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The light bulb that lasts 37 YEARS: James Dyson's son invents £399 lamps that stay bright for decades
- CSYS task light uses heat pipe technology to direct heat away from LEDS
- This prolongs their life so that a bulb shouldn't need changing for 37 years
- Technology also stops them becoming dimmer and less efficient over time
- Lamp designs have a unique way of moving and touch sensors
It is often asked how many men it takes to change a light bulb and in this case, it’s just one.
The son of British inventor Sir James Dyson has created an innovative light that he claims will last, and stay bright, for almost four decades.
Jake Dyson’s CSYS task light, which comes in three different forms, uses 'Heat Pipe' technology to direct heat away from LEDs to stop them becoming dimmer and less efficient over time.
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The son of British inventor Sir James Dyson, Jake Dyson, has created an innovative light (pictured) that’s claimed to stay bright and not need its bulb changing in 37 years
The inventor started work on the new types of LED lighting in 2006 after becoming frustrated that so many designs have a short life-span, despite LEDs being originally invented to last a lifetime.
His gripe with conventional lights is that they fail to protect LEDS from heat, exposing them to temperatures up to 130°C (266°F) and damaging the phosphorous coating, meaning LEDs produce worse quality light over time.
To solve this problem, he has designed CSYS task lights that have unique technology in order to direct heat away from their LEDS.
‘Operating at 55°C (131°F), they don’t lose quality or efficiency for 37 years,’ according to his website.
Jake Dyson’s CSYS task light, which comes in three different forms, (the desk light is shown) uses Heat Pipe technology to direct heat away from LEDS to stop them becoming dimmer and less efficient over time
Speaking in a video, Jake Dyson (pictured) said his greatest innovation to date is the ability to cool LEDS, which he says is ‘completely critical to the LED market
It is claimed the light stays bright for 37 years, thanks to Heat Pipe technology that cools LEDs.
‘3 Axis Glide’ motion means the light will stay where you point it. The system allows it to be adjusted horizontally, vertically and rotationally with hardly any force.
The design is touch-sensitive to allow continuous dimming ad remembers a user’s most recent lighting level.
Eight conical reflectors eliminate glare so people reading in the light shouldn’t experience eyestrain or get a headache because of it.
The LEDS use a fifth of the energy of a conventional halogen bulb.
Because there are few bulbs to replace in a lifetime, Dyson claims the light could save users up to £1,200 over 37 years.
Speaking in a video, Dyson said his greatest innovation to date is the ability to cool LEDS, which he said are ‘completely critical to the LED market.’
He said the LEDS are hidden in conical cones, which produce an even spread of light, so they are highly efficient without using diffusers.
The technology lets them produce ‘warm, white light’ for years, instead of rival products which he says can become 30 per cent less bright within six months.
Dyson has also come up with a way get the lights, which come in clamp, desk and standard light forms, to stay where people want them.
‘Using 3-Axis Glide motion, CSYS task lights adjust horizontally, vertically and rotationally with the touch of a fingertip,’ the website says.
While conventional lights usually rely on springs and tension to stay in position, the new design uses gravity.
The arm moves vertically using a counterweight pulley system inspired by the construction crane lifts and drawing boards, while anti-friction bearings enable to it move horizontally.
The lights are also touch sensitive so that people can dim them easily, while the CSYS lights remember the last lighting level.
While conventional lights usually rely on springs and tension to stay in position, the new design uses gravity. The arm moves vertically using a counterweight pulley system (pictured) inspired by the construction crane lifts and drawing boards, while anti-friction bearings enable to it move horizontally
Eight conical reflectors in the light (pictured) eliminate glare so people reading in the light shouldn’t experience eyestrain or get a headache because of it
The LEDS use a fifth of the energy of a conventional halogen bulb and because there are few bulbs to replace in a lifetime, Dyson claims the light could save users up to £1,200 ($1,835) over 37 years.
The CSYS light costs £399 ($610) for the clamp or desk light design and £599 ($916) for a freestanding taller version.
On coming up with the design, Dyson said that his starting point was to investigate the failures of modern lights and not just create another one that looks good.
'It hasn’t been a hindrance going down the same path as my father...I find it easier to invent than replicate,’ he said.
'In some ways it’s easier to start from scratch...than to improve on something else someone has done'.
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The late Ronnie James Dio's childhood home is up for sale -- to the highest bidder. The three-bedroom home where the Black Sabbath/Rainbow/Heaven and Hell/Elf singer and solo star grew up in Cortland, N.Y., is being auctioned on eBay through August 31, with a starting bid of $90,000. The home sits on Dio Way, which was named for the singer in 1988. The seller writes in the online description that "I am listing it on eBay in the hopes that a TRUE Dio fan can get this house and enjoy owning a piece of heavy metal history."
Dio passed away in May of 2010 from stomach cancer at the age of 67.

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The unveiling by this one-year-old Ohio startup didnt get too deep into the information about the electric pickup truck known as Endurance. Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns stated Thursday the business already got 20,000 pre-orders for the truck, essentially its entire planned production capability for the year. The business has stated it plans to produce 20,000 electrical business trucks each year, beginning in 2021, at the former GM Assembly Plant in Lordstown, Ohio. The very first trucks will be delivered in late summer season 2021, the business stated.” Our battery is, of course very essential in a truck this size, but the big development is these center motors,” Burns stated during the occasion.
The very first trucks will be delivered in late summer season 2021, the business said. Thats a short timeline for such a new business. Nevertheless, Lordstown wasnt beginning at mile no. Burns stated that under its agreement with GM, the factory was left mostly intact.
The vehicle likewise consists of a couple of functions created for specialists, including an onboard power export to let an owner run power tools right from their truck without the need for a portable generator or leaving the truck running.
” As the pre-orders continue to come in, we are making strategies to ramp up production to meet the demand and get the trucks on the road as rapidly and as properly as possible,” Burns said.
It also appears that a minimum of the first year of production capacity is spoken for– a minimum of if every client who pre-ordered the truck follows through and pays a minimum of $52,500 to buy one.
” We didnt need to develop a plant and populate it with robotics– we just have to reconfigure this plant and thats what were hectic in here doing,” Burns said.
Lordstown Motors stated a number of prospective consumers have actually sent letters of intent, consisting of AutoFlexFleet, Clean Fuels Ohio, Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, GridX, Holman Enterprises and ARI, Summit Petroleum, Turner Mining Group and Valor Holdings, as well as a number of Ohio towns.
The four-hub electric motor system that Lordstown has actually pursued strips out a lot of the complexity– which assists simplify and lower the expense of production– and offers a low center of mass.
Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns said Thursday the business currently received 20,000 pre-orders for the truck, essentially its whole scheduled production capacity for the year. The business has said it prepares to produce 20,000 electric commercial trucks yearly, starting in 2021, at the former GM Assembly Plant in Lordstown, Ohio. The start-up, a spin-off of Burns other business, Workhorse Group, got the 6.2 million-square-foot factory in 2015. Workhorse holds a 10% stake in Lordstown Motors
” Our battery is, naturally extremely essential in a truck this size, but the huge development is these center motors,” Burns said throughout the event. “There are just 4 moving parts in the drivetrain of this car and those are the 4 wheels. Simply to put that in perspective, a modern-day four-wheel-drive pickup truck has countless moving parts– the pistons, the valves, the crank shaft, the differential, the equipments, the driveshaft, the U joints, thousands of moving parts– and every moving part needs to be lubed and every moving part is a reduction in performance.”
Before Pence took the phase, some new information was shared, including comments about the hub electric motors and a collaboration with Goodyear Tire & & Rubber Company. The companies consented to collaborate on tires and service. Goodyear said it likewise intends to obtain brand-new Endurance automobiles to incorporate into its own maintenance fleet.
The Endurance will start at $52,500, has actually an EPA estimated 250 miles of range and 4 in-hub electric motors, a crucial practical detail that ought to deliver different amounts of torque to each wheel as needed. Its a system that may be available in useful while off-roading or browsing a muddy work site. Its also the trucks most significant innovation, according to Burns.
Lordstown Motors revealed Thursday a model of its electric future, a pickup truck with 4 in-wheel center motors and a few other functions all intended squarely at drawing in contractors and other purchasers in the commercial market.
Image Credits: Lordstown Motors.
The unveiling by this one-year-old Ohio startup didnt get unfathomable into the information about the electrical pickup understood as Endurance. There wasnt any info on the efficiency, interior or battery. The whole second half of the event took a 90-degree turn away from the truck and focused on its special visitor, Vice President Mike Pence, who promoted 25 minutes about President Trumps policies on tasks and production, China and the COVID-19 action.


