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Fania Records announces its support and endorsement of New Jersey International Salsa Congress, LLC, by making accessible its entire digital and CD library for play at the Garden State's Official and Premier Salsa & Latin Dance Event for the enjoyment of its participants. Fania Records will also provide promotional support with a variety of products available on site during the April 22 to 24, 2011 event, which will take place at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel, East Brunswick, New Jersey. Fania Records’ Official Dee Jay and Music Representative Earl “El Caobo” Hall will be one of the featured talents for one of the most enjoyable dancing events of the year.
Fania Records also recognizes and commends New Jersey International Salsa Congress, LLC for its continued tradition to feature original Salsa and Mambo bands, such as the legendary FUEGO '77. The reunion of one of the most beloved bands from the tumultuous 1970s marks a momentous and singular event where the principal band members, including luminary New York Sonero Frankie Vázquez, are scheduled to perform for the first time in more than 30 years on April 23, 2011, at said event.
"We are honored to be have the support of the legendary label and to feature all our favorite classics in an official capacity at our Congress, said Executive Producer Pablo San Gabriel. “We are also very excited to continue the tradition of featuring the revival of classic Fania bands such as FUEGO ’77.”


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UAE alert on iPhone 12, pacemakers issued
Doctors urged to inform patients of the risks involved.
The new iPhone 12 must be kept at least 15cm away from the chest of patients with pacemakers or defibrillators, officials of the Department of Health-Abu Dhabi (DoH) have said in an advisory.
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Citing recent research and investigation results, the DoH urged medical professionals to raise awareness among their patients about the potential disruption the iPhone 12’s magnets may cause in pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
According to an Emarat Al Youm report, the department clarified that products which contain strong magnets are common and these include mobile phones like the iPhone 12. Tech giant Apple manufacturer has already issued a general alert about the possibility of its devices interfering with the performance of pacemakers and defibrillators.
Health experts from the American Heart Association warned that several types of devices and machinery may interfere with these medical devices. “The electromagnetic waves generated by such devices can keep your ICD or pacemaker from functioning properly. Try to avoid them, or at least minimise your exposure to them,” said the experts.
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Futures Industry Association
CBOE's chief executive is pushing back at suggestions that the exchange's newly-launched bitcoin futures market was hastily done.
In an open letter to the CFTC, Futures Trading Association CEO Walt Lukken has expressed concerns about who would insure bitcoin futures contracts.
Dec 11, 2017
You may be able to trade the bitcoin cash market anonymously, but you cannot do the same with futures.


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The most vital Attribute of Bitcoin is that not typical for standard and money that is printed; it is an electronic portion system that relies upon verification. Banking structures that control them have been united by monies and in it being compelled by the nonappearance of any foundation, the US Treasury has named the Bitcoin virtual money. The idea behind Bitcoin was immediately with nil trade charges and to make cash free of any central position and one which may be moved. Prior to the completion of 2015, 100,000 were outflanked by the proportion of vendor specialists enduring portions for items and adventures. Banking and managerial masters like the European Banking Authority for example have advised that markdown or chargeback rights not guarantee customers of Bitcoin, regardless of the way that professionals in noteworthy centers recognize that generous and authentic organizations can be given by Bitcoin.
On the other hand, the usage of Bitcoin by liable gatherings has been eluded to controllers, law approval associations and by authorities as a purpose behind concern. Bitcoins Voucher organization, Akin Fernandez remarks that there will in a little while bean in the way bitcoin is created. Age every day’s speed will be really part anyway it will be hard to predict how the people all over the place and the retailers will respond to a move and this will change the perspective on Bitcoin totally. Against the landscape of this kind of move, the estimates are that Bitcoins trade volume is set to essentially build this year riding on the back of a Donald Trump organization that is likely.
Some market experts are of the supposition that the money’s sticker price could spike in the event of a likelihood achieving exhibit unsettling influence. The Panama Papers Has goaded the European Union to fight by getting new chooses that the usage to stash wealth. The standards try to close the getaway conditions and proposed are tries to end trading on money stages, for 1 btc to usd. As there is no EU institution coordinating 36, examine must be cultivated by the European Banking Authority and the European Central Bank on the most ideal approaches to manage oversee money related structures.


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NEWBURYPORT – With this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, community members will be celebrating the survivors on Thursday at the fifth annual couture for a Cure Marketplace and fashion show to benefit the Gerrish Breast Care Center at Anna Jaques Hospital. [11:59:02 pm] The 11 to 2 pm show at the Salisbury Blue Ocean Event Center is sponsored by the Hospital and the Savings Bank. The tickets cost $ 50 each and go directly to Gerrish, who is celebrating his fifth birthday in connection with the event.
"Number one, the event celebrates survival," said Mary Williamson, vice president of development for Anna Jaques. "We consider these women, who were among the first to be cared for at the Gerrish Breast Care Center, as examples of courage and strength."
Mary Anne Clancy, Vice President of Communications at the Institution for Saving, said the bank was a long-time supporter of Anna Jaques. The savings organization donated money to the new one-patient ward several years ago and also gave money for the purchase of a 3D mammography device essential for detecting early signs of breast cancer
North of Boston Media Group Regional Publisher Karen Andreas will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the event, which will begin with a "Look Good Feel Good Marketplace". Local boutiques, salons and stores will showcase their products and services and offer samples, merchandise and discount coupons, Clancy said. [1
Models include cancer survivors as well as local heroes, said Clancy. Some of the models are also women who have recently been diagnosed, including Newburyport School Resource Officer Megan Tierney. [March59002] In March, Tierney, 33, was diagnosed with stage 2 triple-negative-invasive ductile breast cancer. She will walk on the catwalk next to Newburyport Police Marshal Mark Murray.
Other models are Dr. med. Peter Hartmann, medical director of the Gerrish Breast Care Center. He will be walking the runway with Lucy, one of the hospital's therapy dogs, and Dana Marshall from The River radio station, who is also a breast cancer survivor.
Although the marketplace is in its fifth year, this is the first time fashion show is part of the event, Clancy said. The concept is that the reputation of one's own good often brings the benefits of empowerment and self-confidence. However, it is even more therapeutic for patients who fight cancer and can be a life-saving, critical component of treatment, she added.
Five years ago, Clancy said the institution for savings has contacted Anna Jaques to register in a chamber of commercial breakfast that recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
This event coincided with the launch of the Gerrish Breast Care Center. In recent years, breakfast has developed into a lunch and auction.
"As we all know, cancer knows no bounds," said Michael J. Jones, president and CEO of the Savings Bank. "We have had cancer with many of our employees and their family members over the years, and have realized that it is so important to celebrate their success at the end of treatment."
Williamson said the proceeds will benefit the breast cancer center's programs, particularly the Comfort Fund, which supports the treatment of breast cancer patients. The Fund supports patients in a variety of ways, including providing transport for treatment, delivery of food, laundry or delivery of a special item during treatment.
"You can not foresee how this can derail your family life flows," she said. "People do not have the energy to do the most normal things, and this fund helps to cover these extra costs – they are real differentiators of the quality of life that a patient might need."
In addition, Jeannette created cattan, a breast cancer Survivors and One of the Models, Look Good, Feel Better, and a Wig Bank At the Anna Jaques Cancer Center, Williamson said, "It's a dream of her to have a showcase for the Breast Center program," she added she added. "It costs a showcase and we try to realize this dream for her."
Sponsor and Table Provider spots are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the website of Anna Jaques Hospital, www.ajh.org, or contact Clancy at 978-225-1324 or contact Kelley Sullivan, Manager Marketing and Community Relations at AJH, at 978-463 -1475  Associate writer Amanda Getchell includes Newburyport and Seabrook. Follow her on Twitter @ajgetch.


