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The College at Brockport community has rallied to help families in need this holiday season. The College’s annual Seasons of Gratitude campaign concluded Dec. 5 and was a tremendous success.
Individuals, departments, clubs and organizations at the College were encouraged to participate in a number of different ways. They could build holiday food baskets, household laundry baskets, personal care bags, or manage a donation collection box.
The goals of the Seasons of Gratitude campaign is to focus on domestic poverty and education, which creates opportunities to engage a broad cross-section of faculty, staff, students and community partners in building relationships as food items are collected and distributed by need.
The 2014 campaign resulted in the collection of 470 food items, 352 personal hygiene and household items, $900 in gift cards, and two dozen handmade holiday cards.


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Microsoft announced their quarterly numbers on Friday and they were pretty good. They posted a profit of $165 million for the quarter, due in large part to the Entertainment and Devices Division which is responsible for Xbox and Zune.
The console saw a slip of 12 percent on sales, however the cost of production was down and they saw record usage of the Xbox Live platform, more than covering the sales losses. Total sales were $14.5 billion, which is a 6 percent increase over this quarter last year. Some of that is because of a recovering global economy and part because of increased sales of Windows machines and Windows software because of Windows 7.
Despite sales increases and good profit numbers, Microsoft's stock still fell 4.5 percent. The market had hoped for a little better this quarter.
They had strong results, but the expectations from investors were higher. This was a sign that we probably need to be a little more realistic, and that things are moving slower than you would believe by the recent euphoria.

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Albania has opened a wider berth for industrial hemp, setting the THC limit at 0.8% for crops in the field but placing CBD under highly restrictive rules that allow only exports.
The Albanian Parliament recently voted 69-23 to pass a cannabis bill that embraces both hemp and medical marijuana. All marijuana and hemp extracts – including CBD and other minor cannabinoids derived from hemp – are considered medical cannabis products under the Albanian law, and may only be produced for outside markets.
The new law calls for the establishment of a National Cannabis Control Agency (NCCA), which will be responsible for implementing the law and oversight of both sectors. The Agency, under the authority of the health minister, will set rules, carry out inspections of cannabis fields, and monitor processing and production.
The law places no limits on the volume of hemp which can be grown for grain and fiber, and will allow for the creation of a domestic market for those outputs, according to Joe Spencer, Chairman of the National Albanian Hemp Industry Association.
“We believe that Albania’s new industrial hemp regulations will provide a sustainable economic future for agriculture-dependent rural communities,” Spencer said. “Development of the hemp grain and fiber industry will not only increase agriculture employment but also employment within the manufacturing industries.”
The hemp production chain will be under a mandatory track-and-trace scheme, Spencer said.
What 0.8% means
By setting the THC limit for hemp plants at 0.8%, Albanian lawmakers struck something of a compromise. While the EU-wide standard was recently raised from 0.2% to 0.3% – also the current level in the U.S. – many countries in different parts of the world have raised the limit to a full 1.0% THC as the line of demarcation between hemp and marijuana. Higher levels help shield farmers from problems that can arise when crops go “hot” – or over established limits. Also, the higher limit makes CBD production more efficient because CBD rises in proportion to THC in industrial hemp plants.
The NCCA is to establish a licensing commission, which will administer permits for farming, processing, and imports of seeds and starts. The commission will also control licensing for production and distribution of medical cannabis products, which may only be produced for export markets and may not be sold in Albania.
Hemp was legalized in Albania in 2004. The Albanian government first announced its intention to clarify hemp laws and legalize medical cannabis in June last year.
CBD, MMJ restrictions
Under the highly restrictive export-only plan for medical marijuana and CBD, those seeking licenses must have roughly $1 million in capital and own 51% of the company’s shares. They must also have at least three years of experience in the cultivation, production and distribution of such products, and a five-year business track record in one of the countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). They are also required to have held good manufacturing practices (GMP) certification from either the European Medicines Agency or the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for at least three years.
Additionally, medical marijuana and hemp CBD licensees can grow a maximum of only ten hectares of cannabis each, with the overall national limit set at 200 hectares nationwide.
Albania and cannabis
The cultivation and export of hemp from Albania for seed-based oil and textiles were allowed in the 1970s and 1980s. But the industry collapsed in the early 1990s and dried up altogether after the government officially classified the plant as a narcotic in 1995, strictly prohibiting production.
Albania is one of the largest outdoor producers of illegal marijuana in Europe, and has long been a major hub for drug trafficking. Recreational and medical marijuana are controlled substances under Albania’s Law on Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances of 1994, and may not be grown or traded. Efforts by the government to crack down on illegal trade have been largely ineffective.
Albanian agriculture is based mainly on small family farms and accounts for roughly 20% of total exports. Albania is the world’s 11th-largest producer of olive oil. Other crops include medicinal and herbal plants, which bring some $60 million in export income annually, and tobacco, wheat, corn, potatoes, and fruits and vegetables. Among challenges faced by the farming sector are uncertain land ownership rights, lack of bank credits, and high value-added tax.


