson said business has always been consistent, though it dipped during the Great Recession when many businesses closed, and it has slipped again during the pandemic, after many offices temporarily closed and sent workers home.
Ralph Peterson Sr. died in April 2011 and his wife, Vera, passed away five years later, passing the business on to their five children. Ralph Jr. carried on as shop manager and Peterson-Perkins has been doing the accounting and paperwork ever since she retired from her former job with the Sheriff’s Department. The other three children don’t live locally but all five agreed last summer that it was time to let the shop go.
Like Ralph Sr. and Vera, the new owner, Deeb, has no experience in doughnut-making, but he said he’s eager to learn. A San Diego resident who works in medical device sales, Deeb said he and a silent partner in the building industry were looking for a business they could operate together when they heard about Peterson’s Donut Corner being offered for sale last summer.
“We met Ralph and Maureen and saw what good-hearted people they were and we loved the traditions of the business,” Deeb said. “It was important to them to find someone who shared their vision not to change anything and we could see there wasn’t anything we could do better than keep everything the same.”
Peterson and Peterson-Perkins, who said she started working at the shop as a doughnut decorator at age 15, said selling the shop was the right thing to do, but they’re both brokenhearted about saying goodbye.
“It’s really hard,” Peterson-Perkins said through tears. “I’m going to miss the employees and I’m going to miss the doughnuts.”
Peterson said he will stay on for the next few weeks teaching Deeb the ins and outs of the business. He admits his last day will be tough.
“It’s hard to walk away from a business my parents started and give it to someone else,” he said. “It’s a very emotional thing. That’s all I can say.”
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You’ve searched high and low for the perfect ikat fabric. One’s too dark, another’s the wrong shade of blue and the third option is a little too bold. Flint Davis noticed this lack of variety presented to consumers by standard fabric dealers and knew it was time that the industry embraced technology. Flint, a Governors Club resident who spent his career at the intersection of media communications and business strategy, is counting on customers doing the same.
Launched in March, Flint’s latest venture, WeaveUp, speaks to his belief that digital printing is the new frontier. “It’s finally matured to the point that it’s real. The cost is right, the performance is right, the sharpness is correct, the vividness of the tones is there,” Flint says. “It’s slipped into your home and onto your body. You’ve definitely worn something that’s been digitally printed, you just don’t know it.”
Any artist can upload his or her design, no matter how simple or eccentric. Flint says the website displays patterns based on
an algorithm – the designs with the most popularity will rise to the top of the home page, but that doesn’t mean the unpopular designs will disappear. “Some people want hot dogs on their couch, and if they want that, that’s great, to each his own,” Flint says.
Once a design is selected, the consumer can adjust it based on color, size and scale; it’s really quite easy. Flint says he was sure the site found the sweet spot between being user-friendly and fun when his 4-year-old daughter Margaux was able to play around with it on his iPad. Users can rate a design, order it for delivery or tack it to a board in a Pinterest-esque fashion to save it for later.
WeaveUp also seeks to solve a big problem facing artists: consumers being so dissatisfied with choices available to them that they steal an artist’s design and alter it. “In all cases, the artist loses out,” Flint says. With WeaveUp, the artist receives the commission even if the design is a derivative of their original. The website also breaks down boundaries for the artist, making their designs readily available to both commercial and consumer markets simultaneously.
Flint, who has been involved in several other successful startups, says it was no accident that WeaveUp was founded here. “This is a place for artists to thrive and for people to find solutions to their problems,” he says. His hope is for WeaveUp to find new roots in a state with an already rich background in textiles.


