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LAKE FOREST Calif. Del Taco has named Mimi Somerman chief marketing officer. Somerman most recently was senior vice president of marketing for Johnny Rockets, and previously has served in marketing positions for Taco Bell, Coco's and Carrows.In her new role at Del Taco, which is owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based Sagittarius Brands, Somerman will report to Shirlene Lopez, president and chief operating officer. Del Taco, with 495 franchised and company-operated units, is based here."Del ...
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LG has released the teaser of its new upcoming smartphone LG G6. The teaser makes us understand that it is a water resistant smartphone. In the teaser we can see a women swimming in the pool with LG G6 moniker and the smartphone’s outline coming later on. They have not yet shown the exact level of water resistance.
The smartphone will get launched at MWC 2017 event in Barcelona. Based on the leaked photo shared by 9to5Google tells us how the phone could look like. We could see the rounded corners, brushed metal finish, dual-camera setup and fingerprint sensor at the back. Also we could see the display which is always-on.
Specs & Features
The smartphone is suppose to have 6GB RAM and may also have 64GB or 128GB storage capacity. It also feature a 5.7-inch QHD+ (2,880×1,440 pixels) display with a unique aspect ratio of 18:9. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 chipset could be the processor used for LG G6.
The competition for a smartphone with great camera on fire and LG G6 comes up with Dual Camera feature. Also a 12 Megapixel front camera is likely to be fitted, this will encourage all selfie expert to the grab the smartphone.
Android Nougat is expected to run with UX 6.0 for LG G6. It is also expected that the smartphone may be packed with 32-bit Quad DAC for better audio performance. Like most of the recent flagship smartphones, LG’s device too is expected to feature IP68 certification making it resistant to water and dust. It is also expected to pack the smartphone with a battery which is larger than 3200 mAh.
Mobile World Congress 2017 is expected to be a biggest event of this year in mobile phone industry. We will be amazed with the new launches and upgraded versions of smartphone at the event in Barcelona.

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Godaddy en Español – Godaddy Speaks Spanish
Go Daddy, one of the leading web hosting and domain registration companies in the world has launched its website in Spanish.
Go Daddy has already started giving support in Spanish to their customers more than two years ago, and has now expanded their services to providing everything on their website in Spanish. Go Daddy receives around 10,000 monthly calls from Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Colombia and other Spanish speaking countries.
The new website interface is very similar to the English version of the website, with the single major difference of placing Spanish speaking model Natalia Velez as the Go Daddy girl.


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Equities analysts expect that Lannett Company, Inc. (NYSE:LCI) will report sales of $171.95 million for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Three analysts have issued estimates for Lannett’s earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $172.15 million and the lowest estimate coming in at $171.70 million. Lannett posted sales of $139.12 million in the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year over year growth rate of 23.6%. The company is scheduled to report its next earnings results on Wednesday, August 22nd.
On average, analysts expect that Lannett will report full-year sales of $685.66 million for the current financial year, with estimates ranging from $685.10 million to $686.00 million. For the next year, analysts anticipate that the firm will report sales of $673.78 million per share, with estimates ranging from $646.87 million to $729.80 million. Zacks’ sales calculations are an average based on a survey of research firms that cover Lannett.
Several research analysts have commented on the stock. ValuEngine downgraded shares of Lannett from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, April 27th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Lannett from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 18th. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Lannett in a report on Wednesday, May 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $21.40.
In other news, VP Kevin Smith sold 11,667 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.51, for a total transaction of $192,622.17. Following the sale, the vice president now owns 30,125 shares in the company, valued at approximately $497,363.75. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 14.72% of the company’s stock.
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Lannett by 9.5% during the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 4,386,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,660,000 after purchasing an additional 381,177 shares in the last quarter. LSV Asset Management boosted its stake in Lannett by 12.1% during the first quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 2,057,011 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,015,000 after acquiring an additional 221,476 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in Lannett by 36.8% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 800,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,852,000 after acquiring an additional 215,228 shares in the last quarter. Heartland Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Lannett by 32.8% during the second quarter. Heartland Advisors Inc. now owns 810,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,023,000 after acquiring an additional 200,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. boosted its stake in Lannett by 350.1% during the second quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 219,102 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,980,000 after acquiring an additional 170,425 shares in the last quarter.
Lannett traded down $0.10, hitting $13.55, during trading hours on Tuesday, Marketbeat reports. The stock had a trading volume of 443,357 shares, compared to its average volume of 536,615. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 2.56 and a quick ratio of 1.91. Lannett has a one year low of $11.90 and a one year high of $30.35. The company has a market cap of $518.89 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.74 and a beta of 2.44.
Lannett Company Profile
Lannett Company, Inc develops, manufactures, packages, markets, and distributes generic versions of brand pharmaceutical products in the United States. The company offers solid oral, extended release, topical, nasal, and oral solution finished dosage forms of drugs that address a range of therapeutic areas, as well as ophthalmic, patch, foam, buccal, sublingual, soft gel, and injectable dosages.
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Polychain Capital, a leading venture capital firm in the cryptocurrency sector, has successfully raised approximately $200 million in its first funding round for its fourth fund, demonstrating a strong industry interest despite a recent decline in venture funding known as "crypto winter."
The company also announced staff changes, with three research team members being let go due to shifts in investment focus. Although the initial fundraising is encouraging, Polychain intends to raise around $400 million in total for the fourth fund, slightly less than their initial target.
Polychain Capital is a cryptocurrency investment firm that specializes in investing in blockchain technologies and decentralized protocols. Founded in 2016 by Olaf Carlson-Wee, who was Coinbase's first employee, Polychain Capital operates like a traditional venture capital firm but focuses exclusively on cryptocurrencies and related technologies.The firm has made significant investments in leading blockchain companies and decentralized platforms, such as Uniswap and Yellow Card. Beyond typical venture capital, it also operates a liquid token hedge fund, which means it invests in and holds a variety of digital tokens.
According to Bloomberg, venture capital firm CoinFund has successfully raised $158 million to back early-stage cryptocurrency startups, a sum larger than the originally planned $125 million due to unexpectedly high interest.
Despite industry challenges and a decline in other areas like the NFT market, CoinFund plans to target startups at the intersection of crypto and artificial intelligence, and will continue its focus on token investments.
As reported by U.Today, venture capital funding for cryptocurrency-related businesses has dropped to its lowest level in two years, reaching $2.4 billion in Q1 2023, which is an 80% decrease from the record $12.3 billion during the same period in 2022.


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Pythons are thought to be slithering around southern Florida like crazy but so far a contest to catch them has produced a paltry 21 of the invasive snakes.
The first week of the state's 2013 Python Challenge ended Friday with fewer than two dozen Burmese pythons received by the University of Florida even though 777 people signed up.
Wildlife experts say Burmese pythons are a threat to the Everglades ecosystem and are looking to whittle down their population, thought to number in the thousands on state lands alone.
Burmese pythons, native to Asia, are constrictors that can grow to 26 feet long and are known to be voracious predators of mammals, birds and reptiles. That diet makes it hard on the state's native predators such as foxes and bobcats.
The non-venomous Burmese pythons have been reported in extreme south Florida since the 1980s, and now are established mainly within the bounds of Everglades National Park.
The python-catching event runs through Feb. 10. The person who kills the most Burmese pythons by that date will receive a check for $1,500.
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Alweendo tells mines to procure locally
07 September 2021 | Ministries
Mines minister Tom Alweendo says mining companies should make greater effort to procure goods and services locally.
He made the comments last week at the Chamber of Mines of Namibia Expo.
According to Alweendo, while procurement spend locally was significant, mining companies were still procuring goods and services from outside Namibia.
“Section 50(d) of the Minerals Act stipulates that mining companies may only procure goods and services abroad if such goods or services are not available in Namibia.
“Today, mining companies are still procuring from foreign companies, outside of the country, while local companies could potentially provide such goods and services,” he said.
Breach the gap
Mining companies spend N$12.3 billion on procurement, a figure Alweendo said could benefit local businesses.
“Even though the figure looks good, there is still a difference between [foreign-owned] Namibian registered companies and Namibian-owned companies. A significant portion of the local procurement amount still goes to foreign-owned Namibian registered companies. This gap needs to be breached,” Alweendo said.
The minister added that tough questions need to be asked regarding the role of the mining sector in the economy.
“The Namibian mining industry accounts for 50% of our exports. It is in this regard that I certainly believe that mining must look towards building resilience in its value chains, from suppliers to downstream customers.
“If we are going to continue to play an instrumental role in ensuring that the sector becomes a catalyst for economic development, we need to ask ourselves some tough - but necessary - questions about our future as an industry,” he added.