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Modern slavery is the latest incarnation of the old “child labour sweatshops” and “working conditions of suppliers” crises that have been hitting corporations since Nike and The Gap in the 1990’s. However, the term “modern slavery” has created a shift, moving it from medium-term to urgent on corporate risk registers. In May this year, I read that Adidas recruited a dedicated person to fight slavery, and it was this which prompted me to write this article.
The fact is, it is terrifying, morbid, disgusting, and unequivocally unacceptable to have slavery in today’s age. Any company’s name with slavery connected to it crashes down into a dirty murky territory. It not only brings up impressions of a lack of ethics, but it throws into doubt the company’s ability to conduct due diligence, manage risks, and govern properly. It can even create suspicion in the quality of the product, trust of the leadership, and the long-term outlook of the company.
A reputation like this can scare away talented employees, long-term investors, and valuable customers. Compared to the business case for other supply chain sustainability issues (like deforestation, which I wrote about in my last post), this one is obvious, explicit, and raw. Governments are aware of this; the UK has a “Modern Slavery Act”, Australia is developing its own, and it is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Adidas are tackling modern slavery head on with an ambitious programme. As shared in a Thomson Reuters Foundation piece from May, Adidas became aware of this issue at the 1998 FIFA World Cup where it was revealed that child labour in India was used to make soccer balls. Adidas’ programme is focused on partnerships with non-governmental organisations and government to identify and mitigate risks in the second and third tiers of its supply chain, processing and raw materials. Uniquely, Adidas is striving for direct engagement with the employees of these supply chain companies. Apps, messaging and phone hotlines enabled workers to send anonymous concerns, questions, suggestions, etc. Even better, data is being collected and analysed for more strategic opportunities.
While this is a stretch for most organisations, there are some areas to start:
- Run a corporate presentation on the 2016 Global Slavery Index, and in it run a comparison of high risk countries against the countries in your supply chain. E.g. if you are in apparel and your supply chain touches Uzbekistan, look out!
- Produce a “heat map” by charting potential social and environmental risks in your supply chain, and then rating them on a severity scale.
- Ask for more information from your suppliers. Run a site visit, interview employees, enquire about salaries (if you can), and look favourably on whistleblower programmes and other mechanisms for bottom-up feedback.


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NEW YORK — The pressure to win during the 2014 Sochi Olympics is nearly as intense for marketers as it is for the athletes themselves.
Just like there are medals handed out during the Games, there are winners and losers in advertising.
It is a huge stage for marketers. Companies pay as much as $100 million for exclusive rights to sponsor Olympic teams, while others shell out tens of thousands hoping to score gold by backing individual athletes. The catch? Advertisers’ fates are often tied to external factors.
There were a number of distractions this year because of the controversy on security, gay rights laws, and Olympic preparedness in Sochi. But fortunately for many US sponsors, those things were overshadowed by the athletic prowess of nation’s Olympic athletes: The United States has won more medals than any country so far — good news for advertisers since experts say being associated with a medal winner is the easiest way to capture the goodwill created by the Olympics.
Still, the best advertisers find ways to connect even when their athletes underperform. The advertising winners this year managed to both harness the feel-good nature of the Olympics and convey a message about their products. The losers, meanwhile, failed to make memorable ads or worse, made an unfavorable brand impression to the millions of people watching.
‘‘Marketers have to be ready to capitalize on a good performance, but you still have to plan for a mediocre showing’’ from sponsored athletes, said Tim Calkins, marketing professor at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern. ‘‘Marketers need to find a way to make the whole effort successful.’’
Medal winners in the ad game:
■ Procter & Gamble, a longtime Olympic sponsor, won points early with its feel-good ad ‘‘Pick Them Back Up.’’ The spot is a part of its popular ‘‘Thank You Mom’’ campaign that shows moms supporting young athletes when they fall down.
Since the consumer products company debuted the ad online before the Olympics began, the spot has been viewed 18 million times on YouTube. And Ace Metrix, which measures the effectiveness of ads, has ranked it the most effective Olympic ad.
‘‘They won by getting out early,’’ said Ammiel Kamon, senior vice president of products and marketing of Kontera, which monitors how much online conversation brands generate.
■ Visa, another top Olympic sponsor, focused on responding to many events real time on social media. It helps that the credit-card maker sponsored 37 Olympians and Paralympians, including gold medalists ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White and skier David Wise.
The card issuer was able to respond quickly on Facebook when its athletes won gold medals, and that paid off. A photo mosaic tribute to Davis and White has received 54,000 likes and nearly 3,000 shares. Another for Wise received 39,000 likes and more than 1,600 shares.
‘‘What they've been posting on Facebook has been well timed and gained traction,’’ said Debra Aho Williamson, principal analyst of social media at research firm eMarketer.
Going home empty-handed:
■ Unpredictability is what the Olympics are all about. That can work in a brand’s favor if an underdog sponsored athlete suddenly wins gold. But there’s another side to this, as Under Armour found out.
The athletic wear company spent years developing a high-tech suit for the US speedskating team, which was heavily favored coming into competition. But then the team failed to medal, and worse, some blamed the Under Armour suit.
It is unclear whether the suit had anything to do with the team’s performance, and some experts say the flap is unlikely to hurt domestic sales of its core products such as shoes and T-shirts. But it was a blow to the brand because it came in front of a global audience right at the time when Under Armour is seeking to expand internationally. And experts say it put the company on the defensive.


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The recent Leviathan expansion for Europa Universalis 4 has managed to earn itself an unflattering spot amongst the lowest-ranked products on Steam, with a positive review rating of only seven percent from 3955 reviews. Players said the DLC was seriously buggy and suffered from a host of problems, and sure enough, the game's bug report megathreads quickly filled up with complaints. Paradox Tinto studio manager and game director Johan Andersson has now issued an apology for the state of the expansion and several previous releases for EU4.
Over on the Paradox Forums, Andersson admitted "Leviathan was one of the worst releases we have had," and that the expansion "follows a long trail of low quality releases starting back with Golden Century for EU4.
"As the studio manager and game director, at the end of the day, this is my responsibility, so I have to apologise for this," Andersson added. "This is entirely my fault."
Andersson explained he should have delayed the release of Leviathan until the team had the resources that were needed, along with giving them "time to properly onboard on the project". He felt that there should have been a break in the development of EU4 after the release of the Emperor expansion, "until we had a team ready to start designing and working early in 2021".
As a result of the negative feedback from the release, Paradox Tinto is now accelerating its plans to fix all legacy bugs for EU4, and wants to ensure these fixes are rolled out frequently. One patch is planned to release this week, with another due by the end of May or early June. Hotfix 1.31.1 was also rolled out at the end of April to tackle some of the issues introduced with Leviathan.
Eurogamer contacted Paradox last month for comment on the release, and was told the following:
"We know that Leviathan and 1.31 Majapahit did not live up to the expectations you and we had set for this release. We've been hard at work getting the 1.31.1 hotfix out to you as soon as possible, and we feel confident that it will solve many of the most glaring issues that we have collected and identified. We have identified and corrected some issues in our production process based on learnings from this release and are taking concrete action - both to fix the existing issues and to ensure future releases meet the quality you expect.
"1.31.1 is now available through Steam; it should be compatible with 1.30.0 saves (but we cannot guarantee this), and we have already begun work on 1.31.2 which will provide more updates in the near future.
"We apologise if you haven't been able to enjoy 1.31 and Leviathan the way we had hoped for, but we hope you'll give it another look with these fixes in place. Our goal is for you to be able to enjoy it now, and for the foreseeable future."
It's just as well Paradox has committed to focusing on getting these bug fixes out, as Leviathan sure did have a lot of them at launch. Players reported that games crashed after 100 in-game years, settled provinces reverted back to being unsettled, and Horde Government-Religious policy would set missionary strength to 100 percent instead of one percent. If you're wondering what all that looked like, well, here's a demonstration.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Law enforcement agencies want wireless carriers to have a “kill switch” that could shut down a Smartphone. 22News explains what Smartphone users think about the proposal.
The New Haven Police Department in Connecticut is one of many law enforcement agencies that want a “kill switch” that could make stolen or lost phones inoperable.
Last year New Haven Police seized thousands of phones and GPS units from stores that were buying and reselling stolen devices.
Police believe a “kill switch” that disables devices could prevent criminals from selling stolen phones.
Smartphone users here in western Massachusetts told 22News they would like their wireless carriers to look into this idea.
“I would. I think it would be a definite. A lot of people have their personal information, passwords, and all that kind of stuff on it. Definitely, and I’m sure the person that lost the phone would be happy to get it back as well,” said Lori Anderson of Agawam.
Some people think Smartphone companies could also invest more time and money to develop ways to better track stolen phones even when the phone is turned off.
Dana Potter of Worthington told 22News, “What they should do is put a locater transmitter so they can go right to the person. I think that would even be better. If they can do one, they can do the other. It’s probably similar technology.”
However, some technology experts are against a permanent kill switch, because hackers could find a way to attack the switch function and take control of people’s phones.


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Google has put on hold its proposed plans of offering copyrighted book material as part of its Print project.
The move, is thought to be because it has antagonised libraries and rights holders by opting them into its program.
Concerns have also been expressed about libraries compromising their public interest by giving control to Google, a private for-profit corporation.
Google intends to make full text searches of the books available to users for free, but won't share revenue earned by adverts displayed on those pages with the rights holders.
Sources in the industry believe the project could become very lucrative for the search engine company. Google would hope to earn cash via purchase links and contextual text advertisements on the pages.
Earlier this year Google called a halt in Europe after strong opposition from rights holders and the EU. Google said it would pause scanning books in the US for the time being until a compromise could be worked out.


