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On the new GoogleGroups2 beta test service, it was noted that a recent note was dated January, a few months prior to the day it was supposedly first seen.
Small minds suggested that this was a bug. But some of us know better!
I replied, out of the goodness of my heart, with the following detailed explanation:
> But isn’t this May?
Well, yes and no. You’ve actually stumbled upon a parallel Google beta service, called GoogleTimeTravel. In order to maximize advertising revenues via reverse predictive analysis, Google has begun testing a method for warping the time-space e-continuum, which facilitates the pre-projective dating of message postings.
Therefore, while to us it may seem that a particular message was posted in May, it was only conceived at that time… and actually rendered and published in January of this year. In this way, Google can show the most appropriate and lucrative ads on that posting by reflecting upon earlier ad-targeting ROI information.
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One might argue that running so many concurrent beta tests could be perceived as a liability, or even a threat to the very fabric of time-space PR when people realize that Google stock they buy in July is subsequently revalued to the lower strike price of March. But one cannot, nay, should not doubt the very genius of lean-but-un-hungry Googlers in their labs, if only because doing so might render one’s Web site invisible 😉


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No let-up in used-car strength for ‘quite some time’
With various economic and political factors at play, don’t expect the strength in the used-car market, be it unit sales or prices, to die down any time soon.
“Our view is that it’s going to go on for quite some time,” Cox Automotive senior economist Charlie Chesbrough said Tuesday during a conference call with reporters. “On the new-car side, affordability is going to become a greater and greater issue (where) many consumers just can’t afford to get into that new vehicle, so the used-car market becomes their lower-cost alternative.”
An alternative that’s poised to churn out nearly 40 million sales this year, if the latest seasonally adjusted annualized rate is any indication.
According to projections released by Edmunds last week, the used-car retail market was once again forecast to reach 3.4 million sales for August (same as July), which would drive the monthly used-car SAAR to 39.7 million, up from 39.5 million in July.
It’s not just the sales rate that is climbing. As Chesbrough noted during the call, used-vehicle prices “have really taken off over the course of the summer,” amid the chatter from President Trump about potential import vehicle tariffs.
“A lot of dealers around the country, we think, are trying to acquire some inventory on used cars because they think those car values are going to go up quite a bit (if) their new-vehicle counterparts have these tariff taxes put on them,” Chesbrough said. “And so, we’ve seen some pull-ahead activity as dealers try to acquire inventory.
“We may be seeing some of that on the new-vehicle side as well, as consumers are trying to get ahead of these potential tariffs that are coming to market. We already know that the steel and aluminum tariffs have had an impact on vehicle prices, probably contributing to a couple hundred dollars to an increase in prices,” he continued.
“And I think consumers are hearing a lot of noise out there about the likelihood that vehicle prices are going to continue to rise. And they may be trying to get in ahead of that if the president does go forward with these tariffs.”
Generally speaking, he continued, if you’re a consumer, it doesn't make sense to wait. Prices are not going to be much better.
“It’s hard to see any situation where vehicle prices at the end of the year are going to be substantially lower than they are today, particularly with interest rates expected to be … 25 or 50 basis points higher from where they are right now,” Chesbrough said. “So, the buying conditions are expected to deteriorate, which may cause consumers to get into the market today rather than wait.”
He would later delve into the used-car supply dynamics — where the market has been “constrained by supply” — and how that has influenced the trends they have spotted.
“The strength that we’ve seen in the U.S. economy means that there’s fewer repossessions, so they’re not feeding into the auto auctions,” Chesbrough said.
And dealers are also holding on to used cars that arrive at their lots.
“They’re not turning them in to auction because they can sell these crossovers as they come off lease. And so that’s making some of the supply to the auctions themselves a little bit limited, which has been supporting prices,” he said.
Amid all of those limiting factors on supply, there’s the slowdown in new-car sales from the Great Recession a decade ago.
“And that’s leaving a big gap in used-vehicle supply for those 7-,8-, 9- (and) 10-year-old vehicles, which means a lot of car dealers out there have to buy newer vehicles for their inventory than they might have done otherwise, which is also supporting higher vehicle prices,” Chesbrough said.
Michelle Krebs, executive analyst for Autotrader, added during the call: “The other source of used cars is rental car fleets and we know they aren’t buying as many. The other thing is, the mix is far more desirable for consumers because a lot of vehicles coming off lease now are sport utilities versus cars and that’s exactly what the buyers are looking for. And we haven’t seen the peak of off-lease vehicles. That comes next year.”

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WASHINGTON (June 10, 2014) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted May 29 to approve an appropriations bill that includes a provision ordering the Commerce Department to investigate imports of brake products containing asbestos.
The Commerce, Science, Justice and Related Agencies appropriations package for fiscal year 2015 passed 321-87, according to the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) which, along with the Brake Manufacturers Council and the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association, supported the brake products provision. The groups called its passage a major victory for their members.
Commerce’s International Trade Administration must complete its investigation and submit its report to Congress within 120 days, according to the provision.
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Remote work is having a moment amid COVID-19 fears
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With the rapid spread of COVID-19, companies are scrambling to figure out how to keep business up and running during a local outbreak should employees need to stay away from the office. Remote work has been increasing in the United States, and the outbreak could be a turning point in making such arrangements permanent.
Remote work allows companies to pull from a broader talent pool, lower real estate costs and boost employee productivity, but does require additional training to make sure employees effectively communicate.
As cases of COVID-19 illness began to mount in the U.S. last week, New York commercial real estate brokerage SquareFoot started making emergency plans.
“We just wanted to be prepared should the alarm bell really go off,” said Eugenie Fanning, vice president of people. The company has asked employees to hold off booking business trips, stay home for two weeks if they’ve traveled through affected areas and take home their laptops at the end of each day.
“A lot of what we do can be done online using Slack and video conferencing,” she said.
JPMorgan Chase announced similar plans, while Nike temporarily shut its Oregon headquarters for cleaning over the weekend and asked employees with links to a COVID-19 case at a nearby school to stay home.
Remote work has increased dramatically over the decade, said Sara Sutton, the founder of job listing site FlexJobs, but fully remote work still makes up less than 5% of full time jobs in the U.S.
“A lot of organizations are doing remote work right now in a very ad hoc manner,” Sutton said. “They don’t have a formal plan in place.” That leaves many remote workers feeling isolated and unsupported.
Cali Williams Yost, CEO of Flex Strategy Group, which helps companies implement flexible work arrangements, said COVID-19 could be a turning point.
“I think this is an opportunity to become more intentional and strategic about making flexibility in the way work is done part of the cultural DNA,” she said.
COVID-19 Economy FAQs
What’s going on with extra COVID-19 unemployment benefits?
The latest: President Donald Trump signed an executive action directing $400 extra a week in unemployment benefits. But will that aid actually reach people? It’s still unclear. Trump directed federal agencies to send $300 dollars in weekly aid, taken from the federal disaster relief fund, and called on states to provide an additional $100. But states’ budgets are stretched thin as it is.
What’s the latest on evictions?
For millions of Americans, things are looking grim. Unemployment is high, and pandemic eviction moratoriums have expired in states across the country. And as many people already know, eviction is something that can haunt a person’s life for years. For instance, getting evicted can make it hard to rent again. And that can lead to spiraling poverty.
Which retailers are requiring that people wear masks when shopping? And how are they enforcing those rules?
Walmart, Target, Lowe’s, CVS, Home Depot, Costco — they all have policies that say shoppers are required to wear a mask. When an employee confronts a customer who refuses, the interaction can spin out of control, so many of these retailers are telling their workers to not enforce these mandates. But, just having them will actually get more people to wear masks.
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text: In August 2018, environmental groups conducted an investigation on environmental pollution in Starbucks cup supply chains. They sent a letter to inquire as to whether Starbucks knew of the environmental violations of its straw cup and accompanying cup suppliers, and to advocate for rectification and public explanation. To date, Starbucks has yet to respond. A cup might seem the same, one that comes from clean production versus one whose production pollutes the environment, but their impact on health and the environment may be vastly different. We hope that Starbucks can make a meaningful change to provide consumers with truly green products.