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Vodafone goes shopping down-under with £432m deal for New Zealand telecoms firm
Mobile giant Vodafone has gone shopping down under with a £432million deal for the New Zealand business of Australia's Telstra.
Vodafone New Zealand said it will buy TelstraClear's fixed-line and internet operations, giving it access to 16 per cent of New Zealand's broadband market.
That market is dominated by Telecom New Zealand, which Vodafone aleady competes with in the mobile market.
Acquisition trail: Vodafone has already spent £1billion on CWW this year
The UK network giant has been on the acquisition trail this year, with a long-running bid for Cable & Wireless Wordlwide apparently close to completion.
The £1billion takeover had been in serious doubt until CWW's biggest shareholder, Canadian firm Orbis, dropped its opposition to the bid last month.
CWW said 87% of shareholders who voted backed the deal, which will see Vodafone become the UK's second-biggest telecoms operator behind BT.
CWW provides high-speed telecoms services to companies including Tesco and will help Vodafone boost its corporate arm at a time of slow consumer growth.
The deal came after Indian rival Tata Communications walked away from discussions, leaving Vodafone as the sole runner.
Vodafone, which made a £9.5bn pre-tax profit in the last financial year, also rewarded shareholders with its largest ever dividend for this year. A 6.47p final dividend took the annual payout to £6.6bn, putting the mobile phone giant ahead of Shell as the top dividend payer in the FTSE.
It also handed investors £3.6bn via a share buyback programme that has reached £6.8bn.
But the firm lamented a ‘north-south divide’ in Europe, with revenues solid in Germany and the UK but tumbling in Italy and Spain. Europe’s debt crisis forced the company to take a £4bn writedown on its European assets and concede that revenues might not grow at all this year, compared to previous guidance between 1 per cent and 4 per cent.
Vodafone's takeover opens up the prospect of Telecom New Zealand eventually being absorbed into TelstraClear, according to one analyst.
'Telecom would have a very, very difficult time moving forward with a strengthened Vodafone. That may further build the case for an integration of Telecom NZ and Telstra,' Australia-based independent telecoms consultant Paul Budde said.
He added that combining Telstra and Telecom was sensible from a cost perspective, given the lack of room to expand in New Zealand's small yet mature market.
'It makes sense to integrate Telstra and Telecom because in the end it's about cost savings, which would be possible if the two were merged,' Budde said.
The £432million price tag was more than double market expectations and analysts said Vodafone appeared willing to pay a premium for the benefits of TelstraClear's network assets and customer base.
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Dollar General benefits as more customers walk in for small buys
By Sruthi Ramakrishnan
(Reuters) - Discount retailer Dollar General Corp (DG.N: Quote) reported higher-than-expected growth in quarterly sales at established stores as more customers visited its outlets and they spent more on items such as snacks, tobacco and home products.
Shares of the company, which also forecast full-year same-store sales growth largely above analysts' estimates, rose as much as 9.4 percent to a record high of $82.27 in noon trading on Thursday. Larger rival Dollar Tree Inc's (DLTR.O: Quote) shares gained as much as 5 percent.
Dollar General's sales at stores open at least 13 months rose 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter as lower gas prices and rising wages encourage consumers to loosen their purse strings.
This growth was stronger than the 1.9 percent analysts on average had expected, according to research firm Consensus Metrix.
Dollar General's performance was in sharp contrast to that of Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N: Quote), which reported lower-than-expected comparable sales for the holiday quarter last month, hurt by a strong dollar and low prices for grocery products.
Customers prefer Dollar General's stores to Wal-Mart's "supercenters" for small purchases, mainly due to the smaller size and convenient locations of the discount retailer's outlets, Edward Jones analyst Brian Yarbrough said.
"They've (Dollar General) shown the consumer we are convenient, our prices are competitive with the Walmarts of the world, much better priced than the drugstores, that's where you've seen them take a lot of (market) share," he said.
Dollar General plans to open 80 smaller format stores this year in addition to the 30 it already operates, to better tap densely populated areas and rural locations, Chief Executive Todd Vasos said on a post-earnings conference call. Continued...


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For two years now, Mazda has teased us with the promise of diesel engines that are both efficient, and worthy of the brand’s “Zoom-zoom” tagline. The Mazda6 diesel was supposed to go on last sale, but difficulties meeting American emissions standards and performance expectations has delayed the engine again and again. Mazda is having no […]
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France has put diesel cars in jeopardy with a huge increase in the tax on diesel fuel in a move to rid the country of cars that cause the most pollution.
Originally slated to debut in 2013, the Mazda6 diesel has been delayed automaker struggled to meet strict U.S. emissions standards. But it’s still coming!
Three Mazda6 diesels set the 24 hour average speed record for diesel powered production cars, averaging 137.368 MPH around the ATP test track in Germany.
The Mazda6 diesel has been delayed again, and will probably require a diesel aftertreatment in order to provide enough power and meet emissions regulatons.
Mazda has focused on improving the performance and efficiency of gasoline and diesel engines, though it might have hybrids in mind too.
Many popular versions of American cars are sold In Europe as wagons. Here’s a list of the sexiest station wagons we wish automakers would bring to America.
After Grand-Am’s merger with ALMS, some wondered if Mazda would racing. Well fear not, as Mazda has signed on with a pair of turbodiesel racers.
This week we’re taking it easy on the news, and most of the stories are going to be lists from writes of their favorite stories from 2013. I’m going to kick things off with my top 13 favorite overall green cars from the past year, and leading the charge is… 13: The Cadillac ELR We’ve […]
Though Mazda has been slow to embrace any one alternative fuel technology, the small Japanese automaker has just rolled out three new green cars at the Tokyo Motor Show that embrace a diverse array of different fuel-saving, emissions-scrubbing technologies. The Mazda3 SkyActiv-CNG utilizes both gasoline and compressed natural gas in its high-compression 2.0 liter, four-cylinder […]
It was with great enthusiasm earlier this year that Mazda announced it would begin offering a 2.2 liter turbodiesel in the U.S. market 2014 Mazda 6 sedan. But instead of hitting dealerships later this year as planned, the diesel Mazdas have been delayed until late April. The official cause is emissions testing, but is there a more serious problem plaguing Mazda’s oil-burner?
With neither hybrid nor electric vehicles in their lineup, Mazda has sought to perfect internal combustion technology instead. To help assist the new SkyActiv engines though, Mazda has introduced its optional i-Eloop regenerative braking technology, which can boost the Mazda 6 fuel economy ratings to 28 city and 40 highway.
After its recent (though amicable) divorce from Ford, Mazda was left without a major technology partner, leaving it up to the small Japanese automaker to fend for itself. So how does a small car company tell the world about its awesome new turbodiesel sedan? Take it racing of course. Last weekend the Mazda6 Skyactiv-D diesel race car scored its first victory in the Grand Am series at Road Atlanta.
Utilizing a production-based car and engine, the Mazda 6 diesel is proof that you can have fast, efficient fun thanks to turbodiesel technology. This diesel Mazda race car uses a synthetic blend of smokeless diesel for competition, but a fueling system issue knocked the three racers out of competition just six hours into the 24 Hours of Daytona.
Modern turbodiesel engines are all the rave in Europe and the rest of the world, but these engines are only just starting to catch on in America. The new Mazda SkyActiv-D diesel engine is coming to U.S. shores next year, and to drum up excitement, Mazda is taking their little diesel to the race track.
When I first laid eyes on the Mazda6 wagon diesel, me (and most of the auto blogging world) were smitten with the looks, the options, and the infinite possibilities. Now that the Mazda6 diesel has made its official Paris Auto Show debut, we are getting some new details, including fuel economy figures that could be as high as 60 mpg on the U.S. standard.