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Legacy Toys coming to Northwest Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Legacy Toys is opening their first store in Rochester on 17th Avenue Northwest.
This is its 8th store with branches all across Minnesota including Mall of America and Duluth.
Legacy Toys’ COO says each toy store has something unique to it.
He says the Rochester branch will have interactive spaces such as a doll house, a train, and robots.
”It’s been awesome just to be in the space and to start to get involved in the community. The community’s response to us coming here has been tremendous and we are very excited to be a part of the Rochester community.”
The toy store is expected to open in September and interactive spaces will be installed through time.
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Stripe is pushing cryptocurrency to the forefront by allowing merchants who accept its payment processing service, StripsPayments™, to pay their users in USDC. Starting this Friday, Twitter will let certain creators receive payments for features on Ticketed Spaces, and Super Follows through the crypto wallet.
In the Super Follows Twitter offer, individuals can earn monthly income by creating an unprecedented level of content and interaction. In addition, Ticketed Spaces offer individuals to make money through live audio experiences on Twitter Spaces.
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A year ago, Twitter created unique monetization features to increase revenue and increase the wealth of content creators.
The offered payment facility in multiple cryptocurrencies and transaction routes is applicable in almost seventy countries worldwide.
Esther Crawford working as Product Lead for Creators tweeted;
We want creators to get paid in the way that works best for them, which is why we are excited to partner with @Stripe to offer crypto payouts for our monetization products. Creators can now get paid out in USDC for money earned with @SuperFollows & Ticketed @TwitterSpaces
Stripe’s Future Crypto Payments Plans
A $95 billion online payments company will begin offering merchants the ability to payout in crypto through their stablecoin – USDC. The cryptocurrency is issued by Circle and backed with fiat currency U.S dollar.
The recent development made by the company is considered the first significant step taken after leaving out bitcoin support four years earlier.
Stripe has changed its opinion on crypto in light of the hype around “Web3.” Web3 is a movement in tech that calls for the creation of a decentralized version of the internet based on blockchain technology. The company formed a team last year to explore crypto and Web3. In November, Stripe co-founder John Collison hinted that the firm might soon offer crypto support again.
According to Stripe officials, Stripe Connect would be solely responsible for transacting all the crypto remittances according to customers’ needs.
The content creators would be free to select multiple investment sources for their earnings. They can even invest the cryptocurrency in various crypto wallets like the Ethereum blockchain or hold it on the Polygon network. They can also convert it to the other desired currencies.
As per the company’s plans, Stripe would have the facility to offer payment to the customers in the other cryptocurrencies in the future.
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Stripe also started assisting crypto companies a month ago, apart from the current offer. In March 2022, FTX and FTX US signed a services agreement with the company for payments and KYC services. The other crypto exchanges that wrote a contract with Stripe include Blockchain.com, Gateway, and others.
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Amazon Sets Sights on Regional Air Hub in Fort Worth, Texas
Amazon’s first branded aircraft, Amazon One, took to the skies in 2016. Amazon operates 40 aircraft in its fleet at over 20 air gateways across the country and will open a central air hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Fort Worth Alliance Airport is located at AllianceTexas, a 26,000-acre, mixed-use, master-planned development that spans north Fort Worth and several surrounding communities. The airport, which is the world’s first industrial airport, was developed through a partnership between the City of Fort Worth, the Federal Aviation Administration and Hillwood, the master developer of AllianceTexas.
Amazon’s Regional Air Hub will include a brand new facility, which will create hundreds of new jobs, and is the first airport project of its kind in the Amazon Air network.
“We are excited to build a brand new facility from the ground up at the Fort Worth Alliance Airport,” said Sarah Rhoads, Director of Amazon Air. “The new facility is the first of its kind for us and we’re thrilled to ensure we have the capacity to continue to delight our customers.”
Unlike other gateways and facilities within Amazon Air’s network, the Regional Air Hub will be tailored specifically to Amazon Air’s larger scale regional needs. The Regional Air Hub will be constructed with the future in mind to include sortation capability and infrastructure to handle multiple flights daily. Projected to be operational next year, the new Regional Air Hub will include daily flights.
“I am excited to welcome Amazon Air and the hundreds of jobs this regional hub will create in the Ft. Worth area. Alliance continues to draw the very best. It more than meets expectations year after year,” said Congresswoman Kay Granger.
“I am glad that Amazon Air selected Fort Worth Alliance Airport for its newest facility. As is proved time and again, North Texas is a great place to build a business and we welcome Amazon Air as the newest addition to our community,” said Representative Michael C. Burgess.
“We are pleased to grow our partnership with Amazon here at Alliance,” said Bill Burton, Executive Vice President at Hillwood, the developer. “As one of the world’s most influential retail, technology and supply chain logistics companies, Amazon’s selection of Fort Worth Alliance Airport will continue to transform the airport’s role within the region.”
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New York – Rutgers Business School financial technology professor Dr. Merav Ozair expressed neither shock nor displeasure nor confusion at Sotheby’s auction of 101 lots JPEGs of Cartoonish Apes for $24.4 Million.
“This is a historic moment,” she said. “Maybe this particular NFT will increase in value since it was the first.”
Or at least one of these collections of profile-pic-style NFTs. producer of Bored Ape Yacht Club The app used an algorithmic program, mixing and matching images of different fur colors and fur patterns, outfits and accessories, to create 10,000 unique images varying in rarity.
When it launched in the spring, users could spend one of those digital images – as of Tuesday evening prices – on the cryptocurrency Ethereum for about $270, then a very active Discord just for bored app owners. Gaining access to the chat room. Since that mining, the NFT secondary marketplace open sea Bored reports about $543 million in app sales.
“I think Bored Ape Yacht Club came into existence at a very useful time in the NFT timeline,” said Nick Emmons, CEO and co-founder of the NFT valuation company. Result.
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Emmons noticed that his platform’s analytics product estimated the sale price of a lot of apes to within $900,000—a far more accurate estimate than Sotheby’s, with the ape auction house estimated at more than $6 million. sell.
“Those who copy it and create it later may not be as unique,” Ozair said.
And many people have tried and will continue to use the same type of algorithmic program to create collections of all kinds of animals, characters, and objects. Emmons expects many of them to be useless, but others will at least reach the evaluations we now see for bored apes, as we are increasingly looking to profile-picture NFTs for identification of apes. As a part of we take advantage of the digital world where we spend more and more of our time.
“And as the metaverse itself grows, so will their value [profile picture] projects,” he said.
“This is a new generation,” said Ozair, “a new innovation.”
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Heading the ball -- not player collisions -- may lead to temporary thinking declines in soccer players, a new study finds.
Sigmoidoscopy, an alternative to colonoscopy, may help one gender more than the other, new research shows.
Fitness buffs who push themselves to the limit during workouts might slightly increase their risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a new study suggests.
Yoga can make you flexible and strong, but it can also hurt you if not practiced correctly, an orthopedic expert warns.
In the wake of an E. coli outbreak that has made more than 50 people in 16 states sick, Americans are now being warned to toss out any romaine lettuce they might have bought in a grocery store.
Older adults, drink up. You need plenty of water during exercise so your brain gets the full benefits of working out, researchers say.
The United States is more ready for health disasters than it was five years ago, but certain regions still lag behind, a new report shows.
There are differences in the brains of athletes who play contact sports and those who play noncontact sports, according to researchers.
For most, playing online video games is largely a harmless hobby. But a new review finds that some fall prey to what experts call "internet gaming disorder."
Autism may be detected at an early age by paying attention to your baby's social and language skills, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
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The new 2018 Wrangler is a big deal for Jeep, and in its redesign the company didn't leave its fuel economy stuck in the mud.
In addition to the fuel-swilling V-6, the new Wrangler will be available with a more efficient turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, and the EPA has just revealed exactly how efficient it will be.
The two-door turbo-4 sits atop the figurative Wrangler mountain lineup with ratings of 23 mpg city, 25 highway, 24 combined. Should you need four doors, those numbers drop to 22/24/22 mpg.
The numbers represent a significant improvement in a popular vehicle that shares its aerodynamic properties with a school bus. If regulators and automakers are serious about cleaning up the air and reducing carbon dioxide emissions, these are the types of vehicles that need improvement the most, and where the biggest savings are available.
There's more. What Jeep won't be advertising is that turbo-4 powertrain is actually a mild hybrid with a 48-volt electrical system replacing the alternator with a motor-generator. This setup shuts down the Wrangler's gas engine while coasting and at a complete stop. The former is referred to as "sailing."
The improvement in the four-door Wrangler's fuel economy numbers represent a significant 22-percent reduction in fuel consumption in mixed driving compared with last year's model, which only came with a V-6.
The Wrangler is one of Jeep's best sellers. Last year the automaker moved 190,522 of them. Fully 80 percent were four-doors, most of which had automatic transmissions and EPA ratings of 16/20/18 mpg.
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Assuming for argument's sake that all were four-doors, and that they were each driven 14,500 miles a year (the national average for new cars), the new Wrangler four-door with its turbo-4 could save almost 28 million gallons of gas a year. All that fuel not burned is also not turning into either smog or carbon dioxide.
The 4-cylinder Wrangler two-door's 23-mpg city figure is significantly better than the V-6's 18 mpg with an automatic and 17 mpg with a 6-speed manual transmission.
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While V-6 buyers can still get a stick shift, those who opt for the turbo-4 will have no choice but the 8-speed automatic transmission, which actually improves fuel economy with the V-6. We'll have to see how it pairs with the turbo-4 in the real world.
The turbo-4 is rated at 270 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, with the latter coming on in full at just 3,000 rpm.
For those who want even better fuel economy as well as more torque, there will be a diesel engine coming in 2019. The most fuel-efficient Wrangler likely will be the plug-in hybrid model, which is set to go into production in 2020.
All of this—the mild-hybrid 48-volt electrical system and plug-in hybrid model—is part of Fiat Chrysler Automobile's broader push for fuel-efficiency gains. Today the automaker already has the plug-in Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid (Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2018) and the new 2018 Ram 1500 will only be available as a hybrid (featuring the Wrangler's 48-volt electrical system) in V-6 form (V-8 buyers can opt out of the hybrid setup).
The turbo-4-powered Wranglers will hit dealerships in the summer of 2018, and the engine carries a $1,000 premium regardless of which Wrangler trim or model it's in.


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Palm Canyon Drive closure begins Thursday ahead of outdoor dining
A stretch of Palm Canyon Drive will close to vehicle traffic starting Thursday, a move that will allow some downtown Palm Springs restaurants to accommodate outdoor dining while abiding by public health protocols meant to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
The road will close to traffic between Tahquitz Canyon Way and Baristo Road, creating more space for restaurants in that area to set up tables 6 feet apart.
On the northern end of Palm Canyon Drive from Andreas Road and Tahquitz Canyon Way, three southbound lanes will be reduced to two.
Those who are driving downtown will be diverted from Palm Canyon Drive at Tahquitz Canyon Way, where they can head east or west. Alternate driving routes for southbound Palm Canyon Drive include Indian Canyon Drive, Belardo Road and Calle Encilia.
For those looking to park downtown, the city has a garage with free parking that can be accessed via the Hyatt Hotel ramp on Palm Canyon, Museum Drive at Belardo Road and at Tahquitz Canyon Way, or on the corner of Indian Canyon Drive and Baristo Road.
The new configuration will begin at 7 a.m. on Thursday, while restaurants with the proper permits will be able to start their al fresco dining on Friday.
Palm Springs City Council authorized the plan at its last meeting in late August after having several discussions with downtown restaurant owners and retailers. Earlier ideas centered on closing Palm Canyon to fewer lanes in order to set up on-street dining, but the decision to close to two blocks was made after some restauranteurs said they would prefer to see the street closed to traffic.
Restaurants who want to set up more seating outside will have to get a temporary land use permit. That applies to those who will be setting up in the al fresco dining area between Tahquitz Canyon Way and Baristo Road, as well as restaurants that are setting up dining spaces on sidewalks or parking spaces.
More information on the program can be found at palmspringsca.gov/alfresco.
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The expansion of outdoor dining in Palm Springs follows similar moves in other California cities including Laguna Beach and Santa Monica, stemming from a decision in May from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to allow temporary catering permits. This allows restaurants who serve alcohol to expand their footprints as indoor dining is prohibited in counties with significant coronavirus spread.
Restaurants have been hard-hit by the pandemic-induced recession, with the Calfornia Restaurant Association estimating around 30% of the state's restaurants will shut down. And while outdoor dining has been a method for restaurants to welcome customers back, some restaurants have been concerned that they don't have enough space to make staying open viable.
The al fresco options provided by cites like Palm Springs are one way that regulations have changed in response.
For now, outdoor dining is the new normal. In California, counties will be able to allow indoor dining with modifications and limited capacity in the red tier of the state's new reopening guidelines. In that tier, indoor dining can resume at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer.
Bars, breweries and distilleries that don't offer food will remain closed until the orange tier of reopening. Then they'll be able to open indoor operations at a maximum 25% capacity indoors, or 100 people, whichever is fewer.
The color-coded tiers are based on a county's testing positivity rate and rate of new cases over time.
Riverside County is currently in the purple tier, indicating a positivity rate of more than 8% and more than seven new cases per 100,000 residents a day.
More information on California's reopening guidelines is available at covid19.ca,gov.
Melissa Daniels covers economic development, hospitality and local business in the Coachella Valley. She can be reached at (760)-567-8458, email@example.com, or on Twitter @melissamdaniels.


