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Lately, GKN has been sharpening its focus on additive manufacturing, most notably with the formation of GKN Additive earlier this month. Even as the company forms a new division for its additive manufacturing activities, however, its other divisions are continuing to utilize 3D printing within their own operations.
GKN Driveline is the automotive branch of the GKN company, and it serves over 90% of the world’s car manufacturers with its driveline systems and solutions. The division’s customers range from the Chrysler Fiat Automobiles Group to luxury automobiles like Maserati and Ferrari. To keep so many customers satisfied, GKN Driveline needs to constantly be looking for ways to shorten lead times, and it is doing so by using 3D printing in several factory floor applications.
This is the case particularly in the company’s Florence, Italy plant. A while ago, the plant installed a Stratasys Fortus 450mc Production 3D Printer, and has been putting it to good use. In particular, this 3D printer has proved highly valuable for the production of tools. The GKN plant can now produce complex assembly tools for the production line in only a fraction of the time it takes to produce them by traditional methods. For example, a recent project involved the redesign of a greasing nozzle tool to eliminate oil spillages.
“Utilizing our 3D printer, we developed a tool that dramatically improves grease distribution and eradicates the need to clean up time-consuming spillages,” said Carlo Cavallini, GKN Lead Process Engineer and Team Leader at the Florence plant. “This has been crucial to streamlining the production cycle of the half shaft, enabling us to provide customers with premium quality final parts.”
The plant is also using 3D printing to create customized, on-demand replacement parts. The team recently 3D printed a missing cable bracket for a robot, saving a great deal of time; it would have taken them at least one week to get a replacement part from a supplier. They also 3D printed a custom end-of-arm tool that can move individual components from one stage of the production line to another.
“The ability to quickly 3D print tools and parts that are customized to a specific production need gives us a new level of flexibility and significantly reduces our supply chain. Considering that we produce several thousand individual parts a week, this ability to manufacture on-demand is crucial to ensuring our production line is always operational and maintains business continuity,” said Cavallini.
“As we continue to design parts specifically for additive manufacturing, we are finding more and more applications that are delivering value. In the future, I believe that FDM 3D printing will become an integral part of our entire tool development cycle and help us further improve business performance.”
The end-of-arm tool was 3D printed with ULTEM 9085 material and is being used successfully on the assembly line. It has shown itself to be able to stand up to prolonged use with same kind of resiliency as a metal part, so GKN Driveline Florence has been 3D printing several of the custom tools for use across production.
“GKN Driveline Florence is a prime example of how a growing number of future-ready companies are leveraging the capabilities of additive manufacturing to improve different areas of their business,” said Andy Middleton, President of Stratasys EMEA, who recently filled us in on the many sectors employing 3D printing today.
“We are committed to helping these customers identify traditional production processes that can be enhanced, or in some cases, replaced with our 3D printing solutions. It’s this type of applied innovation across the manufacturing process that has seen GKN Driveline Florence accelerate product development, reduce costs and reinvent its supply chain.”
Stratasys will have the Fortus 450mc 3D printer running on the show floor at formnext 2017, alongside their many other offerings.
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GITEX, Gulf Information Technology Exhibition, the annual consumer computer and electronics trade show, exhibition, and conference, that is perhaps largest event of its kind in the Middle East & North Africa, concluded last week in Dubai. Gitex Future Stars, the startup event that’s part of GITEX and takes place at the same venue, Dubai World Trade Center, also ended at the same time. Tens of startups from the region (and beyond) exhibited their products at the event and took part the competition, dubbed as Supernova Challenge.
Grand finale of this competition, Gitex Future Stars Supernova Challenge took place on Wednesday, last week, with 24 shortlisted startups pitching in front of a jury made up of local and international judges.
Nine startups were selected from the 24 pitches as winner – with one champion and eight category winners.
Supernova Champion – Spike – $100,000
Beirut-based Spike won the grand prize of $100,000 after being declared the Supernova Champion. Founded by Ziad Alame, Spike through mobile apps for iOS and Android allows people to better mange their diabetes. The application monitors patient’s behavior on daily basis and reminds them with different things including taking insulin, meals, and general activity. The application also stores patient’s data that can be shared with doctors and/or caregivers. Spike seems to have made winning a habit. The startup has previously won different competitions including $50,000 worth of investment at the demo day of Speed Lebanon’s acceleration program, second place in the ideas track of MITEF Arab Startup Competition 2018, Harvard Arab World Conference Startup Pitch Competition 2018, and Popup Pitch Startup Competition. They probably have enough in the bank for the next
Best GCC/MENA Startup – AURA Lab – $10,000
Dubai-based AURA Lab won the Best GCC/MENA Startup category with a cash prize of $10,000. Founded by Aboudy El Farkh and Bachir Noufaily, the startup has built a perfume retail technology platform that uses machine learning to help retailers improve the in-store experience (and marketing) and help consumers find a signature fragrance. It’s Scentech Algorithm recommend and learns about the relationships between words and scents based on customer language and preferences.
Best Emirati Startup – Khayati – $10,000
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Best Youth Startup – Oliv – $10,000
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Best Female-Led Startup – MAJ Solutions – $10,000
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Best Scale Up – ONESOFTDIGM – $10,000
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Best Social Impact Startup – Labayh – $10,000
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In a frenzy of excitement, eager customers in Dubai sought to acquire the recently unveiled iPhone 15 series, bypassing store opening hours and forming long queues in the dead of night. Their enthusiasm led to a chaotic scene as the stores finally unlocked their doors.
Videos shared on social media showcased devoted Apple fans lining up hours ahead of schedule. Security personnel at a Dubai shopping mall were compelled to install barriers to manage the surging crowd.
The iPhone 15 series became available for purchase in the United Arab Emirates yesterday morning after offering pre-orders since September 15th.
Apple had unveiled the highly anticipated series on Tuesday, September 12th, introducing the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
The new series boasts a selection of four captivating colors, including black titanium, white titanium, blue titanium, and natural titanium.


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A statement from the Treasury pointed to several immediate action items. Measures included bringing stablecoins within regulation to pave the way for their future use as currency, as well as working with the Royal Mint to create an NFT.
“It’s my ambition to make the UK a global hub for crypto asset technology, and the measures we’ve outlined today will help to ensure firms can invest, innovate and scale up in this country,” said Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak.
The UK government’s increasing interest in crypto will come as good news to many.
Among the items mentioned in the statement, a “financial market infrastructure sandbox” drew much attention. The sandbox will function as a playing field on which companies can experiment and innovate. In particular, the sandbox will enable Distributed Ledger Technology to be tested in real-world use cases.
Stablecoins, too, will be brought under the umbrella of the standard payments regulatory perimeter. Lawmakers hope that stablecoins, with appropriate regulation, could provide a more efficient means of payment, as well as widen consumer choice.
To further demonstrate the UK’s forward-looking approach to crypto, the Chancellor has commissioned the Royal Mint to create a commemorative NFT this summer.
“We want to see the businesses of tomorrow – and the jobs they create - here in the UK,” said Sunak. “And by regulating effectively we can give them the confidence they need to think and invest long-term.”


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Weee!, an online grocer with a focus on Asian and Hispanic communities, announced today that it has raised a $315 million Series D round of funding. The round was led by existing investor DST Global, with participation from new investors including funds managed by Blackstone, Arena Holdings, and Tiger Global. Weee! has raised more than $415 million in funding in total.
Founded in 2015, Weee! initially offered products for the Asian community, but the company recently added Hispanic foods to its roster. In its press announcement today, the company referred to itself as an “Ethinic Grocer,” and said it serves 14 key regions across the country. According to Weee! website, the company offers more than 3,500 products and has fulfilled more than 8.8 million orders.
Weee!’s funding comes during what appears to be salad days for investment in grocery-related startups. A raft of startups in the space have raised big funding amounts just since the start of the year. Part of the reason for all of this frothiness, of course, is the pandemic. With restaurants closed, and various lockdowns, record numbers of people turned to buying food online last year and retailers of all sizes scrambled to keep up.
What’s worth noting with Wee!’s funding is how the online grocery market is starting to segment. In addition to more general grocery startups like Instacart and Good Eggs getting funded, we are starting to see more focused startups raise lots of money too. Weezy and Fridge No More create hyperlocal stores that offer fifteen minute delivery, Imperfect Foods focuses on food surplus and rescue, and Weee! focuses on specific demographic audiences.
The question now is whether that is all money well spent. We’ve already seen a drop in the use of grocery e-commerce between January and February of this year. As more people get vaccinated and feel free to move about more, will they stop their online food buying habits in favor of getting out of the house and back into the store?
Wee!’s focus on serving Asian and Hispanic communities could actually help it weather any potential downturn in the grocery e-commerce market. By offering delivery of items that may not be stocked at general grocery stores in suburbs across the country, Weee! could become a go-to resource for Asian and Hispanic communities looking for particular types of food, but unable to get it at their local retailer.
With its new funding, Weee! says it will continue to add products and features and expand nationwide, with plans to reach 30 cities across North America by 2024.


