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Straight-talking luxury car dealer Tom Hartley had a simple message for the delegates at Car Dealer Live: ‘Sorry guys – but I hate electric cars!’
Hartley was taking part in our luxury dealer panel session at Thursday’s event, held at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, where he was joined by Tom Jaconelli, head of buying and marketing at Romans International and a director of the business, and H.R. Owen chief technical officer Brett Ward.
Explaining his lack of enthusiasm for electric cars, Hartley, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement trophy at the 2021 Car Dealer Used Car Awards, said: ‘They’re just not for me. I like to smell the petrol… I like to hear the engine and the noise.
‘Supercar buyers are performance car buyers and enthusiasts – and I’m not an electric person.’
Asked if there was a role for electric cars in the luxury market, Jaconelli said: ‘They do have their place, I think. A lot of our clients have fleets of cars, so there can be a place for an electric car within that fleet.
‘The Rolls-Royce Spectre, for example, is the perfect electric car – Rolls-Royce are all about quietness and smoothness, after all.
‘Having said that, our clients are 90% pure petrolheads. They want to feel the engine running, they want to hear the exhaust.
‘If electric cars took over, it would not be good for our business – it would end us – but I don’t think they will. There’s a place for them but I can’t ever see them taking over.’
The role of social media was another of the subjects on the table during a fascinating 30-minute conversation on the Car Dealer Live stage.
Hartley said: ‘I’m very old-school. If you’d told me 10 years ago, how I’d be interacting on social media today, I’d have said you were mad – but it’s become a big part of my life.
‘We now have a great following and we have a loyal following.
‘Our followers are interested in our brand and interested in the cars we buy and sell. I like to interact on social media personally, and I’m very outspoken – I say things that some people love and some people hate.
‘I’m me – I don’t pretend to be something I’m not – I’m a car dealer from Scotland who has worked all his life. I am a very humble car dealer despite my profile and I’m a people person.’
Jaconelli said: ‘As a branding exercise, social media has been massive for us. We have grown our brand over the years – and social media, across a variety of platforms, has been the main reason for that.
‘Our video work is slightly different. One of our YouTube videos can be a 20-minute watch, obviously quite different from a three-second Instagram clip.
‘But if you can engage your client base for an extended period of time, it can be incredibly rewarding. You can build trust and people will remember you more if they have seen a video that’s been helpful.
‘Social media has been massively important for us. I wouldn’t say it sells cars by itself but it’s a very good touchpoint.
Instincts and insights
‘We did a poll of our customers and discovered that at least 70% follow us on social media, so it’s clearly a big thing for us.’
Another key issue for luxury and supercar dealers is pricing – a potentially tricky area as datasets for high-end performance vehicles are naturally far smaller than those relating to volume sellers.
Jaconelli referred to the phrase ‘instincts and insights,’ saying: ‘That is what it comes down to.’
He added: ‘With a lot of the cars we sell, there will be some on the market, some of which will have been sold by us, but then gut feel comes into it because the specs can be very different.
‘Timing can play a part too – a certain car might have been great news last year but not so much this year.
‘We’ll discuss it amongst our team and mention anything that we’re a little bit unsure about.
‘But you have to take some risks. Sometimes you set the market price yourself. It’s a little bit of science and a little bit of gut – and hopefully, you’ll arrive at the right decision.’
Ward summed up in one word how his company prices cars – ‘Carefully’.
He continued: ‘The price of some of the models we sell can change over the course of a weekend, let alone a year.
‘We have very experienced managers and buyers within the business. We keep our own data and we import AutoTrader’s too.
‘It would be great to have a greater volume of data but there aren’t huge numbers of the cars we sell on the roads.’
As ever, Hartley was clear: ‘It’s quite simple. Gut feeling and experience is far better than research and training.’
And how is business looking for the rest of 2024?
‘Cautiously optimistic’ was the verdict from Jaconelli. He said: ‘We’ve had a pretty good start to the year. We’re not exactly flying like we were a couple of years ago but things are pretty good.
‘If interest rates start to come down in the latter part of the year, that’s going to give people more encouragement.’
And Hartley concluded: ‘If you turn up to work and you’re there to do the deal, you can’t do any more than that.’
Pictured at top from left are Car Dealer founder James Baggott, Tom Hartley, Tom Jaconelli and Brett Ward
All of the sessions at Car Dealer Live, which was headline-partnered by Auto Trader, can be watched back on the CarDealerLive.co.uk website with a replay ticket and are available on video to watch at your leisure.


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Plan issued for Guangzhou-Hong Kong Smart Manufacturing Cooperation Zone
Guangdong recently issued a development plan for the Guangzhou-Hong Kong Smart Manufacturing Cooperation Zone. To deepen cooperation between Guangzhou Development District and Hong Kong, the zone will enhance industrial cooperation and rules connection with Hong Kong.
PwC: Chinese TMT IPOs momentum remained strong in 2020 with financing nearly doubled from last year
The number of IPOs of Chinese mainland TMT companies increased significantly to 109, raising approximately RMB 249.6 billion in financing.
Canton Fair Complex Phase IV to be put into use by 2022
The completed Canton Fair Complex will be more functional, with a total exhibition area of 620,000 square meters, serving as the world's largest exhibition complex.
Guangzhou sees over ten million tourists during CNY holiday
Some 10,867,300 locals and foreigners travelled in Guangzhou during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, contributing 7.368 billion RMB to the city's tourism revenue.
30 China-Europe freight trains depart from the Greater Bay Area this year
The freight train (X9024) loaded with 50 containers carrying products for the Spring Festival and epidemic supplies left Guangzhou on February 6th. It is the 30th China-Europe freight train departing from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area this year.
Chinese New Year carnival launched in Guangzhou Tianhe CBD
Guangzhou Tianhe CBD would be a perfect destination to celebrate an authentic Canton-style Spring Festival. You can find your favorite food, drinks, movies, games, necessities and fun experiences in malls and plazas across Tianhe commercial district.
China approves merger of Shenzhen Stock Exchange's main, SME boards
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Friday approved the merger of the main board and small and medium-enterprise (SME) board of Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Economic powerhouse Guangdong GDP tops $1.69 trillion, equivalent to South Korea
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong became the world's busiest airport with 43.77 million passenger trips in 2020. Global giants BASF, Exxon Mobil, CSPC and others launched major industrial projects in Guangdong.
IMF projects China's economy to expand 8.1% in 2021
China's economy is projected to expand by 8.1 percent in 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.
Shenzhen, Japan bourses ink deal on ETF connectivity
Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Japan Exchange Group, Inc (JPX) on Monday inked a memorandum of understanding on exchange-traded fund (ETF) connectivity, innovative cross-border products, and in-depth capital market cooperation.

