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Seasonal labour shortage declared in BOP
The Ministry of Social Development has declared a labour shortage in the Bay of Plenty.
The shortage is for a six-week period between April 15 and May 27.
Declaring the shortage allows visitor visa holders to apply for a variation of conditions and enable people to work in the respective regions.
MSD group general manager client service delivery Kay Read says seasonal labour efforts involve industry, local and central government agencies working closely together.
“We recognise an improved commitment by the horticulture and viticulture sectors to better manage their workforce requirements.
“Our focus remains on connecting New Zealanders to sustainable work and seasonal work is a step towards achieving this. We will continue to refer jobseekers to available vacancies across all industry sectors,” says Kay.
“Declaring or extending a labour shortage is a last resort measure and something that’s done once all other levers to find enough workers has been exhausted.
“A declaration also has the effect of highlighting to New Zealanders, who may be willing and able, that there are job opportunities available for them.”
Forecasts expect the peak harvest season for the kiwifruit industry to run until around May 2019 and there is currently a worker shortage of about 3800 people.
MSD Bay of Plenty regional commissioner Mike Bryant says there are a number of MSD initiatives partnering with the industry to help prepare and place jobseekers into seasonal work.
“We have a dedicated horticulture employment team of MSD work brokers who liaise year-round with employers in the sector and understand the industry needs. They support employers and workers with training, transport, accommodation, equipment and more.”
Since July 2018, MSD has placed more than 1000 people into jobs in the local kiwifruit industry, nearly 500 of them since January 2019, with many more prepared to start work once the main picking period is underway.
“These roles are an opportunity for people seeking to get back into the workforce and can open the door to other things. Many seasonal workers experience a variety of work in a range of locations and are able to stay employed year round using their diverse skills.”
New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated supports the Ministry of Social Development’s declaration of a labour shortage for the kiwifruit industry in the Bay of Plenty.
There is a current shortfall of over 1400 vacancies in the Bay of Plenty’s kiwifruit industry which is expected to increase to 3800 at harvest’s peak around mid-April. There was a shortfall of 1200 vacancies at the peak of harvest in 2018.
“The industry has been working hard to attract labour for this year’s harvest,” says NZKGI CEO Nikki Johnson.
“NZKGI has been running a media campaign to promote work in our sector and early signals indicate that this has gone some way in reducing the number of vacancies.
“However, it is vital to our industry that there is enough seasonal labour for harvest, and we currently don’t have enough people to pick and pack the intended crop. So it is entirely prudent and good risk management for MSD to take this step in support of our campaign.
“We would encourage people – kiwis and visitors – to come and enjoy working in an industry that exports an iconic piece of kiwiana overseas.”
Kiwifruit industry employers have been working closely with the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to place New Zealanders in vacant roles.
Between January and April 2019, MSD has placed nearly 500 job seekers into the kiwifruit industry.
Despite this more workers are still needed. The declaration of a seasonal labour shortage allows overseas visitors who already hold visitor visas to apply to vary the conditions of their visas for working in kiwifruit in the Bay of Plenty.
Overseas visitors are encouraged to visit the New Zealand Immigration website where detailed information about varying the conditions of a visa can be found.
To date over 90 percent of this season’s total kiwifruit crop is yet to be harvested. It is forecast that a similar amount of fruit is required to be packed this year in comparison to last year. This includes an increase of 12 percent of SunGold kiwifruit which requires packing in a short period of time.
Nikki says NZKGI seeks to employ New Zealanders as a first priority, especially kiwis who live in regions with orchards and packhouses.
Work and Income has given help to people that need transport from other parts of BOP and other Work and Income clients who would like to access this should contact their local office for support.
“Because of the low unemployment rate this is not always possible, and other sources of workers, such as those from the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme and backpackers, are also required.”
She says the industry continues to have robust discussions with Government around increasing the number of workers available under the RSE scheme, as well as other avenues to meet demand during harvest.
NZKGI has recently secured co-funding and employed a labour coordinator to connect employers with workers over harvest and analyse current and future labour demands of the kiwifruit industry, and will use this information to deal with industry growth projections.
A University of Waikato report forecasts that the kiwifruit industry contribution to the Bay of Plenty’s GDP will increase 135 per cent by 2030 to $2.04 billion and require 14,329 new kiwifruit jobs.
The kiwifruit industry is an important contributor to the local Bay of Plenty economy, currently contributing $867 million to the regions GDP and employing 10,762 FTE in the year 2015/2016.
The last declaration of a labour shortage for the kiwifruit industry was made in 2018 when the unemployment rate in the Bay of Plenty was 5.9 per cent.
The current unemployment rate is 4.8 per cent.


