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Though the EU's decision to reopen borders to vaccinated travelers is encouraging news for travel advisors and their clients, confusion reigns as they try to navigate different rules, regulations and procedures, all while waiting for more information.
"There is hope, but there is uncertainty," said Suzy Schreiner, owner of Azure Blue Vacations in Seattle. Schreiner said while some countries have announced opening dates, others have not. It's causing clients who were scheduled to visit Europe this summer to balk, especially as final payments loom.
"People are tired and worn out," she said. "They're tired of anticipation without anything coming to fruition. And agents are, too."
Rules across Europe are varied and confusing.
In Italy, for instance, major U.S. carriers earlier this month announced the country had opened its borders to all Americans who travel on so-called quarantine-free flights. These are flights that travel non-stop from U.S. hubs into Rome or Milan and on which all passengers must provide proof of a negative test within 72 hours of departure. They must be tested again on arrival.
But the Italian tourism ministry site has a questionnaire travelers can fill out to find out about entry requirements, and it still says U.S. travelers must be on essential travel or face a 10-day quarantine. Multiple media outlets, meanwhile, have reported the country has opened to all vaccinated travelers.
"If you are confused and frustrated, then you are following the situation," Tom Jenkins, CEO of the European Tourism Association, said of the region's border rules.
And while the EU has voted to open to vaccinated and pre-tested travelers, it has yet to release any details on what technology platform will be used to verify that information, or when that will take effect. And even when the plan is finalized, individual countries can still set their own rules, as they have throughout the pandemic.
Tourism-dependent countries like Greece, Spain, Croatia, Iceland, France and Italy, for instance, have moved to open on their own ahead of the EU. Others could delay reopening, even after the rules are finalized.
Jenkins applauded the European Commission for taking the stand to open the 27-country bloc's borders. But he said a perceived threat by the public of reopening, could keep some politicians who are eager to do the popular thing from standing up and saying the economic benefit of reopening "far, far outweighs any risk" from inbound travelers.
Janet McLaughlin, a travel advisor with Provident Travel in Cincinnati, plans to contribute to Italy's economy with a personal trip there starting July 11 to visit friends and family.
She has found the situation surrounding European travel to be "very, very, very fluid."
As of now, she plans to arrive in Rome via one of the quarantine-free flights. She will have to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken at least 72 hours prior to departure, then fly from Cincinnati to Atlanta. In Atlanta, she will take a rapid Covid test before getting on the plane to Rome, where another test will await. She also plans to bring her vaccine card that shows she is fully vaccinated.
Most of McLaughlin's clients are planning European travel for later this year or early next.
"I think people want to dip their toes in a bit, see what's feasible," she said. "I personally think that September, October, November is going to be the time for most travelers to begin returning to Europe.
Florence Brethome, manager of leisure talent development at TravelStore in Los Angeles, has trips planned for clients this summer as well as in the fall, winter and in 2022. Those with summer travel plans -- mostly heading to Portugal, France, Italy and Greece -- are waffling, she said.
"We're still in this confusion mode right now," Brethome said. "Everybody is so excited that everything is opening up, but then the rules that are coming from the EU are very confusing."
That confusion is adding to the pressure agents are already feeling with high levels of demand after a year-plus of not booking travel, she added.
Ilene Koenig, an advisor with Let's Travel In Santa Monica, Calif., said she and her colleagues haven't heard much from clients about Europe. Instead, she is focusing on domestic trips and Hawaii, which is particularly popular. But she is monitoring the situation in Europe and encouraging clients to book now for the future, starting around September.
"The rules keep changing, and that's definitely causing confusion," Koenig said. "What's open? What's closed? Vaccination and/or testing requirements? Quarantine?"
Despite the current confusion, though, advisors are hopeful about the future, especially once more details come out of the EU.
"I anticipate [more new bookings] based on what happened with the theme parks -- when the theme parks opened up, I booked a ton of theme parks," Schreiner said. "When Mexico opened up, I booked a ton of Mexico. Cruise lines made these announcements, I've been working on cruise quotes and getting people booked. So, my anticipation is that once we have solid information about Europe, then we're going to see those actual bookings come to fruition."


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WASHINGTON—After more than a month of stay-at-home directives, states are deliberating how to phase back into normal life. Many like Colorado, Georgia, Ohio and Texas are beginning to reopen, while others are holding off until next month or later.
The Trump Administration’s three-phase plan for reopening the country leaves most decisions to governors. Although epidemiologists say a state’s number of new cases should fall below a certain level before easing restrictions, a national threshold hasn’t been set, leaving a question mark over when it’s safe to go back to normal, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“We don’t want to open things up, have a huge surge in cases and have to lock everything down again,” Crystal Watson, a Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior scholar, told the Journal. “That would be even more detrimental to our society and our economy if we have to keep yo-yo-ing back and forth.”
This leaves nonessential businesses and retail establishments at a critical impasse. Despite the opportunity to reopen, many big chains like Macy’s, Gap and TGI Fridays are holding off in Georgia and South Carolina. Many cite uncertain customer demand along with health concerns, with the risk of community health and their brand image, now definitively linked to their commitment to safety, on the line. What’s more, national retailers would need to re-staff their stores and increase in-store cleaning procedures while they wait for shoppers to return in pre-crisis numbers.
“Customers are going to be demanding not just assumptions of safety but visible steps and measures that companies are taking on behalf of their employees and on behalf of their customers,” Chloe Demrovsky, CEO of Disaster Recovery Institute International, told CNBC.
McDonald’s executives plan to talk to franchisees about reopening dining rooms, company officials told the Journal. Best Buy and Starbucks have chosen to maintain curbside pickup and drive-thru options, rather than immediately reopening in full. Other retailers are opening and doing everything to reassure customers that all safety measures are in place. In South Carolina, for example, stores are advised to operate at 20% of the normal space capacity, or five people per 1,000 square feet, but local officials can set different limits.
For businesses that reopen, temperature checks at doors, continued adherence to social distancing, and face masks and gloves for employees and shoppers will be common. Restaurants in particular will be making visible changes, Demrovsky told CNBC. She said some may install plexiglass barriers and switch to disposable eating utensils—as convenience stores have done. Businesses looking to reopen can draw from the lessons of essential businesses such as grocery stores and convenience stores, she said.
NACS has compiled resources to help the convenience retail community navigate the COVID-19 crisis. For news updates and guidance, visit our coronavirus resources page.

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Microsoft plans to more than double its Vancouver workforce with the opening of a new training and development centre that will add 400 new jobs and deliver an estimated annual boost of $90 million to BC’s economy.
The new Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre will open in late 2015 in a new state-of-the art facility in Vancouver’s Pacific Centre.
Microsoft’s expanded presence will also include ‘Foundry Vancouver,’ a program that will provide 25 students from Canadian universities with paid 16-week internships starting this summer, with plans to expand the program to 50 students.
The jobs, which will focus on Microsoft’s Applications and Services Group, are in addition to the company’s current 350-person workforce in Vancouver. Microsoft products that fall under the group’s responsibilities include Microsoft Office, Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, Yammer, Lync, Skype, Bing, Bing Apps, MSN and Advertising platforms.
“Vancouver is a vibrant international hub for technology development with growth potential given its attractive location, amenities, reputation and proximity to top British Columbia universities and a highly-educated and diverse workforce and population,” Janet Kennedy, president of Microsoft Canada said in a release. “This investment will enable us to create a world-class center of training and innovation that will have a positive ripple effect across the local, provincial and national economy.”
Microsoft’s workforce expansion will begin this summer, with the addition of approximately 150 new employees, in long-term and rotational positions. The centre will focus on software and services engineering, Microsoft’s Applications and Services Group and programs and solutions management.
Microsoft has been expanding its gaming business in Vancouver, in 2009 acquiring Big Park Studios and launching Black Tusk Studios in 2012. Microsoft’s gaming business in Vancouver accounts for 300 fulltime jobs, with employees working on products and services for Microsoft’s Xbox and the company’s other sectors.
Microsoft’s new investment in Vancouver is expected to total $90 million annually, according to a recent study by Ernst & Young LLP. The report predicts it will generate more than $181.4 million per year in economic growth and new job opportunities.
High tech jobs in BC deliver higher salaries than the average for the province, with the average salary for a high tech worker at $1,440 a week, 60 per cent higher than the provincial average of $870.
BC’s tech sector accounts for approximately 7.6 per cent of the province’s GDP according to the latest figures available from BC Stats.
Despite Microsoft’s growth and other expansion in BC’s tech sector, including Amazon’s plan to expand here, the province’s high tech sector lags behind other Canadian provinces, ranking fourth in terms of employment, international exports, revenue and business counts, according to BC Stats 2013 high tech report. However, it had the third highest number of employees after Ontario and Ontario and it is tied for second in average weekly earnings.