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An unpleasant smell filled the air of the Intu Derby shopping centre as both workers and shoppers complained of the strong odour.
Workers said they were left feeling "dizzy" and one shop even closed early because of it.
The pungent smell, which was first noticed around 8am this morning, appeared to be at its worst just inside the Traffic Street entrance to Intu, near the Eagle Market.
Now Intu Derby has said the "unusual" smell was caused by works being carried out on one of the lifts.
A spokesperson said: “Today we have been undertaking some improvement works to one of the lifts that service our Riverside Car Park which may have caused some unusual smells around that area.
“We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused our shoppers or retailers.”
Derbyshire Live asked what exactly it was that caused the 'glue-like' smell but the spokesperson could not answer this query.
The owner of Café Rosa said that he lost out on business this morning because of the smell and both him and his staff members were feeling dizzy.
Atanas Hadjiski said: “Customers were leaving full cups of coffee on the tables this morning. I must have asked security about 10 times to open this windows and they’ve only just done it now. Myself and my staff have been feeling dizzy, it was unbearable this morning.
“I understand there’s a job to be done but measures should be taken so this is avoided. I’ve lost out on business this morning and I won’t get any compensation back.
“Around eight customers complained. It’s like a paint, acid-based smell. Security told us it wasn’t toxic though.”
Retro gaming shop, Retro World, closed early due to the smell and confirmed in a Facebook post that it would also be closed on Wednesday too.
A shop worker, who did not wish to be named, said: “It was really bad for a few hours this morning, all of our customers were coughing and complaining. We asked staff to open the windows hours ago and they’ve just done so now.
“It was really bad from around 8am until 10am this morning, most of us were feeling dizzy, we couldn’t stand it here. Security told us it’s something to do with work on the lifts.”
Our reporter was at the scene speaking to shoppers who described the smell as 'glue-like' and as a 'strong nail varnish'.
Shopper, Kevin Wright said: “I noticed it as I was coming in and out of the building (near the lifts), I’ve only popped in today but I wouldn’t want to stay there all day with that smell.”
Sian Barber, who works at Timpson shoe repairs, said: “We’ve had a couple of people thinking it’s us because of the products we use but we have fans on our machines so if there is a smell it doesn’t stick around for long.
“It’s definitely not us! My mate at the café said security mentioned the smell is coming from work being done on the lifts.”
The stench died down in the shopping centre at around 3pm.
We ran a live blog on the incident as it unfolded which you can read here.


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With the special winter tire campaign it launched, Petlas, the safe tire of Turkey offers safe driving in tough winter conditions to drivers as well as the chance to win a new Mercedes
Offering the most suitable tire solutions for the road conditions in the country with its slogan of “Turkey’s Tire”, Petlas started a winter tire campaign to spread use of winter tire and to attract attention to safe driving practices. Passenger car, light commercial vehicle and 4×4 vehicle drivers that choose Petlas winter tires that offer safe driving in rainy, snowy and windy weather conditions thanks to their unique features, will get the chance to join the drawing to win one of the 7 Mercedes CLA 200s for every 400 TL they spend between 1 September and 31 December 2015. Drivers wishing to drive their cars safely in the toughest winter conditions, can buy Petlas winter tires for passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and 4×4 vehicles with their CardFinans credit cards in eight installments with no interest. Lucky names winning Mercedes CLA 200 from among drivers buying their winter tires from Petlas, will be selected with the drawing to be held in 2016 and will be announced on 18 January 2016.
Why should we use winter tires?
It is a must to use “winter tires” to drive safely under tough road conditions in winter months. Winter tires produced by Petlas to ensure life and property safety, stand out with their “special tread design”. The block structure with tiny channels of the tread design of winter tires, offers firmer grip on snowy road surface and also ensures superior drive and braking capabilities. And the peripheral and lateral channels in between the blocks, effectively discharges the snow between the tire and the ground, ensuring maximum grip on snowy surface. Rubber content of Petlas’s winter tires as well improve driving safety. The surface of winter tires touching the ground does not harden at low temperatures thanks to the special silica mixture used. This way the tire provides more grip and shorter breaking distances. The high tread depth of winter tires and optimized tread width causes the tire to go deeper into the muddy surface compared to standard tires thus maintaining contact with ground.


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Celebrity Cruises has announced that it will be returning to the UK this year.
The line’s president and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo confirmed today that the recently-renovated Celebrity Silhouette will be operating sailings from Southampton this summer.
Beginning July 3, the vessel will embark on a series of six to eight-night itineraries around the UK coast. Guests will be able to explore the Jurassic Coastline from Portland; visit the Scottish cities of Inverness, Kirkwall, and Glasgow; and enjoy Belfast, Northern Ireland and Liverpool, England.
“We’re delighted to be returning to Southampton after over a year away. We are truly committed to the UK market and can’t wait to welcome guests back onboard,” said Lutoff-Perlo. “What could be better than a new luxury ship, ready to take guests on a journey around one of the world’s most beautiful and impressive coastlines? Not only is this extremely significant to us as a business, but also to efforts to boost the UK’s local tourism industry.”
These voyages will follow Celebrity’s new “Always Included” pricing structure, which was announced late last year. The line has taken a more inclusive approach, rolling wifi, alcoholic and specialty beverages, and gratuities into the cruise fare.
In addition, the line’s Cruise With Confidence program is still up and running, and will provide travelers with flexible cancelation policies and best price guarantees for peace of mind.
These new UK Celebrity Silhouette sailings will be open to vaccinated adult guests, as well as kids and teens that present negative PCR test results. They will open for booking on April 6, 2021.
All travelers who were booked on Silhouette‘s previously scheduled summer itineraries will be contacted to discuss their options.


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Give the gift of riding!
The son of a blacksmith, Soichiro Honda was born in 1906 near Hamamatsu, Japan.
Good things happen for good people!
Twisted Throttle is now the source for U.S. dealers to get the goods from Germany accessories specialist Zieger Products.
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State Of The Industry
You’ve heard it before, the admonishment “You shouldn’t be afraid.”
According to our friends and colleagues at the Motorcycle Industry Council, things are looking up.
Garage Composites has stepped up as the first strategic partner of the recently announced National Powersports Dealer Association (NPDA).


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London [United Kingdom] Mar 18 (ANI):You've probably heard the warning that we don't get a second chance to make a first impression.
Although it is said, 'You're not supposed to judge a book by its cover' but in the world of online dating, ignoring first impressions is impossible.
For singles who consider themselves fashionable, it is a good idea to say so in your online profile. However, if you don't consider yourself particularly trendy, it may be time to invest in some new clothes.
Once you get past the profile and into real-life, the first date is crucial when it comes to fashion as effort is expected from both parties.
According to a survey conducted by online dating platform Zoosk and quoted by The Independent, 86 per cent of singles say it's important to dress nice, with 94 per cent of women believing dressing up for a first date is a must.
Firstly, wrinkled clothes are the biggest turn-off, according to 66 per cent of singles, with socks and sandals and Crocs following close behind at 55 per cent and 53 per cent respectively.
Super-tight shirts, pants that are too long or too short will earn you zero any points on a first date. Also, avoid dressing too young.
As for what you should wear on a first date, the survey found that you could go with the foolproof jeans and t-shirt combo, which 36 per cent of singles say is the best for feeling confident.
You can also never go wrong with all-black - a trend that 40 per cent of women revealed makes them feel the most confident and sexy.
However, if you are a millennial, it doesn't look like a lack of fashion-sense will hinder your chances of finding love. So never give up! (ANI)


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The US job market again beat expectations in November, hiring 263k, led by the service sector.
Leisure and hospitality was the top category for job gains, adding 88,000 jobs, according to a US Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Around 62,000 of those jobs were in the hospitality industry, the report said.
Health care and social assistance was the second largest category last month, adding more than 68,000 jobs. When these groups are combined with education in a broader category, as some economists do, the gains jump to 82,000.
Betsey Stevenson, a University of Michigan professor and former US Department of Labor chief economist, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that the strength of these sectors shows how the economy is still responding to the impact of the Covid pandemic.
“If you look at where the job growth was in this report, 170,000 of those jobs were in two sectors, sectors where we need people: education and health services, which have barely recovered to pre-pandemic levels, and Leisure and hospitality, which hasn’t recovered anywhere near to its pre-pandemic employment levels,” Stevenson said.
Public sector employment also had a strong month, adding 42,000 jobs.
Despite the headlines and strength in the services sector, there were still weaknesses in the economy. The retail and transportation and warehousing categories lost jobs last month.
These declines come as retail and e-commerce businesses struggled to manage inventory and shift consumer spending following an online shopping boom during the pandemic.
“So we have some sectors that are still recovering and other sectors that I think were ahead of their skis,” Stevenson said.