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In the dozen years since Lucas Papierniak first scouted Bali, Indonesia, for its tuna fishing, the seafood supplier has built a thriving business shipping poke cubes to hundreds of restaurants and sashimi-grade yellowfin to high-end sushi bars in Los Angeles and New York.
But almost immediately after lockdowns were announced last month to slow the spread of the coronavirus, orders for his fish came to a stop. One East Coast customer cancelled a purchase of two 45,000-pound containers of poke cubes valued at about half a million dollars.
“Business just died,” said Papierniak, whose company is based in Hawaii. “We had to figure out how to keep paying our fishermen.”
The 40-year-old father of four, including a newborn, started scrambling for ways to keep 5,000 fishermen and 350 factory workers on his payroll. His distributor in downtown Los Angeles suggested tapping into the extraordinarily busy grocery industry by supplying tuna steaks. The change in business keeps him open, but each day is a struggle; tuna steaks command a fraction of the price of sashimi.
Even if restaurants were to reopen in the near future, Papierniak estimates it would take three months to restart his supply chain.
“This isn’t going to blow over once shelter-in-place is lifted,” he said.
The coronavirus pandemic is short-circuiting the intricate network of producers and suppliers like Papierniak needed to power the global food system. It affects everything from caviar to apple juice and from Michelin-grade restaurants to the shopkeeper selling nuts and canned goods in a village in India.
Restaurants, an industry where Americans devote more than half their annual food budget, are out of action. Cargo freight and ports are operating well below normal capacity. And the labour that propels the harvesting, packing and delivery of food can’t return to full force until conditions are safe.
The crisis has upset the palates of consumers in richer countries who are accustomed to eating whatever and whenever they want thanks to synchronised, rapidly moving economic designs that can make all manner of food appear, including out-of-season blueberries from the Southern Hemisphere.
“The system has evolved to be highly efficient; able to get food from Asia or South America onto the grocery store shelves within days,” said Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and the former chief economist at the US Department of Agriculture. “Now we have all these things gone from stores in the US. I lived in Mali for two years in the ‘70s and the grocery stores were always that way. It’s striking if nothing else.”
Glauber said supermarkets weren’t designed to suddenly absorb all the spending on food that normally takes place at restaurants. Whether the scenes of sparsely stocked shelves worsens into a genuine food shortage will depend on the length of the pandemic and whether nations can refrain from protectionism, he added.
Already Vietnam, the world’s third-largest exporter of rice, suspended sales to foreign buyers. Kazakhstan banned exports of flour. And the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, which also includes Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, halted exports of rye, soybeans and some flour.
Glauber said the bans were mostly symbolic, to ease concerns about shortages at home. Global grain stocks, he added, were high enough to weather a months-long disruption.
That doesn’t mean other food sectors aren’t feeling the pain. The virus, as it has done in the lives and neighbourhoods it has swept through, has forced new reckonings.
Dairy farmers in the US and Canada are reportedly dumping millions of gallons of milk because they can no longer supply schools and restaurants.
The supply of apple juice to the US is in jeopardy because of delays at Chinese ports, according to Mintec, a commodities research firm that estimates two-thirds of the kid-friendly beverage consumed by Americans originates from China.
California almond growers are struggling to get their product into their top export market, India. Ports there are in disarray, prompting some to declare force majeure, as strict lockdown measures have left many migrant workers at home.
“It’s difficult to see how the national and state governments (in India) are going to get the machine going again,” said Richard Waycott, president and chief executive of the Almond Board of California. “A lot of merchandise is still on the water.”
A prolonged interruption in shipments could be costly for the $5.5 billion California almond industry. Exports account for more than two-thirds of the almonds shipped by the state last year.
Farmers aren’t able to calibrate their herds to adjust for changes in foreign demand or, as in today’s case, the near absence of the restaurant industry. Starting with breeding, it can take up to 18 months to prepare a herd for market.
“Biology prevents producers from instantly responding to price changes,” said Lee Schulz, a livestock economist at Iowa State University. “We don’t have the ability to slow down production.”
Processing plants designed to serve restaurants and other food service businesses also aren’t all equipped to prepare and package pork for grocery aisles, which require smaller portions and often different cuts.
In another sign of how the outbreak has disrupted the food business, once-unpopular items are now back in vogue.
Demand for beans is skyrocketing because their long shelf life is coveted during times of uncertainty. Goya Foods Inc., the New Jersey brand synonymous with canned beans, reported demand quadrupling at grocery stores.
Demand for vitamin C pushed the price of frozen orange juice concentrate in commodities markets up 25% in late February — this after the beverage faced years of decline in the face of growing competition and declining interest in traditional breakfasts.
Even canned tuna has made a big comeback. Thai Union Group, owner of Chicken of the Sea, saw a 25% surge in share value on the Thai Stock Exchange in mid-March as cans of its signature product were scooped up by shoppers. The coronavirus is changing the way the world feeds itself. — Los Angeles Times/TNS
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“Best dressed,” RiRi wrote on Instagram and Twitter alongside a photo of Met Gala co-chair Anna Wintour.
Wintour’s custom pink feathered Chanel gown was made by her close friend Karl Lagerfeld before he died, as the Vogue editor-in-chief revealed on the carpet. “Karl made (it) for me, and Virginie finished,” she told reporters, referring to Virginie Viard, who succeeded Lagerfeld as the Chanel creative director.
Rihanna co-chaired the Met Gala in 2018, and attended in six additional previous years. The 2019 event was co-chaired by Wintour, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Alessandro Michele.
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Expedia has acquired the online travel agency Travelocity from its parent company, Sabre Corp for a whopping $280 million in cash. The companies revealed about this deal in a statement on Friday, as a unification in the online booking industry continues. The deal follows a 2013 marketing agreement in which Expedia Inc's technology powered platforms for Travelocity's U.S. and Canadian websites, while Travelocity drove additional web traffic to Expedia.
Expedia buys Travelocity for $280 million in cash. (@latimes)— Breaking News Feed (@PzFeed) January 23, 2015
Expedia started off in October 22, 1996 as the first Microsoft internet property. The idea came from going beyond content which was the standard at the time. It is a web -based travel online company having headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. Expedia has also provided localized sites for 30 different countries. It has evolved as a consolidated solution for all your travel queries and Air tickets booking, Hotel bookings, Car rentals, Cruises, Vacation packages, etc.
In June 2014. Expedia started accepting Bitcoins. In September 2014, Expedia partnered with Citigroup and created the Expedia+ card where members can earn bonus points and earn exclusive benefits and priority customer service through the website. In October 2014, Expedia agreed to acquire Australian reservation service Wotif.com for $US610 million.
The Travelocity deal executes further amalgamation in the online booking space, which has witnessed a number of procurements from Expedia's fierce competitor, Priceline. One of which is its $2.6 billion takeover of restaurant reservation website OpenTable last year. "Given the success that they've had with integrating Travelocity into Brand Expedia (through the 2013 agreement), it's a positive outcome,'' said S&P Capital IQ analyst Tuna Amobi.
Travelocity is likely to maintain its unique brand within the umbrella of Expedia, according to Amobi. Sabre's Chief Executive Officer Tom Klein said the company's primary focus remains to be the providing of "mission-critical software solutions'' to its global travel customers. We have had a long and fruitful partnership with Expedia, most recently by partnering to strengthen the Travelocity business, so our decision to divest Travelocity is a logical next step for us both,'' he said in the statement.
Expedia, which owns brands ranging from the website that carries its name to the top hotel booking sites, stated in its October quarterly filing that the sales volume of its air tickets for the first three quarters of 2014 grew by 29 percent, "primarily due to volume driven by Brand Expedia's agreement with Travelocity along with ongoing improvements for the Brand Expedia sites themselves.''
Expedia's shares climbed nearly 2 percent Friday, while Sabre's shares were up more than 1 percent.
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As we celebrate our 4th birthday, share in some of the highlights from our journey so far.
Welcome! Today is a special day here at SunGod, today we celebrate our 4th birthday! Over the years there have been so many highlights and we have each and everyone of you to thank for joining and contributing to this immense journey…
Our products have travelled far, explored paradises, been to the top of Everest and into SPACE and back!! We’ve now shipped our products to 103 different countries and teamed up with over 400 athletes and ambassadors across 29 different sports!
In January this year, GB Pro Team athlete James Woods took home a Gold medal at the most coveted action sports event of the year, winning Freeski Big Air at XGames Aspen. He’s an example to us all - as an athlete, as a person and we’re so proud to be working with him and so many other inspirational people with exceptional achievements.
We can’t wait to bring you more stories fresh off the press from around the world! Expect to see an eclectic mix of remarkable achievements, successes, highs, lows and everything in between.
In the meantime we’ll be getting back to our passion; developing products that enhance people’s lives and disrupt the status quo. On this we’re excited to share some big news with you very soon… watch this space!
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Advertisers releasing Super Bowl ads early
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Companies are caught up early in Super Bowl frenzy and several have already released their Super Bowl ads well ahead of the big game as part of a shifting new strategy. The strategy appears to be working but some companies, like Budweiser, still prefer a little secrecy before their ads appear. Others want as many consumers as possible to see their ads ahead of time.
Some advertisers like godaddy.com are releasing their ads more than a week ahead of the game. "I thought it was quite hilarious. I think the Jamaican accent's always great. Perfect for a Monday morning," San Francisco resident Kyle Walsh said referring to a new Volkswagen ad.
YouTube says ads that ran online for the Super Bowl last year got an average of 9 million views. The companies that waited until game day got an average of 1.3 million. San Francisco ad agency Venables, Bell, and Partners says that's a big deal.
"Our studies show that about 30 percent of Americans are actually seeking out ads over a week and up, before the game," Lucy Farey-Jones said. "So, obviously you're getting somewhat free impressions in addition to those game day impressions."
But some old-school fans don't want any spoilers before the game.
"I think that ruins it actually because it's the excitement every year of what crazy things are people going to come out with to try to sell their businesses," Kate Reboli told ABC7 News. "Well, that's the reason I watch it. So, I think that's a big spoiler."
Ad executives say half of Americans will re-watch their favorite ads after the game.
By the way, this year, 30 seconds of airtime during the Super Bowl will cost advertisers $4 million.
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Concord Music Publishing has signed record producer and songwriter Matt Bronleewe. “I’ve known the crew at Concord for a number of years, and I’ve seen firsthand the amazing enthusiasm and support they provide for their songwriters”, he says. “I couldn’t dream up a better team of individuals to work with and I’m excited for the creative journey ahead!”
James Blake has teamed up with relaxation app Endel for a second album of soundscapes - this time reimagining his latest LP ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’. It is available on streaming services and in the Endel app now.
070 Shake has released new single ‘Natural Habitat’ featuring Ken Carson.
Atreyu have announced that they will release new album ‘The Beautiful Dark Of Life’ on 8 Dec. Latest single ‘Forevermore’ is out now. The band are currently on tour in the UK.
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This fall we posted about Steuben shutting down its factory and its flagship store on Madison Avenue. New Years marked the end of that crystal dynasty but that real estate will not stay vacant for long.
Michael Kors will be taking over the space that the century-old brand formerly occupied at 667 Madison, across from Barney’s. Kors already has an existing store at Madison and 60th but we imagine that location close once the new build-out is complete. A rep from Michael Kors did not answer specific questions but it appears as if the Steuben location is considerably larger.
In addition to the Kors expansion, there seems to be a growing trend for brands to have two uptown locations. Many luxury icons seem to enjoy a flagship on or close to Fifth Avenue that attracts tourists from all around the world in addition to the neighborhood clientele that’s found on Madison.
Most recently, Bottega Veneta opened a Madison Avenue location in addition to their Fifth Avenue flagship. Armani, Cavalli, Chanel, Cartier, Prada, Gucci and, yes, Juicy Couture all have mid-town and Madison Ave locations.
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LONDON and NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2018
LONDON and NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech21, the leader in impact protection for mobile devices, is pleased to announce an exclusive new collaboration with Liberty London, the famed London retailer known for its iconic prints. Designed in London, the collaboration marries directional print design with advanced protection for your mobile device.
The new tech21xLiberty London range features ten different print designs available across three product styles: Evo Luxe, Pure Print and Pure Design. All three styles contain high-performing impact materials unique to tech21 which absorb impact energy, protecting the device inside drop after drop.
"We are thrilled to announce the collaboration between these two successful British brands," said Colin Woodward, tech21 CEO. "Famed for its original curation, directional design and celebration of craftsmanship, Liberty London was the perfect partner for tech21 to collaborate with on a product range which delivers distinctive patterns and design paired with our high-performing protection technology."
"At Liberty, we like to discover new and unconventional ways to delight the Artistic shopper," said Adil Khan, CEO at Liberty London. "Tech 21 and their pioneering cases gave us an opportunity to create a beautiful fashion accessory and participate with our craft to the high profile launches from the world's premier smartphone brands. We are really impressed with Tech 21's high performance technology and how they have so tastefully matched it to our most Iconic prints designs."
Since 2005, tech21 has been developing the most advanced, scientifically proven cases and screen shields for mobile, tablet and laptop devices worldwide. tech21 combines science, engineering and British design to create products that address three core consumer benefits: style, protection and performance. As the brand evolves to continue meeting the needs of its consumers, tech21 has developed the most advanced impact protection material on the market – FlexShock™. The ultra-thin and lightweight material absorbs and dissipates force and can withstand drops of up to 14 feet. In addition, tech21 puts all its products through a rigorous testing program, and in an industry first has partnered with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to develop its testing methodology. This ensures that the tests tech21 products have to pass are overseen by independent experts. Tech21 is the number one phone protection brand in the UK and number two in the US. For more information, visit tech21.com.