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Amid a backlash against foreign investors, some executives are banned from leaving the country
The Camry, last overhauled for the 2011 model year, just got another face-lift
Laws require companies to pay state taxes on sheltered profits
Financial filings reveal the pay package Henrique de Castro received upon exit from the company.
Wal-Mart's new money transfers shows how the retailer can use its reach to push down costs
Skipping Rocks Lab develops a green alternative to all that plastic
Alessandro Borgognone wooed Japanese chef Daisuke Nakazawa to open the four-star New York eatery
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Traditional laptops and desktops made by companies including Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) still reign supreme in the workplace, accounting for the vast majority of employee computers. Companies are increasingly willing to consider alternatives. Some are experimenting with so-called thin clients, low-priced, stripped-down machines that contain no hard drive and leave processing and storage to a centrally located server. Others are betting on netbooks.
Meanwhile, many employees are spending a growing amount of work time on smartphones, advanced cell phones that deliver e-mail, Web access, and productivity software, while Apple’s Mac—once viewed as a machine for artists and educators—is wending its way into corporate facilities.
This BusinessWeek.com slide show offers a glimpse at some of the growing alternatives to desktops and laptops.


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Ant Group, the Jack Ma-backed fintech that was forced to scuttle its initial public offering last month, has to return to its payments roots, Chinese regulators say.
The People’s Bank of China said Tuesday that the Alibaba affiliate was working on a plan to set up a financial holding firm, according to a Reuters report citing a statement by the central bank.
Ant should ensure that its financial operations are under regulatory supervision, the statement said.
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(ticker: BABA) and Ant have drawn extra scrutiny from regulators who are eager to rein in the power of major internet companies, much like the way American regulators are putting pressure on Google parent
Truist analysts reiterated Alibaba at a Buy after the shares fell during multiple trading sessions. Regulators are questioning Alibaba’s use of exclusivity agreements with the merchants who sell products on its site, preventing them from selling on rival sites like
Even if it is broken up — which is unlikely — Alibaba “has reached a size/scale, which makes it a-must for shoppers/merchants, even if “forced exclusivity” is eliminated,” Truist analyst Youssef Squali said in a note on Tuesday.
Shares of Alibaba were up 5.5% in late morning Tuesday and are up 10.8% this year, compared with a 15.8% gain in the
Regulators may force Ant to narrow its business to payments from the consumer loans and money management it also does. That could cut its stand-alone value to $150 billion from $250 billion, Squali said.
China’s regulators summoned Ant executives to a weekend meeting and urged them to “rectify” their lending, insurance and wealth management businesses, Bloomberg reported.
Ant may be forced to hold additional capital to support its consumer lending, Squali said. Currently, Ant offers loans through a network of financial partners, allowing it to run the business light on capital. New rules may require it to back 30% of the loans itself, forcing it to hold more capital, which would increase its risk and lower its growth.
“While the ultimate outcome is likely to take time to unfold and be implemented, we view any changes as likely negative to Ant’s valuation short-term,” Squali said.
Ant has blossomed from payments business at its roots, and the public listing could have valued it at more than $300 billion, a potential windfall for such investors as U.S. private-equity firms Warburg Pincus and
and Singapore sovereign-wealth funds Temasek and GIC.
Last week, Chinese regulators opened an antimonopoly investigation into Alibaba, which owns about a third of Ant. The company has said it would cooperate.
Truist’s Squali noted that Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang was quoted last week as saying that “Alibaba is a participant and beneficiary of the development of the internet industry [in China] and we are particularly grateful for this,” adding that “we firmly believe that regulated development is the future, and only with self-discipline can an industry prosper.”
Alibaba isn’t the only e-commerce company in China to use exclusivity agreements, Squali said.
“Regulators are likely to use BABA as a way to regulate the online industry as a whole,” the analyst said. “While altering BABA’s business practices may be negative for the company short-term, we believe that consumers and merchants, if given a choice, will always gravitate toward the largest marketplaces with the most liquidity.”
Write to Liz Moyer at Liz.Moyer@barrons.com


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City Center Parking is introducing mobile smartphone payments at the nearly 200 Portland metro-area parking lots it manages.
No more hassles with pay stations. No need to return to cars to place a paper receipt on the dashboard. Oh, (and this is cool) you'll be able to add time remotely to avoid a ticket.
Using an app developed by San Francisco-based QuickPay, customers will be able to find and pay for parking via iPhone and Android smartphones. Blackberry and Windows Phone users, meanwhile, will be able to use a browser-based app.
Read more at OregonLive.com.


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Narragansett Del's Shandy Will Hit Shelves Next Week
The combination of the 'Gansett flagship lager and Del's lemonade flavors is on the road being delivered to distributors.
The anticipation has been building, and the wait is almost over. The Narragansett Del's Shandy — a combination of the 'Gansett flagship lager and Del's lemonade flavors — was kegged and canned last night, and is on the road being delivered to distributors. It may be available for sale at some liquor stores and bars as early as Monday in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. "It will get into different stores throughout next week," says Narragansett Brewing Company president Mark Hellendrung. "By next Friday, it should be pretty much everywhere, hopefully."
Hellendrung says they are about two weeks behind the initial launch date, but there's a reason for it. "To be honest, we anticipated making a certain amount and then the orders started piling up so we delayed our production so we could make more," he says. "There's a lot of anticipation and I'm glad it's finally here."
This past winter, Narragansett released the first beer in their Hi Neighbor Mash-Up series, the 'Gansett Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout. The beer sold out quickly at liquor stores. For the Del's Shandy, they are planning multiple production runs, including this round, one in two weeks, another in June and they are working on one for July, so the beer will be available all summer long. "You don't need to go out and hoard it," Hellendrung says. "But I am sure there is going to be a crush to go get it."
To come up with the beer, Hellendrung says the 'Gansett brewmaster Sean Larkin worked with Del's to strike a balance of the lemon flavor profile and what it would be in beer. "There's not a secret Del's concentrate that we're putting in there," he says. "It's a different process when you make it a beer, so it's really a marriage of those two flavors." The shandy comes in six-packs of sixteen-ounce tall boy cans, decked out like the iconic yellow and green striped Del's cups.
And for Hellendrung, who grew up in East Providence, Del's holds many memories. "I remember the Del's truck at the beach or Slater Park. It's just a part of Rhode Island," he says. "Of course, now I've got four daughters and I live down in Middletown, so they are always asking me to down to the beach and to visit the Del's truck." This summer, while the kids are enjoying their frozen lemonade, adults (ages twenty-one and older, of course) can make new memories with every sip of this hotly anticipated 'Gansett and Del's mash-up. narragansettbeer.com
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Now Is Time To Shop Local
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2020 has been a year of paradoxes, and the economy has been no exception.
With millions of Americans losing their jobs for several months and COVID-19 infections increasing across the U.S., there were concerns retail sales on Black Friday might decrease. However, since people did not travel or dine out as much as they usually do, many Americans have more cash to spend this holiday season. And since their children did not take vacations, go to the movies or amusements parks, and participate in other leisure activities these past nine months, parents seem to be willing to spend more on thei...


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The Carphone Warehouse has gone designer crazy with a string of exclusive new handsets. Called The Limited Collection, the range features five phones from well-known fashion brands including the Levi's handset, which will be out next month.
Fashion brand Ted Baker has signed its name over to two phones. It has collaborated with Samsung to come up with the Ted Baker L760. It is a 3G slider that comes with a two megapixel camera, MP3 player and FM radio. It is expected to reach stores in October.
The second device is the Ted Baker HTC smartphone. It comes with a touch screen, three megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Windows Mobile operating system and is available in a purple.
Designer luggage maker Mandarina Duck has made the fourth phone in Carphone's Limited Collection. Available in bold colours, such as red and yellow, it is a rubberised flip phone that comes with a duck print on the back and a bag clip to make the phone easier to find. Features include Bluetooth and MP3 player.
The final phone in the range comes from sports car manufacturer Porche. Called the P'9521, it's a high-end device made from dark mineral glass. It can either be flipped or twisted open to vary the viewing angle and it comes with a fingerprint sensor security system.
It also includes quad-band functioning, a 3.2 megapixel camera, MP3 player and web browser. The box is packed with accessories too, including a Bluetooth headset, memory card and leather cover. The Porche phone is due out in November, along with the Mandarina Duck and Ted Baker HTC.


