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Black Friday got off to its earliest start ever as the nation's shoppers put down their turkey and headed straight to the malls.
Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's named Black Friday because it's traditionally when they turn a profit for the year. In fact, generations of shoppers have made Black Friday rituals of going to bed early after munching on turkey and pumpkin pie so that they can head out to stores early the next day.
But Black Friday openings have crept earlier and earlier over the past few years as stores have experimented with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. And this year, crowds gathered across the country as stores such as Target and Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving evening, while retailers from Macy's to Best Buy opened their doors at midnight on Black Friday.
About 11,000 shoppers were in lines wrapped around Macy's flagship store in New York City's Herald Square when it opened. Joan Riedewald, a private aide for the elderly, and her four children ages six to 18, where among them. By the time they showed up at the department store, Riedewalde had already spent about $100 at Toys R Us and planned to spend another $500 at Macy's before heading to Old Navy.
"I only shop for sales," she said.
Retailers are hoping that the earlier openings will help boost sales this holiday season. It is unclear how many shoppers took advantage of the earlier openings. But about 17 percent of shoppers said earlier this month that they planned to shop at stores that opened on Thanksgiving, according to an International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs survey of 1,000 consumers. Overall, it's estimated that sales on Black Friday will be up 3.8 percent to $11.4 billion this year.
The earlier hours are an effort by stores to make shopping as convenient as possible for Americans, who they fear won't spend freely during the two-month holiday season in November and December because of economic uncertainty. Many shoppers are worried about high unemployment and a package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff" that will take effect in January unless Congress passes a budget deal by then. At the same time, Americans have grown more comfortable shopping on websites that offer cheap prices and the convenience of being able to buy something from smartphones, laptops and tablet computers from just about anywhere.
That's put added pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the holiday shopping season, to give consumers a compelling reason to leave their homes. That's becoming more difficult: the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group, estimates that overall sales in November and December will rise 4.1 percent this year to $586.1 billion, or about flat with last year's growth. But the online part of that is expected to rise 15 percent to $68.4 billion, according to Forrester Research.
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So when do you think they'll bring out a three-row crossover?? Do you think this would have made a big difference for Lexus if they built a three-row crossover as stated by Mr. Lentz?
Jeff Bracken:“In hindsight, if I was making this decision 10 years ago, seeing what I see today, the three-row [crossover] probably would have been the better play to come out first,” said Lentz, who has stationed himself at an office in Texas as Toyota prepares to move its headquarters to a new corporate campus here from Southern California.
He added: “Strategically that’s a more important vehicle to have than necessarily a lower volume, higher priced image product.”
They both speak from a volume first, growth is king approach, which is ass backwards in this day and age. Consumers buy 'experiences' and 'emotions', YoY sales growth just isn't sexy to the consumer.Lexus wouldn’t confirm last week whether such a vehicle is under study, but dealers have been clamoring for it. “Third-row seating is the No. 1 issue we hear from dealers,” Lexus division chief Jeff Bracken told Automotive News last year. “We feel like we’re missing a 35,000-units-a-year opportunity. We’re working hard to rectify that.”
That's why car makers have research and development teams to see what people want and what will actually sellDealers want everything right. They'll ask for a convertible pickup truck if they know they can line up a sale, so sometimes its not always best for the brand to respond explicitly to what the dealers ask for. I think we'll probabaly see a three row something next. I'm surprised they didnt give the RX the option at least, but the two big boys are the next to go. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them is killed in favour of a 2 row and 3 row single model, like the Escalade and Escalade plus (or whatever the bigger trim level is called)
Actually, it's good when a company knows where they have gone wrong rather than one that stays stuck in what they think was right.It does seem like Lexus listens to their dealers a bit more than they should perhaps. Dealers are also asking for a 3-row crossover, so lets just hope that they have done the market research and everything so they don't end up walking back their decision again. It doesn't look good when a company admits a strategic mistake like this. I think they just should have kept their mouth shut.
It's good that they know what they did wrong, I'm just not sure if they should have admitted it in an interview. It's not like it was a glaring mistake or something to do with safety. They should have just said that they are excited to start working on a 3-row crossover. Why say you made a mistake when otherwise people wouldn't even know?Actually, it's good when a company knows where they have gone wrong rather than one that stays stuck in what they think was right.
Now they know what to do, time for them to get too it.

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Ripple Will Work With IBM, Microsoft, Circle, And More To Promote Adoption – Swiss Stock Exchange Launches XRP ETP
Ripple and XRP simply refuse to leave the spotlight. It seems that there’s at least one new piece of exciting news on a daily basis surrounding the San Francisco-based company and the digital asset XRP.
Ripple joins massive names in an effort to promote adoption in the UK
It was just reported that Ripple’s head of banking Marjan Delatinne just joined the British Blockchain Association’s advisory board.
The great thing is that the man will be working with highly essential names such as the leaders from Microsoft, IBM, R3, Circle and KPMG.
This association promotes the education and adoption of the blockchain tech and crypto across the private and public sectors in the UK.
XRP is now supported on CredoEx which is a Silicon Valley-based crypto exchange that’s backed by crypto bull Tim Draper.
After digging in, we are thrilled to now support #XRP on CredoEx. XRP is a digital asset underpinned by excellent distributed ledger technology & an important use case, that we believe is suitable for users looking for more exposure to varied digital assets. #ripple #XRPcommunity pic.twitter.com/c6we3vvNYQ
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More than that, one of the biggest stock exchanges in Europe said that they would be soon adding an XRP-based exchange-traded product (ETP).
This new ETP will launch on the exchange SIX which is backed by the Swiss startup Amun AG.
Hany Rashwan, Amun AG’s CEO, told CoinDesk, as reported by The Daily Hodl, that it has received approval from regulators to issue the ETP using XRP as the ticker name.
“We can comfortably say that we expect to release the world’s first XRP ETP within the next two months.”
XRP could reach over 3 million online stores
XRP was recently in the spotlight once again after the massive news that it could soon reach millions of online stores which would be a huge step towards mass adoption.
Wietse Wind is planning to bring Ripple’s digital asset XRP to the forefront of e-commerce.
There's been created a bounty that will be going to the developer who manages to build a plugin that integrates XRP with WooCommerce.
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Hulu’s fate still hangs in the balance following statements from Disney CEO Bob Iger this week. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Tech, Media, and Telecom conference on Thursday, Iger said that Disney is still debating whether it will buy out Comcast’s 33 percent stake in Hulu, alluding to the current economic downturn and the company’s own difficulties with Disney Plus.
“What we’re doing right now, because we own two-thirds of Hulu, and we have an agreement with Comcast that may result in us owning 100 percent, is we’re really studying the business very, very carefully,” Iger said. In an interview with CNBC last month, Iger had similarly refuted assumptions that Disney would buy the remaining stake in Hulu, saying “that that is not necessarily the case,” and that “everything is on the table right now.”
Comcast has a standing agreement to sell its 33 percent share of Hulu to Disney in January 2024
Back in 2019, Comcast and Disney announced an agreement that would eventually give Disney full control of the Hulu streaming service. But that agreement isn’t necessarily a done deal — instead, it simply permits either Disney or Comcast to force a sale of Comcast’s remaining stake in Hulu to Disney starting from January 2024. Hulu’s actual valuation will be independently assessed closer to the sale deadline, but the agreement gives a guaranteed minimum valuation of $27.5 billion — making Comcast’s share worth at least $9 billion. (Disclosure: Comcast’s NBCU division is a minority investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.)
Even for Disney, that’s a lot of money. And just like many other giant tech and media companies, Disney is a little strapped for cash right now. Iger has announced several cost-cutting measures at Disney since returning as CEO last November, laying off 7,000 workers and restructuring key areas of the business. Disney’s streaming business also lost around $1.5 billion last quarter, with both Disney Plus and Hulu reporting a slowdown in subscribers.
In the face of economic downturn, Disney is hesitant to commit to the purchase
While he expressed that Hulu is a “solid platform” and “very attractive” for advertisers, Iger’s caution isn’t unfounded. “It’s already proven to be valuable for them, and advertising is proven to be valuable for us,” said Iger. “But the environment is very, very tricky right now, and before we make any big decisions about our level of investment, our commitment to that business, we want to understand where it could go.”
Comcast president Mike Cavanagh responded to the hesitancy Iger expressed in February at the same Morgan Stanley media conference, claiming the company is open to other offers for its Hulu stake, albeit at the risk of dissolving its current deal with Disney. “Remember they and we, back in 2019, put together a very clean and good agreement for a put-call that does happen in early 2024,” said Cavanagh, reported by Deadline. “We are very happy with that. But, if there is something different that comes along, we have to consider things.”
As it stands, Comcast can still force Disney to buy its 33 percent stake in Hulu next year per the terms of the put-call agreement. Disney can similarly force Comcast to sell, but given Iger says he’s “targeting $5.5 billion of cost savings across the company,” it’s unlikely that he’ll find enough cash stuffed behind the couches at Disney World in the coming months to pursue such a move.


