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General Motors' slogan -- "Charge the battery. Change the world."-- for its new Chevy Volt may be a hyperbolic bow to the company's new electric-powered vehicle.
But a couple of alternative-fuel experts say the Volt's impact could match its buzz in years to come if it helps usher in a new era of automobile powerage.
GM's introduction of the plug-in car Tuesday morning at its 100th birthday party at its headquarters at the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit drew excitement from Bill Stark, director of the Center for Alternative Fuels at the South Campus of Macomb Community College in Warren, and Patrick English, professor of automotive technology at Ferris State University in Big Rapids.
"I think the Volt represents what most passenger cars are going to look like for the next 10 years," Stark said. "It's the
start of a revolution in terms of powering vehicles."
GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner showed off the production version of the Volt, which will be able to go 40 miles on a single charge from a home outlet. After that, a four-cylinder engine will kick in to generate electricity to power the car and recharge the battery.
It differs from hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius due to its greater reliance on electrical power.
English called the Volt a potentially major development for a new world.
"It's a step in the right direction in how technologies will be blended," English said. "It's not the answer right now, but it's one of the technologies that will eventually turn into the solution" for finding alternatives to gasoline-powered vehicles.
"The best part is it's virtually petroleum-free" when ethanol is used when the electrical charge runs out, Stark said.
The Volt -- planned to be built in Hamtramck -- is due in U.S. showrooms by November 2010. The director of GM's Adam Opel AG unit said in Germany that Opel wants to sell a car based on Volt technology in Europe in 2011.
GM Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said in an interview that the Volt won't be sold earlier because of the complexity in building an entirely new powertrain.
"This is all-new technology, a lot of very complex software on the interaction between power electronics, piston engine and so forth," he said
Stark said he agrees with GM officials' confidence in the Volt's lithium-ion battery packs. It appears engineers eliminated the obstacle of the battery overheating and possibly catching fire, he said
"The overheating issue has been resolved, that was the Achille's heel" to its development, he said.
GM said it will cost about 80 cents to fully charge the Volt at 10 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is about the national average rate.
Stark said he likes the fact that most Volt owners would be able to charge the batteries at night during low-demand times for the national power grid.
GM hasn't announced the Volt's pricing, but it's expected to cost between $30,000 and $40,000.
"The cost has to get competitive," he said. "What the country needs is to have these cars made in high volume.
"I'm very encouraged. I just hope GM can achieve enough market penetration to make a big dent in the market."
The Volt even converted one of GM's biggest critics, film director Chris Paine, whose 2006 documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" accused GM of conspiring with the oil industry and the U.S. government to cancel its 1990s EV1 electric vehicle.
Paine, invited by GM to attend the centennial, took part in a panel discussion about the future of transportation. GM paid his expenses, he told reporters.
"My film wasn't supposed to be a grudge match with GM," he said. "It was about why we weren't able to begin to transition to a new automotive generation 10 years ago when we could have."
Paine said he still believes GM was wrong in killing the EV1. But he was intrigued by the Volt and a resurgence in electric-car interest.
Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Update, Nov, 18, 5:55 p.m. ET: YouTube is now back up and functioning properly.
YouTube is currently down. The world's biggest video host and second-largest search engine is inaccessible as of 5:25 p.m. ET, meaning that instead of seeing your favorite viral videos, cats and memes, visiting the site serves up a big ol' 500 Internal Server Error:
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When Malcolm Brown decided to become a self-employed courier driver, the first thing on his shopping list was a reliable van.
Our rooms with a ewe: Tourists leave woolly jumpers at home as they book a break with mischievous Loch Lomond sheep
Tourists are flocking to rent holiday homes with some special guests...as bookings soar for special breaks with animals.
When a couple paid almost £8,000 for swish new electric gates for their driveway, they thought they would be the crowning glory of an extensive home renovation.
A British-Australian woman and her Australian boyfriend have been freed from detention in Iran.
Plans to replace school librarians with volunteers and pupils have been attacked by campaigners.
Raw Deal: I wanted a new super-cooker for Christmas… but all Santa left was a big box of spare parts
Ruth Patience is simmering over a faulty £9,500 combined cooking and heating unit she bought for her dream Highland cottage.
Sex workers who advertise on websites will be better protected after a digital support service is launched as prostitution in Scotland moves indoors and online.
Scotland’s bank branch crisis could be eased by founding a national financial institution mutually owned by its customers, a new report reveals.
Stella Keith is celebrating a refund from Flybe after a trip from Inverurie to Cornwall for a family funeral turned into a travel nightmare.
Stuart Smith has been embroiled in a dispute for the past 20 months over a £1,200 scooter ordered from a national bikes company.
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VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES / ACCESSWIRE / June 12, 2020 / A crypto exchange called Nominex provides everyone with up to 3 BTC per.
Z. Our survey covered 28 states and 33 colleges. We inquired which digital currencies were popular, on which platform.
Coinbase is één cryptocurrency platform afkomstig uit Amerika.
cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin cash en Ethereum) te kopen, verkopen of bewaren.
Lees onze Coinbase review en ontdek of dit de bitcoin en cryptocurrency.
en verkopen, waaronder Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC) en EOS.
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After starting out with Bitcoin, San Francisco-based Coinbase has added a slew of others to the platform, including Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin.
The Bank of Korea has set up a legal panel to advise on possible regulatory sticking points for a future CBDC issuance.
Bitcoin Boxbilling Bitcoin Mining Units Although the stock market has made waves recently, don’t forget to take a look at cryptocurrencies, which may enjoy a great. Google Cloud on Monday said it has appointed Anil Valluri as senior director of its India unit. Valluri joins Google Cloud. 2 Jan 2019. and allowing the quantification of Bitcoin mining
3 May 2017.
On Wednesday the popular digital currency exchange service Coinbase made it possible for people to buy and sell Litecoin.
Being faced with innumerable options of cryptocurrencies to choose from, it’s important to know how to narrow down your.
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency trading platform (CTP), wallet and broker, is one of.
It also added BCH to the accounts of users who had bitcoin in their Coinbase.
With the widely distribution of Bityard in more than 150 countries around the world, they have recently launched the ’10 Million Support Plan’. Rafael Zhou, head of Bityard business department,
We are honored to have been selected to join the CRC and look forward to increasing visibility, promoting standards, and contributing to the safe and orderly growth of the digital asset industry,”.


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Zomato said it clocked over Rs 100 crore in gross merchandise value (GMV) — which indicates the value of food ordered on its platform — compared to Rs 75 crore it had snagged last year on December 31. Arch-rival Swiggy said orders delivered grew 62%, while GMV went up 61% on Friday, against last year.
At 9 pm on Friday, Swiggy said it crossed 2 million orders while Zomato touched 2.5 million orders as of 11:15 pm.
taking a tweet break. crossed 2 million orders on Swiggy and many more lined up. brb!— Swiggy (@swiggy_in) 1640964963000
In an aggressive bid to showcase the demand surge, Zomato cofounder and chief executive Deepinder Goyal and Swiggy cofounder and CEO Sriharsha Majety live-tweeted the orders per minute (OPM) throughout Friday evening.
At the time, the two had crossed 7,000 orders per minute, setting new records.
The online orders were almost double of what is seen during a busy weekend, he added.
Swiggy’s order per minute reached 9,500 in the evening, surpassing last year’s record by 1.7 times, even as the number of new users increased 80%.
Jimmy Kuruvilla, vice-president of operations, Food Matters Group, which runs high-end restaurants such as The Table in Mumbai, said a majority of orders on New Year’s Eve were through online channels and demand doubled compared to a typical Friday night.