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The voice assistant market is already a little bit crowded, but being apple to control your favorite apps with your voice is priceless. Pandora has just announced that its “incredibly smart new personalized” voice assistant is now available to all mobile app users on Android and iOS across all tiers of services.
Voice Mode on Pandora lets users control the app, listen to new tunes and discover their favorite podcasts, as well as customize their audio entertainment experience hands-free with just the sound of their voice.
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The convenience food giant told workers in March in an internal memo up to 150 jobs were under threat at the site as a result of the need for continued cost-cutting there.
“Unite has been actively engaged with the company to mitigate the effect of these job losses,” said a spokesman for the trades union. “This is a major blow to the local economy and employees would have difficulty in gaining alternative jobs in this area without the appropriate retraining.
“The lines affected are hot pies and folded items, such as sausage rolls, while the cold pies are holding up. Unite represents about 40% of the workforce and will be meeting management again on Thursday (17 April) for further talks. We will continue to fully support our members in the weeks ahead.”
A Kerry Foods spokesman told FoodManufacture.co.uk no single event had sparked the move, but rather it was the result of years of considering various options to improve efficiency and slash costs.
“This has been ongoing for the past couple of years. We have done a lot of work in terms of recovering costs and improving efficiencies, but 150 roles are currently challenged.
“We have engaged with the workforce on site and a lot of improvement has been accomplished, but we are still in a situation where there is a need to improve efficiencies.”
‘Raw material increases’
The savouries and pies sector faced heavy market and cost pressures, he said. “Volumes haven’t grown in some categories and there have been cost escalations, particularly raw material increases.”
Kerry Foods had worked hard to devise alternative options to staff cuts, and was cooperating with Job Centre Plus and local council representatives to support staff, he said. But he added: “This is a factory-specific and category-specific issue due to the competitiveness of the market environment.”
The company had concluded the move was necessary to preserve the viability of the plant, he added.
Management, workers and union representatives are in the midst of a 45-day consultation period to explore options for staff affected at the Sterte Avenue West factory, which employs 860 people.
In its full-year results, issued in February, Kerry Foods reported “a solid performance” in the UK, despite competitive market pressures.
However, it said sales of frozen and chilled ready meals had taken a hit from loss of consumer confidence following the horsemeat food fraud scandal.
In July 2012, the company closed its meat processing and savouries factory in Durham, blaming adverse market conditions in cooked meats, falling factory throughput and lost sales.
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July’s inflation numbers are out. The annualized Consumer Price Index came in at 5.4 percent, compared to a 2 percent target. The month-to-month increase was 0.5 percent, an improvement over June’s 0.9 percent. While a return to 1970s stagflation is almost certainly not in the cards, inflation is still too high. Congress and President Biden should act now to keep it in check.
This appears unlikely at the moment. As of this writing, their latest trillion-dollar spending bill is in the process of clearing the Senate, though it will likely face friction and delay in the House. Assuming the bill does pass, it will nudge inflation upwards in future months while doing little to help the economy. Fiscal discipline in Washington is currently about as popular as the plague, but that does not change the need to reduce deficit spending. Economic recovery depends on increasing vaccination rates, not more politically motivated spending.
Politicians also need to respect the Federal Reserve’s independence. Higher interest rates are necessary to keep inflation low—but they also make government debt more expensive. President Biden and other political officials should resist the urge to pressure the Fed to keep rates low, and should spend less instead. Political meddling in central banks is how inflationary debacles like in Argentina happen. While the Fed has its flaws, it can do a good job of keeping inflation low—if it’s allowed to.
Other price increases have nothing to do with inflation (see my recent post on what inflation is, and what it isn’t). These price increases also deserve attention.
Trade barriers from both the Trump and the Biden administrations are upsetting supply chains. Above and beyond inflation, protectionist trade policies are increasing prices for cars and houses, and are largely responsible for computer chip shortages. Occupational licenses are keeping honest people out of work. Excessive regulations and permit requirements are blocking new ideas and projects that could push product prices down. Financial regulations are keeping capital away from small businesses that could use to it grow and compete against bigger companies. Energy policy restrictions are raising prices across the economy.
It is not enough to do simply do something. It is important to do the right things. Today’s policy mistakes are likely not enough to topple the COVID-19 crisis recovery, but they will slow it down, for no good reason. Fortunately, there are lots of sound policies that can hold down inflation while boosting the COVID recovery. Many of them are in CEI’s most recent Agenda for Congress.


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Nestlé International Travel Retail (NITR) has reportedly relaunched its Smarties Music Creator featuring sustainable packaging.
The move is part of the company’s aim to achieve 100% recyclable and reusable packaging by 2025.
Nestle has used a recyclable carton box to replace the single-use plastic packaging in Smarties Music Creator.
Nestlé International Travel Retail general manager Stewart Dryburgh said: “Clearly these are unprecedented times and the COVID-19 crisis will impact the immediate roll-out for the new Smarties Music Creator.
“In the mid-long term, however, the demand for recyclable and eco-friendly solutions will only increase, and with Smarties, we will be ready with these solutions.
“Sales for the first version of the Smarties Music Creator were incredibly positive and we have every reason to believe that this more sustainable version will be an even greater success.
“In 2019 Smarties set the ambitious target of being the first global children’s confectionery brand to remove single use plastics. We look forward to continuing this journey in 2021 and the years to come.”
Earlier this month, Nestlé trialled a new refillable instant coffee and Purina cat food service in Switzerland as part of its efforts to reduce its single-use packaging.
In March, the company teamed up with Australia-based recycling firm iQ Renew to launch a trial that aims to collect soft plastics from more than 100,000 homes.


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Micron plans an assembly testing, marking and packaging project of $1 billion, and talks are on to set up a memory chip plant for captive requirements.
India's ambition to become an emerging semiconductor giant is running into unanticipated problems.
In March, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) officials had raised expectations that a big announcement for a fab plant would be made in a few weeks.
Last fortnight, however, MeitY said it would start accepting fresh applications with an extended deadline that ends in December 2024.
MeitY added that existing applicants could also re-apply -- and two consortiums, Singapore-based IGSS and Abu Dhabi-led Next Orbit Ventures, said they would do so.
Indeed, 17 months since India announced the $10 billion semiconductor scheme even the publicised Vedanta-Foxconn joint venture, which was seen as a strong contender, has not received approval.
This, despite signing, with much fanfare, an agreement for land with the Gujarat government. That's because it has not yet found a technology partner, a key prerequisite according to sources.
Sceptics argue that the poor response to the scheme the government initially announced in January last year is the result of global chip makers from Intel to TSMC or Samsung sinking billions in semiconductor plants in US and Europe.
These majors are unlikely to take a risk in India, which has scant chip-making experience and a non-existent ecosystem.
Building a semiconductor ecosystem is not easy, especially from scratch, even with a generous capital subsidy that the government offered.
That is why the government is recalibrating its strategy based on stakeholder feedback. For instance, officials admit that a 45-day window with details of agreements firmed up was unrealistic when it first invited applicants for a fab plant.
"We realised that companies sometimes need six months to put together a proposal with clearances from the board. So we decided to have a longer deadline when we invite new players again," a senior government official explained.
The government also realised that the scheme needed aggressive marketing to global semiconductor CEOs, who are being wooed by competing countries.
One big step in that direction was Minister Ashwini Vaishnav's outreach in San Francisco in April where he met senior executives of leading companies Micron, Intel, Western Digital, Applied Materials and AMD.
The meet was followed by a three-day symposium of IT and electronic companies where 40 global companies were invited.
The upshot of this outreach, Vaishnaw said, is that India is being viewed by semiconductor majors as the next big investment destination.
Analysts suggest the attraction lies in the fact that making chips in India is 30-40 per cent cheaper than competing destinations. The strategy on chip technology has also been readjusted.
Recently, junior MeitY Minister Rajeev Chandraskehar tweeted that the strategy now was to initially encourage more mature nodes of 40 nanometers (which is used in the automobile industry).
Earlier, the focus was on 28 nm (which Vedanta was planning to manufacture) and then push them to move down for more advanced and lower nodes.
Closed-door discussions between experts and the government suggested getting some marquee names in the semiconductor space in India to kick-start the process.
The problem is that India's tryst with semiconductors coincides with changing global geopolitical realities.
Major countries are now keen to be self-sufficient in semiconductors for which large financial incentives are being extended for companies to invest in specific geographies.
The pandemic exposed how chip shortage could impact broad swathes of industry.
So, companies such as Intel, TSMC, Global Foundries, Micron, Samsung and Texas Instruments are putting in over $200 billion collectively to build fab plants in US, France, Germany and Japan, according to analysts Jeffries.
They are unlikely to venture into uncharted territory in India.
The US alone accounts for over 80 per cent of the global investment in semiconductors.
The subsidies, too, are enormous: The US administration is offering $53 billion through the US Chips Act, Europe is offering $45 billion and South Korea $100 billion till 2030.
Clearly India's share of subsidy looks pretty small. And these countries have robust ecosystems for chip making.
India has made some headway. For instance, Micron plans an assembly testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) project of $1 billion, and talks are on to set up a memory chip plant for captive requirements.
An announcement is expected soon, MeitY sources said.
India hopes to leverage the potential of a high-growth chip market that is estimated to hit $64 billion by 2030, from $25 billion-$27 billion currently, according to IESA.
But experts said local sourcing (purchase orders generated in India) accounts for just 10 per cent of the market.
Most global consumers -- mobile device makers and consumer electronics giants -- tend to procure globally.
Said Satya Gupta, former chairman of IESA: "At best, with the government's effort local sourcing can be increased to 20 or 25 per cent. But for this we need home-grown product companies in mobiles, consumer electronics, automobiles and white goods, which will locally source chips."
The growth of local sourcing from global IDM and fabless players like Qualcomm or MediaTek, Gupta added, will incentivise them to manufacture their chips in Indian foundries or ATMP units provided they get good quality and better pricing.
Until then, despite the promise of a large domestic market, the only viable option for fab companies would be to export.
Given these formidable challenges, the government's big bang announcement to announce India's entry in semiconductors, therefore, will be awaited with anticipation.
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Petronas Dagangan Bhd (PetDag) would be allocating RM200mil in capital expenditure to nurture its recent downstream acquisitions, in a bid to maintain its growth momentum.
“We don’t think the capex, which involves the construction of warehouses and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminals, is significant as it is within PetDag’s capacity.
“We are already looking at ways to fund this capex,” chair Datuk Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin told reporters after the company’s annual general meeting.
He said the company needs time to nurture the downstream acquisitions to reach critical mass, before it can see significant contribution to its bottomline.
“We are anticipating this to be a mid term to long term investment before it becomes substantial.
“If you look at the current investment, it is only about 4 percent of the total assets of the company,” Zulkiflee said, adding that it would need about four to five years to achieve its target.
Earlier this month, the company said it would be buying six downstream companies belonging to its parent, Petronas Nasional Bhd, in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia for $62mil (RM197.3mil).
“The Malaysian market has become kind of saturated for PetDag, and I think what we are doing is to set the foundation for the next phase of growth for PetDag.
“The companies we have acquired are companies within our core competencies like LPG, lubricant and aviation,” Zulkiflee said.
With the acquisition, PetDag would be extending its reach further into the Asean region, and would be focusing on its post acquisition integration efforts to create more value within PetDag’s group of companies.
“I think we would focus a lot on what could be done in the next few months, post acquisition.
“Detailed plans are already in place and also people have been assigned to what needs to be done. At the moment, we are just focusing on the six companies that we have acquired,” he said.
Zulkiflee also said the company would continue to look for opportunities in the Asean region while focusing on its post acquisition efforts.
For its financial year ended December 31, 2011, the retail arm of Petronas recorded a net profit of RM898.9mil over a revenue of RM22.2bil.
The company currently operates more than 970 Petronas stations nationwide commanding about 31 percent market share of the local retail market.
The LPG, petrol, kerosene and diesel marketer also commands about 59.9 percent of the commercial market, 55 percent of the LPG market and 24 percent of the local lubricant business.


