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U.S. adults are consuming fewer calories and cutting how much they eat when dining out, according to a new government report.
The report, released Thursday (Jan. 16) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shows that from 2005-06 to 2009-10, U.S. adults decreased the average amount of calories they consumed each day by 118 calories, which is a 5 percent decrease. (After accounting for demographic factors, the decrease in calorie intake between those two time periods drops to 3.4 percent).
Meanwhile, calories consumed via food away from home dropped between 2005-06 and 2009-10 by 127 calories each day. When looking at total calorie intake over a day, the share of calories from food eaten outside the home decreased 4.75 percent.
The daily calorie intake specifically from fast food restaurants also decreased by 53 calories each day from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
And not only are Americans eating less, they also seem to be eating healthier. The report showed that the shares of fat and saturated fat calories decreased between 2005-06 and 2009-10, as did cholesterol intake. Meanwhile, fiber intake increased over this time.
However, the report's author, USDA economist Jessica Todd, told The Wall Street Journal that the improvements in diet healthfulness had less to do with "decline in food away from home consumption" and more to do with "an increase in consumer focus on nutrition in selecting foods, changes in the quality of foods available and greater nutritional information available to consumers."
Indeed, the report states that "less than 20 percent of the improvements in diet quality could be attributed to decreased [food away from home] consumption." The authors of the report found that compared with in 2007-08, in 2009-10 more people read the Nutrition Facts Panel or health claims on food packages "always or most of the time" during food shopping, and also spent more time thinking about nutrition of the food they were purchasing while grocery shopping. And between these two time periods, adults were also less likely to say that thinness or fatness is just something you're born with, "suggesting that more individuals recognize weight is within individual control."
The report also showed a positive trend toward eating more meals at home -- in 2007-08, working-age adults in households with at least two people, in addition to children, said they ate 5.80 meals a week at home. That number rose to 6.29 meals a week at home in 2009-10. And for this same demographic, the number of meals prepared at home every week rose from 5.35 in 2007-2008 to 5.77 in 2009-10.
It's "great news that family meals are on the rise. A healthy family doesn't just eat nutritious foods, they also eat together around the table," Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian who wasn't involved in the new report, told USA Today. "We have more control over ingredient quality and portions when we cook at home. More home-cooked meals is one trend that I'd like to see go viral."
The findings of the report are based on data from 9,839 people who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.


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Cytosol Laboratories Inc., a Braintree maker of small volume anticoagulants, has been acquired by Biomet Inc., a manufacturer of musculoskeletal medical products, for an undisclosed amount.
Founded in 1968, Cytosol develops anticoagulants and other products to aid in the processing of blood components. The company has three products that have received New Drug Application approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: TriCitrasol, noClot-50 and Rejuvesol.
According to officials at Indiana-based Biomet, the technology acquired with Cytosol will work well with Biomet’s existing GPS III Platelet Separation System and BioCue Platelet Concentration System. While the release stated that Biomet was buying “substantially all of the assets” of Cytosol, it did not specify what it was not acquiring. Without stating any details of how many employees would be retained, Biomet Biologics president Stuart Kleopfer said that he welcomed the team from Cytosol.
When Cytosol was formed, it was initially tasked with creating specialty blood processing products for Massachusetts General Hospital, according to its wesbite.
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Almost anyone who has ever used a computer is familiar with the typeface Comic Sans. Hardly any fonts have ever divided opinion so strongly: it is much loved and equally loathed
For our 150th issue, available until next week, experts from some of our favourite graphic design studios and magazines told us about the fonts that have stood out for them in recent years
In graphic designer Sarah Hyndman's book, a series of games reveals the complex way in which we interact with everyday typography, says Icon's art director Anja Wohlstrom
Can we finally say goodbye? What is it that makes some typefaces so successful in the Darwinian struggle of constantly proliferating fonts? Let's take Helvetica, a typeface currently celebrating its 50th birthday.


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Potter’s Pasties has opened its first brick-and-mortar eatery near the University of Minnesota.
The Line reports on the new location, the site of a former Broadway pizza on the basement level of 1828 Como Ave. S.E., and talks with owner Alec Duncan, who also runs the Potter’s Pasties food truck. Duncan announced the plans for the fixed location back in January.
Duncan picked a site that’s more like a food truck than most of the mobile-eateries-gone-brick-and-mortar — Smack Shack, Foxy Falafel and World Street Kitchen, among others. The new Potter’s Pasties still has few seats and is focused more on the take-and-eat crowd. The shop also makes deliveries in the evening, according to its website.


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Burberry’s new spring 2011 advertising campaign is out. Shot by photographer Mario Testino the new campaign features British models Cara Delevingne and Jacob Young rolling about on a beach of pebbles. These are the first of several spring ads that will be released between now and May.
Here’s a look at the making of the campaign and go to Burberry.Com to shop the collection.
One of the most influential fashion bloggers of our time Scott Schuman, aka, The Sartorialist reaches over 70,000 readers a day. This film (sponsored by Intel) gives a revealing look at Schuman’s view of fashion, photography and blogging. Schuman explains growing up he never dreamed about being a photographer, and that the way he shoots is very “instinctual”. He explains “the internet is the world shrinking.. and it’s given us a digital parkbench”. This film was directed by Tyler Manson.
“The most beautiful girl in Britain”, Rosie Huntington Whiteley’s career is hot, and is the one supermodel that people in the world of fashion and entertainment are buzzing about. Rosie recently shot May 2010 cover for British GQ with photographer Ellen Von Unwerth and she is about to be seen in the new Burberry Beauty campaign that launches this week worldwide.
Burberry Beauty Campaign by Mario Testino
Rosie is 23, from Plymouth, Devon, England and is best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret. Elle Magazine’s 2009 Model of the Year has shot campaigns with Ralph Lauren, DKNY, and Clinique, and in July will appear in the new Burberry Beauty campaign shot by Mario Testino. The new Burberry Beauty range launches this month in Nordstrom in the US and at Harrod’s in London and will also be available on Burberry.Com.
As if Rosie’s career couldn’t get any hotter, in late May Director Michael Bay confirmed that Rosie has been cast in the new Transformers 3 Movie, set to shoot in Chicago this summer and will be released next July 2011. If you are in love with Rosie and want to read more about her she’s also got a book coming out called Rosiex10 later this year.
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Here’s the behind the scenes video British GQ shot with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley for their May 2010 Issue. CREDITS: Photographer: Ellen Von Unwerth, Design & Creative Direction: Paul Solomons; Filmed and Edited by Spring69.
Go behind the scenes with Supermodel Erin Wasson as she shoots the Maybelline New York Superstay TV commercial. Photos by Giovanni Sicignano. Check out our photo gallery and watch our behind the scenes videos of Erin Wasson.
Since leaving his job as Creative Director of Nina Ricci in Fall 2009 designer Olivier Theyskens has been working on a new book called “The Other Side of the Picture“. Published by Assouline, Theyskens collaborated on the book with photographer Julien Claessens who captured him in action backstage over the last fifteen years. Assouline has released a video which gives a revealing at look at how Theyskens and Classens approached the book project. Theyksens new photography book “The Other Side of the Picture” will be released during New York fashion week on February 12th.
At 33, Olivier Theyskens has been called one of the greatest designers of his generation. He was named CFDA’s international designer of the year in 2006, and has dressed some of Hollywood’s most stunning stars from Madonna to Jennifer Aniston.
Over the last decade MODTV has filmed backstage and reported on many of Olivier Theysken’s collections for both Rochas and Nina Ricci. But in 2006 we were granted exclusive access while he prepared on one of his collections for Rochas. It’s a rare look at Olivier in action.
Go behind the scenes with actress Emma Watson and Designer Christopher Bailey as they shoot the new stunning advertising campaign for Burberry Prorsum Spring 2010 with photographer Mario Testino. Behind the scenes video courtesy of Burberry.
Supermodel Kate Moss makes a rare appearance at the Burberry Prorsum show in Milan and gives us an exclusive interview. Designer Christopher Bailey and photographer Mario Testino explains why Kate so perfectly captures the spirit of the Burberry girl, the very British brand that is celebrating 150 years in business.