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The episode debuts at PAX West.
Telltale Games have announced that 'Batman - The Telltale Series' will continue later this month. The second of five episodes, 'Children of Arkham' will release September 20th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. No details were given about what the episode will have in store for the caped crusader, but additional details should become available tomorrow night.
Those who are attending PAX West will be able to attend a Crowd Play event on Saturday, September 3rd. During the event, 'Children of Arkham' will make its playable debut as the crowd will impact the on-screen choices. The event will be hosted by Nerdist's Dan Casey, and takes place at 8:30 PM in the Wyvern Theatre.
Episode two of 'Batman - The Telltale Series' will release September 20th on PS4, Xbox One and PC. The first episode is available now (check out Levi's review to find out if it's worth buying).
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Show Report: Autodesk University 20057 Dec, 2005 By: Jeffrey Rowe
3D is the future, but don't count out 2D yet
The conference itself consisted of more than 400 educational courses, keynote speeches, an exhibit floor with almost 100 exhibitors, and of course, the opportunity for "mega-networking" with a multitude of fellow users and Autodesk employees.
One of the nice things about this AU compared with previous years was the fact that members of the media and industry analysts were not required to sign a nondisclosure agreement before attending. The downside to this is the fact that not a whole lot of specific future product information was discussed -- a disappointment to those of us who attend these events in hopes of obtaining information that will help with future product reviews. Suffice it to say that a load of mechanical design products will be shipped in the spring of 2006, including Inventor, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Mechanical and Mechanical Desktop. Good news for those of you who use AutoCAD Mechanical and Mechanical Desktop: Autodesk has committed to further development and support for these products because they still have a good customer base.
Emphasis on 3D
Ironically, the underlying theme and main message for the four-day conference was how essential 3D is, regardless of industry or discipline. Ironic because although Autodesk has diversified its product lines away from a strictly 2D mentality, its flagship product is the primarily 2D AutoCAD. Autodesk emphasizes 3D information vs. 2D representation, but the company is committed to its 2D customers, and 2D definitely has a future at Autodesk. The company estimates that of its around 2.2 million mechanical design and manufacturing customers, about 500,000 are using at least some degree of the 3D capabilities found in Inventor and to a lesser extent in AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop.
During the conference, Autodesk announced that it had surpassed 500,000 seats of Inventor sold. Like its competition, though, Autodesk did not disclose how many of those seats were sold for commercial vs. educational use.
In her keynote speech, Autodesk's president and CEO, Carol Bartz, spent a lot of her time on the stage promoting the burgeoning influence of 3D technologies at Autodesk. She expects the benefits and impact of new 3D CAD tools in the near future will be bigger than the original transition from manual design and drafting methods to 2D CAD.
She also said that the importance and use of digital data will grow significantly in coming years. To emphasize her point, she noted that for every one of Autodesk's 7 million "legitimate" customers -- and she did stress legitimate -- there are potentially five to ten downstream users of that digital data. That's 35 million to 70 million users -- not exactly something easily ignored. All this sharing is possible, of course, using tools such as the relatively new DWF file format and services such as Streamline for manufacturing collaboration.
Free Data Exchange = DWF
Carl Bass, Autodesk COO, then took the stage and said that although the company's customers represent many disciplines, they face similar challenges. Because customers take such pains to create digital content, regardless of discipline, these same customers should put forth the effort to ensure that the content remains digital throughout its life, mainly for purposes of productivity. That is, minimize or eliminate the possibility of the digital information becoming analog, or paper. Bass took this opportunity to state that the best way to ensure that information remains digital is through standards that permit the free exchange of information, and the best means to do this is through Autodesk's DWF. All in all, I think DWF got as much exposure as just about any other technology at the conference.
Bass went on to say that model-based design will continue to be the thrust of Inventor -- creating digital models that will increasingly look and behave like entities in the real world. The heart of model-based design is something Bass termed functional design that goes beyond geometry and concerns itself with the true functional aspects of a product. He said Autodesk considers functional design to be the future of mechanical design. He also said the company will continue to merge model-based design with digital lifecycle management. In addition to software, Bass said that the enablers of the movement from 2D to 3D will be continually increasing computer capabilities, network bandwidth and connectivity.
Although we didn't hear as much about future products as I would have liked, the conference did offer a big-picture look into the future of the company and its diverse product lines.
Next year's AU will be held at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas.


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Who would’ve have thought that managing a fast food restaurant could pay $100,000 a year?
Well, that’s the compensation that Taco Bell will be offering for management positions in specific stores in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the United States. That’s a significant increase from the $50,000–$80,000 they pay managers right now.
The company says that the six-figure pay offering is a trial run. Will it pay off? Is managing a fast food joint really worth the salary that approaches that of a bank assistant vice president or a marketing director?
Apparently, Yum Brands Inc. thinks so.
In 2018, the average revenue for a Taco Bell store was $1.6 million, up from $1.5 million in 2017. But, like many other industries, the fast-food business is competitive. Again, like other businesses, finding and keeping talented, hardworking managers is a top priority.
Taco Bell leadership realizes that even though fast-food jobs are often temporary gigs for teenagers, low-skilled workers, and immigrants, human capital—otherwise known as people—can make a big difference in the profitability of a store. With margins in the fast-food industry narrowing, why should it be so surprising to pay managers well for helping to maintain and grow revenues?
Paying managers significantly more when margins are narrowing may seem counter-intuitive, but it makes good business sense. To compete, you’ve got to have good people. Just as poor management can kill profit margins due to waste and poor service, good management can certainly expand them.
The Taco Bell Effect?
With the U.S. economy booming, the unemployment rate is down to about 3.5 percent—the lowest level since 1969. Consequently, skilled labor is in short supply. That typically results in rising wages, which is exactly what’s happening, finally. It’s well overdue.
Still, the rate of wage increases is lower than economists thought it would be, even with the understanding that wages usually lag behind economic growth. Unfortunately, that trend has been going on for a decade or more. There are different reasons for this, depending upon how you look at it.
Compensation Often Means Benefits
For one, compensation now often includes health care benefits for workers that weren’t offered before. That has been a significant factor in low hourly wages. Adjusted for inflation, wages and salaries have grown just 5.3 percent from their 2001 levels, while the cost to companies to provide benefits has risen 22.5 percent.
Health care benefits is a positive form of compensation that’s not always understood or even beneficial. Given that many fast-food workers are young and relatively healthy, those benefits are often an unrealized form of payment. That is, they’re often underutilized and so have less value and impact than a higher hourly wage would.
Costly Free Trade Deals Undercut Wages
The exportation of manufacturing jobs, beginning in the mid-1990s, is a huge factor as well. U.S. firms closed factories and relocated first to Mexico with the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Then, in 2001, the exodus of U.S. jobs accelerated when China was given most-favored-nation status. Millions of American jobs disappeared, killing good-paying blue collar jobs, leaving a surplus of labor that resulted in falling or stagnant wages over the following two decades.
Too Much Cheap Labor
Concurrent with the free-trade policies of NAFTA and China, the United States allowed virtually unchecked mass immigration of unskilled people into the country. Tens of millions of people from poor countries have been competing with Americans for low-skilled jobs.
This excess labor supply is another factor in why wages have remained stagnant for so long, particularly in service jobs such as the fast-food industry.
Tectonic Shifts in the Economy Underway
At least two of these three factors contributing to stagnant wages are changing. The U.S. trading relationship with China is undergoing a tectonic shift. The trade war, which includes high tariffs on Chinese manufactured goods, is making Chinese goods less attractive.
That’s already helping some U.S. manufacturers bring their factories back to the United States. It also means hiring Americans, leading to a tightening supply of labor.
On the immigration front, the labor supply is contracting as well. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, though not perfect, have slowed the influx of immigrant labor. In fact, as The New York Times reports, immigration is at its lowest level since 2008.
Other people who are still in the labor force, but aren’t captured by the headline unemployment figure have given up because of automation, immigration, and factory offshore relocation. These discouraged workers don’t want to work or their skillset is now so obsolete they can’t work anymore.
At the same time, the U.S. economy is enjoying the most business-friendly environment in decades. Cutting corporate tax rates and regulation has led to an explosion of business activity and economic growth.
All of these factors, as well as others, have led to a highly competitive labor market. As noted above, wages lag behind economic growth, but sometimes, however, they catch up later on, often with a surprising bounce.
The big question, of course, is whether or not Taco Bell’s $100,000 experiment proves to be a profitable one. Is Taco Bell’s $100,000 offer an indication that wages are bouncing up?
If it pays off, then it may have a widespread impact on the service economy as a whole.
Swapping College Debt for Income
In the short run, we could expect to see talented and apparently underpaid fast-food managers jumping ship from competitors to go to work for Taco Bell. But in the longer term, we could see compensation in other service industry jobs—particularly highly lucrative ones—rise much higher than it has in the past.
Of course, price rises would also likely occur. Much may well depend upon the labor supply going forward. But with the possibility of earning $100,000 per year, Taco Bell management spots may become the next career trend for millions of Americans.
Who needs the six-figure debt of a college education when you can earn six-figures at Taco Bell without a college degree, just working your way up the good old-fashioned way?
James Gorrie is a writer and speaker based in Southern California. He is the author of “The China Crisis.”
Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.