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The volume of trade between South Korea and Egypt is now at US$2.2 billion, South Korea’s ambassador to Cairo Yoon Yu-chul said on the sidelines of the Korean Cultural Day in Aswan.
Global Korean trade volume is about $1.4 trillion, of which 0.02 percent comes from Egypt, representing a small percentage compared to Egypt’s manpower and economic potential, he noted.
About 30 Korean companies have been established in Egypt, most notably Samsung and LG, said Yu-chul, pointing out that Samsung holds 90 percent of Egyptian electronics production with a total of $700 million.
He mentioned that discussions on signing a free trade agreement between the two countries are underway and receive great attention from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has an insightful economic vision of the Egyptian economy.
Korea desires for Egypt to become a great base for Korean investment, Yu-chul said, which can be achieved by moving forward with the implementation of the free trade agreement and facilitating tax measures to attract Korean investors.
Yu-chul said Korean tourism to Egypt was impacted after 2011, but started to regain momentum once the security situation improved. Airlines are set to operate flights to Luxor and Aswan soon, which will contribute to the revitalization of Korean tourism inbound to Egypt, he said, pointing out that direct flights were limited to Cairo only in the past.
The Egyptian-Korean cooperation in the economic field has crystallized in establishing a joint economic council between the two countries which puts economic agreements into effect, especially with regard to the Cairo-Seoul Free Trade Agreement, and in providing economic facilities to investors.
Yu-chul also referred to possible cooperation in the nuclear field, on completing construction of the Dabaa nuclear plant.
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Planet Textiles will take place in Bangalore on May 24 in Bangalore. This is about environmental issues facing the global textile sector. This year’s event will tackle the crucial issue of textile waste water pollution, chemical management and natural resource conservation including both energy and water use.
Last year the event took place in Denmark and attracted around 450 senior industry executives and speakers from brands such as VF Corporation, Nike, Marks & Spencer, Puma, Gap and Levi Strauss.
The Planet Textiles event on sustainability was first launched in Hong Kong in 2009. It features innovators in the global textile and retail businesses who are reshaping the industry. It explores company engagement, collaboration and transparency. Visitors learn about radical new environmental initiatives and business models in the textile supply chain.
Speakers will present methods for improving and managing global sustainability measures with emphasis on third party, independent certifications as important and effective business tools. Calls for increased sustainability and transparency, especially at the consumer level, are growing substantially around the world. This international megatrend will require companies along the entire global textile supply chain to accelerate their sustainability initiatives in order to meet the market’s demands. Brands and retailers are tweaking their supply chains to become more compliant, more transparent, and more responsive.


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Next Generation Xbox May Be Called Xbox Infinity
April 29, 2013 10:34 AM
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is reporting some interesting new rumors on the next-generation Xbox game console from Microsoft. We have known for a while that the next generation console is in the works and is expected to the launch this year with the codename
Many of those rumors are expecting the next-generation Xbox to be called the Xbox 720. However,
reports that it is now hearing that the official name for the console will be the Xbox Infinity. The image in this story is said to be a leaked image of the official Xbox Infinity logo.
A few other new details are surfacing in whispers along with the new logo including some details about the new Xbox controllers.
cites sources at Microsoft who say the new console will be a generational incremental improvement from the current Xbox 360.
The one major upgrade that is tipped to be included with new console is a touch sensitive controller. The touch sensitive area on the new Xbox controller will be used to allow players to take advantage of gestures to complement the Kinect sensor bar.
The official reveal of the next-generation Xbox will be on May 21, 2013. Microsoft is betting big on this launch and people living in the U.S. or Canada will be able watch the live launch via Xbox Live and Xbox.com. The launch will also be broadcast on Spike TV.
Many gamers are concerned about the next-generation Xbox after rumors continue to insist that it requires an always-on internet connection and may
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And on that note I have absolutely no problem paying a very small fee of $50, that's hardly paying for your Internet twice.
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“I think what is happening with generative AI and AI is for everyone to see,” says Rajiv Dingra, Founder and CEO of RD&X, said in a conversation with exchange4media.
With the evolution of technology in the last few months, the focus of the marketing world is also evolving. RD&X, founded by Dingra during the peak pandemic year of 2020, stands for ‘Real Time, Disruptive and Exponential’ and it brings a blend of MarTech, Ad Tech and deep learning to help its clients to become more real time with their marketing solutions.”
RD&X has also come up with a chat-based AI tool that RD&X has launched which helps marketers ask simple questions for their data and get answers to make informed campaigns, Dingra said.
While handling such powerful data, Dingra believes it is important for agencies to focus on finding better talent who can handle this complex data. “The problem with agencies using technology is that they need to find better talent. The challenge is, agencies need to find specialists who can work with technology and start delivering the value to clients. Technology for technology's sake, as a gimmick or as a new shiny tool that they are showing to clients is not going to get them results. I think agencies need to integrate technology at the heart of their business.”
Dingra also spoke about the trends that marketers should keep an eye out for. “I believe this AI trend is going to explode because the money behind it is way beyond any other vertical of technology today out there. So, AI definitely everyone is going to invest money into it and that is going to create a huge trend. If you see the industry that's already getting most disrupted is the advertising and marketing industry. You don't need to write content; you don’t need to think through ideas. You can even get your basic recommendations on how to run Facebook and Google ads and whatnot.
The other trend in advertising and marketing I see is that marketers will start to take back control of their marketing and advertising data for multiple reasons. One is because it is now clear awareness to marketers that data is what drives the difference in their marketing campaigns. Second, is the cookieless future, which means that they have to collect, manage, and enrich first-party data. So that the data-driven focus in marketers is going to explode even more.”
Speaking about ad spends, Dingra said: “Ad spends, in general, because of the market environment for the first quarter have been subdued. But marketers are focusing a lot on driving bang for the buck, which is why we've seen a lot of new clients come on board with us. People are very focused on optimizing to the last mile. Given the general global environment, spends and overall focus on ad spends is likely being shifted from January, February, March to April, May, June and beyond. I do see that the market on the spending front will be much stronger in September. The festive season will definitely bring it back up to a great level.”
On the expansion front for the company, Dingra says, “Our focus is geographical expansion. We've hired a head of sales in the US. We already hired a salesperson in the UK. Our goal is geographical expansion for this year and next. On the technology front or our product roadmap, I think we can invest heavily over the next two to three quarters in leveraging GPT and natural language AI to make cool features for our clients that would solve a lot of the headaches that clients have.”


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Hollywoodnews.com expects to launch in January with former Los Angeles Times film reporter Robert Welkos as the editor and Carlos de Abreu as CEO and publisher. Welkos posted about it tonight on Facebook:
I've been named Editor of Hollywoodnews.com, a new online destination for fans interested in unique and fresh entertainment news about awards, fashion, lifestyles, movies, music and television, as well as access to red carpet and live events, one-on-one interviews with celebrities and industry insiders, backstage and on set visits, private parties and many other inside pathways of Hollywood.
Hollywoodnews.com is the brainchild of Carlos de Abreu, the founder of the Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, which annually attracts top stars and filmmakers to its awards gala in Beverly Hills. Carlos is also founder of Hollywood Network, Inc., an entertainment, marketing and live event production company. He will serve as CEO, Founder and Publisher of http://www.hollywoodnews.com/....
We are currently seeking freelancers in the areas of television, music and fashion news as well premieres, parties, junkets, red carpet events, awards, concerts, festivals, fashion shows, etc. If you're interested, please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Welkos left the Times in March 2008 — read his exit note.


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G Suite Admins will have a few options for their users which are listed below and will be available in the Admin console.
As Google explains, anyone can opt in to the new design at the moment.
After you've enabled the new Gmail for your domain or organization, your users can opt in individually from their Gmail settings.
Allow their users to opt in to the new Gmail at the time of their choice. Be that as it may, odds are they'll be comparable: the new plan was declared first for G Suite users, yet it was made accessible to free users in the meantime.
It is to be kept in mind that the Opt-out option will not work after roughly 12 weeks following the GA announcement in July, after which every user will be integrated into the new Gmail experience. But, after eight weeks, users will automatically be migrated to the new Gmail.
July - Google will officially launch the new Gmail.
At the moment, the new Gmail is entirely optional. For a period of time, users will still have the option to opt out (see below for more details).
What will be in the new Gmail update? .
One of the features coming to the new version of Gmail includes a confidential mode that allows you to set an expiry date for an email that automatically deletes after a certain date.
Listen, that might sound a touch tyrannical, but new Gmail is pretty darn cool.
In April, Google unveiled a new design for Gmail, which features a more modern look, advanced security features, artificial intelligence, and more integrations with other G Suite apps.
Google's G Suite makeover is aimed at saving businesses email hours, opens and time spent on notifications.