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Regardless of the type of industry you are in, a website is essential in boosting the reach and revenue of your business. But, it’s more than just having a website. You will have to put measures in place to ensure that it stays online and is accessible to your customers. This is the same kind of effort used to keep your brick and mortar offices open. However, with a website the idea is to have it open to the public at all times. Unfortunately, there are a number of factors can result in website downtime. It’s like you’ve put a ‘closed’ sign on your door that should be open 24/7.
Distributed Denial of Service – DDoS – statistics show there is no decline in the number of attacks being launched or in the scope and impact of these attacks. In fact, DDoS data from Link11 for the second quarter of 2019 shows that there was a 97 percent year-on-year increase in average attack bandwidth for the period. It says the average attack bandwidth, for the same period in 2018, jumped from 3.3 Gbps to 6.6 Gbps in 2019, making it extremely easy to simultaneously overload the broadband connections for many companies.


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Durable goods boost the Dollar
- US Core Durable Goods Orders m/m: 0.6%
- US Durable Goods Orders m/m: 2.0%
- FOMC Member Dudley Speaks
- US Crude Oil Inventories: -5.5M
- AUD Private Capital Expenditure q/q: -4.0%
The high amounts of volatility continued yesterday with both EURUSD and GBPUSD falling below key levels after a bullish data release from the States. US Core durable goods (excludes the volatile aircraft orders) which is a key indicator of production and therefore the manufacturing sector, was forecast at 0.3% and posted a better than expected 0.6%. The figure shows that corporate spending was finding its footing prior to the turmoil in financial markets.
Rating agency Fitch issued a dovish statement regarding the Chinese economy yesterday. Fitch stated that market expectations for China’s economy may get revised lower and that Chinese authorities still retain room to loosen policy further.
The UK released two pieces of data yesterday. Mortgage approvals and CBI retail sales, both posted slightly better than expected figures. Although the data is only low tier it still paints a positive picture of the UK economy as the housing industry and tertiary sector improves.
- EUR M3 Money Supply y/y
- US Prelim GDP q/q
- US Unemployment Claims
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- Jackson Hole Symposium
The Jackson Hole symposium will be keenly anticipated as it provides a platform for Fed officials to opine on the economy. However, the expected absence of Fed Chair Janet Yellen leaves little room for the Fed to explicitly communicate any intention to raising interest rates in advance of its September meeting. In the afternoon, the US releases its second reading of GDP for Q2, forecasted to be revised up to 3.2% from 2.3% as a result of recent upward revisions seen to June data.