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Square Inc., a popular fintech payment company has received a license from the New York State Department of Financial Services to trade cryptocurrency in the state. The license is known as a Bitlicense and allows New York-based traders to trade Bitcoin directly on Cash App, the company’s official web and mobile payment app.
Although users have been able to trade cryptocurrency on the Square Cash App since January, the service has been unavailable in New York. This is due to the difficult procedure that acquiring a Bitlicense entails as New York is one of the strictest financial regulators.
In fact, Square cash is only the seventh company to be granted a Bitlicense along with Circle, Coinbase, Bitflyer, Xapo Inc., Genesis Global Trading Inc. and XRP II. Higher virtual currency licenses known as charters have also been granted to Gemini Trust Company and Paxos, which was formerly known as the itBit Trust Company.
According to the press release by the NYDFS, the institution completed a comprehensive review of all Square’s policies including its anti-money laundering policy, capitalization, cybersecurity policy, anti-fraud and consumer protection. After the review, all the mentioned policies were deemed satisfactory, and the Bitlicense was approved for Square.
The NYDFS has expressed its pleasure in approving the license and welcoming Square into the well-regulated New York cryptocurrency scene. The Institution has also stated that it will continue to support New York’s highly regulated “vibrant and competitive” cryptocurrency market which empowers the state’s residents in a global marketplace.
New York is one of the largest financial zones in the world, housing Wall Street and the headquarters of some of the biggest banks including J.P.Morgan Chase, HSBC and Goldman Sachs amongst others. This is why getting the Bitlicense in New York is a priority for several cryptocurrency companies.
Dan Dolev, an analyst at Nomura Instinet, told CNBC that New York was a missing piece in Square’s puzzle and while they had gotten approval in most states, New York was the largest one where they could not trade Bitcoin. He also explained that while the Square Cash App is growing at a rapid pace, the approval of their Bitlicense could lead to more downloads by New York users. It could also expand the app’s features and prove highly advantageous from a marketing perspective. Following the announcement of the license approval, Square’s shares saw a 2% increase, hitting $65. So far, the company has seen an 88% total increase in 2018.
After the DFS announcement, Genesis Global Trading Inc., an over-the-counter cryptocurrency trading giant revealed its partnership with Square Inc. The SEC and NYDFS licensed company offers block size deep liquidity services to large companies and individuals with a high net worth, allowing them to trade digital assets easily. Genesis Global Trading also disclosed that they had been working directly with Square Inc. for more than a year.
About Square Inc.
Square Inc. is a San Francisco-based fintech company which offers several payment solutions to sellers. It was launched in 2010 by Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, and Jim McKelvey and has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange as a public company since 2015 with an initial valuation of $2.9 billion. Some of its investors include Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital, Marissa Mayer, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and GIC Private Limited. The company currently holds a money-transmitter license as well as its recently acquired Bitlicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services.
Some of Square’s hardware and software products include Square Stand, Square Contactless and Chip Reader, Square Magstripe Reader and Square Register. The company also offers SME services like invoicing, payroll, marketing, employee management and Square Cash App.
Square Cash provides merchants with the tools needed to successfully start their businesses as well as run and grow them. Its hardware allows these merchants to accept credit card payments as well as withdraw cash using Square debit cards. Its software, on the other hand, helps sellers with business analytics, funding and customer engagement. The popular Cash App allows users to access fast payment transfers and more recently, a simple way to buy and sell Bitcoin.
Square Cash App
The Square Cash app was released in 2015 and has been growing at a steady pace, even eclipsing the growth of Paypal’s Venmo. It has also managed to remain one of the top 25 apps in the iOS App store. Since the beginning of 2016, the download of Square Cash app has had an average monthly year-over-year growth of 128% compared with Venmo’s growth at 74%. By December 2017, Square reported that it had about 7 million active users on its Cash App. This figure increased after the Bitlicense approval which boosted downloads and expanded the range of features on the app.
However, Dorsey noticed that many customers used Cash App like a bank account and although this wasn’t the intended purpose of the app, the company decided to capitalize on it. This prompted Square to apply for an FDIC license as an industrial loan company in Utah, which would allow them to incorporate some of the functionality of a bank. This includes issuing loans without relying on bank generation. The license would also allow them to offer these services without applying for a unique license in every state.
Square officially started offering Bitcoin trade services in January 2018 and traded $34.1 million in Bitcoin between January and April 2018. This resulted in a profit of $200,000 in the first quarter, a figure that would have been higher if the company had charged fees for its trade transactions.
The decision to adopt Bitcoin was a result of the numerous requests that CEO, Jack Dorsey had received when he went home to St. Louis over the holidays. He had inquired about why users wanted a feature that would allow them to buy Bitcoin and they explained that it was a quick way to make money. They further stated that they would like to use Bitcoin as an investment and Dorsey, being an avid Bitcoin supporter, obliged. He also realized that the cryptocurrency appealed to the younger generation, especially those who carry out payments using smartphone apps.
Square aim is to help sellers make their sales effectively by offering a simple means of payment. Whether the payment is physical or digital, the company is prepared to incorporate it as long as it fulfills that aim for its customers. The company decided to implement Bitcoin trade and expressed the potential of making it another tool for its sellers to send and accept payments. Square does not charge transaction fees on Bitcoin trade at the moment, but that may change as cryptocurrency adoption becomes more mainstream.
Square Cash App is one of the most popular payment apps in the U.S with operations in Canada, UK as well as Japan and has exceeded expectations by surpassing Venmo. Its decision to offer Bitcoin trading services may solidify its position for a long time. The approval of the company’s Bitlicense has given users the opportunity to invest in Bitcoin on a simple interface that they are already well-acquainted with. This simplicity can lead to even higher adoption rates for Cash App and Bitcoin alike. Currently, the app only allows trade, but soon there may be more functionality, leading to even more opportunities for the company and its users with peer-to-peer payments.


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The vice-president of fraud solutions of TransUnion of Canada says that’s one of the more obvious things a consumer shouldn’t do — telling friends where you are can alert thieves to your location and the fact you are not home.
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March is Fraud Awareness Month so we are all inundated with tips about how to not get ripped off and to keep our personal information private.
Some of it is pretty basic. Incoming calls or people soliciting information through email should obviously raise more red flags than when you initiate the calls or a transaction. And how many people really have to tell you to not hand out your social insurance number?
But the reality these days seems to be you are going to face some sort of fraud in your life. I’ve been hit four times on my credit card, thieves once racking up $15,000 in charges in 36 hours. The charges were eventually reversed but I got to keep my points.


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Made in New York Jazz Competition expands daily, announces new team members and this time we are thrilled to introduce our brand ambassador who will take part in the global growth of the popular international jazz contest. This year Made in New York Jazz Competition announced it’s new location in Europe - Montenegro. It is another great year for Made In New York Jazz competition and we are making our road with amazing artists from 50 countries and counting. Recently the competition became number one Jazz Competition in all major search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing.
The explosion of interest in Made In New York innovative jazz competition has turned the website into a jazz hub for communities of interest from fans to record producers. The platform has demonstrated a tremendous level of global user-engagement that is benefitting the international jazz community. We are proud to announce our new team member - the brand ambassador Téa Grigolashvili. Born and raised in Georgia, with unique heritage, cultural diversity, inner musicality, and educated in Moscow, majoring in music (piano) and musical management, Tea has acquired everything it takes to be a successful Entrepreneur in the Music Business. 15 years of experience, working as production art-director, event organizer and a promoter representing worldwide recognized musicians.
“In today’s New Music Industry there came a digital era and the key element is - Networking; Musician’s network, managers’ network, new platforms, social media – connecting people all around the globe. I love this music and I believe in Jazz and its diplomatic role. Jazz unites different people around the globe. So, as the Brand ambassador my strong recommendation to the music world - Link your name with Made in New York Jazz Competition!” says Téa Grigolashvili.


