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MSC Cruises’ MSC Meraviglia ship made its inaugural call on St Maarten this week.
It was the second inaugural call for Port St Maarten so far in the 2019-2020 cruise season.
“Once again Port St Maarten and the destination have been able to welcome the sixth largest cruise ship in the world and offer its guests and crew amazing experiences during their visit to the destination,” St Maarten Tourism Minister Stuart Johnson said following the visit. “MSC Cruises is one of our cruise partners, and the Government and the port will continue to work diligently to continue to grow our cruise numbers for 2019-2020 season and beyond as more cruise vessels come online.”
MSC Meraviglia, which first launched in 2017, is making its North American debut this cruise season out of Miami.
With capacity for more than 5,500 passengers, it is the lead ship of MSC’s “Vista Project” ships, and the largest of all MSC ships sailing from the United States.
This week is the ship’s first-ever Caribbean sailing.
“The inaugural call of MSC Meraviglia was another significant occasion and an important milestone for cruise tourism. We express our gratitude and appreciation to our cruise partners as we continue to work together to bring our cruise tourism to new heights,” Port St. Maarten Management said in a statement.


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Women who use permanent hair dye or chemical straighteners more frequently are more likely to get breast cancer.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health – a branch of the US Department of Health – revealed that breast cancer risk is increased if you use chemical hair products frequently.
The researchers tracked almost 50,000 women over eight years and found that women who regularly use permanent hair dye are nine percent more likely to get the disease as compared to those who don’t.
While women who use chemical hair straighteners every five to eight weeks are 30 percent more likely to get the disease as compared to those who don’t.
The reason behind this is that chemicals get into the skin through the scalp. To avoid the risk of breast cancer, women must avoid using permanent hair dye or chemical straighteners.
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 5,000 chemicals are used in hair dye products which are very harmful.
This recent study was published in the International Journal of Cancer that reveals that women who use permanent hair dye or chemical straighteners more frequently are more likely to get breast cancer.
Dr. Alexandra White, the corresponding author, said: “Researchers have been studying the possible link between hair dye and cancer for a long time, but results have been inconsistent. In our study, we see a higher breast cancer risk associated with hair dye use, and the effect is stronger in African American women, particularly those who are frequent users.”
However, Professor Paul Pharoah, cancer epidemiology at the University of Cambridge, said that there is no good evidence to prove that the hair dyes or chemical straighteners increase the risk of cancer.
Professor Pharoah also said that women “who have used such products in the past should not be concerned about their risks.”
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Disney+ announced Tuesday it will add more Marvel live-action series titles and update its parental controls as a result.
Details: The shows — many of which were originally on Netflix — include:
- “Jessica Jones”
- “Luke Cage”
- “Iron Fist”
- “The Defenders”
- “The Punisher”
- “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Parental controls: Disney+ will also release an update to its parental control settings in the U.S.
- All subscribers will be prompted to update their settings, the company said in a release emailed to Deseret News.
Why it matters: The decision to add these Netflix-based Marvel shows suggests that some of those Marvel comic book characters could enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- At the same time, the decision suggests Disney+ is beginning to add more mature and adult content to its platform.
The bigger picture: Puck News reported in 2021 that there’s an ongoing discussion within Disney+ about whether or not to keep the streaming service family-friendly.
- In fact, former CEO and current Executive Chairman Bob Iger wanted to keep Disney+ family-friendly, while current Disney CEO Bob Chapek wanted to add more mature content to reach new audiences.
- An unnamed source told Puck News: “Notice that Netflix spends insane amounts and makes a ton of crap. A handful of phenom hits in a giant pile of crud.”


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Colombia has restricted transportation trucks from entering the country at the Ecuador-Colombia border claiming that the truckers undercut Colombian transportation businesses, RCN Radio reports.
Pedro Aguilar Rodriguez, president of the Colombian Truckers Association, explained that most foreign vehicles do not only transport merchandise from their own country but take jobs within Colombia and effect the interests of Colombian drivers.
“They come loaded with fuel from their country, which is much cheaper than the fuel that is sold in Colombia. Consequently, cargo companies hire them [at a cheaper price] to the detriment of Colombian interests…About 400 trucks enter Colombia on a daily basis,” Aguilar states.
Truckers have petitioned the Colombian government to limit the number of trucks allowed into the country and to put a halt to the increase in fuel prices.
The restrictions affect transportation routes between Ecuador to Venezuela.


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Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem today issued a cease and desist order against George Donald Nelson III and Karla Ann Nelson, doing business as Baron Buildings, LLC, and AG Pro Buildings, LLC, for violations of the consumer fraud laws and for providing contractor services without a North Dakota contractor’s license.
Authorities allege that a contractor broke into a rural Mayville, N.D., home and cut a plastic hot-water line beneath the kitchen sink, creating a leak that caused thousands in water damage while the homeowners were away.
Douglas M. Strand, 32, of Mayville, is being held in the Traill County Jail on felony charges of burglary and criminal mischief. He’s set to make his initial appearance Wednesday in state District Court in Hillsboro, N.D.
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A contractor who left North Dakota more than 20 years ago wants to invest in his home state.
“North Dakota has treated me well, and now it’s time to bring some of that back,” Minot native Dean Myers said.
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A senior government for Chinese technology massive Huawei stated Thursday that he hopes the organization’s animosity with the USA might be resolved and warned that the USA can be taking pictures inside the foot if it has been to shun the Chinese generation.
Mika Lauhde, Huawei’s vice-president for cyber-protection and privacy, instructed The Associated Press that he hopes for a “wonderful resolution” of the standoff with the US authorities and brought that his employer isn’t the “nucleus of the problem,” pointing to the broader exchange warfare between America and China. The US has imposed sanctions in opposition to the arena’s No. 1 network system company and second-largest telephone maker, arguing that it’s far legally beholden to the Chinese government, which can use its products for cyberespionage. Huawei denies those accusations. Laude advised the AP that America would be “using itself right into a corner” if it had been to sever all ties with Huawei and different Chinese technology agencies. “If they’re disconnecting themselves from all of us, this is (going to) occur vice versa as well,” he stated, alluding to feasible Chinese reaction. Some cyber-safety professionals say that Washington, through going as a way to warn other international locations towards running with Huawei movements, will only further inspire China to grow to be extra technically self-reliant and divide the world into tech camps.
Laude rejected the inspiration of a complete split inside the tech enterprise. “I don’t agree with that we’d be establishing two specific camps,” he advised the AP. “I nevertheless accept as true with that we are operating together.” Technical ties among China and Russia, for one, are increasing. On Wednesday, Russia’s primary mobile operator MTS and Huawei introduced a deal to broaden 5G networks in Russia mutually. Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the ceremony at the Kremlin. The technology sector changes rapidly. It seems like every day; a new gadget is being made available to the public. A good tech news blog or website is a great way to stay informed for those “techies” interested in the latest and most significant technological information. The best ones will report on the latest happenings and advances in the tech world. This can be great for those who care about such things.
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A new online electronics superstore is catering to consumers who prefer to pay with bitcoins.
Bitcoinstore, an online seller of computers, monitors, cameras and other electronics, opened for business recently with the promise of undercutting competitors who accept only conventional payments.
The store styles itself after sites like Amazon.com, NewEgg.com, and Rakuten.com (formerly Buy.com). Whereas those retailers do not accept bitcoins, the Bitcoinstore accepts bitcoins as payment exclusively.
Bitcoin is a virtual means of payment that enables people to transact anonymously. Among other things, Bitcoin performs many of the same functions as payment systems such as Visa or PayPal, including allowing users to pay for purchases online.
Unlike those services, however, Bitcoin carries no merchant fee. Bitcoinstore's founders claim this allows them to discount up to 10% from the retail price of items. They also say they hope Bitcoinstore will lure new consumers to the digital currency, which has roughly 500,000 users worldwide, according to one estimate.
“We’re hoping to open up the fold, to aggressively pursue people who haven’t used Bitcoin yet,” says Jon Holmquist, Bitcoinstore’s head of marketing.
Bitcoinstore also features links to online exchanges where consumers can buy bitcoins using a credit card, checking account or PayPal. The retailer stocks its virtual shelves with merchandise from Ingram Micro, the world’s largest wholesaler of computers. Bitcoinstore pays Ingram Micro in dollars, Holmquist says.
Bitcoinstore’s opening follows a beta test of the service in November. Its model follows a similar tactic employed by SCVNGR, the company behind the LevelUp mobile payment system. This week, 20 LevelUp merchants chose to ban credit and debit cards for a day to encourage their customers to use LevelUp instead.
To date, Bitcoinstore has sold roughly $50,000 worth of merchandise, according to Holmquist, who adds the retailer aims to garner $850,000 worth of orders by the end of March. To spur sales, the store plans to offer all merchandise at wholesale prices throughout the month of March.
Holmquist says that he and Bitcoinstore founder Roger Ver, who founded an online store that sells computer memory, would like to see Amazon and other online retailers accept Bitcoin. “That is the goal,” Holmquist says. “We’ve talked with them, we’ve pleaded with them, we’ve begged them, we started this site,” he adds.
Spokespeople for Amazon, NewEgg and Rakuten.com, which was formerly Buy.com, did not comment immediately on whether their sites plan to accept bitcoins. PayPal also did not immediately provide comment.
As Holmquist describes it, consumers and merchants may be ready to use Bitcoin because the tender offers an alternative to fees and chargebacks that Amazon Payments, Stripe, Google Wallet and other upstart services cannot offer. "I think people are just switching providers, but the providers are not solving the problem," Holmquist adds.
Bitcoinstore’s opening follows an announcement recently by Reddit, a social news and entertainment website, that it accepts bitcoins as payment for Reddit Gold, a subscription service. In November, WordPress, the world’s most popular blogging platform, began accepting bitcoins as payment.