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The study showed vegetable consumption had dropped by 11 per cent over a five-year period although fruit purchases had increased by 1 per cent.
The figures must come as disheartening news to the British Government following the implementation of Department of Health initiatives, including Change4Life and the school fruit and vegetable scheme, costing £3.3 million.
But the British are not alone. Across Europe fruit consumption dropped 1 per cent with vegetables plummeting by 14 per cent.
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A ways back we said the date for the much anticipated (well, for a few of us at least) Palm Treo 800w was July 22nd.
Then newer info popped up suggesting it got bumped to July 13th.
Looks like that latter date is turning out to be correct as what looks like to be a scanned inventory sheet for Sprint was posted at HowardForums. The sheet also confirms our scoop that the 800w will sport a button on top of the device to toggle WiFi on/off.
The launch also appears to be available a few days earlier Wed, July 9th for business partners (BP) of Sprint which is not that unusual (Edit: klmsu19 in the comments points out "BP" probably stands for BrightPoint, "a global leader in the distribution of wireless devices and the provisioning of customized logistic services to the wireless industry").
Start saving those bucks as full retail price will be $599.99 and we're expecting it to be $249.99 after contract and rebates.
Oh yeah and don't forget about that Treo 800w giveaway contest ;-) Remember, July 13th and we suppose July 9th are off-limits!
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As the festive season is getting started, many companies are planning to offer heavy discounts on their products. While everyone is talking about the sales from e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon, Apple has announced an offer that could divert the attention towards its newly-launched official online store in India. As a Diwali offer, Apple is giving a pair of AirPods free if users buy an iPhone 11 from its official online store.
Apple announced the sale on its online store, saying that the offer will begin on October 17. “Get AirPods when you buy an iPhone”, the Apple website says. The Apple iPhone 11 starts from Rs. 68,300 for the 64GB variant on the Apple website. The 128GB variant costs Rs. 73,600, and the 256GB option is priced at Rs. 84,100. The AirPods, on the other hand, are priced at Rs. 14,900 for the first generation with a wired charging case. The second generation AirPods are priced at Rs. 18,900, while the AirPods Pro cost Rs. 24,900 in India. While Apple has not mentioned which of the three AirPods model it will give with the iPhone 11 in the sale, our best guess is that it will be the first generation AirPods.
Apple has joined Flipkart and Amazon to start its festive sale from mid-October onwards. Amazon’s Great Indian Festival sale also starts on October 17, and Amazon is also offering huge discounts on the iPhone 11. The e-commerce giant is selling the iPhone 11 for less than Rs. 50,000 during the Great Indian Festival sale.
The iPhone 11 was launched as the Apple’s entry-level iPhone offering in 2019. The smartphone comes with a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina LDC Display, and is powered by Apple’s A13 Bionic processor. The phone comes with a dual-camera setup with two 12-megapixel cameras. The front camera on the iPhone 12 is also a 12-megapixel TrueDepth shooter.
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Good piece in BeyondChron today on the improvements our “point-of-sale” (POS) card swipe system will bring to school lunches at the middle- and high-school levels:
It is heartening to see that even in the face of one of the largest budget disasters in recent memory, facing a two year deficit of $113 million, the SFUSD is now piloting a new lunch setup – called the Super Choice Menu – aimed at banishing the stigma and removing the barriers keeping all students from having all choices available to them.
The Super Choice Menu offers several lunch options in the cafeteria, and half a dozen other choices in the former snack bar, but all choices are complete meals, not snacks, and all of them are available to all students. Standing in one lunch line or the other is no longer an indicator of a student’s financial situation – anyone can go to any line and get lunch.
In other words, the POS system makes it possible to have paid- and free/reduced lunch students standing in the same line, and making the same lunch choices. It’s hard to overstate the humiliation (from a middle-scholer’s perspective) of having to stand in the free/reduced lunch line while your friends stand in the paid line. Many would rather skip lunch and go hungry rather than reveal their status. The POS system represents a huge improvement that will also allow us to offer better food choices to every student.


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China-based Kandi Technologies is primarily involved in the business of electric vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and go-karts. According to the company’s CEO, Hu Xiaoming, the demand for EVs is on the rise and the Chinese government’s policy, which waives a 10% sales tax off EVs till 2017, is a welcome step in that direction. EV sales have been rapidly escalating over the past few years, with the company selling 3,568 units in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Kandi has successfully implemented a car-share program called “Hangzhou Public EV Sharing System,” and is also expanding its group-leasing model.
The positive revenue growth, however, failed to extend to the company’s bottom-line. The company had revenues of $94.5 million in 2013, 46.5% higher than the previous year. Due to SGA expenses that were 249.6% higher SGA, net income actually decreased 449.5% year-over-year (YoY). The situation worsened in the first quarter of 2014: revenues declined 20.5%, and net income fell 3.8%.
Earlier this year, the company was subject to an SEC investigation. This was in response to a 2011 Sharesleuth investigation, which challenged the company’s claim of selling more than 3,700 EVs between 2009 and 2010. Kandi chose to back its numbers at that point; however, a footnote in its 2012 annual report affirmed that more than half its cars sold in 2010 were gas-powered and not electric.
The company is expected to announce second-quarter earnings on August 11. While the growth in EV sales from the previous quarter is a positive indication, its overall impact on the company’s earnings for the quarter remains to be seen.


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Press Release (ePRNews.com) - SAN MATEO, California - Oct 23, 2020 - The founders of Dahlia Mexican Grill announce a grand opening of their new location at 164 S. B Street in San Mateo. The inaugural ribbon cutting will be held at 4:00 p.m. by the San Mateo Chamber of Commerce. Members, media, and influencers are invited for a VIP Happy Hour from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. with live entertainment, reduced price signature drinks, passed appetizers. The first 25 guests will receive a $20 gift card for a future dine in visit. From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., the general public will enjoy live entertainment, special Happy Hour pricing and dining credits for signing up for loyalty rewards.
After 20 successful years as leaders in the casual and fine dining space in the Bay Area, the privately held restaurant operators launch a fine Mexican cuisine concept in downtown San Mateo. The historic landmark known as the Crocker National Building has been carefully restored to enhance a Mexican dining experience that appeals to all the senses. Vivid murals and scenery designed by local artist Haley Ferreira add to the lively decor.
Dahlia Mexican Grill is honored to be a member of the San Mateo Chamber of Commerce and contribute to the local economy while upholding high standards of service. President and CEO of the Chamber Cheryl Angeles comments, “For a new business to open during COVID is rare. We want to emphasize how important it is to Shop Local, Eat Local, and support your business community.”
The commitment to bring new dining experiences to the Bay Area inspires owners even during a COVID-19 sensitive time. “Timing the launch of Dahlia Mexican Grill during a pandemic is more significant to us than ever. We are able to provide jobs, contribute to the local economy and bring hope to the hospitality industry-as well as provide excitement to the local community,” explains Restaurateur, Saeed Azad.
Executive Chef Gerardo Garcia, takes traditional Mexican dishes elevating them with modern approaches and techniques. Featured specialties include- Lump Crab Empanadas, Blackened Bacalao, Huachinango Veracruzano, The full service bar features fine tequilas and mezcals curated by partner Saeed Azad. Signature Cocktails include craft cocktails and Dahlia Signature Margaritas such as Jalapeño Tamarindo, Prickly Pear, and Mango Habanero. Happy Hour runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Lunch service will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Dinner service from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and Saturdays until 11 p.m. Due to COVID-19, seating guidelines indoor and outdoor seating is first come, first served.
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About Dahlia Mexican Grill: Dahlia Mexican Grill blends earthly flavors of Mexico with local and healthy ingredients. Enjoy handcrafted cocktails by our mixologists using selective collections of Añejo tequilas, mezcals, and agave spirits. We offer private dining and catering.
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Screw you, football! Not only will Sony and Warner Brothers not be airing new trailers during the Super Bowl, but Disney has also announced that despite wishful thinking, it will not be rolling out a new ‘Star Wars’ teaser. The Super Bowl is the most watched TV event of every year, so many companies are more than willing to pay $5 million for 30 seconds of ad time for their products, but these studios are not among them. For Disney, it is believed that whenever it unveils a trailer for ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’, it will become a sensation on par with that for ‘Avengers: Endgame’. So it doesn’t need to spend big bucks on a Super Bowl ad.
As for Warner Brothers, they have traditionally simply not done SB ads and this year is no different, even with big budget films ‘Shazam!’, ‘The Joker’, ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’, ‘Pokémon: Detective Pikachu’, and ‘It: Chapter 2’ arriving in 2019.
Sony just announced that they are also sitting out the annual theater-owners expo CinemaCon this year, with an eye on bringing their wares directly to fans, via the major conventions and other outlets. Among the major pictures that Sony has coming are ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’, ‘Men In Black International’, ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’, and ‘Zombieland 2’.
And while Disney isn’t releasing a ‘Star Wars’ trailer during the Super Bowl– after all, it doesn’t hit theaters until December– it may very well slip viewers new clips for ‘Captain Marvel’, ‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Dumbo’, ‘Aladdin’, and/or ‘Toy Story 4’.
As for what fans CAN look forward to, Paramount will release a trailer or its animated Nickelodeon picture ‘Wonder Park’ during the pregame show. And Universal has announced that it will unveil a trailer for the ‘Fast & Furious’ spin-off ‘Hobbes & Shaw’.
So, if you were only going to tune into the big game in hopes of seeing a ‘Star Wars’ trailer, congratulations, your Sunday is now free!