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Coke Classic is back.
Not the soda - that happened in 1985 - the business model. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]), according to The Wall Street Journal, is expanding distribution rights for five of its independent bottlers less than three years after cutting a $12.3 billion deal designed to give the beverage company more control over operations.
This reversion to the original franchise model is not a wholesale return to the good old days. The plan for the new deal allows Coke to keep direct control over 75 percent of its U.S. distribution, versus 80 percent currently. The company did indicate that more franchise deals are in the works.
The reason for the move is simple - to boost profit margins. It costs money to maintain delivery trucks, routes and warehouse space. Turning that part of the operation back over to franchise bottlers is designed to increase profits in the U.S. where they have been declining along with soda consumption over the past eight years.
Still, Coca-Cola has not forgotten why it went back into distribution three years ago and for that reason, unlike with past deals, the company isn't giving bottlers perpetual rights to new territories. Instead, bottlers will get 10-year licenses, which then need to be renewed. The process to close the initial agreements with the five bottlers isn’t expected to be complete until 2014.
Wall Street likes the plan. Coke's share price jumped 5.7 percent Tuesday to close at $42.37. This despite the fact the company reported a decline in first-quarter profit and revenue.
Bill Pecoriello, head of Consumer Edge Research summed it up. "Today's announcement gives a clear road map. A lot of uncertainty was lifted,'' he said.
Tuesday’s earnings report wasn’t all bad news. The company beat first-quarter expectations by a penny, earning 46 cents a share on revenue of $11.04 billion, versus estimates of 45 cents a share on $10.9 billion. Barron’s cautioned investors to consider waiting for a better entry point before diving into the stock, citing the reduced soft drink consumption domestically, as well as economic problems in Europe and China among the reasons.
Also mentioned was the fact that the stock, priced at 19.5 times projected earnings over the next four quarters, is expensive, especially given projected growth of about six percent this year for the company.
Oliver Pursche, co-manager of the GMG Defensive Beta Fund said, "With the market approaching year-end valuations, we would not want to commit new capital at this point. If there's a 3 percent to 4 percent pullback, we would take advantage of that. It's a great company, but it's a challenging market over the next 45 days."
On the other hand, Barron’s also reminded investors that Coca-Cola stock is up more than 20 percent over the last 12 months compared with 14 percent for the S&P 500 index. As of this writing, Jim Probasco had no position in any mentioned securities.
(c) 2013 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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So the next-gen sedan launches Nov/Dec 2011, and the coupe doesn't launch until spring 2013? A full year and a half later? That's a hell of a gap.
Edit: Just looked at the timeline on the E9X models, and that's exactly the way it went before. According to wikipedia, E90/1 launched in March 2005 and E92/3 launched in August 2006. That just seems odd to me.
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Doors are closed at High Holborn
ONE OF London's trendiest new restaurant-bars, Michelin-starred High Holborn, has called in the administrators less than a year after opening.
The site opened last August with former L'Escargot head chef David Cavalier and won rave reviews. But it shut its doors last week after pressure from creditors.
Menzies Corporate Restructuring has been called in as administrator and is trying to sell the business as a going concern with a likely price tag of just over £250,000. A shortlist of five bidders has been drawn up, mostly other restaurateurs but including at least one hotel chain. The management team of Shaun Wilson and Robbie O'Neill is also thought to be bidding.
Rival restaurateurs said Cavalier's strategy to win a Michelin star as quickly as possible - he did it in five months - may have dented profits, while fitting out the premises prior to the delayed launch is thought to have cost more than £500,000.
General manager Christophe Capron quit High Holborn in November after a bust-up with Cavalier, who once refused to cook for superchef Gordon Ramsay at the restaurant.
Menzies' Paul Clark and Andrew Stoneman have been appointed joint administrators.
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Copper Futures declined nearly 3 percent, the lowest drop in six weeks, as worries of an economic recession grew after an official report showed sales at U.S. retailers fell surprisingly in December.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported on Tuesday that retail sales fell 0.4 percent in December, intensifying worries that the world's largest economy is growing slower.
Copper futures for March delivery declined 9.7 cents or 2.91 percent settling on $3.2420 a pound on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange at 1:24 p.m. Copper for delivery in three months dropped $101, or 1.39 percent, to $7,389 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange.
U.S. producer prices also dropped unexpectedly, declining0.1 percent in December 2007, a separate report showed today. In December 2006 producer prices have risen 6.3 percent the largest increase since 1981, according to Reuters.
However, China stands out as copper consumer country. Its total imports increased 0.6 percent in December compared to November. The world's largest consumer of the red metal raised its imports 78.1 percent in 2007.
According to Bloomberg, before today's change, copper prices had gained 9.8 percent since December 31 after traders bought copper as the dollar declined. Losses in the dollar favored investment in commodities.


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Macbook Air M2 could Be purchased in Less than Rs 90,000, Specifications, Discount
This sale is to start from October 8. Earlier, the price of MacBook Air M2 variant with 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage was Rs 94,990 on Flipkart. This is much less than its retail price. You can get a discount of Rs 5,000 if you buy it through Axis Bank credit card or HDFC Bank transaction, which will reduce the price of MacBook Air M2 to Rs 89,990. This price includes card offers on Flipkart. However, these discounts may change depending on the availability of units before the sale. Exchange discount of up to Rs 20,000 can also be available on this.
Last year the second generation MacBook Air M2 was launched. Apple has given M2 chip in it. The company had said that the new chip is 18 percent faster in CPU performance and 35 percent faster in GPU performance. This 13-inch display laptop has a Liquid Retina display with thinner bezels than the previous model. It has various RAM and storage options available with up to 24 GB of RAM and up to 2 TB of storage. Apple claims that the battery backup of MacBook Air M2 is up to 18 hours on a single charge. Along with this, a 67 W charger can also be purchased so that this laptop can be charged up to 50 percent in 30 minutes.
Apple launched the iPhone 15 series last month. This includes iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The company had sold these smartphones in India and other countries from September 22. This is the first time that Apple has made the iPhone 15 series smartphones made in the country available on the first day of the start of its international sales.
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It has not been a good 24 hours for Uber.
In addition to failing to deliver on its promise of free ice cream for Vancouverites, the ride-hailing giant has now been denounced by the city’s wildly popular Earnest Ice Cream, whose owners have issued an apology for partnering with the company.
The artisan ice-cream shop, which operates four locations in the Lower Mainland, supplied the San Francisco–based ridesharing service with ice-cream sandwiches for a special one-day promotion today (August 25). Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Vancouverites within a designated area who tapped the "Request Ice Cream" button on the Uber app were to have ice-cream sandwiches couriered to them.
Demand ultimately outweighed the supply of desserts, Uber's fleet of vehicles, or both, leading Vancouverites to air their grievances on social media. However, Earnest owners Erica Bernardi and Ben Ernst alluded to reasons beyond the marketing campaign's disasterous execution for why they should not have worked with the business.
We made a mistake... pic.twitter.com/YdNUyFXKuB— Earnest Ice Cream (@Earnesticecream) August 25, 2017
"We made a mistake," Bernardi and Ernst stated on Earnest's social media channels this afternoon (August 25).
"Last week we made an agreement to sell ice cream sandwiches to a business who’s [sic] values do not align with our own," they continued. "As we educated ourselves more thoroughly about Uber, we recognized that this is not a good fit for us. We apologize for not doing our due diligence ahead of time and we hope to rebuild the trust that may have been lost with some of you.
"We are serious about our goals to create a more socially just and inclusive city and community. As relatively new business owners we continue to learn (and sometimes stumble). It's hard to do so in such a public way and we appreciate the people who have drawn our attention to the places where we can do better."
A leading ridesharing service that has been operating for almost a decade, Uber has come under fire for its workplace culture, which supposedly condones misogyny and harassment of its female staff. Since February, a number of former office employees and drivers have come forward to share the sexism, discrimination, and lack of benefits and protection—even in the face of alleged sexual assault—that they experienced with Uber.
In June, a staff memo from Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was also made public, where the executive appeared to set ground rules for office sex in a way that encourages the already toxic dudebro nature of Silicon Valley startups. Kalanick stepped down from his position in June, but not before one of Uber's presidents was accused of requesting the medical records for a woman who claimed that she was raped by one of the company's drivers.
Vancouverites are thanking Earnest for the apology and for taking ownership of its error in judgement. Launched in 2012, the ice-cream chain is known for its small-batch, handcrafted flavours and its commitment to environmentally friendly production and distribution methods.
awesome statement! love your values and your ice cream!— tara robertson (@tararobertson) August 25, 2017
☝This is how to be a genuine business. Stay humble, be transparent, know when you've made a mistake, and own it.— Kelsey Lian (@kelsey_lian) August 25, 2017
Your vulnerability and taking responsibility is admirable!— bethany schiedel (@imagesbybethany) August 25, 2017
It looks like Uber has a lot of work to do should it want to weasel its way into the good graces of Vancouverites. Although the app, and other ride-hailing startups, are unavailable in Vancouver, Green party leader Andrew Weaver has stated that he will join forces with the NDP to make such services legal in B.C. before the end of the year.