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SINGAPORE, June 4 — White rice is a common staple on most dinner tables here. However, the starchy grain has gained a bad reputation ever since local health authorities singled it out last year as one of the top concerns in the nation’s battle against diabetes.
Diabetes risk rises 11 per cent for every daily serving of white rice, according to a meta-analysis by the Harvard School of Public Health published in the British Medical Journal
. Replacing it with wholegrain options (like brown or red rice) may cut diabetes risk, and Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) recommends consuming wholegrains instead of refined grains wherever possible.
But nutrition experts say when it comes to diabetes and weight management, the answer is not always so clear-cut.
White is bad, brown is good?
While Asians are genetically more predisposed to Type 2 diabetes than Caucasians, principal dietitian at Raffles Diabetes and Endocrine Centre Bibi Chia pointed out that in the past, obesity and diabetes were not public health issues although previous generations probably consumed more white rice than most people do today.
“We can’t just blame rice. It’s also about what you’re eating the entire day — how much fat, excessive sugar, processed food, deep-fried food — as well as the lower amount of physical activity people are doing these days. Rising obesity rates mean that more people are also developing insulin resistance,” said Chia at the media launch of Kinmemai Better White and Better Brown rice earlier this month.
The Japanese-crafted healthier rice products, processed using a gentler rice-buffing technique that retains more fibre and nutrients, will be available in Singapore next month, offering more options for healthier rice.
The main reason white rice gets a bad rap is due to its high glycaemic index (GI), which is a measure of how rapidly a starchy food affects blood sugar after it is digested.
A value of 55 or less is considered a low GI rating, while 70 or above is considered high, said Dr Iain Brownlee, director of operations for food and human nutrition at Newcastle University (Singapore).
High GI foods cause rapid spikes in blood sugar levels, which over time, could raise Type 2 diabetes risk. Some preliminary research has also linked high GI diets to other conditions like colorectal cancer and age-related macular degeneration.
For diabetics, prolonged high blood sugar levels can also lead to life-threatening complications as their bodies are unable to effectively manage them, said Dr Brownlee.
Nutrition-wise, white rice also pales in comparison to wholegrain varieties as its hull, bran and germ, the outer part which contains most of the fibre, B-vitamins and other nutrients, are removed.
The polishing process leaves only the endosperm, which contains mainly starch and some protein.
On the other hand, wholegrain rice like brown rice, which retains its germ and bran, has a lower GI and almost five times the fibre of white rice. This keeps a person fuller and blood sugar levels stable over a longer period, making it a recommended choice from the perspective of weight and diabetes management, said Riddhi Naidu, a clinical dietitian at HealthQuay Medical.
Processing, cooking methods, and portion sizes matter too
However, Dr Brownlee said it is not always possible to accurately predict the GI of different types of rice as many factors can affect its digestibility.
While wholegrain varieties like brown rice will provide a wider range of nutrients, some may not necessarily be lower in GI than white rice.
For one, the processing methods and conditions in which the rice is grown can impact the GI of rice varieties, he added.
Other factors such as cooking methods and how the rice is eaten can also affect its GI value, said Naidu.
For example, a bowl of rice porridge has a higher GI than plain rice as the longer cooking time breaks down the cellular structure, making it easier to digest and raises blood sugar levels.
Chia added while replacing a portion of white rice with brown rice lowers its GI, the common habit of upsizing one’s rice portion can raise the GI even when consuming wholegrains.
The HPB recommends that wholegrains like brown rice form at most a quarter of a plate at every meal.
“A lot of hawker fare don’t come with adequate vegetables. When you have just two slices of cucumber with your chicken rice, you’ll have to eat more chicken and rice to feel full,” said Chia.
“Another common mistake is to eat rice with a lot of gravy, which increases the carbohydrate, calorie, salt and fat content of the meal.”
Low GI may not always be healthier
The experts stressed that it is also important to note that the food’s GI value does not indicate its nutritional value.
Take rice fried in a copious amount of oil. When combined with carbohydrates, fat tends to lower the GI of the food as it slows down digestion, but it does not mean the fried item is a healthier option, said Naidu.
Besides eating right, practising portion control is crucial in managing blood glucose levels and weight.
“Having low GI rice does not mean you can have more of it. If you dislike brown rice, you may choose to have parboiled or basmati rice, which are lower in GI than conventional white rice varieties,” said Naidu.
Finally, it is also important to get moving for at least 15 minutes after every meal to manage blood sugar levels, added Chia.
Know your rice
The demand for healthier rice options has risen in recent years. NTUC FairPrice’s director of grocery products Victor Chai said this year, the chain has seen a 25 per cent growth in demand for healthier rice products such as unpolished brown rice, red rice, mixed rice and organic rice compared to the same period last year.
It currently offers about 30 different rice products considered to be healthier.
Riddhi Naidu, clinical dietitian at HealthQuay Medical, gives the low-down on the nutritional content and glycaemic index (GI) value of the different rice varieties.
The hull, bran and germ are removed, hence, it is lower in nutritional value and is easier to digest. But not all white rice has a high GI. For instance, long-grain varieties like basmati have a lower GI (under 70) than short grain options (above 70).
The germ and bran, an outer shell that is full of fibre, B-vitamins and other minerals, are retained. It contains almost five times the fibre of white rice and takes longer to digest, keeping one’s blood sugar levels stable over a longer period.
Contains a variety of anthocyanins that gives its bran a red or maroon colour. It has a similar amount of fibre as brown rice, but six times the amount of zinc.
Also called converted rice, this type of rice has a lower GI (40) and a firmer and less sticky texture than regular white rice. It is also more nutritious because its processing method — pressure-steamed and dried — forces the nutrients and vitamins (fibre, B-vitamins and minerals) from the husk into the starch granule.
Its black-coloured bran layer comes from a unique anthocyanin combination, which causes the rice to turn a deep purple colour when cooked. It contains about three times the fibre of brown rice.
Not a true rice, but comes from a wild North American grain-producing grass. Compared to brown rice, it contains a similar amount of fibre but twice the amount of zinc and eight times the amount of Vitamin E. It requires the most water, soaking and cooking time among other rice types.
GI of rice varieties:
High (70-100): white rice, sticky (glutinous), puffed rice
Medium (56-69): brown rice, basmati rice
Low: parboiled (converted) rice (around 40) — TODAY


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Le TIGRE line marks Designer Brands’ debut in the athleisure footwear category.
August 15, 2023
Designer Brands, one of the world’s largest designers, producers and retailers of footwear and accessories, has launched the first footwear line by Le TIGRE, an iconic New York City sportswear brand. This is Designer Brands’ debut in the athleisure footwear category.
The addition of Le TIGRE, along with the recent acquisitions of Keds and Topo Athletic, enables Designer Brands to grow its brand portfolio in the growing athletic and athleisure space, further expanding its branding capabilities while leveraging the direct-to-consumer infrastructure of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and The Shoe Company stores in North America.
“The process of envisioning, defining and bringing the essence of Le TIGRE to life in footwear has been an exciting journey,” says Bill Jordan, president, Designer Brands. “As brand builders, we are focused on creating style and value for our customers powered by our passion for inspiring self-expression. Launching the new Le TIGRE footwear collection strengthens our owned brands portfolio and aligns with our goal of doubling sales of owned brands by 2026. This is an opportunity to truly disrupt the footwear marketplace, delivering great design and creating something truly special.”
“This is a monumental occasion for Le TIGRE as we embark on a footwear journey with industry leader, Designer Brands,” says Ike Franco, chief executive officer, Le TIGRE. “Le TIGRE has long represented an image of style disruption and uniqueness. This new footwear line embodies that sentiment.”
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The company says it didn't fully anticipate how many of its new Galaxy S6 smartphones it would need right off the bat.
After a woman reportedly earns $6,500 per month off Airbnb for her rent-controlled Manhattan apartment, a judge issues her a temporary injunction to halt immediately.
Electronics giant estimates operating profit declined 30 percent year-over-year.
Don't count the struggling smartphone maker out yet. BlackBerry CEO John Chen's housecleaning is starting to yield benefits. The next step: stabilizing its collapsing revenue.
Apple's iOS now controls approximately 89 percent of the smartphone industry's worldwide operating profits.
The wireless carrier expects the momentum to continue into 2015, but it will have to reckon with the costs of its Data Stash program.
Light at the end of the financial tunnel? Sony sees a brighter future riding its PlayStation, along with movies, music and components such as image sensors.
The video-streaming service adds 4.9 million new members in the first quarter, hitting milestones both in the US and in its international markets.
The phone maker says the jump in fourth-quarter revenue underscores the success of its plan to "offer tailored product mixes."
CEO Dick Costolo, facing pressure to rapidly grow the social network, reports Twitter's third straight quarter of profit. Even though growth of monthly active users failed to impress, the stock soars.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Catalogers are equipped to excel in e-commerce because they are experts in building consumer trust, H. Robert Wientzen, president/CEO of the Direct Marketing Association, told catalogers yesterday in his opening remarks here at the 17th Annual Catalog Conference & Exhibition.
“Trust is something you don’t get with a click of a mouse,” he said.
Building trust has three components, Wientzen said. First, catalogers need to offer good merchandise at a good value. Second, they need to have excellent logistics and customer service. Third, they must become experts in customer relationship management — the key to customer loyalty, he said.
In a recent DMA survey of 142 catalog members, 76 percent of consumer catalogers reported that they have e-commerce components to their businesses. Seventy-three percent of those catalogers are making a profit from their e-commerce component, according to the research findings. While only 43 percent of business-to-business catalogers surveyed were e-commerce enabled, 80 percent of those catalogers reported that they have earned a profit on the Web.