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WhatsApp is testing a helpful new feature on iOS that displays profile pictures in system notifications when users receive new messages from chats and groups.
First spotted by app specialist WABetaInfo, the first new feature for the platform in 2022 uses APIs in iOS 15 to add the WhatsApp profile images to notifications in top-screen banners and in the Notification Center when users receive a message.
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If you don’t see the profile pictures in your notifications yet, that’s because WhatsApp is first making the change for beta testers so they can report bugs, before the feature is rolled out to millions of users on iOS devices worldwide.
The last update to WhatsApp came in December, and was a privacy change to prevent people on the messaging platform from viewing the “Last Seen” status of users whom they have never chatted with.
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New Age unveils Obi Cubana as brand ambassador
Renowned businessman and entertainment mogul, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has been unveiled as the ‘’New Face’’ of New Age Power Bank, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports.
This is coming few days after he launched a multi-billion-naira Golf City Estate in Abuja.
In a ceremony attended by hundreds of people, including celebrated artists, actors and actresses, at Monarch Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos, the CEO, New Age Concepts Ltd, Mr Ekene Okpala ,said his company decided to collaborate with Obi Cubana because of his swelling global image.
Describing the decision as a new dawn in the business strategy of the company, Mr Okpala said that New Age Power Bank is manufactured by New Age Mobile Concepts Ltd, the makers of New Age phone charger and other phone accessories.
‘’Currently, New Age Concepts Ltd is among top leading mobile accessories merchandising companies in Nigeria, offering high quality mobile accessories’’, the CEO said.
Assisted by Don Jazzy, a popular Nigerian music artist and producer, Mr Cubana said his business partnership with New Age Mobile is born out of his genuine and legitimate business around the world.
‘’If you ever contemplate buying a power bank that is strong, well-matched with most mobile devices and possesses an inbuilt microcomputer automatic protection chip against overcharge or over voltage, then you can’t go wrong with New Age Power Bank.
‘’As you rightly known, Smartphones consume lots of battery power because they have lots of applications as well as inbuilt processors for fast operations.
The celebrity said that in order to ensure top-notch quality, New Age battery-powered devices are manufactured to be versatile, so it can work with any model and brand of phone and smart device.
He said the New Age Power Bank comes in different sizes, which include, New Age Pack 22500mah, 18500mah, 15600mah, 15000mah, 12500mAh and many others.
As explained by the company’s market team, the power bank can charge a smartphone up to 10+ times from 0-100% full and can be relied upon.
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News : Dundee Tesco Call Centre Jobs Boost
Dundee, UK, Feb 1, 2016 -- Tesco has announced it is creating 150 jobs at its customer service centre in Dundee.
The new roles at the supermarket company's Baird Avenue call centre will increase its workforce there to 1150 employees.
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The company said the 150 jobs would bring Tesco's employment in Tayside to around 2,000 across its shops and offices.
Tesco said it hopes to recruit "the friendliest, warmest new colleagues" to Dundee and praised the Baird Avenue centre's "great community spirit".
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A family management bid to takeover Blackpool toy firm Casdon is set to go ahead.
The family which founded the firm is at the centre of a bid to de-list it from the AIM by buying up shares and taking the company private.
Casdon has now reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended offer by Paul Cassidy, chairman of Casdon, Phil Cassidy, joint managing director and Peter Cassidy, joint managing director.
The Cassidy family – who currently owns 51 per cent of the company – now wishes to provide shareholders with an opportunity to sell their shares in a single event.
“I have carefully considered the offer and believe it is the best interests of Casdon shareholders to accept the offer as I have done so myself,” said Casdon independent director, Stanley Wilkinson.
Phil Cassidy, said: “The idea is to return full control of the business to the immediate family. It is very exciting.”