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In a Sony Gamers Day recap, Lazard Capital Markets reported on the latest PlayStation Network (PSN) figures and Sony’s plans to release over 200 games across the PS3 and PSP; also mentions a PSP hardware “refresh.”
Sony plans to release 90 third party PS3 games this year and 15 exclusives from first and third parties, according to new investor note from Lazard games industry analyst Colin Sebastian.
Some of the highlighted PS3 software at Sony’s event this week included the Game Developers Conference hit Little Big Planet, the multiplayer SOCOM Confrontation, Heavenly Sword and Pain, a downloadable title which lets you launch your character into comically painful situations using an oversized slingshot.
Sebastian added, “[Sony] also indicated that 140 titles would launch on the PSP, while a video download service and hardware refresh are expected later this year.”
Rumors of revised PSP hardware have been circulating for many months. It seems just a matter of time before Sony makes a formal announcement. PlayStation hardware typically goes through one major revision during a lifecycle.
Sony also revealed that the free PSN has 1.5 million users, including 775,000 in North America with 6 million content downloads to date. Xbox Live boasts over 6 million users between free Silver account and paid Gold subscribers.
“We believe a successful online gaming effort increases the shelf life of video game software, provides an additional revenue stream for publishers, and broadens the overall usability of consoles,” said Sebastian.
Also as part of his note, Sebastian forecast that April US software sales figures were up 15-25 percent over the same month a year ago, which saw $395 million in sales. Market research firm NPD Group is expected to release monthly sales data later today.


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On a visit to Google’s Mountain View campus in 2005, Andy Tian found himself in a windowless conference room watching a PowerPoint presentation given by the co-founder of a company that had created a powerful new operating system. The company had just been acquired by the search giant, and the co-founder wanted to pitch Tian, who was then in charge of Google’s push into China’s mobile market, on the system. “I said, ‘What’s it called?’” Tian recalls. “He said ‘Android.’ And I thought, ‘That’s a terrible name.’”
Tian, who was born in China but moved to the U.S. when he was 11, has built a career straddling both countries’ tech sectors. A loquacious, mile-a-minute speaker with a knack for one-liners (“The way to do it is to make mistakes in other companies first, with other people’s money.”), between 2005 and 2007, he built Google’s relationship with China’s mobile operators and manufacturers. Tian then left the company in late 2007, as its relations with the Chinese government soured, forcing it to rein in its ambitions in the country. Afterward, he launched XPD Media, a Chinese social gaming company that was sold to the U.S. giant Zynga — responsible for breakout Facebook titles like Farmville and Words With Friends — in 2010.
His current venture, Asia Innovations Group (AIG), is based in Beijing and borrows from both of the places where Tian used to work, combining Google’s ability to export its products abroad and Zynga’s blend of social media interaction and gamified rewards. But more than anything, AIG is a bet that the future of social media in emerging markets will look a lot more like Chinese platforms than American ones.
AIG is riding several waves at once: the proliferation of live social media apps like Clubhouse; the growth of video e-commerce, demonstrated by the $5.3 billion IPO of the Chinese tech company Kuaishou in February; and the surge of interest in gamified, social dating platforms, like the South Korean startup Hyperconnect and its apps Azar and Hakuna Live, which recently sold to Match Group for $1.73 billion.
AIG’s products, which include the video entertainment app Uplive and dating platform Lamour, already have more than 328 million users in 200 countries, according to company materials. The apps have taken elements from earlier generations of Chinese tech companies, like Tencent, but also mix various features together in different ways, like combining livestreaming with gaming, or virtual goods with in-app payments, which distinguish them from the first generation of U.S. social media platforms.
“My friends in Silicon Valley, sitting under blue skies, sipping nonfat double lattes, don’t really appreciate the kind of social environment we have in Asia,” Tian said over a video call from Beijing. “My U.S. friends tend to build social as a standalone feature. They have one feature only. Instagram: filters. Snapchat: you can send disappearing images. Clubhouse: you can talk to large groups. … The next generation of mobile social [is] much more diverse, much more fragmented, much more interesting.”
But one of the advantages U.S. companies have over Chinese startups, Tian said, is that they travel better. Chinese companies have recently pioneered a number of innovative e-commerce models, including digital payments, group buying, and livestreamed social selling, whereas, in the U.S., e-commerce is still relatively unsophisticated, relying on a functional postal service and the widespread use of credit cards. Chinese models, theoretically, should be more compelling to users in emerging markets, where users are mostly on mobile phones, and where payment infrastructure is relatively weak. But China’s top internet companies, like Tencent and Alibaba, have struggled to gain traction when they have tried breaking into overseas markets.
The reason, according to Tian, is that Chinese companies have historically been very bad at localization. “If you don’t have the sensitivity of language, culture, religion … you’ll fail,” he said. “This is why some of the biggest, first-tier internet companies in China have not been successful in picking up users out of China.”
AIG’s backend development is done in Beijing, but the company also has a network of 12 offices across North Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Around half of its 900 employees are based outside China. Although there are big differences between the various markets where AIG operates, the company has found opportunities to leverage their similarities. Indonesia, for example, shares the same Muslim religion with countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The Indian diaspora, which makes up a major user base for the platform, is spread across the world, and AIG can target those customers in many different countries.
AIG has also found that some content its users share resonates globally. A partnership with Google allows it to run live subtitles on its livestreaming app in several languages, meaning that users in Taiwan can interact with users in Vietnam and vice versa.
That allows AIG to tap a global user base of content creators: Korean livestreamers — particularly men — are popular across Asia, while Filipino users often get global exposure “because they sing really well,” Tian said. This movement of cross-border content has created problems for the company, which needs to ensure that what its users post reflects local laws and cultural expectations, from conservative Muslim countries in the Middle East to socially liberal South American nations. “We have to warn our Brazilian streamers not to be too sexy,” Tian said.
Some content is geofenced by law — Saudi users cannot see what their counterparts in Brazil are doing, for instance. AIG’s platforms are actively moderated by human moderators, and all talk of politics and religion is banned. “I think that we’ve made some hard choices for our livestreaming platforms,” Tian said. “We don’t need to be everything for everybody. We’re not Facebook or Twitter. We want you to enjoy yourselves, make connections, make friends without shouting at each other.”
AIG earns revenue from selling virtual gifts that users can send to one another, typically cute animated tokens. The model was pioneered by the Chinese mobile gaming market and also by Zynga — several of AIG’s top managers, including the head of its dating products and its CFO, came from the U.S. gaming company. AIG encourages competition between users, who want to give and receive the most rewards, driving them toward greater in-platform spending. “It’s a game,” Tian said. “We’re building gamelike models, except you’re not playing with a virtual avatar, you’re playing with each other.” He added that half of all the virtual gifts bought on AIG’s platforms are sent internationally.
Tian is convinced that live content is the future of social media — a trend he said is confirmed by the success of the audio app Clubhouse, which has exploded from less than a million users to more than 10 million in less than three months. The growth of live social, Tian said, can be attributed to a combination of pandemic-induced desire for social interaction and the growing availability of fast mobile internet. Another innovation forged in China is also to blame: live filters, which replicate an Instagram-like experience for livestreamers who don’t have access to full studio setups. “Instagram without filters would die, right? We also needed live video filters,” he said. “A camera on a phone with software can [now] let you do all that stuff … that technology only existed in China because of 10 years of the livestreaming industry.”
The fact that this kind of Chinese innovation is starting to take root outside of the country shows, Tian said, that the next evolution of social media is underway. The first stage was led by the U.S., whose tech giants successfully brought their products to the whole world. “But what’s the next stage of evolution?” Tian said. “[Those of us] based in emerging markets, we are taking over. We’re decolonizing.”