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Dubai, United Arab Emirates: KDK Company, a trusted name in electrical fans and ventilation technology from Japan that has recently celebrated its 110th Anniversary, showcased its latest innovations in indoor air quality at the recently concluded 3rd ARAB MINISTERAL FORUM ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT that took place in Al Habtoor City, Dubai.
A division of Panasonic Life Solutions Japan, KDK leverages on its deep know-how and pioneering technology to develop environment-friendly products designed to improve the quality of its customers. KDK is supported locally by Electra Abu Dhabi LLC, who brings its vast operations capabilities, and decades of local market experience in making sure that KDK products are widely available in the market.
The KDK brand, named after Kawakita Denki Kigyosha, an electrical engineering company founded in 1909, has evolved along Panasonic after 1956. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of superior indoor air quality products, KDK has consistently focused its innovation efforts to meeting the demands of its customers by delivering safety, durability and technically superior products which are high performing and easy to install. KDK’s strict compliance policy and Japan-standard quality assurance has helped build a strong reputation for the brand globally.
Eiji Ito, Sales Director – KDK, said, “KDK’s ventilation solutions showcased at the 3RD Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing & Urban Development, come with 110 years of technology know-how and innovation. Our products for the region factor in key elements like heat and dust, and are designed to ensure better Indoor Air Quality, while making sure that environmental and sustainable standard needs are met. KDK products are powered by environmental technology, and visitors to the event were able to see first-hand the impact of our offerings.”
Fayssal Dalle, Deputy General Manager – Electra, commented, “Electra has been providing leading products and solution to the market since 1965, and now with sustainability and green a big cry in the region, we are confident that KDK products will meet all our customer needs. Products like these are needed in the region, and through our distribution channels, we will continue to make these KDK products widely available.”
A key highlight of KDK’s showcase during the event was the innovative ERV unit, specifically designed for villas. ERV units are designed to enhance fresh air circulation and offers a lasting solution to offset modern air-tight construction that is usually aimed at enhancing heat insulation at the expense of air quality. Circulation of air is a key aspect for fresh air, especially in confined spaces, while considering the harsh environment of the GCC region which required specific attention to sand particles effect and corrosion resistance. In addition, KDK demonstrated its high-quality ventilation products that have been listed by several government agencies in the UAE, and have been already been supplied to a number of projects in the recent years.
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A High Court judge has ruled that the UK government is now free to reinstate its policy ban on the animal testing of cosmetics.
The ruling was made by Mr Justice Linden in the Judicial Review of the Home Office’s policy on animal testing in the UK, which was brought by animal protection organisation Cruelty Free International (CFI).
In 2021, the UK Home Office admitted in a letter to CFI that animal tests on cosmetic ingredients could occur in rare instances if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of chemicals regulations.
In that letter, the Home Office said its approach was akin to that of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which can mandate animal testing to meet the needs of REACH – the EU’s pan-industry chemicals regulation.
The ECHA’s position is that the longstanding bans on animal testing to meet the needs of the EU Cosmetics Regulation do not prevent the need for REACH compliance.
Following Brexit, the UK has adopted its own version of the EU’s REACH system, called UK REACH.
In court, Home Secretary Suella Braverman argued that she was bound by a law originating in the EU to authorise such testing.
Documents disclosed in the court proceedings revealed, for the first time, that the Home Office had secretly abandoned the ban back in 2019.
According to CFI, the Home Office had delayed replying to the NGO for nine months – and subsequently failed to disclose that the policy had been changed two and a half years earlier.
Justice Linden agreed with the Home Office’s interpretation of the legislation, but said that that did not stop the UK having a policy prohibiting cosmetics testing on animals.
He also criticised the “less than transparent” way the Home Office had conducted itself.
“It is outrageous that the government has abandoned the ban on using animals in cosmetics testing and did so in secret while giving the impression that the policy remained in place,” said Cruelty Free International Chief Executive, Michelle Thew.
“Documents the Home Office was forced to disclose in the case show clearly that it was prioritising the interests of contract-testing companies over those of animals and the wishes of the vast majority of British people who are strongly opposed to cosmetics testing.
“Now that the High Court has said it can do so, we call on the government immediately to reinstate the policy ban.”
Other animal rights campaigners have thrown their support behind the High Court's decision.
Chris Davis, Global Director of Activism and Sustainability at The Body Shop, commented: “The Body Shop was the first global beauty company to campaign to ban animal testing in cosmetics in 1989, with the UK becoming the world’s first to rule it out in 1998.
“We share the deep-rooted concerns of our longstanding partner Cruelty Free International that the ban was effectively lifted in 2019, under the radar.
“Following today’s high court ruling we also call on the government to reinstate the ban immediately. We can’t turn back the clock.”
He added: “Allowing animal testing for cosmetics in the UK would be a devastating blow to the millions of people who have supported campaigns to end this appalling practice for nearly 35 years.
“So, the fight continues and we will campaign vigorously, as our late founder Dame Anita Roddick did, for as long as it takes.”
A spokesperson for the Home Office told Cosmetics Business: “We are pleased that the High Court has agreed with the government’s position in this case.
“It remains unlawful to test cosmetic products, or their ingredients, on animals to meet the regulations required to place them on the market. The marketing of cosmetic products or ingredients tested on animals is also banned.”
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SA-BOUND OUTBACK: Subaru has upgraded its Outback and the new crossover will arrive in March 2015. Image: Subaru
Subaru's fifth-generation Outback will arrive in South Africa in March 2015. The new crossover sports a number of upgrades, among them new styling, more space, better cabin and more crash protection.
The automaker adds that the new Outback will remain in the same price bracket as the outgoing version with prices starting at R479 000, "despite a generous standard specification".
Powering the new Outback will be a new 3.6-litre six-cylinder petrol, existing two-litre turbodiesel and 2.5-litre non-turbo petrol. Each drives a Lineartronic constantly variable transmission and all-wheel drive.
X-MODE, AUTO TAILGATE
It's equipped with "active torque vectoring" for more dynamic handling and an X-Mode suite of off-road driving aids. The new crossover has an auto tail door and roof rails which can convert to lateral bars.
There's a new grille, aero profile and rugged body mouldings. The cabin has been entirely redesigned and, Subaru claims, "it's roomier than before and the overall ambience is engaging and more refined".
Subaru Southern Africa's marketing manager, Ashley Lazarus, said: "The Outback continues to define the segment which it created in 1994, combining wagon and SUV like no other.
"It remains a trend-setter when it comes to overall capability but the move upmarket will add a new level of sophistication befittinga premium crossover."
NEXT CROSSOVER FOR SA: Prices start at R479 000 and includes a three-year or 75 000km maintenance plan. Image: Subaru


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NewMark Merrill found a motivated seller for Pulaski Promenade. It bought the fully leased, 122,710-square-foot property from a venture of New York-based DRA Advisors, which has been on a shopping center selling spree this year. The company in May hired a broker to sell 18 shopping centers in Chicago and recently unloaded the Shops at State Street in the South Loop.
DRA took control of Pulaski Promenade through its 2016 acquisition of Oak Brook-based Inland Real Estate's retail portfolio. Tenants in the shopping center today include Marshalls, Shoe Carnival, Michaels, Ross, PetSmart, Ulta and Carter’s.
One mile south, NewMark Merrill bought a shopping center that is 92% leased to a group of tenants including Dollar Tree, Chase Bank and T-Mobile. The 55,332-square-foot Midway Square property was sold by a venture of Newport Beach, Calif.-based TRC Retail. A TRC affiliate paid $13.4 million for the shopping center in 2019, property records show.
Spokesmen for DRA Advisors and TRC Retail did not respond to requests for comment.
NewMark Merrill financed the Midway Square acquisition with a nearly $7 million loan and took out an $11.8 million mortgage to finance its purchase of Pulaski Promenade, according to property records. Both loans were provided by United of Omaha Life Insurance, records show.
NewMark Merrill owns or manages more than 95 shopping centers with a combined value of more than $2.5 billion, according to the statement. Including the two new local acquisitions, the company's Chicago-area portfolio now includes six shopping centers totaling more than 1.5 million square feet and over $220 million in value, the statement said.
Mid-America Real Estate broker Rick Drogosz marketed Pulaski Promenade on behalf of DRA. Danny Spitz and Jason St. John of Greenstone Partners brokered the Midway Square deal for TRC Retail.