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Surat is famous for diamonds as it employs about 8 lakh workers in about 4000 cutting and polishing units. However, 60 to 70 percent of units are forced to work at their capacity, stated Damji Mavani, the secretary of the Surat Diamond Association (SDA) which also implies there is a need for fewer workers.
Approximately, 20,000 people lost their jobs in Surat in cutting and polishing diamonds in the west and China over the past month.
Bhavesh Tank, the vice-president of the Diamond Workers Union in Gujarat, said fear of a return of the 2008-like recession looms large in the diamond city of Surat. “Orders are fewer and so the workload is less. Therefore, the units are reducing the workforce. Some units are cutting down work days so that they do not have to pay the workers on days when they are not working.”
Surat polishes approximately 80% of the diamonds sold worldwide. Around 8 lakh people are employed in the industry’s 4,000 cutting and polishing units. According to Damji Mavani, secretary of the Surat Diamond Association (SDA), the decline in demand has forced most units to operate at only 60 to 70 percent capacity, implying a need for fewer workers.


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The FAANG team of mega cap stocks manufactured hefty returns for investors throughout 2020. The team, whose members consist of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) benefited immensely from the COVID-19 pandemic as men and women sheltering into position used the products of theirs to shop, work and entertain online.
Of the past 12 months alone, Facebook gained thirty five %, Amazon rose 78 %, Apple was up eighty six %, Netflix discovered a sixty one % boost, and Google’s parent Alphabet is actually up thirty two %. As we enter 2021, investors are wondering if these tech titans, optimized for lockdown commerce, will bring very similar or much more effectively upside this season.
By this particular number of five stocks, we’re analyzing Netflix today – a high performer throughout the pandemic, it’s now facing a unique competitive threat.
Stay-at-Home Appeal Diminishing?
Netflix has been one of probably the strongest equity performers of 2020. The business and the stock benefited from the stay-at-home environment, spurring demand because of its streaming service. The stock surged about 90 % off the low it hit on March 16, until mid October.
Within a year of the launch of its, the DIS’s streaming service, Disney+, today has more than 80 million paid subscribers. That is a tremendous jump from the 57.5 million it found in the summer quarter. Which compares with Netflix’s 195 million subscribers as of September.
These successes by Disney+ came at the same time Netflix has been reporting a slowdown in the subscriber growth of its. Netflix in October found that it added 2.2 million members in the third quarter on a net basis, short of its forecast in July of 2.5 million brand new subscriptions for the period.
But Disney+ isn’t the only headache for Netflix. AT&T’s (NYSE:T) WarnerMedia division is in the midst of a comparable restructuring as it concentrates on its new HBO Max streaming platform. Also, Comcast’s (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBCUniversal is realigning its entertainment operations to give priority to the new Peacock of its streaming service.
Negative Cash Flows
Apart from rising competition, what makes Netflix much more weak among the FAANG class is the company’s tight money position. Because the service spends a great deal to develop the extraordinary shows of its and shoot international markets, it burns a great deal of money each quarter.
to be able to improve its money position, Netflix raised prices due to its most popular plan throughout the last quarter, the second time the company did so in as several years. The move could prove counterproductive in an atmosphere where men and women are losing jobs and competition is warming up. In the past, Netflix price hikes have led to a slowdown in subscriber development, particularly in the more mature U.S. market.
Benchmark analyst Matthew Harrigan previous week raised very similar issues into the note of his, warning that subscriber development may well slow in 2021:
“Netflix’s trading correlation with various other prominent NASDAQ 100 and FAAMG names has now clearly broken down as one) belief in the streaming exceptionalism of its is actually fading somewhat even as 2) the stay-at-home trade may be “very 2020″ even with a little concern over how U.K. and South African virus mutations can impact Covid-19 vaccine efficacy.”
His 12 month cost target for Netflix stock is $412, aproximatelly twenty % below the current level of its.
Netflix’s stay-at-home appeal made it both one of the greatest mega hats as well as tech stocks in 2020. But as the competition heats up, the business enterprise must show it is still the top streaming choice, and it is well positioned to defend its turf.
Investors appear to be taking a rest from Netflix stock as they wait to find out if that can occur.


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Revolut, the fintech app that boasts as many as 20 million customers worldwide, today announced the addition of 22 new tokens, reaching more than 80 supported cryptocurrencies.
Revolut expands number of supported crypto for trading
The new cryptocurrencies announced today are available to all customers in the UK and EU, and include the tokens APECOIN, REQ, ETC, CLV, FORTH, AVAX, SAND, GALA, AXS, JASMY, ENS, DASH, FLOW, IMX, CRO, IDEX, REN, SPELL, PERP, BICO, COTI, and finally MLN.
During 2021, the number of cryptocurrencies available in Revolut‘s app had already increased 6-fold, from 10 tokens available at the beginning of the year to 60 at the end of the year. Now, in 2022, the number of tokens available in the Revolut app has been expanded by an additional 22 tokens to more than 80.
Emil Urmanshin, Crypto General Manager of Revolut, said:
“It’s another great year for cryptocurrencies, and we have decided to further boost our offerings, enabling people to take more control of their finances and giving them secure access to new tools and services built in the crypto world.”
For those who want to trade cryptocurrencies, stop losses or order limits can be set from the Revolut app so that they do not have to check the market trend every second. In addition, the recurring buy function can be used to reduce volatility. Customers can also set aside savings by automatically converting them into a cryptocurrency of their choice.
Revolut and cryptocurrencies in Italy
There is growing interest in cryptocurrencies in Italy: the number of customers who bought cryptocurrencies on Revolut in July this year grew by +20% compared to the same period last year.
The 5 most popular tokens that Italians held in their wallets in July were Bitcoin (BTC, 36%), Ethereum (ETH, 27%), Ripple (XRP, 5%), Cardano (ADA, 4%) and Solana (SOL, 3%).
The feature to trade crypto on Revolut is available to all standard and non-standard customers. However, those with the standard fee plan will have higher fees for trading cryptocurrencies.
For customers with the Metal fee plan, although for now only in the United Kingdom, Revolut has released a program to withdraw Bitcoin.
The company plans to introduce cryptocurrency withdrawals in Europe as well and allow customers to send their tokens from Revolut to external wallets and exchanges.
Revolut warns about cryptocurrency risks
In the press release, the company reminds its customers that cryptocurrencies are not regulated and are not protected by clearing schemes, which is why capital is at great risk.
The risk also increases due to asset volatility.
The fintech company states:
“Although Revolut believes in expanding access to cryptocurrencies, such activity may not be appropriate for everyone, the company encourages its clients to research the various cryptocurrencies and the risks and opportunities before buying or selling”.


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JUST 40 per cent of the nation’s pubs are expected to reopen when restrictions ease this month, a trade body warns.
There are around 37,500 boozers in England which could open outdoors from April 12.
But only 15,000 pubs have enough outdoor space to welcome back drinkers or be financially viable, figures show.
Many venues, especially those in rural areas, may also struggle to take payments outside using WiFi.
And today Hospitality chiefs have warned that those that can open to thirsty Brits will be “loss making”.
Pubs will be loss-making until all restrictions are removed
Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association
Emma McClarkin, of the British Beer & Pub Association, said there will be “a huge restriction on capacity”.
She said: “We know that pubs will be loss-making until all restrictions are removed.
“There will still be detrimental economic impacts from the introductions of these new processes and yet we haven’t been consulted fully on them.”
The chief executive said publicans have been told to do extra collections of test and trace data.
New guidance wants all customers to sign into a pub on entry, rather than just one member a group.
This is a huge change from last year, when just one member of a group could sign in post-Covid lockdown.
Emma added these measures could be “an additional burden on businesses at a very sensitive time of their recovery”.
Office for National Statistics figures showed that payroll worker numbers had fallen by 693,000 since February 2020.
More than half of this fall – 368,000 jobs – were lost in the hospitality sector as lockdowns and restrictions hammered the industry.
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In a joint statement, the BBPA, UK Hospitality and the British Institute of Innkeepers trade bodies have written to the government, stating: “Pubs will already be trading at a loss when they reopen with all the existing restrictions and Covid-secure measures in place.
“Adding further disproportionate and discriminatory measures threatens the very survival of thousands of businesses.
“It’s unfair to single out our sector again with these added impractical burdens that will have economic consequences and risk our recovery.”
Town halls have also been ordered to let bars and restaurants spill out on to pavements for a booming al-fresco April from the 12th.
Whitehall figures suggest the bonfire of red tape will allow 9,000 additional venues to open this month – rather than having to wait for indoor serving in May.
Restaurants and pubs in England will be able to serve customers in outdoor seating areas from April 12 in phase two of the lockdown easing.
They will then be given the green light to offer indoor seating from May 17, providing specific Covid conditions are met.
Thousands of punters have already booked slots in their locals but one said he called 20 pubs but “none have any space whatsoever”.
Fuller’s – which will reopen 183 pubs from this month – said it is seeing a “high level of bookings”.
And Rick Stein has also reportedly taken bookings from 20,000 customers for its Cornish restaurants in the last two weeks alone.
It comes as restaurant bosses are set to enforce a “pay-before-you-eat” policy to tackle “no shows” when venues reopen.