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The Packaging Forum welcomes the Minister’s intention to support the packaging industry to come up with a solution for plastic packaging. Associate Minister for the Environment, Eugenie Sage, has announced plans to investigate product stewardship and improved recyclability of plastic packaging and public education to 'recycle right'.“The Packaging Forum welcomes the opportunity to work with the Minister’s office, Ministry for the Environment, local government and the resource recovery sector, as well as other interested groups from industry and the wider community.”
“We absolutely agree - the time for talk is over – we need action. The Forum currently operates the only government accredited product stewardship programmes for glass bottles and jars and for soft plastics alongside delivering the Litter Less Recycle More project. We are also in the early stages of developing a stewardship programme for rigid food and beverage plastics, so we are 100 percent with the Minister in wanting to take the lead on improving outcomes for food and beverage packaging which is often recycled at kerbside in New Zealand,” said Forum Chair Rob Langford.
Last year The Packaging Forum made a pledge on behalf of its members, including manufacturers, brand owners and retailers, to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable by 2025. “In order to do this, we need to use product stewardship as a tool for putting practical solutions in place to tackle plastic waste, and we welcome the Minister’s backing to achieve this."
Product stewardship sees manufacturers and retailers take responsibility for the products they make and sell at the end of their useful life so that these products are recycled, reused or repurposed. “This means all players working together – essentially those that manufacture, fill, sell, collect and recycle plastic food and beverage plastic containers. Careful consideration must be given to creating a balanced recovery/re-use solution for materials onshore that will deliver world-class results without simply burdening the consumer with costs. Only product stewardship will deliver a fair outcome.”
“Addressing these issues is key but also complex, with many aspects to consider, such as the different types of plastic and the role plastic packaging plays in food safety and preventing food waste.”
“Our current rigid food and beverage plastic project will be looking at all aspects, such as packaging design, alternative technologies and investment in onshore processing,” he added.
“It will be fully inclusive and all options for tackling plastic packaging waste will be on the table, as we create practical solutions which will address the key issues and support the growth of a circular economy in New Zealand.”


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A'GACI to close all stores, including CoolSprings Galleria location
Women's clothing retailer A'GACI is closing its CoolSprings Galleria location.
Women's clothing retailer A'GACI announced Aug. 8 that all of its locations, including one in the CoolSprings Galleria at 1800 Galleria Blvd., Franklin, will close. An exact closing date has not been announced, however the retailer's online store has already closed. www.agacistore.com
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Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana (D&G or 杜嘉班纳 dùjiā bānnà) has called off a high-profile catwalk show in Shanghai after sparking a good deal of anger over a culturally insensitive ad and a string of messages from its co-founder Stefano Gabbana that many Chinese found extremely racist.
The controversy started on November 17 when the brand posted three promo videos on Weibo and Instagram, featuring a Chinese model who uses chopsticks to eat a pizza, a cannoli, and spaghetti. There is a male voice-over saying things like “Let us show you how to use this little tool that resembles a stick to eat our great Margherita pizza,” and of the cannoli, “Is it too big for you?”
Critics said that the ad campaign shows no respect to Chinese culture and perpetuates stereotypes about the look of Chinese women by choosing a model with squinting eyes and long black straight hair. “It boggles my mind that an Italian brand thinks it has the authority to teach me how to use chopsticks,” a Weibo user wrote (in Chinese).
Facing criticism on the Chinese internet, D&G took down the video on Weibo less than 24 hours after its upload, but as of this writing, the offending videos are still up on D&G’s Instagram account: 1, 2, 3.
The backlash against D&G intensified after Diet Prada, an Instagram account known for calling out questionable tactics in the fashion industry, shared what appeared to be a private conversation between Stefano Gabbana and the fashion writer Michaela Phuong.
Judging from the exchange, Stefano Gabbana thought it was a “stupid” decision for his office to delete the ad, because the video is actually a tribute to China. “If the Chinese feel offended by a girl who spells pizza or pasta with chopsticks means that those Chinese feel inferior…and then it’s a problem not ours!!!” he wrote, adding that he would describe China as a country of “????????????????????” in future interviews.
Gabbana added a comment: “China Ignorant Dirty Smelling Mafia.”
Infuriated by the insulting remarks, an Instagram user contacted D&G in an attempt to stop it from being “cheap.” In response, the person in charge of the brand’s Instagram account wrote, “Ni Hao stupid bye. Eat dogs bitch im block you.”
Two hours later, D&G published a statement on Instagram, saying that the dialogue was the result of malicious hacking.
“Our Instagram account has been hacked. So has the account of Stefano Gabbana,” it wrote. “We are very sorry for any distress caused by these unauthorized posts. We have nothing but respect for China and the people of China.”
Following the brand’s announcement, Stefano Gabbana also created a post denying that he made those derogatory comments about China.
This is the second time a D&G ad campaign has ended in controversy: Last year, a marketing campaign featuring images of China that many people felt made the country look backward sparked anger on the Chinese internet.
D&G had scheduled a fashion show in Shanghai on Wednesday. After the controversy erupted, it was canceled by the local authorities. Many Chinese celebrities also announced their withdrawal from the show. Some went further and terminated their collaborations with the brand. The management of Wáng Jùnkǎi 王俊凯, teen singer from the popular band TFboys, wrote (in Chinese) on Weibo, “The premise of our collaboration is equal exchanges, mutual respect, and appreciation of my cultural heritage. My country is above everything.”


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Troll Forged Miniatures’ announce new releases
Sep 20th, 2010
Troll Forged Miniatures have added several new miniatures to their online store.
From their announcement:
We’ve released quite a few miniatures since our last update here, so come on down and take a look at the new stuff we’ve put in the store.


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For more than two years, raw materials and energy cost volatility have significantly impacted the ink industry. Non-traditional factors that began earlier this year to impact the price of major feedstocks and raw materials continue, including supply base consolidation and capacity curtailment, significant decline in refinery margins, and rationalized operating rates to meet diminished demand. The combination of these factors has led to elevated fixed costs on raw material goods.
“Raw material suppliers continue to consolidate, leading to fewer industry supply options to choose from and significantly higher costs in manufacturing inks,” said Grant Shouldice, director, product management, energy curable, North American Inks, Sun Chemical. “At Sun Chemical, we continue to work on controlling our own costs closely with our supply chain partners, to improve our internal operations and to develop new value oriented products that can help customers grow their business.”


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Wearable Medical Devices Safe or Sorry?
Wearable device shipments will increase from
2.5 million Units in 2016 to 97.6 million by 2021
Wearable medical devices are rising in popularity. The next few years could see the devices become the norm and used throughout the healthcare industry. According to a study by Tractica: device shipments will increase from 2.5 million units in 2016 to 97.6 million by 2021.
HIPAA Privacy Infractions? Some regulators and lawmakers are concerned about whether or not these apps should be subject to the HIPAA Privacy rule. Recently The App Association, asked for a "more-sensible implementation of health privacy laws to ensure that the implementation better fits today's mobile world." This is becoming a very controversial debate.
Implementation Support: To support the implementation of HIPAA compliant mobile apps, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a web-based tool. This interactive tool will help developers of health-related mobile apps understand what regulations may apply to them. Laws that apply may include: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), and others.
Bottom Line: Of course the final responsibility for the safety of PHI on wearables used in the healthcare setting lies with the healthcare provider. "These devices contain the person's address, date of birth, group number that's stuff hackers can use for a long time and get a lot of benefit out of," said Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at Intel Security. Davis coined 2015 "the year of the health-care breach," due to the increase of big insurance companies and hospitals targeted by hackers.
To be Safe: Your approach as a covered entity to incorporating wearable technology into your plans of care should protect your patients and your practice. We would suggest that you account for the use of wearables in your HIPAA policies and procedureseven if the device itself has been branded HIPAA-compliant.
If you have any questions please contact one of our processional consultants by emailing www.healthcarecompliancepros.com.