Swiggy and Zomato have been preparing for the anticipated surge by expanding their delivery fleets, support and operations staff in anticipation of a record spike in orders.
Delivery staff shortage
Swiggy, which had about 300,000 partners on the road on Friday night, introduced a bunch of incentives that made December the highest-earning month for delivery partners, a Swiggy spokesperson said.
Despite the preparations, the unprecedented scale of demand led to order delays and a shortage of delivery personnel.
Dotpe, a startup which helps offline businesses with commerce and payments, experienced a waiting time of more than 20 minutes for delivery staff for orders placed after 8 pm. Zomato rerouted delivery partners to areas with higher demand by offering additional payouts per kilometre.
The advance preparations were not limited to online food aggregators. Even restaurants were expecting a busier-than-usual New Year’s Eve. Several food outlets hit full capacity around 8-9 pm and resorted to pausing orders to catch up with the backlog.
Anshul Gupta, founder of cloud kitchen startup EatClub, which operates eight brands, including BOX8 and MOJO Pizza, across five cities, including Bengaluru and Pune, said their order volumes doubled compared to a normal Friday evening. He said order value rose 50%, which meant total orders grew three times against usual numbers.
“Due to Covid-19 restrictions and this kind of surge in demand, it was quite inevitable that a lot of kitchens finally capped out because demand was extremely concentrated between 7-11 pm. Kitchens are made for a certain capacity and even with all the preparation and all the processes that one could implement, there is always a cap to just how much food a kitchen can make,” said Gupta, whose restaurants use both direct platforms and food delivery firms.
Direct ordering platforms Thrive and Dotpe also clocked a four-five times increase in order volumes compared to a typical weekend, the companies said separately.
Quick commerce players Zepto, Instamart and BlinkIt (formerly Grofers) also witnessed record order volumes. As people stayed and celebrated at home, orders for party essentials and groceries went up.
Swiggy’s Instamart recorded 63% more orders and a 74% increase in GMV compared to the rest of the month, beating its own previous Christmas day peak. The order intensity peaked closer to dinner, with 17,662 being placed in 30 minutes alone, a company spokesperson said.
“It was the highest number we've seen so far, a surge by 40% of what was planned,” said Aadit Palicha, cofounder of Zepto, a Mumbai-based ultrafast delivery startup. “The average order value on Friday was much higher than normal because of bulkier party orders.”
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Fashion mogul Ashley Olsen 'dating' new executive David Schulte
Ashley Olsen reportedly has a new romantic interest.
The 27-year-old fashion mogul has been dating David Schulte, the chief executive officer of luxury eyewear brand Oliver Peoples, according to a report on Wednesday night in US Weekly.
'Ashley is dating David. It's pretty new,' one of several sources told the magazine.
New romance? Ashley Olsen, shown in June in New Jersey, reportedly has been dating David Schulte, head of the Oliver Peoples luxury eyewear company
Ashley and her twin sister Mary-Kate have been busy at New York Fashion Week and are set to show their Elizabeth and James line on Thursday.
The Full House star has been low-key about her past romances and her last high-profile relationship was with actor Justin Bartha from 2008 to 2011.
She also previously dated Elder Statesman designer Greg Chait and restaurant owner Scott Sartiano.
Businessman suitor: David Schulte, shown in October 2012 in Beverly Hills, California, was named CEO of Oliver Peoples eyewear in 2006
David was named CEO of Oliver Peoples in August 2006 and has years of finacial, marketing and retail experience.
The luxury eyewear company was bought by Oakley in 2006 for $56 million and its glasses have been featured on television's Burn Notice and also in the 2000 film American Psycho.
Ashley and her sister also run The Row fashion label and presented their latest collection on Monday at NY Fashion Week.
Fashion moguls: Ashley, left, and twin Mary-Kate, shown in June in West Hollywood, California, have built an empire worth an estimated $1 billion
The twins appeared on the hit ABC sitcom Full House as Michelle Tanner for eight years before the show ended in 1995 after 192 episodes.
Ashley earlier this month joined the 50th birthday bash for Full House co-star John Stamos at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Hollywood.
She and her twin sister have built their own fashion empire worth an estimated $1 billion.
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Mexico City Starts To Open Some Activities During Pandemic
MEXICO CITY — The coronavirus pandemic is still growing in Mexico, according to federal data from that nation. But its capital, Mexico City, is allowing the limited return of some businesses and activities, as the city’s government information indicates a drop in hospitalizations this week.
Mexico City’s mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that certain small businesses, hotels, restaurants, hair salons and street markets will be allowed to start to open gradually with limited occupancy and hours. Mexico City's heart, the downtown area near Zócalo square, will also reopen with restricted traffic and hours.
Face masks are still mandatory and quarantine recommended.
Shainbaum said the measures are based on scientific proof. She says there’s been an 18% drop of bed occupancy in hospitals and a 36% drop of hospitalizations in public clinics for over a month.
The mayor, a distinguished scientist herself, has opposed the federal government’s line by promoting more COVID-19 testing, enforcing face masks and installing educational health brigades.


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Many analysts in the business media are offering opinions about the decision by General Motors CEO Mary Barra to close plants and send workers to unemployment lines. President Trump's criticism of the actions makes for volatile daily price moves -- he'd campaigned on a promise to keep car plants such as these open. His "promises made, promises kept" slogan is a problem for any re-election bid with this announcement from GM.
What's it like if we skip all of the daily news headlines, media expert opinions, political shouting and just examine the price charts? Let's take a look.
Here's the General Motors daily chart:
You can make out clearly the down trend line connecting the lower and lower highs from the June peak through September. The stock gapped up from 33.5 to 37 at the end of October -- days before the announcement that General Motors would be closing plants and laying off workers. Perhaps it was clear to a few very perceptive investors that some kind of important news might be forthcoming.
After the news came out, the stock made it up to 39 before dropping off as President Trump expressed his dissatisfaction. If we just look at the daily chart, we might conclude that the down trend has at least temporarily ended -- with price above that line and above the Ichimoku cloud. The moving average convergence/divergence indicator (MACD) below the price chart is already suggesting a negative divergence.
The GM weekly chart tells a slightly different technical analysis story:
This stock had been trending upward since that August, 2015 low. The uptrend line connecting that low with the June, 2016 low and the March, 2018 low has been broken. Even with the recent blast higher, GM has been unable to overcome that line on a closing basis. It remains below the Ichimoku cloud as well.
For the longer-term perspective, here's the monthly chart:
Despite all of the headlines and all of the deep thoughts among political analysts, General Motors remains in an uptrend from the standpoint of the monthly price closes. You can see this at a glance: connecting the 2015 low with the 2016 and 2018 low shows how all of the action this year remains above the up trend line. GM is staying above the Ichimoku cloud range as well.
As long as we're talking about the car manufacturing business, I have noted on this blog that both Honda and Toyota might be considered "value" stocks if you applied basic Benjamin Graham style analysis. Here's a link to my blog note that mentions Honda and here's the link to the mention of Toyota. And then there's Tesla, speaking of cars being manufactured, but that's a whole different story.


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According to Ghadir Petrochemical Company, Hossein Saffari
stated: “In the first three months of this year, about 34,000 tons of items
were produced, of which 12,000 tons were processed in the month of Khordad (May
22-June 21) alone; a new production record in the plant’s books.”
He stated that in the current situation, with the
implementation of various plans to remove technical and production barriers and
bottlenecks, the ratio of production to nominal capacity of Ghadir
Petrochemical Plant has reached an unprecedented 121 percent of nominal
capacity while production has seen a 46% year-on-year growth.