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If there wasn't enough cool stuff about the Masdar Initiative (concept pictured above from aerial perspective), theres more. For those of you who haven't heard, the project is headed by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, and is a plan to build an entire city costing $22B and housing over 50,000 people and express levitra delivery 1,500 businesses, and it would be zero-carbon, zero-waste, and fully sustainable. That's a heck of a claim for such an arid area, but a world first and a herald for environmental responsibility in its oil-rich surroundings. Cars will be banned from the city, and all travel will be by mass transit and personal rapid transit. Amazingly, the city is set to be habitable by 2009.
Their latest announcement is that they've put down $2 billion to start their very own solar industry operating under the name of Masdar PV and concentrating on thin-film photovoltaics, which they will build in Germany and in-country. These thin-films will be mounted on rooftops to harness their abundance of buy levitra where solar energy to the levitra low price projected tune of 130 megawatts.
Masdar PV also plans to only for you cialis samples venture into markets like the US and Europe, where their massive economies of scale might just give Nanosolar, First Solar, and others a run for their money. Steve Geiger, their director of special projects says "You have to be working at scale to drive costs out of the system. We have to do it at scale and we have to do it in volume in multiple markets."
Certainly volume is their plan. They expect to have more than a gigawatt of annual production capacity by 2014. This is buying viagra with no prescription a lofty goal considering they haven't yet even begun manufacturing, something they plan to start by the end of 2009.
Complementing the thin-film, Masdar PV will also be participating in ventures that will produce solar thermal power plants, as well as getting into the production of buy levitra on sale online polysilicon to be able to manufacture conventional solar cells.
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TotalEnergies Marketing UK will showcase a range of ground-breaking products at MACH 2022, the UK’s biggest event for inspiring, innovating and connecting manufacturing.
At the core of TotalEnergies’ offering to exhibition visitors will be the game-changing FOLIA, a unique range of water-based metalworking fluids.
FOLIA is a revolutionary product for the metalworking industry, offering better results than any conventional lubricant. Diluted with water or used neat, FOLIA fluids cool and lubricate a wide selection of machining operations and are suitable for both ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Since being presented to the market in 2019, the FOLIA range has been continuously developed in line with customer feedback and requirements. The expanded range includes FOLIA W 7000, designed specifically for carbide tool grinding; FOLIA Y 7000 for yellow metals machining and Folia A 7000 for severe machining operations of aluminium and steel, which will be presented to the UK Market for the first time at MACH 2022.
FOLIA fluids have been developed to increase component lifespans and machining speeds while improving the performance of metalworking operations. Reliable, clean, and meeting the highest health and environmental standards, FOLIA enables manufacturers to improve workplace safety while delivering productivity gains.
With more than 25,000 visitors and over 600 exhibitors, MACH 2022 comes at a time of rapid transformation for the manufacturing industry as it invests for the future, contributes to the regeneration of the economy and evolves to thrive as the UK moves towards net-zero. TotalEnergies’ products, including FOLIA, are built to support manufacturers on this journey.
TotalEnergies’ says its FOLIA range of water-based metalworking fluids offer better results than any conventional lubricant
Songul Facey, Technical Sales Manager (Metalworking) at TotalEnergies, said:
“It is a real pleasure to finally be able to once again meet our customers, friends and industry partners face to face after a long absence due to the pandemic. There have been some big changes in the interim. We launched our new brand, in line with our transformation towards becoming a broad energy company focused on a sustainable future and supporting the energy transition. At the same time, we have also been innovating our range of products and services to continue to meet the needs of our customers as they adapt and evolve themselves. It’s an exciting time, and we are looking forward to sharing our new solutions with customers and working together to advance the industry.”
TotalEnergies’ MACH 2022 team will be based at Stand 20-336.


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Vehicle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp has released its sales report for July 2019. The company has sold a total of 5,35,810 bikes in June 2019. Compared with July 2018, the company sold a total of 6,79,862 units this month. Hero sales have fallen by 21 percent compared to the previous year. Earlier in June 2019, the company had sold a total of 616,526 bikes. However, the company's sales declined by 12.49 per cent during the period as compared to June 2018. Let's know the full details
For your information, Hero MotoCorp has sold more than 6 million bikes twice in a row this year. In fact, the auto sector has been experiencing a steady decline since the beginning of this year. Most bike and car companies are witnessing a steep decline in sales. There are several reasons for the decline in the auto sector. These include uncertainty about the economy and monsoon, high interest rates and BS-6 norms.
Hero has recently launched four new products in the Indian market. These include the new Pleasure 110 ranging from XPulse, Xtreme 200S, Maestro Edge 125. In addition, Hero Splendor has become India's first BS-6 certified bike. Hero MotoCorp's Hero Splendor iSmart has been given BS-6 certification from the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) after testing. The BS-6 compatible Hero Splendor iSmart has been designed and developed at the company's Jaipur Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT). Any manufacturer will be required to be certified by Indian agencies such as ICAT, ARAI and GARC for BS6 certification. The Delhi Ex-showroom price of Hero Splendor iSMART + IBS drum brake alloy wheel variants is 56,280.
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Home Improvement Projects Grow in Popularity
The pandemic transformed the way we live, work and spend money. If you have purchased interior paint for your home, new flooring or worked with a remodeler recently, you’re not alone. Home owners have shifted their spending from entertainment and travel to home improvement projects, according to HomeAdvisor’s latest “State of Home Spending” survey.
HomeAdvisor conducts a survey every year of homeowners across the U.S. who have completed projects within the last 12 months. The survey revealed that homeowners spent an average of $13,138 on home-improvement projects in 2020, compared to $9,081 in 2019. Rising costs for material and labor are contributing factors to the increase in spending. Increased home buying is also a factor, primarily driven by millennials, the oldest of whom are now at or close to the median age of first-time home buyers, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
Home maintenance projects, such as cleaning and landscaping, saw the biggest year-over-year increase, rising from $1,105 in 2019 to $3,192 in 2020. Contributing factors include people using their homes more, resulting in more wear and tear, and spending more time at home, making problems more noticeable.
Home improvement and home emergency spending rose $745 and $124, respectively, over 2019. The top home improvement projects included interior painting projects, bathroom remodels and new flooring installations. Respondents to HomeAdvisor’s survey indicated that interior painting projects would remain the top project leading into 2021 — a departure from prior years, in which room remodels generally held the top spot. According to the report, “painting was one of the most popular projects across nearly all age groups, because it is relatively affordable and offers a lot of visual value in terms of the look and feel of a room.”
The report also examined the way that homeowners are using their homes in the wake of COVID-19. Seven in 10 respondents indicated that COVID-19 had increased their need for home cooking, 50 percent were working from home and 40 percent were incorporating more home entertaining.
If you are ready to modernize your home, contact the Home Builders Association of Greater Lansing at (517)323-3254 or visit our website at www.hbalansing.com for a list of professional remodelers near you.


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By Micaela Freeman | Staff Writer
Favor, a delivery service, announced recently that it will be extending its services to Waco and the Baylor community. The service will deliver crowd favorites such as Common Grounds coffee, Schmaltz sandwiches, Dr Pepper and flowers. The delivery service prides itself for delivering fresh food to a person’s doorstep and offering personal assistance such as an errand, picking something up, or grabbing a cup of coffee.
Favor is currently Texas-based and will be expanding to over 25 cities in 2018. Favor will extend its services to the Waco on Feb. 12, including Baylor’s campus. The company is looking forward to expanding to Waco because Favor wants to be able to offer its services to students without cars on Baylor’s campus.
The company, founded in 2013 in Austin, has delivered 1.5 million items to people. However, the question of what distinguishes them from Uber Eats or GrubHub is popular among new users of Favor. CEO Jag Bath, who is originally from London, found it to be the most convenient and the most easy to use. Originally a Favor user, Bath joined the Favor team in 2013 after cofounders Zac Maurais and Ben Doherty approached him about the opportunity.
“What stood out about Favor to me was the convenience factor,” said Bath to Paste Magazine in 2016. “I had gotten used to living in New York City and having everything delivered to me, and that didn’t exist when I moved to Austin. Coming from London, I suppose it was a bit gullible of me, as I assumed all Americans lived like they do in New York.”
The Austin-based company has a list of goals it wants to accomplish, including expanding its services and featuring local economy. Austin Communications Manager Catherine Nissley has been with the team since April 2016 and hasn’t looked back since. She is thrilled with her experience and is eager to expand to Baylor and Waco.
“It’s been an incredible experience; I started back in 2016. Last year, in July, we were the first company to achieve profitability in scale. It’s such an exciting thing to be a part of and we get to help local companies. We just love to help other businesses grow,” Nissley said.
The delivery service will allow students to get groceries, restaurant style food and much more without a car or leaving campus. Nissley is excited that Favor is going to be offered on Baylor’s campus and she praises the company for catering to students without a car.
“We are all about for making things easier, and being able to help is huge for us. We even do grocery delivery,” Nissley said. “We are in a lot of cities with colleges, and it’s really meaningful. We are able to get [students] anything. It really convenient for [them].”