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June 30, 2020
Although many Fourth of July events have been cancelled this year, the Charlotte Museum of History has a full week of virtual celebrations planned. See below for information on the events.
Join us virtually to celebrate the ideals of the Declaration of Independence with a week-long celebration culminating in a re-broadcast of last year’s Naturalization Ceremony.
● Monday, June 29: Check out online resources from the museum that celebrate our nation’s ideals of independence and liberty and provide historical context for the Fourth of July holiday.
● Tuesday, June 30: Explore the museum’s vaults in a new online video that features some of the museum’s special independence themed collection items.
● Wednesday, July 1: Watch a ringing of the American Freedom Bell online. It’s the largest ground-level bell in the nation and was dedicated at the turn of the millennium.
● Thursday, July 2: Join an independence-themed Lunch & Learn on Zoom. Register online at charlottemuseum.org/events to receive the Zoom link.
● Friday, July 3: Get instructions for a firecracker-themed craft that the whole family can do together using common household items.
● Saturday, July 4: Celebrate the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship by watching a rebroadcast of last year’s U.S. Oath & Naturalization Ceremony at the museum.
All content will be available on the Museum’s Facebook page, website (https://charlottemuseum.org/independence-day-celebrations/), and YouTube channel. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!


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Echoing the trend that is occurring across the GCC, rent and food price rises remain the main drivers of inflation. Rental costs rose by 16 per cent while food costs rose by 9.2 per cent.
A weak US dollar has been blamed as one of the other main factors behind regional inflation, with GCC governments unable to increase interest rates to tackle rising prices as their currencies are pegged to the dollar.
Kuwait ended its peg to the dollar in May 2007, when it began to track a basket of currencies, but the dollar still constitutes a large part of that basket. Since May last year the dinar has only risen about 9 per cent against the dollar.
The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce recently estimated inflation in the UAE was around 14 per cent in 2007, while National Bank of Abu Dhabi put the figure at 10.9 per cent. Inflation in Saudi Arabia rose to 10.5 per cent April, while in Oman it was 11.6 per cent in March. Qatari inflation was 13.7 per cent for 2007.
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Just when you thought Microsoft did the seemingly impossible by releasing a Windows 10 update without any hitches, people started blaming the cumulative update released on March 2 for serious performance issues in Destiny 2, among other games.
As of Monday, Redditors claimed that cumulative update KB4482887 caused lag spikes, delayed mouse input and performance drops in Destiny 2, as well as older games like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. One commenter said their system equipped with an RTX 2080 Ti graphics card in SLI hit less than 60 frames per second after they installed this update.
The issues appear to affect both Nvidia and AMD graphics cards. Uninstalling KB4482887 was said to resolve all problems, which most likely means it caused them. It could also be driver issues, though, or something with the games. Complaints on platforms like Reddit can't really be used to gauge the severity of a problem.
Microsoft appears to have an employee who goes by "srepaka" on Reddit encouraging people to share more information about issues with gaming KB4482887. That purported employee has also been assuring people that the performance issues probably weren't caused by the Retpoline mitigation of Spectre Variant 2, which was made default in the new release.
This is just the latest in a series of problems Microsoft's had with the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. We won't rehash everything, but suffice it to say that even after the update was repeatedly delayed, it had enough problems that Microsoft didn't start rolling it out to everyone until mid-January.
Now the question is whether Destiny 2 players want to risk performance issues by installing KB4482887 or delay having the Retpoline mitigation on their systems.
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Congress and the courts long have tried to balance regulations to try to protect consumers while giving companies space to
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They come in all qualities.
Some are crude. They have blurry borders or numbers. Or maybe the portrait is dull or the paper is either too thick or too thin. It doesn't feel right to the fingers.
Some, though, are sharp and crisp. They look real. They feel real. Maybe the serial number gives them away. Maybe it's the lack of tiny red and blue fibers embedded throughout the paper.
But those are things people hardly ever look for.
There is an influx of counterfeit bills being passed around Fort Wayne this year, many of which are spent at fast food restaurants, gas stations or during deals made in dimly lit parking lots.
As of the beginning of this month, Fort Wayne Police have taken 115 reports involving fake money so far this year. In all of 2011, police took 74 reports involving counterfeit bills.
And with technology allowing nearly anyone with access to a computer and printer the ability to print their own money, it's hard to say where it's all coming from.
"Compared to 10 years ago, it's a lot easier to make," said Det. David Ladig, who works in the city police department's financial crimes division.
"It's of better quality, for lack of a better term."
Combatting fake bills
The United States Secret Service was originally created in 1865 to suppress counterfeit money, and it remains one of the agency's main duties today.
In 2011, the agency recovered $154.7 million in passed and seized counterfeit currency and arrested nearly 3,000 people suspected of playing a role in counterfeit schemes.
Also, 60 percent of the counterfeit currency passed in the United States last year was produced using digital printing, compared with less than 1 percent in 1995, according to the secret service's year-end report.
"Trends in counterfeiting have been influenced in recent years by computer-based technologies," the report reads. "Personal computers and advancements in digital printing technology make it possible to manufacture a passable counterfeit note with relative ease."
To combat counterfeiters, the government has made modern bills with a slew of security features for people to look for in case they suspect they are not getting the real thing.
Primarily, watermarks bearing the portrait of the person on the bill – Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin – and vertical security threads identifying the denomination are hard to fake.
There is also microprinting in different areas of each denomination, according to the secret service, and the portraits should appear "lifelike," not "lifeless and flat."
Sometimes, the mind knows something is wrong with a bill before it begins to put together the specifics, though.
"The first thing is it probably doesn't look right," Ladig said. "Sometimes it doesn't feel right. Sometimes the paper is too thick or too thin. If it doesn't feel right, pull another bill out of your purse or wallet and compare them."
Many businesses have cashiers use special pens or markers that are advertised as a quick way to detect fake currency, but that hasn't stopped people from trying to pay with counterfeit bills.
Spending the bills
Someone at a local Subway spotted some fake bills last month, but it was too late.
Five $20 notes and a $10 bill were all bearing the same serial number, according to a Fort Wayne Police report. The bills also did not have an inside security strip.
The man who brought them in to the southwest-side restaurant on Aug. 16 appeared to be in his 20s, the report said. He wore black shorts and a gray sweatshirt with the hood up to conceal his hair color from security cameras.
Additional information and details in the police report are redacted.
It's not clear how the bills ended up in the hands of Subway staff, but a detective asked one employee if he is allowed to swap out money.
No arrest has been made, but the case represents a relatively unusual one in Fort Wayne.
Many counterfeit cases city police are called about involve just one or two fake bills. There will be a $50 bill at a gas station, maybe a $20 bill at the sandwich shop or a $100 bill somewhere else.
Not multiple bills at the same location, at least not often.
"We've had some people with 11 $100 bills," Ladig said. "It does happen."
Most are like one last month, where two phony $100 bills were found at an apartment while police were investigating a domestic dispute. No arrests were made, however.
This month, a south-side furniture store called police after someone tried to present a fake $100 bill, but the man left and no arrests were made.
A south side McDonald's was hit with several counterfeit bills at the beginning of this year, all from different transactions and involving different currencies.
Each time, employees noticed the fake bills and no losses were reported, according to police reports.
And nobody was caught, which isn't unusual.
Typically, Ladig said, people with counterfeit money spend it during busy hours at fast food restaurants, hoping that young cashiers won't notice any flaws in the money.
Garage sales are hit sometimes, but people who deal on websites like www.craigslist.com come across counterfeit bills relatively frequently, according to Ladig.
"If you're going to get fake money, you're probably going to find it while dealing with someone in a dim parking lot," he said, referring to transactions occurring over meetings made on sites like craigslist.
According to a police report, a man accused of using fake money to order a meal at a McDonald's earlier this year told police he got counterfeit $20 bills while making change for a man at a gas station down the street.
"He stated that he gave him a $50 bill and in turn received two $20 that he paid with and two $5 bills," the report said.
Last owner loses
The sad reality of receiving a fake bill is that whoever has it last is the one who loses, according to Ladig.
Police advise people who come into possession of a counterfeit note with no idea of how they got it or who gave it to them, to turn it into their financial institution. That financial institution will in turn give it to the secret service. That person, though, does not get a real bill in return.
Many businesses and citizens do end up calling police, but Ladig said police should be called when there is a reasonable idea of where the money came from. Otherwise, a report will probably be written, but it will be hard to catch anyone responsible for passing off the fake note.
"It would be useful to call the police if you have a large amount of money and know who gave it to you," Ladig said. "If it would take a crystal ball to figure out who gave it you, take it to your financial institution."