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For what we all know at the moment is that Windows 8 is coming in the second half of 2012.Talking about more specific dates,if we have a look at the history of launches from Microsoft,October has always been one of the favorite spot to bring in new product,be it Windows 7,be it Window Phone 7.
To add some more to the recent history is a recent report by Pocket-Lint,as while talking with Janelle Poole, director of public relations of the Windows Business Group, said:
“We haven’t talked about the release date and we generally don’t. We are talking milestone to milestone, so for us right now we’re talking about the next milestone being the consumer preview happening in late February.
“One of the things that I think is a good guideline though is we’ve always said that Windows releases come round about every three years and this year will be three years in October since we launched Windows 7. So I think that’s a good guideline to consider.”
So with the manufacturers also lining up their Windows 8 based ultrabooks and tablets during the similar timeline,this might very well turn out to be a fact.We’ll keep an eye on the release of Windows 8,Watch this space for more Windows 8 Scoop.
We have earlier reported that Windows 8 would be released in 2012. Today reports are coming via Mary Jo foley that Windows 8 may RTM by April 2012. Earlier Steve Ballmer reported that Windows 8 would be released next year.
She also reported that the beta version of Windows 8 would be available during Build and not the preview or pre Beta build. According to her the RTM version of Windows 8 for x86, Windows 8 for ARM/SoC (system on a chip) and Windows 8 Server would be released at the same time. Further as already known Microsoft would be releasing two beta versions of Windows 8 and one RC version of Windows 8 would be released somewhere around January 2012. We have already seen the leaked Dell Roadmap stating that Windows 8 tablet would be released in first quarter of 2012 and so the early April release seems to be plausible.
Microsoft is going to hold Worldwide Partners conference next month and we expect Microsoft to show Windows 8 during the conference. Further according to our sources Microsoft would started working on Windows 8 beta stage soon.
We have earlier reported the Windows 8 would be released in late 2012, today Dan’l Lewin the corporate vice president for strategic and emerging business development at Microsoft today hinted when speaking at the start-up LAUNCH event at the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus that Windows 8 would be released in Autumn 2012 .
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We will be in market – if you look at the crystal ball and just say what happened in the past is a reasonable indicator of what our forward looking timelines will be and just speculate – we’ve made the point about having a developer conference later this year, and then typically we enter a beta phase, and then in 12 months we’re in the market, so let’s make that assumption.
Microsoft is organizing Build in September 2011 where they would be showing next version of Windows and most probably at that time Windows 8 Beta would be launched, so exactly after a year that is in September 2012 we can see the RTM version of Windows 8, which is exactly 3 years after Microsoft RTMed Windows 7.
We already have information that Microsoft would be releasing next version of Windows in 2012, but for the first time Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer mentioned about it at the Microsoft Developer Forum which was recently held in Tokyo. The company officials were refraining to call next version as Windows 8, but the Ballmer’s transcript clearly mentioned about it. Here is what the transcript reads-
We’re obviously hard at work on the next version of Windows. Windows 7 PCs will sell over 350 million units this year. We’ve done a lot in Windows 7 to improve customer satisfaction. We have a brand new user interface. We’ve added touch, and ink, and speech. And yet, as we look forward to the next generation of Windows systems, which will come out next year, there’s a whole lot more coming. As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8. Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a variety of different form factors.
Microsoft has been silent about the future Operating System,apart from the leak on the MSDN Blog a long time back there has been no news about when Windows 8 will be released, though recently Microsoft Netherlands team on the occasion of first Birthday of Windows 7, has posted on the official news site ,that Windows 8 will hit the market in about 2 years time.They have also mentioned that Windows 7 SP1 would be available in first half of next year. The page via translator reads as-
The phasing out of Windows XP, Microsoft is nearing completion. In July 2010, the support for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 stops. Today Microsoft will stop selling Windows XP to PC manufacturers and the aftermarket sales of Windows Vista. For Windows 7, Microsoft Service Pack 1. This service pack is still in the testing phase and is expected in the first half of next year available. The first update of Windows 7 is the new version of Windows Live Essentials (explore.live.com) became available in mid-June. Furthermore, Microsoft is of course the next version of Windows. But it will take about two years before “Windows 8 ‘on the market. The latest news about Windows is available at www.windows.nl / blog.
If Windows 8 would be RTMed within two years then it would be interesting to see when the beta version is released,probably somewhere around June or July next year..


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Overnight Japan Post announced that they have been forced to suspend airmail and EMS services to the USA due to lack of air transport during COVID19. SAL services were already suspended earlier this month. Furthermore, packages already submitted to Japan Post before services were forced to stop will take 4 or more months to deliver.
Hello all! Happy New Year! Just a quick update for those waiting for shipping of their Tenshishop online shop and shopping service orders. New Years holidays have just ended here in Japan, so my first shipment of the year will be on Monday, January 7th, 2019. To everyone waiting for shipping, thank you for your
***UPDATE*** The suspension has ended, and packages are once again shipping to Canada as of early December 2018. However, delays caused by the back up may severely delay delivery, with some estimates saying packages may take til March 2019 to arrive.


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Restaurants Can Claim ‘Kosher’ Without Rabbinate Certification
Israeli restaurants can present themselves as kosher even if they are under a private kashrut supervision not licensed by the Chief Rabbinate, Israel’s attorney general ruled.
Yehuda Weinstein announced his ruling on the food establishments on Wednesday after issuing it to the Supreme Court on Sunday. According to the ruling, the restaurants may not call themselves kosher but can say they have private certification. They also must make their method of certification clear, so as not to confuse the consumer.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Israel Religious Action Center of the Reform movement on behalf of two Jerusalem restaurants that stopped using the Chief Rabbinate’s certification service but said they continued to observe the laws of kashrut. The restaurants advertised themselves as kosher, according to Israeli media reports.
Fines against the restaurants under a kosher fraud law were overturned.
The Masorti, or Conservative, movement in Israel, has offered its own kosher certification on wine in recent years, and Jerusalem’s Yerushalmim party offers a private kosher certification.


