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Held twice a year in the city of Guangzhou, capital of the Guangdong province, the Canton Fair has been running since 1957 and is considered to be the largest trade fair in China. The Canton Fair (full name being China Import and Export Fair) is organized by China Foreign Trade Center and supported by the Ministry of Commerce of China and People’s Government of the Guangdong Province. To accommodate the more than 150,000 different products showcased by more than 55,800 exhibitors, the Canton Fair is split into three sessions. Phase 1 of the current Canton Fair took place on October 15-19 and included Electronics & Household Electrical Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Machinery, Vehicles & Spare Parts; Hardware & Tools; Chemical Products; Energy Resources; and Building Materials. Phase 2 is set to take place on October 23-27 featuring Consumer Goods; Gifts; and Home Decorations. Phase 3 on October 31 to November 4 includes Office Supplies; Recreation Products; Cases & Bags; Food; Textiles & Garments; Shoes; and Medicines, Medical Devices & Health Products.
The first phase of the Canton Fair ended with a marked decline in the sectors of machinery and electronic products, with turnover totaling US$ 6.44 billion in comparison with US$ 12.5 billion in the same period in 2013. The drop in trade was attributed to weakening demand and the sluggish global economy. Other factors suggested included a lack of innovative products, particularly in consumer electronic products, as well the trend of manufacturers moving their production facilities out of China to other Asian countries where labor is cheaper, and example being Samsung and LG that have moved some of their production over to Vietnam.
E-commerce platforms have also had an impact on attendance figures as potential customers source their products online. It was also noted that there was a considerable drop in the numbers of visitors from Africa which was attributed to the ongoing Ebola crisis. Conversely, there was reportedly an increase in representatives from Russia, which is in line with recent reports that trade between China and Russia is on the increase.
One of the booths to attract a steady flow of visitors was presenting new freight train routes, running along similar routes to the legendary Silk Road – one linking western china with Central Asia, and the other linking to Russia and Eastern Europe. It is anticipated that merchants along these routes will support trade with China as delivery obstacles are overcome.
With two more sessions left of the Canton Fair there are still many opportunities for manufacturers and suppliers to network and establish and strengthen trade ties.
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Location-based applications point the way
– Brian Morrissey
In the great Facebook fan rush of 2009, Skittles stood out. The Wrigley brand was able to accumulate a staggering 3.6 million connections. This gave the brand an opportunity to message this audience — but not much more.
Last month, it decided to get real. Skittles kicked off «Mob the Rainbow,» a social media campaign that turns loose its virtual friends on the real world in service of fun challenges. To start, over 45,000 Skittles fans created Valentine’s Day cards for an unsuspecting traffic enforcement officer in San Francisco. Skittles filmed the encounter and posted it on Facebook, bringing the effort full circle from digital to physical back to digital. It led to another boost in Facebook fans, with nearly 500,000 added in a month.
The Skittles campaign is part of a shift in digital away from users merely sitting in front of computer screens to using new digital tools to affect behavior in the physical world. The growing sophistication of smartphones is driving the creation of these location-based services, which promise to morph the Web from a solitary experience to a ubiquitous connector in the real world.
This evolution has major implications for brands, giving them the possibility of tracking the success of digital campaigns to the store level and changing how they market to consumers.
«Most of the products we market are tangible, real-world products,» said Daniel Stein, CEO of EVB, the Skittles agency behind «Mob the Rainbow.» «Within social media, there are a lot of brands just talking to themselves.»
One of the most promising areas for this type of engagement is mobile. Location-based services were all the rage at South by Southwest last week. The current darlings of the space, Foursquare and Gowalla, squared off with competing parties and efforts to win over the festival’s early-adopter crowds. Both offer similar platforms, allowing users to «check in» to places to alert their friends and also reap virtual rewards.
Foursquare and Gowalla have attracted brand attention. Gowalla has hooked up with The Travel Channel to let fans of Food Wars check in at locations related to the show to earn virtual stamps. Foursquare has a raft of deals, including most recently one with Starbucks that rewards customers for checking into its stores.
The companies are not alone. Google has weighed in to the space with Google Latitude, which lets users opt in to have their friends know their whereabouts based on information from GPS satellites and cell towers. Local city guide Yelp now has a check-in provision, and Twitter last week activated a feature for users that allows them to easily share their locations.
«Location is going to be an embedded part of every experience,» said Ryan Sarver, director of platform at Twitter, during a SXSW panel on the subject. «Every application is going to have some location aspect to it.»
The fly in the ointment of these services is the looming question of user privacy. As the current mood in Washington casts a skeptical eye on behavioral advertising, location-based service presents a host of thorny challenges. The main problem is that, unlike behavioral data online, location services obviously cannot be anonymous without compromising their effectiveness. (See also: «Policing the Online Ad Market»)
«That’s really sensitive data,» said Steve Lee, group product manager at Google. «Important things like location history are opt in.»
Assuming the privacy challenges can be overcome, there are any number of possibilities to marrying the real world with digital data. Augmented reality, which until now has mostly been used for experiences in front of Webcams, is making the leap to mobile phones and elsewhere. General Motors, for example, has begun testing a windshield that uses augmented reality to display directional information, like the location of a building or the edges of a road in poor weather conditions. Marketers will see many more possibilities open up as the technology improves, according to Matthew Szymczyk, CEO at Zugara, which has created an augmented reality shopping application to let people try on clothes virtually.
«Mobile is going to be the touch point,» he said. «What’s limiting it right now is batteries and processing power on the handset.»
Stickybits is another promising new venue that emerged at SXSW. People can affix a sticker to any object and virtually attach digital data, such as a video or a photo, to it. It works with an iPhone application that reads the code. People can also attach digital info to existing marks like bar codes. This opens up innumerable opportunities and perils for brands. Users are already using Stickybits, among other ways, to attach content to cans of Coca-Cola. Currently, if you scan a can you get a dozen pieces of content, ranging from a video of a man testifying to his love of Coke to another of a toddler ambling around a house. It’s conceivable every product could become a font of consumer- and brand-generated content.
According to Seth Goldstein, co-founder of Stickybits, «We’re able to provide almost X-ray vision on the relationships and conversations people are having around branded products.»

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A lunch spot that had gained a loyal following inside the Mission Road Antique Mall since opening last year will be closing its doors this spring.
Antique mall owner Casey Ward announced today that the Courtyard Café, which opened in May 2016, will be shutting down in April as chef Judith Dobson prepares for double knee replacement surgery. Dobson and her daughter Kendra brought the concept to Prairie Village from McPerson, Kan., where they operated a restaurant called the Courtyard on Main for 11 years. The Courtyard Café, which moved into the space vacated by the Bloomsbury Bistro, quickly gain a reputation for serving up tasteful lunches to antique mall shoppers.
Ward said the Dobsons’ departure presented “a possible turn-key operation for the right culinary entrepreneur.” Anyone interested in the possibility of bringing a new restaurant to the space should contact Ward via email here.


text: Saved By The Bell, Knight Rider and Punky Brewster are among the TV series set for a return to pop culture in the form of comic books. The shows, as well as Miami Vice and Airwolf, aired on U.S. network NBC during the 1980s and 1990s, and now TV executives have teamed up with chiefs at Missouri publishing house Lion Forge Comics for a new project to revive the five programmes. Digital forms of the comics will be available for e-book purchase later this year (13), reconnecting fans with some of America's most-loved characters, including Miami Vice detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, Saved by the Bell's Zack Morris, who was portrayed by Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and Soleil Moon Frye's Penelope 'Punky' Brewster. Comic book executive David Steward says, "From hugely popular characters such as Crockett and Tubbs, Zack Morris and Punky Brewster to highly stylised music and clothing choices, these TV franchises have had a significant impact on pop culture. We here at Lion Forge are looking forward to extending that influence by creating visually appealing and entertaining experiences on mobile devices for a whole new generation of fans."


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In the digital age that we live in today, we are constantly exposing our personal information online. From using cell phones and GPS devices to online shopping and sending e-mail, the things we do and say online leave behind ever-growing trails of personal information. The ACLU believes that Americans shouldn’t have to choose between using new technology and keeping control of your private information. Each week, we feature some of the most interesting news related to technology and civil liberties that we’ve spotted from the previous week.
Privacy Watchdog Complains to FTC: Google’s Social Search is Unfair [Mashable]
“Privacy watchdog EPIC filed a complaint with the FTC on Thursday, saying that Google is using its search engine to create an unfair advantage for its social network.”
Mobile Apps Quietly Steal Your Privacy [Information Week]
“Even though the splashy headlines around mobile security revolve around mobile malware, some security and privacy advocates warn that it might actually be the mundane apps people willingly download that introduce the most risk to their devices.”
Some dating websites do not remove GPS data from photos [Phys Org]
“…A class research project at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business found that 21 of 90 dating websites the class examined did not properly remove location data from pictures uploaded by their users.”
Keeping “Your World” Private: Turning off Google’s New Private Search Results [ACLU Blog of Rights]
Want to keep your information private now that Google has started rolling out “Search, plus Your World,” a new search results format?
Reddit going dark for a day to protest SOPA online censorship bill [ars technica]
“On January 18, the online community at Reddit will go dark for 12 hours in opposition of the Stop Online Piracy Act now being considered in the House and its companion PROTECT IP Act in the Senate.”
See also: Will Reddit’s SOPA Blackout Make a Difference?
Blacklist Bills Becoming Hot Button Issue in 2012 Election [EFF]
“When Congress comes back into session at the end of January, both the House and the Senate are expected to make passing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT-IP (PIPA) a top priority.”