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Before we accept the loss of many low skilled manufacturing jobs as a major negative for the U.S. and that it should be halted and perhaps even reversed, it is important to put it in the context of what we know about the social impact of simple, repetitive work.
Globalization is nothing more than a trade war with production looking for a cheaper country to produce. If the president stayed in Washington and enforced the trade laws, far more jobs would be created, and the economy would recover.
Rather than performing its duty under the Constitution to regulate foreign commerce and enforce our trade laws, Washington puts on an act of creating jobs with stimulation for small business and refuses to get in the trade war.
The Democrats lost the House, and Nancy Pelosi the Speaker's gavel, because of the Senate's dysfunction. Many, if not most, I would wager, of the 400+ bills passed by the House had simple majorities in the Senate.


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BORED BENDER: Bored Ape Yacht Club Member HolySmonkey Made A $376K USD Purchase While Drunk!
This Bored Ape Yacht Club member was on a bored bender Tuesday night that ended with a trippy purchase!
Longtime BAYC member HolySmonkey purchased Bored Ape #4743 from Wallet 0x343fB last night for 300 Eth or $376,000 USD.
Bored Ape #4743 is a six-trait trippy fur primate with a party hat, a Vietnam Jacket and heart glasses. Based on these traits, Bored Ape #4743 is the 630th most rare primate, according to Rarity Tools.
After their purchase, the Bored Ape Gazette reached out to HolySmonkey to find out why they aped into this trippy ape.
“I got excited after @BoredApeYC released the video of the trial of Jimmy,” HolySmonkey said. “So, I have been accumulating Yuga assets since, including 5 doggos, Apecoins for staking, and this party trippy is handsome af like me. Most importantly, I’m drunk.”
Purchasing Trippy apes on Tuesday nights is nothing new for HolySmonkey. As the Bored Ape Gazette previously reported, the notable collector purchased Bored Ape #5979 for 215 Eth or $341,000 USD on Tuesday November 1st, 2022.
After last night’s purchase, HolySmonkey now holds five Bored Apes, three Mutant Apes and seven Bored Ape Kennel Club Dogs, according to Etherscan data. Take a look at their collection below:
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Your grandfather called them his longjohns. At Hennes & Mauritz AB these days, they’re trousers. The Swedish retailer, which typically takes inspiration from the catwalk, today is introducing a new menswear line that pays homage to the company’s history. H&M dusted off material from Mauritz Widforss, one of its two predecessor companies, to create the “Mauritz Archive,” a collection that includes $39.95 long
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The world's second-biggest apparel retailer Hennes & Mauritz on Thursday unexpectedly posted a small decrease in July like-for-like sales, the first monthly drop since March.
BERLIN, Germany — Danish fashion store magnate Anders Holch Povlsen has bought 10 percent of Europe's biggest online fashion retailer Zalando, continuing a push into booming e-commerce.
TOKYO, Japan— Fast Retailing Co., Asia’s largest clothing retailer, joined Inditex SA and Hennes & Mauritz AB in signing an accord to improve factory safety in Bangladesh after an April garment complex collapse killed more than 1,000 people.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Budget fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz launched an e-commerce operation in the United States on Thursday, taking on rivals in the world's biggest online market.


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A food truck that offers Jamaican dishes will soon bring their cuisine to Bucks County resides as they set up shop in Warminster.
Menagerie Foods, originally based out of Hatboro, will be opening a new location on East County Line Road in Warminster. The Jamaican-style eatery offers classic dishes beloved by natives of the island and Americans who visit similar establishments on a regular basis.
The new spot will be operated by owners and chefs Dani Amos, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, and Cory Cohen, who has a long history in the Philadelphia restaurant scene.
Currently, the food truck continues to serve people through catering and a food trailer, going to businesses, weddings, and other social gathering events.
“Keep your eyes peeled for more information as we get closer to opening,” the eatery said on social media. “None of this would be possible without the support and love we’ve gotten from everybody.”
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Established in 2007, SuperGirl Pro, the world’s largest women’s surfing event of its kind, includes top ranked pros from the WSL Championship tour. The free event, sponsored by Paul Mitchell and Snikwah Performance Apparel, will feature a weekend filled with surfing, a festival village with female-inspired apparel and accessories, athlete autograph signings and many activities. Entertainment includes musicians, dancers, fitness classes, inspirational speakers and a food and beer garden.
Top pros who have participated in SuperGirl Pro include Bethany Hamilton, Carissa Moore, Coco Ho, Lakey Peterson, Malia Manuel, Courtney Conologue, Alessa Quizon, Alana Blanchard, Sage Ericson and Jazmine Dean.
Dean, a Snikwah brand ambassador, will be debuting at SuperGirl Pro this year after a number of competitions worldwide, where she has shown impressive rankings.
“I’m so stoked about SuperGirl.” Dean said. “I’ve been looking forward to competing for a while now. The best surfers in the world compete there.”
The competition is a make-or-break moment for Dean as she competes against pros she normally doesn’t get to compete against.
“We are excited to be a part of SuperGirl Pro and supporting such an impressive group of athletes. They represent the very best in the world,” said Snikwah CEO Roy Smith.
Snikwah, this year’s apparel sponsor, will be providing the entire event staff and each SuperGirl Pro contestant an Original Snikwah performance shirt. This shirt has an UPF 50+ rating and helps regulate body temperature.
More than 70,000 are expected to watch these female athletes perform.
In addition to a national TV audience of more than 1 million viewers, the SuperGirl Pro will also reach over 3 million through social media and live streams.
SuperGirl Pro will be filmed and turned into a docudrama to be aired on Fox Sports Network. The premier date will be posted on SuperGirlJam.com.
A SuperGirl Pro webcast will go live on Monday, Aug. 10.
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To meet ambitious plans, the city must install thousands of EV chargers by 2030
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The Big Apple wants to go green. First it needs to figure out where to put thousands of chargers needed for electric vehicles as the state phases out the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and trucks by 2035.
Drivers in New York largely rely on street parking and lack homes with driveways or garages where they could install private chargers. As a result, it will need thousands of additional public charging locations to spur wider EV adoption. So far, fewer than 1% of vehicles registered in the city are electric, according to state data.
City transportation officials estimated a need by 2030 for 40,000 publicly available plugs that would take several hours to recharge cars and 6,000 fast chargers that could repower a car in about 30 minutes. That goal is a far cry from the existing infrastructure, which includes around 1,300 pieces of equipment that are available to all EVs and charge over a period of several hours, according to U.S. Energy Department data. The city has 74 fast chargers outside of the network for Tesla drivers, according to Atlas Public Policy.
“It requires a large upfront capital investment and requires a lot of confidence that you’ll have a pretty immediate utilization to justify that upfront investment,” said Paul Suhey, co-founder and chief operating officer at charging and ride-share provider Revel Transit Inc., which operates the city’s largest public fast-charging hub in Brooklyn.
Challenges include expensive real estate, permitting snarls and supply-chain slowdowns, issues likely to be repeated across the country as dense urban areas try to add more chargers, analysts and companies say. Equipment that delivers a quick charge and requires massive amounts of power can be especially tricky to build and operate with few EVs on the road.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said New York’s climate goals require a significant drop in transportation emissions, and the state will spend $1 billion over the next five years on chargers statewide. Like California, it will limit gasoline-powered auto sales, which would apply to new passenger vehicles beginning in 2035.
Limited charging availability is one of the biggest barriers to people buying EVs, said Adam Ruder, assistant director for clean transportation at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. “The challenge of people who can’t charge at home or can’t easily charge at home is a real one.”
In New York City and Westchester County, utility Consolidated Edison Inc. will pay for system upgrades needed to support EV chargers. Raghu Sudhakara, director of e-mobility at the utility, said developer interest has been strong for fast chargers, with 1,000 applications filed, but charging companies will likely need government and utility subsidies for years.
“The market is not at a sustainable level as yet. There’s just not enough cars to use all these chargers and get the utilization up,” Mr. Sudhakara said.
Many auto makers plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles, but analysts say drivers must see public chargers to feel comfortable purchasing an EV. The federal government is offering billions in tax credits for EV purchases as well as tax credits and other funding for the charging build-out.
To overcome today’s limited demand, developers in some instances are bringing their own fleets of EVs to boost charging needs ahead of wider adoption.
Revel is developing five more sites in New York City with a total of 136 chargers. A Revel location can draw as much power as a skyscraper.
The BlackRock-backed company has raised $176 million to pay for the charging build-out.
Many charging-site owners will likely qualify for an array of state and federal subsidies, but executives say that even with public funding they need fast chargers to be used about a quarter of the time for a site to make financial sense. Revel’s own fleet of 200 ride-share Teslas charge once or twice daily, driving use of the 25 Brooklyn chargers to around 41%. Otherwise, the equipment would be in use around 4% of the day, Mr. Suhey estimated. Customers include individual EV owners, ride-share drivers and light-duty delivery vehicles.
Likewise, fast-charging company Gravity Inc. will open to the public but also charge its fleet of taxis and ride-share EVs. It plans to open a 24-charger location in a Midtown Manhattan garage this quarter, said Chief Executive Moshe Cohen.
The project was initially slated for opening in 2021 and has taken “a lot longer than I wanted it to take,” Mr. Cohen said, noting that it involved redesigning and manufacturing chargers for tight spaces and tying into the existing power system for the building.
“For a lot of people this is all brand-new stuff, even for literally the experts,” Mr. Cohen added.
Consolidated Edison aims for 18,500 slower chargers within its territory by 2025—about seven times what exists now—and it hopes to triple the number of fast chargers to 457, said Mr. Sudhakara.
New York City wants to add 10,000 streetside chargers for use overnight or while people are at work. That presents challenges because drivers never know exactly where they will luck into a parking spot, said Joseph Chow, an assistant professor at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.
Curbside charging startups aim to make equipment ubiquitous but unobtrusive.
“In cities like New York no one’s going to want anything that looks like a gas pump on their residential tree-lined blocks,” said Tiya Gordon, co-founder of It’s Electric Inc., which does business as itselectric and plans to give drivers their own cord to avoid sidewalk trip hazards. It plans a pilot with Hyundai Motor Group this winter to install its first curbside chargers in Brooklyn.
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Next Wave: She can capitalize Calendly’s Tope Awotona was made in Lagos JANUARY 31, 2021 This newsletter is a weekly in-depth analysis of tech and innovation in Africa that will serve as a post-pandemic guide. Subscribe here to get it directly in your inbox every Sunday at 3 pm WAT Hello, “I am the best […]
Last April, Future Africa put out a call for aspiring investors to pool funds into a co-investment community funding African innovation. By December, the firm had 160 members, reviewed over 600 funding proposals, and invested more than $1million in 16 startups. It’s an encouraging output for the Nigeria-based firm that invests between $25k and $250k […]
On the 19th of January, Future Africa, together with LocalGlobe, set out to answer this question with an event titled “A 10-year view of Entrepreneurship in Africa”.
When someone in the event’s chat room says “then stop introducing yourselves as the Amazon of Africa,” Klein responded, “We never called ourselves the Amazon of Africa. We call ourselves Jumia.”