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Apple removed several questionable websites serving up fake news and conspiracy theories via Safari’s “Siri Suggested” search results.
The recommended websites pointed users to posts about the “Pizzagate” hoax, Holocaust denier articles, and debunked race-based “science” stories. After BuzzFeed News alerted Apple to these bogus results, Cupertino promptly removed the recommendations.
As one example of the problem, BuzzFeed‘s article noted that:
“As of [Monday], if you typed ‘Pizzagate’ into Apple’s Safari, the browser’s ‘Siri Suggested Website’ prominently offered users a link to a YouTube video with the title ‘PIZZAGATE, BIGGEST SCANDAL EVER!!!’ by conspiracy theorist David Seaman (the video doesn’t play, since Seaman’s channel was taken down for violating YouTube’s terms of service). The search results appeared on multiple versions of Safari.”
Other examples included autocomplete links to extremely questionable (to put it mildly) websites. For instance, Safari’s autocomplete for the words “whites are smarter th” directed users to an Answers.com page. Submitted by a user, the page claimed that, “God made white people, blacks came from monkeys.”
Apple issued a statement after scrubbing the sites from Siri’s list of suggestions:
“Siri Suggested Websites come from content on the web and we provide curation to help avoid inappropriate sites. We also remove any inappropriate suggestions whenever we become aware of them, as we have with these. We will continue to work to provide high-quality results and users can email results they feel are inappropriate to [email protected]”
Cracking down on fake news
Apple isn’t the only tech company to experience such problems. Google notably found itself on the receiving end of lawsuits for its autocomplete suggestions, which are based on searches entered by users.
According to BuzzFeed‘s report, the Siri Suggested problem is the result of a “data void” when Safari scrambles to find an answer to a query. It is not a case of Apple maliciously programming in these results.
Over the past two years, “fake news” and associated problems grabbed headlines worldwide. In the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Silicon Valley faces enormous pressure to deal with the spread of inappropriate content online. In June, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Snap, Twitter and other tech companies met with members of the U.S. intelligence community to discuss the problem.
Since then, tech companies have been making a concerted effort to crack down on this type of material. Perhaps the highest profile takedown is the recent expunging of Alex Jones and Infowars from a variety of platforms. This move may have been prompted by Apple banning Jones’ from the Podcasts app.
In early 2017, Tim Cook described fake news as “one of today’s chief problems.”
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Windows 10 has been available for a little over 24 hours, and so far the launch appears to be going well.
Already, there are 14 million computers around the world running the new software, according to a post Thursday on Microsoft’s Blogging Windows blog. Microsoft (MSFT) says that, it is “carefully rolling out Windows 10 in phases, delivering Windows 10 first to our Windows Insiders.” That means that while millions have already received the upgrade, there are millions more that are still waiting to receive their upgrades.
If you have requested an upgrade, but haven’t yet received it, Microsoft says, “we will notify you once your PC is ready for Windows 10 and it has been downloaded on your PC. The best way to know your upgrade is ready is to look for this notification in your system tray.”
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Game makers are in a battle royale for players’ time — and while the well-known traditional companies are still in the fight, they’re having trouble competing against "Fortnite."
Two big game companies this week reported soft earnings and tepid expectations for what’s to come, with Electronic Arts Inc. EA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc TTWO both putting out disappointing numbers.
Analysts and industry watchers were pointing to Epic Games' "Fortnite" after the quarterly prints.
'Fortnite' Dominates Battle Royale Segment
“Blame Fortnite,” said the Wall Street Journal.
Electronic Arts got “Fortnited, worse than expected,” Buckingham Research Group’s Matthew Harrigan in a note to investors.
Several analysts said the weak results for traditional game makers like EA and Take-Two were due to increased competition from online “battle royale” multiplayer format games, which allow several players to battle to the death. "Fortnite," which is free to play, has been the most popular of those for more than a year.
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Fortnite has found a format gamers like, and traditional game makers haven't responded well to the free online gaming threat, said Morgan Stanley's Brian Nowak.
That shift to digital is a tailwind for legacy game makers, he said.
"We see EA’s missteps as further confirmation of our view that the growth of digital gaming and more free-to-play options (like 'Fortnite') are causing gamers to play their favorite games for longer," Nowak said in a research report.
"They have more options … and only the best content (at launch and throughout the life of the games through engaging in-game content) will be successful."
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Fortnite company Epic Games is privately held, but Chinese investment company Tencent Holding TCEHY has about a 40-percent stake.
Game-makers have tried to emulate "Fortnite" and other battle royale style games: EA planned to include a battle royale feature on its "Battlefield V" game, but it launched the title in November without the mode, which won't be available until this spring.
Without it, "the shooter game's single player rather than battle royale format also hurt its appeal," Buckingham's Harrigan said of "Battlefield V."
EA is, however, counting on a new free-to-play, battle royale shooter game, "Apex Legends," developed by Respawn Entertainment, which has shown quick success, garnering more than 2.5 million unique users in its first day.
EA was getting killed in the market Wednesday, with shares down nearly 13 percent at the time of publication. Take-Two was losing too, to the tune of almost 14 percent.
Another major gaming industry player, Activision Blizzard, Inc. ATVI reports fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday.
Screenshot courtesy of Epic Games.
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Germany: Highest amount of organic eggs ever
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235 eggs per capita, a total of 19.5 billion eggs: this is what Germany consumed in 2018. But where are the eggs from?
In 2018, 1.8 percent more eggs were produced in German agricultural enterprises subject to reporting requirements than in the preceding year. With this, about 72 percent of the total inland consumption was covered. Of these, more eggs were produced in mobile sites than before. Also, imports from Poland decreased by 28 percent. This is the result of preliminary data by the Federal Information Centre for Agriculture (BZL).
1.4 billion organic eggs in 2018
According to the Federal Statistical Office, around 7.8 billion barn eggs were produced by the farms, while more than 2.3 billion eggs are from free-range systems. Of these, German farms produced a total of almost 1.4 billion organic eggs and slightly more than 770 million eggs from chicken husbandry in small groups. This makes 442 million eggs from free-range and organic husbandry than in the preceding year. However, it should be noted that the requirement to keep birds indoors due to bird flu resulted in a lower production of free-range eggs in 2017.
Agricultural economists at the University of Göttingen have examined purchasing intentions and decisions. Read what the study says is more important: seal or price?
According to estimates, the share of German organic land increased by 109,863 hectares (plus 8%) to around 1.5 mn hectares last year. What else has happened in the German organic sector in 2018 was announced last week by the Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft (BÖLW) at its annual press conference at Biofach in Nuremberg.
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Two new supplements for Shadowrun up online from Catalyst Game Labs
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While Brent crude oil is priced around $73.56 per barrel now, in 2013 the same was priced at over $100 a barrel. However the fuel prices across the country have reached 2013 levels, the despite crude oil being about $26 cheaper, per barrel.
In Delhi, the price of petrol has increased to Rs. 74.08 per litre, which is the highest in the last 5 years. The price of petrol was Rs 74.10 for a litre. in September 2013. Similarly, in Mumbai the price has reached Rs. 81.93 per litre, which is amongst the highest in the country. In Kolkata and Chennai too, the prices are at a half a decade high at Rs. 76.78, and Rs 76.85 per litre respectively. The previous highs in these cities were Rs 78.03 (Kolkata, August 2014), Rs 82.07 (Mumbai, March 2014) and Rs 76.93 (Chennai, July 2014).
Diesel prices are also not spared and they have increased too. Diesel in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai is now selling at Rs. 65.31, Rs. 68.01, Rs. 69.54 and Rs. 68.90 per litre respectively.
Crude oil prices have gone up and this surge is due to the ongoing supply cut by the OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).
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SanDisk unveils prototype of world's smallest 1 TB flash drive at CES 2018The USB-C flash drive by SanDisk is not the first 1 TB flash drive but the smallest 1 TB flash drive manufactured yet.
Oct 27, 2017
Toshiba disputes Western Digital CEO claims on memory chip unit investment talksBecause of the impasse over the terms, Western Digital does not believe it will take part in a coming round of investment in Toshiba’s Fab 6 chip factory.
Sep 28, 2017
Toshiba signs $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium lead by Bain CapitalJapan’s Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it had signed an $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital LP.
Sep 27, 2017
SK Hynix board approves its participation in Bain Capital-led consortium to buy Toshiba's memory chip unitThe Bain-led consortium will hold 49.9 percent of the voting rights in the chip unit, while Toshiba will hold 40.2 percent.
Sep 26, 2017
Western Digital to seek an injunction for blocking Toshiba's memory chip business saleWestern Digital's actions come after Toshiba's decision to sell the unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital LP and South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix.
Sep 22, 2017
SanDisk Dual Drive series for Android users announced, prices start from Rs 700 for the 16 GB variantThe Sandisk Dual Drive allow the same storage drive to be used as a regular USB 3.0-based drive as well as a direct micro USB based Android OTG pen drive.
Sep 01, 2017
SanDisk announces world's highest capacity microSD card of 400 GB, can fit 40 hours of Full HD videosSanDisk has announced the world's highest capacity microSD card with a memory space of 400 GB.
Aug 31, 2017
Toshiba to miss its own 31 August deadline for $17.3 billion chipset deal, could be delistedToshiba executives have been trying to sign a deal by the end of August because antitrust reviews by governments like China could last more than six months.
Aug 25, 2017
Western Digital is not seeking a management role in the memory chip unit saleWestern Digital Corp, part of a group offering to buy Toshiba Corp’s memory chip unit, is not seeking a management role in the business.
Jul 15, 2017
US court postpones Western Digital bid to temporarily block Toshiba from selling flash memory businessA US judge did not reach a decision 14 July in Western Digital Corp's bid to temporarily block Toshiba Corp from selling its flash memory business.


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For the first time since the pandemic UKC and UKH have attended an actual, real life trade show, OTS in Liverpool. Here are the highlights of what we saw.
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Designed as a 'winterized' shoe for mid to long distance trail running, Dynafit's new Ultra 50 GTX shoe has been developed and tested to destruction across the Alps; in particular Dynafit's home stomping ground, the Dolomites. Here's your chance to win a pair...