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Exposure to nitrosamines, compounds that can form in foods as they are prepared and processed, can cause cancer and damage DNA. The alarm was sounded by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in a note in support of the new scientific opinion on consumer exposure to these substances. The alert is based on an EFSA study which evaluated the potential harm caused by nitrosamines for humans and animals and consumer exposure, and found that ten of these compounds are carcinogenic and genotoxic (i.e. they can damage the DNA). Additionally, based on animal studies, rodents have been shown to increase the risk of liver tumors (the most critical health effect noted).
The EFSA study assessed the risk by excess, that is, it started from the assumption that “all nitrosamines present in food have the same potential to cause cancer in humans as the most harmful nitrosamine”. A possibility that, however, experts consider unlikely in reality. Applying this method, the results showed that “for all age groups of the EU population, the level of exposure to nitrosamines in food is of health concern”. Now the EFSA report is being sent to the European Commission which will discuss possible legislative initiatives with the Member States. But how are these substances formed and in which foods can they be found?
How nitrosamines are formed
Nitrosamines are chemical compounds that can form in foods with their preparation and transformation, starting from nitrites, i.e. those substances used as additives in canned meats, cured meats, marinated fish, dairy products, soy sauce, processed vegetables and even in mother’s milk. Nitrites (and nitrates) are mainly used in meat, to preserve its integrity, maintain its color and improve its taste, but also to avoid the development of microbes such as Clostridium botulinum (bacterium responsible for botulism). Once it reaches the stomach and intestines, the nitrite can generate, thanks to the favorable acid environment, some N-nitrous compounds, the so-called nitrosamines, defined by the American institution Food and Drug Admistration “one of the most potent groups of carcinogens ever discovered”.
In this regard, a study conducted by Dr. William Lijinsky who had introduced nitrosamines in the feeding of some animals, saw that within six months 100% of the guinea pigs had developed tumors in 100%. The cancerous manifestations were present in every part of the body: in the brain, lungs, pancreas, stomach, liver and intestines.
Acrylamide, why is it toxic and in which foods can we find it?
What foods are they found in?
Nitrosamines have been found in many types of food products, such as cured meats (cured meats), processed fish, cocoa, beer and other alcoholic beverages. And again in cooked meat, processed vegetables, cereals, milk and dairy products, fermented, pickled and spiced foods. However, the food group that contributes the most to nitrosamine exposure is meat and meat products, such as sausages and sausages.
The link between cancer and the consumption of red and processed meat
After reviewing 800 studies on the relationship between red meat and the onset of cancer, in 2017 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) included processed meat among certain carcinogens (group 1, which also includes asbestos , ethyl alcohol and smoking, ultraviolet radiation and the Papilloma virus), and red meat among the probably carcinogenic substances for humans (group 2A).
Later, the Higher Institute of Health tried to reduce the alarm by stating that “epidemiological studies offer data of scientific correlations that cannot be interpreted as proof of a cause-effect relationship. This means that we can speak of an increased risk, and therefore of an increased probability that the disease will appear, when red or processed meat is consumed, but it cannot be said that the disease will certainly appear as a result of their consumption”.
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A varied and balanced diet reduces the risks
“Currently – explains the EFSA report – there are some knowledge gaps on the presence of nitrosamines in specific food categories”. Therefore, pending further research and insights, the experts recommend, in order to reduce intake as much as possible of nitrosamines, to follow a balanced diet which includes a large variety of foods.


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The name Nubia might conjure up images of Africa, Egyptian pharaohs and early civilization. But perhaps one day, it'll also be remembered for smartphones. Or at least that's the hope of Chinese handset maker ZTE, which is using the name as a new comp...
Chinese handset maker ZTE is planning to launch a smartwatch next year, making it the latest company to throw its hat into this emerging gadget segment.
ZTE plans on launching another phone running Mozilla's Firefox OS, this time with a dual-core processor, a bigger screen, and a revamped user experience, a company executive said on Tuesday.
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users accounted for nearly 52 per cent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter, surpassing feature phones sales for the first time as a result of growth in Asian countries like China, Gartner said.
Sales of the ZTE Open Firefox OS phone will start soon via eBay's stores in the U.S. and U.K.
After several months of anticipation, the first phones based on the Firefox operating system are here. Telefónica will begin selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday in Spain as the first step of a global rollout that should see Firefox OS devices available i...
The first Web-based Firefox mobile OS smartphones will be released soon in Spain and Poland, with more coming soon to other regions of the world, Mozilla announced Monday.
Telefónica will be the first to offer a commercial smartphone based on Firefox OS. The Spanish operator will start selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday for €69 (US$90) with a prepaid subscription.
Showing off its optical networking prowess, ZTE has completed at test that managed speeds at 400Gbps over a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers, or about 3,100 miles.
The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology ...
The European Union is preparing to investigate the imports of mobile networking gear from China for anti-competitive practices, a move that's likely targeted at telecommunications equipment companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE.
Apple retook its spot as China's fifth largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, as the country's market grew to triple the size of the U.S.'s.
LG Electronics more that doubled its sales of smartphones in the first quarter, which was the first time smartphones outsold feature phones, according to market research company IDC.
Microsoft has inked an agreement with China's ZTE for its Android and Chrome patent licensing program.
Chinese handset maker ZTE put a positive spin on the recent U.S. scrutiny of its networking business, stating that the controversy at least gave the company some publicity and name-recognition.
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The prominent black taxis are as much a part of the London cityscape as Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. The latest generation of vehicles has been cruising the streets of Britain’s capital since the start of the year – electrically powered and featuring Brose technology. In addition to seat systems, the German automotive supplier provides window regulator motors and closure systems for the electric taxis.
Following acquisition of the London Taxi Company by the Chinese automotive group Geely, who tasked the manufacturer with updating the famous black cab, the renamed London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has been producing the iconic taxicabs exclusively with an electric drive since the beginning of the year.
As part of the modernisation efforts, the driver’s seat now features Brose systems that have already been proven in vehicles made by LEVC’s sister brand, Volvo. Brose develops the products in Coburg and delivers them to England from its Czech location in Ostrava.
File photo of a Brose window regulator.
In addition to seat structures, Brose is supplying latches and window regulator motors for the new TX model. Following its premiere in London the taxi will be used worldwide. Orders have already been received from Oslo and Amsterdam – and the taxi was launched in the German market in July.
The TX is expected to gain traction particularly in European metropolises with strict emission guidelines. It has a fully electric range of about 130 kilometres. If required, a petrol-operated generator can extend the range to over 600 kilometres.
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At CES 2018, InsureMyTrip has launched their SMART System, a new platform that will help consumers compare and buy travel insurance. Company claimed that SMART is the sophisticated algorithm developed specifically for travel insurance. “Travelers can have vastly different coverage needs, and SMART's goal is to deliver what's most important for each of them. Combining continuous learning through user interactions, vast libraries of data collected from past travelers, and the thousands of coverage options, SMART recommends the right plan for every traveler,” said company.
“For the first time, predictive models and Machine Learning (ml) techniques are being applied to travel insurance comparison. As we continue to pioneer the technology in this space, we anticipate continued and highly visible improvement to the comparison and purchase experiences for our end users,” says InsureMyTrip Director of Technology & Architecture Andy Bent, who leads the team responsible for SMART.
The technology was announced by InsureMyTrip CEO Jim Grace to industry leaders during the AIG Risk + Innovation “Future of Travel” event at CES 2018, informed the company.
“This pro-consumer technology is a real game changer for the entire insurance industry. SMART enables consumers to make confident buying decisions and encourages travel insurance companies to strengthen products to address the ever changing needs of travelers,” says InsureMyTrip CEO Jim Grace. “Our SMART technology is the dawn of a new era in travel insurance.”
SMART by InsureMyTrip is a proprietary algorithm that taps into thousands of data points to find the right travel insurance plan for any traveler. SMART delivers travel insurance quote results that match customer needs.