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The Nokia G20 has reportedly started receiving the Android 12 update coupled with the May 2022 security patch. A user from Austria stated that his Nokia G20 received the Android 12 update. The update is said to be quite large, around 2 GB in size. The Nokia G20 could join the long list of Nokia smartphones that have already received the Android 12 update. The phone went on sale in July 2021 in India and shipped with Android 11 out of the box. There is currently no information on the availability of the update in India.
According to report According to Nokiamob, a Nokia G20 user in Austria has reportedly received the Android 12 update with the May 2022 security patch on their smartphone. The Android 12 update for the phone is 1.97 GB in size. The Nokia G20 is reportedly receiving the Android 12 v2.230 update. It is not yet known when the Android 12 update for the Nokia G20 will reach India.
The report also added that the next Nokia devices expected to receive the Android 12 update are the Nokia 3.4, Nokia 5.4, Nokia T20 and all new Nokia phones powered by the Unisoc SoC.
According to the report, the Nokia 2.4 recently started receiving the Android 12 update in France and Pakistan. The Nokia 2.4 Android 12 update was bundled with the April 2022 security patch, but it looks like Nokia G20 users will receive the May 2022 security patch with the Android 12 update.
Specifications Nokia G20
The Nokia G20 went on sale in India last July and runs Android 11 out of the box. The smartphone is equipped with a 6.5-inch IPS touch display with a refresh rate of 60 Hz. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G35 SoC. The phone packs a 5050mAh battery that comes with a 10W charger.


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We knew going in that this year's World Series would be historic. The series features the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, two championship-deprived franchises that haven't won Major League Baseball titles since 1908 and 1948, respectively.
Based on how long fans have waited for their teams to win it all, we also had a pretty good idea that World Series ticket prices would be insane. And sure enough, they've been insane on a historic level. Ticket prices on the secondary market for the games in Cubs-crazed Chicago have been listed at an average of over $6,000 in the lead up to the series.
As the first pitch of each game at Chicago's Wrigley Field drew nearer, prices declined, with average list prices dipping to a bit over $5,000 and average sales prices ranging from $2,300 to $3,000, according to TicketIQ. Even after last-minute price drops, however, both the asking and actual sales prices were by far the highest ever for World Series games.
For that matter, the baseball gods appear to be on the side of all kinds of the forces making money on the World Series, what with the Cubs winning the last two games to force a Game 7 tonight in Cleveland. At last check on ticket resale sites like StubHub and Vivid Seats, the cheapest individual tickets—for standing room only admission—for tonight's game at Progressive Field were starting at roughly $750 to $850.
If you want an actual seat during the game, expect to pay at least double that. "Tickets to get a seat in Progressive Field will start at $1,863.80 per person in the upper deck. To get two seats together, however, will start at $1,934," Cleveland.com reported early on Wednesday."Bleacher seats are starting at $2,107.16. But to get more than one together will require $2,548.25 per ticket."
TicketIQ, a ticket resale and research site that's been carefully tracking World Series prices, says that right after the Cubs won Game 6, the average asking price for a Game 7 ticket was $4,700, and the average sales price was $2,919. Both figures are more than twice as expensive as the next priciest World Series game played over the past seven years: Ticket prices for Game 2 in the 2010 World Series, pitting the San Francisco Giants versus the Texas Rangers, were listed at an average of $1,787 and sold at an average of $1,147.
Tonight's ticket prices are not merely the most expensive in World Series history—they're the most expensive Game 7 tickets in all sports history. The next most expensive appears to be last summer's NBA Finals Game 7, when the Cleveland Cavaliers faced the Golden State Warriors in a championship-deciding game that led sellers to push asking prices up to an average of $3,000, with average sales prices hitting roughly $2,000.
Meanwhile, ticket sellers are hardly the only business ventures cashing in on the World Series in a huge way. TV ratings on Fox, which is broadcasting the games, are up 23% with adults ages 18 to 49 compared to the previous 10 World Series. Tuesday night's Game 6 ratings were 66% better than the last World Series Game 6 played, in 2014.
The games have obviously been great for local businesses in the host cities as well. Cleveland bars may not be getting away with the $100 to $1,000 cover charges some Chicago establishments charged while the World Series was in town, but Cleveland hotels sure are raking in the cash. If they're not already sold out, some downtown hotels are charging $600 and up for rooms this week, which is about four times the usual rate for the area. Garages near the stadium have been charging up to $100 to park near the ballpark too.


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For the past 20 years, the Pitt family of Winona Lake has made it possible for thousands of children to receive toys for Christmas. This year will be no exception.
What has become an annual toy consignment sale and giveaway is happening again this week. It’s an opportunity for people to make money and for parents and grandparents who otherwise couldn’t afford Christmas gifts, to put some toys under the Christmas tree.
From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Dec. 9-12, the public is encouraged to bring gently used toys to the Home and Family Arts building at the Kosciusko County Community fairgrounds for a toy consignment sale. Members of the Pitt family and their friends and other volunteers will on hand to collect the toys and price them for the consignment sale, to be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15.
On Friday night, Dec. 13, those who contribute toys for the sale will have the opportunity to shop for replacement toys first. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, the public is invited to shop for some great toys at garage sale prices.
According to Sarah Pitt-Baier, 50 percent of all sale proceeds will go toward the purchase of new toys that will then be given away the following week in the annual toy giveaway. Sellers should note that none of the toys brought for the consignment sale will be returned.
“The consignment sale is a good opportunity for preschools and child care centers to get toys,” noted Peggi Lisenbee-Wright of Combined Community Services.
Pitt-Baier added, “We really want to promote that this is a great way to recycle toys kids no longer play with.”
Consignors may choose to collect their 50 percent of the sale or donate it to for the toy giveaway. Proceeds from the sale will be used by the Pitt family and CCS to purchase new toys that will be made available to parents and grandparents on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 17-18.
Parents who cannot afford to provide for their children’s Christmas are encouraged to attend the Combined Community Services Toy Giveaway on Tuesday, Dec. 17, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Home and Family Arts Building at the fairgrounds.
CCS staff and volunteers will assist in making sure toys are evenly distributed. It is preferred that parents come to the toy giveaway without their children as Pitt-Baier explained, “We want this to bring family unity on Christmas morning. If the kids are there, then it isn’t a surprise and we want them to have that excitement on Christmas morning of opening their presents.”
The toy giveaway will then be opened to grandparents on Wednesday, Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., also at the fairgrounds.
Each year, proceeds from the consignment sale, as well as donations from private individuals and groups like ABATE, make it possible to provide approximately $5,000 in new toys for the CCS giveaway.
For more information, contact this year’s toy sale coordinator Ami Pitt at 574-265-4179.


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The bug could allow hackers to remotely access sensitive information
In a nutshell: Dozens of HP printers are vulnerable to a security issue that could potentially allow attackers to access sensitive information. The company is aware of the problem and is working on an update that will be rolled out later this year. In the meantime, HP is suggesting that users downgrade the firmware version of the affected models as a temporary workaround to mitigate the issue.
The practice is likely to continue for the foreseeable future
A hot potato: Printer ink cartridges have long been notoriously expensive, and printer manufacturers use DRM to keep users from buying cheaper third-party versions. HP is still paying settlements to customers over how it deployed its DRM years ago, but the practice shows no sign of ending soon.