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Hyper local delivery startup Roadrunnr have been forced to change the Brand name to Runnr after an unknown company filed a lawsuit against Roadrunnr over an intellectual property right. Roadrunnr will also change their domain name to runnr.co.in.
While the company hasn’t shared the details of who has filed the lawsuit against them, we believe it could be Time Warner Cable’s Roadrunner.com (a media property). For now, Roadrunnr has moved to a new brand + domain name, runnr.co.in. The company raised $11mn
“The CCTV footage clearly shows how violent some of these guys were and to our surprise they didn’t even belong to our fleet. Very clearly this is a planned attack.”
Between November 9 and 15, PepperTap will offer a chance to its customers to associate with its Diwali campaign and allow customers to donate clothes, stationery and toys. Roadrunnr, a hyperlocal logistics company will distribute plantable bookmarks with the deliveries they make on November 11th and 12th.
The company is testing the service with 15 scooters and plans to scale up the service to 100 vehicles this month. The electric scooters have been sourced from Bangalore-based Go GreenBOV, come with a 10-year warranty and have inbuilt GPS. Roadrunnr says using electric scooters has helped reduced fuel costs from Rs 300 to Rs 10 per day.


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14 MARCH= IMPORTANT UPDATE, AUDIO FILE ADDED OF INTERVIEW AT END OF POST
Are you a struggling American, having a hard time making ends meet, about to loose your home or job? Well, while you are going without and suffering, rejoice, because AIPAC and Israel are stealing your money by abusing the Fair Trade Agreement. A very scary piece written by Ray Hanania at Arab Writers Group.
Israel’s government abuses Free Trade Agreement with US
Americans lose billions in revenues and thousands of jobs
IRmep Director Grant Smith explained this week, is the trade secrets provided by American businesses to negotiate a favorable program have been obtained by Israel’s government and by AIPAC, Israel’s powerful lobbying organization that silences Israel’s critics in American business and in the United States House and Senate.
“The US government solicited confidential business information from affected businesses and trade associations to share their trade secrets, market share, and other sensitive information with the US government to negotiate the best deal,”
“Israel was the very first beneficiary of a free trade agreement with the US. But last year, new details were revealed about how Israel and the lobbying group AIPAC obtained the business trade secrets submitted by American companies.”
US industry, counter espionage agencies and the US Trade Representative (USTR) continue to combat the misuse of intellectual property of US companies obtained by Israeli companies exporting to the world, and preferentially to the US market.
According to a petition drafted by the American Coalition for Fair Trade to be filed April 6, 2009, the trade deficit with Israel continues to increase at a great cost to the American people.
READ IT ALL HERE
Just released 14 March, audio file of interview that Ray Hanania did with with Gary Smith via Radio Chicago on 11th March take this LINK to listen and please pass this on!!!


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The new info about electric version of the Porsche Macan CoupeApril 1, 2019
Apparently, starting with the new generation compact Porsche Macan crossover, the approach of the German brand to electrify its model range will be greatly changed. As part of his interview, the official representative of the brand spoke about the new product.
It is now known that the German Porsche brand completely abandons the internal combustion engine for the Macan compact crossover of the next generation, which will be released in 2021. This will not mean the cessation of production of a model with an internal combustion engine, since the current generation crossover will peacefully coexist with the all-electric version of the model for an indefinite amount of time.
In an interview with the Dutch magazine AutoRAI, Dr. Michael Steiner, a member of the Porsche AG research and development board of directors, revealed additional details about the future of Macan.
Mr. Steiner confirmed that the model with the traditional internal combustion engine will still be available after the debut of the next-generation Macan crossover, adding that this version of the car will remain on sale “for several years.” As for the electric performance of the crossover, Steiner says that Porsche is now also creating names for an electric motor crossover – the “Turbo” prefix is not very suitable for a car that does not have a traditional internal combustion engine.
With the advent of a new generation of models, Macan can get new body types. According to Steiner, is considered a version of the “coupe” in the same spirit as the recently released Cayenne Coupe. Not only that, but Porsche is also analyzing the prospects for creating a Macan “with more space.” A spokesperson for the company calls both potential models “interesting,” but it is too early to tell whether any of them will survive to the presentation.
- Electric crossover Ioniq 5 unveiledin the screenshot
- New Toyota Land Cruiser 300 will be available for pre-order in March
- Mazda MX-5 turned into a retro roadster
- Ford to recall US police cars
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World’s Second Largest Mobile Golf Game Celebrates Milestones While Inviting Players to Hit the Links in New Anniversary In-game Events
SAN FRANCISCO-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, StarLark, a subsidiary of Zynga Inc., announced it is celebrating the fourth anniversary of its popular fantasy-themed mobile golf game, Golf Rival, with multiple upcoming in-game events for players. To celebrate the title’s exciting growth, StarLark is sharing important milestones from the past four years as it looks to the future.
Four-year Anniversary Milestones
Golf Rival provides mobile golf enthusiasts around the world with adrenaline-packed player vs. player (PvP) competition filled with over-the-top moments like long-distance dunk shots and trick shots. Since its launch in 2018, the game has achieved the following milestones:
Over 30 Million Game Downloads to date: And still growing!
5 Million Matches in One
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GST Council may give 1-year extension to anti-profiteering authority
The NAA is keen for a two-year extension, the official said, adding the final call will be taken by the GST Council in its meeting on June 21.
New GST return system for taxpayers: Here are all the details
The GST Council has introduced a new return system for taxpayers in its 31st me...
Beware! Soaring mercury may not swell returns on AC stocks this summer
Analysts say the demand recovery may not help bottom lines or stock pr...
With new government, hopes of early inclusion of gas, ATF into GST fold brightens
The Ministry has already put a request for the inclusion of two fuels in the indirect tax system.
Companies to take GST audit exam; Experts want no penal action
This is the first time that GST returns and the accounts of companies will be scrutinised.
GST Council to meet on June 20, may fix Rs 50 cr turnover threshold for e-invoice under GST
The GST Council, which will meet on June 20, will take a final decision on the turnover threshold for issuance of e-invoice for B2B sales after consultation with states.
No material impact of flood cess on gold sales: Industry sources
Goods taxable at 1.5% State GST will attract a cess on value of 0.25%. Gold bullion and jewellery attracts GST (centre plus states) of 3%.
View: New government should hit the ground running on reforming the GST
A lot of items, at present, are outside the GST net. The new govt must improve its coverage.
Govt probes I-T and GST mismatch in crackdown against evaders
One of the most glaring gaps noticed by tax officials is the use of shell companies to make bogus claims. In several cases of fraudulent claims, identity theft was also noticed.
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In response to growing privacy concerns from U.S. and European lawmakers, Google announced that it will cut the amount of time it stores users’ IP addresses on its servers in half, reducing the retention period from 18 months to nine months.
After that period, the server logs will be anonymized so it becomes impossible to trace an IP address back to an individual. Google, which had previously cut its data-retention time in a nod to privacy concerns, has maintained that analyzing the server logs with full IP addresses collected over an extended period of time allows it to combat fraud, spam and other Internet threats.
“As the period prior to anonymization gets shorter, the added privacy benefits are less significant and the utility lost from the data grows,” Google’s chief privacy counsels wrote in a blog post. “So, it’s difficult to find the perfect equilibrium between privacy on the one hand, and other factors, such as innovation and security, on the other.”
The move comes as Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) faces increasing regulatory scrutiny, both as part of the growing concern that large Web companies might know more about their users that people would be comfortable with, and connected with the ongoing antitrust review of its advertising partnership with Yahoo.
While U.S. lawmakers have recently been ramping up their inquiry into Internet companies’ privacy safeguards, Google’s move was largely in response to the complaints of an advisory group to the European Union.
According to recent filings with the Federal Trade Commission, the policy change will make Google’s IP retention time the shortest of the big four Web companies.
In their FTC filings, Yahoo and AOL both said that they anonymized their logs after 13 months. Microsoft said it purged the addresses after 18 months.