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A vendor at a serious bike rally in Florida briefly offered hats emblazoned with Nazi symbols, saying she thought-about them a tribute to World Struggle II veterans who helped defeat the Germans.
The Daytona Seashore Information-Journal reviews that the seller was promoting the hats embroidered with swastikas and a skull-and-bones brand utilized by the Nazi SS at a stand throughout Biketoberfest, an ongoing competition that pulls hundreds of bikers to the Daytona Seashore space this month.
The seller stated she had offered the hats at different biker rallies across the nation with out grievance. The lady additionally sells rings, pockets chains and hats with out Nazi logos.
“It doesn’t imply what folks assume,” stated the seller, who would solely give her title as Jenny. “Lots of people don’t know the historical past, in order that they label me a racist, which isn’t true in any respect.”
Marvin Miller, president of the Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties, expressed weary resignation concerning the objects’ sale.
“It’s only a disgrace nowadays,” Miller informed the Information-Journal. “It by no means stops. We simply need to cope with it and simply keep in mind that we’re nonetheless America. Sadly, folks abuse a number of the great rights we’ve got and take it to extremes to unfold propaganda.”
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Jonathan Davis, whose photograph of the merchandise posted Thursday on Fb first famous its sale, stated he thought that whereas People may disagree on their politics, there was settlement that Nazi imagery “had no place in society.”
“It’s completely disgusting to see a vendor promoting Nazi and SS gear, nevertheless it’s even worse that the one purpose they might achieve this is as a result of individuals are really shopping for it,” Davis stated.
The proprietor of the property the place Jenny was promoting her items ordered her to take away the Nazi merchandise and she or he complied.
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Tester & Jones team supports the launch of the Crowborough and District Chamber of Commerce
Stephen Tester and Glenys Jones from Tester & Jones were among more than 100 people who turned out for the launch of the Crowborough and District Chamber of Commerce on 27 September.
Among those who came along to find out more were representatives from all types of businesses in the town and surrounding areas – from High Street retailers like Waitrose and Zest to local accountancy firms and marketing companies. The town’s mayor, Councillor Key Moss, lent her support, as did representatives from other local chambers from Uckfield and Edenbridge.
A founding committee – including Jeremy Woolger from On My Doorstep as president and chairman and Gordon Philips from HSBC as treasurer - has set up the Chamber and has already planned a number of events, including networking evenings and lunches.
The Chamber promises to take a proactive approach in representing businesses in the town and has already commissioned a business survey, the initial results of which were shared during the launch event.
“The evening was a great success and showed how strongly people feel about being part of the community here in Crowborough,” said Stephen Tester. “We have signed-up already and are looking forward to working closely with the new Chamber in the future. It is a really positive development for Crowborough.”
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Since last year, hints that the new Echo might have a screen were already written about by publications like the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, with the device allegedly being code-named ‘Knight’.
Last Friday, news about this rumored upgrade resurfaced, and this time, it’s not just words — there’s an actual image to make the information more solid. Thanks to AFTVnews, we now have our first glimpse of what the upgraded Echo with a built-in screen might look like.
According to the publication, the screen is not just a regular screen, but a touchscreen that measures about 7 inches. They posted a slightly blurred image of the device, after which, Venturebeat’s Evan Blass tweeted a much clearer image, showing what looks like a camera above, and speakers at the bottom which will reportedly have a better sound output, both in terms of quality and volume. The screen is also slightly angled facing upwards so it will remain visible even when you’re looking down at it, like when you’re standing or if it’s placed on a countertop.
AFTVnews speculates that the device, which is expected to run Amazon’s FireOS, will be priced higher than the standard Echo, possibly within the $200 – $300 range, and will possibly be released within a month.
Initially exclusive to Prime subscribers, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) made the Echo available to all U.S. customers in June 2015. Just recently, it was launched in the U.K., and instead of only being available in its standard black version, customers now have a choice between a black or white Echo.
Echo is powered by Amazon’s AI assistant — Alexa. To wake Alexa up, users simply have to say “Alexa…”, followed with a voice command to tell it what to do, or a question that you want it to answer. To ensure that it is able to pick up your commands or questions from anywhere in the room, Echo has seven built-in microphones and Bluetooth support.
As an AI application, Alexa learns as it goes along, recognizing your vocabulary, speech patterns and preferences. Which means that over time, Alexa gets better at its job of being your smart home assistant, especially with new abilities regularly being added to its current pool of know-hows.
With the latest upgrade (assuming the rumor materializes, of course), Echo is expected to jump ahead of its competition with the potential for more expansive capabilities including video calling, online shopping and helping you choose your OOTD (outfit of the day).
The rumor did indeed materialize. On Tuesday the e-commerce giant unveiled Echo Show with its big new upgrade: a seven-inch display that can play videos. Amazon said it is taking pre-orders for the device now for $229.99 with a ship date of June 28.
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A new service tenant has opened at The Greene this week and will hold a grand opening in two weeks.
Zeba Beauty, an eyebrow threading salon, opened at 78 Magnolia Lane, next to Pandora at The Greene in a 1,600-square-foot space. Dineth Ranatunga, a marketing specialist with the company, said the store had hired four employees.
Ranatunga said the store’s sister company, Miracle Eyebrows, already has locations in the Fairfield and Dayton malls, so adding a similar store at The Greene made sense.
“It’s the new business hub in Dayton,” Ranatunga said. “It’s like Easton in Columbus.”
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The retail store is not dead.
After the COVID lockdown, many Canadians learned the intricacies of shopping on-line, doing curbside pickups and so on because our favorite non-essential store was closed. But, as things started to open up again, we quickly returned to the mall which is still our first choice.
The June retail spending figures – the most important barometer of consumer habits and attitudes – shows we embraced the re-opening with gusto. Sales in non-essential stores such as clothing outlets grew by a staggering 140-percent.
Overall, Canada saw retail spending surpass levels we had seen prior to the pandemic. The biggest gains were in automotive but they were seen across the board.
Here in Saskatchewan, revenue for players in this sector went up 15-percent for the month, one of the lowest increases in the country, putting us about 8-percent ahead of the same a year ago….one of the largest jumps in the nation. So clearly, we didn’t have as far to come back as other provinces.
And, on-line or e-commerce sales as a percentage of the total declined….a signal that we like our brick-and-mortar shops.


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Latino Traffic Report (LTR) has learned that Adelmo Chaparro was named Lexus Southern vehicle operations manager where he oversees vehicle sales, distribution, marketing and product training and engagement for the 68 Lexus dealers in 11 states that his area office.
“I am excited to join the Lexus Southern Area and work closely with our team members,” says Chaparro. “It’s been an incredible journey working for Toyota and Lexus over the past 15 years, and those experiences have helped prepare me for this new role. The future is very bright for Lexus, and I look forward to working hard to support our dealerships and their continued success.”
Before joining Lexus in September, 2020, Chaparro was the MDRP at Toyota Motor North America’s (TMNA) headquarters in Plano, Texas, where he rotated through positions in Guest Experience and Retention, Demand and Supply Management, and Toyota Sales Operations. Born in Venezuela and raised in Evansville, Indiana, he has worked at TMNA since 2006.
At LTR, we applaud efforts in the auto industry to hire and promote Latinos.


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Colombo – The first ever Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism will take place on 28th January at the Presidential Secretariat and President Mahinda Rajapakse is schedule to make the presentations.
The event is organized by the Sri Lanka Tourism Authority and Dialog Telekom are the sponsors.
The awards are made in order to recognize the contributions made to the tourism industry by persons and institutions. The event will feature special award categories for tourism legends and pioneers through which significant contributions made by leaders in the industry in the past will be recognized. Other categories of awards include airlines, hotels, tour operations, tour guiding, communication organizations, corporate social responsibility efforts and local tourism initiatives.
At the Press Conference to announce the Tourism Awards Ceremony, Renton de Alwis, Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourist Board said that for this event, no money would be spent by the government and said that it is a great encouragement to see the support from one of Sri Lanka’s leading corporate in promoting the image of Sri Lanka in the country and abroad. He said that in an age where Sri Lanka’s tourism sector needs to be nurtured Dialog Telecom’s partnership and support in this respect is commendable.
De Alwis said that 60 percent of al the enterprises providing tourist services are out of the licensing framework while most of the formal sector is within the process. Under the new Tourism Development Act the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority will have to ensure that all persons and institutions providing tourist services should have licenses. In this process De Alwis said that that small and medium sector could be supported.
He said that media should have to be cautious when using nomenclature with regard to the issue of travel advisories etc by various countries with regard to travel to Sri Lanka. He said that there are three types of such notices issues by countries about traveling to other countries by their citizens. The first is the travel advisory that is commonly issued in such instances as inclement weather, conflict in different areas in the country and contagious diseases etc.
The second is warning which is little harder than the first and the third is ban which is more dangerous. De Alwis said “I would like to urge to use words carefully as it would give signals to international community and it would in turn affect the travel industry here in Sri Lanka”.
Nushad Perera, CEO, Dialog, said that the Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism 2007 is an opportunity for small and large players in the industry to showcase their strengths and also for the entire tourism industry to showcase Sri Lanka as one of the most lucrative tourist destinations in the world.


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With a showdown looming over international postal rates at a Sept. 24 congress of the Universal Postal Union, uncertainty reigns in terms of the United States’ continued participation in the organization, leaving merchants wondering about parcel shipping rates heading into peak season. Consolidators are making contingency plans.
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UPS will not add a residential delivery surcharge this holiday peak season, unlike the past two years, but will add surcharges for larger packages and those requiring additional handling. The company expects to exceed record volume of 800 million packages set last year, with 75% of it handled by automated sortation systems.
The U.S. Postal Service reported a drop in its parcel volume for the first time in nine years during its third quarter, as major customers like Amazon continue to shift business away from the USPS and take on some of the deliveries themselves. However parcel revenue was up thanks to rate increases and a DIM adjustment this year.
Two months after deciding not to renew its contract with Amazon for air freight service, FedEx is now parting ways with the ecommerce giant on the ground as well. FedEx will not renew its ground contract with Amazon when it expires at the end of August, effectively severing the long-term relationship as Amazon grows its own capabilities.
Ever since Amazon introduced Prime in 2005, the company has left everyone else chasing after them, and younger shoppers look for that type of experience everywhere. To succeed, retailers must meet customer demand for an enhanced delivery experience, including whenever possible fast and free shipping and unlimited returns.
Through new partnerships with Michael’s, CVS and Advance Auto, UPS is more than doubling its network of U.S. Access Point locations and adding Sunday pickup and delivery in January for business and residential customers as it engages in an arms race with FedEx. This gives UPS 63,000 U.S. locations, compared to 62,000 for FedEx.
Postmaster General Megan Brennan told the House Oversight and Reform Committee that the USPS will run out of cash by 2024 if reforms are not enacted. Brennan also proposed saving billions by cutting back mail delivery to five days a week and increasing package delivery to seven days, which it already does for Amazon.


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After 10 online qualifiers, the finals will be held in NY from 26-28 July, where the top 100 solo players and the top 50 two-person teams from around the world will compete for a prize pool of more than $30m (£23m).
The Fortnite World Cup was first announced during Fortnite's ProAm event at E3 in June a year ago. The Fortnite World Cup Finals will consist of the top 100 solo players and the top 50 two-player teams from around the world.
When the Fortnite World Cup starts in April, gamers will be able to put their skills to the test for a chance to win a piece of the $30 million prize pool, along with bragging rights for every parent or partner who ever told them to put down their phones. Last June, Epic Games held a Fornite tournament during the E3 video game conference in Los Angeles and filled the Banc of California Stadium with 15,000 fans.
The developer has announced that the proceedings will kick off with the "Online Open" qualifiers from April 13 to June 16.
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All participants at the finals are guaranteed $50,000, while the solo champion will get $3 million.
We will continue to award $1,000,000 in cash tournaments weekly through the end of this year. The game maker has committed to giving away $100 million in prizes in 2019.
Not a Battle Royale player? These tournaments will feature a wider variety of modes and formats to open up the competitive playing field.


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According to the latest report from usually-reliable DigiTimes reporters, Samsung will supply Apple with 40 million AMOLED panels for the rumored all-new iPhone that is expected to be released in 2017. In 2018, the figure may rise to 80 million units and in 2019 to 120 million units. Currently, Samsung Display is the main supplier of AMOLED displays for the Galaxy lineup. The orders from Apple and other vendors worldwide will allow the company to remain the main AMOLED display manufacturer in the world.
According to the latest report from The Telegraph, Google may be planning to launch its own smartphone by the end of this year. As noted by the reporters, the Google branding may allow the company to compete with Apple, Samsung and other vendors on equal terms. Currently, Google has a lineup of Nexus devices, however, aside from Google’s branding, these devices also have the name of the actual manufacturer on their bodies.
Two new spy photos shared by a reliable French website Nowhereelse prove that the iPhone 7 may get a larger camera module and its larger sibling called the iPhone 7 Plus or Pro may be equipped with a dual camera. Today’s photos go in line with recent reports from supply chain sources and analysts who claim Apple is considering a switch to more advanced photo sensors for its 2016 iPhone lineup.
According to the latest report from Macotakara, Apple plans to ship the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus with standard 3.5mm headphones and a Lightning adapter. Recent rumors suggest that the company will ditch the headphone jack to reduce thickness and weight of the devices and make the headphones compatible with the Lighting port of the handsets.
According to a sketchy image showing something similar to the dual SIM card tray for the iPhone 7 that appeared on a Chinese social network Weibo, the next-generation smartphone may support the work of two SIM cards. The image has been shared by a smartphone repair shop Rock Fix, so I don’t think we should take what we see for granted.
Two new images showing the front panel of the iPhone 7 have recently appeared on the Internet. What is interesting about these images is that they depict a touch-sensitive Home button instead of the physical one that was present in Apple handsets since the very first model. The photos also reveal narrower bezels of the front panel.
According to the latest report from people familiar with the matter, Intel will supply Apple with LTE modems for some iPhone models. Qualcomm will remain the main manufacturer of chips for iPhones sold on Verizon and in China, but Intel’s modems will be added to the handsets on the AT&T network and on some other markets outside the United States.
According to the latest report from Bloomberg reporters, Apple’s rival Samsung may release two new smartphones with bendable screens in 2017. The devices are expected to get OLED displays and become new iPhone rivals. The report is based on rumors shared by people familiar with the matter, so I guess we can believe it.
According to the results of the latest satisfaction survey conducted among the American customers, Apple has beaten Samsung as a brand with more happy customers. However, the gap between the market rivals is really small - only 1%. 81% of customers are satisfied with their iPhones and 80% of those who own Samsung smartphones also say their devices are pretty good. The aforementioned figures are based on the survey conducted among 12,710 US customers, so it’s rather difficult not to take them into account.
According to the latest report from Nikkei, Apple will soon switch to a new iPhone update cycle.The reporters claim the tech giant will release major iPhone updates once in three years instead of making them available for customers once in two years. Because of this change, the device released in 2016 will be a minor update with some design tweaks and hardware enhancements. As to the truly updated handset, it will come in 2017.
Apple’s iPhone 6s and Samsung’s Galaxy S7 have been recently compared in an ultimate drop test video. The people behind this video have used professional tools to test the durability of both flagship devices and found out that the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s is actually more durable that the device manufactured by the South Korean vendor. The reason for this is quite obvious: iPhone’s back panel is made of aluminum, which is stronger than the glass panel of the Galaxy S7, apart from that, the device features a better glass that makes it possible for it to survive several front drops in a row.
It is Sunday today, which means it's high time I told you about the most interesting posts of the past seven days. Let's not waste time and talk about the articles worth your attention right now.
According to the latest data shared by a research firm Gartner, Apple’s global smartphone market share fell to 14.8% in the first quarter of 2016. The number of iPhones shipped to customers accounted for 51.6 million and the number of smartphones sold globally by all vendors in the first quarter grew from 336 to 349 million units. Last year, Apple’s share in the same quarter was equal to 17.9%, so the decline is easily noticeable. Despite the overall growth of the smartphone market, the demand for iPhones becomes weaker.
If you’re interested in how the iPhone 7 might look like, you will surely like the latest video shared by uSwitch and OnLeaks. This short clip is based on the most recent leaks of CAD drawings and offers a 360 degree look at the mockups of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Both handsets are expected to be unveiled in September and feature some noticeable design changes.
The video proves earlier rumors that suggest Apple will ditch the headphone jack and redesign the antenna bands of the iPhone. Apart from that, we can see the rumored dual camera on the larger model. Finally, the iPhone 7 Plus has a Smart Connector.
According to the latest report from usually-reliable KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple won’t release two separate iPhone 7 Plus and Pro models with single lens and dual lens cameras respectively. Instead, the company will unveil one 5.5-inch iPhone with dual camera and other improvements, for example, 3GB of RAM on board. As to the name of the handset, Kuo believes Apple will stick to the “iPhone 7 Plus”.
Notably, the images shared by @OnLeaks earlier today prove Kuo’s suggestion. As you see, the larger model has a slightly larger cutout for the rear camera and this may mean that the device will get the rumored dual lens sensor. There’re some other things that make the larger smartphone different from the 4.7-inch iPhone 7, you can take a look below.