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Think of a cruise and you might consider a week-long trip to the Caribbean. But itineraries come in all sorts of sizes, from three-day trips to The Bahamas all the way to epic around-the-world cruises that can take literally months and circumnavigate the globe.
In fact, major cruise lines from Royal Caribbean to Princess offer these sorts of once-in-a-lifetime cruises that allow you to explore the entire planet in a matter of months. Now, Holland America has announced what we think is one of the most unique world cruises ever seen.
The cruise line plans to sail a 133-day “Grand Voyage ‘Pole-to-Pole'” that will go round trip from Fort Lauderdale, departing January 2025.
Most trips that take you on extended trips around the world move east to west (or west to east), taking passengers to major spots like Europe and Asia. What’s unique with this itinerary is that it will focus more on moving north and south, with an itinerary that will visit both Antarctica and the Arctic Circle in one trip, in addition to the Panama Canal, Norwegian fjords, and more.
The cruise, aboard Holland America’s Volendam, leaves January 25, 2025 from Florida. It will sail south through the Panama Canal and down the western side of South America to Antarctica, spending four days cruising the continent.
Then it will turn north to visit Argentina and Brazil (including exploring the Amazon River), before crossing over to Africa. After that, it’s up to Europe, the North Cape in Norway, Iceland, Greenland and then over to the East Coast of North America.
In total, the cruise will encompass 68 ports, five continents and 28 countries. It will also feature eight overnight stops, including Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, and Reykjavik (Iceland).
This cruise will sail at the same time another ‘Grand Voyage’ — a 124-day trip aboard Zuiderdam — will also be sailing. In fact, the two ships will meet up during their trips.
“We’ve created two voyages that linger in ports for memorable moments and several overnight stays. We even timed it so the two voyages will meet-up to share an overnight experience in Barcelona,” said Paul Grigsby, vice president for deployment and itinerary planning for Holland America Line.
What we don’t know yet is just how much the ‘Pole-to-Pole’ cruise will cost and how the trip will be broken into segments. Typically these lengthy trips can be booked in their entirety, or they are broken into shorter segments that are also available.
While passengers can call the cruise line and make a deposit for their spot as of now, the trip isn’t officially open to the public until May 24 — about a month from now.
We can get some sense of pricing from the upcoming ‘Grand World’ cruise aboard Zuiderdam that will depart January 3, 2024. That cruise starts at $23,599 per person for and interior cabin (before taxes/fees) for the entire 128-day trip according to the Holland America website. The least expensive segment is a 24-day portion that visits east Asia, starting at a price of $4,899 per person.
For more details on the upcoming ‘Pole-to-Pole’ you can visit the Holland America website or call the cruise line at 877-724-5425.


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The growth of Choo Sa Rang, the daughter of Choo Sung Hoon and Yano Shiho is revealed.
On November 24, one of the children’s apparel brands introduced their latest edition backpack into a new school year.
In the photo seen Choo Sa Rang showing various poses with her unique plain smile while staring at the camera. The growth of nation’s niece is very impressive. Her face is similar to her mother and father which also attracts attention.
Meanwhile, Choo Sarang recently appeared on KBS ‘Happy Sunday – Superman Returns’ program for a special four-year celebration. She will enter elementary school in April of 2018.


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It's been rumored for a while that Google was courting Twitch for a buyout, but now several news organizations are reporting that an actual deal has actually been reached between the tech titans. Since this is unconfirmed at this time, we will call it a rumor, but it appears that Google will be buying Twitch for $1 Billion USD.
As we reported previously, it was Google's YouTube division which has been attempting to broker the deal for some time. Here's a quote with a few more details,
Google's YouTube division is reportedly leading the charge here - and the incorporation of Twitch's live-stream broadcasting technology could be a big shift in its day-to-day operations.
Assuming that $1 billion price tag is correct, this would be the fifth largest acquisition in Google's history - right below the company's 2006 purchase of YouTube for $1.65 billion - underscoring the site's importance to Google.
Twitch, which was founded in June 2011, has seen its profile skyrocket since last November, thanks in large part to partnerships with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.
The platform boasts a community of over 50 million unique users each month, with 1.1 million broadcasters - and visitors averaging 106 minutes per day on the service. ~ Yahoo
The question remains, once Google owns Twitch, what will it do with the contracts Twitch has with the Microsoft Xbox Division and the Sony Playstation Division? Most of the time, Google attempts to spread their influence in the most collaborative method possible, but that obviously doesn't happen all of the time.


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The report marks the first time the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis formally recognized the outdoor-recreation industry’s impact on the nation’s GDP.
The Archery Trade Association has chosen Matt Kormann of Marietta, Georgia, as its next president/CEO after a nationwide executive search.
The U.S. Department of the Interior is devoting important new resources to outdoor recreation on America’s public lands and waters.
ATA has chosen Matt Kormann of Marietta, Georgia, as its next president/CEO after a nationwide executive search. Kormann will succeed Jay McAninch.
Federal Premium’s new Gold Medal Grand shotshells earned high praise and high scores at ATA’s 2017 Grand American World Trapshooting Championships.
Amtrak previously prohibited archery gear on its trains, but changed its policy thanks to advocacy by the Archery Trade Association.
Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke, other senior federal officials met with representatives of the outdoor recreation industry at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Five new videos from the Archery Trade Association explain how retailers and educators can teach Explore Bowhunting to increase archery and bowhunting participation.
World Archery and the Archery Trade Association have formalized an agreement to collaborate on shared goals in the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The 2017 ATA Trade Show drew 9,599 attendees for three fast-paced days of business, networking and new-product excitement at the Indiana Convention Center.
Check out the Top Ten Videos from Day One of the 2017 ATA Show below. Stay tuned for more coverage of ATA in the coming days.
Primos Hunting introduces the newest, most-advanced bowhunting vest available at the 2017 Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show in Indianapolis.
The Archery Trade Association (ATA) Trade Show is the archery and bowhunting industry’s LARGEST show.
This is a friendly reminder that the working media registration deadline for the Archery Trade Association’s trade show is fast approaching…
Press registration for the 2017 ATA Trade Show is now open for qualified journalists. New applications and media prices are in effect for the 2017 ATA show.
With help from the Archery Trade Association(ATA), the state opened the Joe Thornton Archery Range, its third public archery park, and the first range built on the state’s tribal lands…..
The ATA has revitalized the Retail Council. During strategy meetings, nearly 40 business leaders came together to focus on how to best help retailers grow.
The Archery Trade Association (ATA) recently issued a negative position statement on the Airbow that contained misstatements about this revolutionary hunting weapon.
The ATA and the Archery Wire have joined forces to keep the industry shooters and hunter informed.
To celebrate its 20th year, the ATA Trade Show returned to the city where it started: Louisville, Kentucky.