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As a recent City Minister with 25 years experience of running financial businesses, but also as a mother of three, I am utterly convinced that our brightest days lie ahead of us when we vote to leave the European Union on June 23.
I do not believe for one minute that an emergency budget proposed last week by the Remain camp will be necessary. The UK is performing strongly: retail sales are up 6 per cent over the last year, our industrial production is up 1.6 per cent in the same period, and sterling is higher than it was when the Prime Minister came back with his negotiated reform deal. Our economy is outperforming all forecasts.
And our economic future is incredibly bright. We are the world’s 5th biggest economy, the 8th biggest manufacturer; we speak the world’s international business language; we have the best contract law and one of the most trusted judicial systems in the world. We have the most creative and innovative financial services sector anywhere; we have three of the top universities in the world and, according to the World Bank, the most powerful capital city on earth.
Being in the EU has held back our trading prospects. In the last 53 years, medium-sized Switzerland and Singapore, a city-state, have struck trade deals worth five times as much as the agreements the EU has pitifully managed.
The EU, with 28 member states, struggles to agree terms of trade, with so many varying interests, yet prevents us from striking our own way in the world.
So when we take back control and Vote Leave on June 23, there is absolutely no reason to break our election promises, made only a year ago, to give extra money to our NHS, to ring-fence our school budgets, to continue cutting taxes for the lowest paid and to protect our pensioners. To inflict so much pain would not just be totally unacceptable, it would also be self defeating.
Even if the continual scaremongering of the Remain side were to create short term uncertainty after a vote to leave, then a temporary fiscal stimulus would be the obvious choice instead of punishing the poor. Government 10 year interest rates have fallen to a record low : borrowing is cheaper than ever.
When we vote to leave on June 23, our economy, already doing better than any other in the developed world, will experience a boost from the newfound freedom to set up tariff free trade with the 80 per cent of the world that is not in the Single Market!
Our friends in the EU will need, for the sake of their own jobs and businesses, to continue to trade tariff free with us. And of course there will be the “Independence Dividend” of £10 billion each year.
This net payment to the EU could cover the cost of paying down our deficit, or allow us to invest £100 million a week in the NHS. Or it could let us scrap Vat on fuel bills for the poorest.
When we Vote Leave, the Prime Minister has said he intends to use Article 50, the EU approved-method by which a Member State permanently leaves the EU. It is designed specifically to ensure an orderly exit, prevent the need for emergency measures and remove the risk of an economic shock to either the departing member or the remainder of the bloc. It will mean there are at least two years of negotiations before the UK is finally free of the EU shackles.
The two years will give us enough time to negotiate continued free trade with the EU; to ensure “presumption of continuity” with all those countries we currently have free trade with as an EU member; and to initiate free trade deals with key trading partners around the world, where average time to set up a deal is just over two years.
The Treasury’s scaremongering economic assumptions talk our country down. They assume we get only a basic trade deal with the EU; they bizarrely assume that in 15 years we won’t manage to negotiate a single new trade deal, even with those where we already have one as an EU member; and to cap it all they assume that the failure to negotiate free trade would mean that our productivity would drop off a cliff. Not surprisingly, with those ridiculous assumptions, a forecast of gloom pops out of the economic model.
In the meantime, the European continent is the slowest growing continent on earth, apart from Antarctica. The EU’s share of the world’s economy is shrinking; youth unemployment in Southern Europe is up to 50 per cent. Greece has lost a quarter of her economy, and their debt repayments keep coming, and keep being missed. It’s a total disaster, and one that will cost the UK dearly in our democracy, in our trade and in our incomes if we don’t throw off the shackles.
I believe in our country. The EU is yesterday’s game. Our future is global. Take back control. Vote Leave on Thursday.


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Samsung Electronics extended its lead over Intel during the first half of 2018, growing its worldwide semiconductor sales 36% from a year earlier, while Intel posted an increase of 13%, IC Insights reports. Of the top 15 chip vendors, measured by revenue, seven gained more than 20% from the first six months of 2017, and five of the top suppliers are in the memory chip market, it was noted.
Hejian Technology (Suzhou) can proceed with a $365 million initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, a move cleared by shareholders of United Microelectronics. Chi Tung Liu, UMC's chief financial officer, told shareholders the IPO funds will be used to upgrade the foundry's existing wafer fabrication lines, purchase new production equipment and search for research and development talent.
European researchers report development and testing of a graphene-based phase modulator that tops silicon-based phase modulators in performance. The graphene device could have a profound impact on implementation of 5G cellular communications and optical networks, while also reducing mobile technology's carbon footprint, they say.
Nvidia's new $499 GeForce RTX cards will run on the company's new Turing architecture, which provides real-time tracing and AI capabilities. The company reports that with this architecture, the card can deliver 4K HDR gaming at 60 frames per second.
Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology came up with a transistor consisting of a solitary silver atom. The team gelled an aqueous silver electrolyte with pyrogenic silicon dioxide to produce an electrolyte gel containing the transistor, perched between two tiny metallic contacts.
Presentations at the annual Hot Chips conference in Silicon Valley are focused on the security of chip and computing architectures, in the wake of revelations this year on the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in many processors. Microsoft and Google each proposed hardware security architectures that could eliminate the need to patch such cybersecurity flaws.
Hermann Hauser, a co-founder of Arm Holdings, sees China ending the US dominance of the worldwide semiconductor industry. With Arm's sale to Japan's SoftBank Group in 2016, he laments that the UK's "only globally relevant [semiconductor] company is not European anymore."
The 3D NAND flash memory market has a new entrant, China's Yangtze Memory Technologies, as the incumbent suppliers continue their progress to stacking 96 layers and 128 layers in one memory chip, Mark LaPedus writes. TechInsights' Jeongdong Choe says, "It's a race for the highest number of stacks."
Worldwide mobile DRAM revenues reached about $8.87 billion in the second quarter, a record for the market, DRAMeXchange estimates. Thanks to an increase in smartphone production, particularly in Android-based models, mobile DRAM bit shipments and average selling prices rose in Q2, the market research firm said.
Power management chips will go through significant changes in the next two years to meet the low-power demands of such applications as automotive electronics, data centers and industrial automation, says Kong Lingmei of Texas Instruments. Lower power consumption is also being driven by the internet of things, smart home appliances and other applications, Kong adds.
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As the dust settles on Apple’s first Arm-based Macs and new M1 chip messages, it’s time to take stock of what this means for one of the industry’s largest computing ecosystems. The transition to arm CPUs is a major shift that will be felt throughout the industry in the coming years. The benefits of energy efficiency for consumers are obviously huge, but the change is likely to be a headache for software developers who need to go back and rebuild their apps.
While Apple appears to have produced some very powerful silicon based on initial reviews and tests from the technology sphere, the need for emulation means we have to take its performance requirements with a pinch of salt. After all, software emulation takes a toll on both performance and power consumption. We will soon be putting the chip and one of Apple’s new laptops through to find out for sure.
But what we can say is that this transition is already proving to be a pretext for greater ecosystem control.
Read more: What is the difference between ARM and x86 CPUs?
Increased reliance on the App Store
Changing the CPU architecture that drives your app ecosystem is no small feat. To help developers with the transition, Apple launched a new Xcode 12 development toolkit. To quote Apple, Xcode produces a binary “disk” for Apple Silicon and one for Intel. Then they pack them together as a single app package that can be shared or sent to the Mac App Store.
This is quite convenient as it means you can just tap install in the store without having to worry about downloading the right version. However, there is a clear push for developers to publish their recompiled apps to Apple’s store. Especially for older apps that may not have considered implementing the store several years ago. Microsoft has a similar solution that uses Visual Studio to produce Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps for the Microsoft Store.
Everyone likes a good app store for the sake of simplicity. However, developers must comply with several rules if they choose to publish on storefronts. Disagreements over terms and conditions gave rise to the lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games earlier in 2020. We should not forget that Apple also takes 30% of all sales on both mobile and Mac storefronts. Microsoft Office launch on Mac App Store was delayed while the two companies found out about app bundling and subscription issues. Historically, Apple’s tight control over in-store ecosystems works against the interests of app developers and users.
Apple takes 30% off both mobile and Mac app store sales.
That said, arm versions of Adobe Photoshop and Blizzard’s World of Warcraft are still installed through their respective launchers. Large companies can certainly exist outside the store. Apple does not force developers to break with self-hosted app installations. At least not yet. However, the lure of in-store exposure can make smaller developers play by Apple’s rules.
In addition, Apple seeks to increase cross-compatibility between MacOS and the far more closed iOS ecosystems. Arm-based iOS applications already run built-in on M1-powered Macs. The future goal is definitely apps that run smoothly on both platforms. However, there is no .dmg or .pkg for iOS, only the App Store, and Apple is not friendly to jailbreaking. Platform developers targeting iOS and Mac OS have no choice but to sign Apple’s T & Cs and pay 30% tax.
Goodbye Boot Camp and Hackintosh
Apple’s latest hardware announcement also has implications for two instances of niche use of its portable platform – Boot Camp and Hackintosh. Both are unlikely to continue working as Apple moves away from x86.
Apple has confirmed that Boot Camp support will not be available for Mac-based Macs. Microsoft only licenses the Arm version of Windows 10 to PC manufacturers. Therefore, there is little prospect of running native Arm Windows on Apple hardware. Instead, those who want to work with both operating systems on a single device will be limited to virtualization. However, it seems that popular virtualization software does not work with Apple’s Rosetta 2 emulation, so it will be necessary to rebuild it.
Apple has confirmed that Boot Camp support will not be available for Mac-based Macs.
The transition has similar implications for users who want to run Mac OS on non-Apple hardware. Mac OS continues to support x86 for now, so Hackintosh builders are safe in the medium term. But the distant picture points to only arm support before the turn of the millennium. Securing compatible hardware is set to become much more difficult if / when Apple phases out Intel support. Of course, we may have many more arm-based PC platforms before then. However, support from the shelf piece will depend on how deeply the company eventually integrates critical Mac OS functionality with its custom hardware.
Moving to Arm was certainly not designed to kill Boot Camp and Hackintosh. It’s just a side effect that also happens to limit consumers’ ability to interact with Apple’s ecosystem further.
Cutting ties with Intel means killing apps
Apple’s desire to end its reliance on Intel is no secret. Rumor has it that the company has not been happy with Intel’s chip progress for years, and Apple is paying the costs. It makes economic sense for the Cupertino company to leverage its mobile silicon team for laptops. But moving away from x86 relies on emulating old applications built for that architecture. Apple’s solution is Rosetta 2. However, it is very unlikely that the company intends to keep the emulation for very long. Rather, it is a tool to ease the transition period away from Intel and on its own silicon.
Some kind of deadline, even an unofficial one, encourages developers to actually compile native Arm apps instead of relying on emulation for years. However, older applications at the end of support schedules can never be recompiled. Similarly, Rosetta also cannot interpret a number of Intel CPU extensions, which means that some high-performance apps may not even work on Arm Mac computers.
Using internal processors rather than Intel will increase Apple’s bottom line.
No matter what, the clock is ticking for x86 applications on Mac OS. Apple has the form to kill emulators in a few years. The original Rosetta, released with OS X Tiger for PowerPC emulation during the switch to Intel, was discontinued by OS X Lion. Apple considered the transition complete after only three OS generations, though emulation support ended up extending over six years.
At some point in the not too distant future, old x86 applications will also stop running on Mac. This will be a headache for developers in the medium term. Still, Apple stands to gain with both a firmer grip on hardware and software as well as a healthier bottom line from internal chip sales.
Are there any benefits to platform control?
Apple abandoned PowerPC in 2006 due to a combination of slower clock speeds, sluggish innovation, and the expense of IBM processors. Today, similar pricing and innovation issues have raised their heads with Intel. Although for consumers, the improved performance per. Watt from moving to arm the biggest benefit.
However, the marginal improvement does not seem to be worth disturbing the entire Mac OS developer and consumer software ecosystem. After all, Intel Macbooks have decent battery life and good performance. It’s also strange that the company did not seem to be considering the increasingly potent chip portfolio at AMD.
The transition to Arm-silicon is as much about platform control as it is about driving innovation.
What Cupertino really wants is more control. First over the development plan and the internal processing of silicon. With internal processors, Apple can drive integrated imaging, machine learning and security features in the direction it wants. Deeper hardware and software integration seems inevitable. At the same time, Apple is providing greater leverage in the software space by switching to the Arm architecture. Tighter integration with its security APIs, app verification, biometrics, credit cards and payment info are all possible with new silicon and software APIs. As a result, developers are not so gently pushed into its app store to ensure product compatibility and make use of cross-platform support with iOS.
We are still some years away from the complete transition to Arm. However, Apple’s endgame is a tightly controlled, unified hardware and software ecosystem across wearables, mobile and PC. Whether this is in the interest of consumers remains to be seen.
Next: Does Google have an answer for Apple’s all-in-one ecosystem?