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UK - ITV Player to launch on PlayStation 3Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Broadcaster steps up multi-platform distribution of the ITV Player
ITV plc (LSE:ITV) today announced a deal to make the ITV Player available on Sony’s PlayStation®3 (PS3™) consoles by the end of 2010.
The deal, the first of its kind with a UK commercial broadcaster, will see the ITV Player made available to internet connected Sony PS3’s and is part of a wider strategy to roll out the highly successful ITV Player to platforms beyond itv.com – including games consoles, TV- and mobile- based devices.
Launched in July 2007 on itv.com, the ITV Player gives viewers the opportunity to catch up on favourite ITV programmes which they may have missed or want to watch again, up to 30 days from the original time of transmission. In 2009, long and short-form video views on ITV.com, across all programme genres, more than doubled year-on-year reaching 200m.
The ITV Player on PS3 will be free and ad-funded with pre-, mid- and post- roll video ads being sold and served by ITV. PS3 users will be prompted to implement a software update the first time they turn their consoles on after launch at which point an icon will appear in the TV section of the main navigational menu. They will then be able to click through to an ITV Player service.
The ITV Player also offers brand owners one of the UK’s leading, measurable, online routes to market around high quality content.
Fru Hazlitt, Managing Director of Commercial and Online, ITV said: “Our viewers want the option to watch their favourite content when and where they choose so distributing the ITV Player, with our rich content, to platforms beyond itv.com will allow us to meet that demand. We’re really excited that they will soon be able to access the ITV Player on demand through the PS3 platform.”


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Progresif is ushering in the new year with attractive mobile and home Wi-Fi plans for a limited time only, exclusively to new customer sign-ups, customers who wish to switch providers as well as existing customers who want to change plans or re-contract.
This best-deal-in-town applies for Postpaid Mobile MORE Plan with discounts up to 25 per cent for the first six months for any sign-ups with a 24-month contract.
The MORE plan is also available in the denominations of $12 for 6GB, $22 for 15GB, $28 for 20GB, and $49 for 35GB, with 30-day validity data, SMS, and Voice on the plans.
With the current demand for usage of home Wi-Fi, Progresif is also giving away discount offerings for its One Home Plus and ZOOM plans with up to 40 per cent discounts on selected tiers, including a free $100 installation fee and free fixed line rental on a 24-month contract.
“This offer intends to give households more freedom in affordable and flexible choices to access the internet all year round,” the company said in a statement.
The Progresif One Home Plus has a selection of plans that can fit every customer’s data needs. Aiming to equip customers who need data for work, online learning, online streaming, and gaming interests from 500GB with speed at 50Mbps to 2.5TB data speeds up to 200Mbps.
Customers can also opt for substantial savings with the ZOOM Home Wi-Fi plan, with a choice of ZOOM 50Mbps or 100Mbps and not have to worry about data quotas.
In recent months, Progresif shared their successful achievements in their net promoter scores, an international scoring board for customer services performance. It prides itself on its customer experience with response to serving the community’s needs, especially during the second wave of COVID-19. Progresif has improved their services by transforming how they do their business – by caring for customers first.
In their efforts to improvise customer service and experience, the Progresif Street Sales team started proactively reaching out to customers by delivering their purchases directly and increasing the ability for customers to manage their accounts online.
At the same time, they were easing bill payment digitally via the Progresif CARE app or using a self-serve kiosk machine at Progresif stores.
This promotion is available only for a limited time and can be availed at all Progresif stores and Progresif online stores at https://store.progresif.com/.
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Nintendo 64 games are said to be coming to Nintendo Switch Online.
At least, that’s what reputable insider Nate Drake has claimed in the latest episode of “Nate of Hate”. In the video, the insider says that after his previous video about Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles reportedly coming to Switch Online, various outlets corroborated this rumor, including Eurogamer. Not only did Eurogamer back up the information from Nate, but the outlet also suggested that more Nintendo platforms will be added to Nintendo’s subscription service. As now revealed by Nate, this is indeed the case, and N64 titles will be added to the service in the near future.
“Immediately after our video was published, several outlets came out to corroborate the information we had discussed, and Eurogamer went one step further having noted that additional platforms will also be added to Nintendo Switch Online in the future”, the insider says in his latest video.
Nate continued, “Today I would like to add to that, that yes, that information is accurate and one of the platforms that will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online in the future is the revolutionary Nintendo 64.”
Nate believes, Nintendo will be introducing N64 games to its subscription service via a higher-priced tier of the service.
“N64 is a more lucrative platform in our view where Nintendo could make a lot more money with these titles, so what I’m going to propose is that when Nintendo 64 [games] come to Nintendo Switch Online, it is going to come with the introduction of a higher-priced tier – a premium version of Nintendo Switch Online if you will.”
Nintendo 64 games added to Nintendo’s subscription service would be a rather great deal for a lot of Nintendo fans, but of course, the information above hasn’t been confirmed in any way for the moment. So for now, take it with a fair pinch of salt.
What are your thoughts on this? Will Nintendo indeed introduce a new premium tier of its service alongside the introduction of N64 games? And what about those rumored Game Boy and Game Boy color games being added as well? Hit the comments.


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Queensland Electric Vehicle Subsidies Get Qld Out of the Slow Lane
16th March 2022: Queensland Electric Vehicle Subsidies Get Qld Out of the Slow Lane
The Queensland Government’s $55 million electric vehicle funding package has today been welcomed by clean transport advocacy group Solar Citizens as an important first step to driving down transport pollution. The announcement includes $3,000 for 15,000 electric vehicles and $10 million for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
“With fuel prices and the cost of living going through the roof, more and more people want to switch to cars you can fuel up at home for a fraction of the cost,” said Stephanie Gray, Strategist at Solar Citizens.
“Government support for the rollout of electric vehicles is vital for Australian families to have a long-term solution to battle volatile petrol prices.
“Electric vehicles are cheaper to run and maintain than petrol cars and they slash emissions, but the price tag is still a major barrier for many people.”
A survey of a representative sample of 807 Queenslanders commissioned by Solar Citizens in December 2021 found that purchase price was the biggest barrier to switching to an electric vehicle, particularly for those on a low income.
“The $3,000 rebate is a practical step to reduce the cost of electric vehicles and puts Queensland on the same page as states like New South Wales and South Australia that are encouraging the uptake of cleaner cars,” said Ms Gray.
“But more government support is needed to build a thriving local electric vehicle industry and provide commuters with a reprieve from high fuel prices.
“We’ve seen a number of states make commitments to boost the uptake of electric transport while the Morrison Government has been asleep at the wheel on this issue.
“There’s plenty more that both states and the Federal Government can do to slash the upfront cost of cleaner electric cars so that Australians can cash in on the fuel savings.”
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The new directives by the I&B Ministry do not allow any person below the age of 18 to be depicted playing in online fantasy gaming ads.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has issued an advisory asking private broadcasters to follow guidelines issued by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for advertisements relating to fantasy sports and online gaming.
The I&B is the government’s agency to monitor rules and laws in information, broadcasting, press and cinema.
The guidelines direct all broadcasters to carry a disclaimer prohibiting people under the age of 18 from venturing into online fantasy gaming and also alert viewers about the financial risk involved.
"No gaming advertisement may depict any person under the age of 18 years, or who appears to be under the age of 18, engaged in online gaming for real money winnings or suggest that such persons can play these games," the advisory said.
The disclaimer should take no less than 20 per cent of the space in print ads and for audio or visual displays, it must be placed at normal speaking pace at the end of the commercial.
The ministry further directed broadcasters to refrain from presenting online gaming for real money winnings as an income opportunity or an alternative employment option. The advertisements should not suggest that a person engaged in gaming activity is in any way more successful as compared to others.
The new guidelines issued by ASCI on November 24 will be effective from December 15.
To protect consumers interest we have issued an advisory to all Broadcasters to ensure that advertisement on online gaming and fantasy sports is not misleading.— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) December 5, 2020
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The I&B Ministry had earlier held a meeting with the ministries of Consumer Affairs and Electronics and Information Technology, ASCI, News Broadcasters Association, Indian Broadcasting Foundation, All India Gaming Federation, Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), and the Online Rummy Federation. The ASCI guidelines were issued after these consultations.
The online fantasy sports industry of India has witnessed a sharp spike in user base courtesy of the innovative marketing campaigns run by the fantasy sports platforms.
The majority of the platforms have Indian cricket team stars as their brand ambassadors.
Former Indian team captain MS Dhoni is signed by Dream11, whereas current skipper Virat Kohli endorses Mobile Premier League (MPL). KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, and Yuvraj Singh have also been seen promoting different fantasy sports platforms.