The CEO of Ghadir Petrochemical Company further underlined
the record of daily loading and packaging of 1,100 tons of petrochemical
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This Beekeeper Means Business
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Ishai Zeldner was a 20-something college graduate doing an ulpan on Kibbutz Beit HaShita in northern Israel when he was assigned to work with Yusuf Gidron, the kibbutz beekeeper.
“I had no clue about bees,” Zeldner said. “One night I was working with Yosef, moving the bees, and I got stung on the top of my head and I didn’t collapse or run away. He was looking for a strapping young guy to help him, and that’s all it took. It was total serendipity; the rest is history.”
What Zeldner means by “the rest” is the 9,000-square-foot operation he heads today, the Woodland, California-based Z Specialty Foods, which sells many gourmet products, the largest category by far being his impressive array of honeys. Now 67, Zeldner traces his love of honey and bees back to that fateful night in Israel over 40 years ago.
Zeldner worked with the bees at Beit HaShita over four different seasons between 1970 and 1977, and considered making aliyah. But when his father had a heart attack back in Buffalo, New York, he had to return home and run the family business, a grocery store and specialty food operation. While Zeldner senior initially sold wild game, he later began importing soul food and other southern specialties, to reflect the changing demographics of his neighborhood.
Once the business was sold, the younger Zeldner returned to Israel, even working with the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture inspecting beehives throughout the country. While the elderly Gidron hoped his young apprentice might take over the bee operation for him at Beit HaShita, Zelder chose not to stay.
In 1978, he began working for a commercial beekeeper near Chico with 6,000 bee colonies. It was there that he fell in love with yellow star thistle honey, a far cry from the pasteurized specimens he found on supermarket shelves.
“No one was marketing gourmet honey in those days,” he said. “Most supermarket honey has been overheated and filtered at 160 degrees or more, and then it’s pasteurized. Then they put it through a microfilter, which takes out the pollen. They do this so it doesn’t look different than the other products in the store, and honey often crystallizes, which is inconvenient for people. I understood this even as a kid: You didn’t want a product that looked different than anything else.”
Zeldner says that today’s supermarket brands are usually a blend, with much of it imported and in most cases stripped of all beneficial pollen, which many consider good for fighting allergies.
In 1979, Zeldner landed at UC Davis, where he began taking apiculture courses — and keeping his own bees. At first he started giving his honey away to friends, until he realized he was giving away more than he could afford. So he began selling to some businesses around town, while his wife Amina Harris attended Fancy Food shows. He began selling to department stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy’s. “This was before gourmet food started showing up in every supermarket,” Zeldner said.
Coincidentally or not, Harris, is now director of the Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis. She continues to help out with the business, as does their son Josh, who decided to join them a few years after graduating from college.
“Josh is a fifth generation food merchant,” said Zeldner, adding that he and Harris put no pressure on their son to join the family business. They have other employees, too, including one Israeli, so Hebrew is often heard around the warehouse — somehow fitting, since Zeldner refers to himself as an Israeli-trained beekeeper.
Z Specialty Food began in Davis, California, in 1979, then moved to a room the size of a one-car garage in Winters, before ending up in a 4,000-square-foot place in Woodland, which was enlarged to become the current facility.
Zeldner imports interesting honeys from all over the world, such as Mexican Coffee Blossom and French Lavender, and he ships all over the world as well. His facility is certified kosher and he even sells kosher bee pollen. He markets certain products around Rosh Hashanah and others for synagogue fundraisers and other functions.
But the business is not confined to honey and related products like royal jelly, honeycomb, and bee propolis. He also sells nut butters, fruit and jam spreads, and savory vegetable spreads like roasted red pepper.
He still keeps bees himself, though the honey he sells from his own hives makes up less than one percent of his business.
“Beekeeping is addicting,” Zeldner said, adding that he’s been doing it for 45 years, so why quit now. “Every year, it’s amazing watching them increase in population. They’ve been doing their thing for 50 million years and they’re still doing it in my backyard.”
“There’s something calming about working with them,” he continues. “It puts you in separate world. And it’s a certain challenge to work with them and not get stung.”
This article first appeared on J. Weekly. Alix Wall is a personal chef in the East Bay and beyond. You can find her website at The Organic Epicure.


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San Francisco: After taking on Meta (Facebook) and Google with antitrust lawsuits, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly drafting an antitrust case against Apple, alleging that the company “abused its market power to stifle smaller tech companies, including app developers and competing hardware makers”.
According to a report in the Politico citing sources, the Justice Department is “in the early stages of drafting a potential antitrust complaint against Apple”.
“Various groups of prosecutors inside the DOJ are assembling the pieces for a potential lawsuit and the department’s antitrust division hopes to file suit by the end of the year,” the report said.
Both DOJ and Apple did not comment on the report.
However, the Justice Department is yet to make a firm decision on “whether or when to sue Apple, the world’s most valuable public company”.
It is still possible “no case will be filed”.
If filed, it will be the first antitrust lawsuit by the DOJ against Big Tech under the US President Joe Biden’s administration.
European antitrust watchdogs have filed antitrust cases against Apple over its App Store fees and the iPhone’s treatment of tap-to-pay technology.
The Justice Department has been investigating Apple since 2019 over allegations that it abused its market power to stifle smaller tech companies.
In May, a US judge denied Apple’s appeal to dismiss an amended antitrust lawsuit filed by the creator of Cydia, an app store for jailbroken iPhones.
Cydia developer Jay Freeman first filed a lawsuit against Apple in 2020, alleging that Apple “has wrongfully acquired and maintained monopoly power” in iOS app distribution and payments.
Freeman shut down the Cydia store in 2018.
Meanwhile, Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite game, challenged Apple for its stand that third-party app stores would compromise the iPhone’s security.
Last year, a US judge ruled in the Epic Games v. Apple district court case that Apple did not have a monopoly in the relevant market.


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About a third of Americans have cut back personal spending over the past 30 days because of fears about the fiscal cliff, according to new research published Wednesday by Bankrate.com.
The survey gives no word on how that’s impacting holiday shopping, but with more than 75 percent of consumers feeling less comfortable with their savings now versus a year ago, it’s probably not good news for retailers.
“The risks of going over the fiscal cliff are beginning to resonate with consumers much the way they have with businesses that have held back in recent months,” said Greg McBride, Bankrate.com’s senior financial analyst. “The combination of tax hikes and significant spending cuts would push the economy into recession, and one-third of consumers are already beginning to cut back on spending due to the looming uncertainty.”
Predictably, the uncertainty hits hardest those with less of a financial cushion. The people most likely to cut back were those with annual income less than $30,000, those with no more than a high school diploma, and those 65 and older, according to the survey.
In terms of holiday shopping, National Retail Federation projects U.S. holiday sales to increase by 4.1 percent.
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Hillsdown to postpone sale of poultry business
HILLSDOWN Holdings is understood to have decided to postpone the sale of its poultry business.
The group, which is in the middle of a demerger, is expected to announce that its first-half figures have hit hard by the poor performance of the poultry business.
The division is valued at about £100 million. But the strength of the pound has left it fighting cheap imports from the Continent.
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Beer and baseball
Samuel Adams has been named the “official beer of the Boston Red Sox.” Samuel Adams and the Red Sox entered into a multi-year partnership, bringing together two beloved Boston icons, the companies say. In 1984, Samuel Adams Founder Jim Koch hit the streets of Boston, going door-to-door to introduce bartenders to his new beer, Samuel Adams Boston Lager. “I moved to Boston the year of the ‘Impossible Dream Season.’ Now, visitors to this historic ballpark will enjoy the freshest Sam Adams beer while watching an incredible team playing under our sign over in right field. It’s my personal impossible dream come true,” said Koch, founder and master brewer of Samuel Adams, in a statement. “We got our start right here in Boston, and for the past three decades, we’ve worked our butts off to stay independent and brew great beer. As the official beer of the Red Sox, we get to celebrate our New England roots with millions of other fans as soon as the season kicks off.”