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ALDI partners with MyPlate to nutrition awareness
ALDI recently announced its new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ALDI, the discount grocer with more than 1,100 stores in 31 states, is launching a campaign this month that aligns with USDA nutrition messages and the MyPlate icon to encourage consumers to fill half their plate with fruits and vegetables.
“Partners like ALDI help us amplify the reach of our nutrition messages and prompt consumers to think about building a healthy plate at mealtime,” said Dr. Robert Post, deputy director of the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, in a press release. “MyPlate is an uncomplicated symbol that helps remind people to think about their food choices in a way that leads to healthier lifestyles.”
“This initiative coincides with the ALDI mission to provide the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices to our customers,” said Chuck Youngstrom, co-president, ALDI. “We want to play our part to help Americans fill half their plate with fruits and vegetables.”
The ALDI MyPlate campaign will reach more than 20 million customers each month by offering produce prices that are significantly lower than at traditional grocery retailers. In addition, each week, ALDI offers produce “Picks of the Week” that provide even greater savings on featured fruits and vegetables. This information will be promoted through weekly ALDI flyers and in store signage. The ALDI website will include recipes and nutrition tips created by a registered dietitian.
Nearly 90 percent of Americans fall short of the recommended daily servings of vegetables, and 80 percent fall short of fruit. ALDI aims to make it easy and affordable for people to fill half their plate with fruits and vegetables every day.
The USDA also recommends that consumers opt for store brands when possible in order to get the same or similar product for a lower price. The products at ALDI are a great fit for this recommendation. At ALDI, customers can expect to find more than 1,400 of the most frequently purchased items sold under ALDI exclusive brands for prices up to 50 percent less than traditional supermarkets. ALDI carries fresh, in-season fruits and vegetables and also offers fresh, high-quality USDA-inspected meats and dairy products at significant savings.
Recently, ALDI was recognized as the nation’s low price grocery leader, according to a consumer survey conducted by Market Force Information, Inc., the world’s leading customer intelligence solutions company. When asked to rank the top 10 grocers offering low prices, consumers ranked ALDI number one, ahead of competitors such as WalMart, Costco, Kroger, Meijer and Safeway.
Consumers can visit www.aldi.us to download recipes, tips and shopping lists. For more details about MyPlate, visit www.ChooseMyPlate.gov to find practical information about how to build healthier diets using resources and tools for dietary assessment and nutrition education.


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Still playing and enjoying Drake’s latest outing? Thanks to you and many others Uncharted 4 has sold very well in its first week. In its first week it sold a staggering 2.7 million copies, both physical and digital. In North America it did so well that Sony claims it’s the fastest-selling first-party game to date in the US.
These numbers include both physical and digital copies of the game, but is still an impressive number no matter how you looks at it. By comparison The Last of Us sold 3.4 million copies in the first 3 weeks, which Uncharted 4 will very likely smash by the time it’s been at retail for 3 weeks.
Shawn Layden, Chairman at Sony Interactive Worldwide Studios, had this to say about the good news:
[quote]Thank you to the team at Naughty Dog for delivering Uncharted 4, a stunning experience that sets a new bar for interactive entertainment. We are thrilled so many gamers have taken this journey with Nathan Drake and look forward to continuing to deliver epic gaming experiences available only on PlayStation[/quote]
That quote sounds like typical PR talk, but who are we to disagree? Congratulations to the team at Naughty Dog, and we’d also like to take this time to thank Neilan Naicker, a South African, who had a part to play in the development of the game. We featured Neilan here before.
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By Daniel Hunter
Britain’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are divided on their ambitions for growth in 2015, according to research from TalkTalk Business.
While just over 27% of SMEs feel very optimistic that they will achieve growth in the coming year, the remaining are less positive that they will meet their targets over the next 12 months, with a fifth admitting that they are unconvinced that growth will be achieved.
TalkTalk Business has also revealed the top five New Year’s Resolutions for small businesses in the UK with growing revenues (30%) and creating a happy workforce (20%) topping the list.
The top five New Year’s Resolutions for small businesses are:
1. Grow revenue
2. Create a happier workforce/maintain team morale
3. Expand the organisation
4. Operate a lean business and cut costs
5. Invest in new technology
The survey of 1000 SME business decision makers also highlighted that nearly 90% of SMEs believe broadband connectivity will be fundamental to the growth and success of their organisations in 2015.
As investment in new technology is identified as one of the top 5 priorities for SMEs this year, the importance of a reliable broadband connection is rising up the agenda of small businesses. With recent research revealing that 47% of small businesses aren’t getting good value for their broadband, 2015 is set to be the year that SMEs demand the technology which their businesses deserve.
“The beginning of a new year is a time for small businesses to plan for a prosperous 2015 and demonstrate the ambition that is needed for success,” said Charles Bligh, Managing Director of TalkTalk Business.
“However, with SMEs split on whether they can expect to achieve growth this year, small business decision makers need to take control and have the confidence to demand better value for their businesses in the coming 12 months.”
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A forthcoming TV show called Eat St., has just released an application which will help you find the best street food. The new series is starting in Canada on the Food Network on April 6 and on the Cooking Channel in the US on April 12.
The free application will allow users to find nearby street food vendors by location, popularity and food type. Once a vendor has been chosen users can look through information which includes the vendor’s menu, hours, location, specials, photos, and Twitter page.
Users can even tap the Google Maps image from the vendor’s page, and are then given exact directions to the food truck. The application already has over 2,000 popular food truck locations in 184 cities in North America and Canada.
You can find the best street food in your area in a matter of seconds with three simple taps on the device screen. Later versions of the application will offer a rating system, and integration into Facebook and Twitter. You can see a teaser video of the new TV show below, word of warning though; it will make you feel hungry.
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Consumer Alert: Want to know why inflation is at a 41-year high? Read on!
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The price you pay for food, rent and gas is high. You know that. But Tuesday we found out just how high. The consumer price index for March is out, and it’s a whopper. Consumer prices were 8.5% higher. That’s the highest year-over-year inflation rate since 1981.
The question is, why? That’s what a viewer named Lisa wants us to talk about. Monday she sent the newsroom an email critical of a story she saw on Sunday.
She wrote, “It is so despairing to listen to a report that leaves much unsaid. This is most often the case. Your report on inflation April 10 failed to state the reasons for it. Simply put, the rise in costs are due to pandemic +OPEC +Putin +gouging.”
Well, it’s Lisa’s lucky day because going In-Fepth about pocket-book issues is what we love to do in our Consumer Alerts. One of the factors that drove up inflation in March is the price you paid at the pump. Holy Cannoli! We hit an average of almost $4.50 a gallon in Rochester before prices finally started to creep down. And petroleum experts like Patrick Dehaan at GasBuddy say it’s all about supply and demand.
During the pandemic, OPEC cut production by an unprecedented 10 million barrels a day. But when our economy came roaring back, OPEC didn’t start to increase production until July of last year which was far too late. Add the war in Ukraine and voila! That’s an equation for $4.00 gas.
But gas stations weren’t the only places where your wallet is getting walloped. It’s also at the grocery store. Economists say it costs 10% more for you to eat at home than this time last year. And you’re finding almost everything from food to furniture is higher. Economists say pandemic pricing bears part of the blame.
Let me take you back to the spring of 2020. Businesses closed, employers slashed 22 million jobs, and economic output plummeted at a perilous rate of 31%. But then the turnaround of ‘21, fueled by the vaccine rollout and those stimulus checks, the economy came roaring back faster than the fed ever expected.
And that brings us back to supply and demand. Businesses had to scramble to employ people and produce product. Ports were packed and parked, pushing prices to peaks we’ve not seen before. So when we’re in pain, we want someone to blame. Some critics blame Biden for those stimulus checks, saying they made the economy too hot, too fast. Some blame the Federal Reserve for failing to hike interest rates fast enough.
Ultimately, I say the blame game doesn’t benefit me in the least when I’m standing in the fresh meat section crying over the cost of bacon.
Here’s Deanna’s Do List to save on groceries as well as the best rebate apps for groceries.
- Shop on Wednesday morning.
- Find out when your store does meat markdowns.
- Tip-toe and squat. The highest-priced items are at eye level. You’ll find the cheaper generics up high and down low.
- Buy frozen veggies. Freezing doesn’t reduce the nutrients.
- Buy your staples at discount grocers.
- Ibotta: iOS and Android
- Dosh: iOS and Android
- Checkout 51: iOS and Android
- Coupons.com: iOS and Android
- Receipt Hog: iOS and Android