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It seems like just yesterday that a weekend wasn't complete without running to Blockbuster to pick up the perfect DVD and bucket of microwavable popcorn for a Friday night in.
But those are just memories of the past, right?
By November 2013, our aisle-strolling hearts were broken when Blockbuster announced its plan to close all of what remained of its company-owned storefronts (as well as to shut down its Netflix-style disc-by-mail service).
But in El Paso, there was a way around the shutdown.
Four franchisee locations remained open, all of which were owned by Border Entertainment LLC, which is based out of Austin, TX.
An awesome look back at Blockbuster's success throughout the years:
But on March 26, Border Entertainment owner Alan Payne, announced the inevitable end of an era:
"It's been a great run, but over the past few years more and more people have changed how they watch movies. This has caused a gradual decline in sales that has necessitated our decision to close the stores. We hope everyone will come visit us over the next few weeks so we can thank them for 24 wonderful years. It's also the last chance to buy used movies and games from our very large inventories."
The El Paso locations will re-open on April 2nd for an everything-must-go clearance sale.
Border Entertainment plans to still operate stores in Texas and Alaska, and it's estimated that around 50 Blockbuster locations are still in business.
So if you're looking for one last stroll down those magical aisles, anything is possible--just like the movies.
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Norwich Market has made it into the finals of the Great British Market Awards, thanks to overwhelming support.
Online voting closed on November 30 and revealed that Norwich Market had made it into the top six most popular markets in the country for 2018.
The six finalists will now go through to the next stage of the competition, which includes a visit from a judging panel made up from experts from across the market industry. The market will also receive a mystery shopping visit.
Councillor Matthew Packer, Norwich City Council's cabinet member with responsibility for Norwich Market, said: “Being finalists in a national competition is the icing on the cake for what has been a brilliant year for Norwich Market.
"The market is such an asset to our city, providing not only a unique shopping experience, but also a space for independent businesses to thrive and bloom, and of course a huge draw for visitors.”
Kristina Fox, market manager for Norwich City Council, said: "We are so delighted to have made it into the final of Britain's Favourite Market competition. Thanks so much to everyone who voted for us and supported Norwich Market through the years."
The overall winner of Britain’s Favourite Market competition will be announced on Thursday 25 January 2018 at the NABMA’s Annual Conference in Birmingham.


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Machinarium Arrives on PSN Next Month
The PC point-and-click puzzler will be launching alongside Double Dragon: Neon in September.
Machinarium, the puzzle point-and-click adventure originally released on PC in 2009, will arrive on the European PSN next month.
While an official announcement is yet to be made, in a recent EU Playstation Blog update Sony's Ross McGrath teased there would be "two new titles as well in September, one brand new and one new to PSN – we’re spoiling you rotten for sure."
While he didn't name the games initially, after commenter Antares suggested the new game would be Double Dragon: Neon, and the game new to the PSN would be Machinarium, McGrath responded "Give the man a cookie, he's 100 per cent right!"
Hopefully an official announcement will be coming shortly, and we've chased up Sony for details on pricing and whether US gamers can expect both titles at the same time.


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$GE 2Q15 Call: O'Callaghan of UBS asked about the margin drivers. CFO answered that mix was negative in 2Q15 at 70 bps and in 1H15 negative at 10 bps. He added that the company expected mix to turn around in 2Q15 and it turned around; part of it was the higher GEnx shipments and function of higher wind shipments and lower distributive power QtoQ.
Looks like $BAC is regaining its lost reputation after the 2008 financial crisis. I hope the stock will flourish under Trump.
$BA won a $22 billion deal from SpiceJet, their largest order from an Indian airline.
$FB stock remained in the green territory after Raymond James upgraded shares to strong buy from outperform, on expectations that overall 4Q16 ad spending was strong.
$ARRY Good day for the stock, jumped 7%. Great gains !
2017 was supposed to be another record year for automotive industry. Still, $F Ford thinks its profit will dip in 2017..!!


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Hewlett Packard has announced new additions to its AppSystem offerings to make it easier for companies to make more sense of their growing data.
According to a report on V3, the AppSystems appliance line has got the new Data Warehouse Appliance which has been designed to enhance the SQL Server 2008 R2 databases. The company said that the Data Warehouse Appliance will be able to scale its memory capacities from 38TB to 500TB.
The company has also launched the Vertica Analytics System appliance for the SQL database platform. HP said that the appliance was capable of allowing businesses to analyse the information stored in the database in real-time.
“In a world where enterprises must instantly react to changing markets, clients are turning to HP Converged Infrastructure to dramatically improve their agility,” said Dave Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking, HP.
“The new solutions announced today extend the benefits of convergence to deliver new levels of speed, simplicity and efficiency that enable clients to capitalize and anticipate change.” he added.
HP, at the HP Discover event held in Las Vegas, also announced the HPCloudSystem platform, which allows businesses to build and create public, private and hybrid clouds and the HP VirtualSystem platform.


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Even where fitness and nutrition are concerned, timing is everything. Researchers from Texas A&M University believe they have pinpointed an optimal time to eat saturated fats in order to reduce their harmful effects.
According to the study, the problems associated with saturated fats have more to do with when you eat them than anything else. “Chronic inflammation is determined by what saturated fats you have in your diet and when you eat them,” explains study author David Earnest, Ph.D. “The best time to eat a high-fat meal is early in the morning and the worst time is late at night.”
Science has yet to determine exactly why, but studies show that saturated fat produces the most inflammation when eaten late at night. In turn, that increases your risk for metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Irregularities in your work schedule and mealtimes further exacerbate the issue.
Fortunately, Earnest says there’s a small fix if you smash a late-night slice of pizza to mitigate the damage from hours of drinking. The inflammatory response can be disrupted with DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid. If you eat your meals at sporadic times or consume saturated fats late at night, bolster your diet with foods high in omega-3s to counteract the negative effects. Try nuts and salmon.


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HTC has now sent out invites for its September 29 event to be held in Hakone, Japan. @upleaks has posted the teaser poster on their twitter account. The invite reads,”double flagship new machine will be released in Hakone, Japan” with the event date 29th September. HTC is expected to launch HTC One A9 flagship device in this event along with 2nd flagship, may be Butterfly 3.
The previous leaks suggests that HTC One A9 is expected to launch with a deca core MediaTek Helio X20 processor and will feature a large 5.2-inch Quad HD display with 2.5D glass, 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution and a full metal design body.
HTC One A9 is expected to have 4GB RAM and large 3500mAh battery. It can be priced between $450-$550 an d will be available via AT&T exclusively in the US.
The 2nd flagship, Butterfly 3, is expected to launch with Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI, a 5.2-inch Quad-HD SLCD3 display with 1440×2560 pixels resolution. It is rumored to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit octa-core (2GHz + 1.5GHz) processor with Adreno 430 GPU. It will have 3 GB of RAM.
Butterfly 3 is expected to have a 20-megapixel duo rear camera with dual LED flash and a 13-megapixel front facing camera. None of the above info is officially confirmed yet. We have to wait until 29 September to check what the HTC fans will get.