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Breaking News: Hong Kong Official Invites Coinbase Despite SEC Investigation, June 11
- Hong Kong is committed to establishing a strong ecosystem for crypto and fintech, with a favorable approach towards cryptocurrencies, and has actively overseen crypto assets through regulation.
- HKMA intends to introduce a retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) as a means of payment for everyday transactions.
- HK’s crypto ecosystem has attracted significant interest from international technology companies and influential industry players.
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council member Johnny Ng has expressed his support for the crypto industry in Hong Kong and has invited Coinbase and other crypto exchanges to establish operations in the region.
In a tweet, Ng acknowledged the important role that crypto trading operators like Coinbase play in the industry and offered his assistance to help them set up. He also hinted at potential stock listing opportunities, which could further bolster the industry’s growth in HK.
This move by Ng comes at a time when major players like Binance and Coinbase are facing lawsuits from the SEC. Despite this, Hong Kong has taken a progressive stance towards cryptocurrencies and has actively overseen crypto assets through regulation. In fact, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Paul Chan, declared the government’s dedication to establishing a strong ecosystem for crypto and fintech in January 2023. Since then, Hong Kong has been working on formulating regulations and implementing compliance measures to nurture the expansion of the cryptocurrency industry.
HKMA revealed its intentions to establish the groundwork for the introduction of a retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). This initiative, announced on June 9, seeks to investigate the advantages of CBDCs as a means of payment for everyday transactions and to facilitate customer access to cryptocurrency exchanges. This move shows HK’s commitment to moving towards a digital future and to becoming a digital hub for the crypto industry.
OKX and Huobi compliance entities are already participating in this endeavor and are presently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This favorable approach towards cryptocurrencies in Hong Kong has garnered significant interest from prominent international technology companies. In January, Samsung, the renowned Korean tech giant, made an announcement regarding the introduction of a Bitcoin Futures Active Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. This move exemplifies the growing recognition and involvement of influential industry players in Hong Kong’s crypto ecosystem.
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“Generational leaps allows you to sweep up the advances in technology that have taken place,” PlayStation’s CEO Jim Ryan said in an interview with The Washington Post. “Given this was our first foray into virtual reality, it gives us a chance to apply lessons learned. One of the very vivid illustrations of that is that we will be moving to a very easy single-cord setup.”
We’re taking what we’ve learned since launching PS VR on PS4 to develop a next-gen VR system that enhances everything from resolution and field of view to tracking and input.
There’s still a lot of development underway for our new VR system, so it won’t be launching in 2021. But we wanted to provide this early update to our fans, as the development community has started to work on creating new worlds for you to explore in virtual reality.
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In a recent year end earnings call with analysts, Drexler said MusclePharm is becoming “a disciplined healthy company with progress towards constant profitable growth.” The call was posted in transcript form on the site seekingalpha.com.
MusclePharm was once a wunderkind among sports nutrition brands. The company, co founded by former CEO Brad Pyatt in 2008, grew at a frenetic pace that included launching hundreds of SKUs and inking dozens of high profile endorser deals. At one time, the company had promotional deals with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods and the Manchester City Football Group, operator of current Premiere League champions Manchester City FC.
The company’s revenues expanded rapidly, but expenses rose even faster, and for all its sales and marketing prowess, profitability remained elusive. In 2015, MusclePharm reported more than $166 million in revenue, but also chalked up $51 million in losses.
And not all of those expenses were properly accounted for, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. SEC charged that the company did not properly disclose nearly $500,000 in perks paid to officers including Pyatt, failed to disclose Pyatt’s personal bankruptcy in 2008, as well as other violations. Pyatt was ousted as CEO in 2015 after agreeing to pay a $150,000 fine.
Stopping the bleeding
Drexler said the company has been engaged in a restructuring plan since Pyatt’s ouster. This included cutting out more than two-thirds of the existing SKUs and unwinding the high ticket endorsement deals. The company’s management also had to put the supply end of the picture in order. In 2016 MusclePharm settled a legal dispute with contract manufacturer Capstone.
As part of the restructuring plan MusclePharm has relocated its base of operations from Denver, CO to Burbank, CA. The move resulted in a reduction in headcount, which cut the company’s salary and benefits bill by more than 50%.
“While there’s still work to do, today, we are reporting a strong fourth quarter that reflects the positive impact of the company’s restructuring we began in 2015. . . . Revenues were $25.6 million, which is an increase of 5% over the third quarter and represents our first consecutive quarter revenue growth since our restructuring. Our operating loss narrowed by 28% over third quarter and our adjusted EBITDA including onetime event for the quarter was $1.3 million, which we believe is a clear indication of our performance momentum,” Drexler said.
Among the work that still needs to be done is paying off a settlement with Manchester City. In July 2017, the company agreed to pay $3 million to settle what the football club alleged was a breached sponsorship agreement. MusclePharm has already paid $1 million with two more installments due this year and next. Also, the company is in a continued legal dispute with its insurance carrier relating to the costs of the SEC enforcement action.
Looking to the future
Significantly, however, Drexler said there were no restructuring charges to report in the fourth quarter, bolstering the assertion that the worst of the pain is over.
“With the restructuring behind us, we have crafted a strategy focused on four key areas: Number one, diversifying our customer base; number two, building out a world-class consumer-based marketing capability; number three, investing in new product development; and number four, managing costs to ensure profitable revenue,” he said.
Among the new products the company has launched an MP Natural line, which has an organic, non GMO positioning. And MusclePharm has dipped its toe again into the endorsement pool, having signed contracts earlier this month with two prominent UFC fighters.
As far as the company’s book value is concerned, the restructuring effort still has a long way to go. MusclePharm’s stock once traded as high as $14 a share in 2014 before the SEC problems came to light and the scale of the losses it was incurring became apparent. It trades at about 65 cents a share today.
For the fourth quarter, MusclePharm recorded $25.6 million in revenue, down from $26 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. The company reported no restructuring-related charges in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with a reversal of $898,000 for the fourth quarter of 2016. Net revenue for 2017 was $102.2 million, compared with $132.5 million for 2016.


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UK Mail Group saw turnover and pre-tax profit climb last year thanks to increased volumes, winning new business and retaining existing customers in its parcel and mail divisions. Average daily volumes in its parcels division grew 19% last year, its results for the year ended 31 March 2014 showed, which it said enabled the business to better spread the its fixed costs and increase its operating margin. Despite this, the group expects growth in parcel volumes to slow this year […]
DX Group has purchased 44 acres of land in the West Midlands as part of plans for a £35m new hub.
The majority of online shoppers are unwilling to pay extra for premium parcel delivery, despite demanding greater choice and flexibility, a Hermes survey has revealed. The carrier has stressed the importance of offering a variety of delivery options, after a survey of 1,000 e-retail customers, commissioned by Hermes, found that many did not want to pay extra to cover the additional cost of evening deliveries, despite wanting access to parcels in the evening. Hermes sales and marketing director Gary Winter […]
UK Mail has launched an international parcel delivery service via its SME-targeted ‘ipostparcels’ brand.