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Italian Antitrust launches investigation into Nutri-Score food labelling system
The Competition and Market Authority (Autorita’ Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – AGCM, the Italian Antitrust) has launched an investigation into the Nutri-Score food labelling system, claiming the alphabetically and colour-coded nutritional value label is misleading and will have an adverse effect on the sales, exports and consumption of national produce.
Italy has been particularly vociferous with regards to Nutri-Score, stating that labelling products healthy or unhealthy based on their content of fat, sugar and salt is limiting and incorrect.
Products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS), are grouped together as unhealthy, although some may have good nutritional value whilst others may have none. Olive oil for instance would be labelled fairly unhealthy, and given a C score, as it’s a fat, but the scoring system wouldn’t take into accounts its health benefits.
Italy claims that 85% of its traditional national produce, such as cured meats like Parma ham, cheeses like parmesan and gorgonzola, and the aforementioned olive oil, would score badly under the system, although the produce is natural and not unhealthy just because of its HFSS content.
The Italian body Coldiretti (Confederation of Small Farmers) has underlined that Nutri-Score only focuses on very few ingredients, namely fat, sugar and salt, and calories, without taking into accountother ingredients that make up the product; portion size, and a person’s overall diet, which may very well include a variety of healthy foods, such as vegetables, and their lifestyle. The Confederation also points out that the Mediterranean diet, seen as one of the healthiest food regimes, includes olive oil and cheese, foods that under the Nutri-Score system are deemed of low nutritional value.
Last November Julien Denormandie, France’s Minister of Agriculture and Food, called for a review of Nutri-Score, paradoxically a system created in France in 2017, after complaints from French dairy producers who saw their products, such as brie, camembert and roquefort, labelled as unhealthy. Speaking to Le Figaro, Denormandie said the system is “not necessarily in accordance with dietary habits”.
Italy’s Minister of Agriculture Stefano Patuanelli’s stance is also decisively anti Nutri-Score. During the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in November, Patuanelli stated: “We have some bilateral plans, in particular with the French minister Julien Denormandie in view of the rotating presidency of the first half of 2022. One of the topics we will address will be the Nutriscore system, because we have to clarify that our position cannot be mediated. (Ours is) a strong opposition to putting a colour on food.
“Thinking of giving a value to food with a standard portion of 100 grams”, continued the minister,” is absurd, because I do not consume 100millilitres of olive oil with the same frequency with which I drink 100 millilitres of Coca-Cola. It is evident that this is the case: it makes no sense to put a label on food”.
Minister Patuanelli also added that consumers need a better system to make informed choices: “Nutri Score does not give correct information to the consumer and therefore it is the wrong tool, whilst the Nutrinform Battery (a labelling system shaped like a battery that gives the percentage of calories, fats, sugar and salt on food packaging) is a more complex tool and we can improve it. There is a way to improve it and make it easier to read, but the consumer needs to be informed, not influenced.”
Spain has also taken a stance against the Nutri-Score system, although mainly on the labelling of olive oil. However, according to Politico, in December Stefano Patuanelli stated in parliament that the Spanish Government had communicated to him that the country had changed its position and was now widely against the French nutritional labelling score. Italy believes that more European countries will oppose Nutri-Score in favour of a better and more realistic system that won’t penalise sales and exports of produce to foreign markets.
Although the European Union states that countries cannot impose their own food labelling systems to other countries, France, Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg, Germany, and the Netherlands have adopted the French Nutri-Score.
The AGCM has now launched an investigation on the use of Nutri Score labelling into five companies: the Italian GS Spa, Carrefour Italia Spa, Pescanova Italia Srl and Valsoia SpA, French companies Diet Lab Sas andRegime Dukan Sas, English company Weetabix Ltd. and a German company that produces sweets. An investigation into French Yuka, an app that evaluates the nutritional value of foods based on Nutri-Score and offers healthier alternatives, has also been launched.


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Equities research analysts forecast that Herman Miller, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLHR) will announce sales of $621.80 million for the current quarter, Zacks Investment Research reports. Two analysts have issued estimates for Herman Miller’s earnings. The lowest sales estimate is $619.60 million and the highest is $624.00 million. Herman Miller posted sales of $580.30 million during the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year over year growth rate of 7.2%. The firm is expected to announce its next quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 19th.
On average, analysts expect that Herman Miller will report full-year sales of $2.52 billion for the current financial year, with estimates ranging from $2.52 billion to $2.53 billion. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the business will post sales of $2.62 billion per share, with estimates ranging from $2.62 billion to $2.63 billion. Zacks Investment Research’s sales averages are a mean average based on a survey of research analysts that follow Herman Miller.
Herman Miller (NASDAQ:MLHR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 2nd. The business services provider reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.08. Herman Miller had a return on equity of 21.71% and a net margin of 5.38%. The business had revenue of $618.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $601.10 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.64 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year.
A number of research firms have issued reports on MLHR. ValuEngine cut Herman Miller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, August 3rd. BidaskClub cut Herman Miller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 26th.
Herman Miller traded up $0.10, reaching $37.95, on Friday, Marketbeat reports. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 154,487 shares, compared to its average volume of 379,124. Herman Miller has a 1-year low of $29.95 and a 1-year high of $41.85. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The stock has a market cap of $2.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.50 and a beta of 1.46.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Saturday, September 1st will be paid a $0.198 dividend. This represents a $0.79 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.09%. This is a boost from Herman Miller’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 30th. Herman Miller’s payout ratio is presently 31.30%.
In other Herman Miller news, VP Kevin J. Veltman sold 2,211 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $37.67, for a total value of $83,288.37. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Brian C. Walker sold 30,362 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.77, for a total value of $1,177,134.74. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 34,406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,333,920.62. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 268,807 shares of company stock valued at $10,258,904. Insiders own 1.91% of the company’s stock.
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of Herman Miller in the first quarter valued at about $121,000. First Quadrant L P CA lifted its holdings in shares of Herman Miller by 1,965.7% in the second quarter. First Quadrant L P CA now owns 3,677 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $125,000 after purchasing an additional 3,499 shares in the last quarter. BerganKDV Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Herman Miller in the second quarter valued at about $181,000. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. bought a new stake in shares of Herman Miller in the second quarter valued at about $217,000. Finally, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp bought a new stake in shares of Herman Miller in the second quarter valued at about $264,000. 81.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Herman Miller Company Profile
Herman Miller, Inc engages in the research, design, manufacture, and distribution of office furniture systems, seating products, other freestanding furniture elements, textiles, home furnishings, and related services in the United States and internationally. The company provides modular systems under the Canvas Office Landscape, Locale, Public Office Landscape, Layout Studio, Action Office, Ethospace, Arras, and Resolve names; seating products under the Embody, Aeron, Mirra2, Setu, Say, Verus, Celle, Equa, Taper, and Ergon names; and storage products under the Meridian and Tu names.
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Dutch companies on their journey of implementing circular business models
Interview with Lukas Hoex, Manager Circular Economy at DSM
The third report of the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition (DSGC) "Sustainable Innovation" describes their vision for the future: "The Netherlands as a sustainability and innovation valley, a breeding ground for sceince and innovation."
Many companies are working hard to contribute to the circular economy accross various value chains and so is DSM.
Click here to read an interview with Lukas Hoex, Manager Circular Economy at DSM (published by EY Magazine)
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We’ve all heard the reports that by 2080 Arabica coffee beans could be extinct. Not only that but factors like drought, coffee rust, and fungal disease are driving up the costs of those precious beans in Brazil. For us coffee lovers, the days may seem limited. But, with new research in California, there is hope that someday farmers can get beans harvested in countries not known for usually growing.
Jay Ruskey is the first farmer to grow coffee commercially in the continental US as part of Good Land Organics in Santa Barbara, California. Ruskey’s operation happens to be close to the ocean and that provides enough moisture to grow a handful of coffee varieties. Ruskey has also been in investigations with avocado farmers on the possibility of growing the two crops together have they use the same fertilizer, same amount of water and both hail from Central America.
Even further up north, a new coffee research hub at UC Davis’ has professors like Juana Medrana studying the genetics of Panamanian beans to understand how the beans are harvested at different temperatures and altitudes with different tastes and aromas. Grist reports that Medrana plans to study Ruskey’s coffee bean varieties from Good Land Organics in the lab sometime in the near future.
Could California be the saving grace of the coffee trade? It’s full of smaller operations now, and even if Ruskey’s efforts provide few good results, these studies and trials can offer better insight into studying disease resistance in coffee beans. Sammy Venegas leads the crew of workers who harvest the beans at Good Land Organics and says he only picks the reddest beans. “The redder the bean, the better the flavor,” Venegas explains in Spanish. “It’s perfect to drink.” Venegas comes from a family line of people who plant and harvest coffee in Oaxaca.
With all of these efforts to harvest and learn more about coffee beans in California, it might not be too long before American coffee lovers can exclusively purchase domestic roasts.