Consumers can spruce up beer or mixed drinks with Toast’s new leather pint glass cuffs that are hand-crafted from real leather and available in 10 colors. Designed to fit tapered 14- and 16-ounce pint glasses, the cuffs easily twist on and off any standard pint glass and can withstand glass sweat while keeping beverages insulated, the company says. Customization options also can be etched on the cuff, including initial monograms, photos and emojis.
GovMint.com and ModernCoinMart, in cooperation with S&A Partners — The Official Coca-Cola Licensee for Collectible Coins — teamed up with The Coca-Cola Co.’s Coca-Cola brand to bring collector-edition, legal-tender silver dollars that look like Coca-Cola bottle caps. Struck in 6 grams of 99.9 percent pure silver, the $1 silver coins are officially licensed by Coca-Cola and are legal-tender dollars, making them both a meaningful and long-lasting collectible item, the companies say. At first glance, the coins look like large Coca-Cola bottle caps: the white logo shining on a field of red. But flip them over, and collectors will find the coin’s weight, purity, 2018 date and $1 Fiji legal-tender value. State-of-the-art minting technology and colorization techniques were used to replicate the shape and appearance of Coca-Cola bottle caps, the companies explain.
Stir it up
Helping consumers make cocktails at home, Campari America and Stirred Inc. launched a new digital platform and community that inspires easier cocktail decisions, higher cocktail confidence and broader cocktail horizons, the companies say. Launched in January, Stirred.com, which was designed for mobile devices, helps cocktail novices and experts discover new cocktails that can be made from an at-home bar and kitchen cupboard. It can save favorite recipes, mark others to try and teach the best techniques to make a great cocktail, they say. The platform also can make suggestions depending on the ingredients on-hand, they note.
Sappy for the planet
Sap! announced that it now is working with 1% For the Planet by donating 1 percent of its revenue to companies committed to regenerative agriculture. Nationally, Sap! will work with Kiss the Ground to spread the message; locally, it will partner with New Farms for New Americans to help ensure agricultural opportunities for all Vermonters, the company says. “Sap! is founded on a passion for the workable forest and protecting the environment,” Sap! Founder Nikita Salmon said in a statement. “The work being done by Kiss the Ground and New Farms for New Americans is perfectly in-line with our own philosophy and passion for ethical practices that work to protect and regenerate natural resources.”
Powering the dash
Entering its 10th season this month, the 5K obstacle course race Warrior Dash and Core Power entered into a multi-year agreement making Core Power the Official Protein Beverage of Warrior Dash. Warrior Dash participants nationwide will receive bottles of Core Power at the finish line of the race, and Core Power will add contests and activities to the Warrior Dash festival, the companies say. “As a leader in the obstacle racing industry, Warrior Dash really pushes these athletes, and they need nutritious recovery drinks after running through their 5K obstacle courses,” fairlife’s Anders Porter said in a statement. “We are thrilled that Core Power has been selected as the sports recovery drink for these Warriors, and we look forward to helping them refuel as they cross the finish line over the years ahead.”
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Coors Light and former NHL player Jeremy Roenick are teaming up this season to invite NHL game-goers to a one-of-a-kind hockey experience at three marquee games. Those heading to Citi Field can stop by the Silver Bullet Bar, which was constructed using upcycled materials and features game-used hockey sticks, netting, skates, stadium Plexiglass and pucks from all 31 teams. Roenick will be there serving Silver Bullets before fans enter the stadium, and consumers can test their hockey skills at the Coors Light slap shot, using crushed cans as pucks. The Silver Bullet Bar made its debut at the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day, appeared at the Honda NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 28, and will be at the Coors Light NHL Stadium Series on March 3.
The Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) introduced the WSET Tasting Notes app. The free app, available through iTunes and Google Play, is built on the trademark WSET Level 2 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine. The app allows wine drinkers to make detailed and consistent notes when tasting wines, storing all of their notes for easy access on their devices. When adding a note, users can choose between knowing what they are tasting or tasting blind, and can add a photo of the wine label for easy recognition. The app includes a database of more than 300 wine-producing countries and regions, more than 100 pre-populated grape varietals, a lexicon of commonly used aroma and flavor descriptors, professional tips, and an easy-to-use interface.
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Smico/Symons Screens, now based near Oklahoma City, Okla., recently moved into a new, state-of-the-art office and manufacturing facility that will improve manufacturing efficiency, shorten lead times, improve test lab capabilities and parts delivery and make room for expected company growth.
The company is using the larger 45,000-sq. ft. (4,180 sq m) facility to house innovative new equipment, such as its new high-definition plasma cutter, modern overhead crane system and CNC machines that improve production speed by more than 50 percent on average, according to the company. In addition, the company plans to expand to another shift next year and further increase the facility size in the foreseeable future on its accommodating 5-acre campus.
The new facility is already stimulating more parts sales through its expanded capabilities to manufacture replacement wear parts for all Smico and Symons product lines. The operation will be even further streamlined as it prepares to keep up with high demand and projects a maximum 48-hour turnaround time on all parts.
The increase in manufacturing space also provides added room for the company’s test lab operation that has accurately simulated specific application details for hundreds of customers to ensure ideal end product results — no matter the age of the operation or previous equipment. Customizing equipment solutions to the existing structure helps minimize retrofitting and structural material costs.
“This new facility allows us to dedicate ample room for all departments and invest in new innovations, ultimately taking our production and efficiency to new heights,” said Erick Heald, co-owner of Smico/Symons Screens.
“Our quality expectations are still at the same premium level, but now we have created an environment conducive to faster turnarounds while maintaining our innovative solution approach to each customer. I’m excited to expand our reach and niche in North America and throughout the world.”
For more than 75 years, Smico/Symons Screens has specialized in fabricating custom screens, feeders, conveyors, wear parts and other processing equipment around the individual application and specification requirements of its customers. Focusing more than 75 percent of its business on customization, Smico/Symons Screens is able to meet unique customer needs in a quick and affordable manner.
For more information, call 405/946.1461 or visit www.smico.com.


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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said it will start taking orders in China on Friday for a lower-priced version of its Model 3 car, as it seeks to accelerate China sales hit by trade friction between Washington and Beijing.
The California-based firm said in a statement that Chinese customers will be allowed to place orders for a long range, rear-wheel-drive Model 3 variant whose price will start at 433,000 yuan ($64,300.56).
Previously, the starting price for a Model 3 in China was 499,000 yuan, for an all-wheel-drive long range version. Tesla said earlier this year that it plans to start delivering Model 3 cars to customers in China in March.
Tesla, which is building a factory to produce Model 3 vehicles in Shanghai, is looking to minimize the impact of a trade war which has so far forced it adjust prices of its U.S.-made cars in China.
Keeping prices in check will also help Tesla fend off competition from a swathe of domestic electric vehicle startups such as Nio Inc, Byton and XPeng Motors.
(Reporting by Yilei Sun in Beijing and Brenda Goh in Shanghai; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Christopher Cushing)


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The process of installing OptiTex has begun at three NIFT centers: Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore. NIFT joins the respected list of worldwide educational institutes that have already implemented OptiTex.
NIFT provides a common platform for fashion education, research and training, and is one of India's leading fashion technology institutes. Incorporating OptiTex 2D and 3D software solutions to the study program was one more important step taken by NIFT to introduce the knitwear students with the latest technology in the fashion industry. Students would now have a smooth transition into a professional role at one of the many prospering export houses and factories around the country.