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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has reported on 2017 and here are some key points from the report.
“It was a year of ransomware attacks, data breaches and online fraud.”
The WannaCry ransomware attack in May spread rapidly and randomly. 300,000 devices were infected across 150 countries and affecting services worldwide, including the NHS. The attack demonstrated the real-world harm that can result from cyber attacks, particularly when they are designed to self-replicate and spread.
The enormous scale of the 2013 Yahoo breach , the 2016 Uber breach and the 2017 Equifax breach came to light, demonstrating that data is a valuable target for cyber adversaries. It is clear that even if an organisation has excellent cyber security, there can be no guarantee that the same standards are applied by contractors and third party suppliers in the supply chain. Attackers will target the most vulnerable part of a supply chain to reach their intended victim.
Between October 2016 and the end of 2017, the NCSC recorded 34 significant cyber attacks. 762 less serious incidents were also recorded. With interest in cryptocurrency still strong, cryptojacking – where an individual’s computer processing power is used to mine cryptocurrency without the user’s consent – will likely become a regular source of revenue for website owners. Increased use of cloud technology to store sensitive information will continue to tempt cyber attackers, which could result in UK citizens’ information being breached.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – where hackers threaten to conduct DDoS attacks unless a ransom is paid – have increased since mid-2017 when a South Korean web hosting company paid a ransom fee in Bitcoin equivalent to US$ 1 million. In late 2017.
The reported number and scale of data breaches continued to increase in 2017, with Yahoo finally admitting in October that all of its 3 billion customers had been affected by the 2013 breach.
Groups assessed to have links to state actors – were likely responsible for some of the larger breaches.
Examples of data breaches included: • Equifax, where the personally identifiable information of 145 million US users and almost 700,000 UK users was compromised. • Verizon’s data on 14 million customers stored in the cloud, and controlled by a third party company, was exposed to anyone who could guess the web address. • Uber was forced to reveal that it deliberately covered up a year-old breach by paying the hackers US$ 100,000 to destroy the data they had stolen. The data of 57 million accounts, which had not been encrypted, was exposed. • An aggregated database of data, collated from multiple breaches, was discovered by security company 4iQ in December 2017. This contained 1.4 billion credentials in clear text, including unencrypted and valid passwords. Analysis indicated a large number of incidents were caused by third party suppliers failing to secure data properly.
If you have any experiences with scammers, spammers or time-waster do let me know, by email.


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Rite Aid celebrates conversion of Buffalo stores to its Wellness format
Buffalo, N.Y. — Buffalo, the second largest city in New York, has become the first market in which a majority of Rite Aid’s stores have been converted to the Wellness format, the retail pharmacy chain announced Wednesday.
Nearly 100 stores in Buffalo, N.Y., have been converted to the format. Rite Aid chairman, president and CEO John Standley and COO Ken Martindale appeared at an event at one of the stores, in the village of Williamsville, to celebrate the milestone and to launch a series of events at stores throughout the area that will take place during the summer.
"Our Buffalo ‘Road to Wellness’ began in 2009, when we selected it as one of four markets to pilot our Wellness+ customer loyalty program," Martindale said. "As the leading drug store chain in the greater Buffalo area, it’s only fitting that we’re here today celebrating another milestone in our company’s history. Over the past two years, we’ve invested millions of dollars as we’ve remodeled our Rite Aid pharmacies across the region to help Buffalonians as well."
Since the 2011 introduction of the format, Rite Aid has converted more than 800 stores. The most recent version of the format debuted at its store in Lemoyne, Pa., featuring a remodeled interior and expanded product selection. Photographs of the Lemoyne store can be seen here. The Williamsville store also has an updated design, having been completed in February this year.
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Staples names Groupon and eBay-Pal exec as VP, global e-commerce
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He joins Staples from Groupon, Inc., where he was VP and general manager, responsible for managing Groupon Goods’ strategy and execution in over 35 countries, and directly managed all functions for his business unit, including merchandising, inventory, marketing, engineering and operations.
Prior to joining Groupon, Masud was head of global shipping and cross-border trade for eBay-PayPal. Previously, he was general manager, worldwide warehouse deals and global sourcing, with Amazon, where he led the development and implementation of a new retail storefront and managed the overall strategy for Amazon’s trade-in platform traffic generation, customer acquisition and pricing policy.


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Since the Final Fantasy 7 remake demo release on PS4, a lot fans of the 1997 game have been hyped up for the full release and suddenly cosplays of these iconic characters have once again popped up and they’re all very greatly appreciated.
Hane Ame has recently busted out her Tifa Lockhart cosplay which she has made herself. Aside from Tifa’s default costume, Hane Ame has thrown in a little fanservice – an original cosplay of Tifa, which her adoring followers’ eyes have devoured with pleasure. AND! By visiting her Patreon you can purchase her photobook and unlock more of this cosplay photo set including the more risqué versions.
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The launch of mobile-first index suggests that Google will take into account the download speed of mobile pages in the ranking. About this said the representative of the search John Mueller during the last hangout for webmasters.
Twitter announced the launch of a support live broadcasts in the format of 360 degree Periscope.
Employees of the Russian office of Google, nothing is known about any orders of the American Corporation associated with the prohibition of employees to travel to Russia without a special permit. About it reports RBC with reference to the statement by the Director of public Affairs of Google in Russia Alla Zabrovsky.
Team social network Odnoklassniki announced about the possibility of targeting campaigns to users with similar behavioral characteristics with the target audience. New functionality is implemented through the platform myTarget.
Team VK announced about the launch of Stories, a new service that helps you share photos and short videos, not posting them on the page. The user can take photos and video up to 12 seconds during the day — they will be visible to friends and subscribers in the new block over the news 24 hours after publication.
Social network VK published a list of prohibited types of advertising, for which there are penalties. The move is designed to rid the community from low-grade ads.
Experts Merkle noticedthat Amazon is testing accommodation product listing ads in Google AdWords for the first time since the launch of the PLA.
Google called the inhabitants of India are the most interested in mobile application development. Over the past two years, the number of search queries on training courses of this subject in the country grew by 200%. About it reports Mashable, citing a press release of the company.
The content delivery network (CDN) safe and their use should not negatively affect the ranking of a website in Google. About it told the representative of the search John Mueller during the last hangout for webmasters.
In April, Google began to notify webmasters that their pages are not mobile-friendly, right in the search results. In this case, the snippet is added the message "Your page is not mobile-friendly". The notice sees only the owner of the website.