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Introducing Polaroid Swing, an Innovative Moving Photo App and Unique New Visual Medium for the Mobile Era
Silicon Valley startup chaired by Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone helps spark the next phase in Polaroid's iconic history
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Released on the Apple App Store today, the Polaroid Swing app enables people to create and share moving photos on their phones with one easy tap and creates an engaging new visual medium to stand alongside photos and videos. The Polaroid Swing app is the result of a partnership between the venerable Polaroid brand and a Silicon Valley tech startup chaired by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.
The moving Polaroid photos capture one-second moments that magically come to life when you touch them or swing your phone. They combine the compositional quality of a still photograph with the vitality of a world that's always in motion.
The Polaroid Swing app aims to make available a new medium of expression for those with an artistic interest in the world around them. Polaroid Swing moving photos faithfully capture moments as we see them – the crash of the wave, the hair blowing in the wind, the blink of an eye.
Polaroid moving photos can be easily shared on the Polaroid Swing platform and beyond via Facebook, Twitter and web links. Polaroid Swing is available for free on the Apple App Store, with a version for Android coming soon.
"Human beings see the world in short moments, not in stills or videos," says Tommy Stadlen, Co-Founder of Swing, the startup behind Polaroid Swing. "Memories move, and now photos do too. The product combines Polaroid's iconic heritage with cutting edge innovation."
A tech startup backed by a unique partnership with Polaroid
Co-founders Frederick Blackford, a media and sports entrepreneur, and Tommy Stadlen, a tech entrepreneur and former McKinsey consultant, have entered into a partnership with Polaroid to launch the Polaroid Swing app. Swing has quietly assembled world-class engineering and design talent. Its R&D lab in San Francisco is centered around a team of former Apple engineers and computer vision experts from MIT.
Photographer and Litely founder Cole Rise, who designed Instagram's original filters and logo, oversees creative direction as the artist in residence for the Polaroid Swing app. He has fostered a community of artists who have shaped the new Polaroid medium in a highly secretive beta testing period.
"Polaroid Swing has the potential to change the way we think about images, just like Twitter's 140 characters changed how we think about words," says Biz Stone, Chairman of Swing and Co-Founder of Twitter. "People will start seeing the world in one second moments. It's a genre-defining medium."
Scott W. Hardy, President and CEO of Polaroid, says: "At Polaroid, we see ourselves as curators of innovation. We are delighted to collaborate with the extraordinary Polaroid Swing app team to help usher in a new era of sharing life's most memorable moments in an instant – which has always been at the very heart of Polaroid's iconic DNA."
Download Polaroid Swing for iPhone at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/polaroid-swing/id1035142291
The Polaroid Brand
Polaroid is one of the most trusted, well-respected and recognizable brands with a rich 75-year history beginning with Polaroid instant film. For more information, visit Polaroid.com.
Polaroid, Polaroid & Pixel, Polaroid Color Spectrum, Polaroid Swing and Polaroid Classic Border Logo are trademarks of PLR IP Holdings, LLC.
Swing aims to re-imagine photography for the mobile era, by enabling people to create and share moving photos on their phones. Swing is co-founded by Frederick Blackford and Tommy Stadlen, and has partnered with Polaroid, along with a select group of top tier investors including Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, who serves as Chairman. Visit www.PolaroidSwing.com.
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Brooklyn Brewing Company has received a $800,000 grant from the state of New York that will kick-off their $6.5 million expansion. They money will go towards converting 13,500 square feet of vacant distribution space into a fermentation facility, and upping their on-site production from 8,000 to 50,000 barrels a year. Brooklyn Brewery Founder Steve Hindy told the New York Post that “support like this is vital to growing manufacturing jobs in New York City. These funds will enable us to complete a six-fold capacity expansion, adding 15 full-time jobs with benefits, and further expanding the Brewery’s green initiatives.”
Hindy said the first phase of the expansion involves purchasing a new brew house from Germany, along with 12 new fomenters and a new grain handling system.
The state funding will enable the brewery to do a new grain handling system in a way to make it very easy for a company that produces animal feed to pick up the spent grain in bulk, he said.
“We’re also doing solar panels on the roof to preheat our water for brewing,” said Hindy. “Brewing lends itself to a lot of green technologies, but it’s expensive to get going.”
The Brooklyn Beer brand continues to grow, and is currently distributed in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Additionally, 10 percent of the business is in exporting with the largest amount being shipped to Sweden, said Hindy.


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It appears that even with the sweeping reforms in the credit card industry scheduled to go into effect as early as December 1 this year, consumers have yet to see the last of the credit card fees and charges that are costing them dearly.
Charlotte, N.C. based Bank of America® may have said only last week that it will not raise credit card interest rates prior to the implementation of the new laws, but that earlier announcement did not categorically state that it will not charge new credit card fees. And so, in a move seemingly designed to recoup anticipated revenue loss, Bank of America® revealed Tuesday that plans are underway to impose annual fees on a number of cardholders next year.
According to BofA spokesperson Betty Reiss, the annual fees would range from $29 to $99, and the proposed fee would initially affect about 1% of the bank’s credit card customers. “We’re testing this to see what the feedback is. In terms of any plans going forward, we haven’t made any decisions yet,” said Reiss.
With about 80.2 million credit cards issued and in circulation, Bank of America® is one of the largest credit card companies in the country today, third only to Chase with 119.4 million cards, and Citibank with 92 million cards. Customer accounts that could be affected by such fees are being selected based on “risk and profitability,” meaning, cardholders who are in good standing, never pay late, and almost never get charged with interest fees, could find themselves among the first ones to get slapped with the fees.
Customer complaints of steep interest rate hikes and sudden cuts in credit limits came to a head earlier this year, prompting the Congress to take steps in curbing banks’ practices which were detrimental to consumers’ finances, to say the least. The new credit card consumer protection laws include provisions on how and when a bank or credit card company can raise credit card interest rates and fees.
Bank of America® explains its decision to charge this additional fee to affected cardholders by stating in its notice that the bank is making such moves “in response to market changes, new federal laws and regulations, and the increasing costs of providing unsecured credit.” Customers who will be affected by these changes in credit account terms and required to pay the annual fee have the option to reject it, but will have to contend with the consequence of having their account closed.


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Suit up! The popular saying of “How I Met Your Mother’s” Barney Stinson couldn’t be more fitting than today, Michael Jackson’s birthday. Jackson wasn’t necessarily known for his lavish array of traditional suits, but in honor of the late King of Pop’s 60th birthday on Wednesday, BOSS took it upon themselves to re-release the famous white outfit Jackson wears on the cover of his most famous album, 1982’s Thriller.
As the New York Times reports, BOSS has reissued a limited number of the model suit Jackson is seen casually wearing on the album’s cover. According to the report, 100 of the suits will be collectively made to be sold at a pretty reasonable cost of just $1,195. Not a bad asking price when you consider the cost of greatness. The announcement of the celebratory suit also comes ahead of the start of New York Fashion Week, where everyone will be looking for the upcoming season’s hottest trends. Who would’ve guessed that a plain, white suit from the awfully bland Reagan era would be one of the big headlines going into NYFW 2018?
The only real difference in the suit's design is a “narrower silhouette,” but aside from that’s anyone bold enough to purchase the suit will surely be drawing all the look as soon as he or she moonwalks into the room. BOSS also introduced a trio of commemorative t-shirts in honor of Jackson, which comes in black and white and features a famous MJ silhouette and a close up of his face from the Thriller era. A promotional modeling video for the shirts and suit shared by the fashion brand can be seen below.
For more information on the famous attire known from Jackson’s time as a pop culture trendsetter, fans can tune into the video interview above, where MJ’s former stylist Michael Bush takes viewers through some of the most well-known outfits from his Beverly Hills store.