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Monster Hunter is a popular series that has proven to be a staple franchise across various Nintendo consoles, with a number of series releases landing on Big N hardware dating as far back as the original Wii. With that said, despite the series' popularity, many of fans' favorite Monster Hunter games haven't earned proper Western releases. Developer Capcom aims to change this with Monster Hunter: World, the latest and seemingly the biggest title in the series so far; unfortunately for Nintendo fans, it seems that Capcom feels like the modern Monster Hunter recipe isn't a good fit for the Nintendo Switch.
As reported by Eurogamer, game director Kaname Fujioka stated that games in the Monster Hunter series had always been "based around utilizing the hardware we had at hand," which explains the number of series spin-offs on mobile and portable hardware. Now that the team has access to much more powerful technology, the focus has shifted to bringing that familiar Monster Hunter flavor to fully-fledged home consoles. However, when asked whether or not Monster Hunter: World would land on the Nintendo Switch, Fujioka stated that Capcom hadn't planned on porting the game to Nintendo's latest console.
"Unfortunately we can't really say at this point," Fujioaka said. "There's no room to say we're porting our current software to Nintendo hardware. It comes down to what we've already said - we want to deliver the perfectly adapted game for the hardware we have in mind. That was our design concept, and our mission from the very beginning. Being able to adapt Monster Hunter for those systems - adapting that to different hardware doesn't really work this time around. But in the future, thinking of something like the Switch, we'll think about how to adapt it for that platform."
Even though Nintendo Switch players might be left out in the cold, unfeeling void left by the lack of the series' latest entry, Monster Hunter fans on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC will apparently have plenty of incredible action to look forward to. In particular, several different elements of the game have been overhauled to make use of these systems' more powerful hardware, including seamless online cooperative play, revamped menus, much deeper character customization, and a general open-world vibe that wasn't possible on past consoles.
Players won't have to wait long to get their hands on the series' latest entry, as Monster Hunter: World is slated to release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PCs on January 26, 2018. In the meantime, pass the time waiting to slay epic beasts by checking out the game's E3 2017 gameplay trailer, featured below.


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HTC Desire Android 2.2 aka Froyo Release Update: June 23
More news about the HTC Desire and the Android 2.2 aka Froyo release update, first of all an XDA member got hold of HTC who was a little frustrated because they did not have enough space on their handset to install more applications.
According to Ali Waqas via Addictive Tips the customer had a little chat with a customer service rep ranting about his problem, which led the service rep talking with their supervisor, the word came back saying basically there is nothing the customer can do.
But was told ‘A new update is coming the 23rd of June and you will be able to put some apps on to the micro SD card’. This is great news for HTC Desire owners if this is all true, so Android 2.2 aka Froyo update is coming to the HTC Desire June 23.
We would love to hear from anyone that knows the truth, is this new update true or false or just another rumour for a little bit of tantalising.
Via – Phandroid


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The leading on-demand auto-rickshaw aggregator Jugnoo acquires SubKuchFresh in a bid to enhance its recently launched grocery delivery service ‘Fatafat’. This acquisition enables Jugnoo to offer a more comprehensive grocery delivery service with improved procedures of procurement, sorting, packaging and quality check of products.
Furthermore, the move is corresponding to Jugnoo’s vision of making optimum utilization of resources with auto-rickshaws as its logistic partners, allowing them to make extra bucks when not transporting passengers.
The delivery services are currently available for customers in Mohali and Panchkula apart from Chandigarh.
“This is a step towards helping the auto drivers to supplement their livelihood through extra earnings. Jugnoo also intends to create a logistics network for the mass market of India and wants to tap the hyper-local delivery service space through best possible routes,” said Founder and CEO Jugnoo, Samar Singla.
Inspired by this feat, Jugnoo will soon expand the delivery service to Gurgaon by next month and eventually tap 30 more cities by the end of this year. The launch is a progressive attempt to widen Jugnoo’s customer outreach by tapping consumers beyond its domain, i.e. daily intra-city travelers, leading to a stronger recall value for customers. A separate team has been hired to look into the operations of this new acquisition, which has added to the employee base of the company.
SabKuchFresh is an online store that brings in fresh quality fruits and vegetables at the doorstep of their customers without the need of going out to mandis, spend on petrol/diesel, get stuck in traffic, haggle with subziwallas etc.
Goods delivered by SabKuchFresh are bought directly from the farmers and are hence, free from any kind of pesticides or artificial ripening agents. SabKuchFresh has a tie-up with more than 100 farmers and has good presence in B2B and B2C industry.


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Some travel news from my home town: Qantas has released details, and images, of its new business lounge at Brisbane international airport.
The lounge, which will open in October, will be the first of several new facilities the national carrier will open at Brisbane Airport as part of a multi-million dollar upgrade this year, according to Qantas International CEO Gareth Evans.
“This stylish and modern lounge is the perfect space for our customers to relax before their flight,” he said in a Qantas media release.
“It reflects the natural beauty of the Queensland landscape through natural light, furniture and design, offering a new standard in premium travel from Queensland’s capital.
“This lounge marks our continued investment in the entire customer journey. We’ve almost finished the refurbishment of our A330 fleet at the Brisbane Maintenance Facility, added new services to Japan and New Zealand, and the domestic terminal lounges are set for a complete redesign in coming months.”
The media release said the Brisbane International Lounge was based on the award-winning Hong Kong and Singapore lounge concept, with the food and interior design taking inspiration from the local region.
The lounge – split across two levels – offers nearly 30 per cent more space than the previous lounges, with interiors reflecting the Queensland landscape, the release said.
A key feature of the lounge is a bespoke glass and light art installation called The Pulse of Our Ancient Land created by artist Jenna Lee from indigenous design agency Gilimbaa, based in Brisbane. Inlaid into the glass is an abstract interpretation of the land of the Queensland region as viewed from above, brought to life through glass, watercolour and lights.
The artwork depicts the lands of the Jagerra, Yuggera, Turrbal, Quandamooka, Nunnukal, Goenpul, Ngugi, Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi and Yugambeh people, and was inspired by the stories shared by a specially formed group of respected elders of each of the language groups of South East Queensland.
The lounge also features a business centre, wi-fi, TVs with Foxtel and shower suites.
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Amazon Prime Video Closing In on Exclusive Rights to Thursday Night Football
Amazon Prime Video is looking to shake up the NFL rights game with a huge splash.
According to a report by Sports Business Journal, Thursday Night Football will move from FOX to be exclusively streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
There’s no word as to what Amazon will pay for these exclusive streaming rights, but it is believed that Fox was paying nearly $660 million a year for TNF — which could see a new deal reach nearly a billion. There’s also been no official word from either Amazon or the NFL in regards to this report but it wouldn’t be a shocker to see Amazon reclaim Thursday Night Football and make its Prime Video platform its exclusive home.
Amazon will still need to find a production partner and a select number of games would still air on NFL Network, along with on local affiliates in the home markets of the competing teams.
Last season, Amazon Prime Video exclusively streamed their first NFL game but their efforts look to be ramped up for the 2021 campaign. The matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals that was only streamed on Amazon Prime Video garnered an estimated 4.8 million average minute audience on the streaming platform, a strong number. This one game easily surpassed the highest non-Super Bowl telecast.
Amazon replaced Twitter in 2017 to stream Thursday Night Football. However, until now, they have shared the rights with Fox and NFL Network. They have since added their own commentators (Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer) and the ability to watch for free on Twitch.
The move is a win for both sides, as the NFL wants to better embrace streaming and Amazon wanted into the NFL rights game. The Streamable recently discussed speculation surrounding NFL Sunday Ticket and its potential move to ESPN+, which would certainly show the NFL doubling down on streaming.
Super Bowl streaming numbers have steadily risen over the past decade and regular season numbers seem to reflect this trend as well. Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs set new streaming records, signifying a shift in the way NFL viewers consume their beloved product.