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A low-calorie sweetener that tastes like sugar and could help control diseases like diabetes and obesity may be closer to reality thanks to new research.
Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have made a major advance in understanding what makes a substance taste sweet.
The discovery could help pave the way for the development of low-calorie sweeteners that mimic natural sugar and leave no bitter aftertaste.
"Our study has for the first time measured how sugar and some synthetic sweeteners interact with two types of taste receptors on the tongue," said Dr Graeme Conn in Manchester's Faculty of Life Sciences.
"Some synthetic sweeteners only interact with one receptor. We found that sugar interacts with both. Similarly, sucralose, the sweetener used in Splenda, also interacted with both receptors but with a greater intensity to sugar.
"Knowing what molecular mechanisms are at play has given us a greater understanding of what makes sugar taste sweet and will no doubt help us design better sweeteners."
The research findings, published in the November 8 issue of the scientific journal Current Biology, have implications for diabetic patients, who need to regulate their sugar intake, as well as for tackling the growing problem of obesity.
A recent study by food firm GoLower showed that the average adult in Britain consumed 33 teaspoons of sugar a day, more than three times the recommended amount.
Much of this sugar intake was consumed through everyday food items, like baked beans, bread and cereal, as well as in tea, coffee and alcoholic drinks.
"A major goal of the food-science industry has been to create a sweetener that tastes like sugar but isn't high in calories," said Dr Steven Munger, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
"To do this, it would be invaluable to know how the natural substance interacts with taste receptors so that synthetic products can be created to mimic that interaction.
"We hope that food scientists can use our research to create sugar alternatives with the most natural taste, offering more choice to consumers who rely on low-calorie products to help control diseases like diabetes and obesity."


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UPC transformed into Virgin Media today, and announced a number of changes that are set to dramatically impact the Irish telecommunications market. We discuss the re-branding and explain 5 ways it is set to affect customers.
Ireland has a new telecommunication company! It’s called Virgin Media…you might have heard of it!
The world-famous brand is replacing UPC with promises to “shake-up the Irish market event further”.
The company’s launch in the RDS, which featured a certain Mr. Branson, got tongues wagging as to what the brand’s arrival will mean for Irish consumers.
Here are 5 things you can expect. (Also, if you skip to the bottom of this page, you'll see a video of us discussing Virgin Media's launch).
1 Virgin Mobile
The biggest change that comes with Virgin Media is a brand new mobile provider.
And the great news for existing UPC customers is that they can get three months of unlimited data, calls and text for free by signing up to Virgin Mobile. Wow! And it'll be just €25 a month thereafter.
Considering the fact that this is the company’s first step into the highly competitive Irish mobile market, we might have some competitive rates and packages for non-UPC customers to look forward to also.
The launch of Virgin Mobile comes hot on the heels of the arrival of Carphone Warehouse’s iD service last month. And this increased competition spells good news for Ireland’s smartphone-loving population.
Richard Branson and UPC CEO Magnus Ternsjö fly their flags at the Virgin Media launch party
The launch of the new mobile network means that Virgin Media joins eir as Ireland’s second Quadplay provider.
Getting your home phone, digital TV, broadband and mobile phone all from the one provider could have multiple advantages. Dealing with just one bill for four key services is nice and convenient, and there could be some attractive discounts offered to customers willing to bundle all of their services.
3 Customer Service
Remember Virgin Megastores on the quays? Do you miss it as much as we do? Well, Virgin Media won’t be selling copies of 'Tubular Bells' (as far as we know!), but it’ll be good to see the famous Virgin logo back around the place.
Existing UPC customers might also notice a change in the tone of customer service folks, who are now representing the Virgin brand, which is famous for its friendly, bubbly personality.
Richard Branson places incredible importance on this aspect of the Virgin brand and it’s a major compliment to the UPC team that he’s willing to slap the Virgin logo on what they’ve built here from day one. When Branson bought NTL in the UK, for example, he refused to add the brand before the customer service got up to Virgin standards.
4 Superfast Broadband
UPC currently boasts one of the fastest broadband speeds in Ireland. At 240 Mbps, the provider is serving an estimated 367,000 customers with its superfast fibre-to-the-building service.
And these speeds will continue under the Virgin brand. In the UK, Virgin Media “only” provides speeds of 200 Mbps, but we Irish are getting 240 Mbps.
UPC’s network actually has the capability to produce broadband speeds of 1.4 Gbps, so there could be even faster speeds coming down the line in the near future.
5 New TV Content
With its ‘My Prime’ streaming service, UPC is no stranger to the content game.
And considering that UPC and Virgin Media’s parent company, Liberty Global, recently purchased TV3 for €80m, there could be some new original Virgin Media TV content on the horizon. Watch this space!
Good News for Customers
Virgin Media brings with it a new mobile service, quadplay packages and a commitment to world class customer service. And this increased competition can only spell good news for Irish customers.
Céad mile fáilte, Richard!


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Redmi K60 series is expected to debut soon. The company is likely to launch its new Redmi K-series phones in China by December 2022. We can expect at least three phones in the lineup. These include the K60, K60 Pro and K60 Gaming 5G. All three phones could debut first in China, followed by other markets. Redmi has officially not confirmed any details but the rumour mill has been working on churning out some details about the upcoming Redmi flagship phones.
The latest set of leaks reveals some details about the Redmi K60 series camera specifications. Tipster Digital Chat Station has dropped some details about the lineup following their recent leak. Let’s take a look at the Redmi K60 series camera specifications leaked so far.
Redmi K60 Series: What’s New in the Camera Department
The Redmi K60 series could include some great camera hardware. According to the latest leak, one of the phones will feature a 50MP main camera. Tipster Digital Chat Station (via) did not specifically mention any details about which phone will feature which sensor. It is likely that the K60 Pro could feature a 64MP sensor. The K60 Gaming 5G, on the other hand, could get a 50MP main camera sensor. Both models will support optical image stabilisation (OIS).
What about the K60 5G? Tipster Digital Chat Station had previously stated that the vanilla model will get a 48MP main camera sensor. The vanilla model will also support OIS. The same tipster had leaked that the vanilla model will feature the unreleased Dimensity 8200 SoC under the hood. The upcoming MediaTek SoC is said to feature a Cortex-X2 Prime Core having a peak clock speed of 3.1GHz.
The K60 Pro and K60 Gaming could feature more superior SoC. It is speculated that the Pro model could get the upcoming Dimensity 9200 SoC, whereas the Gaming Edition could feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.
The K60 is also said to pack a 5500mAh battery under the hood with support for 67W wired fast charging. The device could support 30W wireless charging. The devices could sport a QHD+ display with 120Hz refresh rate support.
The K60 Gaming Edition is also tipped to support a 144Hz refresh rate with a 2K resolution for the display. Xiaomi could also offer 120W fast charging support for the Pro and Gaming Edition models.
In terms of software, the K60 series could run Android 13 out of the box. The devices are also likely to get MIUI 14 on top of Android. That being said, Xiaomi could release the Redmi K-series devices with MIUI 13 based on Android 13, followed by the MIUI 14 update. The K60 series could debut next year in India. Xiaomi brought back its K-series to India earlier this year in the form of the K50i. Therefore, the K60 series could mark its presence in India as well.


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Bridgestone To Unite EMEA Biz Unit With India Ops In 2020
Published On 27-Nov-2019
This Integration will enable Bridgestone India to offer Indian consumers convenience, efficiency and sustainability through mobility solutions
Bridgestone, one of the leading tyre manufacturers, has announced that it would merge its Indian business with Middle-East, Europe and Africa block (EMEA) from 2020. This move would separate this block from the strategic business unit of China Asia-Pacific. The brand said in a release that it aims to unhitch untapped possibilities in both EMEA and India. According to the company, the alliance of India enterprise into EMEA appears as an outcome of the last-mentioned ongoing conversion profiting on the possibilities of digitalisation proposals.
The company said "From January 1, Bridgestone India business will fall into the EMEA SBU, transferring from the China Asia-Pacific SBU. As a result, Bridgestone Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA) will become Bridgestone Europe, Russia, the Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), one of four SBUs globally, alongside its business in Japan, the Americas and China Asia-Pacific region."
The president for EMEA and chief executive officer, Paolo Ferrari said that the Indian market has a significant amount of potential and the brand is confined to operate with India to transform the brand into an advance mobility solutions provider across the regions where it’s business unit functions.
Parag Satpute, managing director, said "This integration will enable Bridgestone India to offer Indian consumers convenience, efficiency and sustainability through mobility solutions. It will also speed up bringing new business models. With our manufacturing footprint and ongoing investments, we are a part committed to the Make in India movement."
A release stated that there is a magnificent opportunity in the internet sales, retail, fleets spaces and equipment after-sales due to the accelerated development of the Indian tyre and automotive market. The opportunities mentioned above can be obtained in a better way when combined with Bridgestone EMEAs experience and expertise.