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Fast moving consumer goods major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has added Rs 97.4 crore to its capital expenditure for personal products, foods and ice creams in FY08.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
• HUL has added Rs 94.7 crore capital expenditure for personal products and foods
• The increase highlights the company’s focus on these categories as growth drivers
• Personal products contribute 50 per cent of revenue in developing markets like India
Analysts say that this increase reflects HUL’s consolidation in these categories as the possible growth drivers for the company.
The personal products category remains a priority for Unilever, HUL’s parent, globally. The company’s Chief Executive Officer Patrick Cescau, on a recent trip to India, said, “Personal products contribute 50 per cent to our revenues in developing and emerging markets such as India. It is a priority for us here and so is the food category.”
Anand Shah, research analyst with Angel Broking, said, “Personal products is currently the most profitable business for the company. It suffered supply chain disruptions in the third quarter, but its investments in the category would help deliver better growth numbers on account of higher margins and a lower base. However, the food segment is more challenging due to the lack of bigger brands. The company is increasing investments in foods business because limited number of brands and need stronger brands to grow its business here. This may involve adding more products from Unilever’s global portfolio such as the recent addition of Kissan Amaze.”
The company’s ice cream business is very small (revenues at Rs 160.64 crore) as compared to soaps and detergents (Rs 6,374.5 crore) and personal products (Rs 3,671.8 crore). Yet the company is trying to upgrade its ice cream offerings and investing in building capacities and distribution to push sales, according to Shah.
HUL says that the personal product category including hair care, skin care, deodorants and colour cosmetics offers high potential since per capita consumption in these categories is very low (less than $1).
In foods, the company has re-launched Knorr soups and revamped its supply chain. However, its atta brand Annapurna has lost market share.
Revenues from soaps and detergents, which account for 47 per cent of its total revenues of Rs 13,913.4 crore, grew by 13.9 per cent this year. Its Surf brand recorded a turnover of over Rs 1,000 crore for the first time.
However, said Shah, growth in soaps and detergents is limited in terms of volume. Personal products, in which the company is already a market leader with strong brands and distribution network, offer greater growth potential.


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Just read this post on Frankom‘s and thought of sharing it with you all 😉
With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance publishes its 19th annual list of the world’s safest banks…. and NBK has made it again to the World’s 50 Safest Banks for 2010!
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Springfield woman sentenced for stealing from Best Buy
Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:44:56 GMT —
A Springfield woman that was part of a group shoplifting incident at Quincy's Best Buy is headed to prison.
Thirty-year-old Silva Harris was sentenced to two years in prison.
She was found guilty of retail theft greater than 300 dollars.
Harris was was one of four women and one man arrested last April after witnesses say they spotted several shop
lifters stealing electronics.
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Spycam: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart
When Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X mules started popping up a few weeks back, our own Todd Lassa reported that the Japanese automaker had another turbocharged Lancer up its sleeve as an answer to the Subaru WRX. In fact, we posted spy photos last October that suggested a new turbo Lancer was in development.
Now, thanks to recent spy shots, it appears the new vehicle -- in the form of a new Lancer Ralliart model -- is nearing production. According to our previous report, the engine will need to be in the neighborhood of 230 horsepower to compete with the Subie WRX, somewhere between the current Lancer GTS's 152-horsepower, 2.0-liter and the 286 horsepower of the outgoing EVO IX's 2.0-liter turbo. A milder turbo version of Mitsubishi's 2.4-liter four, which makes 162 horsepower in naturally aspirated trim, seems the most likely candidate.
The mule caught here clearly has an intercooler visible behind the grille and front clip, which has been taped up and is likely hiding an update or two. Out back, the car sports dual tailpipes, but is sans the giant wing and huge fender flares of the Evo X. A set of 18-inch rims off of the already on sale Lancer GTS offer further proof that this could be a Ralliart mule.
Another question is drivetrain. The EVO and the WRX STI have all-wheel-drive, but Subaru's entire line, down to the basest of Imprezas, has all-wheel drive. The Lancer line has traditionally been front-drive up until now. AWD would seem natural for the new Lancer Ralliart, but Mitsubishi has to keep the price down to the lower $20s to compete with the WRX.
Mitsubishi will answer all these questions when it unveils the car, probably next January at Detroit's auto show. That'll leave one more question: Will Subie loyalists flock to the more handsome Lancer?
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The so-called “Meme Stock” revolution is upon us. Retail investors and social media trading “gangs” are ganging up on institutional hedge fund shorts and bears with massive implications for the publicly traded stock market.
We have seen it take undeniable shape in stocks like GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC) over recent weeks and months. We have also seen inklings of the same phenomenon in the cannabis space. One might also point out the popularity of a number of stocks in this space on the r/WallStreetBets Reddit platform, which has been something like Ground Zero for the meme stock dynamic.
We would also note that the notion of “underdog growth theme” is a sort of spiritual touchstone idea that seems to undergird this phenomenon. And the cannabis space might be said to resonate with this idea in powerful ways. The overall space is growing gangbusters and has been for years. Experts continue to place it at or near the top of the industry growth rankings.
Grand View Research recently came out with a new analytic take, noting that the global legal marijuana market size was valued at $9.1 billion in 2020 and is now expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.7% from 2021 to 2028, suggesting that the space could be worth over $60 billion by that time.
This has strong implications for stocks in the space, including Aurora Cannabis Inc (NYSE:ACB), Canopy Growth Corp (NASDAQ:CGC), Tilray Inc (NASDAQ:TLRY), GrowGeneration (NASDAQ:GRWG), Sugarmade Inc (OTCMKTS:SGMD), and Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL).
Published: June 10, 2021
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Spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific rose this week, driven by a spike in blank sailings that restricted vessel capacity and what is expected to be a temporary surge in US imports from Asia.
The West Coast spot rate was up 12.8 percent from a week ago to $1,724 per FEU. The East Coast spot rate gained 5.2 percent to $2,773 per FEU, according to the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) published under the JOC Shipping & Logistics Pricing Hub.
The combination of rising volumes and capacity reductions on vessels leaving Asia contributed to the rising spot rates this week, Jon Monroe, a consultant to non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOs), told JOC.com on Friday.
“Space is certainly tight, but volumes are strong,” he said, noting that cargo demand during the COVID-19 pandemic has varied widely by product category. Products such as furniture and luggage have been hit hard by stay-at-home mandates in a number of states, but a variety of imports that are sold online or are used in everyday life are still moving, he said.
Christian Sur, executive vice president of sales and marketing at the global forwarder Unique Logistics International, said the temporary spike in volume is typical for this time of year as annual service contracts in the eastbound trans-Pacific expire. However, he expects imports will drop soon, given the destructive impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on consumer demand in the US.
“There’s always some kind of rush before May 1,” Sur told JOC.com Friday. He said demand for essential goods will likely remain strong in the short-term, but demand for non-essential products will not return anytime soon.
May 1 is not a hard deadline for annual service contracts because carriers are normally flexible about granting two- or three-week extensions to beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) and NVOs in order to wrap up the final details in contracts. BCOs and NVOs say they have once again received contract extensions this year when they requested extensions.
Nevertheless, some BCOs attempt to ship as much as they can before May 1 because they do not know how carriers will address the ocean rate in the next contract. Depending on market conditions, the carrier may agree to extend the existing contract at the current rate. Conversely, the carrier may agree to extend the contract only if the customer pays a higher rate.
But while the start of May 1 may have triggered some cargo uptick, the supply chains of cargo owners are increasingly tuned to advance planning, and it’s generally difficult to plan manufacturing orders to meet shipping schedules far in advance.
Carriers slash capacity as imports slide
Conditions in the trans-Pacific this year due to COVID-19 resulted in a 21.5 percent decline in US imports from China in the first quarter, according to PIERS, a JOC.com sister company within IHS Markit.
Carriers have responded to the large drop in US imports from Asia through blank sailings, cutting capacity about 25 percent to the West Coast and 20 percent to the East Coast in weeks 17-19 (April 19-May 9), according to Sea-Intelligence Maritime Consulting.
US gross domestic product shrank 4.8 percent in the first quarter, according to data released by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis Thursday, while some economists are projecting a double-digit decline in Q2, indicating import volumes overall in May and June will most likely decline, Sur said.
“Overall, I expect [volume] to fall off in May and June. The second quarter will be the worst ever,” he said.


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In line with President ‘s administration drive to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty,, NITDA Nigeria under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of communication and digital economy Nigeria kick starts job and wealth creation programme by adopting 130 farmers on National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA).
NAVSA Platform is aimed at digitalizing agriculture to drive Digital Economy, as part of the President ’s agenda to leverage technology and innovation to revolutionize the agriculture value chain.
The target is to adopt farmers in 774 LGAs across the country, open the platform to all agriculture ecosystem players with access to information, facilitate and improve productivity, reduce the cost of production, and facilitate access to local and international markets.
It will also enhance the profits of farmers and the value chain players, support agriculture with technology, help them to build sustainable business models and digital business opportunities that will create not less than 6 million well-paying jobs in the next 10 years.
How to apply:
Interested Nigerians should visit: https://navsa.ng to apply.