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Mumbai Angels bets on green travel tech startup BLive
The eco-friendly travel tourism platform, BLive owned by Panji headquartered Arcis Tours, has raised a large amount. However, the total sum is still not disclosed. The amount was raised in a bridge funding round from Mumbai Angel Network, an early-stage investor platform.
The company provides its customers with a tour on electric bikes. In 2019 it earned approximately $520,000. The amount was raised in a stake sale to an event management firm, DNA Entertainment Networks from Bangalore. In addition, it also raised $130,000 in a seed round from Goa-based angel investors, vimson Group CMD Shivanand Salgaocar and Dempo Group chairman Shrinivas Dempo.
The eco-tourism platform company was established in 2016 by Samarth Kholkar and Sandeep Mukherjee. BLive provides life- long remote-rural experience tours to its customers. Tours on the electric bikes cover a range of 50 kilometers. In addition, there are packaged tours also, it covers areas around Goa, Mysore, Gujarat, and Puducherry.
As per the statement given by the company, BLive is gonna grow its business with the raised money. It will expand its operations to new locations.
Before Kholkar founded BLive, he worked as the CEO of Mojo Hospitality. Moreover, he had also spent 10 years in sales and marketing at IBM. Whereas, Mukherjee is an experienced marketer with over 13 years of marketing experience at different companies like Nokia, Microsoft, and SABMiller.
However, the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the travel and tourism industry really hard. Still, the confident investors secured an investment amidst the present situation. And the potential of these business models boosted the confidence of BLive and they hope to bounce back quickly.
Mumbai Angels also expect the industry to re-enter their success track.
Nandini Mansighka, the co-promoter, and CEO of Mumbai Angels said that In the present situation we are seeing a dynamic shift in travel-related companies. But they hope things get better and wish to see BLive as a star of their portfolio. She hopes that the industry will redefine mobility in the near future.
Till now, BLive is the first bet of Mumbai Angels’ in 2020. However, there are some latest investments of the company, such as do-it-yourself kit making startup WitBlox and space-tech startup Dhruva Space. Whereas, last year, Mumbai Angels was associated with the ed-tech platform Funtoot. And as per the records, Mumbai Angels Network has a network of over 450 members and a portfolio of 135 startups at present.


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- GTA Online gets new Football-themed Adversary Mode, Running Back
- Broforce updated with new characters, levels, items, and more
- Payday 2: Crimewave Edition gets Limited Edition for PS4, Xbox One
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare to launch December 1 for PS4, Xbox One
- Acttil bringing new dungeon crawler to PS Vita, Ray Gigant
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Developer- and Publisher-specific Articles: Tom Clancy’s The Division
Ubisoft has released a new walkthrough video and screenshots from Tom Clancy’s The Division. Players get a chance to see what’s in store as they fight their way through a dynamic open-world New York in search of a cure for a deadly virus. Xbox One owners will be able to try the game a little early when a beta goes live this December.
Gamescom has brought some welcomed news for PC gamers who have been eying Massive’s upcoming open-world persistent single- and multiplayer action title Tom Clancy’s The Division. Ubisoft has announced that the previously console-only release, revealed earlier this summer at E3, will be available for PC next year. Gamers who have enjoyed Massive’s previous work, such as Farcry 3 and World in Conflict, will find the studio well suited to the platform.
It seems as though Ubisoft has had an ace up their sleeve for some time with Tom Clancy’s The Division. Announced during their E3 conference, the Massive Entertainment-developed title is an open-world action-RPG set in New York three weeks after a pandemic hit the city during Black Friday. Since the outbreak, social order has collapsed and The Division, a secret unit of self-supporting agents, has been activated and sent in by the President. The trailer shown during the show has been made available, and it’s looking very good, with a mixture of co-op player-versus-environment and player-versus-player gameplay.


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A monument in the corner of the parking lot reminds shoppers that Joe Albertson, founder of the supermarket chain, opened this store at the corner of State and 17th Streets in the summer of 1939.
Billed in the news as "Idaho's largest and finest food store," it was huge - 10,000 square feet of shopping space, eight times the size of a typical store in 1939.
According to a website that is devoted to the history of the supermarket industry, groceteria.com, 75 cents bought three pounds of tomatoes, a pound of coffee and a one-pound roast.
The store offered never-before-seen attractions: an in-store bakery, fresh popcorn, roasted nuts, a doughnut machine, and an icecream shop offering the "Big Joe's" double cone for a nickel.
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Car manufacturers will be tripping over themselves to look leaner and greener at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Today Ford throws its hat into the ring with the Focus ECOnetic.
Usually when a car manufacturer announces lowered suspension and an aerodynamics kit for its medium-sized hatchback, it goes hand-in-hand with extra power and a GTi badge. Not so Ford, which is all set to reveal the Focus ECOnetic – the first in a line of environmentally focused diesels – at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.
Fitted with a 1.6-litre Duratorq TDCi engine, the Focus will produce a respectable 108bhp and, promises Ford, deliver 65.7mpg while emitting just 115g/km CO2. That’s a big improvement on the current 1.6-litre diesel (58.9mpg and 127g/km) and means the new car will be Congestion Charge-exempt should Ken Livingstone’s latest proposals get the go-ahead.
As well as the lowered stance and aerodynamic aids, the Focus ECOnetic also employs 195/65 R15 tyres to produce a drag coefficient of 0.31 – down from the standard car’s 0.324. The full technical specification will be confirmed at Frankfurt.