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Opera, which already introduced cryptocurrency miner protection in its desktop-based versions, is now putting the same feature into its smartphone browsers, the company announced Monday.
The new feature will be available on Opera Mini and Opera for Android, according to a press release, and is part of the browser's native ad-blocker function.
According to the press release:
Opera estimates that more than a billion devices worldwide are slowed down by website-based cryptocurrency miners that users do not realize are "cryptojacking" their browsers. On the other side of the browsing experience, the company believes there are now more than 3 million websites with embedded cryptocurrency miners.
Making it tricky for users to know there's a problem, there may be no visual cue that a miner is taking advantage of a web browser, according to the firm.
Cryptocurrency miners can overload smartphones' CPUs, forcing 100 percent usage and potentially causing a phone to overheat.
And the damage can sometimes be permanent. According to a ZDNet article, one trojan generated so much heat in a phone, its battery became swollen, permanently damaging the phone. While excessive ads were one reason for the heat generation, the main cause was that the phone's CPU was hijacked to mine for Monero.
The trojan was so effective, it "wrecked the phone within 48 hours," according to the article.
Opera's new feature is already available, and the browser can be downloaded from the Google Play store, according to the release.
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With each new Apple product launch it seems to be smoother and smoother with less wait times, and wider availability. We have previously discussed how Apple has no incentive to innovate with cutting edge features for the iPad because their only competition comes from cheaper products. The more you think about it, you see that innovation is directly correlated to availability. You could have the most ground breaking product of all time, but if you can’t make enough to meet demand, it’s rather pointless.
Apple’s greatest innovation with the new iPad and iPad mini isn’t a new feature, but rather the process that creates it. Tim Cook is a true mastermind at connecting everything to mass produce the iPads as well as all new Apple products. The iPhone 5, iPad mini, and new iPad launches have been Apple’s biggest yet with 10 different countries on launch day, and 25 more a week later. It takes so much to mass produce such a popular product, and have it all sourced, constructed, and shipped across the globe in tight timeframe windows.
Ultimately, Apple likely has many great ideas ready for each generation, but the limiting factor is availability. For instance, the retina display iPad screen was likely ready to go in 2011, but Apple wasn’t able to get enough screen produced to reach the millions of units they need. They were able to source enough this year to make it possible, but other features couldn’t be produced in these numbers, and will need to wait until next year. The haptic display is a good example, as Apple could have probably made an iPad with this technology already. They just couldn’t make millions of them for launch throughout the world in 2012.
The iPad mini is another example as it comes with iPad 2 internals, and a non-retina display. Apple not only needs to get the new 7.9″ retina display, but get it in millions, with also mass produced A6 chips. They also need to provide a battery that powers the extra draining items in the thin chassis. For the iPhone 5, Apple has to condense everything into a thinner package, and be able to make it in such high numbers, that they have had a tough time with. Any new Apple innovation is intrinsically tied into making millions, so it’s a great innovation in seeing what has been produced over the years.
Apple has a clear product road map for all of their lines, but each potential innovation thought up in Cupertino is limited by the ability to source, construct, and ship that innovation in huge quantities for the given year. There are so many potential hardware features out there, but when you’re working with Apple’s scale, it needs to truly be readily available. When you see the retina display on the iPad, the thinness of the iPhone 5, or the overall iPad mini, just think of how fine it looks, and how hard it is to get millions upon millions of them.


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The Boy Scouts of America is offering a $5 million donation to help the Boy Scout Troop 125.
The group will receive a new “Boys’ Scout Clothing Distribution System” that will give them a new distribution system for clothing.
The new system is a partnership between Christian clothing and apparel manufacturers.
This system will allow Boy Scouts to continue to receive clothing from companies that have previously donated to the organization, such as Christian clothing companies.
The Boy Scouts is offering $5.2 million for a new system that will help the organization continue to be a source of clothing for youth in need.
The Boy Scout community has long benefited from a variety of products from clothing companies, but the Boy Scouting Council has been struggling to find a way to use the money to help other organizations.


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Nearly 2,700 Electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints have been added across London, the east and south east in the past twelve months, UK Power Networks (UKPN) has said. As a result, there are now over 9,000 chargepoints in London, the east and south east, with a total of 40% of all chargepoints in Great Britain being connected to UKPN’s local grids. This is almost double the volume of any other network operator.
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One benefit of owning an electric vehicle (EV) is that they are usually cheaper to run. Driving an EV 100 miles will, on average, cost around £4-6, compared with £13-16 in a petrol or diesel car. In 2019 and 2020, the average price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity in the UK was around 18p. The data for 2021 hasn’t been published yet, but an online quote from one of the UK’s big six energy providers shows an average cost of around 24p per kWh for September 2021. A car with a 50 kWh battery would cost around £9.50 to fill at 2020’s average rate. At the September 2021 rate, that same car will cost around £13 to charge. Public charging rates also vary wildly, and can cost up to 69p per kWh at motorway service stations that offer super-fast charging. At 69p, the full charge will cost £34.50.
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An Xbox fan heads online to show off a piece of nostalgia from when the Xbox 360 first hit store shelves almost 20 years ago.
One Xbox fan has shared a true blast from the past dating back to when the Xbox 360 console first hit store shelves over a decade ago. When Microsoft first launched its first Xbox console in 2001, it was anyone’s guess how it would fair against the likes of Sony with PlayStation and Nintendo with Nintendo 64. It was the beginning of the console wars as gamers knew it; nothing would be the same since then.
Four years later, the Xbox 360 made its debut in 2005, and eager gamers waited for hours in various weather at their local stores to snag the latest generation console at midnight launch events. MTV unofficially unveiled the gaming system in May, months before gamers would be able to get their hands on it in November. Fast-forward to 2022 and the Xbox Series X will be much harder to find this holiday season. It was a different time for players back then, and snagging the latest gaming console was easier said than done.
An avid fan of the Xbox consoles and Reddit user EvolutionIXMR shared their receipt from when they first bought their Xbox 360 17 years ago. Their console was purchased at a Best Buy location in St.Petersburg, Florida, back in December 2005. It originally retailed for about $400, a far cry from how much more expensive consoles are today. Also, moderating Xbox accounts was not as prevalent back then compared to 2022. Recently Xbox revealed it had banned over 4.8 million accounts during the first half of this year. A lot may have changed since then, but longtime fans of the brand were reminded of their own Xbox 360 purchasing experiences thanks to Evolution’s post.
The fan also shared how they remembered it being an unusually cold Florida night. They also revealed that for anyone who wasn’t an avid Xbox gamer back then, their particular console lasted for about six months before it got the infamous red ring of death. Evolution shared they shipped it back to Texas in ” those cardboard coffins,” only to receive a replacement that would also end up with the same issue. Ironically just this year, one lucky Xbox 360 gamer finally got hit with the red ring of death 17 years later.
Other gamers were reminded that they camped out for hours to snag an Xbox 360 in some pretty unforgiving weather, with some fans waiting in shifts in line while grabbing hot drinks to keep warm. One fan shared that they, too, keep receipts as Evolution did for memories. This isn’t the first time memories of this specific console inspired discussion online; one gamer found a forgotten Xbox 360 Blockbuster game rental that is now 15 years overdue. Whatever is next in store for Xbox‘s future, fans are sure to have fond memories now and always.
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Facebook is making it a lot easier for advertisers to create native and immersive Instagram Stories ads, with the creative assets they already have. Now, any photo or video under 15 seconds, in one of Instagram’s feed aspect ratios, will automatically be optimised for full-screen viewing as an Instagram Story ad.
With all the different placements and formats available on Facebook‘s advertising platform, preparing creatives optimised for each and every one of them can be a very time-consuming and expensive affair. But Facebook is trying to change that. Advertisers who want to use Instagram Stories ads, but only have a photo or video in an Instagram feed aspect ratio, will now be able to run the creative – while Facebook’s ad platform will automatically turn it into a full-screen experience.
The new feature allows advertisers to “seamlessly reach people” across both platforms, without extra customisations.
Instagram explains that “the ad creative will get carried over to stories,” and its “pixel matching technology will automatically select a background gradient to turn the ad into a full -screen format.” Also, the ad unit’s text (up to 190 characters) will appear in a “stories text font” at the bottom of the ad, while advertisers can also add a link for people to go to if they swipe up on the ad.
The new feature works with all single videos under 15 seconds and single photos, and can be used for the Video Views, Reach, Brand Awareness, Traffic, Conversions, App Installs, and Lead Generation objective across both the Auction, and Reach and Frequency buying types.
There are some limitations, however. Headlines are not supported, and the ad unit’s text can’t be resized, or its font changed. There is also no ability to toggle the caption on or off, although captions above 190 characters won’t be shown anyway; captions won’t be shown on a portrait-oriented image either. Finally, hashtags and @mentions are unclickable for now.
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Canada’s wealthiest people saw their riches increase this year, despite the global recession, according to Canadian Business magazine. The magazine released its 11th annual ranking of Canada’s 100 wealthiest people today.
Any number of pundits claim that we have now passed the worst of the recession. Green shoots of recovery are supposedly popping up all around the country, and the economy is expected to resume growing soon at an annual rate of 3% to 4%. Many of these are the same people who insisted that the economy would continue growing last year, even while it was clear that we were already in the beginning stages of a recession.