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In a pecking order that would confound many, HDFC Bank, India’s second largest private sector lender, has emerged as India’s top brand with a value of $9.4 billion, more than a tenth of the combined worth of the 50 top Indian brands of $70 billion. In a ranking in which only one Tata brand found its way into the top 50, and that too somewhere near the bottom of the heap — Tata Motors came in at 31 — marketing and brand consultancy Millward Brown and WPP Group, the world’s largest communications services group led by veteran advertising professional Martin Sorrell, has compiled the first ever BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands.
Other curious misses are Titan, Vodafone and LIC, all brands that have great reach and touch everyday lives. Given the voraciousness with which Indians are devouring mobile phones — three mobile service provider brands are in Brandz’s top ten — it is surprising handset manufacturers like Samsung don’t figure. And despite the rise of the internet, none of the big global brands like Google, Facebook or Twitter feature.
Brand experts are puzzled as to how the Anil Ambani-led mobile telephony firm Reliance Communications, which slipped to being India’s fourth largest telco by subscriber base in September 2013, made it to the tenth spot ahead of the likes of beer brand Kingfisher — was this hit by the eponymous airline going bankrupt? — and automobile maker Maruti Suzuki. Santosh Desai, managing director and chief executive of Future Brands, a brand management and marketing consultancy firm, said that while it may not be accurate to compare brands across categories, RCom being ranked 10th was surprising.
More so given Sorrell’s statement that there is a “direct correlation between strong brands and strong investment behind them”. In an interaction on Tuesday, Sorrell added that brands had faced some challenges in the last two years. “With the new government in place, action will be taken to strengthen these brands in and outside India,” he said. According to GroupM data, brands spent around R2,520 crore towards digital media advertising in 2013, up 30% from the year earlier. It estimates this expenditure will grow 35% year-on-year to reach R3,402 crore in 2014.
Services brands from industries like banking, telecom and insurance comprised seven of the top 10 spots on the list. Going by the rankings, financial services firms seem to have invested significantly towards creating a brand recall in the minds of customers, with 12 banks and insurers accounting for 30% of the total value of $70 billion ascribed to these 50 brands — given the financial services sector’s fall from grace in the developed world, this should be reassuring.
The top 50 brands come from 13 different categories. Seventeen are MNCs, 26 are private Indian brands and seven state-owned ones. This indicates India is an open, fertile market for building valuable brands, irrespective of age, origin, structure, category, ownership or even price range, according to the report.
“Any global manufacturer that makes the effort to understand the diversity of the Indian consumer’s needs, tastes and aspirations, and which can build a proposition that is both meaningful and appropriately differentiated, will succeed in building a strong brand,” said Prasun Basu, Millward Brown’s managing director for South Asia.
Experts believe the digital and social media revolution in India, in terms of the way people consume information, makes it a necessity for brands to invest in a social and digital media strategy. CVL Srinivas, chief executive in charge of South Asia at GroupM, WPP’s media planning and buying arm, observed that advertisers were witnessing the impact of the purchasing power of internet users in India with the exponential growth shown by e-commerce companies.
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Kentucky will commemorate its eighth national championship with new, specially made uniforms for Friday night’s season opener at the Barclays Center Classic.
Designed by Nike, the all-white, HyperElite 2.0 uniforms feature eight stars on the back neck to represent UK’s eight national titles. The belt-buckle patch includes the number 12 for the 2012 national championships, filling in the “Pattern Excellence” box that was left open for years.
The uniforms are the lightest Nike has ever produced and are designed to maximize movement.
Kentucky’s players did not not know they were going to be wearing the new uniforms until arriving at the Barclays Center locker room Friday night. The uniforms are only for the Barclays Center Classic game against Maryland, which is also wearing new uniforms.


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HTCDev releases new APIs for Android developers
HTCDev has announced, via their blog, that they have released a handful of APIs for Android developers. Timed with the company’s Mobile World Congress announcements of the HTC One and the Developer Preview, these new tools give devs access to some of HTC’s standout features.
The new APIs include:
- Beats Audio API
- Lockscreen API
- Mobile Device Management API
- And soon a HTC MediaLink HD API
Should you developers want to enhance your media player or app with Beats Audio technology or tie it into the lockscreen with quick access then this is where you will start. Additionally, the APIs also help developers to take advantage of dual screen capabilities using Wireless HDMI out to a television.
According to HTCDev, the OpenSense SDK will be updated in the next few weeks so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for that as well.
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A well known agronomist who recently visited Nature Seychelles’s Heritage Garden at Roche Caiman told me that this demonstration Garden, jam packed with fruit trees, crops, grains and vegetables, was a landscape that needed to be replicated across homes, in back yards, on reclaimed land and around buildings to produce food to feed Seychelles in these difficult times. That remark got me thinking because I had just read an article from the City University of London that made similar observations about Britain.
The City University says Britain will have to rely on a return to past methods of food production. The country needs to re-learn the gardening skills it lost a century ago and to change its diet to one that includes less meat, fewer dairy products and more fruit and vegetables. Britain produces less than 10 per cent of the fruit it eats and experts say that the country has to consider planting on a massive scale as well as encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetable.
The skyrocketing rise in food prices has made most countries re-think their food strategy. With the multiple shocks of high oil prices and domino effect down the food production chain, increase in biofuel production, the credit crunch, higher demand for food in India and China, and the carbon footprint involved in transportation of food, a total revolution in every nation’s agriculture is needed to save them from serious food shortages
The City University says it is no longer acceptable that 40 per cent of the grain produced in Britain is used to feed livestock that provide meat and dairy products. Growing grain which is then fed to animals is an inefficient way to produce protein. Livestock should be confined to hillsides where they can graze and not use up grain that has required oil-based fertilizers for its growth. Prime land should be protected from development and used to feed people directly.
If countries like Britain are already discussing such enormous changes to food production, what of Seychelles? The loss of arable land over the years, the rise in oil prices, and now the impacts of our economic restructuring program all lead to one inescapable conclusion. In the short term, many of our people may not be able to nourish themselves or their families properly.
We need a radical re-thinking of food security and the rapid implementation of activities that include home and community gardens that generate local food for local people. I suggest that, among other things, we need edible landscapes that look like the Heritage Gardens at Roche Caiman across all the urban areas of Seychelles


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Date Released: 09 September 2015
Mandate and SIPTU trade unions have today (Wednesday, 9th September) agreed to negotiations with the owner of Boyers department store on Talbot Street, Dublin, on the orderly wind down of the company.
Mandate Official, Jonathan Hogan, said: “The closure of the store is devastating news for the workforce. However, we welcome the commitment from the employer to sit down with the workers’ unions to negotiate not only adequate redundancy terms but also, where possible, the redeployment of staff.
“We intend to commence these negotiations as soon as possible with the aim of securing terms agreeable for both directly employed staff and those union members working for concession holders prior to the agreed closure date of the business on 31st January, 2016.”
SIPTU Services Division Organiser, Ethel Buckley, said: “The decision to close the company is a massive blow to its loyal workforce and the retail sector in the north inner city of Dublin which is still reeling from the sudden closure of Clerys in June."
She added: “However, the acceptance by the owner of the business, Noel Smyth, that the Boyers direct employees, workers for concession holders and contractors must be treated with respect is in stark contrast to the treatment of the Clerys workers. The coming weeks of negotiations will be difficult but we intend to ensure that an adequate agreement which suitably rewards the years of service of the Boyers workforce is agreed.
"Unions are always willing to work with employers in good faith even in unfortunate circumstances such as this. Employers should also be aware that when they fail to treat our members in a proper manner we will also relentlessly campaign until they are forced to do so.”
Approximately 100 workers, both directly employed and those working for concession holders are affected by the closure of Boyers.