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Finless Foods known for being the first company globally to serve cell-cultured seafood, is launching its first official product, plant-based pokè-style tuna.
Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch plant-based seafood, today announced the nationwide launch of its Plant-Based Tuna in Sprouts Farmers Market.
A 4th of Americans observe Lent which means meatless Fridays, are a great time to turn to tuna! Now Pastene is launching National Tuna Appreciation Day.
Kuleana is the producer of the world’s most innovative plant-based tuna. The next-generation seafood company announced a new agreement, securing its national availability.
This tuna roll from Byron Bay Chilli Co isn’t of the sushi persuasion. It’s more like the zenith of possibility for a traditional tuna salad sandwich.
Subway Restaurants has been taking a beating lately over allegations that it’s tuna wraps and sandwiches don’t actually have tuna fish in them, according to a class-action lawsuit.
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GJEPC represents jewellery industry at Ministry of Commerce and Industry summit
The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council represented India’s jewellery industry at the recent summit on enhancing global competitiveness with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
At the recent summit on industry, the GJEPC’s executive director Sabyasachi Ray thanked the Government of India for addressing the industry’s concerns and resolving certain issues and highlighted the current challenges facing gem and jewellery exporters. The summit was held on October 28 at the Ashok Hotel in New Delhi, the GJEPC posted on its website.
The four main concerns Ray raised at the summit included the formulation and implementation of the gold policy that the Minister of Finance announced in the Union Budget last year. Ray also articulated the need for amendments to taxation regulations to allow businesses to sell rough diamonds in Mumbai’s Special Notified Zone, a need to review the Gold Mining Policy, and the need to review the e-commerce polish for small jewellery sales.
The Minister of Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal, then informed the GJEPC that he has already brought up the organisation’s request to reduce import duty on cut and polished diamonds with the Minister of Finance.
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By Steve Baltimore / March 7th, 2017
Today via press release NIS America announced that the release of God Wars for the PlayStation 4 and Vita would be pushed back until June. This is due to the game needing more development time for balancing issues.
You can read their full press statement below:
GOD WARS Future Past for the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®Vita will be pushed back to June 20, 2017 in North America and June 16, 2017 in Europe. This delay provides time for additional development and in-game balancing to ensure the best possible experience for gamers.
Originally, the game was slated for March 28, 2017 (NA) and March 31, 2017 (EU). We understand that delays are not the most pleasant of announcements, but we want to ensure our fans experience the highest quality version of the game.
While this delay is unfortunate let’s just hope we get a better game because of it.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Go ahead and add New Seasons markets to the list of places that will require employees to get vaccinated against COIVD-19 as a condition of employment.
In a statement released on their website, the grocery chain says they will to require employees in their Oregon and Washington stores to show proof of vaccination by mid-March. The company says they will allow employees to request exemption for a handful of reasons, including medical and religious.
“With the transmissibility of the Omicron variant causing a steep increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases within our communities, we believe a vaccine requirement is the right thing to do to keep our staff and customers safe and control virus spread,” the statement read.
Shoppers, age 5 and over, at New Seasons stores in Oregon and Washington are required to be masked in accordance with state mandates.


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New entrants in water industry are bringing emerging technologies that will disrupt the industry and create new opportunities, according to Lux Research. Despite a drumbeat of pessimism, the $600 billion water industry boasts of a sizeable number of profitable large companies.
A review of 150 companies across the value chain - representing 23% of the market - found average operating profit of 12.9%, torpedoing claims that it is impossible to make money in the water business. Customer-facing sectors in public service and small consumer systems do even better, clocking 14% profits.
“To read recent headlines in the water industry, one might think the sector is impossible to navigate, but that could not be further from the truth. By targeting worthwhile market sectors and keeping in mind some key sector-specific principles, a company can build a successful business,” said Brent Giles, Lux Research Senior Analyst and the lead author of the report titled, ‘Making Money in the Water Industry’.
According to Lux Research, a quarter of the start-ups are focussing on monitoring, forecast and control, an area that includes advanced sensors and process control. Nearly another quarter are focussing on basic wastewater treatment.
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The traditionally the month Apple announced its latest iPhone. So it is possible that we meet in a few months with the iPhone 6S. This is what we know so far about the expected attractive, high.
1. Same screen size, but better quality
Just like last year, Apple reportedly shows in September three new models: the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, and smaller iPhone 6C. The iPhone 6S according to the latest rumors a diagonal of 4.7 inches. Apple would not intend to change anything on this screen size.
The current generation iPhone has a Retina HD display. Here and there we read rumors that Apple trades in the LCD monitor for the technology, we look back at the Apple Watch: OLED.The benefits of OLED screen are great: beautiful colors, better black levels, and contrast. seen so qualitatively a big step forward compared to LCD.It also gets the display reportedly a layer of sapphire, which should be even better against scratches and impact resistant. Corning, the company that equips the current iPhones with Gorilla Glass, has worked already disclosed to a successor named Project Fire . The first products with enhanced scratch-resistant layer can be expected this year. The iPhone 6S is a potential candidate.
We also hear stories about Apple Touch Force wants to incorporate into his new iPhone to make the pressure-sensitive screen. That could entail several benefits; For example, think faster by flushing a video when you press harder on the screen.
2. New Operating System
Probably turns the iPhone 6S into the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system iOS 9. According to the first reports, the new OS brings no major changes in the form of new functionalities. Instead, Apple wants to improve the overall stability of the operating system and bugs that have crept away in earlier versions.
3. Stronger A9 processor
Under the hood, we will probably look back to the necessary changes to the iPhone 6S. Both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have an A8 processor with 64-bit architecture. According to Bloomberg makes this processor place for an A9-chip. Anonymous sources say that Samsung has won the tender of competitors like TSMC. That means that the iPhone 6S anything is more powerful than its predecessors.
Or Apple increases the working memory in the iPhone 6S is not known. Currently, the iPhone has 1GB of RAM. Most new smartphones run on 2GB RAM or higher. That has its advantages at multitasking and running multiple apps simultaneously.
4. New camera technology
The cameras of the iPhone 6S have perhaps an upgrade. Apple bought in April the Israeli LinX Computational Imaging, a company that specializes in camera technology. Linx makes miniature cameras for smartphones and tablets with proprietary sensors and technology. This makes it possible to shoot multiple images at the same time and to capture three-dimensional images.
According to The Wall Street Journal , Apple has put on the table a sum of $ 20 million to recruit LinX. It, therefore, seems possible that Apple will use the camera technology of the company to improve the cameras of its iPhones and iPads.
5. Lightning connector makes way for USB c
The last iPhone models make use of the lightning-connector to charge the battery or data transfer. Apple reportedly wants to replace this connection by USB c. This technique is, inter alia, to be found in the new MacBook which Apple launched in March.
USB-C not only ensures faster data transfer than USB 3.0 but also makes it possible to charge larger devices such as laptops. Another advantage is that you can connect the USB cable in two ways. Finally, the connection of USB-C is smaller than its predecessors and backward compatible.


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Samsung is working to create an "artificial man".
Samsung will develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of people.
Samsung joined the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of People and Society (PAI), which was created in 2016 for the joint work of public, scientific and IT organizations in the development of artificial intelligence technologies.
Samsung continues to develop its program of products and services for a convenient “networked lifestyle” (Connected living). The company is opening new centers of artificial intelligence, working on the creation of new technologies, and now has joined the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of People and Society, a platform for discussions, research and the creation of best practices in the field of AI technologies.
PAI was established in 2016 and is an industry technology consortium that conducts research, development and promotes artificial intelligence technologies in society. Currently, the organization includes more than 70 partners, among which the largest world companies and human rights groups specializing in AI.
According to the press service of Samsung, the company joins the PAI to contribute to the determination of the vectors of development of the industry along with other members of the community. An IT company specializing in the fields of computer vision and basic algorithms for AI platforms will be able to increase research efficiency and accelerate the introduction of new technologies.
Representatives of the manufacturer will enter the working group on the interaction of people with artificial intelligence and will study the possible ways of human communication with intelligent systems. In addition, the company plans to participate in research on other topics, including security, transparency and the impact of AI on social and economic processes.
Samsung has published a series of images hinting at the release of a new product. It will be called Neon and should be associated with artificial intelligence technologies.
The company promised to tell all the details about the project at CES 2020. And now it continues to warm up interest in the device in the social networks dedicated to it. One post, for example, states that Neon is an artificial person.
But this supposedly will have nothing to do with the voice assistant.
“Neon is not about Bixby,” the company says in its Twitter account. In another tweet, she vaguely hints: “Neon = artificial human.”
Reportedly, Samsung’s STAR Labs internal lab is working on Neon. The media suggest that the artificial intelligence in the product will control a virtual person with emotions.
Samsung is also integrating ZKP technology into its Nexledger blockchain platform, which will help increase its privacy.
Samsung announced new tools for developing decentralized applications on the blockchain at a conference on October 31. The company began to develop various services that are aimed at solving the most complex problems in various industries, including finance, real estate and medicine.
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Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY), the world’s leading PC manufacturer, announced a joint initiative with Resident Evil to mark the premiere of the franchise’s latest movie, “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”.
Resident Evil is the world’s most successful game-turned-movie franchise. The movies have grossed nearly US$1 billion worldwide or PhP50 billion. In the Philippines, the latest film hits the screens on February 1, 2017.
As part of the campaign, Lenovo is inviting fans in the Philippines to journey to the Dark World, by taking part in what promises to be a thrilling and memorable experience.
Lenovo’s Facebook fans can “bite” (i.e. “tag”) their friends for a chance to win tickets to the exclusive local premiere of “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”. The 10 participants who “bite” the most friends by tagging them on Facebook, will win two tickets each. Fans can participate in the contest from now until January 27, 2017 by visiting this post on Lenovo Philippines’ Facebook page.
he 10 participants who “bite” the most friends by tagging them on Facebook, will win two tickets each. Fans can participate in the contest from now until January 27, 2017 by visiting this post on Lenovo Philippines’ Facebook page.
For those who prefer to be entertained in the comfort of their own home, blockbuster movies such as “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” are enjoyed at their breathtaking best on Lenovo’s high-performance IdeaPad and Legion machines. Featuring state-of-the-art engineering, these devices enable customers to fully immerse themselves in any world they please.
The Lenovo Ideapad 510 is the ultimate home entertainment device. Launched in the Philippines last quarter, it is designed to meet the needs of discerning customers who demand stunning, high-definition visuals and audio.
The Ideacentre Y710 Cube is the latest in Lenovo’s gaming desktop series. Unlike anything else out there, the cutting-edge portable machine, which is also VR-ready, allows gamers the speed and power to play any game, anywhere. It was unveiled at Gamescom in August, and launched locally this January.
“Our partnership with Resident Evil is the perfect showcase for Lenovo’s innovative technology and the endless possibilities in home entertainment,” said Michael Ngan, Country General Manager of Lenovo Philippines. “As consumers in the Philippines demand more immersive experiences from their PCs, Lenovo is pleased to be meeting their needs with the Ideapad 510 and Ideacentre Y710 Cube. Both machines pack a powerful punch, offering movie fans stunning realism through high-definition graphics and sound.”
The popularity of PC gaming continues to grow, driven by demand among consumers in Asia and in particular, Southeast Asia. According to PwC, the gaming industry will grow nearly 5% annually through 2020. In particular, PC gaming is expected to grow at a rate of 6.3% per year. A DFC Intelligence report expects the PC gaming market to reach US$42 billion by 2020, continuing to be dominated by Asia Pacific with growth being driven by moderate and core gamers.
The Lenovo Legion series is emerging as hugely popular gaming machines in the Philippines. The pre-built devices offer great engineering right out of the box: mega memory, gripping graphics, lots of power, and stylish designs with customizable lighting and audio – meaning a smooth and lag-free experience that doesn’t confine gamers to their desks.
- Prices for the Ideapad 510 start from just PhP 51,995, with the device available for purchase at major electronics stores.
- Prices for the Ideacentre Y710 Cube start from just PhP 81,990, with the device available for purchase at major electronics stores.
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter begins airing in cinemas in the Philippines on February 1, 2017.