In an interview in June 2012, Prof. Kripal Mathur, Chairperson, Knitwear Design Dept. NIFT, said: "The introduction of OptiTex in the curriculum is a real breakthrough. The highlight of OptiTex is the live simulation which would help students of the Knitwear Design Department to visualize the designed product in real time. I think OptiTex will motivate and add more excitement in the design development work of the students."
"OptiTex's presence in the Indian textile market is on an accelerated growth path." Said Mr. Ran Kramer, Managing Director of OptiTex India and Sri Lanka. "We are proud to be at the forefront of the industry's technology and to be chosen by a leading academic institute to provide the next generation of professionals in India with access to Optitex 2D and 3D software solutions".
OptiTex is the leading provider of 2D and 3D CAD/CAM, and Virtual Prototyping software solutions for the apparel, automotive, aeronautics, industrial fabrics and upholstery industries.
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Bitcoin, the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has had a tumultuous past, with its price experiencing both massive highs and devastating lows. However, as we move into 2023, there are several reasons why many experts believe that the digital currency will experience growth once again. If you start your journey as a bitcoin trader, use a safe and secure trading platform like bitqt official site.
1 Increasing institutional adoption
Institutional Investors are Buying In
Institutional investors, such as hedge funds and investment banks, are beginning to take notice of Bitcoin’s potential as a store of value and diversification tool. In 2021, we saw a significant increase in institutional investment in Bitcoin and this trend is expected to continue in 2023. With more institutional money flowing into the market, the demand for Bitcoin will increase, which in turn will drive up its price.
2 Positive regulatory developments
Government Regulations are Becoming More Favorable
Regulatory developments have also been a key factor in determining the future of Bitcoin. In recent years, governments and financial institutions around the world have been taking a closer look at the digital currency and its underlying technology, blockchain. Many regulators have begun to recognize the potential benefits of Bitcoin and are working to create a more favourable regulatory environment for it. This includes countries like Japan, South Korea, and Germany, which have all adopted more lenient regulations towards Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
3 Growing mainstream acceptance
Bitcoin is Becoming More Widely Accepted
As Bitcoin becomes more mainstream, more businesses are beginning to accept it as a form of payment. This includes both online and brick-and-mortar stores, as well as other services such as remittances and lending platforms. This growing acceptance will increase the utility of Bitcoin, making it more useful and valuable to a wider range of people.
4 Rising global economic uncertainty
Bitcoin as a Hedge Against Economic Uncertainty
The global economy has been facing a lot of uncertainty in recent years, with the COVID-19 pandemic and trade tensions between major countries. In times of economic uncertainty, investors often turn to safe-haven assets such as gold and U.S. dollars. However, Bitcoin has also been gaining recognition as a hedge against economic uncertainty. As more investors seek refuge in Bitcoin during times of economic turmoil, its price is likely to increase.
5 Advances in technology
Blockchain Technology Continues to Develop
The technology behind Bitcoin, known as blockchain, is still in its early stages of development. However, as the technology matures, it is becoming increasingly useful for a wide range of applications beyond just digital currencies. This includes supply chain management, voting systems, and even medical records. As blockchain technology continues to develop, it will become more valuable, which in turn will drive up the value of Bitcoin.
6 Growing interest from millennials
Millennials are Showing Interest in Bitcoin
Millennials, who are now in their late twenties and early thirties, are becoming increasingly interested in Bitcoin. Many of them see Bitcoin as a way to take control of their financial future and to opt out of the traditional financial system. As more millennials invest in Bitcoin, demand for the digital currency will increase, which will drive up its price.
7 Limited supply
Bitcoin’s Limited Supply
Bitcoin has a limited supply, with only 21 million coins that will ever be created. As demand for Bitcoin increases, its price will also increase due to the limited supply. This scarcity makes Bitcoin similar to gold, which also has a limited supply and is often sought after as a store of value.
8 Increasing use cases
Bitcoin’s Potential for Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a rapidly growing sector of the cryptocurrency market, and Bitcoin is playing a key role in it. DeFi platforms allow users to access a wide range of financial services, such as lending and borrowing, without the need for traditional intermediaries. As more people turn to DeFi, the demand for Bitcoin, which is often used as collateral, will increase, driving up its price.
9 Stronger network effects
Bitcoin’s Network is Growing Stronger
Bitcoin’s network effect, which refers to the value of a network increasing as more people use it, is becoming stronger. The more people who use Bitcoin, the more valuable it becomes. This is because more users mean more transactions, and more transactions mean more data on the blockchain, making it more valuable for other uses such as smart contracts.
10 Potential for global adoption
Bitcoin’s Potential for Global Adoption
Bitcoin has the potential for global adoption as a decentralized digital currency. This is because it is not controlled by any government or institution and can be used by anyone with an internet connection. As more people around the world begin to adopt Bitcoin, demand for the digital currency will increase, driving up its price.
While no one can predict the future with certainty, the factors discussed above suggest that Bitcoin has a strong chance of experiencing growth in 2023. From institutional adoption to advances in technology and growing mainstream acceptance, the conditions are ripe for Bitcoin to experience a resurgence in value. As always, it’s important to do your own research and invest wisely.


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Mandatory commercial breaks are coming soon to your Facebook News Feed.
Facebook is currently shopping around its most outlandish ad unit yet, AdAge reported today. The social network plans to debut video advertisements that autoplay in the News Feed and is said to be courting TV advertisers with deep pockets. The ads are slated for release in the first half of 2013.
When reached for comment, a Facebook spokesperson declined to discuss the company’s plans around video ads.
Facebook is hoping to attract the type of premium ads you see on television, according to the report. The company plans to allow advertisers to run 15-second spots that will take over your News Feed and play video, and possibly audio, automatically.
“On the desktop version of Facebook, the video ads are expected to grab a user’s attention by expanding out of the news feed into webpage real estate in both the left and right columns — or rails — of the screen. Facebook is also working on a way to ensure that the video ads stand out on the mobile apps as well,” said AdAge reporter Jason Del Rey, citing television industry executives.
Hopefully, the implementation of these video ads will be less obnoxious than what is being proposed. An inescapable ad inside a Hulu video is something web users have come to expect. A forced interruption of the News Feed, however, sounds like cause for Facebook users to revolt.
Even AdAge’s industry executives, who’ve reportedly seen the units in action, are fearful of the repercussions, particularly regarding the autoplay functionality. “There could be serious outrage,” one person said.
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Damen Song Cam Shipyard, along with its joint venture partner Song Cam Shipyard, held a keel-laying ceremony for the electric RSD-E Tug 2513 in Vietnam.
The electric RSD-E Tug 2513 is being built for the Ports of Auckland, New Zealand.
The world’s first fully electric tug with 70 tonnes bollard pull is expected to help meet the Ports of Auckland’s goal of being a zero-emissions operation by 2040.
With 80% of power in the country already being generated from clean energy sources, the tug is expected to finish a green energy cycle in the ports.
Damen Song Cam Shipyard general director Joris van Tienen said: “We are very excited to make a start on the construction of this innovative vessel. We are also very proud to be maintaining our schedule during this challenging time when the coronavirus pandemic continues around the world. This is due to the enormous efforts our staff have gone to in order to ensure a safe working environment.”
The vessel is a completely electric version of Damen’s standard platform, the next-generation RSD Tug 2513.
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Damen has designed the vessel with focus on safety, sustainability, reliability and efficiency.
The new vessel will be named Sparky. Over 50% of the 8,000 people who took part in selecting a name voted for Sparky as a name.