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People have all had the health craze in life, but what if it was forced upon a person or a sports team? What about a whole school? Well, next year at Pueblo West High School and many other schools in the district, new food regulations will be coming into effect. The new regulations will be affecting the lunch department and the DECA organization. The rules have to do with foods that will soon be made available to students. Calorie and salt intake are what is mainly focused upon, it seems, when looking at the big changes in food products sold to students.
To further understand the new changes in the lunch system, the Head Cook at Pueblo West High School, Lennea Blase, explained her take on the new changes. “According to the regulations, students are allowed a certain number of calories per lunch. They also set limits for how many ounces of grains and proteins are allowed… the amount of calories that come from fat or sugar… and the amount of sodium. There is a minimum amount of fruits and vegetables, but no maximum.” This means that there will be less salt in every meal to meet the new regulation.
Blase also commented that,” The regulations caused a change in recipes and the lowering of the use of processed foods.” In effect, some foods may taste a little different because of the newer, “healthier” ways they will be made to meet regulations.
The menu is said to change a little as well. So what will students be seeing on the menu next year? Blasé said, “ Students will see a reduction in the protein portion and the use of salt. On the plus side, they will see an increase in the variety and availability of fresh fruits and vegetables.”
More changes may be to come for the lunch department in District 70. Every Pueblo West Cyclone knows where and what the DECA store is. It will also affected by the new regulations. When spoken to, Collin Miller, a DECA officer at Pueblo West, explained that they will no longer be able to sell most of the products that kids love to buy and snack on. Currently, top sellers include chips and other salty products. With the decrease in the amount of sodium allowed, most of the chips will have to go. However, Miller then went on to state that although they will have to get rid of the chips, new items will take their place. DECA is not exactly sure what will take the place of the items that have to go yet, though.
Most students in the District are not fully aware of these changes that will be implemented next year. Will they help make schools healthier? Will the new regulations help students learn to eat healthier? What do you think?


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Sept. 7: Surfers for Autism — This all-day surfing event benefits people with autism and invites guests to enjoy music, catered food, games and more. Surfers will gather at the Tybee Pier Pavillion at 9 a.m. and suit up for a full day of fun in the surf. Experience is not required and the event is free, but surfers will need to preregister on the organization’s website. For more information, call 912-652-6780 or visit surfersforautism.org.
11th annual Savannah International Food and Wine Tasting — 14 of Savannah’s finest restaurants are offering exclusive tastings from their menus and have paired them with 50 wines from around the world. The event runs from 3-6 p.m. at the St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church and guests will also have the opportunity to participate in a silent auctionACto benefit Savannah’s MeaAls on Wheels program. Tickets are $30 in advance and can be purchased through E-tix or at the door on the day of the event for $35. For more information, call 912-236-8256 AAor email email@example.com.
Community yard sale — Coastal Parents of Multiples is hosting a community yard sale from 7 a.m.-noon at A Class Act Dance Center in Pooler. Bargain hunters will shop for baby and toddler clothes, accessories and furniture, and any donations made will go directly to the Ronald McDonald House of the Coastal Empire. For more information, call 912-748-4199 or email firstname.lastname@example.org.


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In your face ... stereoscopic screens bring photos to
life on mobile phones.
Love it or loathe it, imagine the outlandish Crazy Frog leaping out of a phone's tiny screen. Mobiles with stereoscopic displays could soon turn the notorious frog and other mobile characters into 3D images and animations sooner than you might think, according to Australian developers.
Stereoscopic screens provide a 3D experience without glasses. The 3D effect can be better on the small format of a mobile screen than currently viewed on larger displays, says Chris Yewdall, CEO of software maker Dynamic Digital Depth, which has its research division in Perth.
"It sounds very implausible that you could do it on a small screen without glasses, but the reaction when people see it is good," Yewdall says.
For starters, users don't have to sit infuriatingly still to stay within the vision "sweet spot", as can be the case with large displays. Instead, the mobile user just holds the phone reasonably steady to see the 3D effect.
"Mobiles are single-viewer experiences, which means it's easier to put the 3D image out to where you expect them to be," Yewdall explains. "3D without glasses works well in that environment."
For those who merely want to make phone calls, a 3D screen may not be on their feature wish list, but that hasn't stopped mobile makers from exploring the concept. In Japan, where many gadget fads find a foothold, telco DoCoMo sold two kinds of mobiles with stereoscopic 3D LCDs that were made by Sharp in 2003 and 2004.
Now, another mobile example is on the way, says Yewdall. DDD signed a $1.2 million developer deal in July to provide its software to one of the larger, but as yet unnamed, handset manufacturers. A consumer phone with stereoscopic display is being developed.
DDD researchers hope the mobile maker will produce the handset with their 3D technology by the end of the year. "It's up to the manufacturer, but we're hopeful," says Yewdall.
If or when such a phone might reach the retail shelves in Australia is unknown, but DDD is hoping carriers will be tempted to at least trial such handsets. Given the Australian appetite for phones, mobiles could offer a key opportunity for ordinary consumers to experience stereoscopic screens.
Companies such as Sharp, Philips, Samsung and Sanyo Epson have been working on stereoscopic screens for some time, but most of the current examples of PC displays and notebooks are still aimed at niche or scientific markets. Sharp's Actius laptops, for example, are currently only available on order from Japan and the US.
Of course, there's little point in having a 3D capable screen of any size if there's nothing about to jump out and grab the viewer's attention. In Japan, DoCoMo sold about 2.8 million of the 3D mobiles. It could have sold more, says Yewdall.
"There were a few pictures available and a few games, but that wasn't sufficient to drive the data revenues. That was the Achilles heel of these handsets."
This gap could be filled, at least partly, by the likes of ringtone and wallpaper libraries such as Jamster International (www.jamster.com.au). Jamster has already signed an agreement to use DDD software to convert its ready-made arsenal of mobile content, Crazy Frog-related and otherwise, for 3D display, Yewdall says.
"We can take the content, whether it's a picture from a phone camera, wallpaper or video and make it 3D using our software."
Clearly, if 3D mobiles catch on, there will be ample opportunity for providers to develop catchier, sillier or more obnoxious (depending on your point of view) content especially for these phones.
But if 3D mobiles don't catch on? Well, it's hardly surprising that DDD developers have begun eyeing other pocket-sized gadgets too.
"You could easily put this technology on an iPod or other music player," Yewdall says. "It's something we've started to look at. We're not limited to handset makers."


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Xiaomi has announced the Mix 4, the first phone in the Mi Mix series to be announced in nearly three years. The Mix phones have always been about bezel-less designs with seamless screens, and the Mix 4 carries on that idea by commercializing a technology that Xiaomi has been working on for a long time: a selfie camera that’s located directly under the screen.
Xiaomi calls this CUP (Camera Under Panel) technology, though it’s similar to the under-display selfie cameras we’ve seen from other companies. Like Oppo and ZTE’s latest efforts, the Mix 4’s screen has a 400ppi area that lets light pass through to the selfie camera, which Xiaomi describes as “virtually invisible.” The camera is 20 megapixels and the display is a 6.67-inch 120Hz 1080p curved OLED panel.
Xiaomi says CUP is “a technology iterated through three major generations, five years, sixty patents, a $77 million investment, and hundreds of engineers.” Last year the company pledged to start mass-producing smartphones with its third-generation under-display camera technology in 2021, so it’s making good on that promise with the Mix 4. Xiaomi first demonstrated its take on the idea back in 2019.
The Mix 4 is the first phone to be announced with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 Plus processor, a speed-bumped version of the flagship 888 chip with a top clock speed of 3GHz. (Honor did already say that it would use the 888 Plus in the Magic 3, but that phone is yet to be revealed in full.) The processor is paired with 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of storage.
The camera system centers around a 108-megapixel Samsung HMX sensor, suggesting similar or identical performance to the slightly outdated but still pretty good Mi 11. There’s also a 13-megapixel ultrawide and an 8-megapixel 5x periscope telephoto.
The Mix 4 has a 4,500mAh battery that can charge at up to 120W wired and 50W wireless. This isn’t Xiaomi’s first phone with 120W fast-charging, but it might be the fastest — Xiaomi claims the battery will get a full charge in under 15 minutes, compared to 23 minutes for last year’s Mi 10 Ultra. 50W wireless charging, meanwhile, will take 28 minutes to get you to 100 percent.
Xiaomi will only confirm a mainland China launch for the Mix 4 so far. Preorders will start there tomorrow with general availability coming on August 16th, and the pricing starts at 4,999 yuan (~$770) for an 8GB/128GB model, going up to 6,299 yuan (~$970) for 12GB/512GB.