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Homer J. Simpson really needs to get his act together over there.
You misspelled "Cold Fusion".
sfcrazy writes "ZFS on Linux has reached what Brian Behlendorf calls an important milestone with the official 0.6.1 release. Version 0.6.1 not only brings the usual bug fixes but also introduces a new property called 'snapdev.' Brian explains, 'The snapdev property was introduced to control the visibility of zvol snapshot devices and may be set to either visible or hidden. When set to hidden, which is the default, zvol snapshot devices will not be created under /dev/. To gain access to these devices the property must be set to visible. This behavior is analogous to the existing snapdir property.'"
DeviceGuru writes "Many of us have griped for years about Roku's retro one-dimensional user interface. Finally, in conjunction with the release of the new Roku 3 model, the Linux-based media streaming player is getting a two-dimensional facelift, making it quicker and easier to access favorite channels and find new ones. Current Roku users, who will now begin suffering from UI-envy, will be glad to learn that Roku plans to push out a firmware update next month to many earlier models, including the Roku LT, Roku HD (model 2500R), Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD, Roku 2 XS, and Roku Streaming Stick. A short demo of the new 2D Roku menu system is available in this YouTube video."
itwbennett writes "Last week Google took a page from Apple's book and pulled the Arcade by Kongregate app from the Android Market for violating its terms of service. In particular, the part that forbids distributing 'any Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution of Products outside of the Market.' As Kongregate's Jim Greer explained to Joystiq, the app is essentially a custom web browser that loads in a Flash game from the mobile version of Kongregate. Plus, it will cache the game so you can play offline. And this may be the feature that got it yanked, speculates Ryan Kim at GigaOm."
In an attempt to "refresh their sense of inquiry" FBI agents, and NYPD officers are being sent to a course at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Art of Perception hopes to improve an officers' ability to accurately describe what they see during an investigation by studying art. From the article: "Amy Herman, the course leader, said: 'We're getting them off the streets and out of the precincts, and it refreshes their sense of inquiry. They're thinking, "Oh, how am I doing my job," and it forces them to think about how they communicate, and how they see the world around them.' Ms Herman, an art historian, originally developed the course for medical students, but successfully pitched it as a training course to the New York Police Academy."
It turns out recording your drugged child pays pretty well. 7-year-old David DeVore became an overnight sensation when his father posted a video of his ramblings after dental surgery. To date that video has made the DeVore family around $150,000. Most of the money came from YouTube, but the family has made $50k from licensing and merchandise. From the article: "The one seemingly minor decision to make the video available all over the Internet set off a whirlwind of changes for the DeVore family. Within just four days, 'David After Dentist' received 3 million views on YouTube and the younger David quickly became an Internet celebrity. His father quit his job in residential real estate (did we mention they live in Florida?), and the family started selling T-shirts featuring cartoon drawings of their son post-dental surgery."
Several readers made sure we are aware that Slackware 13.1 release is out. Here's the list of mirrors. "Slackware 13.1 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.1, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy-to-use desktop environment, and KDE 4.4.3, a recent stable release of the new 4.4.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment."
RawJoe writes "India and Bangladesh have argued for almost 30 years over control of a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have ended the argument for them: the island's gone. From the article: 'New Moore Island, in the Sunderbans, has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said. "What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.'"
The $64,000 question about Sony's upcoming motion control system, the PlayStation Move, is how responsive it will be compared to traditional console controllers and its counterparts from Nintendo and Microsoft. Eurogamer slowed down videos of Sony's tech demo software to establish a rough baseline latency that developers will have to work with. Quoting: "While exact latency measurements aren't possible in these conditions, a ballpark idea of the level of response isn't a problem at all. The methodology is remarkably straightforward. Keep your hand as steady as possible, then make fast motions with the controller. Count the frames between your hand moving, and the motion being carried out on-screen. Equally illuminating is to stop your movement suddenly, then count the frames necessary for your on-screen counterpart to catch up. While not 100 per cent accurate, repeat the process enough times and the frame difference becomes fairly evident. Bearing all of that in mind, and recognizing that we don't know how much latency the display itself is adding, I'd say that a ballpark figure of around 133ms of controller lag (give or take a frame) seems reasonable, certainly not the ultra-fast crispness of response we see from games like Burnout Paradise or Modern Warfare, but fine for most of the applications you would want from such a controller."
1sockchuck writes "Are data center operators ready to abandon hot and cold aisles and submerge their servers? An Austin startup says its liquid cooling enclosure can cool high-density server installations for a fraction of the cost of air cooling in traditional data centers. Submersion cooling using mineral oil isn't new, dating back to the use of Fluorinert in the Cray 2. The new startup, Green Revolution Cooling, says its first installation will be at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (also home to the Ranger supercomputer). The company launched at SC09 along with a competing liquid cooling play, the Iceotope cooling bags."
An anonymous reader writes "A Queensland man will have to pay Nintendo $1.5 million in damages after illegally copying and uploading one of its recent games to the internet ahead of its release, the gaming giant says. Nintendo said the loss was caused when James Burt made New Super Mario Bros Wii available for illegal download a week ahead of its official Australian release in November of last year. Nintendo applied for and was granted a search order by the Federal Court, forcing Burt to disclose the whereabouts of all his computers, disks and electronic storage devices in November. He was also ordered to allow access, including passwords, to his social networking sites, email accounts and websites."
e3m4n writes "The fictitious 'good samaritan' law from the final episode of Seinfeld (the one that landed them in jail for a year) appears to be headed toward reality for California residents after the house passed this bill. There are some differences, such as direct action is not required, but the concept of guilt by association for not doing the right thing is still on the face of the bill."
andylim writes "It looks as if Duke Nukem isn't completely 'nuked' after all. Someone has ported the 90s classic on to a Nokia N900. As you'll see in the video, you control Duke using the Qwerty keypad and shoot using the touchscreen. I'm wondering how long it will take for this to get on other mobile platforms." In other Duke news, reader Jupix points out that 3D Realms' CEO Scott Miller recently said, "There are numerous other Duke games in various stages of development, several due out this year. We are definitely looking to bring Duke into casual gaming spaces, plus there are other major Duke games in production."
iamapizza writes "New Scientist reports on the quest of two math boffins for the perfect way to slice a pizza. It's an interesting and in-depth article; 'The problem that bothered them was this. Suppose the harried waiter cuts the pizza off-center, but with all the edge-to-edge cuts crossing at a single point, and with the same angle between adjacent cuts. The off-center cuts mean the slices will not all be the same size, so if two people take turns to take neighboring slices, will they get equal shares by the time they have gone right round the pizza — and if not, who will get more?' This is useful, of course, if you're familiar with the concept of 'sharing' a pizza."