Damen said that the RSD-E Tug 2513 is an example of efficient solutions that the company is building as part of its goal of becoming a sustainable shipbuilder.
The company delivered fully electric ferries to Denmark, electric and hybrid ferries to Canada and an electric cutter suction dredger.
Damen also said that it is applying standardisation and digital connectivity to the development of vessels that meet the sustainable maritime future requirements.
A few days ago, public transport company Arriva Denmark received five Damen Ferries 2306 E3 from Damen Shipyards Group.


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VAA Online Art Exhibition Showcases New, Emerging Artists
Published By Pressat [English], Fri, Apr 9, 2021 12:00 PM
Contemporary emerging artists across the globe are being showcased in an online virtual exhibition by the Visual Artists Association from 13th April to 30th June, 2021. This digital edition, will celebrate all visual art mediums including Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Photography, and Mixed Media. The event will feature over 200 hand-picked artists selected from thousands of applicants.
The ambitious exhibition expands across five virtual gallery spaces, featuring the new and emerging artists. All artworks are available to be purchased directly from the artist and visitors can also book an online consultation direct with the artists themselves or the exhibition director. The inaugural online exhibition has been organised in response to the pandemic by The Visual Artists Association, London.
VAA Director, Laura O’Hare commented “The artists featured in this exhibition have recently had notable success in exhibiting and also in sales. There are artists from over 15 different countries, including the USA, Far East, Australasia, Europe and beyond There is a broad age range of artists, who reflect their diverse life experiences in their artworks. This exhibition will put the spotlight on new and emerging talent, giving them a helping hand in the artworld”.
The exhibition opens online at 18.00 pm 13th April. Please register to receive event updates and offers at www.visual-artists.org
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With no visible signs of any recovery in the travel industry, which has taken a blow due to Covid-19, Yatra has reportedly decided to lay off around 400 employees and has furloughed another 600 workers.
An Economic Times report cited people familiar with the development saying that Yatra, post the termination of its pending merger agreement with Ebix earlier this month, realised that it may not need as many people going forward this year.
The report added that the impacted employees are higher if the contractual and outsourced staff is also included. An email query sent to Yatra didn’t elicit any response till the time of publication.
In 2019, Ebix had agreed to buy Yatra at an enterprise value of $337.8 Mn. Yatra, while cancelling the merger deal, filed a plea seeking ‘substantial’ damages for Ebix’s alleged breach of deal terms.
Yatra said that it believes it has a strong financial position to support the company in the coming quarters. The company pointed out that it has a total available liquidity of $32.5 Mn as of June 4, 2020, while its monthly run-rate operating fixed cost was approximately $1.2 Mn, excluding any litigation-related expenses. This means that the company claims to have enough runway to last for at least 26 months.
The company undertook some major changes at the outset of the financial year 2020. These include, outsourcing call-centre operations and optimising marketing spend, among others. Yatra claimed that initiatives such as headcount rationalisation and reduction in customer promotions in B2C hotels further helped reduce the cost structure of the business.
These initiatives include reducing management salaries by 50%, variable reduction in salaries of 25-75% across verticals, freezing salary hikes, renegotiating payment terms and conditions with suppliers and landlords, revising marketing spend to align with revenue.
Founded in August 2006 by Sabina Chopra, Manish Amin and Dhruv Shringi, Yatra provides a full range of travel-related services such as domestic and international air ticketing, hotel booking, homestays, holiday packages, bus ticketing, rail ticketing, activities, attractions and ancillary services.
The company claims to have tie-ups with 70K hotels in India and nearly 800K hotels across the world. It is backed by IDG Ventures, Vertex Venture Management, Norwest Venture Partners and other investors.
Yatra CEO Dhruv Shringi recently said that the domestic travel would come by gradually and by the same time next year, he expects the firm to hit pre-Covid run rates. Pick up in international travel would depend on macro factors like the progress on the development of a vaccine and the differing policies of each country, he said. Overall, he added that the business may be able to come to pre-Covid run rate by mid-2021 if a vaccine comes by the end of 2020.
In mid-June, Sabina Chopra, cofounder and COO, Corporate Travel & Head Industry Relations, Yatra.com told Inc42 that demand has picked up by 30% of pre-COVID levels since the reopening of domestic flights. Chopra said that there was a pent-up demand due to individuals wanting to return home, especially to non-metro cities such as Ranchi and Patna.
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Remember Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation? That case was a big deal back in 1994. Apple lost that round decisively, but now, 16 years later, it's time for a rematch between Apple and its archrivals Microsoft and HP. This time the battle is between the HP Slate and the iPad. So who has the upper hand?
Remember Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation? That case was a big deal back in 1994. The Mac OS and Windows were still in their infancy, and Apple lost decisively, with a Federal appellate court deciding that Microsoft had not infringed on Apple’s copyrighted “look and feel” of the Mac OS.
It was probably the single darkest hour in Apple’s history. Two years later, Steve Jobs returned to Apple, and a year after that Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple to keep it from going under.
I thought back to that decision today when I saw the latest video of HP’s forthcoming Slate, the small Tablet PC that made its debut in January at CES. Most people don’t remember that HP was a co-defendant with Microsoft in that long-ago lawsuit. The alleged offense (dismissed on virtually all counts) was copyright infringement on the part of HP’s NewWave operating environment, a shell for Windows 3.1. And now, 16 years later, HP is building an alternate shell for its new slate PC, to run on top of Windows 7, a direct competitor to the iPad. So is this a rerun, a remake, or a sequel?
Today’s video is a fascinating sneak peek at HP’s latest attempt to add its own interface on top of Windows. Despite being only 30 seconds long, the video rolls out a laundry list of features that differentiates the new HP Slate, clearly, from the iPad.
For starters, the new device has two cameras—a webcam facing the user, a still/video camera facing out. You can shoot videos and upload them to Facebook, or have a Skype video conversation. Either action is simply impossible on a first-generation iPad.
It supports third-party apps, including Firefox, without forcing you to pick from a list of approved apps in an app store.
And HP's Slate has the kind of expansion options that an iPad doesn’t have, such as a slot for SD memory cards and a USB adapter. In the video, HP uses that USB port, ironically, to connect a device using Apple's trademark white USB cable, with iTunes running on the Slate beneath it.
In short, it's a PC. But is all that enough to give the Microsoft/HP tag team a fighting chance against a strong, confident Apple?
An awful lot has changed since 1994. Apple’s name, for starters (they dropped the Computers part a couple years ago). Apple’s management was inept in 1994 and is pure genius today. And then there’s the balance of power. That 1994 loss sent Apple into a downward spiral and set Microsoft up for its defeat in U.S. v Microsoft seven years later. Today, Apple has all the momentum, with a certified mega-hit in the iPhone and a promising start for the iPad.
The real question is whether people still want to choose a full-powered PC in a Tablet format, with all the power and problems that go along with it. Will they be spoiled by the pristine experience of the iPad, enough to overlook its limitations?
HP’s sneak peek today was a nice bit of guerrilla marketing. But no one’s going to pay for a video clip. HP and Microsoft have to deliver the goods, in time for this holiday season.


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Microsoft will hire at least 400 Yahoo staffers under the terms of the companies’ search and advertising agreement last month, according to a regulatory filing made public yesterday.
The 8-K filing, submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, contained several other previously unknown details about the landmark deal.
Yahoo is entitled to three $50 million annual payments from Microsoft, in addition to the 88 percent revenue share it will earn for search ads served on Yahoo and its partner sites. Those payments are intended to cover transition and implementation costs associated with the agreement.