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Montgomery County Fire Rescue Services (MCFRS) were alerted to an outside fire on the 51000 block of Fairglen Lane in Bethesda Chevy Chase on the evening of April 18.
When responders arrived at the scene, they found a small fire outside a single-family home. MCFRS was able to extinguish the fire swiftly with no injuries sustained.
Responders noted the fire involved an electrical box attached to the house. The SUPCO surge protector installed had failed.
SUPCO issued a recall of the surge protectors in 2019 after the faulty models resulted in five house fires in Cary, NC. The recalled models are identified as Type 2’s, SUPCO Model SCM150 and Sycom Model SYC‑120/240-T2.
The devices, manufactured by Sycom Surge, Inc., were sold between 2010 and 2014. They had a three-year warranty, which has since expired.
UL, a global safety consulting and certification company, deemed the surge protectors to be a fire hazard in 2016.
The no-cost exchange offer by SUPCO has expired, but homeowners should still check and replace surge protectors of this variety.
Update – Fairglen Lane, exterior electrical fire, @MontgomeryCoMD @mcfrs responded, fire involved electrical box attached to house, NOTE: surge protectors have a recall (for fires) https://t.co/ih7SoLHefV pic.twitter.com/OXBsZnPQ5z
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With the launch of Splatoon 3, Nintendo upgraded the Android and iOS companion app for Nintendo Switch Online, introducing some fantastic new features.
It would be amazing to see a Splatoon mobile adaptation, given the game’s competitive online FPS elements and gameplay.
Even while Splatoon 3 is not yet available for mobile gaming devices, Nintendo has still made some of its other IP public for smartphones, albeit with toned-down gameplay. Fire Emblem Heroes, one of its most well-known mobile games, also happens to be the company’s top income producer for the first quarter of 2022. Even though the game only saw 121,000 new downloads during that time, the firm nevertheless made more than $29 million from user spending worldwide.
With the Switch Online app downloaded on their smartphones, users may now add Splatoon 3 widgets to their home screens. Users will now be able to pin combat logs, stage schedules, current gear, and a photo album thanks to the new features, although you’ll obviously need to have the software updated to version 2.3.0 and be signed in to your Nintendo Network ID.
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At the CES technology trade show, artificial intelligence is taking center stage as industry leaders in chip manufacturing compete to release the most potent AI chips on the planet.
Prior to the formal start of CES on Monday, U.S. corporation Nvidia, which has been the market leader in AI chips since last year, presented three new graphics processing units (GPUs) in a virtual event.
The RTX 4060 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super are three new GPUs from Nvidia that the company says will power “AI-ready laptops.” At the event, a number of PC manufacturers, including Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung, presented new models that came with the newest chips from Nvidia.
“Looking forward, AI experiences will be delivered with a hybrid of cloud and PC computation,” said Nvidia Senior Vice President Jeff Fisher.
Since ChatGPT’s release, there has been a significant increase in the demand for the company’s high-end AI chips as more businesses begin to train and use generative AI, which depends on data centers and cloud services to run massive language models.
The U.S. government has barred the shipment of Nvidia’s top-tier AI processors, the A100 and H100, as well as their Chinese equivalents, the A800 and H800, to China unless a license is obtained. In October, Washington’s latest export restrictions on semiconductors also affected the GPU known as RTX 4090, which is primarily used in gaming systems.
Yet, the company stated that there will be no export limitations from the US on the three new GPUs that were unveiled at CES. The new chips will be ready for purchase in late January, according to Nvidia’s China website.
Because their server versions operate massive language models in data centers, Nvidia has been the early leader in AI chips. Still, rival chip manufacturers are attempting to overtake. One approach is to prioritize local computing over cloud services.
Companion US firms Intel and AMD are placing bets on the idea of the AI PC—personal computers equipped with AI chips that can run AI models locally without relying on the cloud—despite not having fully capitalized on the AI boom.
At CES, both manufacturers unveiled a range of new chips designed specifically for AI personal computers.
In contrast to ordinary PC chips, AI PC chips feature a specialized neural processing unit (NPU) that can handle activities related to AI without requiring cloud services.
Manufacturers claim that compared to standard PCs, AI personal computers will offer more data privacy, longer battery life, and more AI applications because of the extra NPU.
However, until more AI native applications are developed, customers may take some time to adopt AI personal computers, according to Intel and AMD executives who spoke with Nikkei Asia at the Las Vegas event. As a result, the first few generations of these machines won’t differ significantly from traditional PCs.
Even still, AMD and Intel continue to promote their products at CES, with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger seeming to downplay the opposition.
“We are the driving force. … We love it when people copy us,” Gelsinger said during a CES keynote speech on Tuesday.
Don Woligroski, senior product marketing manager for client consumers at AMD, refuted this, pointing out that AMD had been supplying AI PC chips for a considerable amount of time prior to Intel.
But Woligroski emphasized that these kinds of arguments are not the main topic. At a Tuesday media event, he told Nikkei, “Now it’s not a race between chipmakers, it’s a collective effort to make the industry transition into AI PCs.”
On Tuesday, Intel also unveiled an AI processor designed for automobiles. The chip will be implemented by Zeeker, an electric vehicle brand owned by Geely, the largest automobile company in China, as the lead automaker.
Biden, Kishida Secure Support from Amazon and Nvidia for $50 Million Joint AI Research Program
As the two countries seek to enhance cooperation around the rapidly advancing technology, President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have enlisted Amazon.com Inc. and Nvidia Corp. to fund a new joint artificial intelligence research program.
A senior US official briefed reporters prior to Wednesday’s official visit at the White House, stating that the $50 million project will be a collaborative effort between Tsukuba University outside of Tokyo and the University of Washington in Seattle. A separate collaborative AI research program between Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Tokyo’s Keio University is also being planned by the two nations.
The push for greater research into artificial intelligence comes as the Biden administration is weighing a series of new regulations designed to minimize the risks of AI technology, which has developed as a key focus for tech companies. The White House announced late last month that federal agencies have until the end of the year to determine how they will assess, test, and monitor the impact of government use of AI technology.
In addition to the university-led projects, Microsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday that it would invest $2.9 billion to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Japan. Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, met with Kishida on Tuesday. The company released a statement announcing its intention to establish a new AI and robotics lab in Japan.
Kishida, the second-largest economy in Asia, urged American business executives to invest more in Japan’s developing technologies on Tuesday.
“Your investments will enable Japan’s economic growth — which will also be capital for more investments from Japan to the US,” Kishida said at a roundtable with business leaders in Washington.
OnePlus and OPPO Collaborate with Google to Introduce Gemini Models for Enhanced Smartphone AI
As anticipated, original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, are heavily integrating AI into their products. Google is working with OnePlus, OPPO, and other companies to integrate Gemini models into their smartphones. They intend to introduce the Gemini models on smartphones later this year, becoming the first OEMs to do so. Gemini models will go on sale later in 2024, as announced at the Google Cloud Next 24 event. Gemini models are designed to provide users with an enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) experience on their gadgets.
Customers in China can now create AI content on-the-go with devices like the OnePlus 12 and OPPO Find X7 thanks to OnePlus and OPPO’s Generative AI models.
The AI Eraser tool was recently made available to all OnePlus customers worldwide. This AI-powered tool lets users remove unwanted objects from their photos. For OnePlus and OPPO, AI Eraser is only the beginning.
In the future, the businesses hope to add more AI-powered features like creating original social media content and summarizing news stories and audio.
AndesGPT LLM from OnePlus and OPPO powers AI Eraser. Even though the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Google Pixel 8 series already have this feature, it is still encouraging to see OnePlus and OPPO taking the initiative to include AI capabilities in their products.
OnePlus and OPPO devices will be able to provide customers with a more comprehensive and sophisticated AI experience with the release of the Gemini models. It is important to remember that OnePlus and OPPO already power the Trinity Engine, which makes using phones incredibly smooth, and use AI and computational mathematics to enhance mobile photography.
By 2024, more original equipment manufacturers should have AI capabilities on their products. This is probably going to help Google because OEMs will use Gemini as the foundation upon which to build their features.
Meta Explores AI-Enabled Search Bar on Instagram
In an attempt to expand the user base for its generative AI-powered products, Meta is moving forward. The business is experimenting with inserting Meta AI into the Instagram search bar for both chat with AI and content discovery, in addition to testing the chatbot Meta AI with users in nations like India on WhatsApp.
When you type a query into the search bar, Meta AI initiates a direct message (DM) exchange in which you can ask questions or respond to pre-programmed prompts. Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, pointed out that the prompt screen’s design is similar to the startup’s search screen.
Plus, it might make it easier for you to find fresh Instagram content. As demonstrated in a user-posted video on Threads, you can search for Reels related to a particular topic by tapping on a prompt such as “Beautiful Maui sunset Reels.”
Additionally, TechCrunch spoke with a few users who had the ability to instruct Meta AI to look for recommendations for Reels.
By using generative AI to surface new content from networks like Instagram, Meta hopes to go beyond text generation.
With TechCrunch, Meta verified the results of its Instagram AI experiment. But the company didn’t say whether or not it uses generative AI technology for search.
A Meta representative told TechCrunch, “We’re testing a range of our generative AI-powered experiences publicly in a limited capacity. They are under development in varying phases.”
There are a ton of posts available discussing Instagram search quality. It is therefore not surprising that Meta would want to enhance search through the use of generative AI.
Furthermore, Instagram should be easier to find than TikTok, according to Meta. In order to display results from Reddit and TikTok, Google unveiled a new perspectives feature last year. Instagram is developing a feature called “Visibility off Instagram” that could allow posts to appear in search engine results, according to reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who made this discovery earlier this week on X.
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Right now at Amazon, the Acer Predator XB271HU gaming monitor is just $459.99 — a big $140 price cut.
The Linux Foundation’s Technical Advisory Board has a list of demands for the banned University of Minnesota researchers.
Biwin is bringing Acer and Acer Predator-branded SSD storage and RAM modules to the PC building market.
Arm revealed more details of its impressive Neoverse V1 and N2 platforms, along with a new coherent mesh that enables scalable processor designs.
Updating from previous versions of Ubuntu to 21.04 has been temporarily paused due to a bug which may see older machines fail to boot.
CircuitPython is not just for microcontrollers, it can also be used to control the GPIO of a Raspberry Pi.
Intel is teaming up with Microsoft to use CPU-based mining detection in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Hong Kong-based HKEPC distributes unofficial ASRock X370 firmware with support for Ryzen 5000 processors.
Apple said it plans to invest $430 billion in the U.S. over the next five years to create an estimated 20,000 new jobs.
Stop disrupting your Raspberry Pi projects with unexpected power drops using this UPS project from Sourav Gupta at Circuit Digest.
REvil, a hacking collective that had attempted to extort Apple and supplier Quantas, reportedly suddenly stopped in its tracks.