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With allegations of anti-competitive behavior, fines over $22.5 million and investigations by the FTC and EU, Google's so called focus on user experience has drastically reduced the usability and results of the search engine giant for sports betting research. Sports bettors often research current Vegas odds on many sporting events, these NFL odds, MLB odds or Olympics odds change rapidly, therefor the use of search engine news categories offer up-to-date sports betting odds for handicappers and novice sports bettors. Prior to Google's Panda update the resources on Google news provided and abundant resource for sports bettors. Now, these resources for Vegas odds and related sports betting information have been drastically limited by Google to just a few websites.
The common aspect of these sports betting websites now available on Google News is that they are controlled by large organizations. These include sports news brands like Bleacher Report, SB Nation and others operated by larger corporations like News Corporation, New York Times Corporation, CBS Corporation and Time Warner, Inc., to name a few. Essentially what Google has done in the name of user experience is eliminate small news publishers, which more often than not, delivered faster and more detailed sports betting information and were the essential factor in making Google News a popular research tool.
What is next for the small sports odds news publishers that treated unfairly by Google?
According to recent rumors, there is hope for the publishers discriminated against by Google who have continued to stay in business. The hope comes from Microsoft and its fair and usefull search engine Bing. Although in the past Microsoft faced similar issues that Google currently faces, it appears they have learned from their previous experiences. Bing.com has maintained a fair playing ground for all sports news publishers making Bing.com the best source for sports research. Now it appears that Apple may agree, rumors have been swirling that Apple will be adopting Bing as it's default search engine for hte iPhone 5.
Why will Apple actually make this happen and how will it help smaller sports betting news publishers?
Like everything else today it's all about the money. Currently, Apple and the Andriod platform are direct competitors, and the more Apple uses Google technology the more it has to pay the search engine giant. There is already evidence that the transformation is underway with Apple's current de-Googling of their devices. So far Apple has created its own mapping feature and is discontinuing the use of Youtube for video of Apple devices.
This use of Microsoft's search engine will expose millions of Apple users to Bing services including their news section which is fair and offers publishers big and small a non-competitive outlet for sports betting news and information.
Something to think about: Maybe at one point Google will have scrapped and spidered enough webmastersdata, patented applications and created it's own socialsphere enough to do away with their search functions all together. I'm just saying...
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Markeea Hart of Girls Running Shit
Some of the most talented women and femme performers in Pittsburgh will soon gather to share their music and poetry. Girls Running Shit, a company that "empowers women/femmes to discover their passions," is bringing the latest rendition of their ongoing performance series, Speak Your Truth, to Hazelwood Green.
Speak Your Truth, first launched by GRS in 2019, will return from 7-10 p.m. on Sat., May 28. Bradley Hill will host the event with featured performers Dejah Monae, INEZ, and Simone Davis.
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Speak Your Truth performer INEZ
"We came up with this idea because we wanted to see events that we were interested in going on in the city. We also wanted to create a platform for women and femmes to feel safe in," says Markeea Hart, owner and founder of GRS, which launched in 2018. "Also, we wanted to give a platform for people who thought that their voices would go unheard here in this community. Four years and almost four shows later, it's still happening! I'm just thankful for everyone who has contributed along the way."
In addition to the performance part of the evening, there will be food and retail provided by vendors including Good with a Spoon, Secretos, L&L Cake Pops, Sweet Little Eats, Forgedonetwo, Intrinsic, Mimi's Apothecary, TLC Libations, and more.
Speak Your Truth, produced in partnership with Hazelwood Green, is free to the public, and interested parties can register online
. Hart says it was important they were able to make the event free so everyone can enjoy the art on display.
Speak Your Truth
. 7-10 p.m. Sat., May 28. Hazelwood Green. 4501 Lytle St., Hazelwood. Free. girlsrunningshit.com and instagram.com/girlsrunningshit


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A new report reveals that the hacker who stoles 620 million user data from 16 popular websites have stolen another 127 million data from another 8 websites.
The hacker listed the data on the dark web market place, according to analysts the data appears to be purchased from infamous Dream Market.
According to the TechCrunch report, the hacker has posted another set of data exfiltrated the 8 popular websites after the original post pulled off.
Here are the listings
- 18 million records from travel booking site Ixigo
- Live-video streaming site YouNow had 40 million records stolen
- Houzz, which recently disclosed a data breach, is listed with 57 million records stolen
- Ge.tt had 1.8 million accounts stolen
- 450,000 records from cryptocurrency site Coinmama.
- Roll20, a gaming site, had 4 million records listed
- Stronghold Kingdoms, a multiplayer online game, had 5 million records listed
- 1 million records from pet care delivery service PetFlow


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West Yorkshire based bedding manufacturer, Slumberdown, is on a mission to help the nation get a better night’s sleep with the launch of its new Sleep Clinic campaign.
As part of its campaign, Slumberdown has unveiled a brand new interactive Sleep Clinic service which offers personalised sleep advice from Slumberdown’s resident sleep expert and Director of the Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research, Professor Jason Ellis.
The new Sleep Clinic service will be available on the Slumberdown website where customers experiencing sleepless nights and want to take advantage of Prof Ellis’ expertise will be required to answer a number of simple sleep related questions, such as What time do you go bed? How long does it take you to get off to sleep? If you were free to plan your day what time would you go to bed?
From the information provided Professor Jason will be able to assess sleep efficiency and gather valuable insight into the sleep patterns of each individual and suggest what can be done so that they can finally get a good night’s sleep.
For those who are looking for more general sleep advice, the website boasts an additional Sleep Clinic section which includes a number of short videos offering hints and tips on how to get a better night’s sleep.
For Twitter fans, Prof Ellis will be on hand to answer all sleep related questions in a takeover of the Slumberdown twitter account on Monday 27, October.
Customers wanting to get personal sleep advice will be able to join the conversation at @SlumberdownUK between 8 – 9pm by using the hashtag #sleepclinic.
In addition Prof Ellis will be working with Slumberdown stockists to solve their customer’s sleep problems.
Prof Ellis said: “We know that good quality sleep is fundamental to our long-term health and wellbeing and yet many of us suffer from a whole host of problems. T
“These problems at night can affect our daily performance and this creates a vicious cycle of poor nights followed by poor days.
“This service is an opportunity for us to help guide you on some simple things you can do to improve your sleep and where you can get help if you have a more persistent problem.”
David Page, sales and marketing director at Slumberdown said: “Sleep is essential for health and wellbeing, yet there’s millions of people who don’t get enough and struggle to sleep for a number of reasons.
“Working with an expert like Professor Jason and being able to offer a personalised service such as the Sleep Clinic is a fantastic added benefit for our customers and a way we can really help everyone enjoy that all important good night’s sleep.”


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2017 Toyota Hilux has been introduced to the automotive market. Truck market will be more crowded, New Hilux comes with the performance of the engine, nice interior. Here are details on the 2017 Hilux.
The 2017 Toyota Highlander comes with an amazing engine performance. Exterior design and luxurious interior. The car was launched at the New York International Auto Show 2016. The third generation Highlander is one of
General Motors Indonesia officially launched the new SUV, Chevrolet Trailblazer. 2017 Trailblazer has improved the interior, exterior and features. Trailblazer has a modern and dynamic design. This is a tough SUV that is designed
2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 came refresh this year. This car suffered driver Memphis and Palmetto. Some of the increased performance, interior and exterior. General Motors (GM) has introduced the latest Silverado to the world.
Chevrolet Spark has introduced the latest model in the automotive market. New Spark was launched together with another car, Trax and Trailblazer. The best safety features, the machine is responsive yet fuel efficient, and
General Motors (GM) introduced the latest model of the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado. New Colorado is the most efficient diesel pickups. This car has improved engine and exterior. The exterior shows the aerodynamic front. New
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2017 Chevrolet Cruze officially launched in China. New Cruze has increased engine and interior. Chevrolet Cruze uses a new four-door. In addition to the interior, exterior has improved. This car will be a competitor