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Company's investment in Chinese business-to-business site boosted its net income for the first quarter. Revenue increased 14 percent, and CEO Yang is bullish.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's foundation received an undisclosed sum in exchange for his keynote address at an event held by Alibaba, the Chinese internet company that controls Yahoo China and has been accused of aiding China's crackdown in Tibet.
Yahoo chief celebrates 39th birthday apologizing to mother of jailed Chinese citizen. Oh, and Yahoo investment in Alibaba gains from IPO.
Internet pioneer's stock falls under the previous low of $18.58 a share, raising questions about whether any catalyst exists that could lift it from its near-term slump.
Promotional gadget opens a specific page when pressed.
The Internet company's stock falls below $20 a share, coming within a breath away of where it traded prior to Redmond's failed buyout attempt.
Google and Yahoo may scuttle their search-ad deal if it doesn't meet financial targets or leads to antitrust litigation. A regulatory filing has all the gory details.
Google will supply Yahoo with search ads in a partnership Yahoo believes will raise revenue by $800 million in its first year--but that also could give more power to Google.
A report from Reuters says the search giant may want a piece of the Silicon Valley company, even after it buys the search business.
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PolicyBazaar to create 4000 Jobs in J&K, Ladakh says CEO Yashish Dahiya
Co-founder & CEO Yashish Dahiya of Policy Bazaar has recently revealed that the brand is set to create 4000 jobs in Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh region in one year span.
EtechAces Marketing and Consulting, the operator of online insurance sales platform Policy Bazaar and the PaisaBazaar loan market, said it will create 4,000 jobs in the newly created union territories of the country Union; Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
It is alleged that roughly 95% of the new jobs will be created in the customer advisory function and the rest 5% jobs would be related to corporate and tech functions with each seat costing around Rs 1 lakh, according to the company.
In a statement, Policy Bazaar co-founder & CEO Yashish Dahiya said, “I have studied in J&K for four years and know quality of education is quite good. There is need for employment in the Valley and we want to be part of this effort to generate jobs and livelihood for the locals. We understand that this would require a little more effort than usual. However, we, as a company, are very keen to put that in.”
Dahiya, who studied at Sandeepa School in Jammu city for four years during his childhood seems to have a special affection for the place, which made him take this decision just after the removal of article 370 in the state. Dahiya’s spent 16 years in J&K, while he served the Indian army.
Currently, Policy Bazaar is backed by investors like InfoEdge, SoftBank, and Tiger Global, has more than 11,000 people working in the company across its group ventures, including PaisaBazaar and DocPrime.
Policy Bazaar is India’s largest insurtech firm that has played an important role in changing the way the country buys insurance. The company is all set to expand its unique customer base to 8 million in FY20.
According to the company, the advisory representatives that will be hired by the company in the newly created union territories will be expected to advise and ensure that consumers have an excellent shopping experience with an adequate understanding of insurance products, that includes; life, health, automobile, travel, etc., before choosing their purchase.


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FedEx makes profit for year despite big fourth-quarter losses
Published 6/17/2009 at 9:35 a.m. 58 comments
Memphis company lost $876 million in its fourth quarter, but made a yearly profit of $98 million.
500 local FedEx workers laid off
Published 4/3/2009 at 12:02 p.m. 231 comments
The Greater Memphis economy took a hit Friday when FedEx cut 500 workers as part of a previously announced plan to slash costs because of the global recession.
$6.7 billion threat: FedEx warns lawmakers over union legislation
Published 3/24/2009 at 11:13 a.m. 360 comments
FedEx could cancel contracts for $6.7 billion in American-made planes if Congress makes it easier for unions to organize the delivery giant's workers.
Free résumé-printing at FedEx Office
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FedEx Office will offer free printing of résumés Tuesday at more than 1,600 stores nationwide.
FedEx statement about proposed legislation
Updated 3/5/2009 at 3:37 p.m. 21 comments
FedEx released a statement -- through spokesman Maury Lane -- about the proposed legislation that would make it easier for unions like the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to organize FedEx employees.
House bill would open FedEx to unionization
Published 3/5/2009 at 3:30 p.m. 250 comments
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday made it easier for unions like the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to organize FedEx employees. By changing the jurisdiction of how some employees can be organized -- from national to local bargaining ...
Coffee Break: Ex-lobbyist to exit U.S. transport rules panel
Published 2/28/2009 at 12:02 a.m. 0 comments
Former FedEx lobbyist Doug Buttrey is leaving the U.S. Surface Transportation Board effective March 13.
Coffee Break: Valero threatens to shutter refineries
Published 1/31/2009 at 12:02 a.m. 1 comment
Valero Energy Corp. made plans to idle its Memphis refinery and one other if union workers go on strike this weekend.
FedEx launches real-time tracking
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FedEx rolled out improved tracking technologies Thursday that give customers real-time views of shipment statuses on desktops and laptops.
Coffee Break: Benihana to reopen in East Memphis
Published 1/14/2009 at 12:02 a.m. 1 comment
FedEx to negotiate drivers' contracts
Published 1/9/2009 at 12:04 a.m. 10 comments
FedEx Ground will negotiate new contracts with its New Hampshire drivers, switching to a network of geographic service areas to keep from running afoul of state law.
Workers putting new emphasis on work/life balance
Published 1/8/2009 at 12:01 a.m. 0 comments
U.S. workers are determined not to let the economy put a downer on personal and family lives in 2009, according to a survey done for FedEx Office.
Coffee Break: FedEx says no thanks to Super Bowl ad, it's 'time to step back'
Published 12/24/2008 at 12:02 a.m. 1 comment
Saying "times have changed," FedEx Corp. announced it will not advertise during Super Bowl LXIII, set for Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 1.
FedEx trims 14,000 paychecks in area, starting with the boss
Published 12/18/2008 at 9:22 a.m. 194 comments
In a move that will ripple through the Memphis economy, FedEx announced pay cuts for 14,000 workers here as part of an $800 million, 18-month belt-tightening effort.
Memphis Regional Chamber adopts logo to rebrand campaign
Published 12/11/2008 at 12:04 a.m. 3 comments
For the second time in six years the Memphis Regional Chamber is launching a rebranding effort, changing its name to the Greater Memphis Chamber.


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Bitcoin has incurred a nasty fall in recent days, dropping from $40,000+ earlier in the month to about $30,000 at press time. Thus, the currency has lost more than $10,000 since reaching its new all-time high, and many analysts – including Agustin Carstens of the Bank for International Settlements – believe that the world’s number one digital asset by market cap may be in a heap of trouble.
Agustin Carstens: Bitcoin May Not Last Beyond a Certain Point
In a recent interview, Carstens went so far as to claim that the entire bitcoin system may come crashing down in the coming future. He states:
Investors must be cognizant that bitcoin may well break down altogether.
One of the big problems he has with bitcoin is that it is a finite currency. He says that just over 18 million of BTC units have been mined at press time, which leaves about 2.5 million to go until we reach bitcoin’s full 21 million units. Once they’re all fully in circulation by the year 2140, the currency may not last much longer. There appears to be no set plan for when this happens, and everyone working in bitcoin is likely to experience a huge blow.
Furthermore, there appears to be an incorrect idea in his mind that bitcoin and crypto should – or even could – potentially replace fiat currency somewhere down the line, but Carstens claims this would heavily damage the world’s financial markets. He says that without fiat currencies, not just banks but businesses and the entire global economy would fail to function. He says:
Sound money is central to our market economy, and it is central banks that are uniquely placed to provide this. If digital currencies are needed, central banks should be the ones to issue them.
A potential fix for many analysts and industry experts exists in stable coins, which over the years, have become much more prominent. Designed to limit volatility and protect crypto investors from risk, stable currencies are backed by fiat and are designed to be less prone to price swings than more mainstream digital currencies such as Ethereum and bitcoin.
Stable Coins Don’t Solve Much
In addition, they are also designed to serve as payment methods given that they are tied to standard currencies such as the U.S. dollar, but according to Carstens, stable assets do not solve anything in that they are often issued through private companies, such as Facebook’s Libra. It’s not a bank, but rather a social media company that will be responsible for maintaining and backing the asset.
He says unless these assets are delivered by central banks, they hold no value and cannot be trusted to take part in financial markets. Right now, he feels that stable currencies have not surpassed their testing phases, and that more research needs to be done before any proper integration can take place.