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The iPhone 4 has barely been out for one day and already criticism is pouring in, mostly because of dropped calls and signal issues. Apparently, the handset’s bottom-left corner is not acting well when in contact with the user’s hand, so you’ll be dropping calls a lot if you don’t hold the phone right.
This is the device’s segment where the Bluetooth/WiFi/GPS antenna meets the GSM/UMTS one and Engadget recently tested their copy of the iPhone 4. looking for this flaw. One unit showed the issue everytime it was held in the user’s left hand, as the palm was bridging the two antennas, while the other UK-purchased iPhone 4 was OK.
A $29 rubber bumper solves the issue and also bridging the two antennas with a finger tip doesn’t cause any problem. Engadget supposes that the conductive skin is the one detuning antennas and even killing calls at some point. Meanwhile, a couple of BGR tipsters have proved that the iPhone 3G with iOS 4 on board has similar problems, so this might be a software bug after all.
Here’s a video showing the issue on the 3G model:


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BMW i3 EV: What will it cost?by Bimmerfest.com Member - on November 29, 2012 at 11:23:28 AM
"They" keep saying it will come out in 2013, so let's assume it's a 2014 model year, and that it comes out in 3Q 2013... that's still only 1.3 years from now, and still no indication of price? The i8 gets more price talk. I'm really considering a Tesla, but it's as big as a 5-series (which we already have), and expensive (base model is $50K + 1.5 sunroof + 1.5 leather + 1.5 jumpseats)... AFTER a $7500...
BMW Debuts the i3 Concept Coupeby Tim Jones on November 27, 2012 at 09:55:00 PM
he world premiere of the BMW i3 Concept Coupe sees the BMW Group unveil a particularly nimble and emotive version of its concept for sustainable premium-class motoring with zero local emissions.


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Update: Apple is reportedly instructing developers to either inform and request consent from users to record user screen data, or remove the code entirely. Apps that do neither will be removed from the App Store, according to follow-up TechCrunch coverage.
It’s not unusual for apps to collect your data whether it’s to create targeted advertising, help with technical support, or to learn about the demographics of customers.
However, it looks like some companies have taken their data collection practices even further, by recording your screen when you use their iPhone apps.
According to reports by TechCrunch and the App Analyst, iOS applications from the likes of Air Canada, Abercrombie and Fitch, Singapore Airlines, Expedia, and Hotels.com have used "session replay" technology from data analytics company Glassbox to record user's screens while using their apps.… Read the full article


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Wireless Systems International is to create 260 jobs at a new mobile phone equipment factory at Llantarnam Park in Cwmbran over the next five years, with 30 staff being relocated immediately from Bristol.
Wireless Systems International has secured £8m of venture capital funding in order to start full-scale production of amplifiers for mobile phone base stations, and will create about 50 jobs over the next year.
Wireless Systems International, the manufacturer of power amplifiers for mobile phone communications networks, is to recruit an additional 40 research and engineering staff as it prepares to boost sales from £5m to £60m over the next five years.


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March 6, 2008 |
Smithfield Foods Inc. said it was selling its beef operations to JBS of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for $565 million. It was the second deal in two days for JBS, which is becoming the largest meat processor in the U.S. The deal comes a day after National Beef Packing Co. of Kansas City, Mo., the nation's fourth-largest beef processor, said it was being acquired by JBS in a cash and stock deal worth $560 million. Smithfield Foods, based in Smithfield, Va., is the fifth-largest U.S. beef producer.
August 1, 2006 |
Smithfield Foods Inc., the largest global pork processor, said it agreed to acquire most assets of the branded meats business of ConAgra Foods Inc. for about $575 million in cash and stock. Brands being acquired include Armour, Butterball, Eckrich, Margherita, Longmont and LunchMakers, which are marketed to grocers, delis and restaurants. The brands have sales of about $1.8 billion.
February 18, 2009 |
Smithfield Foods Inc. said it planned to cut 1,800 jobs and close six factories as part of a restructuring that comes amid an overall slump in the meat industry. The company plans to combine seven of its independent operating companies into three main units and close plants in six cities, including one in its hometown of Smithfield, Va., by December. The meat industry is slumping as companies such as Smithfield recover from volatile energy and commodity costs that reached record highs over the summer.
June 17, 2013 |
Fast casual chain Noodles & Co. expects its initial public offering to price at $13 to $15 a share, the company said in a regulatory filing Monday. The Broomfield, Colo., business said it expects $67.1 million in proceeds if shares are priced in the middle of the range at $14 a share. If underwriters choose to purchase additional shares, Noodles & Co. could raise $77.5 million, it said. The company is offering nearly 5.4 million shares of Class A common stock, it said in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
February 13, 2012 |
McDonald's Corp. says it wants its pork suppliers to start treating pregnant pigs better. The fast-food giant said Monday that it is requiring suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out stalls like the one in the photo above that restrict the movement of pregnant pigs. It made the announcement in a joint statement with the Humane Society of the United States. "There are alternatives that we think are better for sows," said Dan Gorsky, senior vice president of the company's North America Supply Chain Management.
June 27, 2013 |
Paula Deen awoke to more bad news Thursday: Target and a Danish pharmaceutical company are curtailing their financial relationships with the celebrity cook. Target Corp. said Thursday it will phase out its Paula Deen-branded cookware and other items, according to the Associated Press: "Once the merchandise is sold out, we will not be replenishing inventory," Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said. Meanwhile, a statement released Thursday morning by a Danish pharmaceutical company that markets medication for Type 2 diabetes said: "Novo Nordisk and Paula Deen have mutually agreed to suspend our patient education activities for now, while she takes time to focus her attention where it is needed.


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PRESCOTT — Broetje Orchards has a new apple that some consider a gem.
The Prescott grower only has a few boxes remaining of its second crop of Opal apples.
It’s an apple that hit it off with some Western Washington apple consumers. One retailer expects to sell out of them in the next week or so.
The Opal has been the best-selling apple at times, beating out Fuji apples at Haggen and TOP Food stores, said Lee Reynolds, produce director for Haggen and TOP Food, a grocery chain in Washington and Oregon.
And Opal apples are more expensive, ranging from $1.98 to $2.49 per pound, while most other varieties are closer to 59 cents to $1.99 per pound.
“They didn’t care about the price,” Reynolds said.
Broetje has the exclusive rights to grow and market the decade-old variety in North America.
One of the characteristics that sets the Opal apple apart is what Jim Hazen, business manager at Broetje, describes as its distinct bright yellow color.
Hazen said bicolor apples tend to be red, which isn’t a color seen on the skin of an Opal.
A sliced Opal also takes longer to brown than others. Hazen said that’s because it oxidizes at a slower rate. So an apple cut in the morning still will look fresh when it’s time for a child to eat lunch at school.
The Opal apple also is firmer and crisper than a golden apple, he said.
And it has a unique flavor that is sweet without being overpowering, Hazen said.
It’s a complex flavor that “you really have to taste to understand,” he said.
Reynolds compared the taste of Opal apples to wine, in that the apple has a great finish. It’s not like any other apple, he said.Reynolds said it’s become the apple variety his wife chooses at the grocery store.
Reynolds said Opal apples are every bit as good as Honeycrisp, and sometimes better.
It’s the second year Haggen has carried Opal apples. Reynolds said the apples sold out in the first year after about five weeks.
This year, the retailer had Opal apples in the produce area of its stores starting in March.
Haggen would like to carry Opal apples next year, but Reynolds said that it is up to First Fruits Marketing of Washington, a Broetje Orchards affiliate that markets the apple.
The coming fall crop will be the third that Broetje Orchards will sell. Hazen said last fall’s Opal apples, which included both conventional and organic, are almost gone. They only had a few boxes left this week.
The trees still are young, and haven’t reached their peak production yet, Hazen said.
The limited supply of apples only were available for sale by a few retailers, including Haggen.
It’s been enough of a success so far that Broetje Orchards plans to add more acreage, Hazen said.
The apple was developed in the Czech Republic about a decade ago, and was first marketed in Europe, he said. Orchard owner Ralph Broetje discovered it while looking for the “next big thing,” Hazen said.
Broetje Orchards was hoping for an apple that would compete with the club varieties such as Jazz and Pacific Rose apples, Hazen said.
It sounds like the Opal apple could be it.
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- “A well-acted debut feature from Michael Connors…a tightly choreographed morality play…” - NY Times
- “Intelligently written and genuinely felt.” - Filmmaker Magazine
- “…Gabel…delivers a thoughtful, restrained turn…” - The Hollywood Reporter
- “A genre-savvy, ethically entangled military thriller.” - Film Comment
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If you’re not in the Los Angeles area this week, Allegiance is being released on DVD and digitally this upcoming Tuesday, Jan. 15th. You can pre-order the DVD on Amazon and iTunes right now!