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India says it can become the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing location in the next 4-5 years, “if you have the right ecosystem in place”, according to Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of India’s Electronics and Information Technology Union.
“We know for sure that in the coming 4-5 years, India will become the biggest semiconductor manufacturing destination in the world if you have the ecosystem in place. Our focus is making sure that the right ecosystem is built,” Vaishnaw said as reported in the Indian Express.
Describing semiconductor manufacturing as a complex process, Vaishnaw highlighted the need for specialty chemicals, gases, reliable power and ultrapure water. Even brief voltage fluctuations can disrupt production throughout the day, he said. At the same time, he pointed out that the production cost in India will be the most competitive in the world.
However, there are some challenges that will need to be addressed to kick-start and sustain semiconductor manufacturing in India, Vaishnaw said. “When we are creating a new industry, people have a tendency to wait and watch, which is very natural,” he said.
Competition is hotting up, as Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid stated that Malaysia should cooperate with Southeast Asian countries to develop semiconductors, with the goal of increasing the country’s share of the global semiconductor industry to 15% by 2030, according to the Malay Mail.
Zahid pointed out that Malaysia is already the seventh-largest semiconductor exporter in the world and a major country in semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging. It currently accounts for 13% of the global market.
He said that Malaysia should cooperate rather than compete with Southeast Asian countries in the semiconductor field so that it can effectively attract investment from multinational companies.
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According to a report* published by the Trading Standards Institute earlier this month trading standards budgets in England and Wales are being slashed by an average of 40%. With the scandal of horsemeat in the food chain still at the forefront of people’s minds and the need to protect consumers from potentially dangerous counterfeit goods, trading standards is unlikely to be tackling the cheats in the cleaning and hygiene industry. Buyers of soft tissue and plastic refuse sacks need to turn to the CHSA Manufacturing Standards Accreditation Schemes to be certain they get what they pay for.
“There is a belief that trading standards is active in policing rogue traders, but with the scale of the budget cuts, now more than ever this is not the case,”
explained Stephen Harrison, Chair of the CHSA.
“Our Accreditation Schemes are now the only guarantee available to buyers of soft tissue products and plastic refuse sacks. Buying fully audited accredited product from CHSA members means they can be certain they are getting what they pay for, away from home paper products that match the stated dimensions and plastic refuse sacks that are fit for purpose.”
- Consistency of supply: customers receive what they order;
- Accurate labelling: customers get what they pay for;
- Fully audited manufacturers: our standards, your guarantee.
Members of the CHSA’s Manufacturing Standards Accreditation Schemes for soft tissue products and plastic refuse sacks have to pass a detailed audit, conducted by the CHSA’s independent auditor, of products and procedures before being admitted. They are then re-audited at least twice a year to ensure standards are maintained. Any deficiencies are noted and flagged to the manufacturers and the Scheme management panel, appointed by the CHSA Council. The process is tracked using a simple traffic light system and members that do not fully address any issues in the timeframe specified are not allowed to provide product using the Accreditation Scheme Logo and can only reapply for membership after 12 months.
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Tourneau is hosting a 'customer appreciation sale' where an assortment of watches will be discounted 30% to 70% off through the weekend. We are told that participating brands will include JeanRichard, Audemars Piguet, H. Moser & Cie, MB&F, Dior, Girard Perregaux, Burberry, Gucci, TechnoMarine, and more.
Some confirmed items that will be included in the sale are a a JeanRichard Aeroscope Black Dial reduced to $1500 from $3100, a $300,000 one-of-a-kind Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Minute Repeater and a Dior Women's Christal Diamond Black Dial Watch for $1900 from $4250.
Tourneau Customer Appreciation Sale
hursday, May 14th to Sunday, May 17th
Thurs to Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11:30-5pm
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That confronts players with a new promotion in the past days, 5 Battlefield interesting information continues to come about. New information that is described according to Battlefield 5We will be able to use real money in the game. Premium currency in Battlefield 5 that will be specified., we are able to convert the currency to real money. Cosmetic featured in the game with this currency, we are able to access the contents.
Battlefield 5 will be used in real money
Battlefield 5 will be quite a lot of customization of cosmetic products in parallel, we can say that it would place too much in the game. Besides, in the game lootbox also noted that the system would be confronted in a different way. Battlefront 2‘S, unlike toolboxlar found in Battlefield 5, will host only cosmetic products. Also most Battlefield games Premium Pass the lack of the system in the new game, players delights.
Later in the game that will be released is expected to be presented in a manner that all the content is free. Let’s DICE in the game like what new surprises the team has prepared. Floating structure in the sense of individuality and team play gameplay new Battlefield, probably still in the sense of sales, will remain under the Call Of Duty.
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Here’s an email I received yesterday (below). Click on the image (above) to see the YouTube clip. I think the filmmakers did a nice job on this short video. I’m glad to finally see a piece where Jack’s important influence on the last decade of Hollywood blockbusters is being acknowledged. Don’t think we’ll be seeing Marvel putting anything like this out there anytime soon.
From: Edwin Duterte <firstname.lastname@example.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:45 AM
Subject: Our tribute to Jack Kirby
We appreciate the works of Jack Kirby. In honor of him, we are going to publicly honor his today at the steps in front of the Grauman’s Chinese Theater today. Here is our press release. Thanks
Hundreds Demand RNC to Support National Jack Kirby Day
Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 2012: On Tuesday August 28, 2012, hundreds of comic book stores as well as thousands of comic book creators, artists and fans from across the nation will support “The Hero Initiative”, which helps comic book creators in times of financial or medical distress. Local indie web TV creators will raise Hollywood awareness in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater from 10:45 am to 11:15 am Tuesday August 28th by assembling dozens of filmmakers, TV producers and actors to honor comic book trailblazer Jack Kirby, who co-created many of the most iconic superhero characters including Captain America, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, and Avengers. These supporters, many dressed in characters Jack Kirby created, will organize a “Tribute Award” to honor Mr. Kirby’s influence to the comic book culture. The tribute will also demand the US Congress name August 28th, Jack Kirby’s birthday, as National Jack Kirby Day.
Web TV creators Steven Wasserman and Victor Solis have created a tribute video to honor Jack Kirby’s life achievements (http://youtu.be/Lo5pLTy4JZs) in a “comic book” style. Wasserman and Solis support the efforts of “The Hero Initiative”, which have granted over $500,000 to over 50 comic book veterans who have paved the way for those in the comic book industry today. The Hero Initiative with the help of Jillian Kirby, Jack’s granddaughter, also plans to celebrate Jack Kirby’s birthday with the “Kirby4Heroes” campaign. This campaign have recruited 100 artists and a significant number of comic stores to donate a percentage of their sales on August 28th to the Hero Initiative organization.
“Like many of us independent filmmakers, comic book writers and artists have no big pension plans, no behemoth unions for support, no recourse when hard economic times hit home,” said Solis. “These creators toil tirelessly at their craft to deliver beautiful stories to audiences. The least we can do as loving fans is to give something back to these visionaries.”
Producing partners Wasserman and Solis are also raising awareness of the campaign spearheaded by Kirby’s granddaughter Jillian Kirby, Kirby4Heroes. The 16 year old’s ambitious project is spreading the mission of Hero Initiative. Many fans are shocked when they learn that Kirby estate has not received a single cent from the successes of the epic films recently produced by Marvel Studios. She recently created a message on Youtube to encourage others to help comic creators in need (http://youtu.be/NPFnQyNp9b0).
For more information about Tuesday August 28th tribute event in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, please contact Edwin Duterte at 310-571-5483 or email@example.com.
About Steven Wasserman and Victor Solis:
Wasserman and Solis are co-creators of “Generic Girl”, a 10 episode comedy series currently on JTS.tv/genericgirl. Inspired by silver age comics and their television adaptions in the 1960’s, Generic Girl was conceived as a loving send-up of comic book and television storytelling conventions.
For more information about the Generic Girl series, go to http://gogenericgirl.com/2012/08/jack-kirby-tribute-video/.


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The European Commission has initiated a formal investigation into TikTok for potential breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA), focusing on the platform’s algorithmic content promotion, advertising transparency, and protection of minors. Concerns include the “rabbit hole effect” and addictive behavior promotion, as well as the effectiveness of age verification tools and privacy settings for minors.
The European Commission is scrutinizing TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform, for possibly violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). The investigation, prompted by initial findings, will examine TikTok’s algorithmic content recommendations, which are suspected of fostering addictive behaviors and failing to protect younger users adequately. The Commission’s concerns extend to TikTok’s advertising transparency and the overall clarity of its operations, particularly regarding content aimed at minors.
In a detailed risk assessment conducted last year, the Commission found enough evidence to warrant a deeper look into TikTok’s practices. The formal proceedings will assess TikTok’s compliance with DSA obligations, especially those related to systemic risks that could negatively affect users’ mental well-being and children’s rights. The investigation will also evaluate TikTok’s age verification tools and privacy measures for minors, alongside the platform’s advertisement repository’s reliability and transparency.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive VP for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age, emphasized the importance of online user safety in Europe, urging TikTok to reevaluate its services and address potential risks. The Commission’s investigation aims to ensure TikTok’s adherence to DSA requirements, focusing on systemic risk assessment and mitigation, privacy and safety measures for minors, advertising transparency, and data access for researchers.
Why It Matters: This investigation underscores the growing concern over social media platforms’ impact on user behavior, particularly among minors. It highlights the need for stringent regulatory measures to ensure digital services act responsibly, prioritizing user safety and transparency.
Potential Implications: Should the investigation find TikTok in violation of the DSA, it could lead to significant changes in how the platform operates within the EU. This may include revising algorithmic content recommendations, enhancing privacy settings for minors, and improving advertising transparency. The outcome could set a precedent for how other digital platforms are regulated, emphasizing the importance of protecting users, especially minors, in the digital age.


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In order to welcome the 58th National Health Day, the Ministry of Health is holding an exhibition of Health Innovation and Technology by the Nation’s Children from 3-5 November 2022 at ICE BSD, Tangerang.
Enesis Group as one of the partners from the Ministry of Health also participated in this exhibition by opening an exhibition stand in Hall 3A. On this occasion, the 2014-2019 Minister of Health, Mrs. Nila Moeloek, was also present, who also visited the exhibition stand of the Enesis Group.
Apart from the Enesis Group, 469 other booths participated in this exhibition displaying domestic products in the form of pharmaceutical preparations (medicines, medicinal ingredients, traditional medicines and cosmetics) and medical devices and household health supplies (PKRT). In addition to products, this exhibition was also filled with stands from health service facilities, industry associations, professional organizations and the health office.
Enesis Group also won the 3rd best exhibition stand award for the category of Industry and Business Players.