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Anyone remotely familiar with tech might know Apple as the company with the ever more expensive smartphones; remember how they broke the internet when they launched the iPhone X in 2017 for USD999? While now is perhaps the worst time to buy an iPhone 13 series device, if you’ve been saving up for a new iPhone 14 series smartphone you might want to ensure you’ve got extra to spare as it’s expected to be more expensive than its predecessor.
According to known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the average selling price of the whole iPhone 14 range is set to increase by roughly 15% compared to the average selling price of the iPhone 13 lineup. This is mostly down to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max coming with a price increase it seems, as well as a higher shipment proportion of them.
Hon Hai is the major EMS for iPhone 14 series (with a 60-70% order proportion), so its revenue will markedly benefit from an increased iPhone 14 series ASP. No wonder Hon Hai raises full-year performance to “growing” from “roughly flat.”
— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) August 10, 2022
Kuo bases his estimates on Hon Hai Technology Group, better known as Foxconn, raising their business outlook for the year from ‘roughly flat’ to ‘growing’. This is likely a sign that they’re benefitting from an increased average selling price of the iPhone 14 lineup. Foxconn of course is one of Apple’s biggest partners, with the Taiwanese company helping build the actual iPhones that get sold by Apple.
Another thing to note is that there’s likely no more iPhone Mini in the upcoming iPhone 14 series, which could also play a role in the overall higher prices we expect to see when they debut. Apple is widely expected to drop the Mini in favour of a non-Pro Max version of the iPhone 14, which would also mean that the regular iPhone 14 would become the cheapest one available.
For reference, the iPhone 13 Mini started at RM3,399 while the regular iPhone 13 started at RM3,899. The iPhone 13 Pro meanwhile retailed at RM4,899 with the bigger iPhone 13 Pro Max starting at RM5,299. Apple has kept these prices the same for a number of generations now, with the iPhone 11 for example starting at RM3,399, while the iPhone 12 Mini also went for RM3,399. The iPhone Pro devices have also had stagnated price tags for awhile now, with the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro also launching for RM4,899.
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO — Mergers and joint ventures are increasingly important to U.S. and Canadian companies in the new North American market, according to speakers at the Plastics Summit — Borders without Barriers.
Countries are losing their identities as markets while regional markets evolve, said Al Litvak, an economics professor and consultant at Toronto's York University. This forces companies to join with others to be globally competitive, he said at the April 8 meeting held in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Competition is fierce because plastics is a very fragmented industry, Litvak explained. It contains a large number of small and medium-size firms.
Even though mergers have been prevalent, Litvak predicts the number of plastics companies will grow or stay the same. Barriers to enter and exit the business are so low that the industry is dynamic.
Unlike the steel industry, where a few players dominate, there are so many plastics firms that no one can command the market. The best they can do is influence it, according to Litvak.
Litvak said the plastics industry has two major classes — firms trapped at the low end of profitability and technology, and high-end companies whose technology and resources allow them to achieve excellence. Obtaining knowledge in the form of trained workers and technology will continue to be the key difference.
StackTeck Systems Inc. is a mold maker that gained by combining the forces of two firms, said Chief Executive Officer David Brown. Mold making is a fragmented industry with little cross-pollination of information. Most mold makers approach their work as artisans and guard their secrets.
StackTeck was created last fall by the merger of Tradesco Mold Ltd. of Toronto and Fairway Molds Inc. of Los Angeles. Tradesco specialized in stack molds and high-cavitation hot-runner molds for items such as thin-wall containers. Fairway focused on multicavity, high-precision molds for consumer products.
The merger allows the two operations to enter new markets more readily through a corporate approach to planning and financing rather than an artisan's approach, Brown explained to attendees.
Brown said StackTeck plans to acquire firms to expand its injection mold range and to get into other tooling and geographic markets. It is negotiating with a Latin American firm and could announce a deal this summer, he said in a post-talk interview.


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First Chinese companies stopped borrowing, then they cut spending and now, as China’s economic slowdown persists, they’re holding off hiring, according to a private survey that points to more difficulties ahead for the world’s second largest economy.
The quarterly China Beige Book survey of some 2,200 companies and 160 bankers released Sunday found that revenues steadied and profits picked up in the first quarter after a sharp drop in the fourth quarter. But the survey found that the progress appeared to come at the expense of jobs and spending, with new employment at private companies slipping to a four-year low and capital expenditure decelerating.
The weakness in the job market hits at a paramount concern for the Chinese Communist Party, the group said, and on this count the nation faces growing headwinds.
“The party cares very much about the state of the labor market,” said Leland Miller, president of China Beige Book International, which is based in New York. The first quarter “may therefore be one of the rare occasions when investors see the data and react mostly with relief, while the results cause some mild panic back in Beijing.”
Only 23% of companies surveyed expanded their workforce, the survey found. And while hiring picked up at state-owned companies – where the bottom-line matters less – it slowed significantly at private companies, it said. Most companies expect further hiring weakness ahead, China Beige Book said.
Also concerning is a deceleration in capital spending, which hit a new low in the first quarter, China Beige Book said. Growth in capital spending has seen a 40% cumulative decline over the past two years. “Our data show that firms first stopped borrowing, then cut spending and now are becoming allergic to hiring,” the group said in a report.
The government’s bid to regear the economy toward consumption and services and away from manufacturing and investment is having mixed results, at least this quarter, the survey found. Revenue growth in services and in retail – especially furniture, appliances and clothing — slowed in the first quarter, while holding steady in manufacturing. Recovery in the crucial real estate sector remained spotty, with a limited number of property markets soaring even as most others continued to fare poorly, the group said.
Despite several announced fiscal and monetary stimulus policies in China, the money doesn’t appear to be reaching the real economy based on the survey results, China Beige Book said. Interest rates at both banks and at nonbank lenders like small loan firms rose during the period. “Lenders were pickier, while also charging a premium for risk,” the group said.
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Vietnam, South Korea bolster cooperation for development of scie-technology
The signing ceremony between the two sides was held online on November 26.
The Vietnam-Korea Business & Investment Association (VKBIA) and Chungcheong Provincial Technopark (Chungbuk Technopark) signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement to together promote opportunities for investment cooperation, trade connection, business development in Vietnamese and South Korean markets.
|Delegates attend the online event. Photo: VKBIA|
Through the signing, the two sides are committed to implementing programs to foster exchange and transfer in the fields of technology, culture, education, science and technology, economy and trade, vocational training and employment.
This year, the Vietnamese economy and that of the world as a whole will continue to be heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The local cooperation, trade connection, science and technology cooperation, travel exchange between the two countries still face difficulties as the pandemic evolution is still complicated.
However, it is also the driving force that motivates VKBIA to promote the effective connection of activities and programs, and to act as a bridge to contribute to promoting stronger trade and contributing to enhance the relations between the two countries.
Lee Hyeonse, Director of Global Cooperation and Business Development Assistance at Chungbuk Technopark believed the cooperation between Chungbuk Technopark and VKBIA will strengthen the joint efforts to incubate and develop businesses, promote technology transfer between Vietnam and South Korea.
“Our experience and team of experts will connect and join hands to promote innovation and application of new technologies in science and technology with the Vietnamese side,” he said.
Dr. Pham Hai Chien, Chairman of the Vietnam-Korea Experts and Intellectuals Association (VKEIA) emphasized: “Our experts who are well-trained and specialized in many fields in South Korea will be the nucleus for this potential connection. In addition to receiving technology transfer, we hope to be able to support the development of Vietnamese products manufactured based on Vietnam's technology with the help and experience of our partner - Chungbuk Technopark.”
Tran Hai Linh, Chairman of the VKBIA said the two sides agreed to jointly boost information exchange activities, as well as technology transfer and training as well as the exchange of experts in the near future.
“Our next goal is that small and medium enterprises in Vietnam can access technology solutions and experience from Chungbuk Technopark in deploying research results,” he added. “VKBIA hopes to bring advantages and potential values to Vietnamese products when collaborating with the South Korean partner, including products created between the two sides.”
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Funeral of Vietnamese peacekeeper die on duty
Grand old peach trees grace Hanoi’s streets