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Images of the new Hyundai i30 wagon have been teased, but Hyundai Australia says it’s unlikely to arrive here.
Released ahead of its Geneva Motor Show debut next month, the image doesn’t reveal much of the car, showing merely a silhouette of the roofline.
However, the wagon will likely follow a similar design to its smaller sibling, the i30 hatch, which was launched last week in Korea.
“The New Generation i30 Wagon speaks the language of the i30 family in terms of design, and it carries the new Hyundai family identity – the Cascading Grille,” said Thomas Bürkle, Chief Designer at Hyundai Design Centre Europe.
“The tapering roofline and the dynamic proportions give the Wagon an almost coupe-like silhouette.
“The sleek and dynamic profile is further emphasised by a rich chrome frame surrounding the side windows.”
While the new generation i30 wagon will feature a redesign, which, from what we can tell, will also include a longer body, we’re unlikely to see it arrive here.
The i30 wagon was taken off the Australian market a couple of years ago, with this country’s SUV trend growing stronger and the wagon market losing popularity. At the time, cost and popularity were the main reasons given for its disappearance.
Hyundai Australia told WhichCar that while it’s “unlikely” the i30 wagon will arrive in Australia due to the limited market for small wagons, it’s not completely ruled out.
Meanwhile, the new third-generation i30 hatch is set to arrive in Australia in Q2 this year, featuring a redesign, new engines and a sportier feel.
We drove the all-new i30 hatchback in Korea last week, so more information will arrive later this week.


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Lithium was founded in 2001 as a spin-out from GX Media, which created technologies for professional rankings and tournaments and now hosts a number of popular gaming sites. The company's founders include brothers Lyle Fong and Dennis Fong, who together also founded GX Media, as well as Kirk Yokomizo, John Joh, Nader Alizadeh, Michel Thouati, Michael Yang, and Matt Ayres. The company sells largely to enterprise customers, including HP, Best Buy, Research In Motion, Sony, Comcast, Symantec, and AT&T.
The Lithium Social Customer Experience Management Platform combines online customer community applications such as forums, blogs, innovation management, product reviews, and tribal knowledge bases with the broader social Web and traditional CRM business processes, resulting in a wide range of online customer interaction methods. Lithium's SaaS-based platform delivers products on-demand in a hosted environment rather than as traditional, packaged software. Stemming from its gaming roots, the platform incorporates elaborate rating systems for contributors, with ranks, badges, and “kudos counts.”
In a preview of things to come with Surge and M3M’s adjoining properties, Surge announced in September that the company’s first certified analytical results for the 2023 summer drilling program at its NevadaNorthLithiumProject have returned multiple zones of high values ...
Ken Armstrong, President and CEO, commented, “The initial lithium assays from the MK3 spodumene pegmatite at NorthArrow’s MacKay Project are highly encouraging and confirm MK3 as a new drill target ... where, during 2023, we have defined multiple drill ready spodumene pegmatites.
The team's analysis, funded by the DOE, determined there are at least four million tons of lithium based on the portion of the geothermal reservoir that has already been drilled. There is also an estimated 18 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) if the entire reservoir is drilled to produce more geothermal power.
The researchers attempted to thoroughly quantify the amount of lithium that the deep subsurface geothermal reservoir of the lake could contain. Researchers estimate 18 million metric tons of lithium in the Salton Sea's geothermal reservoir, with at least 4 million tons already confirmed through drilling.
... exploration and any anticipated increasing demand for lithium; any results and updates thereto as it relates to the USGS report;the Company’s concentration hypothesis; closing of the transaction;future press releases by the Company; and funding of any future drilling program.
Drilling on the optioned property at RinconWest has verified the grade potential of the concentrated lithium aquifer. Drilling is pending at AntofallaNorth, however our geophysics demonstrates a deep salar basin and we are confident in the prospectivity for lithium brines, so we have set ambitious plans to advance the project.
Researchers found that an estimated 18 million metric tons of lithium carbonate is likely available in the large underground pool, which isn't connected to the Salton Sea... Based on the portion of the geothermal reservoir that's already been drilled out, researchers know there are at least 4 million tons of lithium in that portion of the brine.
The company said proceeds are earmarked for resource drilling at the Donner Lake lithium project in Manitoba and for exploration at Donner Lake and the FalconWest lithium property, which is also located in Manitoba ... The property is held 75% by GridMetals and 25% by Lithium Royalty Corp (LRC).
But just 1% of lithium used in the U.S ...Lithium will be extracted through geothermal plants, which drill down thousands of feet to bring the Salton Sea’s boiling brine to the surface, then use the steam it generates to turn clean-energy turbines and produce electricity.
The assays confirm the high-grade lithium mineralization on the spodumene pegmatite and justify the upcoming drill program ... Tearlach Resources has submitted a drill permit application to the OntarioMinistry of Mines and expects approval in Q1 2024 ... I am looking forward to a maiden drill program on the Georgina Properties in Q1 2024.".


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Finance Minister Arun Jaitely announced the re-imposition of service tax on online advertising. The announcement has not gone very well with the industry.
"The half life theory explains how a nucleus keeps eroding itself to half but never becomes zero. You can apply that to TV GRPs."
The total media spend will reach up to $524 billion at year end, driven by an improved global economic outlook and the rise of mobile advertising.
Indian, Chinese expats are facing discrimination in Singapore with rental websites putting up advertisements saying "no Indians, no PRCs".
India, are trying to get a head start in the nascent market, which has captured the attention of Google and Apple.
The advertisement goes on to proclaim, "Save animals by protecting their natural habitats, not by imprisoning them in zoos".
Experts estimate that e-comm cos will spend about Rs 900 cr on advertising over the next 12 months, nearly trebling the amount spent last year.
Srinivasan Swamy, outgoing chairman of the festival and also CMD at RK Swamy BBDO, feels that the committee should engage with the entire fraternity


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GTA 6: After a lot of speculation and guessing, the scenario around the upcoming Grand Theft Auto finally starts to clear up. After insider Tom Henderson revealed last week that GTA 6 is not expected to be released until 2025 and will be set in a modern Vice City, the information was reiterated this weekend by journalist Jason Schreier and the website Video Games Chronicle (VGC).
On Twitter, Schreier, who is one of the best-informed reporters in the industry, explained that the game won’t come out until 2023 (after a lot of people talked about it) and despite not citing a specific launch window, said “everything what Tom Henderson said about the game matches what I heard.”
In a series of tweets, he pointed out that GTA 6 is still at an early stage of development and recalled saying last year that the game is far from “70% complete”, information circulating at the time.
The journalist also argued that the long period of development is due to a reformulation in the work culture that is taking place within Rockstar. He himself had disclosed, in 2018, that several company employees went through a crunch (abusive work regime with many overtime hours) to finish Red Dead Redemption 2.
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The VGC published a story echoing Schreier’s speech and said it had received the same details from some sources. In addition to reaffirming that GTA 6 will have a map that will expand with new areas after launch (similar to what happens in Fortnite), the site cited the modern-day setting.
The vehicle recalled that in addition to the change in work culture, Rockstar recently dealt with the departure of important names such as Dan Houser (who seems to have founded his own games company) and Leslie Benzies, who was president of Rockstar North.
Putting together all this recent information already mentioned, we can still say that the next Grand Theft Auto:
will have several protagonists, including a woman who will deal with hacking issues;
it will be for the current generation and PC only, as Rockstar expects PS5 and Xbox Series X/S sales to increase in the coming years;
will have the cryptocurrencies as in-game currency.
So, how are your expectations for GTA 6? Do the details disclosed so far please you? Leave your opinion in the comments section below!