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Taipei, May 4 (CNA) Supermarket chain a.mart announced that it will start selling domestic COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits at 10 stores in northern Taiwan from Thursday.
According to a.mart, each disposable test kit costs NT $ 180 (US $ 6.1), and shoppers can buy up to two tests at once.
The COVID-19 self-test kit manufactured by Eternal Materials Co. in Taiwan will be sold at: 10 a.mart stores with drug licenses in Keelung, Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu
The Kilong store, Zhongxiao store, and Kimbi store in Taipei. Shinkita Eiwa store, Mie store, Itabashi Minamiya store. Taoyuan Taoyuan store and Yangmei store. There are also Hsinchu and Tsunejo stores in Hsinchu City.
Eternal Materials announced on April 21 that it has been licensed by the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration to manufacture a COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit under a special exemption, and that the company will begin shipping the kit in May.
With the surge in demand for rapid diagnostics due to the surge in domestic COVID-19 infections, the government launched a name-based distribution system for the sale of rapid diagnostic kits on April 28.
In addition to a.mart, retailers such as Carrefour Taiwan, Cosmed, and Watsons also sell such tests in limited quantities.
Carrefour currently offers FORA / VTRUST and Roche COVID-19 rapid antigen testing, and FORA / VTRUST disposable kits are priced at NT $ 200 and NT $ 975 in 5 packs.
Tuan Fang-chi, a pharmacist working at a.mart pharmacy, says that as the number of individuals with mild symptoms of COVID-19 isolated at home increases, they will use cold remedies that can be used to relieve the symptoms. As I said, demand has been increasing recently.
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EA has confirmed that its next update to Battlefield 4, is now Live and that the Fall update will be far from a small tinkering. Well, EA actually said in a blog post that the patch will be “fairly massive”.
Apparently EA have taken on board feedback from players via the Community Test Environment, and this feedback has prompted the publisher to bring a bucket load of improvements, including tweaks to weapon sighting, player movement, a more streamlined HUD and improvements to player revival.
— Electronic Arts (@EA) September 30, 2014
Users of the game will see the update landing now on their consoles, and a full list of the Patch’s changes (warning… its a lot!) can be seen here at the official Battlefield Blog.
The update hits all versions of the game, However, PlayStation 3 and PC has unique fixes that you can find on the bottom of the post.
One of the new features has been spoken about by Battlefield 4’s live producer, David Sirland, which is “A new Teamplay Initiative has also been outlined [and will] focus on the teamplay aspects of Battlefield 4,” and that “[Their] goal is to improve, simplify, and make playing the objective (PTFO) more rewarding than it has ever been.”
The update to BF 4 will be available now on all consoles.


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The Children's Place to open Aiken store
The Children's Place, a specialty retailer of merchandise for newborns to teens, will open a store at Hitchcock Plaza on Fabian Drive in Aiken on Oct. 7, according to Lorena Pino, a public relations specialist for the company.
The store will hire about 20 workers. The company already has a store in Augusta Mall.
The Secaucus, N.J.-based company owns and operates 977 stores in North America, according to its Web site.
In other news
CONSUMER PRICES posted a small rise in August, but outside of a big jump in volatile gasoline prices, inflation was essentially flat. Consumer prices edged up 0.3 percent in August, the Labor Department said Friday. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, showed no increase.
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Commission voted Friday to propose new rules that could make it harder for public companies to disguise their debt. The SEC is proposing expanded disclosure requirements in response to companies that temporarily trim their debt at the end of quarters to make their financial statements appear stronger.
CITIGROUP SAID it is selling its 80 percent stake in Student Loan Corp., its student loan business, and about $32 billion in related assets to Discover Financial Services and student lender Sallie Mae.
CONGRESS IS investigating whether Johnson & Johnson carried out a second secret recall of faulty pain relievers last year, as a major inquiry into a dozen J&J recalls escalates.


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Bleep will release a special 12″ that sees South African Shangaan Electro pioneer partner with UK ruff techno master Tessela. Released on 9th Feb 2015.
Meanwhile nowness.com have premiered an excerpt the forthcoming film about the south african electronic music scene called ‘Future Sounds Of Mzanski’. The clip focuses on Nozinja featuring an excellent interview and (rare) live footage. Watch here.
2015 is going to be a huge year for Nozinja and his crew. We are now booking a July summer tour.


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Today Amazon held a hardware event that was loaded with new product announcements. We got new Echo speakers, a new Echo Show, and even a microwave.
In many ways, the sprawling event was a showcase of how far Alexa has come in the four years since Amazon’s voice assistant was first introduced in 2014. The technology has evolved far beyond its early capabilities on the original Echo speaker.
Here are all the biggest announcements:
New Echo Dot
Amazon says it “went back to the drawing board” when designing the new Echo Dot. The company says it features a larger 1.6-inch driver, is 70 percent louder than the previous model, and much clearer sounding. It retains both Bluetooth and aux output if you want to hook it up to a bigger speaker you've already got.
The new Echo Dot costs the same $49.99. Preorders start today, and it ships in October.
Amazon says it has built the ultimate portable device for taking Alexa on the road. The Echo Auto will be available to start on an invite basis for $24.99 before expanding to all customers and jumping in price to $49.99.
The Echo Auto connects to Alexa through your phone and plays over your car’s speakers. It features eight microphones that the company says can make out your voice even over road noise and music. You can do all the usual Alexa commands, and when you ask for directions, the Echo Auto will send you to Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze, or whatever your preferred navigation app is.
The new, tiny Echo Input is meant to be plugged into speakers you already own; there’s not one built in. It contains a far-field microphone array for Alexa commands, but in a put-it-anywhere form factor that is sleeker than even the Dot. The Echo Input is just 12.5mm tall. It’s coming later this year for $34.99.
Second-generation Echo Plus with local voice control
The revamped Echo Plus looks much closer in design to the standard, cloth-covered Echo for a friendlier appearance in your living room. It’s got better sound and, like last year’s model, can act as a hub for your smart home gadgets. There’s also an integrated temperature sensor that can trigger Alexa routines based on a room’s temperature. Priced at the same $149.99, the Echo Plus goes up for preorder today and ships in October.
Amazon also demonstrated new local voice controls that are debuting with the Echo Plus; if your internet goes out, you’ll still be able to control the smart home devices with this speaker. Amazon is starting with “some of the most-used controls like lights” and will expand local voice controls to other devices over time.
If there’s one thing Echo speakers typically lack, it’s bass. To help solve for that, Amazon is introducing the $129.99 Echo Sub. When paired together with an Echo or Echo Plus, the Echo Sub will fill out the low end, making your music sound much fuller.
Second-generation Echo Show
Amazon’s smart display has been improved with a larger screen — now 10 inches — and better sound. And similar to the Echo Plus, it can serve as the hub to a smart home. It’s also the best Alexa device when it comes to hearing your voice; Amazon says the eight-microphone array in the new Echo Show is the best mic system it has ever shipped.
Amazon is adding web browsers (including its own Silk browser and Firefox) to the Echo Show. And the company announced a Skype app for the device that will allow users to make video calls directly on the Show — in addition to offering the same “drop-in” video chat capabilities as last year.
The second-gen Echo Show will retail for $229.99. Preorders start today and it’ll be available in October.
Amazon is slowly moving into home security with Alexa Guard. The new feature “integrates Echo devices, smart lights, and security service providers to help customers protect their homes while they’re away.”
When Guard is on, Alexa can send you Smart Alerts with audio clips when specific sounds are detected, including breaking glass or smoke or carbon monoxide alarms. Just set your Echo device to away mode when you’re heading out by saying, “Alexa, I’m leaving,” and Alexa will let you know if your Echo devices detect an unusual sound.
Alexa Guard also has an Away Lighting mode that uses machine learning to turn your smart lights on and off “in patterns that seem natural” to deter break-ins and robberies.
Amazon’s own AmazonBasics brand is putting out a new microwave that takes advantage of the new Alexa Connect Kit, which will also be made available to third-party device makers. The kit “includes a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE module that contains software — written and managed by Amazon — that automatically and securely connects to Amazon-managed cloud services.” There’s no actual microphone in here; the microwave connects to your Echo devices over Bluetooth.
So how does this make a kitchen appliance better, you ask? The AmazonBasics Microwave includes “dozens of quick-cook voice presets, so you can cook just by asking Alexa.” There’s a built-in Ask Alexa button that you can press and say simple commands like “two minutes and 30 seconds on medium” to speed up the process of heating up your food.
The microwave will cost $59.99 when it ships later this year, and you can preorder beginning today.
Echo Wall Clock
Amazon’s new wall clock is similar to the microwave — I know, that sounds weird — in that it connects to your Echo speakers over Bluetooth. The big pitch here is that you can set timers, alarms, and change the time using your voice and Alexa commands.
Amazon goes after Sonos with improved multi-room audio and Echo Link / Link Amp
Sonos and Amazon are partners of sorts; Alexa is the voice assistant on the Sonos One and Sonos Beam. But today, Amazon made clear that it wants to make its own multi-room audio functionality much more powerful. Third-party speakers with Alexa will soon be able to be grouped into a whole-home setup — much like the Echo speakers can do today.
The Echo Link (above) is “designed to connect to a receiver or amplifier, with multiple digital and analog inputs and outputs for compatibility with your existing stereo equipment.” There are no mics built in here; instead, the Echo Link serves only to “let you control music selection, volume, and multi-room playback on your stereo with your Echo or the Alexa app.”
If you have passive speakers, the Echo Link Amp adds “a built-in 60W 2-channel amplifier” to the equation. These two products are similar in concept to the Sonos Connect and recently announced Sonos Amp.
Fire TV Recast brings over-the-air channels (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC) to Fire TV
If streaming apps aren’t enough to satisfy your video streaming needs, Amazon’s new Fire TV Recast will add OTA channels to the mix — and a DVR for recording them. It’s essentially a super-powered Slingbox designed for Amazon’s ecosystem, letting you “watch, record, and replay free over-the-air programming to any Fire TV, Echo Show, and on compatible Fire tablet and mobile devices.” You plug an antenna into it to get TV channels up and running; Amazon says it will help customers find the best place to put the Fire TV Recast for optimal channel reception during setup.
A two-tuner model will let you record two shows at once and includes 500GB of DVR space for $229.99. A four-tuner version with 1TB of storage is also coming.
Fire TV Recast’s channels are integrated right into the Fire TV channel guide. You can schedule and delete recordings using Alexa, as well. It’s scheduled to ship before the holidays.
Frustration Free Setup with Wi-Fi Simple Setup
Amazon announced what it describes as “a multi-year journey to make setting up all types of electronic devices as easy as plugging them into the wall.” The effort is dubbed Frustration Free Setup. The biggest new aspect of this announced today is what Amazon calls Wi-Fi Simple Setup.
Now, compatible devices will be able to access the Wi-Fi credentials stored on your Amazon products so that they can automatically connect to the internet within seconds of being plugged in. Amazon says its customers have already securely stored more than 100 million Wi-Fi credentials in the “locker.”
Amazon Smart Plug
This new $24.99 product is exactly what the name suggests: it’s a plug that goes into an outlet and is compatible with Alexa. So you can tell Alexa to turn on or turn off whatever’s plugged into the Smart Plug from wherever you are. And it supports the automatic Wi-Fi setup mentioned above. Preorders kick off today, and the $24.99 Smart Plug will be available in October.
Ring Stick Up Cam
The Ring Stick Up Cam will be offered in both wired and battery-powered configurations — both for $179.99. The Stick Up Cam can be used both indoors and out, according to Amazon, marking Ring’s first cameras designed for both environments. They can integrate with the Ring Alarm when used inside the house. The wired variant is up for preorder starting today, with the battery Stick Up Cam due to arrive in December. Both offer 1080p video, night vision, motion detection, and IPX5 water resistance.