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After several leaks having given away a number of details about the Pixel 8 range, Google has now officially revealed how the devices will look.
The company is all set to unveil the two new handsets on October 4 and it looks like the Pixel Watch 2 and the Pixel Buds Pro 2 will also be showcased at this event. All this comes courtesy of a teaser video posted by Google on X.
The video reveals the rear camera setup of the Pixel 8 Pro and confirms that it will come with a triple camera setup. While it doesn’t show the base Pixel 8, it’s definitely scheduled to launch on the same date.
The video even teases that a new Pixel Watch will be unveiled on October 4. That’s not surprising since its predecessor is now a year old and needs an upgrade.
Going by this teaser, the new device will retain all the design elements of the first-gen device, including its circular form factor.
The Piel Buds Pro, which were launched in May last year are also up for an upgrade and the video seems to confirm the arrival of their successors. Again, the new Buds Pro earbuds seem to have retained the design of the previous-gen models.
A number of specs of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have leaked online. Both are apparently supposed to feature 120Hz displays and sport 50MP main cameras. And while the based model is expected to grab a 12MP ultra-wide snapper, the Pro version might get a 64MP unit.
And of course, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will be powered by the next-gen Tensor G3 chip. We’ll bring you everything about these handsets ahead of their October 4 launch.


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Mediterranean Diet Is Good For Heart Health
To preserve your cardiovascular system, it is important to have a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables and Omega3 fatty acids. Spanish research finds that Mediterranean diet is good for heart health and metabolic syndrome.
The Mediterranean diet, and a serving of nuts every day, control the metabolic syndrome - including weight problems, high cholesterol or hypertension - among seniors with a high risk of heart disease. This is what shows a Spanish study, published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
The metabolic syndrome represents a group of health problems that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension and high glucose levels - all risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Previous studies have suggested that the Mediterranean diet - which includes many of cereals, vegetables, fruits and olive oil, moderate consumption of fish and alcohol, and few dairy products, meat and sweets - reduces the risk of metabolic syndrome.
The study involved 1224 people aged between 55 and 80 years at high risk of cardiovascular disease. They were divided into three groups: one group received advice on a diet low in fat, and the other two were taught quarterly on the Mediterranean diet. The second group received a liter of olive oil per week, and the third group received 30 grams of walnuts per day.
In the beginning of the study about 61.1% of people were affected by the metabolic syndrome. A year later, the prevalence of the syndrome was reduced by 13.7 percent in the third group, 6.7% in the second, and 2% in the control group.
Nobody has changed their weight, but the number of people that had large size, or high triglycerides, or hypertension, decreased in the third group (those who have learned to follow a Mediterranean diet associated with nuts), compared to the control group. According to researchers, these results suggest that the Mediterranean diet enriched with nuts, improves certain aspects of the metabolic syndrome, including damage to cells caused by oxygen, insulin resistance and inflammation.
"Traditionally, it is advised to use diets that are low in fats and high in carbohydrates, but they are not very tasty. The results of this study show that a traditional Mediterranean diet, not limited in energy and enriched with nuts, which is rich in fat, rich in unsaturated fat and tasty, helps controling the metabolic syndrome," concludes Dr. Jordi Salas-Salvado and colleagues at the University of Rovira i Virgili.


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While the emergence of the fashionable rescue and utility club continues to tick most boxes for the club golfer, there’s still a key place in the bag for the fairway metal – for those shots that demand accuracy and distance off the tee and a little more flight penetration in windy conditions.
And following the launch of its new flagship driver, the FX9 CG Tour Ti, Ram Golf is unveiling five lofted woods under £60 each, to compliment its big stick.
Ram says its engineers have improve the clubs’ weight placement with a lightweight carbon-graphite crown to lower the centre of gravity (CG) in the head and promote more stability at impact.
In addition, says Ram ‘a sleek, sculptured sole design minimises turf-resistance, a forged steel face delivers Dynamic Face Impact (DFI) and a ProLite Elite grafalloy shaft enhances workability and control.’
Ram adds that it has also considered the demands and specific swing characteristics of women golfers, with the combination of a compact clubhead and special grafalloy shaft to generate faster swing speeds and more distance.
The FX9 CG Tour fairway metals will be available in 3+, 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-wood (women) options (also right and left-handed) with the choice of regular or stiff grafalloy shafts. Suggested retail price will be £59.99.
For your nearest stockist visit Ram Golf’s newly-installed website or
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BELOVED store cat Tiger is still at large, says store owner Frank Webb.
Mr Webb, who got Tiger 14 years ago, said the phone had been ringing off the hook since Tiger went missing on Monday.
"I had calls on Friday morning from people asking about Tiger," he said. "One woman said she would donate money towards a campaign for the safe return of Tiger. Tiger's disappearance is unusual."
Mr Webb said he hoped the community would rally to find Tiger.
Anyone with information about should call staff on 5443 5960 or go in store at 94 Williamson Street in Bendigo.


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Starbucks, Amazon partner on concept store in NYC
By Matt Collins Article may include affiliate links
Starbucks and Amazon have teamed up to open a hybrid coffee shop and convenience store in New York City.
The store combines the Amazon Go concept of a convenience store that uses cameras and sensors to track what shoppers pick up and charges them accordingly when the walk out of the store.
However, that same technology isn’t implemented for Starbucks barista made beverages, so customers still order from a person and pay at a POS unless they’ve pre-ordered through the chain’s app, which doesn’t directly integrate with Amazon’s.
Starbucks’ pre-packaged line of food items and bottle beverages are available as part of the Amazon Go area and can be purchased and paid through via the “walk out” checkout process, however.
Amazon and Starbucks are planning to open another version of this concept in another New York City locale as well as a yet to be determined city.
In many ways, the format is similar to Starbucks locations placed inside of larger stores such as Target. These locations typically require separate payment and, while they usually accept payment through Starbucks’ app, customers typically can’t redeem rewards, though most purchases still count toward earning rewards.
While individual items such as packaged products and even fresh produce are relatively easy to track via camera like Amazon has already implemented, it would likely be a bit more challenging to use similar technology to track customers’ drinks, which have potentially thousands of combinations that could affect pricing.
It’s perhaps conceivable that baristas’ actions could be tracked as they prepare a drink, but this would likely also require knowing which barista is preparing whose order — and would also have to account for the fact baristas often prepare different orders simultaneously.
All of that may be moot, however, given that Starbucks had, even prior to the pandemic, been slowly transitioning customers to ordering ahead and paying via mobile apps.
Ultimately, the entire strategy could benefit both companies — Amazon benefits from customers in search of coffee being prompted to pick up a few items they need from the Go part of the store and vice versa.
It’s also providing an interesting glimpse at Starbucks’ so called “third place” concept that is widely viewed as making it so successful.
The concept gets its name from the fact Starbucks wanted customers to consider its stores the third place outside of their home and workplace. That’s why it offers up free wifi, comfortable seating and workspaces.
However, the pandemic ultimately put a big wrinkle in the concept since many locations closed or reduced indoor seating. With more people working from home, morning coffee runs on the way to work slipped significantly and stores started seeing upticks in the afternoon, presumably because people were having their morning coffee fix at home but then venturing out for a break later in the day.
While morning traffic has started to pick back for Starbucks, its “third place” model may need to evolve. One example is that, once the pandemic subsides and locations are able to open back up with their full range of seating available, the stores could become a “third place” in the sense of them being a second office as more employers embrace remote and hybrid models.