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Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar reminded food delivery riders to strictly observe minimum public health safety standards and quarantine protocols on Thursday, August 11.
Eleazar issued the statement after receiving reports that some delivery riders are either wearing face masks improperly or smoking while waiting for their clients’ orders.
“I have ordered all chiefs of police and station commanders to coordinate with their local government units and managers of business establishments to tighten their coronavirus disease 2019 protocols,” Eleazar said.
Food delivery riders are considered authorized persons outside of residence (APORs) as restaurants and other food establishments only offer take-out and delivery services in areas such as Metro Manila which is under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
The PNP chief also reminded riders that they can be penalized through LGUs’ ordinances for violations of COVID-19 protocols. – WhatALife.ph


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The venerable Santa Monica video rental store announces April closure after a fundraiser with “Nightcrawler” filmmaker Dan Gilroy and star Rene Russo
By Michael Aushenker
And that’s a wrap.
A fixture in Santa Monica for 30 years, eclectic movie rental emporium Vidiots is going out of business, its owners have announced.
April 15 marks Vidiots’ last business day, with a closing event planned for March and hopes to preserve public access to its expansive, 50,000-plus video and DVD collection.
“It is no secret to our customers and the community at large that we have been struggling to stay open for the last few years,” owners Patty Polinger and Cathy Tauber wrote in a statement. “Please be assured that we have done everything possible to continue our mission, but it was not enough to make up for the precipitous drop in rental income — a 24% drop in the last five months alone.”
Still, the announcement came as a shock for many who watched Vidiots appear to survive the transition of home entertainment from VCRs to DVD and Blu-ray players to online streaming services such as Netflix.
“They’ve had an amazing run in the face of the rapid changes in technology and entertainment options,” said longtime customer Michael Peremuter. “My fondness for Vidiots is shared by far more people than can be understood in terms just of the ‘dollar-bottom-line’ of the decline in rental activity.”
Lifelong friends Polinger and Tauber opened Vidiots in 1985 and evolved from a for-profit business when “Back to the Future” ruled the box office to a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving public access to the cinematic arts.
Polinger and Tauber say they will try to work within the nonprofit framework to preserve public access to the Vidiots collection, including rare titles not currently offered through streaming sites.
Tauber chalks up Vidiots’ steady demise to changes in viewing habits resulting from technological progress.
“Everyone says it’s Netflix and streaming, but suddenly there’s really good TV and the DVR,” she said. “Everyone loves the idea that we’re here and wants us to be here but they just come way, way less. It’s just not enough.”
“We’re kind of worn out trying to tread water,” Polinger said.
Vidiots’ closure comes despite a succession of strategies and fundraisers in recent years, including a Venice panel held last Thursday featuring “Nightcrawler” filmmaker Dan Gilroy and wife/star Rene Russo.
Moderated by Jesse Thorn for his “Bullseye” podcast, the Jan. 22 “Nightcrawler” talk took place inside The Microsoft Lounge, an intimate Abbot Kinney Boulevard space replete with exposed brick walls and rafters and thrift shop-style furniture.
Discussing the critically lauded 2014 indie film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as sociopathic freelance news footage gatherer Lou and Russo as an “if it bleeds, it ledes” news executive with an insatiable appetite for Lou’s content, Gilroy said his directorial debut reflected his personal cynicism and pessimism.
“Maybe the problem is not Lou,” said Gilroy, a self-proclaimed local news junkie. “Maybe it’s the world around him that creates Lou. It’s a cautionary tale.”
“I wish more people had seen the film,” Russo said. “I think Jake should’ve been nominated.”
In the past five years, Tauber and Polinger employed several measures to try to keep Vidiots afloat. In 2010 they created a 35-seat screening room annex designed to host film classes, private parties and spoken word and trivia nights.
Last year, “American Hustle” filmmaker David O. Russell “got really involved and wanted to help out,” Tauber said. “He really encouraged us to donate the store to the foundation and simplified things.”
What inspired Vidiots’ creation was an Esquire article about video stores in other cities that carried offbeat movie titles, said Polinger, who left a job in international distribution for MGM/UA. Locally, “We were shocked at the lack of variety of what we could watch.”
“It’s been a journey,” said Tauber, who had worked for musician Frank Zappa.
They take pride, however, in how “something you’ve done in your life has impacted other people in the community,” Polinger said.


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Asda was the best performing of the big four grocers as Tesco and Morrisons continued to struggle, the latest Nielsen data showed.
Asda’s sales slipped 1.7% in the 12 weeks to March 29 and it’s market share dropped from 16.7% to 16.4% year on year, according to the data.
Sainsbury’s sales were down 2.7% and its market share slid from 17% to 16.6%.
Overall grocery sales slumped 4.3% in the four weeks to March 29, although supermarkets faced tough comparables due to the timing of Easter.
Sales by volume fell 4.8% in the period, which this time last year included Easter.
Convenience stores bucked the trend and sales edged up 0.6%.
Nielsen UK head of retailer and business insight Mike Watkins said: “The underlying trend of shoppers moving away from larger to smaller stores continues. Historically, traditional convenience stores were used for immediate or distress purchasing, however, the huge investment by the major supermarkets has transformed this format.
“The likes of Tesco Express, Sainsbury’s Local and Co-operatives now offer a greater variety of food and drink which can be purchased ahead for the next few days, so basket sizes and spend per visit are increasing.
“Overall, trading momentum continues to be slow for all supermarkets ahead of Easter, particularly with slowing food inflation. The recent round of price cuts by some supermarkets, noticeably Morrisons, to stimulate sales hasn’t yet changed the retail landscape and is likely to take months to achieve.
“Waitrose and M&S continued their strong sales performance while Asda was the pick of the top four. The Co-operative is also benefiting from the shift towards convenience shopping, with trend figures better than all the top four.
“Shoppers continue to economise – but not compromise – and Aldi and Lidl still seem immune from weak consumer demand, entering the Easter trading period with even stronger momentum than last year.”
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AMD has announced that its Ryzen CPUs will be supported under Windows 7. This is different from Intel who previously announced that its latest generation Kaby Lake CPUs will only be supported in Windows 10.
AMD made the announcement during an information session about its latest CPU platform, according to the German website Computerbase.
Because Microsoft will only support Ryzen generation processors in Windows 10, AMD will have to develop its own drivers to support the new CPUs in Windows 7. The company will also provide drivers for Windows 8.1
It’s not new that Microsoft doesn’t support new CPU generations in Windows 7, the software giant also only officially supports Intel latest generation (Kaby Lake) CPUs in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Users running Windows 7 who want to upgrade their CPU are therefore forced to switch to Microsoft’s latest OS.
According to Statcounter, more than 40% of all desktop computers are still running Windows 7 while Windows 10 powers about 25% of all desktop machines.