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London is the centre of the creative world, London combines the commercial with creativity, a new wave of Birtish talent and British Couture. You really get the British mentality of be who you want to be no judgement. Diverse faboulous casting on the runways which just adds to the richness of London fashion.
We saw the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British designs go to Bethany Williams. "It is really important that people who are designing with the passion are getting the support from the start". Camille Charriere, Influencer
Fashion Week's are about the new trends, what's hot, the new looks but there is really no escaping the fact that right now, this year the biggest topic is sustainability. There was an air of activism seen on and off the catwalk at LFW this year. For the first time London is the first major fashion week to go fur free. This was one of the most astonishing LFW's to date as Riccardo Tisci’s #newBurberry, Victoria Beckham, Grace Wales Bonner and Amy Powney’s Mother of Pearl all took to the stand to declare their positions on class, Brexit, race, sustainability or animal cruelty.
Victoria Beckham confirms that her brand will no longer be using exotic skins and she is soon to launch an ethical beauty brand not tested on animals. Versace, alongside Burberry, Gucci, DKNY, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Jean Paul Gaultier, Diane Von Furstenburg and DKNY, announced fur will no longer feature in its collections.is leading a UN sustainable fashion charter, instigated by the climate change secretariat, which will include 16 commitments across sourcing, design and manufacturing for signatories to abide by. inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry remains open after questioning large fashion retailers and researching practices. We were lucky enough to see the show, she used it as her political stage using both actors and models to discuss Brexit and climate change.
ROT $ = Rotten financial system. Is all about over consumption it self destructs; favours the already rich by taxing the already poor. Democacry will only thrive when we can achieve a favourable balance between the wealthy and the poor.
The buy less logo means profit goes to charity. "An intellectual is someone who wants to make the world a better place".
The show went onto explain that fashion is all about styling, buy less, choose well and make it last. "Democracy isn’t working we need more heroes, we need more thinkers. Culture is the enemy of consumption, if we had culture our world would be in peace our ethos would be peace. Popular culture is all about spirt and mass consumption".
Vivienne explained that we were all in the mindset that the future would get better automatically and all we have to do is follow the latest thing. "Consumption of ideas is good, consumption of opinion makes us ignorant".
"Years of inaction have brought a crisis to this world. Big oil corporations are happy if we go over the edge, they are killing the planet. Lets do something that benefits the 7 billion people living on earth and Mother Nature rather than benefitting the already rich 1%. Stop climate change and tell the truth".
The political talk continued and at the opening of London Fashion Week we saw models like Adwoa Aboah standing with survivors from the Grenfell Tower fire. All wore T-shirts that read “72 dead and still no arrests? How come?”
Young fashion talent is the lifeblood of the industry, fashion thrives on the new and the exciting and this is where it comes from. "There should be a focus on sustainability and responsible fashion". Zoe De Pass, Blogger.
"It is now a requrirement that everyone is thinking about and not just an added bonus". Ellie Pithers, Vogue. It is not just about fashion brands making the changes but it is about an entire mindset change. We do not have a long time to sort it out.
Off the catwalk we saw climate change protestors from the environmental action group Extinction Rebellion. They want to see efforts made to reduce the impact of fast fashion. The climate change protest part two took place the next day – with marchers attempting to block fashion week attendees in order to highlight the toll clothing production takes on the environment.
We listened to The Wardrobe Crisis podcast on sustainable fashion weeks with Clare Press and Evelyn Mora. Evelyn Mora created Helsinki Fashion Week she says in the podcast that we need to stop seeing sustainability as a group or a choice it needs to be a must. A new norm - its a fashion week not a sustainable fashion week, everything should be sustainable. The world is changing and the new generation are changing things.
Many people do not know how to live sustainably so they showcase to people the options out there. How to look good, feel good in a sustainable way. Within the fashion week there was a break for yoga, the drinking water was extracted from a machine that turns sea water into drinking water. The food was from a company called Loop, which visit 10 restaurant a day and collect waste food. They cook with a purpose: to make incredible food, yet, but also to get the word out about exactly how big a problem food waste is around the world.
"It is a fact we are over using our resources, we have plastic in our bodies, we are completely ruining our planet and it is not too far away where will we suffer some serious social and environmental disasters - you can’t exclude yourself from it. We are trying to support that process and make a shift".
We do not need sustainable fashion weeks we need fashion weeks to be sustainable. They have the chance to change the industry - influencing off the catwalk and changing fashion. The fashion weeks have the opportunity to inspire the industry, change it and make it become relevant again.
In response to the reaction the Planet Earth documentary caused last year looking at plastic, BBC Earth announced at London Fashion Week that they have launched a new brand to "place sustainable fashion at the heart" in collaboration with the British Fashion Council and Mother of Pearl. A short film was presented followed by talks on the #SustainableMe project.
"we are breathing and eating our own plastic clothing" – phoebe english on fashion's ethics
Phoebe English, the south-east London designer set a presentation space to highlight her continued push towards sustainability. Through the use of puppets she set the environment where visitors could study the construction and technique of each design process. Pieces explored the use of recycled and waste materials, fabric-saving methods and sustainable fabric sourcing.
Each year 100 billion items of clothing are produced globally using 1000s of different chemicals yet 3 out 5 items end up on landfill. We need to start to consider every purchase, buy quality and consume less. We can recycle and up-cycle and we can change our attitude to fast fashion.
"Fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Implementing and executing sustainability targets must be a priority of every fashion leader today". Keely Stocker, Drapers
Recently the government announced a 1p charge per garment on companies to help reduce textile waste. This charge targets the large companies that produce in volume. The industry cannot continue to allow these practices that damage people and our planet however, we are not convinced that the 1p charge will bring overall benefit. Just because a retailer offers smaller quantities of more-expensive product does not necessarily mean that they have more sustainable practices. Volume retailers are not the only ones that have been found to have unethical practices.
"A reform on tax to reward companies that offer clothing repairs makes sense. Mandatory environmental targets for fashion retailers with £36m-plus turnover is a no-brainer and any retailer that has not already set out its sustainability ambitions, is already well behind the curve". Keely Stocker, Drapers
With consumers, designers, students and politicians moving towards a more sustainable future this year could see the fashion industry transformed. Fashion has immense power, power for meaningful change. The British Fashion Council could use its influential position to start this movement, we have already seen huge steps towards it this February 2019, watch this space for September.


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Suzuki might have been a bit quiet in recent months but there’s definitely still a beating heart in there and the proof will be on show from the 8th to the 11th of August 2013 at the AMID Motorcycle Expo at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec.
In the cruiser range, Suzuki will show off the new VL1500; the latest version of the long-running V-Twin model. Now liquid-cooled, it’s a fully-dressed cruiser that continues the theme after a three year absence.
Also on display will be the new four-stroke GW250, also known as the Inazuma, which was a finalist in the recent Pirelli Bike of the Year.
In addition, there will be two show-special deals on the GSXR750 and the GSR750, both of which have a free Yoshi pipe included.
For the first time in several years, Suzuki will have the latest range of 2014 RMZ motocross bikes available before year end. With luck they will arrive in time to be displayed at the show.
AMID MOTORCYCLE AND QUAD LIFESTYLE SHOW
WHEN: Thursday 8 – Sunday 11 August 2013
SHOW HOURS: Thursday 8 – Saturday 10, 09:00 – 18:00, ticket sales and gates close at 17:00, Sunday 11, 09:00 – 16:00, ticket sales and gates close at 15:00, Tickets are available at the gate or through Computicket.
WHERE: Johannesburg Expo Centre, Rand Show Road, Nasrec. (GPS – S26° 14.810’ E27° 58.695’)


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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says she will not tolerate any attempts to take advantage of people buying hurricane supplies ahead of Hurricane Irma.
At a press conference Thursday, Bondi vowed to go after businesses that attempt any form of price gouging.
As Florida stores run out of food and water supplies, many residents are turning to online vendors, where prices are unusually high.
One Amazon shopper tweeted a photo of a 24-count pack of water bottles being sold for $40!
Amazon denied price-gouging accusations, blaming third-party vendors using their site.
Similarly, airlines are being accused of hiking up prices.
Delta responded to the claims Thursday morning by capping airfares to and from South Florida to $399 through September 13th.