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PC shipments in EMEA declined 16 percent in Q3 2014, hitting a grand total of just 21.4 million units. What’s more, research firm IDC reports notebook shipments dropped 20.6 percent, while desktops weathered the storm with a 7 percent plunge. This is understandable because desktops can’t be cannibalized by tablets, so sales of workstations and gaming desktops are still relatively stable.
However, there are some encouraging signs. Although the market contracted, the drop wasn’t as bad as last quarter and there are some signs of recovery.
“The third quarter marked a change in the overall market trend,” said Chrystelle Labesque, EMEA research manager. “While it is too early to talk about recovery, the worse seems to have been reached in the second quarter of 2013. However, the ramp-up is mainly in the commercial area, with September performance above expectations for most players.”
Labesque added that the end of Windows XP support in 2014 is already driving IT departments to focus on hardware refresh, generating higher renewal in the corporate space.
Shipments in Western Europe were down 13.2 percent year-on-year. The back-to-school period didn’t help much, as demand remained soft, which can also be attributed to the late rollout of Windows 8.1, at least to some extent.
IDC believes new form factors like convertibles based on Intel’s new SoCs could drive demand in the fourth quarter and the introduction of Bay Trail and Windows 8.1 products might be the reason shipments were slow in Q3, as nobody wanted to end the quarter with practically outdated inventory.
Interestingly, Central and Eastern Europe did even worse than the Middle East and Africa, with a decline of 22.2 percent. MEA dropped just 14.5 percent.
As far as vendors go, Lenovo is continuing to outperform the competition. It ended the quarter with a 15 percent share of the market, up from 10.7 percent in the second quarter. HP also gained share, and it’s still the leader with 21 percent, up from 18.2 percent. Acer and Asus continued to bleed, losing almost a fifth of their share in the process.


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Yes, you heard right – the tremendously successful MSI Wind has gotten a facelift and some new features to boot.
With a new, snazzy black-and-white exterior and some improvements to its hardware, the new Wind should boost sales for the company and netbooks in general.
Once again turning to the the 1.6 GHz Intel Atom, MSI has made some welcome improvements to its netbook. The new display is a brilliant 10-inch 1024×600 LCD. It’s gotten a bit heavier, weighing in at 3 pounds, but the upside – a new 6-cell battery – is well worth the minor increase.
Another addition is the new Intel WiMAX Technology or 3.5G Solution, which while uncommon is proving to be easily connectable and wide-ranging. The hard drive is a 160GB SATA. Using devices will be easier this time around, with three USB ports and a 4-in-1 card reader.
This is an exciting move from MSI, showing how far major companies are going with the netbook market. The Wind U120 is one of the only sequels we’ve seen so far but should be a big competitor in the weeks to come. We’ll have to see if ASUS has anything upcoming to match this progress. Check out the full specs:


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Kobo Reports 400% Growth in eBook Sales, 160% Growth in eReader
Kobo announced today that they’ve seen stellar growth in the past year. eBook sales and sales of the Kobo Touch are both up significantly. What’s more, Kobo has nearly quadrupled their user base, with the number of people reading with Kobo internationally reportedly being up by 280%.
Kob was bought by Rakuten in the fall of 2011, and both parties are expecting that it will offer unparalleled opportunities to extend Kobo’s reach through Rakuten’s other subsidiaries, including some of the world’s largest international e-commerce companies like Buy.com and Play.com.
Kobo plans to build on its relationship with Rakuten by first launching in Japan, where Rakuten has a solid presence in the online retail market. That launch has been in the works since January, and there’s no news on when it will happen. Further launches are planned for Portugal, Spain, Italy, but given that those sites were supposed to launch last fall and actually have been in the works for over a year I’m not sure when we will see them.
Kobo’s other international expansions all happened much faster, with a local ebookstore launched in Germany as well as partnerships in France (FNAC), UK (WHSmiths), and the Netherlands (Libris Blz). Kobo also has local partners in NZ and Australia.


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Xbox and Cyberpunk 2077 won the battle for media coverage at E3 2019
ICO Partners’ annual report indicates strong coverage for the absent Sony, and finds Square Enix was the most talked about publisher
Xbox emerged from E3 2019 as the most talked about platform holder, according to data on media coverage from ICO Partners, and CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 was the most widely discussed game in the press.
ICO Partners’ technology monitored press coverage across eight days of E3 2019 — from June 9 to 16 for all companies except Google Stadia and EA, the monitoring of which started on June 6 and June 7 respectively, due to the dates of their pre-E3 events.
Read more: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-06-17-xbox-and-cyberpunk-2077-won-the-battle-for-media-coverage-at-e3-2019


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Friday, December 4, 2015
Over 50 Shops Worth Millions Of Naira Burnt To Ashes in Kano
Over 50 shops perished with property worth millions of naira burnt to ashes after a fire outbreak hit the popular Abubakar Rimi market in Sabon Gari, Kano North West, Nigeria. Eyewitnesses reported that the fire started from the furniture section and some parts of the pharmaceutical section of the market around 7pm on Thursday evening. The fire was said to have raged for over 30 minutes before firefighters arrived at the market to control it.
Although authorities were yet to react to the incident as at the time of the inferno but traders told reporters that there was no loss of life or injury from the fire attack.


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Blog: McCain, Sobey families join forces
Katy Askew | 27 March 2012
Two of Canada's premier business clans, the McCains and the Sobeys, have joined forces to form SeaFort Capital, a new private-equity investment vehicle.
Scott McCain, COO of Maple Leaf Foods and the son of the late Wallace McCain who co-founded another Canadian food giant,McCain Foods, will sit on the board of the new venture brushing elbows with Donald Sobey, who helped build the Sobeys grocery chain, and his son Rob Sobey, who also sits on the retailer's board and is the chief executive of Lawton's Drug Stores.
According to its website, the new investment firm will target "old economy" businesses with earnings of between C$2m (US$2m) and C$10m.
"Our preference is for companies that have a strong tangible asset base," the company said.
Canadian reports have suggested the firm will target family-owned companies in smaller cities and towns across Canada, in particular providing an alternative for entrepreneurs preparing to retire without anyone to hand their businesses on to.
With the strong grounding that some of its most high-profile investors have in the food and retail sectors, it seems likely then that we could see SeaFort increasing the level of private-equity activity in this sector.
However, perhaps this represents a drop in the ocean. According Tom Lindsay, co-founder of M&A advisors Spayne Lindsay, international M&A activity in the food sector is likely to be driven by higher levels of PE investment in the coming months.
Speaking during the Consumer Analyst Group Europe conference in London, where just-food was the exclusive media partner, Lindsay explained the appeal of food companies to private-equity investors.
"Food companies do have relatively stable cash flows, even though they are relatively low growth at the top line level, they can be made to grow at the bottom line level through cost savings, consolidation synergies and improved focus. And there's plenty of capital in the private-equity world," he explained.
Hain Celestial, under the scrutiny of the investment community in recent months and facing some challenges in its domestic market, has announced another shuffling of its management pack....
FrieslandCampina, which today served up higher profits but lower sales for 2016, is ready to offload the last non-dairy business owned by the Dutch cooperative giant....
To follow on from our earlier notice and after some hard work from our technical team, just-food is back live after today's power outage....
Much of the UK has felt the impact of Storm Doris today - and just-food's head office has been no exception....
- General Mills sales woes continue - analysis
- Comment: Meal kits in US - don't believe the hype
- Why personalisation will take-off in US food
- Analysis: Chocolate sector's deforestation pledge
- US food next wave on display at Winter Fancy Food
- Kraft Heinz cuts jobs in US, Canada
- Fonterra cuts earnings forecast
- Unilever invests in Dutch meat substitute project
- Lactalis fails to hit threshold to delist Parmalat
- Immigration crackdown "risk" for US dairy industry


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Chasm Finally Gets a Release Date After Six Years of Development
Bit Kid Inc. announced today that after six years of development, Chasm will finally be releasing on PC, PS4, and PS Vita on July 31.
Developer Bit Kid Inc. first began working on Chasm, a procedurally generated Metroidvania game, all the way back in 2012. Now, six years later, the studio has announced that Chasm will finally be available on PC, PS4, and PS Vita on July 31.
Chasm follows a new recruit for the Guildean Kingdom’s army who is tackling their first mission – investigating a important mine that has mysteriously been abandoned and shut down. This kicks off a long journey where players will visit a vast number of hand crafted but procedurally placed rooms, whether they be ancient catacombs or castles. According to the developers, the game feautres over 80 enemies, 10 bosses, 130 equipable items, and should last players anywhere from ten to fifteen hours.
James Petruzzi, Director of Chasm, discussed the game’s lengthy development:
“We started development on Chasm about 6 years ago and put everything we had into it. Thanks to the support and patience of our wonderful Kickstarter backers and our families, we’ve been able to achieve the original vision I had for the game without compromise. I’m so excited to finally share it with the world.”
The PS4 and PS Vita versions of the game also featured cross-buy, so those who pick up the game on PS Vita will get the game for free on PS4 and vice versa. Chasm will cost $19.99 at launch across all platforms.
You can check some new screenshots and brand new trailer for the game below. Chasm is set to release on PC, PS4, and PS Vita on July 31.