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Legendary restaurant chain to open doors near State Capitol today
Sacramento, CA (RestaurantNews.com) Sacramento is about to get its first taste of Bennigan’s, the iconic brand beloved across the globe for its friendly Irish hospitality and chef-driven American fare.
The new restaurant will open to the public today, June 5, at 11 a.m. The newest Bennigan’s is located at 1000 K St. in downtown Sacramento, in the space formerly occupied by K Bar and Café Bernardos at the corner of 10th and K Street. The restaurant is expected to attract steady business from the nearby State Capitol, Convention Center, Performing Arts Center, K Street Mall and the new Golden 1 Center, in addition to the adjacent hotels and neighborhoods.
“My partners and I wanted to bring Bennigan’s to Sacramento because the brand sets the standard for casual dining across the globe,” said Maninder Trewn, who owns the local franchise with partners Khem Babbar and Ravinder Trewn. “We think our focus on chef-driven food, innovative cocktails and exceptional service will be a welcome addition to downtown – the hub of the city – and become an instantly popular destination for downtown office workers, event attendees, shoppers and local residents alike.”
The 7,500-square-foot restaurant offers 18 beers on tap, including 10 local brews; Moscow Mules on tap; multiple HD TVs; two heated outdoor patios (on 10th St. and K St.); and private dining/event space for up to 60 guests in The Capitol Room.
The menu features such signature Bennigan’s favorites as the World Famous Monte Cristo, Oh, Baby™ Back Ribs, Turkey O’Toole, Big Irish double-decker hamburger and a wide assortment of handcrafted specialty drinks. In addition, new sensations including three varieties handcrafted, half-pound Prime Burgers and Lina’s Crispy Chicken Sandwich — recognized by Flavor & The Menu Magazine as No. 15 in its “Best of Flavor 125 Menu Ideas” – have recently been added to the culinary lineup.
The restaurant has brought nearly 100 good new jobs to the local economy.
“I’m so proud of Maninder, Khem and Ravinder for the extraordinary work they’ve done in building out their beautiful new Bennigan’s and hiring a great team to serve their guests,” said Legendary Restaurant Brands CEO & Chairman Paul Mangiamele. “Sacramento has been voted one of the Best Cities in the U.S. and our future guests deserve the very best in casual dining.”
Sacramento’s first Bennigan’s will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Happy Hour will be offered daily from 5 – 7 p.m.
As it redefines the casual dining segment, Legendary Restaurant Brands LLC continues to experience significant growth both domestically and overseas, including 50 percent AUV growth and 6 percent same-store-sales growth over the past two years. Since the end of 2012, the company has opened new franchise locations in Clarksburg and Frederick, Md; Santa Clara, Calif.; Melbourne, Fla., Tysons Corner, Va.; Veracruz, Mexico; Larnaca, Cyprus; Obarrio, Panama; Doha, Qatar; and Dubai, UAE; and a new corporate location in Panama City, Fla.
Additional restaurants are planned for California, Florida, Tennessee and Texas; and internationally in Mexico, Central America, Cyprus, Bahrain, India and Australia.
For your nearest location, menu, hours and additional information, visit Bennigans.com.
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Legendary Restaurant Brands owns the iconic Bennigan’s and Steak and Ale brands – the pioneers of casual dining – as well as the fast-casual concept, Bennigan’s On The Fly. Bennigan’s is a high-energy neighborhood restaurant and tavern that is redefining casual dining. With chef-driven food, innovative drinks and warm, friendly Irish hospitality, this Legendary brand delivers memorable dining experiences to every guest and offers a franchise model capable of compelling returns on investment. Steak and Ale is another American Original poised for a triumphant return. Redefined as a 21st Century polished-casual concept, the new Steak and Ale will once again set the standard for affordable, family-friendly steakhouses.
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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ships 10m as Ubi's Q3 sales dip 35%
Yves Guillemot notes that the company did hit its holiday sales target "despite the transition currently affecting the market"
French publisher Ubisoft today reported its third-quarter earnings for the holiday period ended December 31, 2013. Total sales came to €520 million ($709.4 million), down 35.2 percent year-over-year, which was in line with the company's projected sales of between €500 million and €540 million. Looking at the first nine months of fiscal 2013-14, the picture isn't much better, as sales totaled €813 million ($1.1 billion), which represents a decrease of 24.8 percent.
The numbers were down year-over-year in part due to the effects of the console transition. Ubisoft also said that its latest Rocksmith game failed to meet sales expectations, shipping around 1 million units total. On the bright side, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag showed "excellent momentum," shipping 10 million units, and Just Dance also performed well, shipping 6 million copies.
As for other areas of the business, Ubisoft's digital sales actually contracted four percent to €53 million ($72.3 million) for the third quarter. Also, the publisher's back-catlog sales contracted 21 percent to total €53 million as well. Ubisoft said that was due to the console transition primarily.
"The launches of the PS4 and Xbox One were both hugely successful, with sales of these machines more than doubling those for the previous generation and confirming the growth potential of the console market in the coming years. Over the short term, the high quality of our titles - which is unanimously recognized by gamers - has enabled us to achieve our third-quarter sales target despite the transition period currently affecting the market," said Yves Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer. "Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag performed particularly well, reinforcing the franchise's long-term potential and therefore its upcoming iteration. This robust showing was achieved thanks to the excellence of our teams, our extensive development capacities and the efficiency of our Lead and Associate studio structure."
Along with its Q3 numbers, Ubisoft issued its full-year outlook today. The company now expects sales of €1 billion along with a non-IFRS operating loss around €65 million. Furthermore, Ubisoft is bullish on its next fiscal year, thanks to expected growth with the new consoles on the market.
"Fiscal 2014-15 will see an exceptional games line-up, with the release of five major titles including Just Dance, The Crew and Watch Dogs, which is scheduled for release in the first fiscal quarter. Our line-up is also expected to reap the benefits of the return to growth in the console market and the increasingly significant impact of digital gaming," Guillemot said.
On the company's earning's call, Guillemot also confirmed that the much anticipated Watch Dogs is on track to release in Ubisoft's Q1 (between April and June of this year) but that the Wii U version "will be launched at a later date."


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A Night with Vance Joy
On Thursday night, Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy performed a private concert filmed for an upcoming season of Live from the Artists Den, presented by Aston Martin. More than 700 fans gathered inside the Sunset Center, Monterey Peninsula’s premier performing arts facility, during Monterey Car Week. The 17-song set featured fan favorites like “Georgia” and hits like “Mess is Mine” and concluded with an audience-led chorus of the 4x platinum “Riptide” from his debut album dream your life away. Vance Joy also introduced brand new music, including his recently released single, “Lay It On Me.” Today he announced a fall headline tour, the Lay It On Me Tour.


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One of the first business casualties of the new year will be Soccer Plus, a longtime retailer of soccer and lacrosse equipment and attire. The specialty retailer will close its stores in Palatine and Libertyville starting this weekend.
After nearly 18 years, Soccer Plus owner and President Bob Naughtrip said Wednesday that the Libertyville store will close by Sunday and he'll move the remaining merchandise to the store at 456 W. Northwest Highway in Palatine for a liquidation sale. The Palatine store then will close by the end of the month.
A combination of the weak economy since 2009, and increases in the Cook County real estate and sales tax all contributed to a "significant" debt for the stores, Naughtrip said.
"We always wanted to have our headquarters in Palatine and even expanded, so we had a lot of good years," Naughtrip said. "We also had a lot of support from the local communities up until recently."
About a half-dozen employees will be laid off. Fore Front Properties is handling the sale of the building, which is near downtown Palatine, with the asking price of $1.75 million, said Realtor Kevin Cox.
A large portion of the stores' sales came from local soccer and lacrosse teams, but some clubs went outside the area and Soccer Plus lost those sales, Naughtrip said.
Naughtrip, who grew up in Ohio and didn't play soccer, became interested in the sport when his children played soccer about 20 years ago. Before that, he was a sales director for Michelin Tire Co. and sold to major retailers, including Sears.
"Actually 2012 was one of our best years, but it still wasn't sufficient enough to help us," he said.