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On January 12, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index for the month of December. The data showed that inflation had ticked down 0.1 percent to an annual rate of 6.5 percent. At the same time, the food index rose 0.3 percent bringing the year over year total to 10.4 percent.
The single biggest contributor to the increase in the food index was the soaring cost of eggs. According to the BLS data, egg prices rose 11.1 percent from the previous month and a whopping 59.9 percent year over year.
Anyone who has shopped in a supermarket lately knows the price of eggs has soared.
Data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve showed that the average price of a dozen large, Grade A eggs in the U.S. cost $4.25 in December, up from 1.79 a year earlier.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture attributes the current egg shortage to a historic breakout of the “highly pathogenic Avian influenza,” which has killed millions of chickens.
According to a rash of posts making the rounds on social media, something more sinister might be to blame for the lack of supply. Last week, a young man, possibly a farmer, claimed in a Facebook post: “Ok so something really weird is going on, I have called multiple farms that sell chickens and they are all telling me that their chickens have stopped laying eggs and therefore they do not have any for sale. I looked into it a little further and apparently they are putting something in the feed to stop them from being able to lay eggs! If you have chickens and are having the same thing happen try to start feeding them a rice and pinto bean mix because it seems anything made as feed is being tainted with something that is causing this!”
In the Twitter post below, a woman who has raised chickens for over 30 years said she has never gone without eggs. But from Halloween until a week ago, her chickens produced just a single egg. After switching from chicken feed to goat feed, they began to lay eggs again.
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Statistics Canada reported that Tagalog is now the second most common mother tongue in Saskatoon and Winnipeg, the largest cities in Central Canada. The native language of the Philippines is also the fastest-growing language in Canada, as it grew by 35 per cent since the last census.
The growth of Filipino speakers is attributed to an immigration trend of the Philippines being the top source of Canadian permanent residents. As of the latest 2016 census, 837,130 people are of Filipino descent. The growth of Filipino households in Central Canada presents opportunities for both entrepreneurial immigrants and companies from the Philippines. In Winnipeg, there has been a plethora of Filipino businesses opening up especially in the food industry. Hundreds of people lined up in temperatures at –26 C ( –36 with the wind chill) for the opening of Jollibee–the Philippines’ McDonald’s–in Winnipeg. One of the customers lined up says, “My kids asked me to get them some Chicken Joy, so that’s what they’re having for lunch. It’s been years since we last had it so I don’t mind lining up in the cold.”
Max’s, another Filipino favorite, is following suit as Alibin Group Inc. brings the chain to Winnipeg this year. In an interview with the Winnipeg Free Press, Hipolito Alibin Jr.–Alibin Group managing director and CEO–says that the Filipino population in Winnipeg is the largest on a per capita basis growing at a rate of between 4,000 to 5,000 per year. “There are a lot of great Filipino restaurants in the city, but they’re very small,” adds Alibin. A variety of businesses operated by Filipinos have sprouted in droves in Winnipeg and the same trend is seen in Saskatoon.
Uncle Bryne’s, Mixed Eats, and Mama’s Best are among the Filipino businesses that sprouted in Saskatoon. While majority perceive that the largest opportunity is concentrated in the food industry, other entrepreneurial Filipinos can find their niche in other industries as the population growth of Filipinos does not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. “The word has spread around that Canada is some kind of a promised land,” former Philippines ambassador Leslie Gatan notes in a 2012 interview. Six years later, the statement still rings true as evidenced by the latest statistics.


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Highland Hammer Hire has been appointed Scottish dealer for Rototilt tiltrotators and attachments. “We have a skilled and knowledgeable partner on board,” says the Swedish manufacturer.
Cat’s latest orange-peel grapples incorporate new easy-loading tines and vertical cylinders to allow more efficient bulk-materials handling. They're designed for the MH3022, MH3024 and MH3026 wheeled handlers
Piletec, the piling equipment specialist, has launched a dedicated attachments business and has declared its intention to become the number one supplier in the £60m a year sector within three years.
Perth firm Bryan Contractors specified a ‘thumb’ attachment for one of its new excavators. Working off the hammer/shear hydraulic circuit it has made picking and sorting operations easier says the customer.
Piling and foundation equipment specialist Piletec has launched two excavator-mounted vibrators (EMV) it says will to reduce costs on site. One is claimed to be more powerful than other EMVs available in the UK.
Investment in a single attachment has helped a north-east concrete manufacturer slash transport costs and eliminate waste being sent to landfill and at the same time open up a new revenue stream.
Swedish tiltrotator manufacturer Steelwrist has acquired its UK importer. The deal to buy AgCon UK and change the name to Steelwrist UK Ltd was announced last week at an international event in Sweden.
Rockbreakers UK has been appointed Scottish dealer for Steelwrist tiltrotators. The deal completes a Sweden hat-trick for the Bo’ness business which also represents Atlas Copco and Volvo.
A central Scotland groundworks business has committed to specifying Hill TEFRA hitches as it prepares to add another dozen excavators to its fleet this year. It has just bought its first Tilt on the recommendation of Scot JCB.