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The common wisdom is that we have lost our ability to “make things” in this country, lost it to China, Mexico and others. Our nation is now a place where we simply trade information with each other and serve each other hamburgers
The common wisdom – so often wrong
The American manufacturing sector added an estimated 50,000 net new jobs during January, the best performance in a year. Manufacturing job gains in January were second only to a larger estimated gain in professional & business services jobs. In addition, the Institute for Supply Management noted in its latest monthly release that new factory orders rose to a nine-month high in January. These manufacturing job gains are particularly important given ongoing weakness in financial services and government sector employment.
The January gain of 50,000 jobs followed an estimated 32,000 manufacturing job rise in December. It is anticipated that the sector will add a few hundred thousand net new jobs this year, marking the third year in a row of gains, following years of job losses.
No question, the manufacturing sector has been hit very hard in recent decades. Total manufacturing employment peaked in 1979 at 19.6 million people. With job gains of the past few months, and the addition of 338,000 net new jobs during the past year, total employment is roughly 11.9 million, down 39 percent from the peak, even as the population has risen sharply. U.S. manufacturing jobs accounted for 25 percent of American employment in 1970, versus 9 percent today.
Note, however, that much of the reason for the decline is that U.S. manufacturing workers are sooooo much more productive than they used to be. A study of a “manufacturing return” to the U.S. by Jones Lang LaSalle Research noted that it took 1,000 workers in 1960 to do what 184 workers can do now (The Agurban).
The U.S. ranks with the Chinese and the Germans as the three major manufacturing powers in the world, with U.S. manufacturing exports exceeding $1 trillion annually. The U.S. is particularly strong in exporting machinery of all types, chemicals, fuel, and transportation equipment (The New York Times).
Again, the common wisdom. We can’t make a quality car in this country anymore, having lost our way to the Japanese, the Germans, and the Koreans. Wrong again. The quality of U.S.-made cars by the Big Three ranks with the best in the world. Note: My last three cars (I lease them) were two Chrysler 300s and a Jeep Grand Cherokee, among the best cars I have ever had the privilege to drive.
Recent American auto sales have run at a 14.2 million annual rate, the best in a number of years. Most of the strength in January manufacturing employment was in this durable goods sector (goods designed to last more than three years).
China’s Small Share
The common wisdom now suggests that most manufactured goods we buy are made inChina. Again wrong.
The vast majority of goods and services sold in the U.S…88.5 percent… are produced here, notes the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in a report entitled “The U.S. Content of ‘Made in China.’” Obviously, part of the issue here is that nearly 70 percent of consumer spending is on services, which are primarily produced locally.
Imported goods account for much of the rest, with those from China amounting to 2.5 percent of GDP. Even this figure is misleading. When one accounts for “U.S. content” of wholesale and retail margins, only 1.2 percent actually represents China-produced content (The Agurban).
So Many Openings
We have noted before the frustration felt by manufacturing managers in their inability to fill open positions. An estimated 600,000 positions for skilled workers are currently available and unfilled, accounting for five percent of all manufacturing jobs. A majority of manufacturers note that the inability to fill open positions has hampered opportunities to expand output (www.nadca.com).
We have discussed before the fact that one new wrinkle in the job frustration game is the inability of tens of thousands of skilled workers to move from point A to point B to fill such positions. Too many skilled workers are buried in their homes, with mortgages that exceed the value of their homes. This is particularly true in the Upper Midwest. Fewer firms are willing to absorb major financial hits to get the skilled workers they need.
Manufacturing jobs of all types will be available in coming years in significant quantities across the nation…that much seems clear. Millions of manufacturing workers are in their 40s and 50s, with relatively few younger workers joining manufacturing ranks in recent years.
One of the challenges in coming years will be the need to change peoples’ perceptions of manufacturing employment. Too many young people today, as with the previous generation, have visions of attending college and then making their fortune on Wall Street. Finance jobs are sexy…working in a manufacturing plant is typically not.
When a daughter or a son brings their new boyfriend or girlfriend home to meet mom and dad, the parents want to hear about medical school or finance or law, not goals about being an eventual bigwig in a manufacturing firm…
We have talked ad nauseam for years about the need to tie manufacturing job needs with local high school and community college training programs. Some good programs exist, while others are largely a waste of taxpayer funds. Unfortunately, where are cuts likely to be when school districts are under enormous funding pressures?