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Used Market Update: January 15, 2021
After increasing 1.6% the week ending Jan. 3, wholesale auction prices continued to rise during the week ending Jan. 10. Prices last week improved by an additional 1.1%, which mark the first time used prices have increased for two consecutive weeks since early August 2020. Wholesale prices are now 24% higher than their trough in April 2020, and 5% above their level at the beginning of March.
Weekly Wholesale Auction Price Index (Mar 1 = 100)
Wholesale prices for mainstream segments were up across the board. Last week passenger car prices were the strongest, especially small cars whose prices grew more than 3%. Remaining passenger car segment prices also beat the industry average, increasing 1.3% for compact and large cars to 1.5% for midsize cars. Large pickup prices followed closely behind increasing by 1.2% narrowly edging out the industry average. Mass market SUV prices weren’t quite as strong but still grew from 0.4% for small SUV to 1% for midsize SUV. On the premium side, prices weren’t quite as strong as their mass market counterparts, though price movement was generally positive.
Wholesale Auction Sales Return to “New” Normal
After falling below 50,000 units the prior two weeks, wholesale auction sales of vehicles up to 8 years old reached approximately 78,000 units during the week ending Jan. 10. Last week’s result essentially matches the sales level recorded in the three weeks leading to the Christmas holiday period. Looking back to the same period in 2020, sales volume reached nearly 116,000 units during the first week of 2020. Wholesale sales continue to run approximately 30% to 35% below prior-year levels, which is helping keep prices strong.


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The world’s highest-valued digital currency, bitcoin, has seen its biggest drop ever, plummeting below $46,000 per coin from the weekend record of over $58,000 in a span of just 19 hours.
Despite the nearly 16-percent drop, the cryptocurrency is still up around 500 percent in the past year.
The decline triggered a major sell-off across cryptocurrency markets due to growing concerns over volatility, jeopardizing the jaw-dropping rally.
The second-biggest cryptocurrency by market value, ether, also plunged by more than 20 percent to around $1,400, down nearly 30 percent from last week’s record high.
The crypto markets have been unprecedentedly bullish this year since digital assets started attracting capital from big money managers and corporate giants. The acceptance by big investors drove confidence among smaller speculators.
Earlier this month, Tesla revealed that it had made a $1.5 billion investment in bitcoin, pledging to start accepting it as a form of payment for its electric vehicles. Bank of New York Mellon, the US’ oldest lender, announced plans for storing bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for their clients.
At the same time, Mastercard said it would support the use of some cryptocurrencies on its network in 2021, while US asset manager BlackRock and payments company Square have outlined plans for supporting digital currencies.
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Vitafoam Nigeria Plc is about the country’s leading manufacturer of flexible, reconstituted and rigid foam products that has been in existence since 1962. The brand that has remained a household name in the country today seems to be going through turbulence at the moment going by the feelers from the company.
We gathered that thousands of its workers have been told to go home because of lack of activities.
According to what we gathered, the company called its workers and informed them that there was no chemical to continue production so they should go home until they are called back.
But it seems the wait is fast turning to something else as most that we spoke with are of the opinion that the company might be on its way out of business.
Whatever the case may be, be sure that we will serve you as it breaks.


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Free workshop offering PR insights for businesses and entrepreneurs organised by Startup Guernsey and Liquid, the integrated communications consultancy.
Liquid director Katrina Bray will be speaking at the lunchtime event at the Digital Greenhouse, in St Peter Port, between 1pm and 2pm on Tuesday 4th April. A light buffet lunch will be provided.
An experienced communications specialist, Katrina will set out practical advice on what makes a good story and then communicating that story to target audiences.
Katrina leads the Guernsey office of Liquid, which works with a range of clients from the retail sector to insurance, finance and the public sector. As a former print and broadcast journalist, she will also be offering her tips on working effectively with the media.
You can register to join the workshop by clicking here.


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Last.fm music streaming and social networking app for Apple iPhone
Last.fm, a music streaming and social networking site has had a makeover to bring a more “mature experience” and has added more integration across a variety of devices including the iTunes Store, and is also branching out into the mobile phone market.
Now the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch can officially run Last.fm’s free native application and can stream virtually any of the five million plus songs from the Last.fm library. Users can even recommend new songs as well as gain access to their favourite tunes.
Just so you know, Last.fm’s app UI is inspired by Apple’s iPod but due to apple’s restrictions about allowing apps to run in the background, a user cannot start Last.fm’s iPhone app and do something else like you can with the iPod app.
Oh, and one other thing to remember, streaming music like this could easily eat up your iPhone’s battery while on the go, so bear that in mind.
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The taxi business has taken a massive hit thanks to the extraordinary rise in ride-sharing services. A new report from the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency finds that since 2012, the average number of trips per taxi has plunged from 1,424 a month in March 2012 to 504 in July 2014 — a 65 percent drop.
The report underscores how fast consumers will take advantage of better options once they are available. A recent study from UC Berkeley found that during the evening rush hour, 92 percent of ride-sharing services such as UberX and Lyft arrived in under 10 minutes, while just 16 percent of taxis did so. Thirty seven percent of taxis took longer than 20 minutes.
The same study found that 39 percent of ride-sharing users would have taken a taxi had Uber or Lyft not been available.
Rather than trying to out-innovate their new competition, taxi groups have pressured the state government to impose paralyzing regulations. While Lyft, Uber, and Sidecar all recently added a feature whereby drivers can pick up passangers on their way to a destination, just this week, the California Public Utilities Commission deemed this new carpooling feature illegal. (Lyft has vowed to continue the service, despite the legal threats.)
We can expect more of this type of political infighting between taxi groups and ride-sharing startups. But if the graph is any indication, consumers have already chosen a winner.
You can read the entire report here.
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We've been hearing about automobiles being inspired by jets for decades. Saab even used it as a slogan for a number of years. But what exactly does it mean? Nissan recently paid a visit to the United States Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron training facility to get a feel for the fighter jets they fly as well as how the pilots interact with their machines.
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Today, Tesla says it's building 2,000 cars a week, Nissan says it will develop fuel cells powered by ethanol instead of hydrogen, and Nordic Blue Crude says its synthetic diesel fuel cuts carbon emissions by 85 percent. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
Norwegian company Nordic Blue Crude claims its synthetic diesel fuel cuts carbon by 85 percent, and it's hoping to attract Audi's interest.
Tesla now says it's building 2,000 cars a week. Will it be able to keep that pace up?
See what happens when a Pennsylvania car dealer tries to install solar panels in a town that restricts the capacity of these systems.
Nissan says it will develop fuel cells powered by ethanol, rather than hydrogen, and commercialize the technology by 2020.
New homes are being built with the goal of producing as much energy as they use, a concept known as "zero net energy." But that concept relies on decentralized home-solar generation that utilities are uncomfortable with.
Canada welcomed its 20,000th plug-in car in May, and if current trends hold, it could reach 30,000 by next year.
We compare two subcompact crossovers: the Honda HR-V and Mazda CX-3.
Finally, the Volvo XC90 T8 "Twin Engine" plug-in hybrid gets a power boost from Volvo performance division Polestar.