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Three groundbreaking crypto projects Tamadoge, Minifootball, and BudBlockz have created a furor as the token price is only surging. Crypto enthusiasts can now buy these coins through leading decentralized exchanges or directly through their presales.
All eyes are going to be on the price of these tokens in the coming months, and rightly so, as they are not showing any signs of slowing down in the near future. We are going to take a look at each of them separately.
1. BudBlockz – New project with 1000x potential
BudBlockz is developing a community for the improvement of the cannabis industry. Its platform will be advantageous for all everyone involved, including farms, users, cafes, dispensaries, related businesses, and people looking to invest in the growing sectors.
BudBlockz’s platform facilitates the selling, buying, and trading of virtual and physical cannabis items. It is a decentralized financial world with the first asset-backed NFTs of the world for cannabis products, with its token $BLUNT used as the exchange medium.
Since it is built on blockchain technology, investors can gain exposure to the cannabis sectors and cryptocurrency, regardless of the local laws and location. It enables them to invest and allows the industry to expand. Moreover, investors who buy an NFT will gain percentage ownership of a cannabis farm or dispensary. Not only does it promote the community but also gives global investors complete and direct exposure to the cannabis industry.
BudBlockz is built on the well-known Ethereum blockchain. So, users can access its ecosystem. It implies they can use decentralized exchanges and various other DeFi products.
2. Minifootball – One of the hottest tokens trending right now
The Minifootball token appears to be warming after it registered a strong green candle in the last few years. The token’s gain has outperformed a majority of the market, which is staggering to sustain the $1 trillion market cap.
Minifootball is a token that has been designed to appeal to football fans, as well as Dogecoin investors. The system has been created so that community members can engage in competitions, including weekly FIFA video game servers, on the Discord servers.
When the token received approval from many football stars, the token received great attention. It has managed some people to do some live Q&A sessions, such as Denis Suarez-the Spanish midfielder, and Ronaldinho-the Brazilian World Cup winner.
All transactions of the system are subject to taxes, with 1% redistributed to other holders, 8% going over to the prize fund for all competitions, and 4% divided between liquidity pools and the system to operate Binance.
3. Tamadoge – Exciting crypto which sold out record breaking presale
Tamadoge has recently achieved its presale goal and is soon going to launch its meme-coin. The coin is new in the cryptocurrency world. The price of Tamadoge is circulating in the $0.0726 region at the time of writing this article, offering the token a market capitalization of more than $75 million.
TAMA is attracting so much attention. If you are unaware, the presale phase of Tamadoge sold out in mid-September, raising $19million in Tether for the project. The presale was expected to end in the fourth quarter of 2022 but record-breaking demand for investors implied that the token allocation had been gobbled up before time.
Its demand is primarily driven by the revolutionary platform of Tamadoge that includes play-to-ear mechanics added into the ecosystem with a meme coin aesthetic. TAMA is working to combine the meme coins’ appeal with valuable utility. It is a feature that hasn’t been achieved in the market.
Even though it is still in the development phase, the development team has already noted some incredible plans for the future, including arcade games with the theme of Tamadoge and an AR mobile app.
Blockchain and cryptocurrency are becoming more ubiquitous and established. BudBlockz, Minifootball, and Tamadoge tokens operate to develop a new ecosystem that encompasses what has gone while developing something new.
To learn more about our #1 pick BudBlockz see the links below:
Official Website: https://budblockz.io/ Presale Registration:: https://app.budblockz.io/sign-up Telegram Group: https://t.me/BudBlockz Discord Server: https://discord.gg/s7hBFgvTmN All BudBlockz Links: https://linktr.ee/budblockz
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Drum Capital and Trident have acquired Excel Interior Door, a manufacturer of interior wooden doors.
Excel’s products are used in new and remodeled single and multi-family residences. The company produces more than 20,000 doors per week and sells its products to more than 80 building products distributors. Excel Door has over 70 employees and is headquartered near Huntsville in Hartselle, Alabama.
Brothers Ron Hulse and Russ Hulse led a group of local investors to acquire Excel Door after it was closed in 2010 during the aftermath of the recession. “I am pleased that we have found an experienced partner to support the future success of Excel Door. We are thankful to those who believed in Excel Door and supported its growth to this stage, and I am excited to see the company’s future growth,” said Ron Hulse.
“It is a tremendous opportunity to continue the legacy of Ron and Russ as the new owners of Excel Door,” said Chris Ayala, a managing director of Drum. “Excel is a unique opportunity, the type of company and management team that we look to work with to support the business’s next stage of growth and success.”
Drum Capital makes direct investments and co-investments in companies as well as direct investments in private equity funds. For direct investments, the firm targets North American-based companies with $5 million to $20 million of EBITDA and enterprise values of $25 million to $100 million. For co-investments, Drum targets North American-based companies with $20 million to $100 million of EBITDA and enterprise values of $50 million to $750 million. Stamford-based Drum Capital was founded in 2005 by Scott Vollmer and has invested in 54 operating businesses since its founding.
Trident invests in United States-based companies that have revenues from $10 million to $100 million and EBITDA from $2 million to $20 million. Sectors of interest include healthcare, consumer products and services, and industrials. New York City-headquartered Trident was founded in 2017 by Eric Taylor and Nicholas Wood.
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Passion fruit extract can reduce severity of asthma and lower blood pressure, New Zealand researchers say.
In a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial run in the United States, fewer than 20 per cent of people receiving an extract made from purple passion fruit skins still had wheeze as a clinical symptom of asthma, compared to about 80 per cent of those in the placebo group.
A parallel study showed that passion fruit treatment also significantly decreased blood pressure in those taking part in the trial.
The trials were directed by Professor Ronald Watson from the University of Arizona and Southwest Scientific Editing and Consulting. The bioactive properties of passion fruit have been established by New Zealand scientists working at Industrial Research Ltd (IRL), says an IRL press release.
The findings, published in Nutrition Research
, have caused a stir in the international medical and scientific communities.
"In the United States there are a lot of dietary supplements and natural products that are sold without much, or any, evidence of efficacy," says Ronald Watson.
"We now have two scientific publications indicating passion fruit has a beneficial effect on two very common but very different human diseases - hypertension and asthma - and that's very exciting."
Passion fruit are known to be rich in vitamins A and C and are a good source of potassium and iron. The seeds are high in fibre. The seeds are high in fibre.
Introduced and grown in most tropical and subtropical parts of the world, the rounded or egg-shaped passion fruit is particularly important commercially in Australia, Hawaii, South Africa and Brazil.
The passion fruit breakthrough comes from a collaboration between Professor Watson and IRL natural products chemist Dr Lai Yeap Foo.
"Many natural products like fruit and vegetables are known to have properties that have been shown to work just as well as pharmaceuticals, and that is appealing to people who don't like the unpleasant side effects of pharmaceuticals," says Professor Watson.


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There are some high-priced coffees out there, but the price one local congressman is charging might top them all.
Supporters can get a one-on-one coffee with Republican Steve Scalise with a $100,000 donation. That's one of the perks highlighted in a brochure for the Scalise Leadership Fund obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.
The watchdog group tells USA Today Scalise is blatantly selling access that most constituents can't get.
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A Microsoft government has admitted that the organization does not receive any earnings on sales of Xbox consoles on your own. The admission arrived as section of the Epic v. Apple trial yesterday, confirming what we’ve acknowledged for a long time: Microsoft sells Xbox consoles at a loss. Asked how significantly margin Microsoft can make on Xbox consoles, the company’s head of Xbox business enhancement, Lori Wright, mentioned, “We really don’t we market the consoles at a loss.”
An Epic Video games attorney asked a comply with-up issue: “Does Microsoft at any time earn a gain on the sale of an Xbox console?” Wright replied, “No.” That does not mean Xbox doesn’t make income, though. Microsoft was eager to position this out in a assertion to The Verge just hrs after Wright’s testimony yesterday.
“The gaming enterprise is a profitable and substantial-expansion organization for Microsoft,” suggests a Microsoft spokesperson. “The console gaming enterprise is usually a components subsidy model. Activity firms sell consoles at a loss to attract new consumers. Income are produced in video game sales and on the web service subscriptions.“
I questioned Microsoft regardless of whether it in no way genuinely helps make any margins on hardware alone, but the firm didn’t answer in time for publication. Generally, Microsoft and Sony subsidize components at the commencing of a console’s lifecycle, but those people early component costs tend to lessen above time. Those people lower expenses also translate to reduce retail prices for consoles above time, while.
A teardown assessment of the Xbox Just one S, for example, uncovered an approximated invoice of resources of $324, which is $75 significantly less than the $399 launch price for the 2TB variation of the console, back again in 2016. Microsoft also released a disc-significantly less version of the Xbox A person S two a long time in the past, which was presumably also marketed at a decline.
Sony and Microsoft have equivalent enterprise styles for PlayStation and Xbox consoles, but Nintendo is the exception. In courtroom paperwork, Microsoft estimates that components is producing a loss for Sony, but a financial gain for Nintendo. Which is backed up by Nintendo’s outstanding 84.59 million Change gross sales this 12 months, up to March 31st.
Why all these charges are being mentioned correct now is a big component of the ongoing Epic v. Apple trial. Epic is not satisfied about Apple’s 30 % revenue reduce on in-app purchases for Fortnite, but Apple is arguing that Epic must also take concern with Microsoft or Sony’s equivalent 30 per cent minimize. It has resulted in hours of testimony about no matter whether the Iphone is much more like a Personal computer or an Xbox, and a discussion all over open up platforms compared to locked-down types. Microsoft plainly sees a variation in between Xbox and Computer, and has only cut the amount it requires on the Home windows aspect to 12 per cent, when the Xbox remains at 30 per cent.
Microsoft definitely desires to maintain its business enterprise model for Xbox, and has attempted to push the field toward digital games for decades. Microsoft has extremely significantly sided with Epic Video games in the case against Apple, and Epic has admitted it has never even questioned Microsoft’s electronic product sales minimize. But how lengthy this harmony will exist involving the pair will really substantially depend on the long term of digital sport sales and cloud gaming. Microsoft is more and more centered on its Xbox Match Pass subscription, which spans throughout devices that are not even Xbox consoles.
Video game Move also incorporates xCloud, Microsoft’s cloud gaming technological know-how. Fortnite is not aspect of xCloud, because Epic Video games won’t let it. That highlights the emerging battles that are commencing to consider put in the video game field around shares of profits. It appears to be like like Microsoft has been getting ready for some of them, but Epic v. Apple feels like the commencing of a bigger war in excess of the digital foreseeable future of video game merchants.