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Home Price Growth Rate, Pending Home Sales Slow
Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for April showed lower home price growth than in March. April’s 20-City Home Price Index slipped from a seasonally-adjusted year-over-year rate of 5.60 percent to 5.50 percent. Analysts noted that high home prices and a limited inventory of homes on the market have sidelined some buyers.
According to the Commerce Department, pending home sales remained in negative territory in May with a reading of -0.80 percent as compared to April’s reading of -0.90 percent. While this is an improvement, home sales typically pick up during spring and summer months; a negative reading in pending home sales suggests that would-be buyers are waiting for home prices to ease and for more homes to become available.
Mortgage Rates Mixed, New Jobless Claims Rise
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First-time unemployment claims were higher last week at 244,000; analysts estimated a reading of 243,0000 new claims based on the prior week’s reading of 242,000 new claims.
Consumer spending declined by 0.30 percent to 0.10 percent in May, which matched analyst’s expectations. Core consumer spending met expectations and held steady in May with a reading of 0.10 percent growth. Consumer sentiment rose in June to an index reading of 95.10 as compared to expectations of 94.50, which matched April’s reading of 94.50
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03/05/2012, 08:03 am
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Sony: Help Defend Video Gaming and Sign the Gamer Petition!
Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) President Hal Halpin has extended an invitation to video gamers to sign the Gamer Petition to preserve video gaming in America.
To quote: This winter, the game industry - developers, publishers, retailers, et al - will face the single biggest legal challenge that such entertainment, broadly, has ever been up against and in the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).
The State of California had appealed the U.S. Ninth Circuit decision to strike down the so-called CA "video game violence" law in Schwarzenegger v EMA, which every court had done in every such "violent video game" case. But this time was different; For the first time, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the case (via "accepting certiorari" aka "cert").
To be blunt, none of us expected it and we were all taken back by the decision. Just 1% of cases filed are granted cert - one percent!
At stake: gaming in America. Yes, you read that correctly.
California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) is the former child psychologist who championed the "violent video game" bill from inception and is coordinating with California Attorney General, Jerry Brown (D-Oakland), and their legal team to muster forces representing the anti-game side.
In the pro-games corner are trade associations which represent the corporations which make and sell games and other groups which have skin in the game, such as First Amendment rights organizations.
Both sides have an impressive roster of academics, researchers and legal teams committed to a decisive win. Forget 800-pound gorillas; this is more like armies going to war. And the reason is simple: all legal precedent can go right out the window. The slate is cleaned.
In the time since the Court's announcement there has been a lot of media coverage, both from the enthusiast outlets and the national press. A disturbing theme that you'd find too often in the consumer comments is one of apathy. Perhaps it arose from winning in each of the violence in video game cases.
Maybe because, from our perspective, it's hard to wrap your head around the idea that we could lose - the logic seems pretty obvious. But this is the U.S. Supreme Court, the only court in our country where the Justices don't have to "follow the law" because they make the law that everyone else follows.
And here's the rub, as industry executives will openly admit: a loss wouldn't just be limited to any one demographic, such as minors; or any one area, such as California; or even to any one art form, such as video games.
It wouldn't solely change how games are merchandised and sold. Should the U.S. Supreme Court determine that games may not necessarily enjoy the same First Amendment protections as music and movies do now, it would be catastrophic and the implications for gaming and gamers, and entertainment consumers generally, widespread.
Many states and legislators across the country will be watching the outcome of this case closely and are eager to see that there may be an opportunity to re-start their regulatory efforts. Developers are anxious because their rights as artists and creators may be substantially diminished.
A loss would have a chilling effect on the medium as a whole - not limited to the United States. Other forms of media could quickly follow, with movies, music, books and all other previously protected First Amendment free speech on the block. Foreign governments often fashion and amend their own laws after SCOTUS decisions.
Retailers and publishers, who presently employ a self-regulated ratings system (ESRB), not unlike movies, may be forced to comply with a regulatory environment, like alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.
This case may significantly impact the rights of minors, as one of many First Amendment points to be debated will likely be whether minors have them or deserve to keep them. The age of majority is also inconsistent from state to state... The business, legal and cultural implications are mind-boggling.
In most SCOTUS cases, the perspective of the citizens is represented by the politicians - who are presumed to be representing the will of the people. The industry and its trade organizations represent the business. The idea of abdicating our personal consumer representation to the political figures in this case was and is unfathomable.
The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) is the non-profit membership organization which represents the rights of gamers in the U.S. and Canada. Our members pay an annual dues fee and in exchange receive advocacy representation, affinity benefits and discounts on games-related goods and services.
We will be submitting a Friend of the Court document, called the consumer amicus brief, in support of the industry. That move, while it may appear obvious, is very uncommon. Similar membership organizations such as AAA or AARP are among the few that have the resources to bring such a document to bear.
Additionally, ECA will be attaching a consumer petition, which any American of any age can sign on to. It simply, but emphatically, states:
We, the undersigned American video game consumers, purchase, rent and play video games the way we do other entertainment content such as movies and music. We respectfully request that you hold that video games are indeed free speech, protected under the First Amendment, like other entertainment media.
Petitions, historically, have not made or broken any SCOTUS cases; they have little legal bearing. The vast majority of what will determine whether we win or lose is predetermined.
What a consumer amicus, and attached petition, will do is inform the justices, staff, clerks, historians, members of the Bar and Supreme Court press corps that consumers, in this case, are represented by consumers - not politicians.
We will be showing that the will of the people is present, is not "covered" by a few select elected officials, and that we are making our case via the consumer amicus and also backing it up with the convictions of petition signatories.
A petition that is viewed as successful may or may not be impactful, but one that is not successful could in fact harm the case. Maybe the amicus and petition will only change the game by one percent. Maybe it'll be the same long odds that led to it being heard in the first place.
If you care about gaming and your rights, please, consider signing the petition.
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WTF.. sometimes it makes me sick that i'm an american.. California State Senator Leland Yee can go eff himself.. if u dont like video games dont play them or let your kids play them (and let them hate you too).. but dont go screw it up for everyone else.. there are already laws in place to keep minors from obtaining so-called "violent" games.
why not work on making those laws work better.. in my days ive been carded and seen other carded for video games.. either someone isnt doing their job or the parents are getting these games for their kids in which case i believe thats their right.
Now i may be wrong i have had a few beers at this point and may have misread.. but it seems like they want to be able to regulate what developers could do with their video games and other media. sounds a little Nazi if you ask me..
And yet again we see our rights diminish ever more, slowly, yet surely... I call for a revolution. This country lost it's purpose, which was that it was founded as a rebellion against exactly these practices! I SIGN!
Typical US as they want to ruin everything that is good in life, how about movies there is violence in them and you don't see them up in arms about that.
They should just move all the production plants and game makers out of the US and setup else where as the US is just trying to run the world besides this as they are pressuring our govt. about this retarded copyright law which if it goes through won't allow us to make a copy of a original we bought which is total crap.
Not sure were these airheads come up with such stupid things about gaming as everyone should know it is not real and just a video game that should be enjoyed but with the young moron generation we have now a days that play the game and spin out afterwards is they have the problem not the video game.
You never seen this kinda crap when i was young and video games were first out as it was enjoyable, but now a days as soon as something is violent they want to blame something, they might as well take violence out of movies or don't make movies and take off all the violence we see on tv and see what we have left in the end which is basically nothing in the end then.
I actually feel sorry for you good Americans as your country is really raking you people over the coals and this is just another moron move by these authorities on this who have no life but to see how they can mess up things.
Well i have said enough i guess and hope this will not fly as this can ruin video gaming in a sense for senseless morons and these kids that flip out on video games shouldn't even be playing them if this is all they do and will wreck it for the rest of us good gamers..well that was my 2 cents worth on this subject.
i agree with you. however we are in this position here in the states because of so called parents. pretty much every child born from 1990 to the present has parents that are only interested in themselves and their facebook friends and twitter followers.
if parents actually interacted and spent time raising their kids instead of letting television and games do it then we wouldn't have this problem.
i'm sure there are some parents that are the exception and raise their kids themselves, but with the number of big lawsuits against "objectionable" material in games and media those parents would be a small minority.
How stupid, parents shouldn't even be buying their kids video games that say 16 + on the box..The best way to actually counter this is to make publicity with the effects of violent video games on kids instead of banning violence of games all at once.
So just besides the parents not taking the time to interact with the children, when they go to school this other problem arises as mentioned above.
Also kids will use the if you touch me i will go to welfare and report abuse and i know many people up here who's kids do exactly that and they do what they want and the parents are basically powerless, the law on that has to be changed forsure, not sure how many countries have this type of law about the up bring of your children and you cannot touch them in that manner, i think how will they learn as i don't mean beat them but a tap across the behind didn't hurt anybody and if you cannot even do that..why have kids for then.
Anyhow i hope that children may have a better understanding of things as it is their future that they are molding and if gaming etc is vanished then they have no one else to blame but themselfs and hopefully parents will get a wake up call to try and help their children to grow up to be responsible young adults as they could end up doing the same thing to their children by not being there for them.
I'll sign it even though i'm from the UK. It's a bit rich that a former actor who is now the governor of California wants to ban violence in video games when he made a name for himself in films that practically guaranteed violence if he was in it.
Isn't that what made him rich?
Not to mention the royalties he would have gotten from video games that featured him in it or on the cover.
Shame on you Mr Schwarzenegger for doing a U-turn on a franchise that helped make you as rich as you are. Let's hope you do the same for the film industry too. You can't have it both ways.
Films are more responsible for violence in society than in games. People can identify with films as there are real people in the films, regardless of they're acting. At least with games people can differentiate between what is gaming and what is real life.
I have no doubt that you won't even mention films as a medium that needs to be looked at as when your political career takes a nose dive, it will be the on place that you'll return to. And no doubt that the violence in your films will return with it.
I don't live in America, nor do I approve anything Sony approves anymore. Should I sign it?
Its a little strange for me that Schwarzeneger aggre with that reform, most movies with him are very violent so he is hipocrite. I think im gonna sing this too, even that im from Poland.
I think what with terminator game, he would delete violence from this game too? Its the most popular violent movie with him and the game is violent too.