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Michael Hill International chief executive Mike Parsell is to step down after 16 years leading the jewellery company that bears its founder's name.
Parsell joined the company when it operated just three stores and has stayed with the retailer while it has grown to 300 outlets in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US, as well as rolling out its Emma & Roe brand.
Emma Hill, the chair of Michael Hill, said chief financial officer Phil Taylor, another company veteran, having joined in 1987, will be acting CEO until a permanent replacement is found. Taylor has been CFO since 2003.
Parsell said it was "a good time for a change in leadership as the business is performing well and has a stable and experienced leadership team".
In June the company outlined a succession plan for the interests of the founding family, with 10 percent of the company to be transferred to trusts for daughter Emma Hill and son Mark.
Last month the retailer gave guidance for sales and earnings for the year ended June 30, with 8.9 percent revenue growth and earnings before interest and tax in the range of $46 million to $48 million.
Michael Hill shares, which now have their primary listing on the ASX, were unchanged at $1.51 on the NZX, having soared 53 percent this year.
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Google launched a new Google Analytics platform called GA4. GA4, otherwise known as Google Analytics 4, is now the default Google Analytics platform when you set up a new Google Analytics account. The new platform came with a lot of changes. New metrics have been added, familiar metrics have been removed, and the overall navigation of the platform has evolved. Users of the current analytics platform may find the experience a bit jarring as they enter the new interface. Here’s what’s new in GA4.
GA4 Event Tracking
Event tracking is at the core of GA4’s new platform. Now Google uses machine learning to autonomously set up events that indicate user engagement on your website. In the current Google Analytics platform, events have to be created by an individual using Google tag manager or custom scripts. While GA4 still gives users the ability to add their own custom events, the events added by Google are used to determine engagement on the website, which bleeds into other new metrics in the platform.
The following events are used to report engagement in the new platform: active on the website for at least 10 seconds (set up by GA4), fires a conversion (conversions are set by the user), or fires two or more screen or page view events (set up by GA4).
New Google Ads Features Linked in GA4
One new feature that GA4 offers that the previous analytics platform didn’t is the ability to easily link ad accounts from the Analytics platform rather than in the ad account. Once Google Ads is linked to your new GA4 account, you will notice a few new improvements to the integration.
New GA4 User Metrics
Along with an overhaul of sessions, page views, and event tracking, Google launched a few new metrics that are critical to understand if you plan to use GA4. The three most important are user engagement, engagement time, and engaged sessions per user.
Multi-touch Attribution & Cross-Device Improvements
Google launched multi-touch attribution and cross-device tracking years ago, but they’ve made several improvements to the tracking. They improved user tracking and machine learning to fill in the gaps. This makes this data more accessible to accounts that typically don’t have enough data to report these insights.
Better Insights & Predictive Analytics
GA4, like its predecessor, has predictive analytics and recommendations in the platform. The recommendations are more common on pages outside of the platform home page, unlike the previous platform. Analysis of your data with tips for improving your website shows up on the right side of the screen across more pages. The recommendations have become more sophisticated as well.
New Google Analytics Reporting Tools
The new platform comes with templates that allow users to create custom reports they can come back to, like conversion funnels, user journey mapping, cohort analysis, and more. While some of this exists in the current platform, new templates have been added to go along with the new tracking capabilities. The templates are more user-friendly than before as well.
So what do you think about the new changes to Google Analytics? Are you ready to try out the new platform? If you are interested in getting started with GA4 but don’t know where to begin, watch the Marketing Academy: Applying Your Analytics webinar recording with Google rep Nick Danford and the Conversion Logix team.


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Kennisons Work for Lupus Research
Ever since Shimika Kennison was diagnosed with lupus in 2003, she and husband Eddie—one of the best-loved receivers to ever play for the Kansas City Chiefs—have worked diligently to raise money for lupus research and treatment.
They’re one of the biggest supporters of Kansas City’s annual Walk With Us to Cure Lupus fundraiser, which benefits the Alliance for Lupus Research. This year’s walkathon is scheduled for Oct. 11 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan.
And that’s not counting a series of other events—charity dinners, fashion shows and more—they’ve organized over the years through QuickStart: The Eddie Kennison Foundation.
The Kennisons have done all of that while managing careers as entrepreneurs. Eddie is the owner of Cellar and Loft, a wine and specialty food store in River Market, while Shimika operates EmpowerMe Inc., her business coaching service.
For more information about this year’s Walk With Us to Cure Lupus fundraiser, visit walk.lupusresearch.org/site/TR?fr_id=3400&pg=entry.


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- Why do celebrities use iPhones?
- Which phone do billionaires use?
- Which phone is most secure?
- Which phones get hacked the most?
- Which is easier to hack iPhone or android?
- Can Apple be hacked?
- Is iPhone better than Android 2020?
- Which phone is hardest to hack?
- What are the worst phones?
- Is iPhone really secure?
- Is iPhone 11 secure?
- Can an iPhone be hacked?
Why do celebrities use iPhones?
In Movies They use them because Apple Pays them too.
Off-camera they use them most likely because most celebrities are very non-technical people, and because of Apples perceived value they believe that iPhones are still the best phones on the market, however this is obviously not the case..
Which phone do billionaires use?
Jeff Bezos Back in 2012, he was using the popular Blackberry. After that, he is known to have shifted to a Samsung phone. Currently, with the launch of the new Amazon Fire phone, we believe he definitely uses that.
Which phone is most secure?
Most Secure Android Phone in 2020Best Overall: Google Pixel 4.Best Alternative: Samsung Galaxy S20.Best Cheap Flagship: Samsung Galaxy S10.Best Value: Google Pixel 3a.Best Low Cost: Nokia 5.3.
Which phones get hacked the most?
You are 192 times more at risk to get hacked if you have THIS phoneMost hacked phone brands (US)Total search volumeiPhone48,010Samsung3,100LG670Sony3202 more rows•Dec 11, 2019
Which is easier to hack iPhone or android?
As per a report by The Vice, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ran a test and found out that Cellebrite could easily crack iPhones but Android devices gave it a hard time. This means that Android smartphones are much more difficult to get into than an iPhone.
Can Apple be hacked?
A flaw in Apple’s mobile operating system may have left millions of iPhone and iPad users vulnerable to hackers. … In a statement, Apple said: “We have thoroughly investigated the researcher’s report and, based on the information provided, have concluded these issues do not pose an immediate risk to our users.
Is iPhone better than Android 2020?
Better Performance Apple can control all aspects of the phone and its components, where Android developers have to collaborate with many different other companies. When it comes to unity of hardware and software in the iPhone vs Android debate, iPhone definitely wins out.
Which phone is hardest to hack?
But the answer to the question that are iPhones more secure than androids or in other words which smartphone is harder to hack, is the Apple iPhone.
What are the worst phones?
6 Worst Smartphones of All TimeEnergizer Power Max P18K (Worst Smartphone of 2019) First on our list is the Energizer P18K. … Kyocera Echo (Worst Smartphone of 2011) … Vertu Signature Touch (Worst Smartphone of 2014) … Samsung Galaxy S5. … BlackBerry Passport. … ZTE Open.
Is iPhone really secure?
While iOS may be considered more secure, it’s not impossible for cybercriminals to hit iPhones or iPads. The owners of both Android and iOS devices need to be aware of possible malware and viruses, and be careful when downloading apps from third-party app stores.
Is iPhone 11 secure?
Unfortunately, it’s not a pleasant one: the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro will ship with a confirmed security vulnerability in iOS 13 that could allow an attacker to access all stored contact information.
Can an iPhone be hacked?
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The Unique Collaboration Will Allow Advertisers to Benefit From Global Entertainment Consumption Insights, Trends and Prediction Intelligence
Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organizations, and entertainment company Free Turn, today announced a partnership to bring consumer viewing and engagement data into the development of brand-funded entertainment.
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The partnership will transform how brands create, develop, test, and produce TV and film content through access to global audience data, entertainment consumption habits, and distribution intelligence, until now only used by major Hollywood studios and broadcasters.
With access to Whip Media’s proprietary global data and worldwide audience panel of 16+ million viewers, brands can now anticipate audience and cultural trends to produce world-class entertainment that grabs audience attention, contributes to culture and delivers a competitive edge.
As viewers are increasingly watching more TV shows and movies across multiple streaming platforms, Whip Media’s real-time viewing and engagement data, covering more than 4+ million television episodes and movies across 80 countries and 1,200+ platforms, provides unique advantages to marketers looking to connect their branded content to more consumers and drive growth opportunities.
“It’s clear brand-funded entertainment has immense power to engage audiences and grow business. But how can we make the development process smarter? Until now, advertisers have been forced to create entertainment with little insight as to what their target audience consumes and craves, and without any way to test ideas with audiences before investing significant amounts of marketing capital,” said Gemma Batterby, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Free Turn.
“Our data on how consumers watch, engage with, and react to programming, is an important tool to help predict and prove the value of a brand’s content,” said Cory Sher, Vice President of Global Account Management, Whip Media. “Our partnership with Free Turn offers a new way to utilize our data to help create content around a brand and tell unique stories, while also providing a way to measure success for OTT platforms.”
Whip Media has been accurately predicting the global audience and entertainment trends seen during the Covid-19 pandemic, including the success of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit and Hulu’s Love, Victor. Last year, Free Turn’s Nick Hamm directed White Lines which reached Netflix’s #1 spot in over 20 countries.
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Here at Leapfrogg, every week we have a meeting to share developments within the world of customer experience, digital and retail. Here are some of the things we discussed this week…
The decline of organic Instagram
This week a study by social analytics company Locowise, concluded that Instagram’s engagement and organic growth is declining. Instagram was one of the most engaging social platforms in 2015, but now it appears it is growing so fast that it’s becoming more difficult to get organic growth on it.
Locowise reviewed 2,500 profiles and found that in terms of follower growth, the numbers were 88.21% lower in December, at 0.23% – than they were in at their peak in April, at 1.95%. Growth on Facebook and Twitter, were 0.14% and 0.09% respectively, during the same time.
— Locowise (@Locowise) January 25, 2016
Overall, Instagram is still performing better than Facebook and Twitter and Instagram ads are open to everyone through Facebook’s self-serve ad system. The bad news is that it looks like brands will now have to pay for visibility in order to be successful.
Our Social Media and Content Consultant, Hannah Brookes, said “social media advertising is a growing area in digital marketing – one that the platforms are more than willing to encourage. It’s certainly frustrating for retailers to have to pay to reach the audiences they’ve spent time and effort building up. Only time will tell if Instagram will follow the same path as Facebook and actively restrict the organic reach of content posted by businesses. Either way, when social media success comes with an advertising budget attached, it’s so much more important to have a clear strategy for your marketing. By taking the time to understand your customers and the journey they take from first contact to purchase, you’re much more likely to see a healthy return on your investment.”
WhatsApp’s allows brands to communicate with customers
Also this week, mobile messaging app, WhatsApp, announced that they are soon going to allow certain businesses to communicate directly with customers on the platform.
According to a company blogpost on the changes, WhatsApp will this year begin testing tools that allow consumers to “communicate with businesses and organisations [customers] want to hear from”. That means no ads and no messaging spam, and it will become more of a notifications service.
WhatsApp has already ruled out introducing third-party ads in its post, stating: “Naturally, people might wonder how we plan to keep WhatsApp running without subscription fees and if today’s announcement means we’re introducing third-party ads. The answer is no.”
Enabling third-party brands on the platform should provide WhatsApp with a revenue boost without alienating users. We will be interested to see how this pans out and retailers can start using the platform to provide updates to customers and improve their customer service.
SEO finally comes to organic Facebook posts
In more social news, Facebook has just announced that Interest Targeting will go and will be replaced by Audience Optimisation.
Facebook’s new Audience Optimisation comes in three parts:
- Preferred audience – tags that encourage Facebook show the post to people who might be interested in the tag.
- Audience restrictions – a bit like the old interest targeting; you can say who might not be interested in the post.
- Audience insights – want to see how the content actually performed against your tags? This will show you.
This means that English language pages, will soon be able to use interest tags within your posts and Facebook will optimise the delivery of those free posts to matching people. You’ll also be able to analysis how successful your interest tagging strategy is and see how different subsets of audiences are engaging with your content.
Christmas trading update
JLL’s annual Christmas Trading Update has revealed that over 80% of UK retailers and leisure operators that have disclosed performance figures for the key Christmas trading period have registered positive like for like (LFL) annual growth, with 50% delivering LFL growth in excess of 4% year on year.
— dan barker (@danbarker) January 25, 2016
Overall, online sales were the clear winner, and retailers that provide customers with an integrated, seamless offer continue to benefit from real competitive advantage. In particular, the growing influence of m-commerce was evident from the trading updates of Jigsaw (mobile sales up +115%), John Lewis (+31%), Very.co.uk (+32%) and Made.com (+122%).