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As of now, the RPI increase on contracts is no more for new contracts and upgrades. Instead, Three has introduced a fixed annual increase of 4.5%.
Vodafone and British & Irish Lions have introduced a new tour app ahead of the 2021 tour of South Africa, allowing fans to become a virtual lion.
Celebrating five million customers in the UK, Huawei is running a special long weekend of offers from its online store.
OnePlus today announced the release of two more phones in the Nord range; the Nord 10 5G and Nord N100.
Acer has launched the first of what is likely many new Qualcomm-powered Always On, Always Connected Chromebooks. The Chromebook Spin 513 will be available in two variants when released.
Huawei today unveiled the new series of phones in the Mate 40 family, including the Mate 40 Pro that will be coming to the UK soon.
Xiaomi is taking wireless charging to the next level, unveiling its latest achievement that can pass 80 Watts of power to a smartphone without cables.
Nokia has launched two new feature phones, each supporting 4G. Neither phone promises big features, although both have an FM radio and the Nokia 225 4G also includes a camera.
This is just a quickie to let you know Honor is offering up its Router 3 with Wi-Fi 6 Plus for just £49.99.
Vivo has launched in Europe, with the introduction of the flagship X51 5G with integrated Gimbal-stabilised camera, three mid-range devices and new audio products.
The new Mi 10T family of phones, plus the Mi Watch, today got their UK release details. It revealed the Mi 10 Lite as the cheapest 5G phone you can buy, especially for early adopters.
Oppo has launched the A53, a Snapdragon 460 powered smartphone with 90Hz display, stereo sound and 5,000mAh battery.
OnePlus has made the OnePlus 8T official, and for the money it packs quite a punch This year has seen OnePlus launch the affordable Nord,...
Apple last night announced four new iPhone 12 phones – all, at last, coming with 5G that Apple claims has made 5G get real.
This cool retro smartwatch isn’t on sale in the UK, but if you’re up for it you can get the Amazfit Neo imported for around £32. Is it worth a punt?
Sony’s Xperia 1 II has been out for a while, but it’s still the flagship in the family. Can this be the start of a new wave of phones that helps Sony turn the tide?
OnePlus is continuing the drip-feeding ahead of the OnePlus 8T launch on October 14th. This time it’s about a new finish for the glass back.
This year has seen a fierce battle in the mid-range as people hunt for a better deal. Realme is once showing the world it means business with the Realme 7 Pro.


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The Turkish owner of Godiva chocolates and other partners plan to sell shares in Turkey’s biggest dairy producer next month in a deal they say will value the company at more than $1 billion.
Yildiz Holding, Turkey’s largest food producer, the Topbas family and other investors plan to sell as much as 45 per cent of Ak Gida Sanayi & Ticaret AS, said Cem Karakas, Yildiz Holding’s chief financial officer, in an interview in Istanbul on Monday.
Yildiz bought United Biscuits Holdings for $3.3 billion last year and purchased Godiva chocolates for $850 million in 2007. While Ak Gida has attracted investors interested in a stake in the company, an initial public offering would be the preferred outcome, Karakas said.
“If the strategic investors that show interest offer a significantly satisfactory price and if we can ensure a secure supply of milk, then we can consider selling a stake instead of the IPO,” Karakas said. “I would personally prefer an IPO. We consider milk supply from Ak Gida as a strategic business for our other operations for a secure supply of dairy products.”
Yildiz Holding, which owns about one-third of the company, will use proceeds from the sale to repay debt, Karakas said. The IPO is expected to raise about $450 million, according to the CFO.
Yildiz also plans to sell a stake in Sok Marketler in an IPO between 2017 and 2019, Karakas said. The grocer contributed four billion liras to 2014 sales of 22 billion liras for Yildiz, which will probably have sales of 30 billion liras this year, he said.
Yildiz Holding, majority owned by Turkish billionaire Murat Ulker, also plans to sell the Akasya and Star City shopping malls in Istanbul, he said.
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Hulu Plus is on Apple TV now. Hulu just confirmed to us and in an official blog post that its streaming service is now available on Apple's set-top box. It's actually a pretty big deal.
Hulu appearing on Apple TV is a major concession from Apple. To this point, it had blocked other content providers, like Hulu and Amazon Prime, from appearing on its platform. The TV race has gotten tighter in the past few weeks, though, with cheaper alternative Roku being bought up by Newscorp—a major content creator and distributer.
Now it's added Hulu Plus, which like Netflix, is a premium service that offers TV shows and movies. Its selection of TV shows is generally more robust than Netflix's, and for movies, it has the entire freaking Criterion collection.
Until now, the only TV and movie content available on Apple TV had been available through either the iTunes store or Netflix. Meanwhile, competitors like Roku and the Xbox 360 had additional services, like Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus. That meant Apple TV users missed out on stuff like Hulu's Criterion collection and Amazon Prime getting, say, The West Wing. Apple TV does have sports packages and apps like YouTube, but for actual TV shows and movies, this is like an overnight transcontinental railroad.
The other, more cynical explanation, pointed out by AllThingsD's Peter Kafka? With Mountain Lion's new ability to stream your computer's display to an Apple TV, you already have Hulu Plus on your TV. So Apple forced Hulu's hand somewhat. And as 9to5mac's Mark Gurman points out, the app has actually been ready for a year, so something had to give.
More than a softening of Apple's plans for an brushed-iron-fisted future of content, this could also be the start of an opening up of the Apple TV platform. Apple TV might not be content poor, but it's decidedly content middle class, compared to its competitors. We've assumed for a while now that third party apps were coming, and hopefully Hulu is the tip of that sword.
There had been reports that Apple would release the Apple TV SDK (software development kit) for its rumored Apple HDTV at WWDC earlier this year, but it always seemed strange that Apple would announce software development for a product it hadn't actually announced. Clearly though, there is development going on for at least the current set-top box. We'll see if that carries over to an actual Apple Television any time soon. [Engadget]
Here's Hulu's introduction to the Apple TV app.


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"We are thrilled to work with HTC's Vive team as they utilize our rich feature set to create exciting, new VR experiences in the first truly mobile VR headset of the Vive ecosystem".
Are Companies Trying To Make Cheaper VR Headsets?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is certainly one of the more powerful chips doing the rounds in the smartphone world at the moment - you can find it in Motorola's recent Moto Z2 Force Edition flagship handset - but the setup will certainly be a trade-off for HTC. We do know that the Chinese version lacks the Google WorldSense tech that the standalone coming to the U.S. will boast. Since the Vive Standalone is already listed on the United States website it's quite possible that HTC might bring the VR headset to the other parts of the world as well.
Strike by oil tanker owners causes fuel shortage in Pakistan
Government officials say safety has to improve in a country where many trucks are not road worthy and pose a danger to the public.
U.S. navy fires warning shots at Iranian patrol boat
The USS Thunderbolt was transiting with the USS Vella Gulf , a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, and two other U.S. A US Navy ship has fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel in the Gulf, US officials say.
Grace sets major championship record with 62 at British Open
I understand that leads can be squandered quickly, and I also understand how you can keep on rolling on one. He did manage to make sure you knew the Royal Birkdale setup was "really, really easy" though.
What is important to note is that the VR gaming experience might function better since many standalone headsets are expected to use eye-tracking technology which will concentrate the quality of VR in the user's field of vision, improving gameplay. IDC statistics show VR headset shipments reaching 10.1 million units this year and target 61 million units by 2020 worldwide. iResearch Consulting estimates Chinese VR market revenues to reach $8.1B in that same time frame. The search giant introduced its Daydream VR headset sometime previous year alongside its flagship smartphones namely, Google Pixel and Pixel XL. Although all-in-one VR devices would be much lower-performance in comparison, they would presumably be more affordable and thus open up VR to a broader audience.
The difference between the eastern VR headset and the Western VR headset is that China version will be powered by the Viveport content platform while the eastern market will get the Android powered model.
China regional president of Vive, HTC, Mr. Alvin W. Graylin reportedly confirmed the aforementioned news.