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A TEENAGE boy is set to be diagnosed with an online gaming addiction in what is believed to be the first case of its kind on the NHS.
The 15-year-old has reportedly been off school for a year while spending hundreds of hours on computer game binges in his north London home.
He spent so much time without sunlight he developed a vitamin D deficiency and had to be given pills.
His condition will now be recognised and treated by the NHS following a three-year campaign by his mother Kendal Parmar, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The news comes just months after the World Health Organisation classified internet gaming as an official mental health disorder.
The mother-of-five said: “Every moment he’s awake, he wants to be on a game. There is no outside world. It has become all-consuming.
“The biggest effect on our family is the isolation from us all. He is estranged within our own house. We have lost him...although we know he is in there.”
She says she has tried everything to break her son's relationship with gaming, even hiding his devices and using numerous parental control devices.
She described internet gaming as a “silent addiction” which is often overlooked because it does not disrupt society in the same way drug or alcohol addiction.
Miss Parmar thinks he is attracted to the sociability of gaming because you can play with lots of other people, as well as the buzz when he achieves in the virtual world.
Game plan: What is Fortnite and why is it so popular?
FORTNITE: Battle Royale is a version of Fortnite, a video game released by Epic Games in July 2017.
The online game is set in an post-apocalyptic world, based around a battle for survival.
Fortnite offers two distinct modes: player versus environment, 'Save the World' and the more recent player versus player game Battle Royale.
The game starts with 100 players leaping out of a plane on to a small island, fighting each other until no one is left.
Fortnite has proved a massive hit with millions of kids.
The game is free and kids can team up with a friend, a group of friends or compete as a duo or squad.
Matches can last up to 20 minutes.
Though it's a multiplayer shooter, no graphic violence is depicted.
But he finds ways of getting around her restrictions or acts aggressively to get what he wants, she told The Telegraph.
It comes as a nine-year-old girl is in rehab after getting so addicted to online video game Fortnite she wet herself rather than leave the screen.
The hooked youngster played all night until dawn after her parents had gone to bed — and hit her dad in the face when he confiscated her Xbox.
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She kept nodding off at school, began skipping gym and ballet classes and running up £50 bills with Microsoft buying extras for the free-to-download survival shooter game. Her parents eventually put her into therapy — two months after buying her the Xbox — to help wean her off the fight-to-death scenarios.
Mum Carol, 36, said: "We had no idea of the addictive impact it could have. She became withdrawn, agitated and disturbed from playing up to ten hours a day wetting herself so she didn't have to leave the screen."
Addictions counsellor Steve Pope has been treating the girl. He said dozens of parents had contacted him in the past two months over their kids being addicted to Fortnite, played by 40million. He said: "I've never seen anything like it."
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Cargospot a 'key' move: Gulf Air.
It is designed to manage the airline's cargo business from booking, pricing and sales to accounting and provides enhanced services for both clients and Gulf Air, a statement said.
"The introduction of Cargospot is a key development at Gulf Air cargo as we aim to aggressively expand our cargo operations as well as deliver a consistently better customer service and improved reliability," said Rory Black, Gulf Air senior manager for cargo.
"The new system is more user-friendly than our previous one. It will enable our customers with easier cargo bookings and planning capabilities thus allowing them to choose the most appropriate flights to fly their cargo directly with us.
"As for Gulf Air, Cargospot enables us to respond quickly to our customer's requirements such as quick cargo turnaround time, faster transfer of cargo via our Bahrain hub, 'track and trace' and an integrated end-to-end management solution. This is particularly important for customers with high-value shipments as well as perishable cargo," he added.
"In addition, because of our size that gives us more agility, and our unique advantage of operating the largest network in the Middle East, we can move shipments more rapidly than any other hub in the Gulf," Black continued.
The official said the new initiative was a great business advantage for customers from Europe, North Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and the Far East who wanted their cargo to reach both primary and secondary markets in the region and beyond.
"Customers will find that Gulf Air offers the most efficient and cost-effective choice with greater access to unique markets as well as capacity delivered with a consistently faster and more efficient service," he concluded.
Innovative technologies deployed
Dr Jassim Haji, Gulf Air director for IT, commented: "This is another accomplishment for Gulf Air as we strive to offer end-to-end business solutions through the deployment of innovative technologies that will support our business units."
"Before implementing Cargospot, we made sure the system met with all our requirements such as user acceptance testing, piloting, data migration and, most importantly, training of cargo handlers around the world. The entire process was completed on schedule."
James Fernandez, Champ Cargosystems vice president for sales and marketing, said: "Our Cargospot portfolio is a key business enabler and our growing customer base ensures constant innovation in a cost-effective manner."
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In a bid to improve its TV sales performance this year, Sony is hoping to both improve sales and cut costs. Currently, it is struggling to make its TV offerings profitable.
In terms of cutting costs, the manufacturer will seek out different sources for LCD panels, but in terms of sales, it may struggle. Currently Samsung and LG dominate the flat screen TV market and ambitious sales targets will have to be met in the face of continuing strong performance from these two electronics heavyweights.
Sony’s sales forecast for the year has been revised from 25m down to 23m with poor Christmas performance the major factor. However, the firm’s chief financial officer, Masaru Kato, said they hoped to exceed that in the year up to March 2012.
These figures compare poorly with Samsung and LG. Samsung predicts sales of 45m in the same period and LG 41m. However, set against that is the fact that the flat screen TV market is expected to grow by around 10 per cent in the coming year.
Pretty much ever TV that is ever released has a range of TV brackets that are suitable for it. Check the VESA spacing and confirm the maximum weight that can be supported by a bracket before committing to a purchase.


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These hearty greens are popular among most all demographic groups. The likelihood of a spinach purchase slipped two percentage points from last year.
Treating meat and produce with selected types of bacteria-killing viruses could significantly reduce concentrations of E. coli pathogens, according to a Purdue University study.
The Food Drug Administration has rebuffed consumer groups, stating that lettuce and spinach may be irradiated to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life.
Norway-based Tomra Sorting Solutions is targeting U.S. lettuce growers and processors with technology featuring laser sorting based on chlorophyll content, plus foreign material detection.
Downy mildew proliferation could bring organic spinach production to a crisis point in less than three years if steps aren’t taken to fend it off, according to scientists and industry representatives at a Yuma, Ariz., symposium.
Eric Schwartz has been named chief executive officer at United Vegetable Growers Cooperative.More Packer Stories for Spinach
Market Scope - Spinach — F.o.b.s as of April 14
CENTRAL COAST, CALIF. — Shipments (9-4-12) — Movement expected about the same. Trading early active, late fairly active. Prices higher. Cartons bunched flat 24s mostly $18.25-20.75. Quality generally good.
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Nintendo says the company is working with indies “on a wide range of content”, more news as GDC approaches
Posted on February 7, 2017 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch eShop
Engadget published a piece today about developer aeiowu bringing TumbleSeed to Switch. As part of that, the site received a comment from Nintendo about indies in general.
“Nintendo greatly values its collaborations with indie developers across the world, and is working closely with them on a wide range of content,” a representative told the site. The same statement adds, “We look forward to discussing more as we approach GDC 2017.”
GDC is just around the corner – the event begins on February 27.


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McDonald’s has rolled out its new home delivery service which sees food being ordered via the free My McDonald’s app. The fast food chain often offers customers discounted food via its app and now it can also be ordered and delivered through it.
The app is free to download via both Google Play and the App Store.
Taking to Twitter to share their thoughts on the new service, McDonald’s fans shared their excitement.
One person said: “This is exciting, another way to order is always welcomed.”
Another wrote: “I wonder if the orders will be as quick as they are on Just Eat.”
“This deal is only available for mobile orders and new users. Order on the app and pick-up via Drive-thru, Click & Serve, Takeaway.”
The app can also be used to collect McCafé Reward stamps which offers customers a free hot drink when they buy five.
It also offers a brand new deal every Monday such as discounted food items.
In other news, Nando’s has been forced to close 50 restaurants after experiencing a major chicken shortage.
Nearly 50 of its stores across the UK have had to close due to staff isolation and a supply chain disruption.
A Nando’s spokesperson explained: “The UK food industry has been experiencing disruption across its supply chain in recent weeks due to staff shortages, and a number of our restaurants have been impacted.
“However, we can confirm that from today Nando’s will be lending seventy of our brilliant team members to support our key suppliers – working in partnership to help get things moving again.
“We expect to see this having a positive impact on the affected restaurants very soon. So please bear with us whilst we do everything we can to get our famous PERi-PERi chicken back where it belongs – on your plates!”
Customers can check if their local Nando’s is open on its official website.


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BY BRIANNA MORRIS-GRANT
Gold Coasters will embrace their green side as Botanical Bazaar touches down in Nerang for a fourth year.
More than 100 stalls, art exhibits and family activities will be available at the garden festival, which showcases and celebrates everything “green living”.
Stacey Panozzo launched Botanical Bazaar after starting a business in “air plants” – which don’t need soil to grow – to share her peculiar passion with the community.
“I combined my love for unusual plants and wanting to grow my own food and marketing into running my own event and learning everything I need to know,” she said.
“From that, we’re a team that wants to do more education in the green industry, and we want to live a bit greener and more sustainable.”
Love Local’s Jayde Purcell, who will run the “Garden Bar” at the event, said she was excited to put together a collaborative space for visitors to share their creative interests.
“We’re getting a whole heap of local businesses involved so it won’t just be a bar, it will be a suitcase rummage, later in the day it will be an art space, throughout the day we’ll have artists creating super cool and funky pieces on the spot,” she said.
“Just bring a big bag of smiles and get involved, we’re going to have jumbo games and oval flowers, milk crates and wooden palettes and weird signs we’ve made.
“I guess just pull your pants up and get ready for some fun.”
Ms Panozzo said the bazaar was for gardeners at any stage – from beginners to veterans.
“There are current gardeners at the stalls who can answer all those silly questions to (help you) start growing your own plants,” she said.
The Botanical Bazaar kicks off 9am this Sunday at the Country Paradise Parklands in Nerang.


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Union Gap Cabela's Outpost
UNION GAP, Wash. -- The new Cabela's Outpost store will open its doors for the first time October 8th. The store is filled with outdoor gear and clothing for everything from fishing to archery.
Cabela's has been under construction since the beginning of this year.
The store also brought jobs to the area. More than 100 employees were hired to work.
The grand opening next week is expected to draw a large crowd.There will be prizes, sales and even celebrities.