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Want to grab that purchase and go? You’re not alone. Today more than ever, people are living an increasingly digital – and mobile – life and they expect their ability to pay for their needs and wants to match that same “always on” mindset, according to social media conversations identified in the 2019 edition of the Mastercard Digital Payments Study.
Mobile payments represented more than 30 percent of the total social media conversation around payments in the Middle East and Africa, with total mentions doubling over the prior year.
Now in its sixth year, the study, developed in partnership with PRIME Research, analyzed more than 3.3 million conversations globally and 90,000 conversations in the Middle East and Africa from the past year across social media channels including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Weibo.
Interest in New TechnologiesPeople are looking to newer technologies to have an impact on their lives. In the past year alone, such mentions on social media increased 30 percent globally since the last study.
Today, nearly 20 percent of all mobile commerce payments are focused on contactless payments and mobile wallets. Beyond these primary focus areas, consumers are interested in how artificial intelligence, QR payments and wearable payments will impact their lives.
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HA NOI (VNS) — The Ministry of Health's Viet Nam Food Administration fined five companies VND107 million ($5,000) for violating regulations on advertising and labelling functional food.
The companies include HCM City-based Ky Phong Trading, Import and Export Co Ltd; HCM City-based Nhom Thien Minh Co Ltd; Ha Noi-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Trading Co Ltd. Authorities found they were improperly advertising their functional foods and had improperly labelled them.
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Adam Buitelaar Speaks at Dairy-Tech 2021
Did you catch our CEO Adam Buitelaar, speaking at the Dairy-Tech virtual event on Wednesday 3rd February?
To kick start the 2021 virtual Dairy-Tech event, Adam spoke alongside Alice Swift, UK Director of Agriculture, Arla and David Black, Veterinary Consultant, VetSalus on the Animal Welfare 2021 and Beyond webinar. The webinar was an opportunity for farmers to hear from a veterinary network, supply chain, processor and retailer alike on their future projections for animal welfare and what it may mean to the dairy farmer.
With the current hot topic of the ARLA ‘Every Calf has a Value’ (ECHAV) Scheme, (which came into effect on 1st January 2021 for all ARLA farmers), Dairy-Tech saw a strong focus on education, innovation and knowledge transfer. The three presentations had refreshingly common themes running throughout, with the speakers inadvertently portraying just how aligned our industry is becoming and bringing attention to the importance of all stakeholders taking responsibility for dairy’s future.
Following a brief explanation about the Buitelaar Group, Adam Buitelaar talked extensively on both the current industry challenges and those we are likely to see in future. Passionate for simple, practical solutions, Adam highlighted the need for the industry to come together and ensure our voice is heard, before explaining how Buitelaar Group are assisting farmers to overcome significant challenges such as TB restrictions & the obstacles that dairy farmers may be facing.
As an end-to-end integrated supply chain, we are able to offer a variety of solutions to the dairy farmer, understanding that no two farmers see the same challenges. Our opportunities include our TB-restricted calf rearing housing solutions and our Small Stature Herd Cross Scheme which guarantees a secure, stable and sustainable outlet for surplus dairy cross calves produced from small stature herds (cross-bred cows).
Renowned for our higher animal welfare standards, we’re committed to working with industry stakeholders to drive the agricultural industry forwards and develop solutions to ensure a profitable and sustainable future for the family farmer.
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The use of cannabis dates back millennia, with the first record of cannabis seeds having been eaten as food in China in 6000 B.C. Now, prehistoric cannabis seeds have also been discovered in Japan.
While Japan has some of the harshest marijuana laws in the world, an article recently published in The Japan Times reveals the country nevertheless has a longstanding history with the cannabis plant.
Junichi Takayasu was three years old when he became captivated by a picture book about ninjas. It wasn’t so much the ninjas themselves that caught his attention, but how they used a specific plant — cannabis. “The book showed how ninjas trained by jumping over cannabis plants,” he says. “Every day they had to leap higher and higher because cannabis grows very quickly. I was so amazed that I told my mom I wanted to grow cannabis when I was older.”
Given Japan’s marijuana policy, Takayasu’s mother was worried about his aspirations to grow weed. Even simple possession of cannabis can earn you a five-year jail sentence. Nonetheless, Takayasu grew up to be one of the country’s leading experts on weed. In 2001, he opened Taima Hakubutsukan, Japan’s only museum dedicated to cannabis and teaching people about the country’s history with the plant, which Takayasu says had been denigrated and forgotten for much too long.
“Most Japanese people see cannabis as a subculture of Japan, but they’re wrong,” he says. “Cannabis has been at the very heart of Japanese culture for thousands of years.”
The first record of cannabis in Japan dates back to the Jomon Period, between 10,000 and 200 B.C., Takayasu says, when pottery artifacts found in Fukui Prefecture, just north of Kyoto, contained cannabis seeds and pieces of woven cannabis fibers. “Cannabis was the most important substance for prehistoric people in Japan,” he says. “They wore clothes made from its fibers and they used it for bowstrings and fishing lines.” The cannabis used in the Jomon Period artifacts seems to have been cannabis sativa, which grows tall and is valued for having strong stems, according to Takayasu.
Cannabis stayed relevant in Japan for centuries to come. The Shinto religion esteems the cannabis plant for its cleansing powers. Priests used it to weave together bundles of pot leaves in order to bless the faithful and curse evil spirits. Regular people also used cannabis as a small offering to leave a roadside shrines in hopes of going on a safe journey, according to historian George Foot Moore. Families also burned cannabis bundles to welcome back the spirits of dead ancestors.
“Cannabis farming used to be a year-round cycle,” says Takayasu. “The seeds were planted in spring then harvested in the summer. Following this, the stalks were dried, then soaked and turned into fiber. Throughout the winter, these were then woven into cloth and made into clothes ready to wear for the next planting season.”
Even during World War II, cannabis was used as a war material for making ropes and air force parachute chords. Only in 1945 did Japan undergo a legal shift in its cannabis policy, under the occupation of American authorities. While the U.S. had essentially outlawed cannabis in 1937, Japan followed suit in 1948 with the Cannabis Control Act.
“The wartime cannabis industry had been so dominated by the military that the Cannabis Control Act was designed to strip away its power,” says Takayasu. Now to this day, Japan has fewer than 60 licensed cannabis farms, which must grow strains containing minimal amounts of THC, the plant’s main psychoactive compound. Takayasu hopes, however, that the more the Japanese public learns about the plant, the more they may be able to integrate it back into daily life.


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A fund investing in companies that aim to improve the wellbeing and development of children worldwide has been launched by Triodos Bank UK.
The new Triodos Future Generations Fund invests in 34 small and medium-sized listed companies that fit into one of five themes: health and wellbeing, education, equal opportunity, access to basic services, or safety.
Current portfolio companies include US education services provider Stride; OrthoPediatrics, the world’s first company to produce orthopaedic devices specifically for children; and Sobi, a Swedish company focused on treatments for rare diseases.
Fund manager Sjoerd Rozing said: “An increasing number of companies are no longer just looking at shareholder value, but at the interests of all stakeholders. We believe future generations belong on that list of stakeholders, and this is why the fund has been set up to support that long-term vision.”
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The Future Generations Fund, managed by Triodos Investment Management (the investment arm of Triodos Bank – a Good With Money ‘Good Egg’ firm), has been open to European investors and UK institutional investors since March 2022. Now it will be available to UK investors through investment platforms, or directly from Triodos Bank, where it can be included within a Stocks and Shares ISA.
Roger Hattam, director of retail banking at Triodos Bank UK, said: “Triodos impact investment funds have been recognised as some of the most ethical and impactful available to retail investors in the UK. Given the huge importance of creating a healthy and just future for our young people, the addition of the Triodos Future Generations Fund provides investors with another opportunity to increase the positive impact their money has.”


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Konami Gaming Incorporated has signed a deal with American casino operator Rush Street Gaming that will see a selection of the developer’s real-money online slots made available to online casino players in New Jersey via the domain at PlaySugarHouse.com.
Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming, which operates PlaySugarHouse.com through its Rush Street Interactive subsidiary, stated that the deal was signed following a successful trial on its free-play SugarHouse4Fun.com site and will commence with the New Jersey launch of online slots Gypsy Fire and Fortune Stacks for mobile and desktop computers.
“These Konami [Gaming Incorporated] games are found at hundreds of casino locations worldwide and we’re the first to bring them to New Jersey’s online real-money space,” said Richard Schwartz, President for Rush Street Interactive. “Everything from the graphic animation to gameplay is the same as the land-based slot machines and it is right in the palm of your hand. Whether you’re a fan of Konami [Gaming Incorporated] at the casino or simply looking for new online games to play and win, the exclusive premiere of Gypsy Fire and Fortune Stacks offers an authentic online gaming experience to enjoy at your leisure.”
Available to players over age of 21 and physically located in New Jersey, PlaySugarHouse.com has been built on a proprietary platform and features more than 300 games. The site regulated and certified by the New Jersey Division Of Gaming Enforcement moreover offers iOS and Android apps with a range of enhancements for seamless mobile gaming entertainment as well as state-of-the-art authentication and encryption technology designed to secure all personal information.
“This expansion of Konami [Gaming Incorporated] slot content to PlaySugarHouse.com is a continuation of our long-held collaboration with Rush Street Gaming, dating back to the earliest years of our company,” said Steve Walther, Senior Marketing And Product Management Director for Las Vegas-based Konami Gaming Incorporated. “As gaming entertainment is evolving to mirror changes in consumer consumption, we’re thrilled to offer top Konami [Gaming Incorporated] games to leading online platforms such as PlaySugarHouse.com. [It is] taking the same games you find at the casino and launching them online so players can wager and win on their favorite games through any personal desktop device or mobile smartphone.”