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Overcapacity and increased competition have lowered nylon prices since late 1998, while low-priced Asian imports have had the same effect on acetal prices.
Nylon 6 prices have dropped an average of 10 cents per pound, while nylon 6/6 prices are down an average of 5 cents per pound, according to buyers and producers contacted recently.
Although both materials have seen their prices reduced by an abundance of caprolactam feedstock, resin supply has been more abundant in nylon 6, partially because of a 30 million pound expansion recently brought on by DSM Engineering Plastics in Augusta, Ga.
DSM nylon product manager George Relyea said increased competition among nylon producers has played more of a role in the price drop than overcapacity or caprolactam supply.
``There's not really oversupply,'' Relyea said. ``We've brought on capacity and been more aggressive, but we're still seeing strong sales, especially in automotive. We're getting five or six new auto [application] approvals every month.''
North American nylon sales for January were up 9.3 percent from the same month in 1999, according to the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. in Washington. That boost included an 11 percent jump in automotive end uses, which make up about one-third of all nylon resin sales.
The North American nylon market, dominated by DuPont of Wilmington, Del., is expected to consume almost 1.4 billion pounds of material in 2000, making it the region's largest single engineering thermoplastic.
Austin Peppin, an industry analyst with Peppin & Associates Inc. in Chesterfield, Mo., said market perception also may be influencing the price drop.
``Nylon makers who are concerned 1999 may be a tougher year than they thought might be trying to lock in business early,'' Peppin said. ``This may be an overreaction, but there has been some price slippage, particularly in the automotive market.''
``The prime reason is the competitive situation,'' he added. ``DSM's start-up is also playing a role, and there are signs of some weakening in caprolactam, which had been tight.''
The pricing situation could turn around later in the year as supplies tighten, Peppin said.
In acetal, prices have dipped an average of 15 cents per pound as lower-priced Asian exports have reached North America.
``Since the Asian market crashed, [Asian companies] have been desperate for foreign exchange,'' a Pennsylvania-based acetal buyer said. ``Now they're coming to North America and setting the tone for the market.''
``There's been pressure on pricing for some time,'' said Shawn Gorman, acetal business director for Ticona, the Summit, N.J.-based firm that controls half of the North American market. ``Asian exports are the main difference in the market. The other dynamics are the same as they've always been.''
Gorman added Ticona has seen its prices drop less than 5 percent, since the firm focuses on more specialized high-end grades. Most buyers contacted recently reported a drop of about 10 percent.
Several buyers said the availability of Asian acetal has dramatically increased in recent months, allowing prices to drop as low as $1 per pound in some cases.
Jay Kim, acetal product manager for Korea Engineering Plastics, said that although his company has reduced prices for ``select strategic accounts,'' price erosion has not been as widespread as buyers believe.
``Supply and demand has not shifted,'' Kim said. ``Capacity has not surpassed demand.''
Korea Engineering Plastics is a division of New York-based Hyosung America, the North American business unit of South Korea's Hyosung Group. Industry sources ranked the firm as North America's largest acetal importer, capturing at least 2 percent of the overall domestic market since it began doing business in North America in the early 1990s.
Kim added that some smaller Asian acetal makers have lowered prices in an attempt to gain entry to the North American market, but he doesn't believe those firms have had as much of an impact on the market as some believe.
``A lot of times people tend to group all importers together, but in today's competitive market, you have to think in the larger sense of things,'' Kim said. ``Our list prices are still comparable to those of domestic players.''
Peppin said most of the acetal erosion has been in basic commodity grades, with those moves dragging down prices for more highly engineered grades as well.
``The Korean producers were stuck with material when the market tumbled so they've attempted to sell here for bargain basement prices,'' he said. ``But when Southeast Asia turns around and the market dries up, [North American] producers should be able to turn prices around a bit.''
Ticona's Gorman agreed the market could enjoy an upswing when Asian demand picks up. In spite of the price drop, Gorman said he expects growth rates to reach the 4-5 percent mark again in 1999. The industry's annual growth rate has been in that range for five years.
The North American acetal market is expected to consume almost 260 million pounds of material next year. Ticona completed a small capacity addition late last year in Bishop, Texas, while third-ranked BASF Corp. of Mount Olive, N.J., is slated to raise capacity later this year.
Automotive uses continue to dominate the North American acetal market, consuming about 30 percent of all sales.


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On the weekend of January 20th and 21st, the Creema Craft Party 2018 will be held at the Intex Osaka.
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From January 11th till 24th, minne, a major Japanese online handmade marketplace is presenting an event at the Shibuya Hikarie ShinQs in Tokyo.


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Twitter and Dropbox aren’t really known as premier destinations for sharing photographs online, but both companies are taking steps toward changing that. Both companies unveiled new features today that are geared toward making photo sharing and viewing through their respective services an easier and more enjoyable experience.
Last week, we pointed you to a piece by the New York Times on how Fujifilm is attempting to kill moiré without killing sharpness by designing its sensors in a way that eschews the traditional anti-aliasing filters used in digital cameras. Photographer Martin Doppelbauer disagrees with Fuji’s claims: he has published a piece arguing that, “digital cameras without aliasing filters are cameras with a built-in design flaw“:
To omit an alias filter in front of a digital image sensors is like building a sports car with no brakes. Of course, the car accelerates a little faster due to the lower weight and the cornering ability is also better due to the smaller unsprung weight – but ultimately it lacks an essential functional element.
For analog cameras, an alias filter is not required: Film has no sharply defined limit of resolution. It loses contrast and resolution gradually with increasingly higher frequencies. You could say, the low-pass filter is already incorporated in the film itself.
[…] By omitting the alias filter, the recorded image information […] does not increase! Even though images of cameras without aliasing filters may appear sharper and crisper: Images of cameras with a proper alias filter can easily be re-sharpened to achieve the same visual impression – without side effects.
So according to Doppelbauer, the recent fascination with removing anti-aliasing filters is more based in marketing rather than science.
Alias-filters: Yes or No? [Martin Doppelbauer]
French optical filter company Cokin has launched a new line of lens filters under the brand name Pure Harmonie. The new filters are unique in that they’re the thinnest and lightest in the world — the UV filter in the set measures only 3.3mm (~0.13in) thick!
The Brazilian advertising agency Y&R recently came up with an extremely clever series of photographs for Colgate to promote the company’s line of Total dental floss. Check out the three couple portraits in the post and see how quickly your eye is drawn to the weirdness.
Reikan Technology, the company behind the FoCal automatic lens calibration tool, tells us that it has released a new web-based tool for researching the performance of camera and lens combinations.
Have you always wanted to see what the world looks like from the top of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure in the world? Dubai, UAE-based photographer Gerald Donovan was recently given the opportunity of shooting a photograph from the peak of the massive skyscraper. Not just any ol’ photograph, mind you, but an immersive 360-degree panorama that makes you feel like you’re actually there!
It seems camera companies are trying to target Japanese anime fans these days. In September 2011, we wrote about how Leica had teamed up with the designer of Gundam (not to be confused with Gangnam) for a limited edition mech-themed V-LUX 30 digital camera.
Now Pentax, the king of bizarre special edition cameras, has forged an anime partnership of its own. The company has announced a limited edition line of Q10 mirrorless cameras that carry Neon Genesis Evangelion branding and colors.
This is probably the most beautiful video you’ll see today, this week, and perhaps even this year. Titled “Full Moon Silhouettes,” it’s a real-time video captured by photographer Mark Gee at Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. Gee writes,
People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It’s something that I’ve been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.
The video is as it came off the memory card and there has been no manipulation whatsoever. Technically it was quite a challenge to get the final result. I shot it on a Canon ID MkIV in video mode with a Canon EF 500mm f/4L and a Canon 2x extender II, giving me the equivalent focal length of 1300mm.
If you liked this one, also be sure to check out this video we featured earlier this month of a man slacklining in front of the moon.
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Nikon just overhauled its entire compact/superzoom lineup, so we thought we’d give it a go at a broad overview. New camera models are the Coolpix P520, L820, AW110, S9500, S9400, S5200, and S31; and all of them are trying to compete with your smartphone by offering a mix and match of great zoom, Wi-Fi connectivity and GPS. Read more…
There’s a new photo sharing app in town called Reactions. That news isn’t particularly unique or exciting in itself, but the developer behind the app is rather noteworthy: it’s legendary hacker George Hotz (AKA “geohot”).