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Ubisoft is coming out strong in support of the PlayStation Vita, because it's a video game system and that's what Ubisoft does. In advance of Sony's Gamescom presser today, the company announced development of six titles for the handheld, including an Asphalt
racing game, Assassin's Creed, Dungeon Hunter Alliance
(above), Rayman Origins,
and Michael Jackson: The Experience
Perhaps most exciting, the PSP launch standout Lumines
is returning on PlayStation Vita. Along with the announcement, Ubisoft shared screens of Rayman
, and Dungeon Hunter
. No dates were provided for any of these, but expect at least a few of them at the system's launch, because, again, that's what Ubisoft does.


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Hundreds of KFC branches across Britain are shut after running out of chicken because of a delivery blunder.
But every fried chicken fan’s worst nightmare could be about to get a whole lot worse.
A source has revealed some of the 450 branches now currently shut could stay closed for weeks.
Suppliers have reportedly been told to prepare for disruption for up to a month.
"We've been asked to prepare to run shop drops and we're hearing that it could be for up to a month," the source told The Sun.
"KFC are short of everything, not just chicken. It's the chips, the sides, the lot.”
The chaos has been caused by KFC switching delivery provider from Bidvest to DHL, with the latter stating “administrative issues” were to blame.
The source said the problems were expected, adding: “The communications were so vague and they didn't seem to know what they were doing.
"And on the first day, we didn't receive orders until almost five hours after we were supposed to. That caused delays straight away."
It is also reported that suppliers are now being told to drop goods directly to KFC branches, bypassing DHL.
Daily Star Online has contacted KFC for comment.
As of 12pm around 450 of the 900 restaurants were open, a contrast to the 700-plus that were closed yesterday.
A spokesperson for the fast food giant previously said: "We anticipate the number of closures will reduce today and over the coming days as our teams work flat out all hours to clear the backlog.
"Each day more deliveries are being made, however, we expect the disruption to some restaurants to continue over the remainder of the week, meaning some will be closed and others operating with a reduced menu or shortened hours."


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Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) shares recouped their losses on Monday after the last selling off in the wake of a controversial advertising campaign, featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick.
The campaign, revealed last Tuesday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Just Do it,” sparked immediate strong responses both in support and protest. Kaepernick has been a polarizing figure in the sports universe ever since he decided not to stand for the national anthem during a 2016 NFL preseason football game to protest racial injustice.
Despite the 3% hit Nike took to its stock, its online sales jumped after announcing the campaign. Between Sunday and Wednesday of Labor Day weekend, product orders rose 27%, according to Edison Trends, a digital-commerce researcher. In the same period last year, product orders fell 2%.
“There was speculation that the Nike/Kaepernick campaign would lead to a drop in sales, but our data over the last week does not support that theory,” Hetal Pandya, Co-Founder of Edison Trends, said.
While industry analysts say the move by Nike is risky, others say risky moves are necessary to stay relevant and stay ahead. Nike’s new ad comes during a time when customers are looking for brands to be more socially conscious, so it is possible that this bump in sales comes from customers seeking to support Kaepernick’s cause. The Company said the campaign will also include other athletes such as Serena Williams, LeBron James, Lacey Baker, Shaquem Griffin and Odell Beckham Jr.
Nike is set to report quarterly earnings later this month. Its shares have climbed about 31% so far this year.


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Marvel at DC’s house!
Movies based on Marvel Comics works like The New Mutants and Ghost Rider will land on HBO Max, streaming from WarnerMedia, starting in April. The two films, one from 2020 and one from 2007, are not produced by Marvel Studios, a Disney-owned company.
Although The New Mutants is now a Disney title, an agreement between the former 20th Century Fox and WarnerMedia prevents the film from being released on Disney +. Instead, the functionality arrives through the competitor’s service.
Ghost Rider, meanwhile, is a Sony Pictures production, which doesn’t have its own streaming service. The film, starring Nicholas Cage, is one of the most notable titles to hit the Warner platform in April.
The funny thing about the two titles coming into service is that American subscribers will be able to watch the stories of the Marvel heroes at the DC house, after all, this is where publisher’s Batman and Superman movies are. available, including the recent Justice League by Zack Snyder.
For now, HBO Max is a streaming service that works only in the United States. In Brazil, the forecast arrival is June 2021.


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The impact of COVID-19 on online gambling in Malaysia
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French Connection reveals 30p-a-share takeover approach
Under-pressure fashion retailer French Connection said on Wednesday that it had received a takeover approach as part of the formal sale process it kicked off back in March.
Its stock exchange release came as its share price jumped more than 20% in morning trading on bid speculation and was in direct response to that leap.
The firm said it has “received an approach from a consortium of bidders including the company's second largest shareholder Apinder Singh Ghura, Amarjit Singh Grewal and KJR Brothers Limited”.
They’re potentially offering 30p per share in cash, although whether other investors think it will result in a deal is open to question as the share price had only risen to just under 27p each by late morning, giving it a market valuation of less than £26 million.
Discussions with the consortium “remain ongoing” and French Connection stressed that there’s no certainty of a deal.
The retailer has seen a number of bleak years that led to it closing stores and putting itself up for sale. Once on a high with its FCUK logo seen everywhere, it has since seen years of falling sales and losses with investors growing increasingly frustrated.
At the start of March this year, French Connection said it was mulling a sale and was looking for potential suitors . That came as Spotlight Brands with Gordon Brothers, and Go Global Retail in partnership with HMJ International had backed out from making an offer to buy it, even though the investment firms had approached it.
At the time, Frasers Group took advantage of the rising share price to sell its almost-25% in the firm (although it also missed out on a further price rise).
But even if a buyout goes through at 30p, it’s a far cry from the glory days in 2004 when the shares were priced at almost £5 each.
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What are some ways to stop puppy mills?
One of the best ways is to do what the city of Los Angles did when they banned the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits. This means that pet stores will only be able to sell dogs, cats, and rabbits received from rescue groups and shelters. Puppies from puppy mills and kittens from kitten mills will not be available for sale.
Since many of the puppies in pet stores are purchased based on emotion, many of them end up going to shelters and are later euthanized.
The animal shelters in Los Angeles are extremely over populated. Many dogs and cats are killed every day.
The new ordinance will reduce the overcrowding in these shelters and give perfectly good rescued pets the opportunity to find homes rather than be euthanized.
This will effectively have a negative impact on puppy and kitten mills that are known to abuse animals. This is a good thing.
The reduction in euthanizations will reduce the tax burden for Los Angeles taxpayers.
A recent article in the excellent blog, Dogster.com, discusses this new ordinance and its effect on how can we stop puppy mills. The article is entitled, “Los Angeles Bans the Retail Sale of Dogs, Crushing Puppy Mills” by Julia Szabo.
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The action is significant. It makes L.A. the largest city in the U.S. to enact legislation that puts an effective stopper in what, until now, has been a seemingly unstoppable stream of puppy-mill pets. As more and more Americans learn about the cruel reality behind these cuteness factories, and that the majority of the commercially-bred animals impulse-purchased at pet shops wind up on death row at animal shelters, this legislation is a major scoop — and reason to cheer, for it will have a profoundly positive impact on California’s pet overpopulation problem.
L.A. alone operates seven municipal, open-admission animal shelter facilities, each one of them overloaded with beautiful dogs (and cats) who are killed every day for lack of space, because impulse buyers have been busy maxing out their credit cards at pet shops. Well, no longer.
“It’s a very good day for the people and animals of L.A.,” said Elizabeth Oreck of Best Friends Animal Society, the highly respected non-profit headquartered in Kanab, Utah, which has been at the forefront of puppy-mill initiatives for years now. “Not only will this restrict the flow of animals coming into our city from pet mills and backyard breeders, it will help alleviate the pet overpopulation problem in our shelters by providing more opportunities for rescued animals to find homes.”
The entire article can be read here. I encourage you to read it.
Do you know anything about puppy mills? Are you aware of the conditions of these puppy mills? Have you considered ways to stop puppy mills? You may have thought little about it. Thanks for your comments.