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With all the gambling the state has to offer, we’re hoping these poor victims can make their money back!Based on reported complaints per 100,000 people, we were able to reveal the most and least affected states in the country for total cybercrime victims, the most victimized sex and age, and how much money people lose on average in each attack.We hope that this will inspire you to take extra precautions to protect yourself if you fall into one of these categories.With Cyber Monday just around the corner, you need to be aware. According to a recent study, ecommerce is growing 23 percent year-over-year, and a whopping 80% percent of Americans with an internet connection have made an online purchase in the last month.Since 2016’s Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in the history of U. e-commerce —with .39 billion spent online—2017 is bound to be one for the record books.
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EPP Group-led Roaming Cost Cuts Help Europe's Call and Data Customers
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These latest incremental steps towards creating a single European telecoms market came after fierce opposition from big firms like Vodafone and Telefonica who say it will cost them billions in profits and hurt new infrastructure rollout.
European companies made an estimated 15 billion Euros in roaming fees in 2013.
B-roll John off Meanwhile EPP Group Members played key roles in pushing through the roaming reforms to fight against price gouging by operators.
EPP member and Parliament's chief negotiator Angelika Niebler explained that the aim is falling prices to encourage increased usage by consumers in her consituency who fearfully await their next monthly phone bill.
Interview Angelika Niebler EPP Member Angelika Niebler 04:14 :04:33 They realise that the European Parliament really went ahead and also our EPP Group went ahead in order to push the Commission coming forward with a a proposal reducing roaming charges all over Europe and of course our overall aim is in 2016 to get rid all of the roaming charges.
John off Data roaming today is nearly 100 percent cheaper than in 2007. So what message do operators, hit with declining profits, have for consumers?
Martin Whitehead is European Director of the mobile industry association GSMA. He says reforms may be good for consumers, but they carry their own price tag.
Interview Martin Whitehead Director GSMA Europe Martin Whitehead Director, GSMA Europe 02:50 - 03:17 There is a cost associated with roaming without any shadow of a doubt. It`s not a service that´s free to provide. What we are seeing as you suggested are quite interesting offers now coming into the market. Roaming forms part of the bundle offered to the consumer. And I think operators are reacting now to the challenge of providing their customers with offers that match their roaming needs and we`re seeing that trend already develop.
B roll John off From 2014, customers would be able to keep costs down by selecting another provider for calls, texts and internet data services while travelling, if their own network charges extra for service abroad. All without having to change their phone number or buy a new SIM card.
BEUC, the European Consumer Organsation and its Director General Monique Goyens says consumers have suffered enough from the uneven pricing of more than 100 mobile providers in Europe.
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The headline figures on the price caps are eye-catching: 19 cents per minute for a call by July of 2014, down from 24 cents in 2013.
Mobile data downloads would fall to 20 cents per megabite –compared to 4 Euros per megabite in 2009. Text message prices fell in 2013 to 8 cents per text from 9 cents in 2012 and are to fall to 6 cents in 2014.
These kind of price cuts sound like uniformly bad news for the mobile industry. But are they?
Interview Martin Whitehead Director GSMA Europe Martin Whitehead, Director, GSMA Europe 08:45- 9:13 What our industry needs most of all is regulatory certainty. And when things change or goalposts are moved in very short time scales that can obviously lead to more uncertainty which can risk undermining the investment that`s required to underpin everything that happens both within the digital economy that also touches on the broader economy. This is ultimately about growth, jobs, investment and innovation.
John PTC Bridge The latest rules let users receive warnings from their providers about a mobile bill growing out of control.
Those heavy users offering huge growth but equally at risk from predatory pricing are younger consumers.
B roll John off Difficult to understand contracts with long mandatory subscriptions are to be simplified and shortened to allow greater switching to find the most competitive rates.
Various European youth groups have called high roaming charges a significant obstacle to mobility and fundamental freedoms for young people working and travelling abroad.
Angelika Niebler says both consumers and the industry stand to gain from both taming and encouraging young mobile users voracious appetites for calling, texting and chatting.
Interview Angelika Niebler EPP MEP Angelika Niebler 12:28- 12:43 cutaway 12:52- 13:11
John off Another area is internet speed or the lack thereof versus what has been promised in broadband networks. More accountability is needed, says BEUC's Monique Goyens.
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John off The aim is to stimulate competition which leads to lower prices and greater consumption by telecoms clients. It's all part of creating a single digital market in Europe, says Angelika Niebler.
Interview Angelika Niebler EPP MEP Angelika Niebler
New technologies that encourage uptake include 4G and fibre networks. These cost a lot, and many smaller SMEs in the mobile sector may not be able to afford the upgrade on their own. That means more mergers and consolidation could be on the way. So will this help competition? Three quick views.
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John off In a sign of Brussels impatience, EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes recently told telecom companies to embrace data-driven change or become "corporate roadkill" at the hands of switched-off consumers.
In a recent EU study more than 70% of European travellers said they limited their roaming calls for fear of cost and only 19% believed data roaming prices to be fair. That is the driver for change now underway.
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So it´s people like Angelika Niebler who are helping consumers and mobile competitors get the best playing field possible.
But while mobile operators and the Commission work to their own agendas to keep Europe cutting edge and profitable, roaming is still closer to a luxury than a commodity for ordinary citizens.
Find out more about the activities of Parliament's largest political force by going to eppgroup.eu. Thanks for looking in and see you again soon.
EPP-led roaming cost cuts help Europe's call-and-data customers
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TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran shares borders with fifteen countries, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Oman, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Expansion of trade with these neighbors, specially increasing non-oil exports to them, is one of the major plans that the Iranian government is now pursuing.
Expansion of trade with these neighbors, specially increasing non-oil exports to them, is one of the major plans that the Iranian government is now pursuing.
Among the mentioned countries, Oman is one that the Islamic Republic has attached priority in this due, as the two neighbors enjoy an old history of good political and economic relations as well as many religious and cultural commonalities.
In a meeting with Iran’s new ambassador to Muscat in last November, Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said expressed his country’s determination to enhance relations with Iran.
The Sultan of Oman said his country is resolved to promote and strengthen relations with the Islamic Republic.
As stated several times by the officials of the two countries, the ground is completely prepared for the expansion of trade relations between Iran and Oman.
Emphasizing that the basic infrastructure is prepared for the development of trade relations between Iran and Oman, Mohsen Zarrabi, the head of Iran-Oman Joint Chamber of Commerce, has said that with the beginning of sanctions and the severance of some countries’ relations with Iran, the government of Oman not only did not cut its trade relations with Iran, but also they are trying to increase economic relations with the Islamic Republic in the framework of international relations and with a win-win approach.
“This approach of Oman was maintained even during the outbreak of the coronavirus, and we saw an increase in the shipping lines of this country to Iran in the first month of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21-April 21) and the following months”, he stated.
Oman not only did not close its borders during the pandemic, when most countries closed their borders to Iranian goods, but also increased shipping lines to Iran, Zarrabi further emphasized.
According to the official, currently, port relations between the two countries are relatively good and Iranian ships are moving between the ports of Iran and Oman.
He also mentioned Oman as a base for re-exporting Iranian goods noting that the sultanate has free trade agreement with 16 Arab-African countries, the United States, Singapore and four European countries, and noted that Iran should take advantage of this golden opportunity.
Agricultural products, construction materials, building stones, minerals, metals, bitumen, and cement are the major products Iran exports to Oman.
Given the favorable conditions for increasing the diversity of Iranian exports and the existing infrastructure for re-export in Oman, there is a capacity to increase the value of trade between the two sides to $5 billion.
Iran has currently an increasing trend in re-exporting its goods from Oman. In fact, Oman is the only Arab country in the Persian Gulf that accepts Iranian companies through which Iran can reach the markets of other countries.
In a recent meeting with the governor-general of Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, Omani ambassador to Tehran Ibrahim bin Ahmad Al-Moeini has stressed that his country welcomes the promotion of trade relations with Iran and there will be a good cooperation from the Omani side in this due.
“We try to have good and close relations between the businessmen and traders of the two countries and to ensure the interests of both parties”, the envoy emphasized, adding, “We are also ready to cooperate with Iranian investors to be present and active in Oman.”
Meanwhile in an online meeting between Iranian and Omani ports and maritime officials on Friday, the two sides emphasized the necessity of boosting port and maritime cooperation in a bid to promote bilateral trade ties.
During the meeting, Khosro Saraei, the director-general of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO)’s Department of Transit, Logistics, and Agreements, said, “The good relations between the two countries should be reflected in the increase of their trade ties, and in the meantime, we are interested in developing joint cooperation, resolving problems and optimizing the existing conditions in maritime transport and port operations of the two countries’ ports.”
Ahmed Al-Abri, the CEO of Oman’s MARAFI Port Operations & Management Company, said, “Continuation of these meetings and joint cooperation, while resolving the executive problems between the ports of Iran and Oman, can increase the amount of trade between the two countries by creating more coordination.”
In January 2020, Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) held the first meeting of its Commodity-Country Desk on trade with Oman presided by Farzad Piltan, the director-general of TPO’s Office of Arabian and African Countries.
Despite the U.S. re-imposition of sanctions against Iran, Oman is getting closer to the Islamic Republic both politically and economically. There is also the same approach adopted by Iran, as Iranian companies now prefer to conduct trade with Oman rather than the United Arab Emirates, given that the UAE is highly complying with the sanctions.
Iran is somehow replacing some of its previous strategic trade partners such as UAE with Oman, considering the Sultanate as an economic-trade hub.