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Hyliion Inc. is partnering with Idealease to get exposure — and orders — for its near-zero-emission diesel-electric hybrid powertrain system as the company’s public debut nears.
Hyliion will use one truck for the demo program, moving from the eastern U.S. north to the Appalachian region and to the northwest U.S. based on key customers identified by Idealease, a Hyliion spokesperson said.
Critical technology introduction
Hyliion’s Hybrid Diesel system can be retrofitted on most major Class 8 commercial vehicles. It reduces fuel use, lowers greenhouse gas emissions, improves performance and reduces total cost of operation, according to the company.
The hybrid system is installed on an International LT Series chassis from Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV). It uses Dana’s latest lightweight, fuel-efficient S23-175 drive axle and SPL driveline. An in-cab auxiliary power unit (APU) saves fuel by eliminating idling during pickups and deliveries.
“Working with industry leaders like Idealease and Dana is critical to introducing our technology to fleets throughout the country,” said Thomas Healy, Hyliion founder and CEO. “The commercial transportation industry has reached a pivotal point where environmental impact is paramount to business success.”
The California mandate
Much of that urgency stems from California where the state will require 9% of all new commercial trucks to be electrified by 2024. How Hyliion’s hybrid-electric figures into the state’s Advanced Clean Truck rule is unclear.
“Our hybrid system has the potential to transform diesel fleets, offering an immediate, sustainable impact on a company’s carbon footprint while delivering a positive return for their business,” Healy said.
All major truck manufacturers are testing zero-tailpipe-emission battery-electric trucks in California. PACCAR brand Peterbilt Motors said Tuesday it would take orders and deliver its medium-duty Model 220EV late this year.
Dana is the electric systems supplier and also is working with sister brand Kenworth Trucks on its Class 6K270E and Class 7 K370E medium-duty models.
Public debut coming soon
The shortened path to public trading should end in mid-September. Hyliion will get $560 million from Tortoise when the merger closes.
Tortoise Acquisition raised $235 million in an initial public offering to become a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). It raised an additional $325 million for Hyliion by allowing investors to purchase discount shares through a private investment in public equity (PIPE).
Hyliion raised $50 million on its own. It sold three of the diesel-electric hybrids to Penske Truck Leasing in February. Hyliion, which has delivered 20 diesel-electric hybrid systems, revealed a natural gas-electric Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX) system on June 25 with a 1,000-unit preorder from logistics giant Agility.


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Crompton Greaves slumps down
By Ruma Dubey
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Crompton Greaves CE is currently the top loser on the BSE; opening over 3% lower at Rs.284.95, it slipped down further by 13% to hit a new 52-week low at Rs.256.05, trading currently around the same levels.
Any change in the top management will always make the market jittery as it sparks uncertainty over the future path.
That’s what happened in Crompton – yesterday, Mathew Job resigned as CEO and Director of the company to pursue other career interests.
The company announced Shantanu Khosla, who was the MD of the company to now take on the role of Executive Vice Chairman of the company's board for a year from May 1, 2023.
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Speaking of the stylus, Belfiore showed off a demo of how Microsoft is developing Fluent so you can "navigate all of Windows just using a pen". Story Remix will be a universal Windows app available in the Windows Store, but perhaps more importantly, it will also be available on iOS and Android.
Microsoft adds 100 million new installs of Windows 10 since September, bringing the total install count to 500 million. The first such services were announced during Microsoft's Build developer conference on Wednesady and include the popular weather app Dark Sky, iHeart radio, OpenTable, TuneIn and Domino's.
The Surface Laptop can be had with Core i7 processors as well, with the top of the line model costing US$2199 for 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage. And it's a clear effort by Microsoft to step up competition with Google and its low-priced Chromebooks in the classroom, where the latter has made major inroads.
Microsoft's been slow in getting the skills API to developers, but during the keynote the Cortana Skills page went live (via @MaryJoFoley ). Have you been itching to get your hands on the Cortana Skills Kit? Harman's Invoke will come with Cortana, as well as calling with Microsoft's Skype voice and video chat service.
Alphabet Inc shares were trading at $891.44 per share on Thursday afternoon, up $2.3 (+0.26%). The weak advertisement revenue did not drag the company down this quarter, unlike the previous period. Google has boosted sales from its core advertising and YouTube business, while also investing in machine learning, hardware and cloud computing, under Pichai's leadership, reported CNN.
The update appears to focus particularly on Edge, the Windows 10 web browser, which is still struggling to win over users. But that total included some machines that were still on store shelves and in warehouses, and it didn't account for corporate users who bought those licenses on new PCs and then downgraded them to Windows XP.
Eurovision's Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand said that Ukraine's decision went "against both the spirit of the contest and the notion of inclusivity that lies at the heart of its values". British Prime Minister Theresa May has spoken out about the UK's Eurovision chances post Brexit. Spokesperson Katie Baylis said: "The special pre-Brexit Eurovision betting market is attracting substantial global interest and some significant bets".
Moses has transformed himself from an outcast to integral first-team member at Chelsea and is set to get his hands on the second piece of major silverware with the Londoners. Moses said: "I have always believed in my ability to play for a big club like Chelsea ". He is in line to claim a winner's medal in the top flight of English football this season as the Blues require three more points from their remaining three games in order to clinch the title and that could come as soon as Friday ...
Thanks to streaming television service Sling TV, you can actually stream the first six Star Wars films free online, on demand so you can watch them whenever you want. Fan and company support combined means that the phrase "May the fourth be with you" is known to fans and non-fans all over the world. And lastly, Star Wars: The Last Jedi will mark the last time the late, and great, Carrie Fisher will be seen on the big screen after her sad and unexpected passing a year ago.
Among its other holdings are stakes in the Food Network and job-search website CareerBuilder. It owns WBFF Fox 45, a local CW affiliate and My TV Baltimore. The deal is subject to the FCC's approval. "Sinclair has used its TV stations to launch the Sunday morning public affairs program 'Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson.' Attkisson is a former CBS News correspondent who claimed the government hacked her computer after her aggressive reporting on the Obama administration".
The company has reported 166 million daily active users, a 5% increase from the last quarter and a 36% Y-o-Y increase. The video-messaging app maker was expected to lose a lot of money in its first quarter, and many analysts were also prepared for it to show slower user growth .
During this quarter, daily active users (DAU) grew to 166 million from 122 million in the first quarter of past year, an increase of 36%. Still, the growth was faster than larger rival Facebook , which said its daily user base grew 18% year-over-year in the first quarter, as well as Twitter , which reported growth of 14% in daily active users from a year earlier.
The wait for a new Surface hardware is finally over as Microsoft announced its new Surface Laptop at the EDU Event in NY. Windows 10 S will only allow users to run applications from the Windows Store, compared to from any source as with past versions of the operating system.
BEIJING: An natural disaster rocked China's western Xinjiang region on Thursday, killing eight people and injuring another 20, state media reported. Eight people were killed and 11 injured when a 5.5 -magnitude quake struck North West China on Thursday morning, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Microsoft Says, Microsoft Surface Laptop features a 13.5-inch diagonal PixelSense display with 3:2 aspect ratio. Microsoft also unveiled a new Surface Laptop , designed for students beginning college. Microsoft's other portable Surface devices include the Surface Pro, which is a tablet, and the Surface Book, which is a 2-in-1. Available for pre-order today, the laptop will start shipping June 15.
Snap disappointed analysts with reported revenue of US$149.6 million in the three months ending in March. The eMarketer research dramatically underscores just how popular Snapchat still is with teens despite a proliferation of copycat services, especially from Facebook , which has seen success with clone products like Instagram Stories or WhatsApp Status .
RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney seems dubious about the company's prospects, saying in a note that "There are now substantial questions about Yelp's salesforce execution and its current value proposition for advertisers". San Francisco-based Yelp's shares plunged 18.4 percent to close Wednesday at $28.33 after the company reported a first-quarter loss of 6 cents a share, on $197.3 million in revenue.
The electronics manufacturer posted extremely good first-quarter earnings on Thursday, highlighting the size and diversification within the company. Mentioned in the press release were the facts that profits during the period were increased as a result of increase in component business, mainly display and semi-conductor chips, but the sales for flagship products had declined.
As he packed away his iBook and lucky Steve Carrel mug, Samantha Bee - wearing a perm and sequined jacket - walked in to declare her surprise at Colbert's decision to leave during George W. The Daily Show , of course, continues on in a different incarnation with host Trevor Noah. His show brought in an average of 3.06 million viewers over the week, up 12% from the week before, which helped him win late night for the fourteenth consecutive week, according to Nielsen data.
The device will potentially play a significant role in Amazon's dominance of the smart speaker market this year, with the company expected to account for over 70% of all smart speakers in the USA in 2017. However, Echo Show will respond with both audio and video. Google Home is second, and many other tech giants are getting interested in offering a similar device.
Echo Show is shipping on June 28. Amazon is expected to announce a new version of the Echo, equipped with a screen, as well as phone and videoconferencing capabilities, the Wall Street Journal reports . The speakers are located below the screen, and if rumours are to be believed, they should perform better than Amazon's other products. In a statement, Michael Mauser, President, Lifestyle Audio Division at Harman International, said, "We're excited to work with Microsoft to ...
The chairman said he will seek a commission vote on the proposal at the FCC's next meeting on May 18. The first step in Pai's plan to reverse broadband Title II reclassification was to circulate a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking input on a recommendation that would cause broadband to again be treated as a more lightly regulated information service, as it was prior to 2015.
The OS is targeted at students and lower end PCs, but will be confined to desktop apps and programs available through the Windows Store. Microsoft has extensive programmatic control over all the apps installed through the Windows Store.
Another bump that Apple faced this quarter was the sale of iPhones. "We agree that we are underpenetrated there". With sales slowing for Apple in the USA and China, investors are looking to see if growth in India can compensate for this.
The company forecast total revenue of between $43.5bn and $45.5bn for the current quarter, while analysts on average were expecting $45.6bn. Apple on Tuesday announced its second quarter financial results which sparked some disappointment in the market, mainly due to a slowdown in sales of its flagship product, the iPhone and despite a slight increase in its overall profits.
And it's a clear effort by Microsoft to step up competition with Google and its low-cost Chromebooks in the classroom, where the latter has made major inroads. Accompanying the new Surface Laptop is Microsoft's new Windows 10 S operating system, which is streamlined for classroom use and it's directly aimed at stealing market share from Google's Chrome operating system, which powers bare-bones Chromebook laptops.
Messages can also be read within the Alexa app . Amazon is showing no signs of slowing down with their powerhouse product, Echo . The new Echo Show [pictured above] goes on sale on June 28 for $230. The new Amazon Echo Show with a touchscreen is capable of streaming videos and while music is playing, it shows song lyrics on the screen. Amazon on Tuesday unveiled Echo Show , an addition to its Echo speaker line, that enables video calls.
It pairs with Project Scorpio like the Xbox One controller does now, meaning there's no need for cables. The first official headset for Xbox's forthcoming Scorpio console has been revealed by Lucid Sound. We are likely to see more accessory announcements for the console in the run up to E3. Microsoft has just released a new Xbox One firmware update to those courageous souls signed up to their Xbox Insider Program.
Do you have an Amazon Echo device? The Echo Look is the first time Amazon has put a screen on an dedicated Alexa device, which have historically been voice-controlled. However, because Alexa works without user names or numbers, the device itself won't be where your contacts are stored. Pretty much anything you'd rather see than be told.
Operating profits rose to 9.90 trillion won, up 48% from 6.68 trillion won a year earlier. "The first quarter earnings were bolstered by solid performance of our component-making business that enjoyed strong sales thanks to favourable memory chip and display panel prices", the firm said in a statement .
The company is hopeful that this new Surface Laptop will replace the Chromebooks . As expected, Microsoft launched yesterday, at an event in NY, its Surface Laptop . The transition from full-fledged Win32 Office apps to Windows Store counterparts relies on Microsoft's Project Centennial, a toolset announced in April 2015 that allows developers to port existing Win32 apps and convert them into Universal Windows Platform (UWP) equivalents.
A phishing campaign targeting Gmail users took place Wednesday, prompting Google , the provider of the service, to disable what it called "offending accounts" that initiated the attack, China's Xinhua news agency reported. Google claims to have squashed the attack within "approximately one hour" of its detection, and has removed fake pages and applications, noting that less than 0.1 percent of Gmail users were affected by the scam .
Well, you see, Microsoft decided that Windows 10 S will only run Windows Store-certified apps. First of all, owning a Windows 10 S license doesn't mean you also get a full Windows 10 Pro license - there is one exception for that, and we'll address it below.
The share price is trading in a range of $1.77 - 2.00. "Ultimately, through all this investigation into the company's performance the analyst decides whether their stock is a "buy", sell" or hold". (GSAT)'s stock to Buy with the price target of $2.5. Price Target plays a critical role when it comes to the analysis of a Stock. Another critical number in evaluating a stock is P/E or the price to earnings ratio .
The minority Christian governor is now on trial on acc. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, was accused of insulting Islam by referring to a verse in the Quran during a campaign speech past year. Prosecutors had called for a suspended one-year jail sentence. "Indonesia's ability to hold itself up as an example of a moderate, tolerant, Muslim-majority democracy is further threatened and is now very questionable".
Speaking at the product's announcement, Microsoft's VP for Surface Panos Panay "the Surface Laptop is lighter and thinner than any MacBook Air or MacBook Pro now available and it's faster and has longer battery life than any MacBook on sale today".
Being able to quickly and easily pull up Youtube videos while getting ready in the morning or pulling up song lyrics through Amazon Music are a few of the first things that jump out. The new Echo Show device signals the possibility that Amazon may push into a new area of services, although with a weight of about 40 ounces, it is considerably more bulky than a typical mobile phone.
Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument are among 27 national monuments the administration is considering altering or revoking under an executive action signed by President Donald Trump in April. After his arrival Sunday in Salt Lake City, Zinke was met by about 500 protesters who chanted, "Save our monuments, stand with Bears Ears". Zinke has been tasked with making a recommendation on the monument by June 10, about two and a half months before a ...
The Beddit Sleep Tracker uses a sensor about the same size and thickness as a piece of duct tape to measure total sleep time, resting heart rate, respiration rate, how long it took you to fall asleep, how many times you got up, and the amount of deep sleep achieved.
The Echo Show will also be capable of doing video calls. You don't have to get one for your own home, which probably already has an original Echo or Dot; instead, you just load up the free Amazon Alexa app and start a video conference call from there.