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TalkTalk is opening its first high street store with a difference in London's Soho area today (April 19th).
A seven-storey building, the broadband and phone provider's new centre includes a floor which showcases its range of services, as well as a range of wireless routers and its TalkTalk TV service, reports the Guardian.
In addition, the site includes a floor which features free internet access and bookable meeting rooms for its customers, as well as office space for small start-ups in need of a presence in the capital.
Among the new firms set to make use of the space is the App Business and co-founder Rob Evans told the newspaper that the location is "great" for the company.
He added: "It is easier to attract people to work for you if you have a bright new office in the middle of Soho. It feels like you are going places."
The opening of the store has come after TalkTalk recently confirmed all of its new and existing customers have now been placed on a 24Mb speed profile.


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With an aim to allow creators to easily set up new web storefronts for their audiences, tech giant Google’s Area 120 has come up with a new service called Qaya.
Qaya is a product that provides web storefronts for creators who want to sell products and services directly to their audiences.
“Today, as part of Area 120, we are announcing Qaya’s US beta launch,” Nathaniel Naddaff-Hafrey, co-founder and GM, Qaya, said in a blog post on Wednesday.
“We are focused on the US today, but hope to bring Qaya to more countries soon. And, we are exploring ways to support creators as they experiment with other types of digital goods,” Naddaff-Hafrey added.
The company said that Qaya is a small and agile team dedicated to helping creators build businesses on the web.
Creators on Qaya can sell everything from trapeze workout guides to wellness training videos, photo filters, beat packs, ASMR read-aloud, productivity templates, knitting patterns, and much more.
The company also mentioned that creators can use Qaya as the hub for their business activity across the web.
“Many links to their Qaya storefronts from their social media bios, and showcase digital products they upload or products and services hosted on other sites,” the company said.
“We provide custom yourname.channel or qaya.store/your-name URLs, with payment functionality built-in,” it added.


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The mobile app security risk is growing
By Mandeep Khera, chief marketing officer, Arxan
For baseball players, it’s an MVP season; for actors, an Oscar; for musicians, best single or album. Every field has its ultimate accomplishment, a holy grail. Hackers have it too: online payment information which is not seasonal, but a gift that keeps on giving.
The more retailers, financial services companies, government agencies and others interact with customers through mobile apps, the bigger a target these apps have become for fraudsters who can resell the information on the dark web or use them to illegally buy goods.
Organizations must meet these risks head on if they want to protect their brands, keep mobile-related revenue flowing and continue to expand the mobile capabilities that are so popular with consumers. Yet despite widespread concern about security, they often are still ill-prepared for the dangers.
The very nature of the mobile payment process – with its multiple entities and electronic handoffs – gives rise to security issues. A transaction includes the acquirer, card issuer, payment card network and many others — between the consumer and the merchant – and cyber criminals can exploit each point.
Though many organizations work hard at securing networks and applications in their data centers, they tend to purchase technology that protects internal enterprise resources but which doesn’t adequately defend binary code once apps are on customer devices. Plain and simple, apps aren't as hardened as they should be once they're "in the wild."
Cybercriminals can easily decompile the binary code and steal credentials, insert malicious code, tamper with security logic, reverse-engineer applications or steal cryptographic keys in host card emulation (HCE) applications.
Organizations should know from years of experience protecting other IT assets that bad actors will evolve their techniques and come up with new ways to exploit mobile security holes. But unfortunately, too many enterprises aren’t doing enough to protect their mobile security investments.
Interestingly, impediments to better mobile app security often result not from technological barriers but from organizational and cultural ones.
For example, the popularity of mobile devices is increasingly pressuring companies to release apps as quickly as possible, and this "rush-to-release" mentality makes it all too easy to put code into production that has not been adequately tested for security vulnerabilities.
In some organizations, confusion exists over who even owns security within the development, testing and implementation process for mobile apps. Is it the chief security officer, or the application development team, or the head of product engineering, or the lines of business? In some companies, it can look like the baseball misplay when two fielders converge to catch a fly ball, one looks at the other and the ball falls to the ground.
Even in cases when lines of responsibility are clear, some organizations suffer from a lack of internal policies or rules that clarify security requirements.
Many organizations simply do not allocate sufficient budget to protect mobile apps. Or they only spend reactively – when a serious breach occurs or a hacking incident at another company gains widespread media coverage or when new governmental regulations are issued.
Organizations need to employ in-depth defense of their mobile apps – especially ones that are most attractive to cybercriminals due to potential monetary gain – but a consistent sense of urgency across companies and industries seems to be lacking.
Another factor that must be taken into account is that most users are oblivious about security issues on their phone apps. Many believe that smartphone providers include built-in security protection. But while some security functionality has been programmed in, it is far from perfect on these devices especially on enterprise applications that are prime targets for hackers like mobile banking and mobile payment apps.
Most malware targeting mobile payment applications makes its way onto victims' devices by tricking users to clicking on a text message, or by masquerading as an Adobe Flash app, popular game or some other utility downloaded through third-party app stores.
These Trojans typically start getting their hooks into the operation of legitimate apps, then overlay screens to mimic each of the apps they're meant to steal information from. When the user enters the information, it is sent off to the criminals' servers, the screen goes away and the malicious application allows the legitimate app to open up. The whole process looks genuine to the user.
Users should take basic precautions such as updating their operating system on a regular basis, installing anti-malware protection and not clicking on messages that appear remotely suspicious. Even if users are careful, however, cybercriminals can still hack into the binary code and steal credentials by decompiling and reverse-engineering applications.
The obligation lies with app providers to ensure their binary code is hardened with the right solutions. Application hardening techniques should be a standard part of the software development cycle, something which is usually done after testing and fixing vulnerabilities in the source code and just prior to the release of the app. Hardening techniques include obfuscation, which renders code into unusable nonsense to attackers, encryption, and other techniques to make it very difficult for hackers to steal the code and reverse engineer.
Cryptographic keys should be the main priority as they are used for key tasks such as binding devices to accounts and proving user identity. One of the most effective ways of protecting keys is white-box cryptography, and cryptographic key data in the Host Card Emulation solutions commonly used by payment apps were shown to be safeguarded even after 160 hours of independent intrusion testing.
Consumers should ask what security precautions their retailers, banks and others they do business with are taking at the application level.
For app providers and the mobile payments market, the stakes are high. Nearly three in four people who do not use mobile apps cited security as the main reason why, according to a Federal Reserve Board survey.
It would be a terrible shame if the industry let a lack of focus on mobile app security stand in the way of continued growth.