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Vino Volo, a wine bar that opened its first local location at Dulles International Airport in 2005, has announced that it is taking flight outside airport terminals with plans to open an urban-based wine lounge concept at Bethesda Row, 7243-7247 Woodmont Ave.
The 2,500-square-foot restaurant, which was scheduled to open Nov. 16, is Vino Volo’s first location outside the bounds of airport security gates. Integrating elements of a wine lounge with a wine shop, the store will maintain Vino Volo’s wine country casual atmosphere.
Vino Volo’s new store will feature a rotating lunch and dinner menu and an invitation-only VIP seating area for serious oenophiles. Sourcing locally grown foods, the menu will feature seasonal plates such as bacon brittle and roasted bone marrow to pair well with the smoky and sweet tones of wines.
San Francisco-based Vino Volo — derived from “wine flight” in Italian — operates in 14 airports, including two locations at Dulles and one at BWI/Marshall Airport. Three additional airports are planned, and the company will open its second location outside of an airport in Tysons Corner in early 2013.
✒There are soft openings, and then there are really soft openings. The owners of Kruba Thai Sushi opted for the latter when it quietly became the latest addition to Forest City Washington’s The Yards on Nov. 8. Kruba opened in the Foundry Lofts apartment building without any notice, not even to Ramsey Meiser, senior vice president of development for Forest City.
The restaurant joins other retailers including a Potbelly as part of a growing offering of retail and restaurant amenities at The Yards. The offerings could meet with strong demand there given the success of the residential portion of the Foundry Lofts, which is completely filled and was the fastest lease-up period in Forest City history, Meiser said.
✒Burger mania continues: Burger 21, a new fast-casual concept from the owners of The Melting Pot Restaurants Inc., has signed a franchise deal to develop four new restaurants in Fairfax and Montgomery counties.
Depending on a location’s site, the total franchisee investment for one restaurant ranges from $525,495 to $750,995, including an initial franchise fee of $40,000.
The parent company, Tampa-based Front Burner Brands, has five Burger 21 units open and 10 franchised restaurants in development along the East Coast.
✒Target will close an underperforming store in Manassas after the first of the year, one of two locations there.
The Target store at 8340 Sudley Road will close Feb. 2, 2013. The closing does not affect operations at its store at 9900 Sowder Village Square in Manassas.
“The store opened in 1997 and is being closed after careful consideration of the financial performance of this specific location,” Target said in a statement.
The Minneapolis, Minn.-based retailer says employees are being offered the option to transfer to nearby Target stores, though a notice filed with the state of Virginia lists 80 potential layoffs. Target has more than two dozen stores in the Washington area.
The restaurant totals about 2,300 square feet and has seating for 80. The pair hope to open at least a dozen more Black Lime Cafés in the Baltimore-D.C. area within the next five years, with both company-owned and franchise locations.
Levitt co-owned Tenderjacks in Leesburg, and he and Stratmeyer bought the restaurant from Levitt’s other partners. They converted Tenderjacks into DelMarVa’s Taphouse, which features locally crafted beer and wine, and have plans to open a Taphouse location in Sterling next month, with others coming to Arlington and Quantico next year.
The duo also operates DelMarVa’s Southern Café, a traditional Southern restaurant, which has one location in Baltimore, Md., that opened earlier this year.
✒The Cheesecake Factory, the first of several new sit-down dining choices at Potomac Mills in Prince William County, has opened its doors.
The restaurant is part of the redevelopment of the shopping center’s south side.
Bahama Breeze is scheduled to open its first Washington-area location at Potomac Mills later this year. Bobby Flay’s Bobby’s Burger Palace will also open at Potomac Mills early next year.
The Potomac Mills location is The Cheesecake Factory’s 12th restaurant in the Washington-Baltimore area.
✒Union Market, the Northeast D.C. food market redeveloped by Edens, officially opened five days a week, Wednesday through Sunday, beginning Nov. 10. The market, 1309 Fifth St. NW, operates from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.


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Tastea—an innovative beverage retailer based in Orange County, California—wanted to prepare for expansion while maintaining high levels of quality and service. The company decided that a key to creating a repeatable customer experience across stores was to standardize operations while opening up clearer lines of communication. The company now relies on Office 365 for everything from inventory management to customer service.
Today we’re excited to announce availability of both SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview and the new cloud hybrid search preview for SharePoint Server 2013 and 2016. As we continue to develop SharePoint Server 2016, we’re paying close attention to trends in content management, team collaboration, user experiences across devices, and how the cloud can be blended into existing on-premises scenarios in new and compelling ways.
At the core of encryption technologies is Azure Rights Management, providing an easy way to protect data by assigning a policy to data available in Office 2013, Office 2010 and Office for Mac. We’re excited to announce the same policy-driven protection is available in Office for iPad and on iPhone devices. Now you’re able to view rights protected Office documents natively on your iPad and iPhone devices.
Premium access solutions provider DORMA has adopted Unily cloud intranet as a service built on Office 365, SharePoint Online, Yammer and Azure. This mobile and social intranet solution is supporting greater collaboration and productivity, and is delivering access to innovation for 7,000 global employees.
Today we’re announcing the general availability of the new Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for Android phone. These join our previously released Office apps for Android tablets to complete the Office experience for the millions of Android users around the world. Download Word, Excel and PowerPoint on your Android phone today to get started.


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Almost a third of house sales fell through in January as the end of the stamp duty holiday drew closer, according to a report from Rightmove.
The report said 29% of proposed purchases collapsed across Britain during the month – a figure that has slowly accelerated month-on-month since November last year.
The threshold for paying stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland is due to fall back to £125,000 from its temporary level of £500,000 on 31 March.
The policy was introduced last summer to stimulate activity in the housing market in the wake of the first COVID-19 lockdown last year.
There have been concerns among market participants that the stamp duty holiday deadline would decrease demand this year because transactions are taking a longer-than-average four months to complete.
Rightmove’s Director of Property Data, Tim Bannister, said: ‘It’s clear that more people than ever before used the new year as a chance to start thinking about moving home, despite all of the challenges and worries that came with January, but we are seeing the effect of lockdown on the number of properties coming to market.
‘We’re starting to see fall-throughs creep up a bit, though not by a substantial amount, a sign that some deals may be falling apart as they know they won’t complete in time to make the stamp duty holiday deadline, though this is likely to be in the groups set to make more substantial savings.’
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Microsoft is transitioning Project Spark, which lets players create their own gaming experiences, into a free and open platform.
Starting Oct. 5, Redmond will "automatically unlock previously paid downloadable content for new and existing Project Spark users," the company said in a forum post. "Microsoft will pivot from producing DLC and active feature development to encouraging more user generated content and opening the Project Spark experience."
All players who purchased Project Spark content digitally or via a retail disc, and activated it by product key redemption on or after July 28, will be entitled to Microsoft Store credit. The same goes for folks with a balance of purchased in-game tokens. Credits will be awarded automatically within 30-60 days after Oct. 5.
On Monday, Project Spark will be entirely in the players' hands, though Redmond will be available to answer queries and fix problems.
"Project Spark's goal has always been to empower creativity," wrote Rahul Sandil, head of customer acquisition and engagement at Microsoft. "We've been an incubation engine for ideas from epic to artistic and we plan to continue doing so."
The platform boasts more than 200,000 creators who share tens of millions of custom objects, behavior, and experiences online; 300 to 400 new games are uploaded daily.
"Our support of these creators and our communications with them will continue in an open, free and collaborative environment," Sandil promised.
This week's released DLC, meanwhile, will be Microsoft's last. After 46 packs and 2,000-plus assets, the company will move away from producing add-ons, in hopes of encouraging more user-generated content.
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But that also means no more episodic adventures, including Conker's Big Reunion. Instead, it remains in your hands to continue his story "in whatever ways you want," Redmond said.
A number of other updates and features will roll out next week, so watch out for more than 200 new assets, including a dragon, goblin warlord, bog biome, and a set of new primitive building blocks.
Microsoft has also doubled the max terrain limit in creations, increased the prop limit to 500, and removed the Project Spark Marketplace and Tour and Treasure Trove.
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Apple develops device that predicts heart attack by listening to blood vessels?
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Apple is expanding its reach into the medical device sector. The starting point will be a product capable of predicting heart attacks by listening to the sound of blood as they are pumped through the vascular system in the body.
Apple is said to be working with sound engineer Tomlinson Holman to develop such a system, unfortunately not much information is revealed about this device. Holman is renowned for his work on developing some notable sound techniques, such as the Lucasfilm THX system or the first 10.2 speaker system.
This is not the first time Apple has shown its interest in the health sector. Last month, Apple officials were reported to have met with the US Food and Drug Administration to talk about " medical applications on mobile devices . " The upcoming iOS 8 operating system will likely also focus on health monitoring features.
In addition, the source added that Apple is also interested in cars. The Chronicle says Adrian Perica, head of Apple's merger and acquisition division, met CEO Elon Musk from Tesla last year, but did not know what the meeting was about. The company has filed patent-related automobiles, including iOS in the Car, an information and entertainment system used in automobiles.
- Escape death by pumping alcohol into the heart
- Air pollution seriously affects the heart
- New method of rapid detection of heart disease
- Raise blood vessels
- Explaining stress mechanisms leads to heart attack and stroke
- 3D blood vessels
- Blood vessels cultured from skin cells
- Who is at risk of heart attack?
- Austria successfully tested artificial blood vessels on mice
- Particles of micro injections into the blood help minimize damage after a heart attack