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NVIDIA NVDA seems to be cashing in on the spurt in demand for laptops and gaming hardware led by the global lockdown. The company recently launched notebook versions of its high-end RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2070 Super GPUs, based on the Turing architecture, which leverages hardware RT Cores to process ray tracing and AI in real time, enhancing visual fidelity.
Besides, NVIDIA also announced that PC OEMs are deploying more than 100 new laptop models featuring its GeForce GPUs, including the RTX 2080 Super or RTX 2070 Super. The systems will be available from the Apr 15 week.
The company is laying the odds that its new gaming GPUs along with some technological improvements in system performance and battery life will strengthen its foothold in the gaming notebook market.
Interestingly, the ten new RTX Studio laptops will be powered by RTX SUPER GPUs and Intel’s INTC latest 10th-generation CPUs. NVIDIA’s announcements come very close to Intel’s release of the Comet Lake-H gaming notebook CPUs.
NVIDIA Corporation Price and Consensus
However, NVIDIA indicated that they might soon offer AMD AMD powered systems. Notably, the company’s GPU rival AMD’s Ryzen 4000 H-series processors have strengthened its position in the notebook gaming CPU market.
Notably, NVIDIA is gaining traction from strong growth in GeForce desktop and notebook GPUs, which is driving gaming revenues. The work-and-learn-from-home momentum is driving demand for PCs and cloud-based services, which is contributing to the company’s top line.
The online gaming industry is also benefiting more than others from this coronavirus-induced disruption, given the uncertainty regarding the duration for which people are going to be confined to their homes.
A strong line-up of advanced graphics cards has made NVIDIA a favorite graphics card provider among the PC makers. Further, its Turing GPU and real-time ray tracing technology are witnessing a massive adoption. To propel wider embracement, NVIDIA is enabling ray-tracing backup in several GeForce GTX GPUs. This is likely to lend developers a massive installed base of gamers. Moreover, the launch of GeForce RTX SUPER GPUs is expected to strengthen its leadership in the market.
Zacks Rank and A Key Pick
NVIDIA currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
A better-ranked stock in the broader technology sector is Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. ASX, sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Long-term earnings growth rate for Advanced Semiconductor is currently pegged at 3.03%.
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EVEN on the back of a lockdown in 2020, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales attracted a great deal of interest from Australian shoppers.
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed a spike in turnover across the country, with consumers taking the opportunity to stock up on household goods, clothing, footwear and personal accessories.
Set to be held on November 26 and November 29, respectively, in 2021, similar conditions are set to prevail at this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday events. They are two days when businesses offer significant discounts and remarkable deals to entice shoppers to indulge in some serious retail therapy. So why is it that businesses are offering big discounts on these days?
The roots of Black Friday are debated. One theory is that it is a nod to a US financial crisis of 1869 sparked by some ambitious gold speculators, which was described as 'Black Friday'. A more widely accepted story is that it was a term coined by Philadelphia emergency services in the 1960s to describe the day between Thanksgiving and the Army-Navy game held in the city.
It was a huge day for shopping and, as a result, a very busy day for law enforcement, which was responsible for, among other things, controlling traffic.
The day after Thanksgiving remains a huge shopping day in the US - signalling the official start of the Christmas holiday shopping season. It is synonymous with "doorbuster" sales, the kind of specials that saw people lined up ready to charge through the doors on the opening bell.
And it has spread throughout the decades to other countries, for whom Thanksgiving is not a national holiday. In Australia, it is a day perfectly positioned to start the run into the year's biggest gift-giving event, Christmas.
Stores in Oz have adopted the tradition of offering discounts on a range of items, and while COVID-19 may have spelled the end of the "doorbuster", there will be plenty of great deals to be found in-store and online.
Improving internet speeds, coupled with online retailers' desire to capitalise on Black Friday-style spending, saw Cyber Monday emerge in the mid-2000s.
It became a particularly attractive day for the launch and promotion of gaming consoles and other tech and has since grown to include specials on goods of all kinds.
Unsurprisingly, as brick and mortar stores have increased their online presence and online shopping has become more common, the line between these two blue-ribbon shopping days has blurred.
For people heading online to make the most of the deals on offer, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) warns them to be wary of scams.
According to new data from ACCC's Scamwatch, Australians have already reported a record $211 million in losses to scams in 2021, an 89 per cent increase on the same period, between January 1 and September 19, the previous year.
"Scammers are pretending to be from companies such as Amazon or eBay and claiming large purchases have been made on the victim's credit card. When they pretend to help you process a refund, they actually gain remote access to your computer and steal your personal and banking details," Ms Rickard said.
"These scams are particularly concerning in our current climate, as many people are turning to online shopping because of the COVID-19 lockdowns."