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MediaTek announces X30 faster deca-core
Four A72 cores and helio X22 too
If you thought the Helio X20 with ten core was the best MediaTek could offer, the company has now come up with an X30 which is a faster version of deca-core and has four A72 cores.
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MediaTek X20 deca-core is actually a three-core processor
Saves up to 30 to 48 percent of power vs two-cluster X10
MediaTek is relatively young company when it comes to smartphone SoCs. They started making System on Chip (SoC) for feature phones and smartphones years ago, and they grew from zero to 650 million sold chips within three years.


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Game sales to break skid in April - Analyst
Wedbush's Michael Pachter predicts 15% software climb for last month, led by Portal 2's 2.4 million domestic sales, 500K for Mortal Kombat.
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Game software sales haven't seen a month of positive growth at US retailers since November, but according to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, that skid was broken in April. In a note to investors this morning, Pachter forecast US retail software sales growth of 15 percent to $460 million, which would be only the fourth month of growth in the past year.
Pachter attributed the substantial growth to the glut of high-quality titles released during the month. Valve's Portal 2 led new-game sales during the month, according to the analyst, with US retail sales expected to come in at around 2.4 million units (of which, 2.2 million were sold for consoles). Warner Bros. also may have scored a hit with Mortal Kombat, which Pachter believes debuted with 500,000 units sold.
Despite the ongoing PlayStation Network outage, Sony's SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs also put up decent numbers in its debut month, selling 225,000 units, according to Pachter. He also believed that Nintendo's Pokemon Black and White, as well as Ubisoft's Just Dance 2, continued their respective strong sales runs.
On the hardware side, Pachter expects the Xbox 360 to be the sales leader with 315,000 units, followed closely by the DS's 300,000 units. The Wii, which received a $50 price cut in May, sold 215,000 units last month, Pachter believes, with the PlayStation 3 coming in at 210,000 units possibly sold.
Pachter remained down on the 3DS, which he believes sold just 200,000 units in April. "We initially expected the launch of the 3DS to spike overall software sales growth back into positive territory beginning in April, but the handheld is off to a slow start, as a lack of compelling software has kept many consumers on the sidelines for the expensive hardware," he said.
As part of its fiscal year-end earnings report in April, Nintendo said global 3DS sales stood at 3.61 million units through March. That figure was about 400,000 units shy of projections, and company president Satoru Iwata said that Nintendo would be stepping up marketing for the glasses-free, 3D-enabled device.
The NPD Group is expected to issue its April sales report on May 12.
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Ubisoft Explains Why It Doesn't Release Games On Steam
"It was a business decision."
Recently, Ubisoft's Chris Early spoke out against Valve's PC digital store, Steam, saying its business model is "unrealistic." He added, "It doesn't reflect where the world is today in terms of game distribution." Now, Ubisoft has further clarified its position on the matter.
A spokesperson for Ubisoft told GameSpot that the publisher elected to release The Division 2 on the Epic Games Store instead of Steam because Epic's distribution model is, in the long-term, more beneficial to publishers.
"It was a business decision to not put new releases on Steam and focus on the Epic Store and Ubisoft Store," the spokesperson said. "Ubisoft fully supports Epic and their third-party distribution model, which is in the long-term, beneficial for publishers both large and indie and the video games industry. We hope this partnership helps to validate and evolve the model."
Early's comments and this statement are likely connected to the revenue split that Epic offers relative to Steam. Typically, Steam typically keeps 30 percent of game sales, with 70 percent going to publishers. By contrast, the Epic Games Store offers much more to the people who make games; on the Epic Games Store, 88 percent of revenue goes back to developers.
Looking ahead, one of Ubisoft's next big releases, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, will also skip Steam in favor of launching for the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft's own Uplay.
The Uplay part of this story is important, too. Uplay is Ubisoft's own store, so removing Steam from the equation helps drive sales on it. For The Division 2, Ubisoft saw Uplay sales of that game grow tenfold over The Division 1.
It remains to be seen if Ubisoft will ever release another new title on Steam, but for the foreseeable future it seems the company has no intention to.
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Lee Min Ho Wins Publicity Right Case Against Companies Using His Name to Sell Face Masks
Actor Lee Min Ho has won the lawsuit against several companies who were using his name to sell face masks without his permission. Hence, these companies will no longer be able to sell facial masks by calling them “Lee Min Ho mask packs.”
The star’s agency Starhaus told the media, “According to Seoul Western District Court’s decision made on September 9, companies ‘T,’ “K,’ and ‘G’ have unlawfully used Lee Min Ho’s name to sell facial masks without the consent of his agency, and they will no longer be able to sell products using his name.”
The companies who lost the case will now have to stop selling masks with the actor’s face on it, as well as take down any promotional material that had used the actor.
Lee Min Ho’s lawyer Son Suk Bong commented, “These companies produced these products without discussing it with the agency. This is a breach of Lee Min Ho’s personality rights, while also negatively affecting numerous average consumers and those who travel to Korea from other countries.”
Starhaus further stressed that they will be willing to take legal actions against any other companies who may use the actor’s image to promote their products without the permission from the agency.


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July 11, 2021 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Phoenix Suns reserve forward Torrey Craig was available to play in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night after injuring his right knee in Game 2.
July 11, 2021 LONDON (AP) — Italian soccer’s redemption story is complete. England’s painful half-century wait for a major title goes on. And it just had to be because of a penalty shootout.
July 8, 2021 PHOENIX (AP) — At their best, the Phoenix Suns have three players who can take over a game. There’s Chris Paul and Devin Booker, breaking down defenses from the backcourt. Deandre Ayton has been a beast on the backboards and almost automatic as a shooter.
July 11, 2021 WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Wimbledon final was locked up at a set apiece after nearly 2 1/2 hours, and Novak Djokovic’s bid for a record-tying 20th Grand Slam title was at a critical juncture when he faced two break points while thousands in the full-capacity crowd at Centre Court chanted his opponent’s first name.
July 10, 2021 Usain Bolt: 800-metre sprinter. That’s right, the now-retired world’s fastest man is not only changing diapers these days but also distances as he makes a brief comeback for a promotional race.
July 7, 2021 She could have — make that should have — been a breakout star in an Olympics desperate for any kind of positive jolt. Sha’Carri Richardson has the look and she has the goods, and it wasn’t out of the question to picture her walking around Tokyo with a pair of gold medals draped around her neck.]
September 7, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on “The Wire” created one of the most beloved and enduring characters in a prime era of television, died Monday. Williams was found dead Monday afternoon by family members in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment, New York City police said. He was 54. His death was being investigated as a possible drug overdose, the NYPD said. The medical examiner was investigating the cause of death. Little, a “stick-up boy” based on real figures from Baltimore, was probably the most popular character among the devoted fans of “The Wire,” the HBO show that ran from 2002 to 2008 and is re-watched constantly in streaming.
September 8, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ father filed Tuesday to end the court conservatorship that has controlled the singer’s life and money for 13 years. James Spears filed his petition to terminate the conservatorship in Los Angeles Superior Court. “As Mr. Spears has said, again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,” the document says. “If Ms. Spears wants to terminate the conservatorship and believes that she can handle her own life, Mr. Spears believes that she should get that chance.” Judge Brenda Penny, who oversees the case, will need to approve the move. Britney Spears attorney Matthew Rosengart said in an email the filing “represents another legal victory for Britney Spears — a massive one — as well as vindication for Ms. Spears.”
September 8, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — With Katie Holmes and Lil’ Kim on his front row and singer Marina on the mic high above his runway, Christian Siriano helped kicked off New York Fashion Week’s first big pandemic round of in-person shows Tuesday with a flurry of neon and lace-inspired in part by all the Italian women in his life. From ornate Gotham Hall, beneath a stained-glass skylight 70 feet up, Siriano’s commitment to size inclusivity was never stronger as he opened and closed the show with plus-size breakout model Precious Lee. She first walked in a stunning yellow trouser suit with wide loose pants and an asymmetrical jacket, a matching crossover bralette underneath.
September 7, 2021 VENICE, Italy (AP) — Paul Schrader knows he has a limited number of films left, so whatever he does from here on out is going to be for himself. At 75 years old, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” and director of “American Gigolo” and “Mishima” was even somewhat prepared to call it a day after his 2018 film “First Reformed,” for which he got his first Oscar nomination. He didn’t want to. He just knew it might be the reality. “I thought I would go back to this character again for about the fifth time,” Schrader said in a recent interview. By “this character” he means “the man in the room.” It’s Travis Bickle. It’s John LeTour. It’s Julian Kay. And it’s a formula he’s been working with for 45 years.
September 8, 2021 -Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday after a lackluster session on Wall Street, where weak jobs data and pandemic concerns weighed on sentiment. Shares rose in Tokyo after economic growth for the April-June quarter was revised upward to an annualized 1.9% from an earlier estimate of 1.3%. “Any feel-good factor was ignored, though, given the climb was less than half of the 4.20% fall in Q1,” Jeffrey Halley of Oanda said in a commentary. “Japan will be lucky to break even this year as the current Covid-19 wave will almost certainly have weighed on domestic consumption,” he said.
September 8, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — There will be something missing at two Whole Foods stores opening next year: the rows of cashiers. Amazon, which owns the grocery chain, said Wednesday that it will bring its cashier-less technology to two Whole Foods stores for the first time, letting shoppers grab what they need and leave without having to open their wallets. Cameras and sensors track what’s taken off shelves. Items are charged to an Amazon account after customers leave the store with them. But there will be an option for those who want to shop the old-fashioned way: Self-checkout lanes will be available that take cash, gift cards and other types of payment. Amazon first unveiled the cashier-less technology in 2018 at an Amazon Go convenience store and has expanded it to larger Amazon supermarkets. But it will be the first time it has appeared at Whole Foods, a chain of more than 500 grocery stores Amazon bought four years ago.
September 8, 2021 BEIJING (AP) — An avalanche of changes launched by China’s ruling Communist Party has jolted everyone from tech billionaires to school kids. Behind them: President Xi Jinping’s vision of making a more powerful, prosperous country by reviving revolutionary ideals, with more economic equality and tighter party control over society and entrepreneurs. Since taking power in 2012, Xi has called for the party to return to its “original mission” as China’s economic, social and cultural leader and carry out the “ rejuvenation of the great Chinese nation.” The party has spent the decade since then silencing dissent and tightening political control. Now, after 40 years of growth that transformed China into the world’s factory but left a gulf between a wealthy elite and the poor majority, the party is promising to spread prosperity more evenly and is pressing private companies to pay for social welfare and back Beijing’s ambition to become a global technology competitor.


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Happy Holidays from us here at SPICE TV and here’s a gift from the latest issue of Made Magazine – Nigerian soul singer Waje, stunning on the cover of the mag, in a black Andrea Iyamah one-piece, accessorised with a gothic-glam choker.
Shot by Made’s creative director, photographer Remi Adetibah and styled by Made editor, Tokyo James, Waje rocks a choker from Polo Avenue and strikes the sexiest pose we’ve seen on her for the relaunch of the digital magazine, wowing us with her tousled red locks and matching pout.
For the December editorial, titled “Woman on Fire,” the star also features in an accompanying interview, dishing on everything from her year so far to politics and her fans, saying;
“For me, it’s been applying methods and seeing them work in business. For the nation, seeing how the Nigerian music industry has positively affected the global perception of our country. It’s a great feeling to be a part of that as well as I continue my musical journey and expand my business across Africa!”
Read the full interview here and see the rest of Waje’s shoot for Made Magazine‘s December’14 issue, below – a fitting gift this Christmas which you surely won’t be disappointed with;
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By Bethany Anderson
The Johnson County Farmers Market had come a long way since its humble beginnings in 2009. Back then, the market was held at the Quonset hut near Rainbow Rd and Hwy 167.
Thanks to the generosity of local business owner Danny Herman, it called this location home for the first three years. After that, the market was moved to its next location at the Johnson County Courthouse parking lot. After spending six years at that location, the market was moved yet again, this time to the parking lot near the playground at Ralph Stout Park.
In November of 2017, the JCFM took on the challenge of hosting a “Winter Market,” which has been held from November through April in the lower level of the Johnson County Welcome Center, with reopening it’s “Summer Market” season back at the Ralph Stout Park location for the months of May through October.
The “Winter Market” may have begun as somewhat of an experiment, but has since proved itself to be a worthwhile endeavor.
The goal of the JCFM has always been to provide the availability of locally grown fresh produce, meats, and dairy products for the residents of our region as well as provide a place for local farmers and ranchers to sell their products. The market is also available to provide shoppers the ability to use the EBT program to make their purchases, thereby allowing for more of our local community to take part in the benefits that the market has to offer.
The JCFM is a nonprofit that relies on community donations and grants to operate. According to the JCFM’s mission statement, “The purpose of the JCFM is to strengthen a sustainable local agricultural and food economy. We accomplish this by providing education, engaging in community and economic development promoting the availability and benefits of local agriculture and serving and preparing local foods.”
With weekly live music, amazing local produce, meats, and dairy products, freshly prepared foods, handmade crafts, and a welcoming community atmosphere, the market is a lively place to spend a Saturday morning. The edition of the GoJoCo kids’ tent thanks in large part to one of the many grants the market relies on, has made the market, even more, family friendly during the summer months as well.
JCFM is also looking to the future. Always in search of a “more permanent home,” they are hopeful that a suitable location has been found in the coming Agricultural Center, to be located next to the Chamber of Commerce Park on Hwy 67.
While this building is set to be in the Doe Valley area, a bit further out of the city limits of Mountain City, it is thought to be an ideal location for many reasons. With a permanent place, the market would no longer have to move back and forth between two different locations from Summer to Winter as they currently do.
The Johnson County Farmers Market is held year-round on Saturdays from 9 a.m. – Noon.
For more information on the JCFM, please visit their website at johnsoncountyfm.org or find them on Facebook and Instagram. The market manager can also be reached via phone at (423)291-9145 with any questions or vendor registration inquiries.