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Increasing sales of the HIV drug Fuzeon helped Trimeris (Nasdaq: TRMS) cut its quarterly losses.
Trimeris said it posted a net profit of $2.2 million in Fuzeon sales along with partner Roche. The second-straight quarterly profit boosted Trimeris to a net of $3.5 million in Fuzeon sales for the first nine months of the year.
Overall, Trimeris still lost money – $3.3 million, or 15 cents a share. That’s down from $8.3 million, or 38 cents, in 2004.


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Saturday, October 10, 2020, 08:00 Hrs [IST]
Even as notification regarding approving right recommended dietary allowance (RDA) value for methylcobalamin remains pending for almost a year despite Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) scientific panel’s nod of notifying it in December 2019, the drug and nutraceutical industry rues that the nationwide ban on methylcobalamin has proved to be an extortion bid by state drug controllers (SDCs) in the guise of regulations.
FSSAI has been drawing flak from the industry as a ban on methylcobalamin has become a contentious issue today. There is no clarity on tolerable upper limit (TUL) and RDA value. There is a nationwide ban on the methylcobalamin with state drug regulators citing that FSSAI has imposed the ban based on Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recommendation.
This is all the more contradictory considering that ICMR and National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) has recently issued another report which have different stipulated RDA values of methylcobalamin and estimated average nutrient requirements for Indians. In the Norwegian Vitamin (NORVIT) intervention trial also, patients with acute myocardial infarction received 400 mcg of B12 daily for 3 years and reported no serious adverse events.
Methylcobalamin is an essential nutrient and is required to treat vitamin B12 deficiency, in people with pernicious anaemia, diabetes and other conditions as well. It is important for the brain, nerves and for the production of red blood cells (RBCs).
According to an industry expert, “The dual standards of FSSAI can also be seen by the presence of already FSSAI approved brands available with 1500 mcg qty/per serving. Rejunex CD3 of Intas is a FSSAI approved product containing 1500 mcg methylcobalamin. Some of the widely sold brands are Locopen capsule, Neugaba M 75 capsule, Nervup 500 mcg injection, Nuroz Forte, Nurofine-2500 injection, Actavis 2500 injection, etc. There are more than half a dozen other brands with the same formula.”
According to Gujarat FDCA Commissioner Dr H G Koshia, “There is a ban on methylcobalamin pan-India and the states need to follow it as per FSSAI directive.” The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) had earlier urged the FSSAI to take action against Gujarat-based manufacturers for manufacture and sale of methylcobalamin meant for therapeutic intervention in contravention of norms.
In a letter to the FSSAI, CDSCO has brought to the notice that various brands of product containing methylcobalamin are manufactured and sold having therapeutic intervention under the FSSAI license.
In view of the same, it has been recommended on priority basis to instruct drug inspectors and food safety officers to launch surveillance drives against various brands of products containing methylcobalamin being manufactured and sold under FSSAI license, the letter further stated.
Industry players have also voiced concern that methylcobalamin RDA value has been approved by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) uptill 2000 mcg but FSSAI is approving only 1 mcg which is of no use. Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) recommended 2,000 mcg of methylcobalamin even in injectable form and brands are available as patients take methylcobalamin based on the medical condition.
“Until and unless, FSSAI does not inform the industry that methylcobalamin is approved, there is no value of prescribing RDA value for the same. Surprisingly the mails which we have received from FSSAI on methylcobalamin and cyanocobalamin, both have the same RDA value for manufacturing. Please be advised we are talking about per serving usage value which the manufacturer can refer to and not the RDA value for a healthy person,” pharma consultant Dr Sanjay Agrawal argued.
On January 7, 2020, FSSAI issued a notification regarding RDA of vitamin B12 which is specified as 1 mcg without mentioning type of vitamin B12 like methylcobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxycobalamin and cyanocobalamin.
Former CEO of FSSAI Pawan Agrawal had promised in December 2019 that methycobalamin has been approved by the scientific committee and will take due course of its time to be included in the gazette. Nevertheless, the industry has waited for almost 10 months without any progress for inclusion of the methylcobalamin in the gazette, an industry expert remarked.


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Nintendo Japan has announced that a second Nintendo Direct conference will be held just after Christmas on December 27. Nintendo Direct is a web conference that brings the latest news to its fans all over the world (despite being in Japanese). Like the first Nintendo Direct conference, which was held on October 31, it will divulge into the Wii and 3DS, so no Wii U news as of yet.
The video will be streamed on UStream at 12pm JST (2pm AEDT). According to a Twitter post by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, the conference will be focused on games being released right through to March 2012. Iwata will also host it like he did with the first one.
With the conference focusing on games that will be released by March 2012, maybe one will finally hear a release date on Kid Icarus: Uprising, considering that was delayed to early 2012. Maybe there will be some news on Luigi’s Mansion 2 and Animal Crossing 3DS as well. No matter what it is, I’m sure Nintendo will reveal something worthwhile… or maybe not.


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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane will welcome Napoleon Perdis and his daughter Lianna Perdis as ambassadors for this year’s fashion festival, running Sunday 26 to Thursday 30 August.
The self-made makeup engineer will personally direct the beauty looks for each runway show throughout the festival. “I am proud to join Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane as an ambassador this year. We have been partners of the Fashion Festival since it first began, and Lianna and I can’t wait to attend and see the new-season fashion collections from Queensland designers,” Napoleon said.
Napoleon is a proud supporter of Australian fashion and is passionate about using makeup to transform outfits and empower the person wearing whoever is wearing it. Lianna will be gracing the runway for each fashion show at the Fashion Festival Brisbane this year. Having walked in New York Fashion Week and Australian Fashion Week, Lianna is excited to walk the runway in Brisbane and showcase some of Australia’s leading designers.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane Director Lindsay Bennett is delighted to welcome Napoleon and Lianna to the festival. “Napoleon Perdis has been one of the Festival’s most steadfast partners and we are so excited to host Napoleon and Lianna this year. We cannot wait to see the stunning makeup looks on the runway created by Napoleon, and to have Lianna, an internationally-recognised face, strutting the runway,” Mr Bennett said.
The fashion festival’s main venue is at QUT Gardens Point and the Old Government House and will also feature shows at St John’s Cathedral. The aim of the festival is to support the local fashion industry, by giving Queensland designers a platform where they can showcase their work.
Readers also enjoyed this story about Marina Mirage’s winter showcase.


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Last June, we announced the list of start-ups that had been selected by the Group's Plant 4.0 incubator for digital industry.
Over the past eight months, we followed them in their development and discussions with Total.
Today, we're spotlighting four of the green shoots who have adapted their products to the needs of our businesses. They have demonstrated their innovation's proof of concept at one of our sites. Watch our video series to see how Total and start-ups can work hand in hand.