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Microsoft is hoping to turn around the fortunes of Windows Phone with a growing number of cheap smartphones: The Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 are its latest contenders.
The launch of the iPhone 6 helped Apple increase its share of the smartphone OS market in eight countries, according to a report from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.
A successful iPhone 6 launch in the U.S. helped Apple increase its share of the smartphone market in the third quarter, but nemesis Samsung Electronics struggled, with upstart Chinese manufacturers nipping at its heels and growing ever stronger.
BlackBerry is now free to integrate German security vendor Secusmart's voice encryption technology on its smartphones and software, after the German government approved its acquisition of the company.
With the Lumia 535, Microsoft has delivered a worthy successor to the successful 520 that stacks up well against tough Android competitors like the Motorola Moto E, which the smartphone beats on several fronts.
Apple is at last offering a simple way for former iPhone users to receive text messages sent into limbo by the company's iMessage service.
Microsoft's first Windows smartphone since it dumped the Nokia brand will arrive on Tuesday, and a teaser from the company hints that it will be a new low-end model.
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks said they've discovered an impressive malware attack against Apple devices, which for now appears to be limited to users of a Chinese application store.
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group is happy to play the long game in trying to unseat Android's dominance in China, despite slow progress with the company's own mobile OS.
Push notifications -- those pesky alerts from the apps on your smartphone -- tread a fine line between being useful and annoying. Facebook wants to tip the scales toward the former.
Ericsson's Bowser has been resurrected to make up for the lack of a WebRTC-compatible browser on iOS and is now available for download from Apple's App Store.
Microsoft will continue to sell low-end phones with the Nokia brand and has licensed the brand for these type of devices.
Android may still be the most popular mobile OS in China, but local e-commerce giant Alibaba Group continues to offer its own alternative, and has just landed its biggest partner yet.
The launch of Apple Pay on Monday has brought considerable publicity to a technology that's already embedded in millions of Android smartphones yet has so far failed to take off.
China's Alibaba Group has decided to power app searches for its mobile operating system using technology from U.S.-based Quixey, a company in which it invested.
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Apple's iOS 6 operating system is running on 93% of devices in circulation, the company has claimed.
The tech giant has released a fragmentation chart revealing a breakdown of each version of the operating system's market share, suggesting that 6% of customers are running iOS 5, and just 1% using older editions.
The announcement is thought to be a thinly-veiled swipe at Google's heavily-fragmented Android OS, which has just over 30% of its user base running the latest Jelly Bean versions.
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently criticised Android over its divided platform, claiming that it is "terrible" for software developers.
Earlier this month, Apple lifted the lid on its next-generation iOS 7 operating system, touting it as the most significant overhaul of the software since the original iPhone launched in 2007.
iOS 7 is currently in the hands of developers in beta form, and will be released worldwide in the autumn.
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The current wave of digital transformation is being driven by technological advancements such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, blockchain, the internet of things, and APIs that can potentially change the banking landscape. Combining these technologies will deliver more profound levels of personalization, enhance customer experience, and transform banking operations, revolutionizing the way banking operates presently.
The growth of digital banking technology has not only changed the way customers interact with their financial institutions but has also altered traditional business processes and business workflows. With the pandemic hitting hard and closing branches practically overnight, customers had to switch to online banking and use digital transactions for the most part. Although banks were in the phase of reimagining their customer experience, the COVID-19 situation accelerated their adoption of digital technology to meet customer needs and expectations.
Banks are now turning their attention toward building better customer-facing digital experience and investing in automation technologies and chatbots to improve virtual communication with their customers. To build deeper relationships with customers, banks are leveraging the power of data to customize their offerings and are delivering them over a customer’s preferred channels for better engagement and response. It is well-known that for long-term customer engagement and stronger ROI, companies need to implement digital banking solutions and engagement practices. On that note, this edition of Banking CIO Outlook features some of the leading-edge banking solution providers in the Middle East that are revolutionizing the landscape with their offerings.
We present to you Banking CIO Outlook’s, “Top 10 Digital Banking Solution Providers in Middle East - 2020.”


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Many businesses could be caught out under the broad scope of the UK’s upcoming Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), as the government cracks down on the use of virgin and single use plastics.
“It goes a lot wider than you’d expect,” says Catherine Robins, partner at Pinsent Masons. “In other countries [where a similar tax has been introduced], they’re doing things that are very much focused on supermarket and food packaging.
“[PPT] goes a lot wider than that as it’s basically any kind of packaging. It’s tricky because businesses are going to be caught out thinking that they’re not caught by it and will find they are.”
Coming into effect April 1, the new tax is estimated to impact 20,000 manufacturers and importers of plastic packaging.
Caroline Brown, associate in the International Tax team at Bird & Bird, says it’s too early to judge if the tax will result in a greater demand for recycled plastic or will “just be an ineffective burden on businesses”.
“What is clear is that the PPT will significantly affect supply chain negotiations between producers, retailers and importers to the UK market. They will need to consider how to meet PPT targets and obligations and where the burden should fall.”
According to HMRC, the average annual net increase in the continuing administrative burden for businesses is estimated to be £400,000. This is largely for costs related to completing returns, but also includes the costs of new registrations after the commencement of the tax.
“The UK’s PPT is novel and bold, and perhaps untimely in passing costs onto businesses as they continue to struggle to recover from Covid-19 impacts – other regimes such as the EU’s version require a state-level contribution with countries not yet passing the financial burden onto businesses,” adds Brown.
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PPT will apply to plastic packaging manufactured or imported into the UK that does not contain at least 30 percent of recycled plastic, whether the packaging is unfilled or filled.
It extends to items with plastic packaging and single use packaging, says Robin. “It’s not just packaging, it’s things like cling film, freezer bags […] and bin bags.”
“There are some exemptions if the packaging is essentially integral to the use of the product. For example, printer cartridges where you couldn’t use it if it didn’t have the plastic round the ink.”
However, there are complex rules around what is considered an integral part of the product, she says. In government guidance, a mascara brush, wand, and cap are considered integral, but the bottle is not and, therefore, subject to the new tax.
The rate of the tax will be £200 per metric tonne of plastic packaging. Manufacturers or importers of 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging over a 12-month period must register for the tax.
Those below the threshold will not be subject to the tax but will still have to show they have carried out relevant checks, says Robin.
“It’s each component you have to look at separately, so if you’re looking at a plastic bottle, you’ve got the bottle, the plastic label and the lid to look at separately.
“There’s a lot of finding out about information and if you’re buying it or importing it, you need to get the information from the manufacturer as to what everything is made of,” she says.
Businesses will need to carry out regular due diligence checks on their supply chain, or risk being made jointly and severally liable for the tax, or even secondary liable if the person who should be paying the tax hasn’t.
“There is quite a lot of new information that people will have to obtain than they normally would and [have] new record keeping because you need to be able to show you’ve carried out due diligence,” says Robin.
Businesses should ensure new contracts with manufacturers have accounted for the new tax and comply with requirements, if applicable. Similarly, the cost of the tax may also need to be added into the contracts to avoid businesses absorbing additional costs, adds Robin.
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Renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking is famous for his plain language explanations of physics. But he’s also known for his ability to communicate and conduct research using a tablet computer that he controls with only his eyes.
Hawking does this with a custom-built eye tracker provided by Intel that allows him to pick out words for speech as well as to control his Lenovo Yoga laptop computer that runs Windows 10.
Unfortunately, not everyone who has lost the use of their hands can afford the custom-built setup used by Hawking. But there many people who suffer from the same disabling neurological disease as Hawking, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gherig’s disease named for the Hall of Fame major league baseball player who first brought attention to the disease when it ended his career in 1939.
Now, Microsoft is making computer eye control a reality for everyone.
In the Aug. 3 Windows Insider blog entry, Windows software engineer Dona Sarkar detailed the improvements to Windows 10 that are coming out now for users of the new Creators Update for Windows 10.
A lot of what’s in Sarkar’s announcement consists of bug fixes and security updates, but right at the top of the list is Eye Control (beta) which will provide similar functionality to the Hawking device, including the ability to spell out words using predictive text, text to speech and control of Windows.
Eye Control requires a third-party device in the form of the Tobii Eye Tracker 4C. This $149 device is available from Amazon and other resellers. What’s interesting is that Tobii sells this product as a gaming device where it’s supported by about 60 video games that run on Windows.
The addition of the eye control software to Windows expands the capabilities of the Tobii Eye Tracker. Once you install the eye tracker hardware, Windows will provide you with an application launch pad. You invoke the launch pad by turning on Eye Control and then look up the function you want to use.
The Eye Control function will support a keyboard and mouse capability. The currently available keyboard is for U.S. English, but according to the announcement, keyboards for other languages will be released in the near future.
Currently, the Windows Eye Control function only works with Tobii hardware. Microsoft chose to work with the Eye Tracker 4C apparently because of its popularity in the gaming market.
Tobii makes other eye control devices, including the Tobii Dynavox PCEye Mini, PCEyePlus, EyeMobile Plus and I-series and Micrsoft intends to add support for these devices, according to Sarkar. In addition, the announcement says that Microsoft wants to work with makers of other eye tracking devices as well.
This move by Microsoft, along with moves by other major companies to improve the accessibility of their products is important for several reasons. The most obvious is that it makes their products available to people with disabilities who otherwise can’t easily use a computer. Because personal computers have become such a vital part of society, it means that these people can interact in ways that were previously closed to them.
For example, virtually all job applications are handled online and so are nearly all job postings. That means that for someone to get a job, they need to use a computer, and if their handicap prevents that, then they’re effectively closed out of the job market. The same is true for a growing set of activities ranging from education to commerce.
But despite its limitations now, the potential of eye tracking is great. Samsung smartphones have been performing eye tracking for years and those platforms have used it to perform functions such as controlling the play of a video, so that if you look away from your phone’s screen, it can stop the playback until you look at the screen again.
Eventually, it seems likely that some form of eye tracking will emerge that uses the front facing camera on most computers. Windows can already use the cameras on some laptops for Windows Hello, where it uses facial recognition to identify an authorized user. While eye tracking is more difficult than recognizing a face, it still seems to be within the range of possibility.
It’s worth noting that as important as eye tracking is for accessibility, there are other purposes for this technology. Eye tracking is already being used for video games, for example, which was the original purpose for the Tobii Eye Tracker 4C. But eye tracking is also used in military aviation and car companies are already experimenting with eye tracking as a means of controlling vehicles.
Eye tracking is also important because it demonstrates a significant effort by a major technology company to make their products more accessible to the handicapped. Apple has also done this with the ability to provide connectivity to a variety of medical devices and prostheses.
I’ve used those capabilities to help overcome the effects of injuries I received during my military service, and while my requirements are modest, the difference such accommodations make is huge.
Access to Microsoft’s Eye Control technology will be a life changing improvement for many. It will, in effect, bring the technologies used by Professor Hawking within the reach of many, even, perhaps to a young person who will become the next Stephen Hawking.