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On December 10, 2011, the 100 Black Men of South Florida provide Christmas Cheer to more than 100 children through their annual Christmas Shopping Spree.
In keeping with the holiday spirit, the 100 launched initiatives to spread the joys of Thanksgiving and Christmas to economically disadvantaged families and children. Since 1989, the 100, through its Christmas Shopping Spree has provided Christmas Cheer for children of underserved Miami-Dade and Broward County residents.
We partner with various Community Based Organizations who select the children to shop for themselves and their families for Christmas presents. The agencies identify the families.
To date more than 5,000 families have benefited from the program through the 100’s partnership with Walmart along with this year’s sponsors – Orange Bowl Committee, Royal Caribbean, Physicians Access, South Florida Medical Center, Sunshine State Health and Lydecker Diaz.


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The UAE's tourism and shopping sector has been projected to grow at a healthy 6.
5 per cent annually until 2021, according to a study by the World Travel and Tourism Council.
The optimistic forecast is a massive boost to the prospects of the UAE's entertainment and shopping destinations, particularly new attractions like Al Shaab Village in Sharjah. This world-class mega-attraction has commenced operations in its first phase which is worth Dh100 million. Its second phase will be launched in six months, and is valued at Dh50 million.
The study goes on to zoom in on the precise types of tourism spending, and reveals that the vast majority of tourists' expenditure in the UAE, at 74.7 per cent, was devoted to leisure activities. The news will be welcomed by destinations that excel in leisure attractions.
Al Shaab Village, for instance, has state-of-the-art amenities for family leisure, entertainment, gaming, theatre, art, culture and wellness, to compliment its retail therapy offerings.
The secret to the UAE's tourism and shopping boom has been attributed to the diversification of its offerings, which lures visitors of all ages, nationalities, cultures and tastes. This is the rationale behind Al Shaab Village's mass market appeal, as it strives to cater to a broad spectrumfrom families to individuals, from young gaming enthusiasts to older cultural connoisseurs, from young couples bonding over romantic cuisine to older academics expanding their minds with the artistic and research offerings.
Al Zajil Fair Management chief executive officer Abdulla Al Dah was very upbeat about the growth projections.
âThese optimistic forecasts confirm our belief that this is the perfect time to launch Al Shaab Village. Although the UAE boasts numerous world-class tourist destinations, we have embraced this competition and challenged ourselves to deliver attractions that are more unique than the rest. By enticing more tourists to the country, this is our way of giving back to the emirate and to the UAE. It will bring ripple benefits to the infrastructure, the industry and the economy as a whole,â he said.
As further proof of the viability of the UAE's tourism and shopping sector, 100 per cent of the rental space at Al Shaab Village has already been booked by investors. Al Shaab Village expects a high turnout of shoppers, families and general pleasure seekers in its first phase which started recently. Located in central Sharjah, Al Shaab Village is the culmination of a joint venture between Al Shaab Club and Al Zajil Fair Management.