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Is Danbury CT having fireworks?
Danbury’s 4th Of July Fireworks 2021 Canceled.
Is Danbury fireworks Cancelled?
Danbury Fireworks 2021 is Cancelled: We know that you have all been waiting for us to announce the details for this year’s Danbury Fireworks and hopefully that you were looking forward to joining us in November.
What day are the Danbury fireworks?
A fireworks celebration starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 at the mall. The Danbury Fair mall Summer Stage Fireworks Show. Wednesday night, July 3, 2019, in Danbury, Conn.
Is Danbury fireworks on this year?
Whilst we realise that this news is disappointing, we do hope that you understand and support our decision. We will, however, use the coming year wisely and hope to be able to bring you an even bigger and better event in 2022.
Can you see Madison fireworks from Hammonasset?
The fireworks display, one of the largest along the shoreline, is expected to draw thousands of onlookers, with many watching from Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison.
Where are the fireworks in Connecticut 2021?
Guide: 2021 Fourth of July Fireworks in Connecticut
- July 3. Greenwich Fourth of July Fireworks Show.
- Fairfield 2021 Independence Day. Where: Barge off Jennings Beach.
- July 4. Great American Boom.
- Waterbury Food Truck & Firework Extravaganza 2021.
- July 5.
- Greenwich Fourth of July Fireworks Show.
- July 7.
- July 10.
What is the biggest firework store in the United States?
the Fireworks Superstore
HANNIBAL, Mo. — A family-owned fireworks business that started out in a 12-foot by 20-foot wooden shack has evolved into the mother of all fireworks stores in Hannibal. Welcome to the Fireworks Superstore, a 105,000-square-foot behemoth that bills itself as the largest fireworks retail store in America.
What time are fireworks in Madison WI?
Festivities kick off in the afternoon with the Festival Foods Fireworks beginning at 9:40 p.m.
Are 4th of July fireworks 2021 canceled in Danbury?
4th Of July Fireworks 2021 Canceled In Danbury Danbury’s traditional Fourth of July fireworks may be canceled, but there are several other ways you can celebrate Independence Day. Rich Kirby, Patch Staff Posted Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 7:34 am ET
When are the Danbury Fair’s Summerstage fireworks show 2019?
The Danbury Fair mall Summer Stage Fireworks Show. Wednesday night, July 3, 2019, in Danbury, Conn. A couple sit on the roof of a pickup as the sun sets while waiting for the start of the Danbury Fair mall SummerStage Fireworks Show. Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Danbury, Conn.
How will you Celebrate fourth of July in Connecticut this year?
Several traditional firework displays and local events are returning to towns for Fourth of July, thanks to Gov. Ned Lamont’s lifted restrictions, low rates of viral spread and high rates of vaccination among Connecticut residents. The holiday falls on a Sunday this year, but celebrations will span the whole weekend and into the following week.
When are the July 5 fireworks in Fairfield County?
A family firework celebration sponsored by Fairfield County Bank will take place on Monday, July 5 at the high school. Gates will open at 6 p.m. with fireworks beginning at dusk.


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Despite slowdown, Deendayal Port Trust (DPT), situated at Kandla in Kutch district of Gujarat, the country's largest port by volume of cargo handled, registered a nearly 9% growth in cargo handling during the current fiscal (April-December) compared to the year-ago period.
The Kandla port handled a total cargo of around 9.03 crore tonne till December 31, 2019, compared to the previous year's 8.45 crore tonne, indicating 8.83% growth.
The port handled cargo imports worth nearly 6.50 crore tonne in the current fiscal compared to 6.30 crore tonne a year ago, indicating a growth of 3.10%. In the case of cargo exports, there has been a growth of nearly 17.70%. DPT handled 2.53 crore tonne of export cargo compared to last year's 2.15 crore tonne.
According to official sources, there was no import of rock phosphate and sulphur in 2018-19, but during the current year, 66,300 tonne cargo was handled at DPT. As far as liquid bulk import cargo handling is concerned, there has been a spectacular growth as it augmented from 94.53 lakh MT to over 1 crore MT. There has been an increase of around 3 lakh MT import cargo of fertilisers at the port from 33.65 lakh MT to 36.69 MT. There has been a slight increase in dry cargo handling from 1.53 crore MT to 1.64 crore MT. There was no import of sponge iron this year against last year's 1,817 MT. Iron ore import cargo handling witnessed a downfall-from 11.23 lakh MT to 4.47 lakh MT during the period.
Export of liquid cargo at DPT enhanced from 14.96 lakh MT to 18.25 lakh MT. Castor oil cargo worth 1.16 lakh MT was handled compared to last year's 1.12 lakh MT at the port. In 2018-19, there was no export of molasses from Kandla, but during the current year, export cargo worth 2.04 lakh MT molasses was handled. Dry export cargo worth 1.40 crore MT was handled at DPT till December 31, 2019, which was around 1.08 crore MT till December 31, 2018. There has been a sharp decline in steel pipes from 3.65 lakh MT to 82,986 MT. Export cargo of iron and steel also witnessed downfall from 4.19 lakh MT to 1.14 lakh MT.


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Collaboration and a call to focus on growth priorities are two of the key findings which will be announced to industry today as tourism leaders address over 500 delegates at the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) Annual Conference at the EICC in Edinburgh.
The national tourism conference, a two-day industry event marks the end of Scottish Tourism Week 2016 which has seen the STA team travel circa 3,500 miles across the length and breadth of the country to support over 25 locally organised destination events, with the aim of engaging over 2020 businesses in the tourism conversation.
The findings announced today come from a mid-term review of the national tourism strategy, Tourism Scotland 2020, and the outcome will be announced at a special conference session at 3pm today ‘TS2020 – Staying on Track’ led by Stephen Leckie, Chair of the STA and the Tourism Leadership Group.
Launched in 2012, Tourism Scotland 2020 aims to increase visitor spend by £1bn by 2020 by targeting specific markets that would offer the industry the greatest growth potential. Focussing on collaboration within and across Scotland’s tourism destinations, the vision of the Strategy is ‘to make Scotland a destination of first choice for a high quality, value for money and memorable customer experience, delivered by skilled and passionate people.’
Since its launch, hundreds of tourism businesses, associations, organisations and individuals have been involved with projects and initiatives to drive the change needed to achieve the TS2020 vision, with full support from all key public agencies and the Scottish Government.
The mid term review has highlighted:
Based on existing activities, the sector may fall short of the 2020 £5.5bn visitor spend target by £0.3bn, however with focus on specific four key priorities the sector will be able to close the gap to 2020 and lay the foundations for sustained growth beyond 2020 to 2030
Four new key growth priorities have been announced as:
Strengthen Digital Capability
Strengthen Industry Leadership
Enhance the Quality of Visitor Experience
Influence Investment (specifically flight access and transport connectivity, built infrastructure, digital connectivity and business growth finance)
Collaboration has been one of the main achievements to date and needs to continue. There has been real partnership by the industry to get behind the strategy and also by the public agencies to support it
Speaking about the results of the TS2020 Mid-Term Review, Chair of Scottish Tourism Alliance and Strategy Leadership Group Stephen Leckie commented, “Our findings have reinforced what we already knew; that despite Scotland’s high profile over the last two years, the industry cannot rest on its laurels. Growth will not come to us, we need to go out and find it and localising the strategy to ensure that industry understands and responds to key messages at a local level through their own destination and sector strategy is going to be key to the delivery of our ambitious but achievable growth ambition. Collaboration with industry working as one will be the glue which bonds businesses in Scotland together to leverage tourism as the most important driver to Scotland’s economy.
Marc Crothall, CEO of the STA said; “The influence and reach of the STA continues to grow; membership has increased and as the voice of tourism in Scotland, we are frequently asked to represent industry at Scotland and UK levels. We submitted our Policy Agenda for the 2016-2020 Scottish Government – ‘A Tourism Industry Manifesto for Growth & Competitiveness Towards 2020’ and we’re delighted to have received such strong support from the Scottish Government in response to some of our key asks for industry. We welcome the planned future discussions around VAT at UK government level and the announcement of the Scottish Government 12-week consultation period with the industry around the proposed reductions to APD.”
He continued; “The STA will focus our strengthened position on raising awareness and understanding that ‘tourism is everyone’s business’, linking all parts of the Scottish economy to maintain the competitiveness of Scottish tourism and Scottish businesses internationally. Building on our already strong partnerships and collaboration within the tourism industry across public, private and third sectors will allow us greater focus, efficiency and impact and we are calling on industry today to get behind the refreshed strategic framework for growth.”
Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing said, “This industry-owned strategy has already delivered significant progress in growing Scotland’s tourist industry, with overnight and day visitor expenditure up to around £9.7 billion in 2014 and attracting 104 conferences across the country. The successful completion of the mid-term review will allow us all to renew our focus on the key priorities – increasing our digital presence, influencing investment decisions and enhancing the quality of our visitor experience – that will only accelerate this growth.”
Malcolm Roughead, Chief Executive of VisitScotland, said: “Tourism is the heartbeat of the Scottish economy and remains strong in the face of a difficult economic backdrop and uncertainty in travel. In the last 12 months there has been a 7% increase in visitors and an 8% increase in spend, while new direct air routes are strengthening connectivity, but we cannot be complacent. Last month saw the launch of our first ever global marketing campaign and social movement – the Spirit of Scotland. Collaboration within the industry will be key to its success, and we look forward to continuing to work with our tourism partners to further enhance the visitor experience and create an attractive, innovative and inspirational destination for visitors.”
Click here for full details of the Mid-term review.
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Please contact Mhairi Clarke, PR Manager at the Scottish Tourism Alliance at email@example.com 07809 558 375
Notes to Editors:
- The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) was formed in 2012, an evolution of the Scottish Tourism Forum which was established in 1998 to act as the Industry Leadership Group for tourism and the leading voice for the tourism sector in Scotland.
- The role of the STA is also to ‘lead on industry matters’, collaborating with and representing industry views to government and agencies, bringing public and private players together to encourage the voicing of opinion about problems and priorities to find solutions.
- The organisation also leads the facilitation and co-ordination of the ongoing development and delivery of the National Strategy: Tourism Scotland 2020, industry wide, the strategy ambition being to make Scotland a destination of first choice for a high quality, value for money and memorable customer experience.
- One of the Scottish Tourism Alliance’s key objectives is to help support individual businesses, marketing services, trade associations, local area tourism groups and any organisation with an active interest in tourism to realise their potential by maximising and building on opportunities to ensure future growth of our industry.
- The STA also acts as the united voice of the Scottish tourism industry to represent the key issues which act as barriers to growth and bring about the changes needed at all levels to ensure future growth of the tourism industry and the economy.
- The STA has circa 70% -75% of the tourism sector as Members either directly and indirectly through association with and Membership has trebled in three years and continues to grow.
- Scottish Tourism Week 2016 will see over 25 events held across the length and breadth of Scotland before the tourism industry gathers at Edinburgh’s EICC for the Scottish Tourism Alliance Signature Conference on the 17th and 18th March.
- This year’s event has been designed to connect over 2020 businesses across Scotland into the tourism conversation over the course of the week. The STA will take the key messages linked to the national strategy mid-term review out to industry across Scotland with the aim being not only to achieve the aspirational growth target of £5.5 billion but to inspire all to achieve the Tourism 2020 vision, that ‘Scotland will be a destination of first choice for a high quality, value for money and memorable customer experience, delivered by skilled and passionate people.
For more information on the STA and the National Strategy: Tourism Scotland 2020 please visit scottishtourismalliance.co.uk or call 01786 459 235
For more information about STW, please visit www.scottishtourismweek.scot