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BOSTON — A Peabody man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for leading an identity fraud ring that cost retailers nearly $400,000.
Prosecutors say 46-year-old William Dodge was also ordered to pay $375,000 in restitution to some of the nation's largest retail chains.
Authorities say Dodge obtained the personal information of 49 employees, including Social Security numbers, from a Florida company where his girlfriend worked.
The Salem News reports that he recruited others to pose as the employees, using their personal information to create fake driver's licenses, which were used to access and open lines of credit at retailers, including J.C. Penney, Best Buy, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Kohl's, Macy's and T.J. Maxx.
Dodge pleaded guilty in May to aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud.
Information from: The Salem (Mass.) News, http://www.salemnews.com


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With Memorial Day kicking off the summer season, many Santa Monicans will enjoy the flavors of the grill accompanied by a glass of their favorite wine but starting this year, a new company is offering the best of both worlds.
Santa Monica based Vinesmoke is launching in June offering pre-packaged wood clippings from vineyards. The wood can be used for grilling or smoking and the practice has its literal roots in the European wine industry where the annual pruning of grape vines would create a surplus of vineyard wood that locals used for cooking.
Co-Founder Kiel Subbelfield said his business partners come from Spain where the practice has a strong following and the pair decided to import the tradition.
“Much to our surprise, nobody was doing it here,” he said. “It’s a really unique product. We want to share that with everyone and it comes from our love of food and wine.”
Subbelfield moved to Santa Monica in 2005 and established another enterprise with his business partner. He said the city might not be known for growing grapes, but it’s been a good place to live and work.
“I’ve been a Westside guy for the last 15 years. My business partner and I worked here for a long time, we have offices here, we love it here. It’s convenient for business to be close to everything and it’s been really cool to see it develop over the years. It’s been cool to watch the evolution of the town.”
Subbelfield said he’s excited for the wood to be on sale locally and the company has secured distribution at several Whole Foods stores starting June. Vinesmoke will be on sale in Malibu, Venice, El Segundo, Fairfax and Burbank. Medium bags will be on sale for $19.99 and large bags will cost $29.99.
He said the amount of food that can be cooked with the wood varies based on the method (smoking requires less than grilling) but even the smaller bag will cover multiple meals. He described the flavor as “kind of earthy with a berry sweetness.”
“It’s a very complex flavor. When you smoke with hickory or mesquite, you kind of know what you’re getting, you can tell those flavors, but this is really interesting, very unique, very complex,” he said.
Subbelfield said they are working on introducing the product to local restaurants and as the first wine-related product for the BBQ or grill, they are developing recipes and tasting guides to help home cooks.
The wood is certified sustainable and non-GMO. Subbelfield said the same attention that goes into maximizing grape quality is shown in the wood itself.
“We’ve been really, really careful and spent a lot of time and energy making sure we got the absolute best quality grapes and vines we can for this,” he said.
The company is also launching a pair of wines made from the vines that will be for sale on their website.
Subbelfield said he hopes the concept of vines as cooking fuel will eventually be as common as applewood.
“One of the angles we’re approaching with is to use the term vinesmoke as an adjective, a descriptor,” he said. “We want to use that to describe how we smoke it, I think it’s really cool.”
For more information, visit https://www.vinesmoke.com/.


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Italy’s best-selling liqueur is now available in South Africa
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Aperol, Italy’s best-selling aperitif liqueur is now readily available at all leading bars and bottle stores in South Africa.
Originally launched by the Barbieri brothers in the city of Padua in northern Italy in 1919, the distinctive brightly coloured drink is made from a secret blend of bitter-sweet oranges, high-quality herbs and roots. The recipe has remained unchanged from the beginning, nearly 100 years ago!
Flavoursome and refreshing, sunny and vivacious, Aperol has a unique taste, which is “deliciously Italian and totally international.” It’s also one of the lightest alcoholic drinks in the world, making it particularly popular among a younger crowd, as well as people who embrace active, healthy living and women. According to one fan, “it feels healthy to drink.”
In Italy, Aperol is frequently enjoyed during ‘the aperitif hour,’ when friends have pre-dinner drinks and a few snacks immediately after work. On these occasions, the Aperol Spritz is the drink of choice and the recipe is as easy as 3-2-1. Take a balloon glass or tumbler, add ice and half a slice of fresh orange. Pour in three parts dry sparkling wine (prosecco), two parts Aperol and a dash of soda. Cool, light and sparkling, the signature Aperol Spritz is perfect for summer fun in the company of good friends.
At the 2010 and 2012 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Aperol received the highest award of double-gold medals. It’s also the official sponsor of Moto GP, the grand prix of motorcycle racing.
Packaged in a bottle of clear Italian glass it will be available from selected liquor stores nationwide.
Countries across the globe will be observing the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ World Food Day on the 16th of October this year against the stark backdrop of almost 870 million chronically undernourished people worldwide.
The secret to the Schick Intuition success lies in the Skin Conditioning Solid® which is an integral part of the razor and contains coconut milk and almond oil – a combination that naturally moisturises dry skin while you’re shaving.
Leading brand in the functional food market FUTURELIFE®, has extended their product offering with the introduction of FUTURELIFE® ZERO Smart food™. The new ZERO Smart food™ product, already on shelf, joins the existing FUTURELIFE® Smart food™ range consisting of FUTURELIFE® HIGH ENERGY Smart food™; HIGH PROTEIN Smart food™, CRUNCH and Smart food™ for KIDS.
In reaching a milestone of success in any business, touching the lives of customers is important, but creating sustainable employment and support for not only the staff, but also for the communities in which they live, is essential.
CEOs: Africa is on the rise
14/10/2013 - 08:56
Johannesburg - Africa’s CEOs are optimistic about the prospects for growth over the next 12 months, according to the PWC Africa Business Agenda 2013.
Fresh retail concepts open at Mall of the North, Polokwane, Limpopo
09/10/2013 - 11:06
Mall of the North is bringing shoppers more of what they want and improving its shopping experience.
Jozini Mall en-route to Mozambique, opening 24 October 2013
08/10/2013 - 15:33
Jozini Mall, the new 18,220 square metre community shopping centre in North-Eastern KwaZulu-Natal, is now fully let and will open on Thursday, 24th October 2013.
Woolworths chairman calls for a new economic growth philosophy, South Africa
08/10/2013 - 07:42
Simon Susman, the Woolworths chairman, is the latest big businessman to put the cat among the government pigeons by suggesting that the labour market environment is too constraining.
Climate threat to maize farmers
02/10/2013 - 08:55
Cape Town - Climate change poses a major threat to South Africa's maize production and food security, says the Agricultural Research Council.


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While debates on the best chicken sandwich continue on the internet, KFC is now inclining its attention towards mac and cheese.
On Thursday, the fast-food chain announced about a new addition in its 5 USD Fill Up menu, a Mac and Cheese Bowl. The customers will be able to buy the new Mac and Cheese Bowl at a KFC restaurant starting August 26.
As per KFC, the dish will be similar to its Famous Bowls, but with mac and cheese rather than mashed potatoes and gravy. The bowls will combine mac and cheese along with popcorn chicken and sprinkled with a three-cheese topping, said Kentucky Fried Chicken in a statement.
The consumers can even buy the bowls in the form of a combo with a chocolate cookie or a medium drink. And, for those who like things a little more spiced up, KFC also has a spiced-up variant with smoky Nashville hot sauce in the offering.
Bowl food is the latest trend which will not end anytime soon while mac and cheese have its own cult-like backing, said Andrea Zahumensky, chief marketing officer of KFC’s in the US. As such, it made the sense to come up with mac and cheese bowls as a side dish, Zahumensky added.
Well, seems like the menus of popular fast-food chains are experiencing a mac and cheese boom. Chick-fil-A had announced about adding its own mac and cheese to its permanent menu across the US previously this month, the first such new since 2017.
According to Amanda Norris from Chick-fil-A, mac and cheese is the classic comfort food and is the perfect pair with the fast-food chain’s nuggets, Original Chicken Sandwich as well as grilled chicken dishes and is also great as a snack.
While the new addition was the talk of the town, it appears that not everyone was happy with it.