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Following the enactment of the RFS and EISA in 2005 and 2007 respectively, ethanol production in the United States has steadily increased. In tandem with this increase, more ethanol plants have been established and more jobs have been created which in turn has had a tremendous impact on the economy.
In Minnesota, the state's 20 ethanol plants spent $1.8 billion to produce 1.18 billion gallons of ethanol in 2016, according to a study by ABF Economics.
In the study, ABF Economics concluded that Minnesota' ethanol industry contributed $1.98 billion to the state's economy in 2016, generated $6.67 billion in revenue for Minnesota businesses, $1.47 billion in household income, supported 17,952 full time jobs and paid $80 million to state and local taxes.
The ethanol industry’s expenditure included corn, industrial chemicals, electricity, natural gas, water, labor and services such as maintenance, insurance and general overheads. Spending for these goods and services represented the purchase of output of other industries that operate in Minnesota.
Jobs supported by the ethanol industry in 2016 included employment in ethanol production, agriculture, construction, retail trade, healthcare, natural gas distribution, banking and finance, real estate, accounting, legal services, wholesale trade and transportation.
Nationwide, a 2016 study by ABF Economics commissioned by the Renewal Fuels Association (RFA) indicates that the ethanol industry contributed $42 billion to America’s economy in 2016 through annual operations of ethanol production, co-product output, agriculture, investments in research and development and construction.
According to the study, which can be obtained here, the ethanol industry directly employed 70,911 Americans in 2016. Including indirect and induced jobs – such as those in agriculture, transportation, retail trade and services sectors – that number rose to 339,175 jobs.
The study adds that the ethanol industry’s economic activities in 2016 contributed $22.5 billion in household income.
Furthermore, the study shows that the ethanol industry has provided a tremendous boost for the corn industry. In 2016, the ethanol industry consumed 5.43 billion bushels of corn valued at $18.72 billion worth. Without the ethanol industry, demand and prices for corn would dramatically fall.
Not included in any of the economic numbers is the potential economic activity spurred by savings consumers make when using fuels with higher ethanol blends such as E85 and E15 which are on average priced lower than regular E10.


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E3 2021 is only a month away and most publishers are currently preparing their lineups. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Starfield will be present at this gaming event. However, and according to Jeff Grub, Elden Ring and Hellblade 2 won’t be present.
What this basically means is that we may get an in-engine or cinematic trailer for Starfield.
Schreier also claims that the rumored 2021 release date for Starfield was false.
As for Hellblade 2 and Elden Ring… yeah… we don’t really have anything additional to say about them.
Kadokawa Corp, the parent company of FromSoftware, now plans to release Elden Ring after March 2022. Back in March, we shared some leaked gameplay footage from this highly anticipated game. Our guess back then was that FromSoftware would reveal a new trailer at E3 2021. If Elden Ring won’t be present at E3 2021, we can assume that Bandai Namco plans to release this trailer at Gamescom 2021.
Stay tuned for more!
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Worlds collide in Season 5! A viking ship, desert outpost, and ancient statues have appeared on the island, changing the world of Fortnite as we know it. Hop in an ATK (All Terrain Kart) with your squad and uncover all new mysteries and locations. New Season, New Battle Pass.
Ready your cannons as Cursed Sails arrives, the second free update for Rare’s Sea of Thieves. The dead set sail for war on the Outposts, so eat your bananas, load your guns and prepare to meet skeleton ships in battle!
Calling all game developers, watch Inside Xbox’s behind-the-scene story on how one developer leveraged Creators Program and ID@Xbox to break into the industry and sell over 500,000 copies of PIPE by BMX Streets. This one is one to watch and play!
The Xbox Gaming Tournament at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games was a first in the world of competitive video gaming. Xbox and Special Olympics partnered to facilitate the pilot video gaming tournament at a Special Olympics event, featuring Forza Motorsport 7 on July 2nd at the USA Games in Seattle, Washington. Players across the nation came together throughout the month of April to compete in prelims for a spot in the final tournament and a chance to win a custom-wrapped Xbox One X prize.


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- Is there enough lithium on earth?
- What country has the most Lithium?
- How much lithium is in a Tesla battery?
- Is there a better battery than lithium?
- Why are lithium prices falling?
- How much lithium is left in the world?
- What is the best lithium stock to buy?
- Will Tesla Buy Piedmont lithium?
- Who is the largest producer of lithium?
- Will graphene replace lithium?
- Does Tesla use lithium batteries?
- How many years until lithium runs out?
- Is it a good time to invest in lithium?
- Where does the US get its lithium?
- Why is lithium so rare?
- What will replace lithium?
- Can Salt replace lithium?
- Where does Tesla buy their lithium?
- What are the disadvantages of lithium-ion batteries?
- What is the most powerful battery in the world?
Is there enough lithium on earth?
With the advent of the electric vehicle, the demand could skyrocket but for now the world has enough proven lithium reserves.
Most of the known lithium supply is in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Australia and China.
Lithium is commonly sourced from brine, a water and energy intensive process..
What country has the most Lithium?
ChileChile has the largest lithium reserves worldwide by a large margin. Chile had an estimated 9.2 million metric tons of lithium reserves in 2020. Australia came in second, with reserves estimated at 4.7 million metric tons that year.
How much lithium is in a Tesla battery?
A typical EV battery cell has perhaps a couple of grams of lithium in it. That’s about one-half teaspoon of sugar. A typical EV can have about 5,000 battery cells. Building from there, a single EV has roughly 10 kilograms—or 22 pounds—of lithium in it.
Is there a better battery than lithium?
Zinc-air batteries can be considered superior to lithium-ion, because they don’t catch fire. The only problem is they rely on expensive components to work.
Why are lithium prices falling?
Prices for lithium dropped last year due in part to the coronavirus pandemic, forcing Albemarle and peers to pause expansions, a step they will reverse only if the price is right, Eric Norris, who runs Albemarle’s lithium business, told the Reuters Next conference.
How much lithium is left in the world?
The total global reserves are estimated at 14 million tons. This corresponds to 165 times the production volume in 2018. Where is the most lithium mined?
What is the best lithium stock to buy?
Lithium Battery Stocks To Buy [Or Avoid] NowTesla Inc. ( NASDAQ: TSLA)Nio Inc. ( NYSE: NIO)General Motors Company (NYSE: GM)Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL)May 5, 2021
Will Tesla Buy Piedmont lithium?
In their deal with Tesla, Piedmont outlined a five year supply contract with the firm, with the option for Tesla to extend the deal another five years. The supply will begin at some point between July 2022 and July 2023, with the five year time period beginning only upon initial delivery.
Who is the largest producer of lithium?
GangfengGangfeng is the largest lithium metal producer in the world, while its lithium compound capacity ranks third worldwide and first in China.
Will graphene replace lithium?
Graphene batteries aren’t powering smartphones and other gadgets just yet, although Samsung is rumored to have something in the works. In the future, graphene could be the material that replaces the lithium-ion batteries that the technology industry has become so reliant on for decades.
Does Tesla use lithium batteries?
Tesla currently uses an NCA chemistry (that’s lithium-nickel-cobalt-aluminum), while lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) chemistries are common across the rest of the EV industry.
How many years until lithium runs out?
2025Read that one more time: Lithium could run out by 2025. The reason? According to the Forbes article, “UBS analysts crunched the numbers on the progress of seven different battery technologies (in tech lingo: “battery cells”). They estimate that EVs will reach a cost parity with gas-powered cars by 2024.”
Is it a good time to invest in lithium?
Lithium is one of the most in-demand commodities across the globe given its immense use and benefits, especially in the battery market. According to a report by Deloitte, analysts have a consensus that the demand for lithium will double or even triple by 2030.
Where does the US get its lithium?
In January, the US Bureau of Land Management approved a two-square-mile open-pit mine known as the Thacker Pass in Nevada. When it opens for business in a few years, it will be the nation’s largest source of lithium supply generating 60,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate annually.
Why is lithium so rare?
Observed abundance of lithium Hydrogen and helium are most common, residuals within the paradigm of the Big Bang. Li, Be and B are rare because they are poorly synthesized in the Big Bang and also in stars; the main source of these elements is cosmic ray spallation.
What will replace lithium?
The solution could be sodium-ion batteries, whose development has recently made astonishing progress. In the foreseeable future, they could replace the lithium-ion batteries currently used not only in electric vehicles, but also in smartphones and laptops.
Can Salt replace lithium?
The most promising replacement for lithium is sodium (Na), since even with a two-layer arrangement of sodium atoms in bigraphen sandwich, the capacity of such an anode becomes comparable to the capacity of a conventional graphite anode in Li-ion batteries: about 335 mA*h/g against 372 mA*h/g for lithium.
Where does Tesla buy their lithium?
Tesla, whose share price has climbed by around 700% this year, started delivering the first vehicles from its gigafactory in Shanghai in December 2019. It already sources lithium – an ingredient in EV batteries – from China’s Ganfeng Lithium, one of the world’s top lithium producers.
What are the disadvantages of lithium-ion batteries?
Despite its overall advantages, lithium-ion has its drawbacks. It is fragile and requires a protection circuit to maintain safe operation. Built into each pack, the protection circuit limits the peak voltage of each cell during charge and prevents the cell voltage from dropping too low on discharge.
What is the most powerful battery in the world?
Saft Ni-Cd batteryThe Saft Ni-Cd battery comprises 4 strings of 3,440 high- rate cells, each rated at 920Ah. Operating up to 5,230V on high-rate charge, not only is this the world’s most powerful battery, it is also by far the world’s highest voltage battery.