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The trade deficit increased to USD 8.2 billion during the first 11 months of last year from USD 7.6 billion during the same period in the previous year, the Central Bank stated.
The trade deficit has been widening during the past three years with USD 7.5 billion in 2014, USD 7.6 billion in 2015 and USD 8.2 billion last year.
The low export turnover contributed to the widening of the trade deficit during the past three years. Earning from exports contracted by 2.7 percent year-on-year to USD 9.4 billion during the first 11 months of last year.Export earnings were affected by the low exports in transportations equipment, petroleum products and agricultural exports such as tea, spices and minor agricultural goods.
Export earnings have been on the decline since October 2014 to October 2016 which recorded a marginal increase of USD 855 million, a 0.9 percent growth from USD 847 million in October 2015.The low demand for commodities from importing countries particularly Europe and the Midlle East which are under turmoil had negative bearing on exports.Trade experts said domestic trade barriers such as procedural delays , delays due to security checks at the ports and BIA the are set backs for export competitiveness and market expansion.
Export earnings dropped despite the depreciation of the rupee by 3.8 percent last year. impacted the Meanwhile expenditure on imports increased by 1.7 percent (y-o-y) to USD 17.6 billion during the first 11 months of 2016. The import expenditure rose due to the high expenditure on intermediate and investment goods .The government had to seek an Extended Fund Facility from the International Monetary Fund last year to support the Balance of Payment which hit low due to the widening trade deficit.The Gross foreign reserves were recorded at USD 6 billion as at end 2016. The Central Bank projects that it would go up to around USD 7.4 billion by the end of the year.


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WA-based pooled development fund Strategic Elements (ASX: SOR) has published an update regarding its subsidiary Australian Advanced Materials’ ongoing development of its printable battery and neuromorphic memory technologies including meeting several milestones.
In a statement, Strategic said that as part of its collaboration with the University of New Sales Wales (UNSW), it had begun finalising the upscale of its battery ink technology to 1 litre, earlier this week.
With results “on track” to be made available next month, Strategic hopes to develop and commercialise the self-charging battery technology, which is able to generate electricity from humidity in the air or skin surface and self-charge within minutes.
The developers claim that no manual wired power will be required with the battery cells being created with a printable ink and therefore ideally suited for use in Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Strategic’s subsidiary is developing a new generation of battery cells that can rival the existing lithium-ion variety including several competitive advantages over lithium-based batteries that suffer from flexibility, dimension, weight and safety issues while needing a constant power supply to be recharged.
According to market research, the global battery market for IoT devices has grown from around US$8.7 billion in 2009 and is forecast to total US$15.9 billion by 2025.
Another leading line of development for Strategic’s pooled fund approach is printable neuromorphic memory.
Australian Advanced Materials has begun testing its nanocube memory prototype and is investigating its potential in printable “brain-inspired”, or neuromorphic computing.
The company’s nanocube memory structure and operation allows it to combine computing and memory in a single place, similarly to how biological neurons operate, with a series of significant synaptic functions set to be emulated as part of development.
According to Strategic, results remain on track for this technology and are expected to be available in December 2020 with further updates pending.
One potential application is leveraging the rapid increase in the amount of data being created and consumed across government, consumer and business sectors.
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the amount of data created over the next three years will be more than the data created over the past 30 years. The prospect means that data storage is set to become a pivotal hurdle for the IoT revolution to pick up momentum.
Strategic has also declared it is “seeking further acquisitions” in Australian innovation under the Federal Government’s registration for Strategic as a pooled development fund with a mandate to back local innovation.
The registration means Strategic investors forego tax on capital gains upon selling their shares.


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Bandai Namco has yet another hit on their hands. Check out a new trailer to celebrate.
With the latest and greatest Dark Souls installment just a couple of weeks away, Bandai Namco and From Software have dropped off a dramatic new trailer.
Bandai Namco this morning released a dramatic new Dark Souls III opening cinematic trailer.
Bandai Namco sent over some gorgeous and atmospheric new screens of Dark Souls III this morning.
With The Order: 1886 now out in the wild (our review here), it's time for Sony to start concentrating on its next big PS4 exclusive release, Bloodborne.
New screens, trailer and official box art for Bandai Namco's upcoming expanded and enhanced Dark Souls II release.
New screens to go along with the new details for Bandai Namco's hearty, free Dark Souls II update.


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NHS patients are being put at risk because profiteering pharmacists are selling prescription drugs to Europe.
The fall in the pound re the euro has made things worse but:
Richard Ascroft, director of corporate affairs at drug maker Lilly UK, said: \’We are definitely concerned about this. Drug prices in the UK are among the lowest in Europe for a number of reasons and this has created opportunities for export trading.
Quite. The NHS fixes drug prices. Some would say it\’s use of their buying bulk to get better deals. Others might say it\’s bureaucratic fiat insisting that prices are below their market clearing prices. The effect?
Unscrupulous speculators cashing in on the weak pound have created a shortage of at least 40 drugs, a Daily Mail investigation has found.
They include treatments for cancer, high blood pressure, Parkinson\’s and high cholesterol.
Same old, same old though. Set prices below market levels and you get shortages. One of these iron laws you see.


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Google Drive Users get 5GB for free rations from Google.
Google announced on Tuesday (11/27), will integrate Google Drive into Gmail. The move will create a Google e-mail service users can send files of up to 10 GB.
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Good news for all you lovers of the game The Sims. Electronic Arts officially announced that The Sims 4 ready to be released in 2014.
Quoted from Ubergizmo, Tuesday (7/5), EA sure about human life simulation game is being developed for PC and Mac.
Apparently, the business particularly those managing IT security will work harder. Because the business is now a prime target for hackers.
52 percent of IT specialists are confident that these targeted attacks will be more frequent, based on findings [...]
A leak of GizmoChina mention that Lenovo is preparing a smartphone with an amazing battery.
The products allegedly named Lenovo P770 is a smartphone based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. To accommodate all the needs, Lenovo immerse powerful battery 3500mAh.
Kim Jong Il reportedly often inject himself with the blood of virgin teens to slow down the aging process.
The younger human blood has long been believed to be a drug life. One of the people who know to believe it was the late North Korean leader Kim [...]
The use of female anime characters are cute.
On Monday (10/29), Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said that since its launch last week, the rate of sales of Windows 8 exceeds the rate of sales of Windows 7, which is the top-selling version [...]
CloudFlare, a Web accelerator is having network-wide DNS problems as reported ubergizmo.com (03/03).
“We are experiencing a network-wide issue,” said the CloudFlare via the company’s official Twitter account.
For those of you who [...]
You are one of those who dreamed of adventure and find treasures from the past? Google may be able to realize the dream.
Quoted from Slashgear, Monday (1/4), Google Maps Street View Team reportedly managed to find a treasure map of William ‘Captain’ [...]
Enjoying the music for some of us to be one of necessity. No exception for you an adventurer who likes to do outdoor activities.
For that, we need gadgets that can facilitate your needs for music, which of course must have toughness in all terrains.
Requires heavenly guidance in work or romance.
A temple in southern Taiwan will launch a smartphone app that can help religious Taoist to seek enlightenment from the Almighty when being activity.
In a report released CNA news agency on Saturday (10/22), [...]
Cover story this week will discuss the new smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4.
One thing that most attracted the attention of the successor to the Galaxy S3 is the availability of Octa-core processors (8-core), which is believed to provide exceptional performance.