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The brand new 2013 Nissan GTR was get its new engine which powered 560 Horse Power. As like oldest one, this 2013 Nissan GTR gets better and better every year and will no exception fot this one. As we know the first version of GTR was launched in 2007 at the Tokyo Motor Show delivered a total of 473 HP. The 2012 models was got impressive 530 HP and things aren’t slowing down for the Japanese automaker which prepare the next model year (2012 in Japan, 2013 in USA) will deliver an impressive 2013 Nissan GTR 560 HP.
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US Considering Electronics Ban For Flights From Europe
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Update 4/25/17 12:05pm: A TSA spokesman said there are “no imminent” plans to add any other nations to the electronics ban, according to Bloomberg. The spokesman added that the agency is continuously assessing security directives based on intelligence, but as of this update, there are no changes coming in the immediate future.
When the electronics ban was first announced, people traveling from the listed 10 airports in eight countries in the Middle East and Africa have had to come up with alternatives for using their large electronics on flights to the US. But now, The Guardian is reporting that the US may soon implement its electronics ban on flights coming from Europe as well.
A source told The Guardian that the Trump administration is considering extending the ban on electronics larger than a smartphone — including laptops and tablet devices — on flights headed to the US from Europe. UK government sources suggested to the outlet that although it wasn’t certain, the US was considering implementing the ban, and specific airports weren’t mentioned.
As you’ll remember, the Trump administration announced the electronics ban suddenly in late March — news that was prematurely broken by Royal Jordanian. As part of the ban, travelers flying from airports in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Morocco must check their large electronic devices in the cargo hold of the aircraft. Since it was announced, airlines, such as Emirates and Qatar, have come up with solutions like offering passengers to use loaner devices for their long-haul flights.
The ban was implemented after the US gained “intelligence” that terrorists favored “smuggling explosive devices in various consumer items.” Since the US administered its electronics ban, the UK followed with its own ban on the same day.
Of note in the first US electronics ban, no US airlines were affected. In fact, the government faced the biggest criticism over including Qatar (Qatar Airways) and the United Arab Emirates (Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways) — or the ME3 — in the ban. However, if the US were to employ an electronics ban on flights from the UK and Europe, US carriers would be forced to require their passengers to check their laptops and other large electronics.
Details on the potential electronics ban on flights from the UK and Europe are sparse as of right now. However, if The Guardian‘s sources are correct, the possibility of an electronics ban on flights from the region could be a huge blow for both travelers and airlines. To see what it was like to fly Emirates and Etihad during the electronics ban, check out our coverage.
Stay tuned to TPG for details if we get more information on the possibility of an electronics ban on flights from the UK and Europe.
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Intel is buying Israeli self-driving car company Mobileye NV for $15.3 billion. The $63.54 a share offer represents a 34 percent premium to Mobileye’s Friday closing price.
Shares of Mobileye rose 31 percent in the wake of the announcement. Meanwhile, Intel shares fell 1.1 percent.
Mobileye is one of the more noteworthy players in the connected transportation space. The Jerusalem-based company, which was founded in 1999, raised $890 million in its first few days on the New York Stock Exchange in August of 2014, resulting in a market cap of $7.85 billion.
The company makes chip-based camera systems. And it had already been working together with BMW AG and Intel. The trio has been road testing 40 self-driving cars.
Of course, BMW, Intel, and Mobileye are just a few of the companies that have been hard at work to put self-driving cars on the road. Alphabet, Tesla, and Uber also are working on such efforts, as are the big car brands. For example, GM last year spent $1 billion to buy Cruise Automation.
But self-driving cars are just one category of the larger connected transportation space. Other connected transportation categories include asset tracking, driver behavior, heavy and medium trucking, insurance, leasing/rental/car sharing, light commercial, and stolen vehicle recovery.
In the last 36 months, at any given time, there have been two to four active deals in the IoT transportation space, which includes consumer and enterprise segments, Homaira Akbari, CEO of AKnowledge Partners, told me in an interview in mid 2016. She added there were at least five active sales negotiations in the U.S. alone when we spoke on June 13. And since 2012, there have been around 30 acquisitions with a valuation of at least $20 million in this space, she added.
For example, HERE, a division of Nokia focused on mapping data for the IoT, in August of 2015 sold for 2.8 billion Euros ($3.2 billion), making it a unicorn, said Akbari. The buyer was a consortium of the German automobile companies Audi, BMW, and Daimler.
And in IoT Evolution magazine’s fourth quarter 2016 issue, analyst James Brehm noted Verizon’s list of acquisitions in the telematics space.
“With an influx of private equity money in IoT, 25 percent plus CAGR, more than 1,000 companies participating in the market, and relatively low interest rates, M&A is sure to be a theme of the industry well into 2017,” Brehm wrote.
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Shares of United Natural Foods were knocked for 4 percent in Tuesday trading after the food distributor reported double-digit bumps in fiscal second-quarter revenue and profit but came up just shy of Wall Street's profit target.
Before the bell, United Natural UNFI, -3.77% said that it earned $9.2 million, or 22 cents per share in the three months ended Jan. 31, up from $7 million, or 17 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
On an adjusted basis, the company earned 23 cents, a penny short of the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call.
Sales shot up 28 percent to $504.7 million, the company said, with the help of some acquisitions and strong consumer demand for natural and organic foods.
Shares of Dayville, Conn.-based United Natural ended down $1.27 at $29.90 after scraping as low as $26.04 early on.


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TireHub Opens Logistics Center in Metro Atlanta
KENNESAW, GA. — TireHub, the Atlanta-based national tire distributor cofounded by Bridgestone Americas Inc. and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., has opened its new TireHub Logistics Center in Kennesaw.
Relocated from Lawrenceville to Chastain Road, the Kennesaw TireHub Logistics Center will serve as a distribution center for the company. The relocation to Kennesaw will allow TireHub to reach customers in west Atlanta and surrounding areas, while the Norcross and Chattanooga logistics centers are meant to take care of customers in north Georgia. The Kennesaw location will hold 65,000 tires and employ 20 logistics specialists.
TireHub operates 71 logistics centers in the United States offering full passenger and light truck tire product lines from the Goodyear and Bridgestone companies.


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1/8/10 New HOF Dawson to sign
New Hall of Famer Andre Dawson will sign autographs and greet fans Saturday at the “Field of Dreams” store at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Ill. Dawson, elected on Wednesday to Cooperstown, will appear from 2-4 p.m. CT Saturday. The appearance is limited to 200 fans who submit a reservation by calling the store in advance.
Dawson, who won the NL MVP in 1987, his first year with the Cubs, will attend the Cubs Convention next weekend at the Hilton Chicago.
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With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and CNBC World, CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 385 million homes worldwide, including more than 94 million households in the United States and Canada. CNBC also provides daily business updates to 400 million households across China. The network's 15 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays from 4:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC's highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.
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