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Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its latest monthly economic update reveals that the country’s terms of trade have been deteriorating unabated, reflecting a major structural weakness of the economy.
The terms of trade, the value of exports relative to that of imports, reached at 70.1 percent in FY 2011-12 from 70.8 percent in FY 2010-11, it said.
The leading think-tank projects further weakening in the upcoming years to reach at 69.2 percent, 68 percent, 66.7 percent and 65.5 percent in FY 2012-13, FY 2013-14, FY 2014-15 and FY 2015-16 respectively, if radical actions are not taken.
Explaining that the terms of trade are influenced by a number of factors, the research organization says that the deterioration means that the gap between country’s dependency on export of low- value products and import of high-value products are increasing, disfavouring the rise of export prices comparative to import prices.
Referring to the dominance of seven low-value labour intensive export items of the country, the research organisation also states that although exports of woven garments, jute goods increased slightly in FY 2012-13 compared to the previous FY 2011-12, the exports of frozen food, knitwear, raw jute, chemical products, engineering and electric goods, and tea witnessed a decline compared to FY 2011-12.
Of the main five import items, excepting food grains, the remaining four – crude petroleum, raw cotton, capital machinery and iron, steel and other base metals – are, on the other hand, comparatively high-value industrial goods, adds the report.
Urging for a structural shift and transcending from the current practice of government taking policies on an adhoc basis, the Unnayan Onneshan suggests to opt for coordinated monetary and fiscal policies by way of fiscal incentives, subsidies and tax breaks to embark upon technological catching up and manufacturing high value-added products to stave off further deterioration of terms of trade.
The research organisation also points out that trade openness is increasing while terms of trade is decreasing which casts doubt over the efficacies of trade liberalisation. In FY 2012-13, the trade openness index reached at the highest level of 49.9 since FY 2001-02.
Observing that the economy has been experiencing a negative balance of trade over the years, the Unnayan Onneshan reasons out a greater fall in import than that in export behind this decline in trade deficit.
Trade deficit declined to USD 7010 million in FY 2012-13 from USD 9310 million in FY 2011-12. If the recent business scenario remains as usual, trade deficit might decline to USD 2494.33 million in 2013-14 and to USD 2667.71 million in 2015-16.
The Unnayan Onneshan notes that the surplus of current account has risen due to increase in remittances and fall in import payments.
The think-tank, however, observes that surplus achieved through reducing import of raw materials and capital machinery for its industrial sector may not be considered a blessing and this surplus has also appreciated the national currency, leading to loss in export competitiveness.
The portfolio investment and foreign direct investment (FDI) witnessed a negative rate of growth.
The Unnayan Onneshan also notes that net foreign inflow increased to USD 1887 million in FY 2012-13, from USD 1169 million in FY 2011-12. Furthermore, in July of FY 2012-13, the total foreign aid was USD 209.99 million and principal payment was USD 53.17 million for which net foreign aid was positive as USD 156.82 million. The net flow of foreign aid stood at USD -41.84 million in July, 2013 compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year.


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When marketing in China it is not enough to just “tell a beautiful story” – Chinese consumers want “real rewards”.
So says Ken Hong, general manager of strategic marketing for China’s Twitter-like social network Sina Weibo.
Addressing the Social Matters conference in Hong Kong recently Mr Hong, suggested a material reward for engaging with a brand in social media is more powerful than slick marketing in China.
“In China, don’t just tell a beautiful story,” Hong advised delegates in an on-stage interview with the global MD of Social@Ogilvy, Thomas Crampton. “Show real rewards,” he said, such as a discount or a promotion.
“It’s not enough to give Chinese consumers a great video,” he said, suggesting that consumers need to be involved through activities such as exclusive product launch events.
“They have to know what is the benefit for me. They’re (Chinese consumers) very practical in that sense,” he said.
Mr Hong added that China’s consumers are very demanding, and are quick to complain about a product or service if they feel isn’t justifying their time in social media.
“(Social media) fans are worth something (business-wise) – they’re not just a number.”


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Tag - Zagat
Google has released a major update to its Zagat app for iOS devices, adding an iPad-optimized interface alongside the existing iPhone layout. The discovery guide also offers new content, including ratings and reviews for shops and hotels, along with listings for locations in Charleston and Nashville.
Yahoo has installed a new leader for Flickr, with Google's managing director of product management for Zagat transferring to the company. The addition of Bernardo Hernandez to Yahoo to replace the resigned Brett Wayn is the latest ex-Google employee to take a prominent position in the company under the leadership of Yahoo CEO and early Googler Marissa Mayer.
Google has released an update for Google Maps for Android, one which it previously revealed to have a large number of changes, including enhancements to navigation, the main user interface, and new discovery options. The app will also be the first built for Android tablets and iPads, with it appearing in Google Play last night, and soon in the App Store.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google will soon close a deal that will see the search giant acquire the Frommer's travel brand from a publicly-owned company. The acquisition -- in combination with Google's acquisition of Zagat last year -- will give the search giant an even greater suite of product, service, and location rating capabilities. The financial aspects of the acquisition have yet to be announced, and the Journal says Google is still looking into exactly how it will roll Frommer's services into its own. A note on Frommer's web site confirmed the acquisition today.
Google on Tuesday bought Clever Sense, a young startup that had only recently released its first Android and iOS app. The deal supplies the technology behind Alfred, which provides automatic restaurant and night club recommendations based on location and past visits. Exact aims weren't outlined, but Clever Sense co-founder Babak Pahlavan promised that it would "accelerate" the concept of personalized, intelligent local search.
Google made an aggressive leap Thursday with the buyout of Zagat. The deal gives it the pioneering hotel and restaurant rating guide firm for an undisclosed amount. Google was unspecific about exact details but said Zagat would be a "cornerstone of our local offering," according to Location VP Marissa Mayer.


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Pavel Vrublevsky, the owner of Russian payments firm ChronoPay and the subject of an upcoming book by this author, was sentenced to two-and-half years in a Russian penal colony this week after being found guilty of hiring botmasters to attack a rival payment processing firm.
Vrublevsky was accused of hiring Igor and Dmitri Artimovich in 2010 to use their Festi spam botnet to attack Assist, a competing payments firm. Prosecutors allege that the resulting outage at Assist prevented Russian airline Aeroflot from selling tickets for several days, costing the company millions of dollars.
According to Russian prosecutors, Vrublevsky directed ChronoPay’s chief security officer Maxim Permyakov to pay $20,000 and hire the Artimovich brothers to launch the attacks. The Artimovich brothers also were found guilty and sentenced to 2.5 years. Permyakov received a slightly lighter sentence of two years after reportedly assisting investigators in the case.
Earlier this year, I signed a deal with Sourcebooks Inc. to publish several years worth of research on the business of spam, fake antivirus and rogue Internet pharmacies, shadow economies and that were aided immensely by ChronoPay and — according to my research — by Vrublevsky himself.
Vrublevsky co-founded ChronoPay in 2003 along with Igor Gusev, another Russian businessman who is facing criminal charges in Russia. Those charges stem from Gusev’s alleged leadership role at GlavMed and SpamIt, sister programs that until recently were the world’s largest rogue online pharmacy affiliate networks. Huge volumes of internal documents leaked from ChronoPay in 2010 indicate Vrublevsky ran a competing rogue Internet pharmacy — Rx-Promotion — although Vrublevsky publicly denies this.