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McAfee will provide a mobile security application for French SFR customers. The service, called “SFR Sécurité Mobile,” offers users the ability to protect their mobile lifestyle in the event their phone is stolen.
The features offered allow SFR customers to:
* Preserve important memories and personal data, such as text messages, photos and videos, with remote backup, even from a lost or misplaced phone
* Find their missing phone with alarm and location tracking, which activated remotely and displayed on a map
* Prevent misuse with remote lock and wipe technology
People today are 15 times more likely to lose their phones than their laptop. Device and data loss are currently the most worrisome and likely security incidents that consumer mobile users face today. Consumers store personal data like pictures, videos, contacts and personal financial information on their mobile devices. Losing a mobile device not only means losing the data stored on the phone, but also losing the ability to communicate.
“We are excited to work with SFR Sécurité Mobile to bring this unique service to mobile operators in France,” said Todd Gebhart, McAfee executive vice president and general manager, Consumer, Mobile & Small Business at McAfee. “The offering will have the ability to remotely lock, locate, back-up, wipe and restore the user’s data, giving SFR customers the ability to safeguard the data on their phone in the event that it is lost or stolen.”
“In this all-digital world our customers should be able to enjoy the best mobile services with complete confidence,” said Patrick Asdaghi, vice president, Products & Content at SFR. “Our partnership with McAfee allows everyone to safeguard their personal data on their smartphone.”
SFR Sécurité Mobile is currently available for BlackBerry, Android and Symbian OS phones. The service is available in three different options, with the first available as a free download to protect just the contacts on the phone. The second option includes the full SFR Securite Mobile solution priced at €1 for the first two months and then €2 each month thereafter. This version provides users with protection of the user’s content that resides on the device, including contacts, photos, videos, SMS and calendars. Thirdly, users can add on additional functions, such as apps to help with setting up conference calls and using Meeting Place, for €5 a month.


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UK supermarket operator Morrisons cuts more prices
Morrisons is unique among Britain's major supermarkets in making half of all the own brand and fresh food it sells.
What makes investors trust their money with these 5 financial supermarkets of India
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Shooting in Vienna supermarket, gunman shot down
The attack took place at an outlet of the BILLA supermarket chain near Vienna's Schonbrunn Palace at about 7 pm local time.
AmazonFresh cranks up pressure on British supermarkets
In a long-anticipated move to break into Britain's 178 billion pounds ($257 billion) grocery market, the world's largest online retailer launched AmazonFresh on Thursday.
Don't forget the shopping list while heading to supermarket
A list is especially helpful while shopping for things that you do not buy regularly, while you can generally rely on memory while buying familiar items.
France's Carrefour to buy Billa supermarkets in Romania
Carrefour has agreed to buy supermarket company Billa Romania from Germany's Rewe group , the French retailer said on Tuesday.
Spain's fragmented supermarkets squeezed towards mergers
Spain's patchwork of supermarket chains are keeping their heads above water in the face of a lingering economic crisis and high. unemployment
Amazon takes on UK supermarkets with "Pantry" offer
Members can fill up as much of a 20 kg Amazon Pantry box as they wish for one-day delivery, with a 2.99 pound fee for the first box and 99 pence.
Islamic militants storm supermarket in Yemen's city of Aden
Islamic militants stormed a supermarket in Yemen's southern city of Aden on Sunday, firing into the air and briefly taking hostages, security officials and witnesses said.
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Along with the milkman, newspaper delivery boy and the ice-cream truck man, the postman is now gradually walking into the sunset in the west too.
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In a major shake-up at Nestle, Etienne Benet, the firm's India MD, will be relocating to Nestle's head office in Switzerland.
e-supermarket Just Delivr to tap 'kirana' stores for growth
Just Delivr is looking to tap the huge reservoir of 'kirana' stores in the country for growth and also in the process bring all of the merchants online.
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Sanjiv Bajaj has everything to show that the finance business carved out of an automobile company could be more valuable than the parent.
Supermarket chain Albertsons IPO to price at $23-26/shr
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TRAVERSE CITY — Recently adopted rules for competitively scoring recreational marijuana retailers and microbusinesses may need another look.
City Attorney Lauren Trible-Laucht suggested as much in a memo to commissioners ahead of their meeting Monday. She pointed to a part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act that states a competitive process to award licenses should favor applicants best suited to comply with the state law.
That particular language came up in one lawsuit the city faces in 13th Circuit Court, Trible-Laucht wrote — records show Leoni Wellness LLC and SecureCann Inc have both filed suit against the city.
Applicants for the city’s four recreational cannabis retailers and two microbusinesses would be scored using that rubric, and the city starts accepting applications Nov. 30, as previously reported.
Trible-Laucht suggested re-forming a three-person subcommittee that first drafted the city’s scoring rubric for its competitive process, she wrote in her memo.
Commissioner Tim Werner, a member of that ad hoc group, said he’s open to restarting it, but is willing to hear counterarguments, too.
He and other city leaders already agreed that waiting for the courts to provide more clarity on state laws could take years. And there could be questions over whether the city’s scoring rubric is in keeping with the law — several items award points for applicants that would help further city goals like affordable housing.
“So I anticipate a good discussion but yeah, I would be more supportive of a review by the ad hoc and recommendations back to the city commission,” he said.
Commissioner Brian McGillivary said he wants to hear more from Trible-Laucht about what kind of changes may be needed. He thinks the city should push back the application window if commissioners agree to restart the subcommittee — the review will take time, as will considering any resulting recommendations.
“I just don’t think it’s fair to the applicants or anyone else to start making changes at this time,” he said.
Applications went online Sept. 4, and city Clerk Benjamin Marentette said there have been plenty of inquiries. If commissioners agree to reform the ad hoc, he would notify potential applicants through the city website and other avenues that changes to the scoring rubric could be coming.
Traverse City faces another lawsuit over a decision to stop issuing provisional medical marijuana retail licenses, with Green Stem LLC arguing the move hurt the applicant because it was next in line to get one.
Commissioners previously agreed its pause on those licenses would end Dec. 31, but commissioners could opt to make it longer.
On Monday, commissioners could decide not to issue new provisional licenses until commissioners adopt a future resolution telling the city clerk to do so.
Trible-Laucht wrote in a memo that questions over whether all medical marijuana retailers can operate as recreational sellers remain unsettled.
That question is one reason why commissioners agreed to only four recreational retail licenses, Werner said. Both he and McGillivary agreed on continuing to hold off on issuing provisional medical cannabis retail permits until the question’s settled.
It’s possible Traverse City may have to fight the issue all the way to the state Supreme Court, McGillivary said. He favors allowing recreational retailers who get a license to get a medical one as well.
But he also wouldn’t oppose revoking the city’s recreational marijuana rules altogether, he said.


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Japan is one of several high-tech markets where significant progress is being made toward the development of flying cars. SkyDrive, a Japanese technology company, has teamed up with Suzuki to create the country’s first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) transport.
The Japanese government has given SkyDrive permission to commercially manufacture the vehicle. Suzuki will assist in the development of future flying car technology, according to the technology company.
Furthermore, the manufacturer has received base type certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT), indicating that the flying car is getting closer to commercial production.
The eVTOL transport is a complex machine, and its approval process has been lengthy and laborious.
Prior to this, SkyDrive applied for a manufacturing approval certificate for its SD-05 small aircraft, and the JCAB requested that the developer “allow flexibility in the shape of the airframe and aircraft system.”
The company intends to start manufacturing its flying car for flight demonstrations soon. SkyDrive anticipates that the taxi service will begin in 2025, pending the completion of the certification process, which could take another two years.
To read our blog on “Uber and Hyundai Team Up To Put Flying Taxis In The Sky,” click here.


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IBM's new Power 5 chips based on SOI and copper interconnects.
IBM is to show off a range of servers using its Power 5 CPUs, according to US reports. The eServer i5 series using the Power 5 chip are being touted as 40% faster than machines using the previous Power family. The machines will run OS/400 but also have support for both Linux and Windows, according to a press release quoted on US wires. Machines could be available as soon as the beginning of June .
IBM's Power 5 processor is about four times more powerful than the last generation of chips. The new Power5 is a 130-nm chip, based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and copper interconnects. The Power5 chip has 276 million transistors, compared to 174 million in the previous processor, dubbed the Power4.
The Power5 is 389-mm2 device that contains 2,313 signal I/Os and 3,057 power I/Os. The chip is being produced in IBM's 300-mm manufacturing facility in East Fishkill.
The IBM eServer i5 will be the first IBM product to be enabled by the Power5 chip. Each dual chip module (DCM) in the eServer i5 contains one Power5 chip and one L3 cache device. An evolution of IBM's Power4/Power4+ processor design, Power5 adds simultaneous multi-threading (SMT), which transforms a single processor into two processors. A Power5 system will eventually be able to support up to 64 real processors, which can look like 128 processors to the software.