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British experts have claimed that a new breakthrough in drugs would help skin cancer patients fight back the deadly disease.
The researchers said that seriously ill patients who were given the medication reported spectacular effects.
The breakthrough lets doctors to efficiently reboot a skin cancer patient's immune system by administering drugs ipilimumab (ipi) and anti-PD1s, which are capable of breaking down the resistance-systems of cancer cells.
Yervoy, a cancer drug by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, has been found capable of extending the lives of patients by up to a decade. A study, involved more than 1,800 cancer patients from 12 trials, reveled that more than fifth (22%) were still alive 3 years after treatment, while and 17% survived 7 years after treatment.
Prof. Peter Johnson, of Cancer Research UK, said it was the beginning of a new era of cancer treatments by rebooting the immune system.
It is a big achievement by the researchers in the ongoing battle against skin cancer. Until now, many patients die within months of diagnosis as there had been no effective cure against the disease.
The findings were presented at the recently-held cancer conference in Amsterdam.
- Ford unveils new 2015 Mustang in its first global launch
- Ford set to unveil its all-new 2015 Mustang --- the first Mustang to be sold globally
- Finnish startup Jolla Oy launches its self-titled Jolla headset in Europe
- HTC to launch dual-SIM variant of flagship HTC One handset in UK
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The Mahindra Scorpio-N is set to launch tomorrow, June 27, 2022, and we’ll see what its pricing might look like. Please read carefully to find out.
The 2022 Mahindra Scorpio-N is coming soon, it is scheduled for release on June 27, 2022 at 5:30 PM. Mahindra Scorpio was supposed to launch a new generation model, and the Scorpio-N fulfilled that need and took everything from the Scorpio up a few notches. That’s why Mahindra chose to keep the old Scorpio on the market under the name Scorpio Classic, which will provide a cheaper option for Scorpio customers. As for the Scorpio-N, we expect the SUV to be priced higher than the current Scorpio due to all the extras and size increases. Pricing for the Scorpio-N is expected to start around Rs 1.3 lakh (ex-showroom), with the high-end model likely to go up to Rs 1.9 lakh (ex-showroom).
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The Scorpio-N continued to have the same muscle and boxy silhouette as the first-generation Scorpio, and has since become the SUV’s identity. Adding a bold stance to the front row of this SUV, new dual-cabin LED headlamps are supported by LED fog lamps surrounded by C-shaped LED daytime running lights. The rugged stance of the SUV continues to the rear, with strong lines on the hood and on the sides of the SUV.
ALSO READ: 2022 Mahindra Scorpio-N: What we know so far
The new generation Mahindra Scorpio-N has received a complete overhaul in the cabin, with a better design and more onboard technology. The dashboard has a new design, with a large touchscreen at the center of the dash, flanked by vertical air-conditioning vents. The automaker also revealed some of the features that will make it to the vehicle, including the AdrenoX user interface that first appeared on the Mahindra XUV700. The AdrenoX system also brings connected car technology, as well as driver drowsiness detection. Additionally, the new Scorpio-N will get Sony’s 3D sound system. Other features on the 2022 Mahindra Scorpio-N will include a power sunroof, dual-zone climate control, touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, wireless phone charger, multiple driving modes, six airbags, roof speakers and more .
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The Scorpio-N is expected to come with the same engine options as the XUV700, including a new 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo gasoline engine and a 2.2-liter four-cylinder diesel. The company is expected to offer slightly lower trim status for both engine options of the Scorpio-N. Both engine options are expected to come with 6-speed manual and automatic transmission options, as well as a possible four-wheel-drive system in a top-spec variant.
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will launch the first two satellite prototypes for a planned internet-from-space constellation under Project Kuiper in early 2023. The satellites will be launched on rockets built by a Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture called United Launch Alliance (ULA).
As reported by Reuters, the satellites were initially supposed to be launched with startup ABL Space Systems in late 2022, but repeated delays led Amazon to switch the launch providers. The ULA launch will be a debut for Project Kuiper and the launch company.
Amazon's internet satellite constellation will be a competitor to SpaceX's Starlink project, whose first launches were conducted in 2018. The Elon Musk-led venture has already put 3,399 satellites in space and its internet service is available in over 40 countries and territories.
The report has not been independently verified by YourStory.
Amazon has vowed to invest $10 billion into Project Kuiper to launch 3,236 low Earth orbit satellites as soon as possible to catch up with Starlink's head-start. The company has not announced an exact schedule for the launches, although US communications regulators require at least half the constellation to be up by 2026.
The last minute switch to the ULA Vulcan rocket should prove to be a useful test for Amazon, as it has bought space on 38 future Vulcan rocket launches to deploy the bulk of its satellites.
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Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the price of electric and petrol vehicles will become one in the next two years. Gadkari says that soon a revolution is going to come in this area.
Addressing the annual session of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and FY21 AGM, Gadkari said, “Within two years, the cost of electric vehicles will come down to a level that will be at par with their petrol variants.” Working to expand the facilities. Gadkari further said, “We are setting up 600 EV charging points on major highways by 2023. The government also wants to ensure that the charging stations are powered by renewable sources like solar or wind power.
Gadkari said that the cost of EVs is high as their number is less. He said that India is looking forward to the EV revolution, with 250 startup businesses engaged in manufacturing cost-effective EV technology. In addition, major automakers have joined forces in trying to cut the cost of EV production. The GST on electric vehicles is only 5% and the cost of lithium-ion batteries is also coming down.
Gadkari said, “The price of a petrol car is Rs 10 per kilometer, the cost of diesel is Rs 7 per kilometer and the cost of electricity is only Re 1 per kilometer.”