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20150605 – CPSC & Cree Recalls LED T8 Lamps Due to Burn Hazard
CPSC and Cree announced the recall of 700,000 LED T8 Lamps, the recall indicates that electrical arcing may cause the lamp to overheat and melt posing a burn hazard. Cree has received four reports of overheating and melting, no injuries have been reported. The recalled lamps were eligible to bear the cULus Mark.
Link to the recall: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/Cree-Recalls-LED-Lamps/


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The Electronic Global Trade Credit Platform (eGTCP), has been developed and is operated by Zhejiang Great Tao e-Commerce Corporation. Based on the provision of credit and by working with various trusted partners, we provide professional services to international buyers and suppliers, which includes purchase order matching, trade finance, export services, logistics and credit assurance. Visit www.egtcp.com for more information. Or email email@example.com or call 400-1598-448.
Walmart looking to expand retail presence in China
US retailer Walmart Inc is looking to make further inroads in China's burgeoning retail market by expanding services to busy Chinese families through omni-channels, an expanded hypermarket network, more high-end membership stores and supermarket formats, a top official said.
Doug McMillion, president and CEO of Walmart, during his recent visit to Beijing said that the world's largest retailer by revenue is looking to drive innovation in three categories: low price and quality merchandise, redefining assortment through learning from partnerships and competitors, and creating fun and efficient shopping experiences for customers.
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Walmart China plans to double the number of Sam's Club stores, its high-end membership stores in China, to 40 by 2020. Other measures to boost Sam's Club include improving fresh food quality and stocking of more private brands, he said. Currently, Sam's Club has nearly 2 million members with a renewal rate of core members of about 80 percent.
Last week, Walmart opened its first community-based intelligent supermarket in Shenzhen, a 1,200-square-meter format with about 9,000 items of merchandise.
A customer chooses vegetables at a Walmart store in Yichang, Hubei province.
Wern-Yuen Tan, president and CEO of Walmart China, said the new format will also be available online, which allows deliveries to customers who live under 2 kilometers by 29 minutes through an alliance with portals like JD Daojia and New Dada. "We are very pleased with the development of our online business. Last year, Walmart China's e-commerce enjoyed 250 percent growth and is expected to see a triple digit increase this year," said the president.
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McMillion said China's retail market has enormous growth potential. Walmart's investment in China will always be crucial to the company and it will open 30 to 40 new stores this year. The retailer is investing 700 million yuan ($111.6 million) in the self-operated perishable delivery center to strengthen its fresh business - the company's largest single investment in the country so far. The center will be put into use by the end of this year.
McMillion, who claimed to make Walmart a technology company last year, has also emphasized the significance of automation in the retail industry. The company is testing Scan& Go in 11 Walmart hypermarkets in China, which enables customers to scan the bar code on products and complete payment on a mini program on WeChat. In the future, all supermarkets will offer such services.
Walmart in recent years has slowed down its pace of expansion and is focusing on quality and sustainable development. In 2017, Walmart opened 31 new stores including 27 hypermarkets and four Sam's Club stores, remodeling 62 existing stores with 300 million yuan. Most of its revamp is for the stocking of fresh goods.
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Jeff Bezos is all set to begin a new chapter of his life, away from the company that made him the world’s richest man.
Exactly 27 years ago today, Bezos had founded Amazon on July 5, 1994. From a bookstore based out of a garage where Bezos used to pack and deliver packages to the post office himself, Amazon grew steadily to become one of the world’s most valuable brands with a market worth of more than $1.7 trillion.
Today, Amazon is not just an e-commerce behemoth, Bezos diversified his business interests over the years into areas like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, digital streaming platform, and smart home products like Alexa.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), its enterprise arm, is the world leader in the software services industry. The man behind AWS’s success and Jeff Bezos’ long-term deputy, Andy Jassy will be taking over as the new CEO of Amazon.
What’s next for Jeff Bezos?
57-year old Bezos will not be involved in the day-to-day operations of the company moving on. However, he isn’t giving up his entire drawer of responsibilities. Bezos will stay on as the executive chair of Amazon and will reportedly be a big part of the company’s new products and initiatives.
Away from Amazon, Bezos will invest his time in other interests – namely space company Blue Origin and the prestigious newspaper The Washington Post, that he bought in 2013.
Jeff Bezos’ wealth
On the day that Bezos steps down from the role that made him ultra-rich, his net worth stands at $201.8 billion. In 1998 he entered the list of richest Americans for the first time. Since 2019, his wealth has grown more than 70 percent.
His earnings from Amazon make up for more than 90 percent of Bezos’ net worth.
What’s next for Amazon?
Andy Jassy is one of the oldest employees at Amazon. He has been called a true disciple of Bezos. He is also the former Amazon CEO’s early prodigy.
Traits that Jassy is known for our frugality, perseverance, and humility. In fact, Bezos had once called Jassy “one of our most high potential people” in the early days of Amazon when proposed by the marketing team in 1997 to be laid off.
In fact, Jassy’s profile for a year and a half just after the dot-com bust of 2002 was to be a shadow of Bezos, where he was mentored by the man himself. Jassy was promoted to AWS CEO in 2016. Another well-known trait of Jassy inside Amazon is the ability to sit through never-ending meetings.
With Bezos set to try and achieve his dream of flying to space in near future, the 53-year-old Jassy will be the foremost figure in paving Amazon’s strategy on the ground moving forward. With Jassy’s approach mirrors that of Bezos’, clients and customers can exact a hurdle-free transition phase with no significant shift in the business dynamics.


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New Delhi: In a bid to increase its market share in the printer segment in Indian, Xerox Corporation has announced the launch of a series of new products for the domestic market followed by a global launch, the company said.
Speaking to the media after the launch, Carl Bothner, vice-president and general manager, Xerox Corporation, said, the products will make its debut in India and subsequently make its way in other parts of the world as part of a strategic growth plan of the company, which will also include expansion of offices across India.
According to a study conducted by the New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc, small and medium businesses in India are expected to spend $1.3 billion on printers and printing supplies this year, up by 16 per cent over last year.
The new range of printers, the first of its kind to be introduced in the Indian market will comprise eight new mono printers such as cost-effective A4 machines and multi-function printers (MFPs). The products targeted at the fast growing SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) are expected to be priced from Rs17,000 to Rs3.17 lakh.