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Could it be to let you run Hyper-V and ESXi on the same box?
We're not quite sure why Nutanix would be working on its own hypervisor, but apparently it is, The Register has learned. Sources on both sides of the Atlantic tell us development work on the hypervisor has reached an advanced state. The startup, based in San Jose, California, expects to talk about its efforts at its user …
The upside: Hypervisor software is relatively small. This isn't like writing an entire OS, or an office suite, or a web browser. Also,if your business is based on "cloud" or "convergence" or whatever (i.e. hypervisors), then rolling your own DEFINITELY lets you differentiate your software and services from the other providers in the market. As AC says, being able to spin up both VMWare and Hyper-V VMs is pretty unique already. This is really a rather immature market, and there's no real guarantee that any of the existing hypervisors are particularly close to an "ideal design" yet, they may be able to come up with a noteably better design.
The downside: The software, although small, is highly technical. It could be entirely possible to have development hit a snag, or end up with a hypervisor where the major bugs aren't quite worked out (which of course makes it quite the non-starter for the types of uses hypervisors are used for.) It's possible for you to think some features are important, but find the customers don't think so. Finally, it's possible to come out with some new features but have the other vendors replicate them.
If you buy a Nutanix cluster now, Nutanix has specified the hardware as well as the software which controls it, but the software has to sit in a resource-intensive virtual machine which needs to communicate with another layer of software, the hypervisor, in order to manipulate the hardware. It would clearly be much more efficient to roll the management software into the hypervisor and manage all available resources directly, essentially consolidating two layers of abstraction into one, yielding more efficient resource consumption and management. Even better for Nutanix will be if they allow users to have multiple flavors of Nutanix (native and third-party hypervisors) in the same cluster.
On the flip side, I envision VMware leaving a horse's head in Nutanix's bed as a result of this announcement.
All of them are small and lightweight, then various layers of crap have to be added for them to work such as drivers and machine management. Lightweight is marketing directly aimed at OCD techies who like things to be optimised and small.
Xen also had the unfortunate problem of being used by Citrix which effectively killed it and caused the birth of KVM, which has the unfortunate problem of not being VMware or Hyper-V and lets face it Hyper-V only made progress because it's bundled with Windows and is cheaper than VMware to buy.
In reality, Nutanix don't need their own, they just need to package a hypervisor so that the install is slick with a single package. Xen or KVM will achieve that as long as they play nicely with the licence folks (yup, looking at you VMware...)
Since they control the hardware and hypervisor they're doing an Apple. Both VMware and Microsoft don't have total control over the machine target. Definitely able to stomp down some of the layers of abstraction strewn all over the place and one more shining example that virtualization itself has a cost, albeit small compared to wasted machine resources of before.
Opinion Broadcom has yet to close the deal on taking over VMware, but the industry is already awash with speculation and analysis as to how the event could impact the cloud giant's product availability and pricing.
If Broadcom's track record and stated strategy tell us anything, we could soon see VMware refocus its efforts on its top 600 customers and raise prices, and leave thousands more searching for an alternative.
The jury is still out as to whether Broadcom will repeat the past or take a different approach. But, when it comes to VMware's ESXi hypervisor, customer concern is valid. There aren't many vendor options that can take on VMware in this arena, Forrester analyst Naveen Chhabra, tells The Register.
China-based server maker Inspur has joined the Arm server ecosystem, unveiling a rackmount system using Arm-based chips.
It said it has achieved Arm SystemReady SR certification, a compliance scheme run by the chip designer and based on a set of hardware and firmware standards that are designed to give buyers confidence that operating systems and applications will work on Arm-based systems.
Inspur may not be a familiar name to many, but the company is a big supplier to the hyperscale and cloud companies, and was listed by IDC as the third largest server vendor in the world by market share as recently as last year.
The world's server market will grow in 2022 – but more slowly than in the past – and could dip further, according to analyst firm TrendForce.
Supply chain issues are, unsurprisingly, one reason for predicted modest growth. Shanghai's COVID lockdowns, for example, mean China's server makers have struggled to open, and get the parts they need.
The likes of Dell and HPE were hurt by those lockdowns, but TrendForce feels they'll recover.
Comment Liquid and immersion cooling have undergone something of a renaissance in the datacenter in recent years as components have grown ever hotter.
This trend has only accelerated over the past few months as we’ve seen a fervor of innovation and development around everything from liquid-cooled servers and components for vendors that believe the only way to cool these systems long term is to drench them in a vat of refrigerants.
Liquid and immersion cooling are by no means new technologies. They’ve had a storied history in the high-performance computing space, in systems like HPE’s Apollo, Cray, and Lenovo’s Neptune to name just a handful.
As the world continues to grapple with unrelenting inflation for many products and services, the trend of rising prices is expected to have the opposite impact on memory chips for PCs, servers, smartphones, graphics processors, and other devices.
Taiwanese research firm TrendForce said Monday that DRAM pricing for commercial buyers is forecast to drop around three to eight percent across those markets in the third quarter compared to the previous three months. Even prices for DDR5 modules in the PC market could drop as much as five percent from July to September.
This could result in DRAM buyers, such as system vendors and distributors, reducing prices for end users if they hope to stimulate demand in markets like PC and smartphones where sales have waned. We suppose they could try to profit on the decreased memory prices, but with many people tightening their budgets, we hope this won't be the case.
RSA Conference Intel has released a reference design for a plug-in security card aimed at delivering improved network and security processing without requiring the additional rackspace a discrete appliance would need.
The NetSec Accelerator Reference Design [PDF] is effectively a fully functional x86 compute node delivered as a PCIe card that can be fitted into an existing server. It combines an Intel Atom processor, Intel Ethernet E810 network interface, and up to 32GB of memory to offload network security functions.
According to Intel, the new reference design is intended to enable a secure access service edge (SASE) model, a combination of software-defined security and wide-area network (WAN) functions implemented as a cloud-native service.
Interview After two years of claiming that its Arm-powered server processors provide better performance and efficiency for cloud applications than Intel or AMD's, Ampere Computing said real deployments by cloud providers and businesses are proving its chips are the real deal.
The Silicon Valley startup held its Annual Strategy and Product Roadmap Update last week to ostensibly give a product roadmap update. But the only update was the news that Ampere's 5nm processor due later this year is called Ampere One, it's sampling that with customers, and it will support PCIe Gen 5 connectivity and DDR5 memory.
Immersion cooling has long been the domain of larger datacenter operators but with increasing density and therefore smaller datacenter facilities, there is a need for shops of all sizes to get around heavy-duty AC and air cooling.
This is the target for German server maker RNT Rausch, which has teamed up with cooling specialist Submer to provide immersion cooling for RNT's server and storage systems
The partnership means businesses of any size can deploy liquid cooling in their datacenter. A relatively small space is required for this as it eliminates the need for air-conditioning units to cool servers, or for expensive and sophisticated fire extinguisher systems, the companies said.
The US datacenter construction boom may be faltering and the reasons are not difficult to predict. The same supply shortages, price hikes and a lack of labor that have characterized not-quite-post-pandemic life is a risk for DC builders, too.
Construction consultancy firm Turton Bond's Darren Flood authored the report making that argument. Flood said that the need for datacenters is stronger than ever, but that "COVID-19 variants, changing restrictions, constrained supply chains and strong demand create an unpredictable market."
All of this is hitting after the datacenter real estate market exploded into its own boom times, with unprecedented investments in suitable building sites.
Nvidia exceeded market expectations and on Wednesday reported record first-quarter fiscal 2023 revenue of $8.29 billion, an increase of 46 percent from a year ago and eight percent from the previous quarter.
Nonetheless the GPU goliath's stock slipped by more than nine percent in after-hours trading amid remarks by CFO Colette Kress regarding the business's financial outlook, and plans to slow hiring and limit expenses. Nvidia stock subsequently recovered a little, and was trading down about seven percent at time of publication.
Kress said non-GAAP operating expenses in the three months to May 1 increased 35 percent from a year ago to $1.6 billion, and were "driven by employee growth, compensation-related costs and engineering development costs."
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By Mina Corpuz
AYER -- Central Ave. Compassionate Care, Inc. -- the only medical marijuana dispensary in the Nashoba Valley -- is eyeing another location in town for recreational sales.
The goal is to open a retail shop at 38 Littleton Road. Medical operations would continue on Central Avenue. Executive Director John Hillier and his son, Mark, who serves as CEO, presented the plan during a Wednesday community outreach meeting at Town Hall.
About 20 residents attended the presentation and asked questions about the CACCI's plans. Some raised concerns about a potential influx of people coming to town, impact on property values in the area, and the affect on traffic.
"We still intend to be a responsible business and a good neighbor," John said.
Video cameras, fencing, and on-site staff to check IDs will be implemented at the Littleton Road location.
The way the dispensary operates on Central Avenue can be a guide for what to expect at the new location.
John said there have been no police, fire, or ambulance calls to the dispensary.
He wants to have open dialogue with members of the community and ensure the business is not a nuisance to the area.
The nonprofit dispensary opened in 2013. It was one of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in the state. There are currently 22 in Massachusetts.
CACCI currently serves between 3,000 and 4,000 people, Mark said during the presentation.
Adult use marijuana -- for people age 21 or older -- was approved through a 2016 state referendum. As a result, recreational use has been legal since December 2016.
The Cannabis Control Commission, the regulatory body for the industry, will begin to accept business licenses for retail sales in April. Registered marijuana dispensaries like CACCI will get a two weeks head start to apply for licenses, according to state law.
Licensed establishments are set to begin selling in July.
A public outreach meeting and a written host agreement are required by the commission to begin recreational sales.
John said the new operation can benefit the town.
The business would create more jobs. Ayer could set and collect 3 percent sales tax from marijuana product sales.
It will continue its nonprofit mission by giving back to the community through donations or program funding.


text: It was more a question of when than if: Wii sales leaping past Xbox 360’s in the U.S . The Wii has formally breached Xbox 360’s bastion by going past its US sales tally, according to the latest data from NPD. Wii is now the best-selling console in the U.S also. The month of June proved to be quite fecund for the Wii, as the headcount of US Wii owners rose by 666,000 in this month. Nintendo has sold 10.9 million units of its popular 7th generation console in the States. The month of June was great for the US videogame industry as a whole. The PS3 saw a massive increase of 94% in sales compared to the preceding month and also trounced the Xbox 360 to finish second.


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Tesla Motors Inc. co-founder and chief executive Elon Musk received $4.3 million in stock-based pay in the second quarter of 2013 for his work on the Model X sports. Musk’ s pay accounted for over 20 percent of the $19.3 million in stock-based compensation Tesla reported in the second quarter. The stock pay was one of three adjustments of over $16 million that the carmaker used to justify a $30.5-million net loss should be considered as a $26.3 million profit.
On the adjusted basis, Tesla posted a second-quarter profit of 20 cents a share, or 5 cents, excluding an adjustment for lease accounting. This surpassed the 20-cents-per-share loss average estimate of 10 analyst surveyed by Bloomberg, and was a primary factor in Thursday’s 14-percent surge of Tesla’s stock. Tesla reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2013 after the market closed on Wednesday.
Kevin Tynan, a Bloomberg Industries auto analyst, remarked that Tesla "is acting a lot more like a technology company than an automaker at this point." Excluding stock-based compensation from net income is more typical in technology companies in the Silicon Valley than in the global auto industry.
Tynan remarked that granting the stock options for development work that has yet to be completed does not pose a problem since that is not uncommon, especially if the person concerned is on target. Tesla reposted its first net profit in the first quarter of 2013 and Consumer Reports magazine has hailed its Model S electric sedan as one of the best cars ever made.


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Battery Ventures leads Arize AI’s $19M round for ML observability –
“At the beginning of the year, we talked to hundreds of businesses deploying machine learning and having the same problems,” Lopatecki told TechCrunch. Arize can be integrated into a company’s AI systems within 30 days to detect performance and bias issues and show customers how to fix it. It also scaled its team and went from building a product to having it “massively deployed” in fintech, healthcare, insurtech, adtech and retail institutions. “It’s not just a red or green light of modeling, but enabling practitioners to serve up issues and fix them.” As part of the investment, Dharmesh Thakker, general partner at Battery Ventures, is joining the Arize AI board. Customers don’t want to wait, and even though another company might have all the features, because Arize AI focuses on observability and can quickly show value and vision is what makes them stand out.