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Chicago rapper/producer/designer Kanye West might have lost spectacularly in his 2020 bid for President of the United States, but that doesn’t mean Kanye had a bad year. The Grammy-winning artist has been ranked by Forbes as the second highest-paid celebrity of 2020.
Kanye Made A Killing In 2020
According to Forbes, Kanye West made $170 million this year, mostly between his G.O.O.D. Music label and his fashion ventures. Kanye was second on the Forbes list to his sister-in-law, Kylie Jenner, who reportedly raked in $590 million.
Jenner earned $590 million, largely due to the sale of her lucrative Kylie Cosmetics line, while her brother-in-law, Kanye West, raked in $170 million in large part due to his Yeezy clothing and sneaker deal with Adidas.
Kanye West Dropping New Music?
When he’s not swimming in cash like Scrooge McDuck, Kanye can still stop the hip-hop world in its tracks when he decided to release new music. The rumor mill has been buzzing that Kanye is going to drop a new song this week.
A new Kanye song may be dropping tomorrow
Pusha T Puts Kanye On Exclusive Production Team
G.O.O.D Music president Pusha T is sticking with what works for him. The Virginia rap veteran said that at the moment, the only producers working on his upcoming solo album are Kanye West and The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo).
“As of right now it’s only Ye and Pharrell — and The Neptunes, I’m sorry. That’s it. … Ain’t nothing to talk about.”
Jake Paul Says He’ll Knock Out Kanye West
Yeezy might have to get the gloves on. YouTube personality and amateur boxer Jake Paul has publicly called him out for a much-needed celebrity fight.
“You know what… since you dumb enough to run president you dumb enough to get knocked out … wtf u at??!! @kanyewest” -Jake Paul’s Twitter


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Amazon's Prime membership service will help the company continue to dominate online shopping, this holiday season and beyond.
These aerial toys and tools now are on the FAA's regulatory radar. Rules are tightening for consumers but should loosen for businesses.
Don't lose your head amid all the wonderful deals. Online crooks are counting on you to let your digital guard down on Cyber Monday.
Shoppers want Cyber Monday bargains on Sunday evening, says retail giant Walmart, so it's moving its online sales schedule ahead accordingly.
Sales are still expected to reach up to 2.6 million units by year's end, says KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
The rumor of a smaller iPhone has been floating around for a while, but this one comes from KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, whose crystal ball has proven accurate in the past.
Apple won't spill the beans and analysts are all over the map with their forecasts.
With more holiday spending happening earlier, Cyber Monday may soon lose its crown as the biggest online US sales day of the year.
Supply of the latest big-screened iPhone may be limited at launch date. But the problem might be due more to technical issues than heavy demand, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Apple says it's on track to sell more new iPhones during this year's initial weekend than it did last year. China will play a significant role in that, according to Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster.


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London, Washington DC, 12 July: Oritain, the global leader in forensic traceability, has raised USD $57 million in a Series C funding round led by Highland Europe, with Jacob Bernstein from Highland joining the board. The round was supported by Series B lead investor, New York’s Long Ridge. The funding will be used to develop Oritain’s technology and expand into new markets and industries.
Oritain is the global leader in verifying the true origin of products and commodities. Luxury high-end fashion and retail companies, including Lacoste, Supima, and Primark, and food producers, such as A2 Milk and Nescafe, use Oritain to assure customers that the items they buy are genuine and produced from an ethical supply chain. Using technology developed at the University of Otago, Dunedin, the company can create a unique fingerprint from products worldwide and prove its provenance from meat to honey, milk, and fibers.
Building trust in a fragmented market
Fraud and counterfeiting, exacerbated by increasingly fragmented global supply chains, cost the global economy over $500 billion annually, while environmental issues such as deforestation are increasingly top of investor and customer concerns, which can damage brand reputations built up over decades. Oritain provides data-driven insights to help producers and manufacturers to monitor and adapt their supply chain to safeguard and improve transparency and certainty for their clients worldwide.
Unlike traditional traceability methods, which can be removed or tampered with, Oritain’s technology combines cutting-edge forensic science with world-leading data to analyze the intrinsic properties of a product to verify its origin. The company’s global labs can create an Origin Fingerprint of a particular product by analyzing trace elements that are affected by environmental factors such as soil composition, climate, altitude, and precipitation. Once an Origin Fingerprint has been identified, it can never be tampered with or destroyed.
These fingerprints are fed into industry-leading data banks of products monitoring complex global supply chains such as palm oil, coffee, cocoa, cotton, vanilla, and soy and used as benchmarks to audit products at any point in the supply chain. Companies rely on this data to prove the authenticity and quality of their products, reducing risk and fraud.
The need for Oritain’s service is underlined through a client retention rate of over 100% and compound annual growth of 90% year on year over the past six years. With many of the world’s leading brands and trusted food designations as clients, Oritain intends to be the world’s most trusted company for verifying the origin of products and raw materials to create traceable supply chains worldwide.
Supporting the Future of ESG
As well as providing tools to verify the legitimacy and provenance of a product, Oritain partners with companies to comply with ESG criteria, something investors increasingly demand. In addition, countries are creating new transparency and reporting regulations as part of Sustainable Development Goals across the globe encompassing deforestation, forced labor, and product fraud. Companies that can prove the authenticity, quality, and sustainability of their products and the supply chain will gain a competitive advantage by demonstrating to customers and investors that they meet high ethical standards.
BNP Paribas Exane acted as advisers on the transaction.
Grant Cochrane, Global CEO at Oritain, said: “Over the past 15 years, Oritain has pioneered groundbreaking forensic and data science to become the world’s most trusted verification partner to leading global brands and institutions, providing them with the insights they need to make the critical decisions on their supply chains. Our relentless focus on data, science, and process integrity has enabled us to become long-term partners with our clients to ensure the integrity of their supply chains, which is increasingly difficult to achieve in globalized and complex markets. We’re delighted to announce this new funding round, led by Highland Europe, to support our expansion plans as we reach new markets and industries.”
Jacob Bernstein at Highland Europe said: “Oritain’s forensic science can take a commodity sample and tell you precisely where in the world it comes from. Does this cocoa come from a deforested national park? Is this cotton from where my supplier says it is? Is this coffee truly Brazilian, as the label says? This groundbreaking technology is a dream solution for sourcing and sustainability leaders at the world’s largest brands who can finally get to grips with the authenticity of their supply chains. We are immensely proud to partner with the Oritain team to revolutionize origin verification.”


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July 01, 2021 The fan-made remake has returned with several tweaks.
The fan-made GoldenEye 007 remake has returned to Far Cry 5, albeit under a different name. As spotted by TechRaptor, the levels are now available on PC and PS4 with some “Bond-related” tweaks. Creator Krollywood explains on Reddit that it can now be found on PC by searching for the stage name “Golden Cry” by creator Graslu00, and on PS4 under creator name Perfect-Dark1982. Xbox will “come later”, explains Krollywood.
Original story: A Far Cry fan spent three years and around 1,400 hours completely remaking Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye using Far Cry 5’s Arcade map editor – only to have Ubisoft delete it as soon as it was complete, thanks to “copyright infringement claims” from rights holder MGM.
YouTuber Krollywood painstakingly recreated GoldenEye – still the greatest James Bond game and one of the best FPS games of all time – within Far Cry 5 and had basically finished it, barring the two bonus levels, only to find them gone earlier this week. In a statement by Ubisoft (thanks Kotaku), the publisher explained that the maps “have been removed due to copyright infringement claims from a right [sic] holder” – meaning MGM, who somehow found out about the remake (thanks Kotaku... kidding).