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Daimler files patent for tyre temperature control system
Mercedes-Benz’ parent company Daimler has filed a patent with the UK Intellectual Property Office for a tyre temperature control system. The technology involves spraying water to keep the tyre temperatures within the optimum range.
According to the patent filing, the system stores the water used for washing the front and rear windshields and uses it to spray it on the tyres when the temperatures go beyond the permissible limits.
The system will have temperature sensors for each tyres. When the tyres get too hot, the strategically located sprays (hidden behind the wheel arches) would spray ambient temperature water on the tyres thereby cooling them down.
During winter, if the tyre temperature is too cold, the system would employ the engine coolant’s heat to warm up the stored water which is then sprayed on the tyres. This way, the tyres can get up to optimum temperature quickly.
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Hemp may be lost cause and not a lifeline for family farmsHemp may be lost cause and not a lifeline for family farms
CBD brands often point to hemp as a cash crop that can help keep family farms solvent, but other say that the agricultural economics will favor farmers who already have the equipment and capital. A looming glut in raw material may also doom early entrants.
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Looking out across the attendees at a NoCo Hemp Expo, Oregon hops farmer Mark McKay speaks of the hemp growers in attendance when he waves his hand across the crowd and declares, “in two years, all of these people will be gone.”
McKay has done little more than dabble in hemp farming by giving his son some acres on the family’s 550-acre Williamette Valley farm, but as a fifth-generation farmer, he knows something about how agriculture works. And what he knows tells him that the economics of growing hemp are not likely to be kind to farmers with smaller acreage and smaller resources, especially not when those farmers don’t have years of experience. Established farmers with the acres, the equipment and the experience are going to beat the small farms and newcomers on price and efficiency, he says.
“You don’t need many 2,000 or 4,000-acre guys to swallow a whole industry.”
That conclusion could be jarring to the voices heralding hemp as the savior of the family farm. In that vision, hemp is a lucrative lifeline that could wean growers on smaller farms off the doomed economic spiral of commodity crops and restore vitality to rural communities. That’s not what McKay sees when he looks at hemp. “Hemp’s going to have its day for a couple of years, and then it will get into the hands of the big guys,” McKay says.
To be clear, nobody said it was going to be easy, and even people who support the vision of restored rural economies see the challenges as formidable. Erica McBride-Stark, executive director of the National Hemp Association, won’t dismiss McKay’s daunting predictions and says the goals of organizations like hers won’t be accomplished without hard work coordinated between growers, processors and brands. “That’s what I’m hopeful for,” she says, “because certainly one of the main reasons that we fought for this for so many years is to benefit the small and medium-sized farmer.”
In McBride-Stark’s view, there’s still runway left for small farms. Indeed, she says, even beyond the regulatory issues that have kept big players out thus far, industrialized agriculture has little reason to enter the fray just yet. There’s no hemp shortage looming, she observes. “I actually am more than a little bit concerned that supply and demand might be a little bit out of balance with how many more people are cultivating this year than have in the past.”
Such dynamics mean many farmers’ dreams may not be realized in the short term, but McBride-Stark says getting enough farmers into the business early was always part of the plan. “Our hope in this from the beginning was to have the small- and medium-sized farmer get enough of a foothold into the industry to be able to keep up with demand and that it won’t get to the point where Big Ag sees stepping in as being advantageous.”
Fiber and seed oil are different business propositions where scale has more advantage, McBride-Stark admits, but she believes the small farms that she’s talking about are producing for the CBD market, where quality eclipses economies of scale. “For CBD processing, I think that the small- to medium-sized farmer is going to have a pretty good beach in this market for quite some time.”
Green rush mentality
Veronica Carpio, the hemp-farmer founder of Grow Hemp Colorado and an outspoken voice for the potential of hemp as an economic benefit for rural communities isn’t so sure. She tells a story about a Chinese company buying land in Nevada to build greenhouses where they would grow hemp to supply GW Pharmaceuticals, makers of the only FDA-approved CBD drug, Epidiolex. American farmers could have supplied the hemp, she says. They weren’t asked. “They weren’t contracting with farmers, but they were buying up land.”
What Carpio sees is a “clear division” being defined in the hemp industry between growers and processors who are ready to see the hemp industry monetized and professionalized in a big business model and “another side who says everybody should benefit; the whole should benefit.”
That “everybody should benefit” model is at risk, she says. “Do I think the old schoolers that were part of this movement realized it was going to be corporately controlled? Hell, no. Do I think people involved now who are the self-proclaimed leaders of hemp know the possibilities of big corporate and Big Pharma taking it over versus fighting for the medium and small farmers and fair regulation? Yeah, I think they’re well aware of it.”
In the ground
Whatever the intentions, the practicalities of growing any crop at scale requires a level of expertise and resources McKay is convinced many in the current crop of hemp farmers don’t possess. Hops is a small crop in the scheme of things, but the investment is no small matter. McKay says hops farmers like him could step in and put those investments to bear in a way that would put much of the current hemp farming operations out of business. “The dryers are in place and the harvesters are in place,” he says. And that part of the equation doesn’t even account for the years of experience.
Drying operations alone cost millions, he says, and he gets calls from hemp farmers every day who want to use his drying equipment. He assumes most of them haven’t thought the process through. “I’m saying, ‘You have crop in the ground and you don’t know where you’re going to dry it?’”
The hops industry already has the extraction facilities too, he points out, a capacity that many in the hemp industry worry is in too short supply. “We’ve got the infrastructure in place. It’s just a matter of putting seeds in the ground,” McKay says. “We’d kill the market in one year.”
CV Sciences Director of Hemp Production Josh Hendrix doesn’t dismiss McKay’s warnings entirely. He foresees a commodity market for fiber and grain with all the negative connotations of “commodity,” but for the CBD market he sees “an opportunity to not let it become a bad commodity."
“I don’t necessarily think right now that hemp grain or hemp fiber is what people are talking about when they say this is good for the small farmer,” Hendrix says.
“We have an opportunity to do it the right way so there’s still value to the small farmer,” he says. Part of that is a matter of timing. Hemp has a “new, hip, cool thing” quality right now that dovetails nicely with the buy local/buy organic movement in terms of audience overlap, Hendrix says. He talks of it as a “gateway crop” that tugs conventional farmers into the organic space. That overlap and that first-mover factor could be enough to keep hemp-for-CBD in the hands of family farmers.
“The way I look at it with hemp is that Big Ag hasn’t taken an interest, so there is a door open for small farmers to come in and take the first-mover opportunity.”
John Roulac thinks what Hendrix describes is possible. He’s just worried that it’s not being realized. Roulac had a career in natural products founding NUTIVA before he founded RE Botanicals, basing the latter, a hemp CBD brand, on what he’d learned about organic ingredients. Organic is a nice match for hemp CBD, but it’s not happening with enough farmers and enough brands, he says. “Ninety-nine percent of the farm acres in America are not organic, and that’s where the vast majority of industrial hemp is being grown,” he says.
If it were happening more widely, he believes, organic hemp could keep the dietary supplement branch of the hemp supply chain rooted in family farms. But he sees little evidence that the fast-growing category is committed to organic standards. “Did you know that the vast majority of every hemp CBD brand is using Monsanto Roundup corn ethanol to process their CBD?” Roulac asks.
In that sense, the natural products industry, and the supplement industry in particular, is failing to stand up for farmers, Roulac says. “The natural food industry has given a hall pass to the CBD industry,” he says, explaining that there’s no paperwork or certification behind most organic claims for hemp. Organic certification wasn’t possible before the 2018 Farm Bill was passed and is still being worked out now.
Gone to seed
Whether hemp farmers need help to come from the natural products industry or not, they certainly need help, says Jeffrey McConnaughey, who, until early July, ran a hemp growing operation for the Rodale Institute to research how organic farming techniques could best be applied to the crop. Practices and techniques for growing hemp organically are not well established, and the genetics that would allow it to grow organically in different climates and latitudes have not been developed, McConnaughey says.
Without that support, small farmers may find themselves outgunned. First-mover status doesn’t mean much if the numbers don’t add up. “As the prices continue to fall, it’s not going to be economical for the smaller farms,” McConnaughey says.
As research is conducted, however, it may be that the advantages the big seed companies have in producing hybridized varieties of other crops that grow well in varied climates and locations may be lacking for hemp. Hemp genetics may favor regional varietals that make the Big-Ag one-seed-fits-all model impractical. That could give small farms a better chance and yet still not be enough, says McConnaughey.
Outside of select niches, the realities of agricultural economics favor big farms with big capital, he says. Hemp could thrive as a niche market the way organic vegetable farms can turn a profit when they’re close enough to big cities to make the farmers market and gourmet restaurant trade work. But he’s not sure he sees hemp as a niche crop in the same way an heirloom tomato catches the attention of a farmers market shopper. “Honestly, a lot of the stuff I’ve seen, I wouldn’t call niche market,” he says, explaining that when CBD is available at gas station convenience stores, it can be hard to elevate to single-vineyard status.
The good news, McConnaughey says, is that at least some of the equipment and infrastructure farmers use to grow hemp could grow those tomatoes too. Hemp could be the first step in a longer plan, he says. “If these farmers are able to be adaptable enough, they can kind of jump into hemp while the prices are high, and then maybe transition into different crops other than just corn and soy.”
Placing bets, taking risks
For McKay, farming has always been a matter of taking risks and placing bets. He was around for a hops boom sparked by the craft brewing market and saw some of his fellow farmers take too many risks before prices settled.
He’s not sure how many of the newer hemp farmers can claim a similar perspective. “They’ve probably got capital behind them,” he says, “but put somebody else’s money with somebody who’s never done it before and it’s like you’re lining up for disaster.
“You gamble on something you know nothing about.”
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 25, 2022–
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