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Flipkart launches startup accelerator program ‘Flipkart Leap’
Flipkart Leap will identify innovative startups to promote the vibrant startup ecosystem and support ‘Start-up India’
Shortlisted startups will undergo a 16-week mentorship program and win an equity-free grant of $25,000
To help new and upcoming startups, e-commerce major Flipkart today announced the launch of ‘Flipkart Leap’, the Walmart-owned company’s first startup accelerator program. The 16-week program will open opportunities for startups to prepare their innovative solutions to be market-ready and allow them to win an equity-free grant of $25,000.


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Despite a long period of testing, neither Microsoft nor Google managed to convince Apple. In a recent statement a Business Insider, a company representative confirmed that iOS devices will not support Project xCloud and Google Stadia. So if you want to enter the world of streaming gaming, you will have to get an Android.
The reason behind this rejection is the impossibility for these services to respect the policy of the US multinational. Apple requires that every single game released on their devices be reviewed and tested to "protect customers and provide a transparent and fair development environment". Since xCloud and Stadia include entire libraries of dozens of titles available out of the box, this type of control cannot be guaranteed.
This form of closure has attracted the criticism by Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games. The man had moved criticism of the monopoly of the market mobile as early as July, and now claims Apple's policies prevent the emergence of sharing and cross-platform ecosystems. However, streaming gaming has a lot of potential: who knows if Apple will remain firm on its ideals in the future or if, possibly, will change his mind.
Apple has outlawed the metaverse.
The principle they were, taken literally, would rule out all cross-platform ecosystems and games with user created modes: not just XCloud, Stadia, and GeForce NOW, but also Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox. https://t.co/OAGC7cXfSl
- Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 6


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Rolls-Royce has released images of the all-electric Spectre fresh from its completion of an extensive Arctic testing program.
Derived from the all-electric 102EX concept that previewed a “bold electric future” for the luxury marque in 2011, the Spectre will be Roll-Royce’s first ever all-electric production model when first customer deliveries are completed in late 2023. In September last year, the luxury marque began its most comprehensive test program to date with the pre-production Spectre, one that would incorporate 2.5 million kilometres and simulate 400 years of ‘everyday’ use.
Said program has now concluded with the Spectre, dubbed the ‘spiritual successor’ to RR’s Phantom Coupé, regularly subjected to between – 26C and – 40C temperatures across various proving grounds at Arjeplog’s famous testing facility in Sweden, just 55 km south of the Arctic Circle. In what Rolls-Royce termed the “first lessons in a finishing school,” the program concentrated on noise, vibration and harshness cornerstones while testing the durability of hardware componentry, door rubbers, bushing compounds, fastening materials, and the bodyshell’s bonding agents as well. In short, that’s 700 kg of sound deadening being put through the ringer.
With the completion of the Arctic Circle testing, 25 per cent of RR’s comprehensive testing program is now complete.
“Our task is to teach each component and system how to think, behave and communicate like a Rolls-Royce, which sees much of the engineering pivot from workshops into the digital space,” Rolls-Royce director of engineering Mihiar Ayoubi explains. “Here in Arjeplog we have built a significant foundation on which we will create a true Rolls-Royce. This is a big step forward for our brand, but also for electrification – even though Spectre is in its infancy, I can confirm that the technology is able to contain the Rolls-Royce experience.”
The program also marks the first test of Rolls-Royce’s new aluminium spaceframe ‘Architecture of Luxury,’ which makes its debut on the Electric Super Coupé. Alongside the flexibility required to incorporate an EV drivetrain, the architecture was designed exclusively to “carry the scale required to create the presence of an authentic Rolls-Royce.” Hence the use of those enormous 23-inch wheels, the first examples of this size fitted to an RR since 1926, and the newly-revised, more aerodynamic Spirit of Ecstasy.


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Everything about the Realme 9I 5G is pretty much leaked before the launch. Now we have the front panel design leak. From the leaked images we can see that the Realme 9I 5G will run on stock Android 9.0 Pie with a Snapdragon 665 SoC.
Q: 1. Realme 9i 5G Front Panel Design Leaked.
The Realme 9i 5g was launched last month. The phone comes with a 6.39-inch full HD+ display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and notchless design.
The device runs Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box. It features a dual rear camera setup with 12MP + 2MP sensors along with LED flash.
There’s a fingerprint sensor at the back. On the inside, the smartphone packs 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. It supports expandable memory via microSD card (up to 256GB).
Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The Realme 9i 5 g price starts at Rs 13,999.
Q: 2. Realme 9i Price In India.
The company had announced the launch event of its latest flagship smartphone Realme 9i in Mumbai today. The smartphone will go on sale starting October 15th in China.
The company has already started selling the phone in India and is expected to start shipping the device to Indian customers soon.
The company has priced the smartphone at INR 13,999 ($200) for the base variant and INR 16,999 ($250) for the top variant.
Q: 3. Realme 9i Specifications.
The Realme X50 Pro has been spotted online with some specs and details. The smartphone will run on Android 8.1 Oreos out of the box.
The device will have a 6.39- inch Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio and notched design. It will feature a dual rear camera setup consisting of a 12MP + 2MP sensor along with LED flash.
The smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC coupled with 4GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage. It will support expandable memory via micro SD card (up to 256 GB).
Q: 4. Realme 9i Features.
The Realme x50 pro will run on Android 8 OREO out of the box. As per the leak, the device will sport a 6.39-inches full HD+ display with a 19:9 aspect ratio.
The smartphone will be equipped with a dual rear camera setup comprising of a 12MP +2 MP sensor along with LED flash and a 5MP depth sensing camera. The smartphone will be backed by a 4GB RAM and 64gb internal storage.
The smartphone will be fueled by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor paired with 4GB RAM and 32GB internal storage.
The smartphone is expected to arrive in Black & Gold color option.
Q: 5. Realme 9i Release Date
Realme 9i release date. We don’t know yet
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But now bosses at Legal & General, landlords of the scheme, have revealed big plans to get more household names on board.
KentLive can reveal discussions are active for seven out of eight empty units at the retail park, with names expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Greg Westover, head of retail and leisure at the managed fund for Legal & General, sat down with us and explained the exciting wheels in motion for each of the vacant spaces.
Two set to go under offer
He said: “The latest development is that O2 has opened, that’s been open a couple of weeks now.
“And we’ve just come out of a lettings meeting today (September 24).
“We’ve got some good news, I can’t share too much of the detail yet but another two are set to go under offer soon.
“We’re in early negotiations regarding unit 6A and the former Hancocks restaurant.”
It’s not only new units being snapped up however, as progress is also being made with those that have already been under offer for some time.
Mr Westover revealed: “We’re just about to instruct solicitors on heads of terms for unit 5C, which is already under offer.
“That one is a regional occupier, it’s not food and it’s a different offer to anything already at St James now.
“If I said anymore it would be easily guessed.
“They want to get in by the back end of October.”
Mr Westover was keen to stress the importance of having a varied offering at the complex.
He expressed an interest in developing the nighttime economy of St James with the addition of new restaurants as well as introducing another fashion retailer into the mix.
“With 6A, we have got a fashion company looking at it,” he said.
“This chain has just opened in two surrounding towns.
“They want to see how they’re going to do in those towns and then we are going to get the chief exec down, get him to have a look.
“It would be great for Dover, it really would.”
More restaurants are also on the horizon for the scheme, with the area under Travelodge and near the cinema still pegged as a food and drink area.
Mr Westover said: “We are speaking to another restaurateur about RI and R2.
“We have been speaking to them for about a month
“It’s one occupier with two brands and they’re looking to put both brands in. It’ll be great.”
He added: “The unit next to Nando’s is still with Bella Italia.
“The latest is they have got a new chief exec and is running his eye over the entire portfolio. So we’re unsure what is happening with that at the moment.”
As well as big brands, Mr Westover also wants to get the wider community involved in the vacant spaces.
He said it was a shame a previous deal for unit ID with local pizzeria Follies fell through as it was exactly the type of business they pictured for the space.
“Unit ID is my favourite unit,” he said.
“It’s a weird shape and retailers love uniformity, they love squares
“It’s got an amazing balcony that slightly overlooks the sea and has really wonderful views of the castle.
“We did have it under offer to a local occupier and I do think it would suit a local occupier really well.”
Meanwhile there are other plans in the pipeline to get locals involved.
“On units 6C and potentially 7C we are speaking to a company called BeWonder to see whether we can involve the community and do something different there for the town.”
BeWonder is a part of JLL, which runs the shopping centre.
This section of the company looks after events for the tenants and helps set up community focussed projects.
“We have done something like it before in Cambridge,” he added.
“We called it Grow at the Grafton where effectively it was a competition, they invited businesses within the area to effectively compete for a unit.
“It’s early doors but we want to be able to launch it soon.”
Mr Westover also explained how St James is keen to keep the flow between the shopping complex and the old town going.
“We are looking to work with the council to see how we can now, as a result of the new funding from the Government, to improve signage throughout the whole town centre.
“From either here pointing towards the high street or vice versa to further encourage people to flow between the two.
“Meanwhile the Lord Nelson pub, which is outside of the development, is being refurbished by Shepherd Neame to include outside seating.
“It’s just another example of more inward investment coming into the town.
“These retailers are staying in Dover because they see potential here.
“And they are providing something that could have potentially been lost.
“What we want to do is make sure we add to it so we add to Dover as a town centre.”