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São Paulo – The Brazilian hair care cosmetics maker Felps Profissional is working to increase its sales in the Arab world. The company has been on the market for four years now and ships product to 18 countries, including Saudi Arabia (since 2017) and Iraq (since 2016). It’s currently in talks with the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Syria, Qatar and Egypt. The bulk of Felps’ sales go to the United States, Russia and Ukraine.
According to exports manager Teodoro Campos, the company has been export-oriented since its inception. Foreign sales account for 30% of revenue for Felps, and sales to Arab countries account for 20% of total exports. “Our goal for 2018 is to double the share of Arab countries in overall revenue, because we know this is a market with lots of potential,” said Campos.
In order to achieve this, from May 8 to 10 Felps Profissional will join the Beautyworld Middle East expo in Dubai, one of the three biggest industry events in the world and the biggest in the Middle East, featuring 1,700 cosmetics, hair treatment products, fragrances and wellbeing companies. “We will have a 40 sqm stand at Beautyworld, where we intend to increase our business partnerships in other Arab countries, like the UAE, Egypt, Morocco and Qatar,” said Campos..
Felps’ best-sellers in Arab countries are its Omega Zero formaldehyde-free straightener, the Marula maintenance line with shampoo, conditioner and mascara, and vitamin complex Power Up, with moisturizer vials. According to Campos, not by chance, these are also some of the items that sell the most in Brazil.
“Brazilian cosmetics have international appeal, because there’s a lot of miscegenation in our country, and therefore people have all types of hair, so products that are well-accepted here usually sell elsewhere as well,” Campos explained. The flagship items for Felps in Brazil and around the world are its Marula and Bamboo lines.
With an eye out for the barbershop fad, Felps launched a line for men early this year which already features 15 beard and hair products.
Campos told ANBA that Felps Professional was born of multi-brand group Vitor Studio, which distributes items by major braqnds like L’Oréal, Kérastase, Cadiveu and Inoar in the Greater São Paulo. The company’s staff includes experienced hair aesthetics professionals. The brand name Felps is an acronym for Fabricações Especiais de Loções e Produtos Superiores (Portuguese for Special Manufacturing of Superior Lotions and Products). Felps currently retains a 6% share of the domestic market, which it expects to reach 7% by the end of the year.
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Traveling is all about exploring new places, having a pleasurable stay and finding inspiration within new destinations. The way we travel today has changed. Mostly thanks to technology, but also because of changes in lifestyle. This year, millennials represent the fastest growing group of travelers, exploring the world with their smartphones and digitally connecting with new places. Needless to say, when Niantic Labs released the new app - Pokémon Go - it was pretty clear that the game would become a world´s phenomenon. The app didn´t just impact the gaming industry and its players but has started penetrating many other industries, including travel. A new survey by Hotels.com found out that almost half (48%) of American adults aged 18-30 are choosing their next vacation spot based on locating and catching as many Pokémon's as possible.
Nowadays, hunting a Pokémon or two in Central Park, among the Pyramids of Giza or by the London Eye matter the most and it´s becoming a new way to see the world. Pokémon Go is using real life attractions all over the globe as Pokestops, where each landmark offers a piece of historical and cultural education.
"People are visiting new destinations and exploring landmarks and places they never thought to see – whether it's in your city or across the globe. Our surveys have always shown us how spontaneous travelers can be and Pokémon Go is no exception”, said Taylor L. Cole, APR travel expert for Hotels.com.
Could Pokémon Go be the next interactive exploration tool for travelers? Participants in the survey also agreed that they would rather walk for four hours per day, hunting down rare Pokémon's than spend the same amount of time lying on the beach.
35% of them also believe that playing a game could result in exploring and learning more about the destination.
Travel providers are already taking advantages of the game, offering Pokémon adventures around the world. One of the Pokémon expeditions leaves on the 28 August, starting in Lima and will end on the 10 of October in Bangkok.
“As you travel, you will check out some of the most amazing, eye-opening and mind-blowing sights along the way. Imagine the bragging rights you'll have if you catch Pikachu at Machu Picchu, battle Blastoise alongside a giant tortoise in the Galapagos and spot Pidgeot at Angkor Wat” as they said at Geckos Adventures.
Official tourist Boards are joining the excitement too. The city of Basel released an entertaining video of four adults dressed as Pikachus, targeting people on the phones and attacking them with big poke balls. The hunt is happening all around the beautiful and popular attractions to entice people to visit the city in Switzerland. The video was commissioned by the city of Basel to boost tourism, and in just two days, the video has reached over 60 million views.


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Epay, a global prepaid product provider, has made available digital gift codes through PayPal’s new digital gift card store, the company announced in a December 17 press release.
The codes will be available to consumers in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. To access the codes, consumers log onto the digital gift card store and make a payment using their PayPal account.
“We are excited to be working with PayPal to offer digital gift codes to their millions of users initially in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, and eventually more places around the world,” Kevin Caponecchi, President of Euronet Worldwide, which owns epay, said in a statement.
To learn more about the partnership, read the official announcement here.
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As part of its commitment to helping create healthier generations, The Walt Disney Company has made a contribution to Feeding America® this Thanksgiving Day, to support efforts to get more products and increase the number of nutritious meals that are provided to children and families who need it most. .
The funds will be distributed to 30 member food banks of Feeding America in the US:
- Alameda County Community Food Prohibition – Oakland, CA.
- Capital Area Food Bank – Washington, DC
- Central California Food Bank – Fresno, CA.
- Central Texas Food Bank – Austin, TX
- City Harvest – New York, New York
- New Jersey Community Food Bank – Hillside, NJ
- Connecticut Foodshare – Wallingford, CT
- Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino Counties – Riverside, CA
- South Florida Food – Pembroke Park, FL
- Food Bank for New York City – New York, NY
- North and Central Carolina Food Bank – Raleigh, North Carolina
- Contra Costa and Solano Food Bank – Concord, CA.
- Food Lifeline – Seattle, WA
- Greater Chicago Food Depository – Chicago, IL
- Houston Food Bank – Houston, TX
- Long Island Cares, Inc. – Hauppauge, New York
- Los Angeles Regional Food Bank – Los Angeles, CA.
- Lowcountry Food Bank – Charleston, SC
- Montgomery County Food Bank – Conroe, TX
- Northern Illinois Food Bank – Geneva, IL
- Philabundance – Philadelphia, PA
- Redwood Empire Food Bank – Santa Rosa, CA
- San Francisco and Marin Food Banks – San Francisco, CA.
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida – Orlando, FL
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina – Charlotte, North Carolina
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County – Irvine, CA
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast Carolina – Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Second Silicon Valley Harvest – San Jose, CA.
- Treasure Coast Food Bank – Fort Pierce, FL
Disney has supported Feeding America’s efforts to end hunger in the U.S. since 2012, providing significant funding for the organization’s product programs and voluntary efforts at member food banks.
This year’s funding will help food banks provide more fresh produce to starving children and families by removing barriers to obtaining and distributing products, such as building capacity by increasing refrigeration and equipment in banks. of food or helping to store and distribute fresh produce within communities to people. who needs it most.
Last year, Feeding America raised more than 2.1 billion pounds of fruits and vegetables and plans to offer even more nutritious products to families in need this year.
In addition to the funding Disney provides each year, the company regularly donates unused food to support people in need in local communities, as part of its ongoing commitment to reduce food waste and help address food insecurity.
Each year, Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort offer more than 1.2 million meals *, as well as Disney VoluntEARS participating in efforts where cast members collect, sort, and distribute food to their local food banks. Second Harvest who are part of the Feeding America network of food banks.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Disney parks, experiences, and products in the U.S. have contributed more than $ 6.7 million in food donations to anti-trafficking organizations. famine all over the country.
“We are grateful for Disney’s multifaceted support for our work and the nearly a decade of collaboration that has helped provide much-needed meals to our neighbors facing food insecurity across the country,” said Casey Marsh, director of development at Feeding America.
“From helping us get more nutritious products, to introducing ourselves in person with its Disney VoluntEARS program, to creating crucial awareness across all of its media platforms, Disney has provided unwavering support for our work and the struggle to end hunger in America. “
For more information about Feeding America and the food bank network, visit FeedingAmerica.org/Disney.


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The title pretty much says it all, but we’ll elaborate. Ever since Disney announced the D23 event for Epcot’s 30th anniversary occurring on September 30th with an up-charge to attend, guests have been wondering if Disney was going to do anything for park guests on October 1st, the actual 30th anniversary. With the latest release of the annual passholder newsletter, The Mickey Monitor, Disney essentially cements the suspicions that nothing is planned for October 1st.
The calendar sections of the newsletter make no mention of the date and all that is given is a passing reference to the date itself and special merchandise that will be available. Previously, even minor events like those celebrating the yearly anniversaries of Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom are mapped out with events detailed in the Mickey Monitor for passholders to attend. They may not be major events even, just minor showings involving cupcakes and symbolism, but they are added to the calendars and noted as “things” for passholders to attend. It seems the fear that D23′s event would completely replace any actual in-park event for Epcot’s 30th were well founded.
If you were still doubting, consider that the event is 45 days out, the D23 event the day prior has been sold out for a while, and Disney has still made no announcement of any changes to Epcot’s hours or schedule or offerings for it’s 30th anniversary. Here’s the relevant mention of the anniversary from the Mickey Monitor: