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COMMENT: Game for a drink
9:30am Tuesday 30th October 2012 in News
OXFORD has some iconic pubs that should be celebrated heartily.
The problem is that’s not always achievable in this age of responsible drinking.
The new Pubcrawler game (conveniently ignoring its name) hopefully will trigger interest for customers to seek out some of those establishments they’ve forgotten about and boost what is becoming an increasingly difficult business for many of our landlords.


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Sugarmade Signs Binding LOI to Enter Rare Cannabinoid Market – Cannabis Business Times
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The planned market entrance is through a license agreement for patented THC-V-rich chemovars.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Sugarmade Inc., an emerging leader in the licensed cannabis sector, announced the signing of a binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) with GenCann Inc., the exclusive licensor for a set of cannabis chemovars particularly rich in the cannabinoid Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THC-V) (the “GenCann chemovars”).
Under the terms outlined in the LOI, Sugarmade and its licensed cannabis cultivator partners will be granted a five-year license to cultivate what the company believes to be some of the highest THC-V-containing strains in existence. Sugarmade and GenCann plan to begin clone production immediately upon the signing of the final agreement with a cultivation program beginning this spring in Lake County, Calif.
“While THC-V is sometimes referred to as a ‘rare cannabinoid,’ we believe the term no longer applies relative to our planned cultivation effort using GenCann’s chemovars,” Sugarmade CEO Jimmy Chan said. “The test results from certified California laboratories of these chemovars are certainly impressive, with THC-V yields in flower of up to 8 percent. We think the GenCann chemovars are a game-changer in the cannabinoid space. Sugarmade plans to make a substantial commitment to bring products based on THC-V to the California market and perhaps to other states in the future.
The GenCann chemovars are covered by multiple issued U.S. patents, including patent numbers PP33212 for the plant called “V1,” patent number PP33211 for the plant called “V2” and patent number PP33210 for the plant called “V3.” All three of these chemovars contain abundant THC-V, with the V1 variety being especially distinguished by producing more THC-V than THC by percent weight. The V3 strain, also known as Skelator, will be the predominant strain utilized for spring cultivation due to its early finishing characteristics and its higher THC-V content, although the V1 and V2 varieties are also planned for Sugarmade’s cultivation effort.
Sugarmade plans to utilize the THC-V-rich biomass in a series of products it plans to introduce to the licensed California marketplace. The first of these will be THC-V-rich smokeable flower and THC-V-rich gummy candies. In the future, Sugarmade plans to also produce distillate and isolate products based on its cultivated biomass.
“The THC-V smoking and edibles consumption experience is very different compared to traditional cannabis,” Chan said. “Where legacy cannabis strains often produce a sedating effect, consumption of THC-V-rich products produces a pleasant and uplifting effect. It’s a remarkable experience, and we believe consumers will gravitate to it.”
In addition to seeking to supply the mainstream cannabis marketplace with THC-V products, Sugarmade also plans to seek pharmaceutical and nutraceutical partners for supply agreements as many of these companies are already stating their intentions to conduct trials or to produce products containing rare cannabinoids.
The cultivated THC-V cannabinoids from the GenCann chemovars differ significantly from the current generation of THC-V products presently available in the marketplace, most of which are converted via a chemical process from hemp-based isolates. This generation of products is also very expensive, often priced in the $50-per-gram range, and is typically not tested by certified laboratories.
Additionally, the cannabinoids produced by the GenCann chemovars differ from planned offerings by other companies that utilize genetically modified organisms, such as bacteria or yeast, to create cannabinoids outside of the cannabis plant varieties. All of the cannabinoids to be generated via the GenCann chemovars and Sugarmade’s cultivation will be produced from real cannabis plants that have been specifically bred for this purpose and grown in an outdoor setting.
Sugarmade and GenCann believe outdoor cultivation of THC-V-rich strains will yield higher desirable cannabinoid content due to optimal ultraviolet light levels inherent in natural sunlight.
The Colorado-based company’s limited-edition product releases include its unique Pheno Hunts, First Cut Strains and exclusive partnerships with retailers.
Veritas Fine Cannabis is always looking for new ways to engage with the end consumer, and this past year, the Colorado-based company has found success in a variety of limited-edition product drops.
The Veritas team likes to curate experiences, according to the company’s marketing director, Jordan Plunkett.
“That’s the thought process behind our new product lines and our new product drops,” Plunkett says. “We want to do something that goes above and beyond just giving someone a new product to try out. We want to tie that into an experience somehow, and we’ve done this in the past with previous product lines, such as our Pheno Hunts.”
While “pheno hunting,” or determining a cannabis cultivar’s best traits, is usually reserved for a company’s internal product development team, Veritas has given its customers the chance to try and vote for their favorite phenotype. The one with the most votes then becomes a permanent cultivar in Veritas’ genetic library.
“That [idea] derived from our gardeners coming to us and basically saying, ‘We have all these phenos and these incredible strains, and we don’t even … know where to choose from,’” Plunkett says. “We then came up with an idea to actually … get consumers engaged somehow.”
Veritas offers its customers a Pheno Hunt box that includes 1 gram each of three different phenotypes of the same cultivar, along with accessories like a grinder, a lighter and rolling papers. Consumers can then sample each phenotype and offer their honest opinions and feedback on which ones should have a place in Veritas’ genetic library, Plunkett says.
“It’s been a really successful and engaging way to really connect with our customers,” he says. “They seem to love it because it actually gives them a say so in what we do as a company. At the end of the day, they’re the ones actually enjoying our products, so we want to hear from them directly.”
Now, customers are anxiously waiting for the next Pheno Hunt to drop.
“We’ve really seen a huge number of growth, and we actually have people asking us when the next one is,” Plunkett says. “People are very familiar with it, they know about it, so I would definitely say our Pheno Hunts are probably our most successful limited-edition product line that we offer.”
Veritas also has a First Cut product line, which is offered more frequently than Pheno Hunts and gives customers a look at a cultivar that the company is growing for the first time.
As with the Pheno Hunt products, the First Cut line gives Veritas’ customers the ability to provide feedback on the cultivars and decide whether they should have a permanent spot in the company’s genetics library.
“People have absolutely loved the First Cut concept so far,” Plunkett says. “We’ve been doing it for a few years now, and … people like having … the opportunity to be a part of something when it comes to working with these big cannabis brands.”
Veritas also tries to find unique ways to connect with its retail partners by offering them exclusive, limited-edition product drops.
For example, the company recently partnered with Golden Meds to offer exclusive day and night boxes. The day box contains two of Veritas’ sativa-dominant cultivars from its Invigorate line, while the night box contains two indica-dominant cultivars from the company’s Alleviate line.
“With that, we’ve given the users an experience, and with the store, we’ve given them this exclusive product that’s only available to them,” Plunkett says.
Veritas has also partnered with Wolfpac Dispensaries to offer Cocoa Puffs as an exclusive cultivar available in 7-gram jars.
“That is not typically a product line that we carry, so that was a cool, limited-edition, exclusive drop that if you wanted to get Cocoa Puffs, you had to go to Wolfpac,” Plunkett says.
Sometimes, Veritas will tie an exclusive product drop to a prize or giveaway to drive new product lines. For the 2021 All-Star Game in Denver, for example, the company sold a commemorative can with three 1-gram pre-rolls and a baseball rally towel inside—and one lucky can also held two tickets to the game.
“You’re already going to enjoy the product itself—you’re already planning on purchasing our product anyway—but we’re giving the consumer that extra little nudge, that extra thing to incentivize them,” Plunkett says.
Veritas evaluates the success of a limited-edition drop based on whether the products sell out. The company sets the drops at a certain quantity, and its goal is to sell out of that inventory as soon as possible.
For example, Veritas releases about 900 boxes for its Pheno Hunt promotion and typically sells out within a couple weeks.
“We consider that to be an absolute success and a win there,” Plunkett says.
The company also considers social media engagement when determining the success of a particular drop. Veritas never asks customers to post about the brand or its products, but if the company sees a lot of natural, organic conversation on social media about a particular drop, the team counts it as a successful promotion.
“We really determine our success based on what people just really, truly thought of the promo,” Plunkett says. “Obviously, we take a look at our sales data and our numbers and review all that stuff to make sure that we did it right and [where] we have room for improvement. … But our ultimate goal is to really just create an experience for the customer and have a positive little thing for them to try out.”
Looking ahead, Veritas plans to collaborate with Native Roots to roll out a live resin vape cartridge. Beginning Jan. 28, Native Roots will be the exclusive retailer of the cartridge, which will feature custom packaging.
“We’ve given them our product, our flower, to be pressed and extracted into pens,” Plunkett says. “We’re planning on only starting with about 3,000 of these in the market, so we’re hoping that these take off and we’re very excited to see how they do and how people enjoy them.”
The overall goal of Veritas’ limited-edition product drops, Plunkett says, is to create an organic conversation with the company’s customers and allow them to weigh in on what they like—and what they don’t.
“The biggest thing we just try to do here is really just give the end consumer the ability to feel like they’re a part of something,” he says. “We love pushing the boundaries of what’s out there and what’s possible, and we like to try to do things that pave the way for others to even follow.”
The licenses went to retailers in Wagner, Watertown and Keystone.
South Dakota has issued its first three medical cannabis dispensary licenses to retailers in Wagner, Watertown and Keystone, according to a South Dakota Public Broadcasting report.
The licenses went to Custom Touch in Wagner, Dakota Dispensaries in Watertown and Puffy’s in Keystone, according to the state’s website.
South Dakota must still license medical cannabis cultivators, manufacturers and testing facilities, and the Department of Health is continuing to process applications, South Dakota Public Broadcasting reported.
The state’s voters approved medical and adult-use cannabis legalization measures in the November 2020 election, although the South Dakota Supreme Court has since overturned the adult-use initiative, ruling that it violated the state’s single-subject rule.
South Dakota lawmakers are currently considering several proposed bills on medical and adult-use cannabis during the 2022 legislative session, which kicked off Jan. 11.
Combining Dama's fintech and payment solutions and GrowFlow's software platform will create a sophisticated, comprehensive solution for cannabis companies, integrating product, operations, compliance, and financial data in a more usable and flexible solution.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 21, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Dama Financial (Dama), a provider of access to banking and payment solutions for the cannabis industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire GrowFlow Corp. (GrowFlow), whose business management and compliance tools have processed more than $3.3 billion for cannabis retailers, cultivators, processors, and distributors.
Dama Financial has entered an agreement to acquire GrowFlow, creating a comprehensive solution for cannabis companies.
Combining Dama’s fintech and payment solutions and GrowFlow’s software platform will create a sophisticated, comprehensive solution for cannabis companies, integrating product, operations, compliance, and financial data in a more usable and flexible solution. The highly scalable platform will fulfill the business needs and regulatory obligations of any licensed cannabis business—dispensary or wholesale—everywhere cannabis is legal in the United States.
“With this acquisition, we are creating the leading platform for cannabis operators, essentially a one-stop-shop for the business tools they need to thrive,” said Anh Hatzopoulos, Dama’s co-founder and chief executive officer. “We created Dama to solve real problems for the industry through innovation, and integrating GrowFlow’s software into our fintech is a huge step forward in that mission. To be successful in the long term, cannabis operators need legal, compliant, forward-looking solutions like Dama’s that don’t skirt restrictions through workarounds, and this sets us up to keep innovating to champion our customers and propel a booming market.”
Cannabis is currently legal in 37 U.S. states and four U.S. territories. The U.S. market is expected to reach $43 billion by 2025, according to New Frontier Data. Dama is one of the only solutions available in every state where cannabis is legal.
“I could not be more excited about this merging of minds and technologies,” said Travis Steffen, GrowFlow chief executive officer. “Our leadership teams have nearly identical views of the industry and how it is evolving. Bringing our solutions together will allow us to serve customers in many unique ways and compete on much more than price.”
The transaction is expected to close this quarter, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
The nonprofit organization recently received a donation from The Source, which will help advance its efforts to create diversity and commonsense regulations as the state launches cannabis consumption lounges.
Who will be the next set of leaders in Nevada’s cannabis industry as the state works to launch its much-anticipated cannabis consumption lounges?
For the Nevada Chamber of Cannabis, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization with the goal of advancing inclusivity in cannabis commerce, and its industry partners, it is imperative that the state works to create a more diverse marketplace.
Since its inception in early 2020, the Chamber of Cannabis has grown to over 400 registered members and 65 cannabis businesses, as well as roughly 10 ancillary businesses. The organization hosts monthly meetings, much like a regular chamber of commerce, to gather industry leaders to share ideas.
“Our chamber board has been able to use their network to bring people together,” says Tina Ulman, the co-founder and president of the Chamber of Cannabis “We’ve helped place talent, we’ve helped make business introductions, and … those are things that just weren’t happening as strong as they should’ve been previously.”
Earlier this month, The Source, a vertically integrated cannabis operator with dispensary locations in Henderson, Las Vegas and Reno, joined the Chamber of Cannabis at its “Game Changer” level with a donation of $10,000 or more.
“With The Source’s generous financial support, we’re able to retain professional services, such as an executive admin and content creators to help elevate the association communication,” Ulman says. “Without that, we wouldn’t be able to be as effective or sustainable. … We’re grateful to have companies like The Source help support our initiatives.”
“As a company, I think we’ve always been and continue to be about elevating the communities that we work in through community education, engagement and partnerships,” adds Simon Nankervis, CEO of The Source. “When we first started talking to Tina about the Chamber of Cannabis and what the Chamber stood for, we thought that joining at the Game Changer level made a lot of sense for us because there was alignment for us to support a nonprofit that was focused around cannabis reform, community building, and really focused at the dispensary level.”
As a female-owned organization, Nankervis says The Source has always been an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the industry.
“We’ve been given the opportunity to take a product that’s historically been seen as taboo and work with that product in the greater market,” he says. “It’s important that we destigmatize cannabis more broadly, making sure that communities and people that aren’t actively engaged in cannabis see the great benefits that the product has. In order for people to feel good about the product, they have to feel good about the people in the industry.”
The Nevada cannabis industry has continued to grow since it launched its first legal adult-use cannabis sales in the summer of 2017, and, with that growth, Nankervis says the industry has an obligation to develop both state and national best practices. That includes expanding opportunities for minority-owned businesses, he says, especially as Nevada rolls out its cannabis consumption lounges, which the state legalized last year.
The Chamber of Cannabis has also set its sights on creating diversity and commonsense regulations as Nevada works to launch its consumption lounges.
Ulman has worked with Nevada Assemblyman Steve Yeager for the last several years, and when he signaled his support for consumption lounges, Ulman and her colleagues at the Chamber of Cannabis put forth a proposal and submitted it to Yeager for introduction in the Nevada House.
“Through building relationships, we were fortunate to raise enough money to retain a lobbyist and move as a coalition of like-minded businesses and leaders who wanted to see this bill pass,” Ulman says. “We chose the social consumption lounge bill because it was truly the next thing that should’ve been passed. When Nevada went adult-use, … the legislators didn’t give people anywhere to consume where they weren’t being criminalized, and that’s a big problem, especially when we have millions of tourists coming here every single year.”
The bill ultimately passed last spring, and the Chamber of Cannabis continues to give the industry a voice to help shape the rollout of Nevada’s cannabis consumption lounges.
“I was very lucky to be chosen to sit on a subcommittee for diversity, social equity and inclusion with another activist, two political leaders and a female dispensary owner in Nevada,” Ulman says. “I’m very happy that our Cannabis Compliance Board created four subcommittees to get suggested regulations from people that know that area better than them. Our CCB has also made diversity, social equity and inclusion their top priority because, unfortunately, the Nevada Department of Taxation failed to do so on the first two major rounds of licensing.”
The CCB’s regulations for consumption lounges should be finalized this spring, Ulman says. After that, businesses will be able to apply for consumption lounge licenses.
“This business model does allow infused food and non-alcoholic drinks, which is very, very important because, in Las Vegas, we have a great deal of entrepreneurs, restauranteurs, chefs—people that have big ideas for these lounges,” she says. “It’s not just a smokey lounge, something that I’ve seen people envision sometimes, but much bigger than that and much broader, [and it] will help a lot of other people get into this industry that maybe weren’t involved before.”
Ulman says that some dispensaries already have blueprints in mind for building out consumption lounges in their existing facilities, and these businesses will likely open their lounges first, ahead of independent lounges that will be in the start-up stages.
“It’s just exciting to see how tourism will change,” Ulman says. “The younger tourist isn’t spending the money on gambling. They aren’t spending the money on clubs like they used to. They want the experiences, and a lot of people are also refraining from drinking alcohol and moving into plant-based medicine and using cannabis. … Things are just going to shift, and we want to be at the forefront of that with companies like The Source.”
Nankervis says The Source plans to apply for a consumption lounge license when the time comes.
“At this time, I don’t know what that looks like because the legislation has a long way to go,” he says. “It’s not been made very clear how the lounges will and won’t function in the state. There are a lot of opportunities for us to follow best practices from other industries. I think we can look to the gaming industry about how they’ve dealt with smoking inside casinos [that are] adjacent to eating establishments. I think there are a lot of opportunities for us to look at the way mainstream or non-cannabis businesses dealt with similar issues that the industry’s facing.”
Nankervis says he and his team will work through the Chamber of Cannabis to ensure the Nevada’s consumption lounges move forward with commonsense legislation.
“We’re really happy to be a part of the Chamber of Cannabis,” he says. “We’re happy to support their energy and efforts toward ensuring that we have a better industry. … We’re truly a fledgling industry today. As we go forward, it’s important that we start to think about, OK, what does this industry look like three, five, 10 years from now, and how do we develop the next set of leaders as we go into the next stage of the evolution?”
It is an election year for Nevada’s local jurisdictions, and the Chamber of Cannabis plans to meet with many of the candidates to discuss their positions on cannabis policy reform. The organization will ultimately create scorecards for each of the candidates, Ulman says.
The Chamber of Cannabis also aims to increase its collaboration between the organization and local colleges and universities so ensure that graduates can secure internships and jobs in the cannabis industry.
“For me, The Source and other companies truly are helping us do what we’ve always envisioned, and without them, we wouldn’t be able to continue with the movement,” Ulman says. “It’s great to see a win-win relationship, and we’re excited to continue to set the bar for other cannabis companies and set the bar for other states, so that Nevada will be the gold standard in so many aspects.”
Cannabis Business Times’ interactive legislative map is another tool to help cultivators quickly navigate state cannabis laws and find news relevant to their markets

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Legislature attempts to drive medication counterfeiting figures downThe pharmaceutical industry is acutely affected by counterfeiting, grey market trade and theft. The dangers are serious, because low-quality counterfeit medications pose a direct threat to patient health. In addition to the World Health Organization (WHO), other organisations such as the Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI) are also warning against the dangers of counterfeit medications. According to the PSI, the number of incidents with regard to counterfeiting, grey-market trade and theft in the pharmaceutical industry has risen by 50% since 2011.
The EU and United States are developing directives to protect against counterfeit medications
Given these developments, the EU (Falsified Medicines Directive; 2016/161/EU) and United States (Drug Supply Chain Security;DSCSA) have drawn up legal requirements which must be implemented by 2019 in the EU and by 2021 in the US. However, not all of the measures in the Directives are clearly indicated.
How secure are the measures from the EU and United States?The directives of the EU and United States concern three main topics: serialisation, counterfeit protection and tamper protection. Some provisions leave room for interpretation, however – such as in the area of serialisation. According to EU directives, prescription drugs must bear a unique feature, such as a serial number, and provide specific product information via a DataMatrix code. The basic idea behind this measure is right: a genuine preparation must bear a marking unique to each individual item, which identifies it as original. It is only in this way that retailers, pharmacists and consumers are able to distinguish between genuine medications and counterfeit products.
However, the markings described above are not suitable for this on their own because they are printed marks. Counterfeiters can simply copy and reproduce them. That is exactly what happened in Turkey. In 2007, Turkey was among the first countries to begin a national serialisation project for the pharmaceutical industry. The marking concept is based on printed codes. Just shortly after introducing this marking standard, numerous copies appeared, as the Turkish newspaper Zaman Gündem reported in 2011. Any form of protection thus becomes irrelevant. In fact, the opposite effect is even seen: as a result of such copied markings, counterfeit preparations appear to be above board.
The markings only become counterfeit-proof once they are additionally safeguarded by physical security features, such as a security label unique to each individual item. These are not easy to reproduce and reliably identify genuine preparations.
The counterfeit protection directives from the EU and United States for the pharmaceutical industry are a step in the right direction and can serve as a base. But when it comes to effectively implementing the measures, pharmaceutical manufacturers are required to do this themselves.


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PBS has announced they’ll be launching a 24-hour PBS Kids channel that will air on both conventional TV, and be available as a live Internet stream to iOS devices, Apple TV, other set top boxes and devices, and via web browsers.
“The live stream complements on-demand clips and full episodes, which will continue to be available for free on the PBS KIDS Video App and streaming via pbskids.org. Streaming on pbskids.org accounts for nearly half of all time spent watching kids videos online, and the site is #1 in the kids category for total views and minutes spent Across digital platforms, PBS KIDS averages 419.8 million streams per month.”
iOS and Apple TV owners who already have the existing PBS Kids app installed on their devices are all set. Viewers wishing to access the livestream on their laptop or desktop computer will simply visit pbskids.org in a Web browser. The current on-demand content will continue to be available as well.
The new channel will debut sometime later this year. PBS hasn’t announced a specific launch date for the new service as yet. PBS will also be debuting integrated games, which will allow viewers to switch between the streaming and interactive content.
Other digital platforms that can access the new PBS Kids channel will include Android, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku, and Amazon tablets and set-top devices.


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In a commercial filmed in a Moscow outlet this week, the former Soviet leader smiles with as much dignity as he can muster while customers conclude that his crowning achievement is their access to America’s favorite pie. “They had to work hard to persuade Gorbachev to do the ad,” says TIME's Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier, “because he knows how humiliating it is. But his foundation desperately needs the money.”
Perhaps the unkindest cut is that the ad is exclusively for Western consumption. “You can’t use Gorbachev to sell anything to Russians right now,” says Meier. “He’s not a very popular figure around here.” In fact, being linked with Pizza Hut would probably boost Gorbachev’s popularity in Russia more than it would promote the fast-food chain.


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related to law enforcement investigations. However, the paper results 1 bitcoin to usd price show usdt flows are highly sensitive to the btcusd pair but bears little relation to the usdtusd pair. The DOJ first began its criminal investigation this past May alongside the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (cftc). University of Texas finance professor John Griffin, who has a 10-year track record of spotting financial fraud, and graduate student Amin Shams examined millions of transactions on cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. Some of the papers claims seem unwarranted. Bitcoin purchases with usdt have indeed often timed following market downturns. Source: Griffin Shams (2018 there is nothing extraordinary in witnessing purchases of BTC with usdt following market downturns. Dollars to back all of its digital coins in circulation. Have pushed bitcoins price up using the stablecoin.
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It is also not extraordinary to find that such purchases, when large, result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices. Van der Velde told cnbc in an email that "Bitfinex nor Tether is, or has ever, engaged in any sort of market or price manipulation." "Tether issuances online spiele geld verdienen ohne einzahlung cannot be used to prop up the price of Bitcoin or any other coin/token on Bitfinex van der. The paper found that purchases with usdt are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices. The paper claims that Tether is used to purchase Bitcoin when returns are negative, but we do not find considerable Tether flows following price increases. Bitcoin rose to almost 20,000 in December after starting last year below 1,000.


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A fifth of holidaymakers admit they call home to speak to their DOG ... and 4% even send their pets a postcard
- 18 per cent of travellers call pets at home while on holiday
- An additional 4 per cent admitted they had sent postcards to their animals
- Half of travellers said they prefer to take pet along with them on holiday
It seems that even on holiday, dog proves to be man's best friend.
A survey of travellers found that half would love to travel with their animal, while a fifth would actually call home from their trip to speak to their pet.
Some animal-loving holidaymakers even admitted to taking their pet on their honeymoon, while others recounted the havoc wreaked by Fido on trips.
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Australian travel booking site Wotif.com has found that 49.1% of people would take their pet along on holiday
Of the 10,779 survey respondents to the Australian travel company Wotif.com, 91 per cent had a pet and 49 per cent said that they'd take their pet along with them on holiday.
The most common response came from 27 per cent of survey takers who admitted to buying souvenirs for their pet while away on vacation.
Twenty two per cent carried around a photograph of their pet and four per cent even sent their pet a postcard.
Perhaps it's no surprise, but it seems pet lovers will go to extreme lengths to bring their furry friends along, as well.
Respondents revealed that when separated from pets, they bought them souvenirs, called home to speak to their furry friend and 4 per cent even admitted to sending their pet a postcard
Twenty-one per cent of those who travel with their pets admitted to smuggling their companion into accommodation that wasn't pet friendly - with eight per cent admitting they had been caught in the act.
In the Wotif survey, travellers also had the option to confess some of the strangest things they've done when they have been able take their pets along for the ride.
'We took our dog on our honeymoon and we have photos of her fishing, napping on the plush sofa, running through the waves, eating at the local cafe, swimming from the boat... she had a ball!' one respondent shared. 'The next time we went away without her I missed her so much, we cut the holiday short to go home!'
One of the strangest pet confessions? One traveller brought two ducks on a plane in a cardboard box
A fellow dog lover admitted that their strangest pet story had occurred when their large 38kg Labrador tried to enter the holiday house through a pet flap designed for a 2kg cat. 'He managed to get inside to his shoulders and then could move no further,' they explained.
'Instead of panicking, he simply relaxed and had a sleep. Needless to say, we needed to dismantle the door.'
Another survey taker confessed: 'My cat would only settle in the car when we had Christmas music playing. So that's what we had to listen to every time, even if it wasn't Christmas!'
But perhaps the strangest pet-transport story involved a pair of unconventional pet birds.
'Two ducks we had in a cardboard box as hand luggage on a plane began to quack,' a fourth respondent revealed. 'We sang to cover the noise.'
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Over the last several years, the issue I’ve probably been most heavily involved in — and certainly most heavily associated with in skeptics circles — has been dispelling anti-vaccine propaganda. And a year ago, I wasn’t very involved in the debate over Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs). And it wasn’t a subject I knew an awful lot about. But over the past year, as it became more and more clear that the media and most people of any consequence have stopped taking the anti-vaccine movement seriously, I’ve sort of shifted my focus onto advocating for GMO’s. This decision was largely fueled by the bombardment on my Facebook feed of anti-GMO posts by my fellow liberal Facebook friends.
Now recently, someone asked me why I object to laws imposing labels on GMO products, and it occurs to me that the answer to that question is very nuanced.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with labeling GMOs in theory, but the primary objection to them is that they’re just a Trojan horse for ideologues who will use them to do the opposite of their stated purpose for the labels, that they’ll be exploited to misinform the public about their food rather than educate them. We already see constant propaganda about how because some European countries have banned GMO products, that that’s in and of itself evidence they’re dangerous when it’s much more a product of scientifically ignorant or pandering politicians. There’s every reason to believe that once labels are imposed on GMO products (for no good reason because they’re as safe as their non-GMO counterparts), that anti-GMO activists will insist that the existence of labels is an admission by the U.S. government that GMOs are less safe. This is the Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire Fallacy.
And we’ve seen this logical fallacy used before by anti-vaccine activists who insist that the removal of Thimerosal, the ethylmercury-based anti-fungal and anti-septic agent once contained in some flu vaccines, fifteen years ago is evidence the substance is inherently harmful. However, the reality is the chain of cause and effect was the reverse. Thimerosal was actually removed because of that very political pressure by uninformed citizens groups insistent that it was harmful. Now, anti-vaccine fanatics exploit their own success in getting public officials to change policy to then claim we wouldn’t have removed it if it was truly safe. A very devious tactic, and sadly, often very effective.
Now if the GMO issue was all just a matter of personal preference, it wouldn’t be such a serious concern among scientists. But the problem is that by 2050, the world population is projected to reach 9 billion people, and we’ll need to increase food production by 70% to feed that many people. GMOs are not only one of the most important means of making that happen, but they’re also better for the environment and can save lives today in communities that lack certain forms of nutrition. For instance, a genetically modified banana, which has the potential to dramatically reduce infant mortality and blindness in children across Africa, is undergoing its first human trials. In those regions, the local bananas don’t contain enough Vitamin A, so hundreds are dying from Vitamin A deficiencies. This particular GM banana contains much higher quantities of Vitamin A, and will literally save lives. But those who are biased against transgenic foods refuse to accept these live-saving benefits and will inevitably use these labels as a pretext for pushing their ideology in a similar way to how creationists use the pretext of “academic freedom” to push their ideology in schools.


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Phil Harrison, the head of Sony's in-house game studio, is leaving the company, beginning the 29th of February.
"The past 15 years at Sony Computer Entertainment has been the defining journey of my life so far. I am grateful to all the PlayStation family for their incredible support, guidance and friendship," Harrison said. "It has been a privilege to serve as part of the team and be inspired by them on a daily basis. I am so proud of everything PlayStation has achieved and will continue to support its future in every way I can."
Sony President Kaz Hirai said: "As one of the founding members of SCE, Phil played a key role in the development and growth of the PlayStation business and our industry," Kaz Hirai said. "It is sad to see him departing from SCE, but I wish to express my gratitude for his many invaluable contributions and also wish Phil the very best of luck in his future endeavours."
Although it is far from official, there is a rumor on the internet that Harrison plans to move to Atari.


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VGP - Bel Viet Nam, a subsidiary of France’s Bel Group on March 16 inaugurated its second cheese plant in the southern province of Binh Duong province.
Bel Group produces world renowned cheese brands such as Laughing Cow, Kiri, Babybel, Goodi and Regal Picon.
Built at a cost of € 12.9 million, the facility is capable of producing 10,000 tons of cheese products per year to supply domestic and regional markets.
The factory uses the latest technologies from Europe including the UHT technology to ensure product quality meeting the EU’s strict standards.
Speaking at the factory’s inauguration ceremony, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Thanh Liem said the event marks a new development of the company in line with the local policy on investment attraction.
Binh Duong is committed to creating the best conditions possible for Bel Viet Nam to operate effectively, Liem pledged.
The group’s products will not only meet local consumer demand, but will also be exported to other countries in the South East Asian region.
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The BlueBird project is currently in its research phase and seeks to spur companies with different backgrounds to action to help shape the sustainable and innovative future of the port and maritime manufacturing industry.
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We are specifically looking for innovation-driven activity on renewable energy, the circular economy, mobility, logistics and transshipment.
These companies include not only tech enterprises focused on digitization, data, community & security, but also those businesses active in the maritime manufacturing industry and those that specialize in recruitment, training or business support services.
The overall goal of BlueBird is to lend a hand in Ghent’s ambitions of becoming the technology capital of Europe. At the same time, the project is surfing the internationalization wave initiated by North Sea Port Ghent, which has crystallized its ambitions in a strategic plan called ‘Connect 2025’.
By the end of 2022, we should have a clearer view of the definitive layout of the site, so we can then apply for the permit next year. If all goes according to plan, the first shovel will go into the ground in 2025.


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AHF Products to close Titusville wood plant
Mountville, Pa.—AHF Products has announced plans to close its wood flooring plant in Titusville, Pa., effective October 30, 2022. As a result, production of select solid and composite wood flooring products will be relocated to the company’s manufacturing plants in Beverly, W.Va.; Somerset, Kentucky; and alone, Tenn.
According to Brian Carson, president and CEO of AHF Products, the decision comes after extensive internal and external market analysis to align with the company’s ongoing efforts to simplify its business model and improve both profitability and competitiveness.
“It was a difficult decision because it affects people’s lives,” he said. “The entire team has performed very well over the years and we are grateful for their dedication and service. Unfortunately, the more expensive local wood costs and lack of equipment to dry wood on site do not allow us to scale up production. While difficult, it is a necessary step to improve our other manufacturing capabilities in the US and pave the way for future investments that will make AHF Products a stronger manufacturer and partner.”
According to Carson, the cost and service improvements that AHF Products can realize by moving its Titusville flooring production to the company’s other U.S. facilities will help business and create additional jobs in those locations, ultimately improving service to its customers. yields customers. AHF said the Titusville plant represented less than 1% of the company’s production capacity.
Separately, AHF Products has completed the planned shutdown of its Oneida, Tenn., small factory that produces floor cleaners. The shutdown was announced in 2019 and will run until October 2022. Four employees currently work at this facility.


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The Commerce Commission says the penalties imposed on Air New Zealand and other airlines in the air cargo cartel case should be a deterrent to breaking price-fixing rules.
Air New Zealand - which still faces action across the Tasman - is the last airline to pay a penalty here in the long-running case after the High Court approved a $7.5 million fine and more than $500,000 in costs.
Total penalties of $42.5 million have been paid by Air NZ, British Airways, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Korean Air, MASKargo, Qantas, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines Cargo and Thai Airways.
Commerce Commission chairman Mark Berry said he was very pleased to have resolved this significant case in its entirety.
"Price-fixing is unlawful and the penalties imposed in the air cargo case should be a deterrent to others who might breach the Commerce Act.
"The penalties are also a reminder to companies that it is important to have effective compliance programmes in place to prevent anti-competitive behaviour,"he said.
Air New Zealand was among the 13 airlines the commission filed proceedings against in December 2008, alleging they had colluded to impose fuel and security surcharges for air cargo shipments to and from New Zealand.
In April 2011 the commission discontinued its action against PT Garuda Indonesia, United Airlines Inc and six Air New Zealand executives and the following year it discontinued its proceedings against two Qantas executives.
High Court judge Geoffrey Venning said the offending was at the serious end of the scale and consumers were harmed.
Air New Zealand admitted liability for understandings relating to fuel and security surcharges in Japan and Malaysia for cargo flown inbound to New Zealand. Air New Zealand did not contest allegations concerning fuel surcharges in Australia for nine months in 2000 for cargo flown inbound to New Zealand.
From January 2000 to February 2006 Air New Zealand carried just under 407,000 tonnes of freight into and out of New Zealand, earning freight revenue of approximately $1 billion, the judge said.
The airline, which has previously described price-fixing as "insidious", emphasises that the penalties did not relate to any cargo flown from New Zealand.
Justice Venning said Air New Zealand considered there was no commercial gain because freight forwarders and importers did not necessarily pay higher prices for air cargo services from Malaysia and Japan to New Zealand than they would have, given that the price of fuel and security costs increased considerably.
The penalty, which was recommended to the court by the commission and Air New Zealand as part of a pre-trial settlement, included a 20 per cent discount for Air New Zealand's admissions, its clean record and reflected the airline's high volume of cargo business in New Zealand.
The penalty also recognised that the surcharges in Japan were approved by the local regulator and agreed on with local regulators in Malaysia.
The court noted that Air New Zealand's conduct was not as culpable as that of some of the other airlines pursued by the commission and Air New Zealand had not been a participant in a cartel on a global basis.
Air New Zealand also agreed to pay $300,000 towards the Commerce Commission's investigation costs and court costs of $259,000.
Air New Zealand still faces action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which it is defending.
In its interim report in February, Air New Zealand said it had been named in four class actions overseas.
One was taken by Australian law firm Maurice Blackburn against Air New Zealand and other airlines in 2007. The firm has said it represented about 200 shippers and was seeking a hearing date in Australia's Federal Court.
The class action includes Qantas, Lufthansa Cargo, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Air New Zealand and British Airways. A principal, Brooke Dellavedova, said settlement with the Commerce Commission was "further confirmation that airlines acted illegally and the businesses affected want their money back".


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Melbourne electronic duo Knightfall have released the first taste of what’s to come off their forthcoming debut EP, with the release of their debut single ‘Speed Machine.
Working in collaboration with music industry veteran Mike Marsh (previously working with the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Cassius, Prodigy and Depeche Mode) and taking inspiration from the likes of Daft Punk and Justice, the electronic duo have taken a darker approach to the house music genre with the use of their own electronically pleasing touch to a genre that is overflowing at the moment.
With the release of their impending EP coming out later this year, this three minute and 47 second debut single is a great start for the Melbourne-based electronic duo, which gives the duo so much time to showcase what they have to offer the music world with the likes of their percussion, production and storytelling.
‘Speed Machine’ is released independently Friday May 19th, with EP release dates to follow. Have a listen to the first taste below.


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Toyota Motor PH is now more than just an automobile company
Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) inaugurated today Toyota Mobility Solutions Philippines, Inc. (TMSPH), a wholly-owned subsidiary that will be a provider of mobility-related services.
With it, the automaker ventures into the development and offering of a range of ‘new mobility solutions’ that will enhance Toyota as a brand that creates value for society through a service business model. This will also allow TMP to further its effort to provide safety and comfort for Filipinos with TMSPH’s Vehicle Usership (VU) platforms, available for individuals and the business sector.
TMSPH presented an initial pipeline of services which include fleet-connected service, on-demand shuttle booking app, car sharing or rental, logistics matching service, and fleet management service. Additionally, TMSPH will complement Toyota Financial Services Philippines Corporation (TFSPH) in promoting and managing units under its full operating lease product called Kinto.
TMSPH president Ma. Cristina Fe Arevalo defined TMP’s concept of ‘new mobility’ as a suite of technology and data-driven lifestyle and business solutions that can address the day-to-day challenges of moving people and goods from one point to another.
Moreover, Arevalo highlighted that TMSPH will primarily support the operating efficiency and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) of various industries which are vital in driving economic growth.
“We envision TMSPH to be at the center of the ‘new mobility’ ecosystem as an integrated, ‘one-stop’ mobility solutions provider to help advance businesses and address local communities’ needs,” said Arevalo.
The first of its kind among Toyota affiliates in the Southeast Asian region, TMSPH is considered a ‘New Mobility Dojo’ that is projected to modernize domestic mobility systems and the Internet of Things (IoT), potentially creating employment opportunities for technical but customer-centric professionals.
“I am committed to making sure that both Toyota Motor Philippines and, now, Toyota Mobility Solutions will continue to deliver on our promise of exceeding your expectations. We will share with you our vision of the future and the many exciting products and services that Toyota Mobility Solutions has to offer. I am really excited to give you a glimpse of what is to come,” said Alfred Ty, Chairman of Toyota Motor Philippines.


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ITF Millets & Organics International Trade Fair
The fifth edition of Millets and Organics , 2024 – International Trade Fair is organized by the Department of Agriculture, Government Of Karnataka. It will be a platform for farmers, farmer groups, domestic and international companies, central and state institutions in the organic and millet sector to connect and explore opportunities in Agri-horticulture, processing, machinery and Agri-technology.
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A new generation of Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ has been confirmed
Toyota and Subaru have confirmed that their sports car project will return for a second generation, as the pair announce an expansion of their joint alliance.
The Japanese car manufacturers collaborated on the Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ, but the future of the sports car twins has long been in doubt because of relatively low sales and a lack of coherence with the pair’s more mainstream model ranges.
However, after announcing the duo would work together on an all-electric vehicle platform earlier this year, Toyota has now upped its stake in Subaru to 20 per cent, while Subaru has also acquired shares in Toyota to ‘further strengthen and develop’ the partnership.
As part of this development, they confirmed joint production of the sports cars would continue.
Enthusiasts hoping that the GT86 will finally be given more than the 197bhp it currently has could be disappointed, though, as Toyota will likely be keen to ensure there’s enough of a performance gap between this and the new Supra.
It is therefore likely that the second-generation models will retain similar specifications to now, sporting a 2.0-litre Subaru-sourced Boxer engine and rear-wheel drive layout.
While it’s also unclear when further information on the updated models will be revealed, the current model was launched in 2012, so should be due an overhaul within one or two years.


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Verse is the condominium property at the heart of The Boro, Tysons Corner's first walkable community. The Boro is a 16-acre development offering pedestrian-friendly streets, Greensboro Metro access, everyday conveniences and a diversity of dining experiences. Prior to its delivery this fall, Verse has already become one of the best-selling luxury condominium developments in the DC area, with over sixty percent of its 140 luxury residences sold and an average sale price of $1M.
These early buyers appreciate Verse’s high-end features—including custom kitchens, floor-to-ceiling windows and large private balconies—as well as the overwhelming variety of local businesses and green spaces, including the new one-acre Boro Park.
“I decided to purchase at The Verse because I wanted to live in a neighborhood that is new and growing,” says Nicole Nguyen, who happens to be an optometrist at the future Boro MyEyeDr. “The Boro is going to be an awesome community [and] a lively area for young people, like myself, as well as families.”
Boro Park’s plazas and gardens are surrounded by retail and will host an array of events, including outdoor concerts, movies on the green, markets and festivals. In addition to a new Whole Foods, which will include a food market and outdoor terrace dining, The Boro will soon be home to a curated mix of retailers.
Residents can start their day by walking their dog through Boro Park over to Bluestone Lane for a cup of artisanal coffee and their famous avocado smash toast, get their hair cut at local Tysons’ favorite Colour Bar, take a workout break in Verse’s fitness center, and head over to Flower Child, for a healthy, post-workout meal.
“The Boro will be Tysons' first walkable neighborhood and our early buyers really understand this,” says Mayhood Company Sales Manager Chris Blakemore. “They are as excited as we are about Verse’s success. It’s all about walkability!”
Verse also boasts a host of on-site, hotel-level luxury amenities, including an artfully designed lobby, a one-acre rooftop SkyPark and an expansive, private all-season terrace with communal tables and cocktail seating. Residents have access to a dedicated 24/7 concierge, a hotel-like hospitality suite for owners’ overnight guests, a high-performance fitness studio, pet spa, outdoor pool and resident-only parking area.
Sales for Verse are being handled by Mayhood Company and the sales gallery, located at 8399 Westpark Drive, is open daily from 11am to 5pm. Verse will also host an Open House Champagne Brunch for prospective buyers at the Verse Sales Gallery on May 5th from 11am to 2pm. To RSVP, email firstname.lastname@example.org.
This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/at-tysons-verse-condo-green-space-metro-access-and-total-walkability/15220.
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As The Times reported this morning, NBC decided not to sell its videos on Apple’s iTunes when their contract expires this December.
Apple says, well then, we don’t want to sell your episodes. So there. The new season’s shows won’t be available on iTunes.
Apple portrays itself as the hero of the people, saving them $3 on each “Deal or No Deal” episode:
The move follows NBC’s decision to not renew its agreement with iTunes after Apple declined to pay more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode, which would have resulted in the retail price to consumers increasing to $4.99 per episode from the current $1.99. ABC, CBS, FOX and The CW, along with more than 50 cable networks, are signed up to sell TV shows from their upcoming season on iTunes at $1.99 per episode.
It sounds like something out of Fake Steve Jobs.


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Taylor Swift's fans are convinced she's going to be the next Super Bowl halftime performer.
Rumors and reports naming Swift as the coveted performer for the February 2023 game surfaced Friday, although People magazine has learned the "Look What You Made Me Do" singer is not performing.
The NFL declined to comment on the matter when reached by Fox News Digital.
The "Swifties," as Swift's fans are often called, went into a frenzy on Friday after the NFL announced Apple Music would be the sponsor of the Super Bowl LVII show. While Swift was not named or used in any of the promotional material, fans took the midnight announcement as a clue.
"We are proud to welcome Apple Music to the NFL family as our new partner for the iconic Super Bowl Halftime Show," the league said in the announcement.
"We couldn't think of a more appropriate partner for the world's most-watched musical performance than Apple Music, a service that entertains, inspires, and motivates millions of people around the world through the intersection of music and technology."
Swift is set to release her upcoming album "Midnights" on Oct. 21. The pop star has been sharing the titles of the songs on the album at midnight weekly on TikTok during a series called "Midnights Mayhem with Me."
Track 13 is titled "Mastermind," while track 8 is "Vigilante S--t."
Fans also pointed to Swift's partnership with Coca-Cola as a reason why she wouldn't have been chosen as a performer in the past. Until this year, Pepsi had been a longtime sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show.
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The Central Bank of Russia’s (CBR) first deputy governor has said that blockchain technology is not the "universal solution," many promised it would be five years ago.
In an interview with Euromoney on April 2, Olga Skorobogatova took a deep dive into the bank’s initiatives, sandboxes, and experiences with blockchain deployment.
Following three years of experimenting with the Masterchain platform — a local blockchain-based network for transferring valuable financial data like mortgage accounting — Skorobogatova said, “Blockchain is a great fit for things like letters of credit and guarantees because it is essentially a technology of trust.”
However, she further added that blockchain is not the cure-all that many believed it would be:
“I remember being told by some tech companies back then: ‘Olga, in five years everything will be powered by blockchain, there will be no other technologies.' I responded that this technology would work in cases when it would create additional value but not as a substitution for everything. Time has proven me right.”
But what about cryptocurrencies?
Skorobogatova said she does not believe in cryptocurrencies as a means of payment as they pose major risks for customers. She noted cryptocurrencies’ high volatility, lack of guarantee for savings, and usage in money laundering as major threats.
The deputy governor noted that the central bank is in talks with other regulators on the issue of global stablecoins, stating that, at this point, stablecoins raise more questions than answers.
The CBR has flirted with the idea of a national digital currency, which Skorobogatova questions as well:
“For me, the big question is if there is any added value in using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) – for the economy, for individuals and for businesses. Clearly, people want fast digital payments, but this can be implemented with a national fast payments platform. What can CBDCs bring to the table? So far, no one in Russia or elsewhere has been able to give a convincing answer or even to explain the difference between electronic payments and CBDCs.”
Russia’s recent approach to crypto and blockchain regulation
Meanwhile, Russia has postponed its bill “On Digital Financial Assets” yet again. Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets and chairman of the National Banking Council at the CBR, admitted that previous delays in the bill’s adoption were caused by disagreement on the new asset type between local authorities.
Aksakov said that the central bank opposed the legalization of crypto while the State Duma advocated some crypto initiatives.
On March 24, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia reportedly prepared a draft law that would allow the testing of cryptocurrency and blockchain developments within a special regulatory sandbox.


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Nike’s new marketing campaign finds sporting magic within the mundane
While most back-to-school campaigns tend to blend into a sea of samey school uniform commercials, Nike is approaching this highlight in the children’s calendar differently this year.
In its new campaign, Never Done Playing, the sportswear brand focuses on finding the magic in the mundane by transforming everyday chores into sporting events
The campaign is led by creative consultancy Soursop, who previously worked with the brand on its Emma Raducanu Wimbledon campaign earlier this summer and on a community-based campaign in Berlin last year.
The series of four hero films have been directed by India Rose Harris and feature a mixture of street cast and famous families, with photography led by Lucas Garrido.
The first spot shows Dutch football legend Virgil Van Dijk doing a spot of gardening, before being enticed into an epic game of footie with his two daughters
YouTube and Channel 5 TV personalities, the Grimwades family, star in a second film, which shows them turning WFH into a dance battle.
The other two films feature families discovered through street casting, who are filmed turning a walk around the block into a 100-metre race, and doing the laundry into a game of tennis doubles.
Creative consultancy: Soursop
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Creative Director: Francesca Marchesi
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Packed with “several hundred thousand transistors,” the computer has the processing power of an x86 chip from 1990. That’s nowhere near enough power to run intensive applications like Microsoft Word, but it’s an impressive feat for such a tiny device.
The chip was designed to track the shipment of everyday products and devices to detect theft, fraud, or non-compliance. You can think of it as a miniature RFID tag. If counterfeit goods are introduced to a group of products in the supply chain, these microcomputers can be used to authenticate each device. It uses blockchain, the underlying technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Etherium, to ensure people don’t purchase counterfeit goods.
IBM says the computer can take on many forms and be used to authenticate a variety of goods. For example, it can be printed as edible ink onto pills to prevent people from taking counterfeit medicine. In some countries, fake pills account for nearly 70 percent of life-saving pharmaceuticals. The chip can also be embedded onto smartphones or in wine.
“These technologies pave the way for new solutions that tackle food safety, authenticity of manufactured components, genetically modified products, identification of counterfeit objects and provenance of luxury goods,” Arvind Krishna, head of IBM research, said in a blog post.
The 1mm ‘cryptographic anchors” house almost everything you’d expect to find in a conventional computer chip, including a processor, memory, power cell, and communications unit. Despite its size, the IBM computer has the ability to run AI-based processes, like data sorting.
IBM is still testing the computer and has not settled on a release date. However, the company believes the first models could be made available to clients in the next 18 month, and within five years, advances in microfluidics, packaging, cryptography, and non-volatile memory could bring these systems to the marketplace. Once production starts, the cost-effective processing units could flourish. The computers are “small enough and cheap enough to be put anywhere—and everywhere,” IBM claims.


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August 19 is the day for HTC.
HTC has some new thing to show us on this day, i.e. August 19. HTC has planned a press event for this day in New York, so there must be something new for us on this day. But HTC hasn’t revealed anything yet about this press event.
The company’s official plans are still a mystery as HTC haven’t revealed anything about this press event or the gathering over any social networking site or channel.
For the day of press event, i.e. August 19, many rumors are being coming out. Most recently, rumors have been spreading out that HTC is re-entering the windows phone market by launching ONE M8, which supports Microsoft’s OS.
The phone may be the exact copy of M8, and will be known as W8, which includes metal chassis, loud boom – boom sound speakers, duo camera setup, etc. or else it may be a attraction seeking strategy, which Windows phone 8.1 may require during its launch event.
Also, the above description may be a rumor, and W8 may not have a metal chassis, as in Japan, HTC has already pre-announced a variation of ONE M8, i.e. J BUTTERFLY, which consists of a plastic body. This will also be revealed on August 19, at an event in Tokyo. This makes us to think that what will HTC W8 have in common with than HTC One M8.
Since all these rumors are been spreading out, still we don’t know what will happen in the HTC : August 19, New York event. The event may disclose about Windows phone hardware, or may give us details about A.U.S. version of the new J Butterfly, or we may also heard about HTC’s tablets too. An android wear smart watch may also comes out. we don’t know anything about this press event, and we can only assume about this day till any information gets leaked.


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Microsoft has released the first 64-bit version of SQL Server in the hope of gaining a broader segment of the database market, although analysts have said it has not yet matched the high-end capabilities of market leaders IBM and Oracle.
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) offers faster performance and the ability to support more concurrent users than did previous versions of the product, said Sheryl Tullis, a product manager for SQL Server. It will provide customers with an alternative to products from IBM and Oracle, which have offered 64-bit databases for years, she added.
The 64-bit will be priced the same as the 32-bit version, to encourage customers to upgrade and also to undercut its rivals on price.
The product should appeal to organisations that are consolidating multiple databases into a single system in order to cut costs, who are building data warehouses and who are deploying large-scale ERP and CRM systems, Tullis said.
"What we offer is going to be half the cost of a Unix project. I don't expect people to rip out all their existing systems, but if they're doing new projects I think they'll see Microsoft as really attractive," she said.
The 64-bit database allows Microsoft to address "a large portion of the sweet spot of the database market", said Betsy Burton, an analyst with Gartner.
"Think about the average database; it's typically a few hundred concurrent users and a few hundred [gigabytes] of data. That's the mass market, where Oracle is trying to compete better [by offering its database on Linux], and where Microsoft is trying to move up with 64-bit SQL Server. More and more, there are comparisons to be made between the two," she said.
However, for businesses building very large data warehouses or for those that need the very highest levels of availability, such as banks and busy e-commerce websites, Oracle9i and IBM's DB2 are still likely to be more suitable products, she said.
"The 64-bit release incrementally helps SQL Server gain credibility and support a broader set of applications, but still, for the cream-of-the-crop high-end data warehousing and high-end OLTP (on-line transaction processing) applications, the market is still dominated by IBM and Oracle," Burton said.
Microsoft has yet to equal Oracle's Real Application Clusters technology, which lets businesses run a database across groups of servers for nearly continuous uptime, said Carl Olofson, an analyst with IDC. Microsoft also lags in its ability to store and manipulate XML data, where Oracle and IBM have been hard at work, analysts have said.
Microsoft's Tullis acknowledged some of the shortcomings.
"We have some room to grow in data warehousing and we're addressing that with Yukon," she said, using the codename for a future version of SQL Server that she said Microsoft will start beta testing in the first half of this year. Such beta programmes typically take 12 to 18 months to complete, although the final release date for Yukon "depends how many betas we need", she said.
Yukon will also provide new XML capabilities and be designed from the ground up to improve security, she said. The 64-bit is based on Service Pack 3 of SQL Server 2000, which means it should not be susceptible to the SQL Slammer worm that spread rapidly in January, Tullis said.
Yukon will be the database release that makes Microsoft "feature-function comparable with the higher-end offerings of the competition", IDC's Olofson said. "This [first 64-bit product] is really intended to make them comparable from a performance standpoint," he said.
The 64-bit version of SQL Server is unlikely to inspire customers to migrate away from IBM and Oracle, a process that can be risky and costly, Olofson said. Interest is likely to come from customers starting new projects, those who favour Microsoft's .net platform and those who are attracted by the lower entry cost of SQL Server compared with DB2 and Oracle9i, he said.


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What you need to know
- An early audio review of the ASUS ROG Phone 5 has revealed the full design and key specs of the upcoming gaming phone.
- The phone will feature Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 888 processor and a triple-camera setup with a 64MP main sensor.
- ASUS will take the wraps off the ROG Phone 5 on March 10.
ASUS is set to unveil its next flagship gaming phone at a global event early next month. Ahead of its formal unveiling, DxOMark has published an audio review of the ROG Phone 5, giving us a clear look at the phone's design and confirming some key tech specs.
The official render of the ROG Phone 5 confirms the upcoming gaming phone will not look radically different from the ROG Phone 3, which was one of the best gaming phones released last year. As revealed by previous leaks, the ROG Phone 5 will feature a tiny secondary ticker display at the rear, although its purpose still remains unclear. The phone also appears to have a mysterious red button on the bottom-left. Additionally, the render confirms the presence of a 64MP primary camera, along with two other sensors and an LED flash.
While the audio review doesn't list the complete specs sheet of the ROG Phone 5, it does confirm that the phone will be running Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 chipset and feature an ESS DAC with Dirac tuning technology. The review also notes that the phone's front-facing stereo speakers are even better than the ones on its predecessor:
I wonder how well the ROG 5 will play with Verizon towers. Right now I've got the ROG 2 and it's a data only phone (on Verizon), which isn't the end if the world since I take and make calls over Google voice, but not sure how long this will be a viable solution.
Wish this would come with a micro sd slot.
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Binance announced a temporary halt to withdrawal of cryptocurrencies due to slow transaction execution and queue accumulation. After half an hour, the output was temporarily resumed, but then turned off again.
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, is temporarily
disconnected the function of withdrawing cryptoassets due to the large backlog in the execution of transactions. The team is currently working on fixing the error. Technical or other reasons for delays in making payments have not yet been announced.
The withdrawal process resumed approximately 25 minutes after the announcement of its stop on Binance’s Twitter account. 20 minutes after this announcement, the company again announced that the withdrawal of cryptocurrencies is again unavailable. The tweet said that further information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
“There will be a temporary delay in processing withdrawals until the backlog is resolved. We expect it to last about 30 minutes, ”the tweet said.
Coinbase crashed in October. After launching a waiting list for early access to the Coinbase NFT platform, the number of registered users reached 1 million and this disrupted the site.


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Drop startup Garuda Aerospace has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital firm SphitiCap. Angel investors, HNIs, and other global investors also participated in the round.
The company raised $12 million from SphitiCap in the round.
“Garuda Aerospace has built various types of drones… and their developments in the drone sector are one to watch out for,” said Pallav Kumar Singh, Managing Partner, SphitiCap.
“Given the evolving preferences and horizontal expansion with the usage of drones in several sectors, there is a vision of promising growth beneficial for both companies. With this, drones will be playing a major in nearly every sector in the future,” he said.
The company stated that the funds would be utilized to scale up and expand operations. Part of the funds will be used for R&D, skilling, and training of drone pilots, as well as to help create employment by expanding into Tier II and III cities.
As per the statement, Garuda drones will be upgraded with payload capacities, endurance, sensor quality, and data embedding with additional technology solutions. The startup aims to achieve significant dominance in rural areas, making it easier to manufacture drones to speed up deliveries, reduce costs, and increase accessibility.
In the next 18 months, Garuda Aerospace aims to sell 25,000 drones, and in the next 15 months, it seeks to export 10,000 drones to around 100 countries.
“After my experience at Davos 2023, it was clear that Garuda Aerospace has the potential to scale globally by manufacturing more Make in India drones and will help India to become the drone hub of the world by 2030,” said Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO, Garuda Aerospace.
In India and across the world, Garuda drones are employed in various industries, including agricultural, mapping, infrastructure, mining, and project inspections.
In 26 different Indian cities, Garuda Aerospace has a team of over 500 pilots and a fleet of 400 drones. Garuda was founded in 2015 with five members and has now scaled to over 200+ teams. It aims to impact one billion lives to become India’s first drone unicorn startup.


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Updated January 2021
Postal Delivery services worldwide continue to be affected by the pandemic plus seasonal increases in demand. We are seeing delays in delivery times within the USA and Canada, that will continue into the new year. The safety of our Postal Workers continues to be a top priority.
Europe and Asia are experiencing disruptions due to limited air carrier availability, safe distancing requirements at postal processing centres and an increase in demand for package delivery.
Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated.
Namaste and One Love.
Canada Post is experiencing delays with processing and delivery within Canada. We are noticing a delivery delay of 10+ days on ALL Canadian shipments.
Due to limited airline route availability and increased demand, Priority Mail & First Class Packages are seeing delays of up to 10 business days.
Europe + Asia
International destinations are experiencing severe delays due to limited airline route availability, reduced staffing and government restrictions. Packages destined for international locations are experiencing delivery times of 6 to 8 weeks.


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i-mate back from the dead with Intelegent Windows 8 smartphone concept
Former Windows Mobile maker i-mate has apparently sparked back into life after looking as though it was all over just a few years ago. The troubled company is planning on returning to the market with a new 4.7-inch smartphone running the full Windows 8 desktop and tablet operating system – not to be confused with Windows Phone 8, which runs on Nokia, HTC and Samsung handsets. The company, now based in Redmond Washington, is developing the Intelegent smartphone to work in combination with a dock and a wireless tablet display to create comprehensive workstation with full mobile capabilities.
Acer next to use Android over Win Mobile
Acer is the next smartphone maker to move much of its attention away from Windows Mobile, sources within the field hinted today. Even though as recently as February it promised mostly Windows Mobile phones, DigiTimes has heard the company is now switching its attention to Google's Android and should ship "at least half" of its 2010 phones with the mostly open-source OS. The first Acer-made Android phone, the A1, is now estimated to ship in November.
Denies permanent closure rumors
i-mate has not disappeared, claims the smartphone maker's CEO, Jim Morrison. The company recently shut down its Dubai offices, also disappearing from phone contact. Prior to the closure, workers had been forced to take unpaid leaves; Morrison elaborates by saying that 30 out of 40 workers have been laid off.
i-mate likely closed
Windows Mobile may have been dealt a blow through a quiet shutdown of i-mate, an investigation has found. The company is said to have abruptly closed its offices one week ago and cut off communication with the media and resellers other than unverified statements that the company has stopped running. Its website is still active, but the company reportedly didn't launch a promised updated phone line in August and hasn't done more this year than release the ruggedized 810F.
i-mate intros rugged phone
i-mate today said it will release one of its first hardened devices. The i-mate 810-F is named after the US military specification, MIL-810-F, which the handset meets. The company has tested the phone to withstand temperature extremes ranging from 14°F to 140°F, as well as being able to withstand various levels of exposure to water, dust, humidity and shock resistance. It also includes a QWERTY keyboard and an impact-resistant touchscreen.
i-mate MWC Teaser
Smartphone maker i-mate today sparked attention in its lineup by claiming that it will use Mobile World Congress next month to introduce a "revolutionary mobile device" in its lineup. The company has little extra information in its teaser but suggests it will be "unlike anything else." The company has historically produced only Windows Mobile smartphones, however, and so may use Windows Mobile 6.5 and its improved interface as a centerpiece of the design.
i-mate intros Go for WinMo
i-mate, maker of the Ultimate brand of smartphones, has recently announced it is launching the i-mate Go interface for its Windows Mobile 6.1-powered offerings. Based on the VITO Winterface, i-mate Go brings Windows Mobile users with touch-screen devices an iPhone-like interface, with large, square virtual buttons acting as shortcuts to launch popular applications. Users can customize the icons, selecting the most-often used applications to pop up on the main screen.
i-Mate closes US office
i-Mate's office in Redmond, Washington has been almost completely dissolved, with the company laying off almost its entire workforce, while others left on their own volition. According to Engadget, the Dubai-based company ran into problems with US distribution of its Ultimate line of communication devices. This led to i-Mate laying off almost its entire US operations team, including the engineering, quality assurance, and technical writing departments.
i-mate Ultimate 9502 8502
Cellphone designer i-mate today included itself in the round of announcements at Mobile World Congress by finally launching its two highest-end Ultimate smartphones. Originally announced for the end of last year, the range-topping Ultimate 9502 is now set to launch with HSUPA Internet access rather than the original HSDPA; on supporting networks, the new technology will allow it to upload videos and other data much faster than possible with the older format. The Windows Mobile 6 phone is dominated by its touchscreen and continues to support GPS navigation, Wi-Fi, and a rare video-out feature for presentations or other large-screen functions.
HTC Taking Palm Production
Increasingly larger cellphone producer HTC is taking control of making smartphones for a few of its larger challengers, a report in Taiwan's Commercial Times says. Without naming specific models, the trade paper says that Palm, MWG, and Dubai-based i-mate are all pushing their assembly orders back to HTC after previously turning to other contractors or their own factories. The reversal is not explained but should help HTC's manufacturing for others account for over 10 percent of the firm's bottom line, representing a significant boost for a company increasingly known for its own devices.


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Sports activities, movie and music stars have all flocked to the NFT market to purchase photos of apes, endorse company companions and even launch their very own artwork collections.
Even because the crypto sector suffers a rout with gross sales and values plunging and scams proliferating, celebrities proceed to enroll to the craze for so-called Non-Fungible Tokens.
The Bored Ape Yacht Membership is the bottom zero of NFT “collectables.”
It options cartoon photos replicated 1000’s of instances with algorithm-generated variations.
The preliminary assortment of 10,000 laptop generated photos has been adopted by a number of different generations and plenty of hundreds of thousands of fakes.
To followers, they’re a standing image, a key to an unique membership the place odd folks can combine with the well-known and rich.
Brazilian footballer Neymar and tennis legend Serena Williams tweeted out their ape photos on the identical day in January.
U.S. speak present host Jimmy Fallon and socialite Paris Hilton confirmed off their apes on TV.
Madonna declared on Instagram in March that she had “entered the MetaVerse” with a purchase order of an ape, reportedly for greater than $500,000.
She was following the likes of musicians Justin Bieber, Eminem and Snoop Dogg, basketball luminaries Shaquille O’Neal and Stephen Curry, and actors together with Gwyneth Paltrow.
To NFT critics, these apes symbolise all that’s mistaken within the crypto world – basically nugatory but promoting for huge sums with valuations primarily based on hype.
And finally these celebrities don’t personal the ape photos in any conventional sense, anybody can obtain and use the photographs.
What they personal is basically a digital receipt linked to the image.
However movie star backing is significant.
The apes, together with cartoon collections like CryptoPunks, look like weathering the crash higher than different elements of the crypto sector.
Celeb NFT lovers have gone quite a bit deeper into the trade than simply shopping for ape photos – lots have created their very own NFT collections, with blended outcomes.
U.S. musician Grimes obtained in early, managing to bag nearly $6 million for some fantasy-inspired artwork final 12 months.
Nonetheless, many of those NFTs at the moment are all however nugatory, promoting for fractions of their authentic costs after they promote in any respect.
Different collections have failed even to get off the bottom. Wrestler John Cena bought only a handful of NFTs from a set he put collectively final 12 months with the WWE.
He admitted it was a “catastrophic failure.”
Skateboarder Tony Hawk has been extra profitable with gross sales, however at the price of the admiration of a few of his followers.
He introduced on Twitter final 12 months he would promote variations of his well-known tips as NFTs, prompting responses starting from “Cease this Tony” to “Tony, no, not you too.”
Hawk has not talked about the venture on Twitter since, although he has continued to deal in NFTs.
One of many mainstays of the celebrity-NFT relationship is the old school model endorsement.
This week, French megastar footballer Kylian Mbappe turned the newest star to signal on as an “ambassador” and spend money on French start-up Sorare.
The agency runs a fantasy soccer recreation the place gamers can purchase sports-card model NFTs.
Serena Williams, together with footballers Gerard Pique and Rio Ferdinand, have already invested within the recreation.
And to not be outdone, the world’s most well-known footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, final week introduced a partnership with Binance, the world’s largest crypto agency.
The choices will apparently embrace designs created in collaboration with Ronaldo, who mentioned in an announcement he seemed ahead to “bringing unprecedented experiences and entry by means of this NFT platform.”


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Volume sales of bread fell 29%, fruit by 20%, eggs by 12%, and vegetables by 8%, according to figures from TNS [52w/e 25 January 2009]. In value terms, overall sales of organic food and drink were down 1% despite spiralling food inflation. During the same period, value sales of non-organic food increased 7%.
As a further blow to organic producers, the category's share of the grocery market slipped from 1.4% to 1.3%. And the fall in demand is more extreme when looking at the 12-week period ending 25 January, which shows spend down 15% and market share slipping to 1.1%.
"A lot of this boils down to money," said Ed Garner, TNS Worldpanel communications director. "Premium is under pressure and the ones that shout value are doing well. Many organic products are seen as too expensive. People are still prepared to pay a low premium - they're quite happy with organic milk, for example, where volumes have dropped less than 1%."
Although dairy is expected to be the most resilient organic sector during the recession, Yeo Valley - the UK's biggest organic brand - has found it tough to maintain sales.
"It's no surprise to hear organic sales figures are down," said Ben Cull, marketing director at Yeo Valley. "We've had fantastic double-digit growth for years, but now things have changed. We are having to promote harder and be more active to maintain our share."
He added that Yeo Valley's sales had declined last year but were now starting to rise again as the company increased its promotions.
However, Peter Melchett, policy director of the Soil Association, said: "Reports of a large decline in organic doesn't chime with what we've been hearing. We knew some fresh fruit and veg sales had declined in some retailers, such as Tesco, but Asda is selling more organic than it was so it's a very varied picture."


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OnePlus One is the first OnePlus Smart phone that is based on CyanogenMod and is set for a release in the second quadrant of this year. This device is going to be a wonderful smartphone considering its expected retail price that will be less than $400. The company (OnePlus) has confirmed that the device will be featuring a 13 MP front facing camera with Sony Exmor IMX214.
This 5.5 inch device comes with an resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and is powered by a quad core 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor with a 3100 mAh battery to power the device. More over it has an always-on, always listening feature and will be coming with a 13 MP camera on the rear, with Exmor IMX214, this was picked for the device because the Smart phone aim is not to compete with DSLR’s but it is just to offer a portable gadget that will be performing well in real life conditions.
This 13 MP Sony camera has an f/2.p aperture that is good for taking snaps in low lights and has a unique 6 lens optics to avoid any low aperture distortion while enhancing the image quality and colors. It also features an IS+ (Image Stabilization plus) and the camera can shoot 4K videos at 720p at 120fps. The OnePlus One will also feature a 5 MP camera on the front for video calling and selfies.
Specifications of OnePlus One
- 5.5 inch touch screen display
- 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution
- 2.3 GHz quad core Snapdragon 800 processor
- 13 MP Sony Exmor IMX214 rear camera
- 5 MP front facing camera
- 3100 mAh battery
Many other specifications of the device are yet to be reveled and hope they will be coming out soon. Until then stay tuned for more information and updates. The pricing and launch date of the device is not yet known but expected to be coming in to the market with price tag of less than $400.