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Local brewery releases new honey beer in collaboration with Milton Public Library
Published December 16, 2022 at 4:46 pm
A local brewery recently released a new honey beer brewed in collaboration with the Milton Public Library (MPL).
Third Moon Brewing Co., located at 295 Alliance Rd. Unit 3 in Milton, recently revealed the new honey IPA, which has been co-fermented with honey harvested from the hives at MPL’s Beaty Branch.
It’s back! Our friends at Third Moon Brewing brewed “The Stinger” using honey from our Beaty beehives.
— Milton Public Library (@Milton_Library) December 15, 2022
The brewery partnered with MPL last year to create the beer called the “Stinger” which is being brought back this year in a slightly different version.
According to Third Moon Brewing Co., the beer contains notes of wildflower honey along with goldenrod, crushed pineapple and key lime.
The beer is available online, in the bottleshop and in the taproom in small or full draft pours.
The “Stinger” will also be available this Sunday (Dec. 18) during the brewery’s holiday market from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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The rumors just won’t seem to stop. The bad news is those rumors, as far as we can tell, are just not true.
As much as it might be welcomed, there is no Chick-fil-A franchise headed to the Portsmouth area.
Lisa Carver, president of the Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce, says she received repeated emails and phone messages questioning the veracity of rumors regarding the supposed impending arrival of the fast food chicken franchise. Carver says she eventually contacted the chain’s corporate headquarters. She admits she cannot remember the name of the person with whom she spoke. Daily Times calls to Chick-fil-A’s headquarters were not returned. Carver reported there was even a Facebook page announcing the arrival of Chick-fil-A at the site of an old restaurant across the street from Glockner’s Toyota on State Route 23.
According to Carver, the person with whom she spoke said all Chick-fil-A restaurants are franchises and individually owned. However, the person stated they had no information regarding plans to bring Chick-fil-A to Portsmouth. Carver adds the apparently phony Facebook page disappeared just a few days later, adding that happened about two or three weeks ago.
The Facebook page was apparently called “Chick-fil-A Portsmouth.” Such a page still exists, but it refers to a restaurant about to arrive in Portsmouth, Va. Searching Facebook for “Chick-fil-A Portsmouth” also will gain you a one-page Facebook screenshot posted by a local resident. The page includes an answer to a question about a Chick-fil-A actually opening in Portsmouth, Ohio, with an answer attributed to Chick-fil-A Inc. The posting states the now-missing Facebook page on Chick-fil-A Portsmouth, Ohio is “not affiliated with Chick-fil-A or any of its independent restaurant operators. We apologize for the confusion, but thank you for understanding.”
For her part, Carver admits having a Chick-fil-A arrive in Portsmouth would be a big deal. She says this area is hungry for new restaurants – no pun intended — and a national franchise arriving here would be newsworthy. Carver says in the past there have been rumors about Red Lobster and Cracker Barrel coming to town, but neither of those rumors/wishes ever came to fruition, at least not so far.
Maybe we can keep hoping, but a Chick-fil-A doesn’t seem to be in the cards, at least not anytime soon. For now, it appears the nearest Chick-fil-A will remain – according to a Google search — in Ashland, Ky.
Reach Tom Corrigan at 740-353-3101 ext. 1931


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- Europe’s top court just decided that Uber is a transport service in a major legal ruling that will likely impact how EU governments regulate the firm.
- It’s a massive blow for Uber, which has consistently argued that it’s just an app, not a transport service, and therefore subject to fewer regulations.
- The ruling will give regulators in EU member states more authority to scrutinise and regulate Uber more closely.
- Uber is fighting multiple legal battles in Europe, including trying to regain its operator’s licence in London.
Uber is a transport service, according to Europe’s top court, in a massive blow for the firm.
The European Court of Justice issued its ruling on Wednesday morning, opening up the possibility for EU governments to regulate Uber much more closely at a local or national level, or even ban it altogether.
According to the ruling: “The service provided by Uber connecting individuals with non-professional drivers is covered by services in the field of transport. Member States can therefore regulate the conditions for providing that service.”
Uber said in a statement ahead of the ruling: “This ruling will not change things in most EU countries where we already operate under transportation law.
“However, millions of Europeans are still prevented from using apps like ours. As our new CEO has said, it is appropriate to regulate services such as Uber and so we will continue the dialogue with cities across Europe. This is the approach we’ll take to ensure everyone can get a reliable ride at the tap of a button.”
The judgement contradicts how Uber defines itself.
Uber has consistently argued that it is only an app which connects passengers to cab drivers through technology, as opposed to a transport service.
That definition has helped the firm avoid the stricter regulations which apply to conventional taxi, minicab, and other transport services. Instead, Uber is subject to the lighter EU rules which cover digital services operating across borders.
But the European Court of Justice’s advocate general, Maciej Szpunar, gave an opinion in May rejecting Uber’s definition of itself. His opinion was non-binding, but considered a major blow to the way Uber runs in Europe.
He said at the time: “The Uber electronic platform, whilst innovative, falls within the field of transport. Uber can thus be required to obtain the necessary licences and authorisations under national law.”
At the time Uber, played down the consequences and said it would await Wednesday’s ruling.
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The new iMac G5 is baffling the public – and not just because the whole computer is concealed within a 2-inch LCD monitor – it would appear that some people cannot fathom how to carry it.
For those who are wondering just how to move their new iMac around the home Apple has the answer. The company has thoughtfully prepared a Knowledge Article that explains "How to pick up and carry your iMac G5" for those challenged people.
The article states: "Don't know how to pick up and carry your iMac G5? It's easy. Before moving your computer, make sure all cables and cords are disconnected. Pick up the iMac G5 by grasping both sides of the computer. Carry it to wherever you wish."
Some may say that Apple's advice does not go far enough. Health and Safety advisers insist that when picking up heavy objects users should keep the back straight. Apple offers no such guidance.
Apple has not yet issued advice on carrying any of its laptop computers or the popular iPod music player.


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British manufacturers enjoy strong start to 2014 as exports rise at fastest pace for nearly three years
British manufacturers enjoyed a strong start to 2014 as exports rose at the fastest pace for nearly three years, a report showed yesterday.
The closely-watched purchasing managers’ index of activity in the sector hit 56.7 in January – down from 57.2 in December but still well above the 50 cut-off between growth and decline.
It was the strongest reading in Europe – just above Germany’s score of 56.5 and far stronger than France’s dismal 49.3 – and fuelled hopes that 2014 will be the best year for the British economy since before the Great Recession. The report, by Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, showed increased demand for UK goods from North America, Europe, Asia, Brazil, Scandinavia and the Middle East.
Driving ahead: The purchasing managers' index hit 56.7 in January - down from 57.2 in December but still well above the 50 cut-off between growth and decline
The index for exports hit 57.5 – its highest level since February 2011 – and firms ploughed money into new computers and printers as well as plants and machinery in a sign investment spending is picking up.
CIPS chief executive David Noble hailed ‘a broad based and fully fledged recovery in manufacturing’. He said: ‘The export market has long been heralded as the key to unlock UK economic growth and in manufacturing appears to be coming to fruition.’
Rob Dobson, senior economist at Markit, said: ‘UK manufacturing made a strong start to the new year, continuing the robust upsurge in production seen at the tail end of 2013.
‘The long-awaited rebalancing of economic growth may also finally be within sight.
‘Recent months have seen the largest surge in demand for UK investment goods for two decades while new export orders are rising at one of the fastest rates ever recorded.’
France was not the only country to post disappointing figures with the Chinese manufacturing PMI dropping from 50.5 in December to 49.5 in January.
But the biggest shock came in the United States where the ISM manufacturing index collapsed from 56.5 to 51.3 – far worse than expected and the weakest since May last year.
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By Rory Carroll
IT MAY be called Coca-Cola, but although the drink uses the name of the coca leaf, its maker shies away from confirming whether the leaf is one of its ingredients. Now Bolivian coca farmers want to reclaim the leaf as part of their country's cultural heritage by forcing the US drinks giant to change its brand name.
A resolution by a farmers' lobby group has been adopted by an assembly that is rewriting Bolivia's constitution, potentially tipping the Government into a legal battle against Coca-Cola and others that use the name of the leaf.
Bolivia has used the plant in religious ceremonies and as a mild stimulant since before Columbus. As the raw ingredient of cocaine, however, it has been stigmatised by the US and the United Nations, which want to drastically reduce its cultivation.
Under its President, Evo Morales, a former coca grower, Bolivia has campaigned for recognition of the plant's cultural importance as well as its legitimate uses.
Coca-Cola denies ever having used cocaine in earlier versions of its drink but will not say whether the natural leaf forms part of its secret recipe. Until a few years ago the Atlanta-based company bought tonnes of leaves annually.
Growers resent that Coca-Cola uses the plant's name but does not defend it against restrictions that prevent Bolivia exporting products made with coca.
"Instead of satanising the leaf, they need to understand our situation," said David Herrera, a state government supervisor for the coca-growing Chapare region.
Coca-Cola released a statement saying its trademark was "the most valuable and recognised brand in the world" and was protected under Bolivian law.
A 1961 UN convention bans the international trade of products made with coca and places it in the same category as opium and cannabis.
The US State Department says Mr Morales's coca policy has contributed to an increase in coca growing and threatens to undermine advances made during the 1990s as a result of US-backed coca-eradication programs.
The US is the world's biggest market for the drug.
Guardian News & Media, Reuters