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Good quality, affordable sites to build new homes in London remain hard to come by, in spite of the drop in prices for residential in some parts of the capital in the past few years. But housebuilders are increasingly finding a solution: unloved retail assets.
London and the UK need more homes and less retail. It seems the market has reached the position where existing retail assets are priced at a level that make them suitable to be either demolished or converted into much-needed residential units. The process would be slow and complicated, but ultimately it could remove assets that are no longer needed by the public, and replace them with ones that are.
“A good source of supply is distressed retail,” Barratt Developments Land and Planning Director Philip Barnes told the audience at Bisnow’s London Residential & Affordable Housing Review. “We are building on an old Homebase in Acton, and last week we exchanged contracts on a similar type of scheme in East London.”
Barratt plans to build 364 new homes, 35% of which will be affordable, and a new 25K SF supermarket in the Acton scheme. The 2.4-acre site previously housed a 35K SF Homebase retail warehouse, which the housebuilder bought from a fund managed by CBRE Global…
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One thing is certain. Not too many of us would turn down a chocolate cupcake or candy bar if offered it. However, the research continues to pour in about the negative impact added sugar is for our mental and physical health. In fact, studies have shown that eating too much processed sugar can raise your risk of dying of heart disease. And, that’s even if you aren’t overweight.
So, given this information, you might wonder why we advocate eating chocolate every day for your health. Doctors and scientists globally suggest that people cut their sugar intake enormously. But does that mean chocolate is out of the question?
So, we will go ahead and get to the good stuff. How can you eat chocolate every single day and still maintain your health?
Well, it turns out that chocolate contains far more health benefits than most people realize. So next time you get a craving for something sweet, do not feel guilty for reaching for that chocolate bar!
These Things Happen To Your Body When You Eat 100g Of Chocolate Per Day
Even though eating added sugars have been linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other health ailments, eating up to 100 g of chocolate every day can lower your risk of heart disease and stroke. That’s according to research published online in the journal Heart.
Also, the researchers in the study found that cutting out chocolate would not lower risk of cardiovascular disease. They based their findings on results recorded from observing nearly 21,000 adults taking part in the EPIC-Norfolk study. That research reviwed how diet affects the long term health of 25,000 men and women in Norfolk, England. The study gathered data about food frequency and lifestyle choices in order to obtain results. The researchers also reviewed the available international published evidence on the association between chocolate and cardiovascular disease. Those findings included the EPIC study participants of almost 158,000 people.
The researchers tracked the study participants for almost 12 years. During that period 14 percent experienced either a fatal or non-fatal coronary heart disease or stroke. 20 percent of participants didn’t eat chocolate. But the others consumed an average of 7g daily, with some eating up to 100 g daily.
They found something very interesting. Eating higher amounts of chocolate linked to lower weight (BMI), lower waist: hip ratio, lower systolic blood pressure, lower inflammatory proteins, and a decreased occurrence of diabetes, along with a fairly regular fitness routine. All of these pieces of data confirm a healthy cardiovascular profile.
Also, the people in the study who consumed more chocolate had higher energy levels. And, in many cases they had more stamina than others who consumed caffeine and energy drinks.
What’s more, the researchers found that the people who consumed higher amounts of chocolate had an 11 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 25 percent lower risk of associated death. Also, the chocolate lovers had a 9 percent lower risk of hospital admission or death related to coronary heart disease.
In the study, 16,000 people had their inflammatory protein levels measured, and the participants who ate the most chocolate had an 18 percent lower risk than those who ate the least. Not to mention, people who ate the most chocolate also had a 23 percent lower risk of having a stroke.
Out of the nine studies in the systematic review, five of them found a dramatic reduction in the risks of both coronary heart disease and stroke when at least 100g of chocolate was consumed. Furthermore, eating this amount of chocolate was linked to a 25 percent lower risk of any episode of cardiovascular disease and even a 45 percent lower risk of death.
Even though the results from these studies seem very promising, the researchers still say that we can’t draw absolute conclusions from the at this time, as the food frequency questionnaires have a certain amount of recall bias and possible inaccuracies associated with how much food was eaten.
Even so, the researchers say that “cumulative evidence suggests that higher chocolate intake is associated with a lower risk of future cardiovascular events.” The researchers even say that milk chocolate, while less healthy than dark chocolate, might have some health benefits as well.
“This may indicate that not only flavonoids but also other compounds, possibly related to milk constituents, such as calcium and fatty acids, may provide an explanation for the observed association,” the researchers explain. “There does not appear to be any evidence to say that chocolate should be avoided in those who are concerned about cardiovascular risk.”
Additional benefits of eating dark chocolate every day:
1. Enhances brainpower
According to a study by the U.K’s Northumbria University, subjects that ate chocolate and then waited 90 minutes tested for enhanced mathematical and cognitive aptitude. Experts believe this is due to the antioxidant flavanol. The antioxidant may expand blood vessels and increase blood flow to the brain.
2. Helps digestion and gut health
Subjects that were tested for high levels of stress hormones were put on a dark chocolate regimen for an indefinite amount of time. However, after just two weeks, samples taken from the patients showed a marked decrease in hormonal levels in the gut related to stress. Particularly, metabolic bacteria in the gut became more active and produced additional healthy bacteria that were then made available to the body. Scientists believe that flavanol and other healthy polyphenols contributed to this noteworthy discovery, which showed chocolate’s positive gut health benefits.
3. Improves skin health
In one study, women who drank a high-flavanol cocoa drink every day for three months showed a marked increase in blood flow to the epidermis.
- Skin density increased by 16 percent.
- Skin thickness improved by 11 percent.
- Moisture improved by 13 percent.
- Dryness decreased by 42 percent.
The potent antioxidant and flavanol properties of chocolate might be the primary reasons why skin rejuvenates at such a fast rate.
4. Reduces bad cholesterol
People that eat around 3 ounces of dark or high-flavanol chocolate every day have a more normalized ratio of “good” (HDL) to “bad” (LDL) cholesterol. Admittedly, scientists aren’t quite certain why this is, but they believe that flavonoids play a particularly important role.
In a supplementary study, scientists discovered that dark chocolate helps elderly people with enhanced cognitive function and increased feelings of serenity. In conclusion, scientists believe that chocolate’s positive effects on cholesterol levels, thinking capacity and feelings of serenity may be a promising solution, both short- and long-term in the care of the elderly.


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A socialite Gazile ‘Smith’ Mwale has been offered a lucrative advertising deal by Zamtel worth millions.
Gazile is a 16 year old Socialite based in Katete district of Eastern Zambia.
For some time now, she has been Vlogging about various hilarious things including comedy and dancing to trending songs.
She caught the attention of a Lusaka based Socialite Mr. Chitambala Mwewa the Managing Director of Simoson Building,who is known as Simon Mwewa Lane.
Mr. Mwewa invited Gazile for an interview at his office,on Facebook as he always does with other persons.
And when Gazile featured on the Simon Mwewa Lane (SML) interview, she caught the attention of some organisation like Zamtel and Trade Kings who want to use her for advertising of their brands and products.
Sources close to the development at Zamtel have told Kumawa that Mr Chitambala Mwewa took it upon himself to make contacts within the management of Zamtel so that Gazile could be offered a deal due to her untapped talent of being an advertising tool.