Microsoft may terminate Yahoo’s exclusive control of premium search advertising sales after five years. If it does, Yahoo’s revenue share will increase to 93 percent for the remainder of the 10-year deal. At that point Yahoo could veto Microsoft’s termination in which case it would retain its hold on premium sales, but its revenue share will remain 83 percent. If Microsoft does not exercise the option, the revenue share will be 90 percent for the remainder of the term.
In addition to the 400 Yahoo search staff to be transferred to Microsoft’s employee rolls, the companies agreed Microsoft would pay for a retention plan designed to hang onto those employees. It will also pay incentives to retain approximately 150 additional staffers who will assist with the transition, according to the filing.
Many have interpreted the additional details as favorable to Yahoo, and have wondered why they weren’t published when the deal was first announced. Yahoo’s share price opened sharply higher this morning.
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Shreve Boughs To No City
It doesn't have a Wal-Mart, or any name-brand superstores.
What the Village of Shreve (population: 1,610) does have, though, is name recognition at this time of the year. Specifically, when the talk concerns Christmas trees.
Shreve can legitimately be considered the Christmas tree capital of Ohio. According to the Ohio Christmas Tree Association guidebook, Wayne County's five tree farms -- three in Shreve, one each in Doylestown and West Salem -- make it the most prolific county in the state, headlined by little ol' Shreve.
There are approximately 250,000 Christmas trees alive and well on Shreve's three farms. And the tree farms range from very small to the sublime.
Pine Tree Barn and Farms, for instance, sells "8,000 to 9,000 trees per season," according to Roger Dush, owner of the Shreve Road business that counts two tree farms on 90 acres. He said his father opened the Christmas tree farm "in 1950 or '51" and has been a constant on the Ohio landscape ever since.
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So you want a Christmas tree. Not just a tree, but the perfect tree.
You have plenty of options, say local growers.
"It used to be Scotch pines were everyone's favorite," said Roger Dush, owner of the Pine Tree Barn in Shreve. "Now it's a Fraser Fir, or a Blue Spruce. Most people like a heavier branched tree, and those are (heavier-branched)."
"I grew a lot of White Pines and Scotch Pines starting out," said Dan Jeffers, owner of Killbuck Tree Farm in Shreve. "Well, there isn't much of a market for White Pines, it's too soft. And the Scotch Pines get a lot of disease, so hard pines aren't really a good choice any more.
"The trees that are really taking off now are the West Virginia Balsam Firs and the Douglas Firs," said Jeffers, a retired OARDC plant scientist. "The Colorado Blue Spruce is also a good Christmas tree.
"But the Balsam Firs are creating a niche in the marketplace," he added. "They are a very, very nice tree."
Killbuck Tree Farm, Pine Tree Barn and Twinsberry Farms in Shreve all sell a variety of trees, in a variety of heights and in a variety of forms. You can get pre-cut trees waiting to be hauled away, cut-your-own tree in the field, choose-and-they-cut in the field, and balled-and-burlapped to plant. You can get them from three feet to 15-or-over.
"We sell a lot of big trees," said Dush. "There is a market out there for 10-to-14-foot trees."
"Six-to-7-footers are still the preferred height," said Joel Berry, owner of Twinsberry Farms. "But we had some people come down from Toledo to buy 15-footers."
As far as price, that's another area as mixed as the varieties. But the average-priced tree hasn't changed much the last 10 years.
"Twenty-five to $30 is a pretty good (estimate)," said Berry.
"You can get a good tree for that," said Jeffers.
They agreed on one more Christmas tree matter.
"This weekend and next are our busiest," said Dush.
The following area Christmas tree farms will be open for business the rest of the holiday season:
Chalet Conifers, located on Ruff Road in West Salem, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. December weekends. Call (440) 236-5846 for information.
Galehouse Tree Farms is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for cut-your-own trees and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for pre-cut trees. Call (330) 658-2485 for information.
Killbuck Tree Farm is open 1-5 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Call (330) 262-0712 for information.
Pine Tree Barn and Farms is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. Call (330) 264-1014 for information.
Twinsberry Tree Farm is open Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m. Call (330) 567-3902 for information.
"We plant 1,600-1,700 trees per acre," Dush said, "and we harvest one-tenth of the acreage per year. That keeps us on a rotation."
Pine Tree Barn is celebrating its 20th year as a year-round Christmas business that also features landscape trees, furniture, gifts and a luncheon restaurant. "We have four full-time people year round," said Dush. "And during the holidays we have 15-16 part-timers helping out."
Right in line with that is Twinsberry Farms, located just south of Pine Tree Barn.
"We've got 155 acres, with 40 acres of trees," said Joel Berry, owner of Twinsberry and celebrating his 25th year in business. "The Ohio average is 20 acres of trees. At any one time we've got between 60,000-80,000 trees."
With those quantities of trees, it is no surprise PTB and Twinsberry do more than sell to walk-ins. Dush said his tree business is 60 percent retail and 40 percent wholesale, while Berry said his is split down the middle, 50-50. "(Wednesday) we had Ohio State students who were doing a two-day sale, and we baled and loaded a semi with some 470 trees," said Berry. "That made for a long day."
In contrast to Pine Tree Barn, there is Daniel Jeffers' one-man operation, Killbuck Tree Farm. Located on Shreve Eastern Road on the outskirts of Shreve, Jeffers is a retired plant scientist from the OARDC who set up shop some 20 years ago as a business sideline but has concentrated on it the last five after retiring.
"You don't have to feed them, you don't have to milk them twice a day," said Jeffers of his 10-12 acres of trees. "Compared to the options, trees are pretty easy. Of course, I'm a plant scientist and there are a lot of things that are second nature to me that are new to someone starting out.
"I thought it might be a source of small income," he said of the Christmas tree business. "But that was before the glut of trees (in the '80s). Now when I make money I call it my business, and when I don't I call it my hobby.
"So far my hobby's been a lot of fun," Jeffers added.
All three owners said growing Christmas trees is a tough, competitive business. To make it the owners must be as hardy as their stock.
"The prices haven't gone up at all, and the labor has," Dush pointed out. "When we started Pine Tree Barn in 1980, Christmas trees were 95 percent of our business; now they are 5 percent of our business.
"It's very difficult to make a living selling Christmas trees."
Artificial trees play into that. "They have got better looking," Jeffers said, "and that makes you have perfect (live) trees. What's available on the market is a much better tree. That means your lesser quality trees don't cut, just your good ones are selected."
Then you have drought, which every one was affected by.
"I had to mow down 4,000 seedlings this summer," said Berry. "That was not a pleasant experience. The only other time we had a drought like that was in 1988, when we lost 1,000."
AT PINE TREE BARN, SueAnn McClure sells balled and burlapped trees to weekend customers. Jim Thomas photo
"The trees that were affected were the younger trees," said Jeffers, a Cornell graduate. "It could have an effect down the road."
There is also insect and disease damage, and even flooding to contend with. The growers can deal with the problems, Berry said, because they know trees better than anyone.
"We all have a background in forestry," he said. "Dan Jeffers has a great background, Jim VanKueren (manager of Pine Tree's trees) has a background in forestry, and the Dush family has a forestry background.
"That is very unusual for all (of us) to have that background," Berry said.
For the most part, the Shreve farms are enjoying the season.
On a quick drive through the Pine Tree Barn lot this week there were 15 out-of-county license plates in just two aisles and a stream of customers outside looking at trees, balled-and-burlapped, live and precut. That was the same day Berry was filling a semi for OSU students to sell in Columbus.
Then there is Jeffers, who offers only a choose-and-cut tree to his walk-in customers. He said he does 100 or more walk-ins a season. "You pick one, the one you think looks the best, and I'll cut it for you," said Jeffers, who also has a small wholesale clientele. "And I can give you the good quality ones. That's true (because) I've got too many trees."
In Shreve, having too many Christmas trees is a problem only for the growers, not the thousands who come there to get their tree for the holidays.


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NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At the National Retail Federation's annual conference today, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") announced the latest release of Microsoft Dynamics for Retail with new capabilities and next-generation innovation to help retailers deliver a complete shopping experience through end-to-end, search-based e-commerce; next-generation point of sale (POS); and a true omnichannel commerce engine. Building on Microsoft's commitment to retail and delivering a widely available, end-to-end, omnichannel solution, adopted in more than 38 countries, these capabilities further enhance the unique value proposition of Microsoft Dynamics for Retail, helping leading retailers worldwide deliver the connected, personal and relevant experiences their customers expect.
Graeme Hackland, chief information officer of Lotus F1 Team, understands the critical need for speed, agility and delivering a compelling customer experience. Competing in one of the most popular sports in the world can be as challenging off the track as it is on when it comes to managing mission-critical business applications. The Lotus F1 Team is using Microsoft Dynamics to help fine-tune and drive every aspect of its business, from managing the design, manufacturing and testing of the 20,000-plus parts on each car to analyzing real-time data from the racetrack. The team now also plans to use Microsoft Dynamics for Retail to address POS, merchandising, e-commerce and more.
"We want to be in a position to win," Hackland said. "We're investing in people and technology, and we need to improve our processes. Microsoft Dynamics for Retail is going to help the team with specific retail challenges in 2014 and beyond."
Edwin Watts Golf is an example of a true specialty retailer that during the past four years has grown its retail business to more than 90 retail locations in addition to direct mail and Internet sales. The company has also grown in its breadth of offerings with custom golf equipment, trade-ins and specialized customer service that was taxing the capabilities of its aging legacy systems. A leader in customer service, Edwin Watts Golf needed a solution that could offer a seamless customer experience across all its retail channels while also giving it the flexibility and agility to maintain its best practices.
"Many vendors offer strong POS solutions, but Microsoft Dynamics for Retail offered us the complete omnichannel experience — including phone and Internet sales channels," said Lynda Barr, chief financial officer, Edwin Watts Golf. "Our products, especially golf clubs, are complex in that they are offered in a variety of technical specifications. As a result, we fill a high percentage of custom orders, we offer trade-in credit for old equipment and we have very specific customer service requirements. Thus, we needed the flexibility and ease of customization offered by Microsoft Dynamics for Retail that no other vendor could deliver to meet our business needs."
Microsoft Dynamics for Retail delivers the future of omnichannel customer engagement with new innovations such as the following:
- Revolutionary e-commerce. Retailers looking for an accurate, timely, consistent online experience for their customers, while reducing complexity for themselves, finally have a solution. Microsoft Dynamics for Retail offers end-to-end e-commerce, based on powerful, next-generation search technology, with a fully integrated Web storefront, complete catalog and real-time order management.
- Next-generation POS. Today's empowered consumers have access to seemingly endless sources of information through smart devices. Retailers can now be on a level playing field with a POS solution without limits. Custom content, rich product details and critical customer insight can be pulled from any channel to the fully configurable, touch-optimized Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale. And with full support for POS on Windows Phone 8 and powerful tablet devices such as Microsoft Surface, retailers have the power of choice in the devices they leverage to seamlessly engage with their customers.
- True omnichannel commerce engine. Managing multiple channels for retailers today means inefficiency, since outdated and complex technology solutions rely on multiple commerce engines that require retailers to perform the same tasks over and over in hopes of achieving the desired result. Microsoft Dynamics for Retail uniquely offers an omnichannel commerce engine to manage all of a retailer's channels. This means creating a promotion, discount or other strategic initiative just one time and having it light up every relevant customer touch point. This allows the retailers to be agile and opportunistic to help them stay ahead of the trends, reduce complexity and reduce costs.
Retailers worldwide, including Diane von Furstenberg, Eason, Fanatics Inc., Marc Jacobs, Mattress Firm and Optic 2000, have chosen Microsoft Dynamics for Retail to take their businesses into the future.
"We work with retailers around the world to help them become Dynamic — connected, personal, agile and opportunistic — but it's as much about the technology as the strategy," said Michael Griffiths, global product industry director, Retail & Distribution, Microsoft Business Solutions. "Retailers need innovation and a modern architecture for omnichannel, POS and e-commerce to be about more than just marketing. We invest more than any other vendor in globalization and solution research and development to ensure that we support our customers with an industry-leading solution whose capabilities are built to work together, offering retailers a vision for the future that helps reduce cost and complexity — allowing them to always be ready for what's next."
More information on the new capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics for Retail can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/retail.aspx.
About Microsoft Dynamics
At the heart of every successful business are the people who make things happen. Microsoft Dynamics designs modern business solutions that empower individuals with intuitive tools that allow them to do their best work. Our proactive, easy-to-use business applications adapt to the way people and systems work, enabling businesses to rapidly deploy and be forward-looking in an ever-changing world.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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Cool kids seem to be sticking a middle finger up to ‘The Man’ – as sales of hoverboards have doubled since the police announced the gadgets were banned.
Mark Kelly, marketing manager at AppliancesDirect.co.uk commented ‘Within just 24 hours of the CPS’ statement on the use of G-Boards, we have seen a huge boost in traffic to the website and sales rise by 215%.
The Metropolitan Police tweeted yesterday saying that the gadgets are technically motor vehicles, so can’t be used on pavements – but don’t meet official guidelines for use on roads, either.
Legally, according to advice from the Crown Prosecution Service, users have to stick to private property – and ask the permission of the landowner first.
The Met said: ‘They’re technically motor vehicles and therefore have to be registered, licensed and insured to ride on public roads.
‘The wheels are powered by electric motors which enable it to move, therefore legally it’s a “motor vehicle”.’
Hoverboard owners – celeb fans include Justin Bieber – are not happy, obvs.
Callum McGinley, a Londoner who runs YouTube ‘prank’ channel using the name ‘Callux’, protested: ‘How is a swegway a vehicle?
‘Since when is a 9mph machine more dangerous than a stupid cyclist on a pavement?’


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The timing of the announcement is hardly surprising to those following lending data and trends. As such, Business Insider Intelligence reports demand and trust for nonbank lenders are strong. Data from more than 5,200 consumers in 13 countries indicates more than 40% of customers report thinking nonbanks can better help them with investment and money management needs than traditional banks.
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“Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the CFPB has authority to use traditional law enforcement to stop companies from engaging in conduct that pose risk to consumers; this can involve adversarial litigation,” notes the regulatory agency.
Financial resource Investopedia notes the CFPB was tasked with protecting borrowers from predatory mortgage practices after “widespread sentiment that the subprime mortgage market was the underlying cause of the 2007–2008 catastrophe.” Their work, states the financial information site, helps deter brokers from earning unnaturally high commissions from inappropriate loans, among other important protections.
"Rohit Chopra remembered the CFPB had the authority to put bureau examiners inside any company that it thinks poses a risk to consumers just lying around in the closet and wasn't using it. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/cfpb-eyes-dormant-exam-powers-for-closer-look-at-fintech-firms?context=search&index=0"
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Maybe the US cameras were connected to the Mossad sharks?


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We already reported about the availability of the handset in India a couple of days back. Currently, the OnePlus 6T is available only in Midnight Black and Mirror Black color options. The company today announced the news via Twitter.
In India, the OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple is available through OnePlus online store and Amazon India, however, at the time of writing this news the purple variant was not listed on Amazon India.
— OnePlus (@oneplus) November 15, 2018
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