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Daily VideoMay 28, 2013
Bangladesh Garment Workers Walk Out on Poor Factory Conditions
Watch A Demand for Better Conditions From Bangladeshi Workers on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
Nearly a month after a garment factory collapse killed over 1,000 workers in Bangladesh, some workers are now walking off the job to protest dangerous working conditions.
In the town of Ashulia, home to scores of clothing factories, more than 20 factories have closed because of unrest.
“We’re not safe,” said one protester, “and that’s why we decided to come out.”
These factories make clothing for some of the world’s best known brands, including its largest customer, Swedish retail giant H&M. Pressure from these companies keeps workers’ wages in Bangladesh low. The minimum wage in the garment industry there is around $40 a month, the lowest in the world.
“Our main problem is salary, very, very less,” he said. “Everything we buy, expensive. So, the money, pay not enough.”
After the collapse, public pressure forced retailers to respond to allegations of poor wages and working conditions. Earlier this month, H&M joined other multinationals in signing up to a new agreement on fire and building safety. However, until the rules of the industry change, conditions for workers are not likely to get better.
“So, many competition here. Our neighbor country, India, we already lost so many orders. And those orders, they are going to India. That’s why we can’t increase our salaries, as are expected, as there are expectations,” Mohammad Islam, factory manager.
Warm up questions
1. Take a look at the tag of your shirt. Where was it made? If the country is not the United States, what do you know about this country?
2. Where is Bangladesh located?
3. What do you know about the country of Bangladesh?
4. What are labor laws?
1. What do you consider to be basic standards regarding factory working conditions?
2. Do you think there should be worldwide standards for garment factories? Discuss.
3. How much more would you be willing to pay for high factory standards? $2 per article of clothing, $5, $10, $20 ?
4. Should companies be expected to invest their own money to insure that basic standards are met in their factories, or should the governments of the countries be responsible for enforcing higher standards? Why or why not?
5. Do you think the building’s owners should be punished? Why or why not?
6. Why do think some American companies have moved production sites overseas?
7. Having watched this story, what else do you want to know about how your clothing is produced?
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Qatar’s state-run shipping and logistics major Milaha has announced a reorganisation of the company as it looks to focus on its core business growth.
As part of the reorganisation, Milaha is creating a new strategic pillar – marine and technical services – that will focus on providing vessel and industrial equipment owners and operators with comprehensive, end-to-send services.
The existing maritime and logistics pillar will focus on enabling trade and providing end-to-end supply chain solutions for commercial customers through its container shipping, ports, and logistics arms.
In the meantime, the company is looking to exit the travel agency business, as well as cut back its equipment agency and distribution activities.
Following the completion of the reorganisition, four out of Milaha’s five strategic pillars will focus on core maritime-linked businesses including maritime and logistics, offshore marine, gas and petrochem, and marine and technical services. The fifth pillar, Milaha Capital, will deal solely with financial and real estate investments.
“We want to build on our already strong capabilities to create an unmatched presence in the marine services sector. We aim to be a one-stop shop for the needs of all shipowners and operators, trucking companies, and heavy equipment operators. This is also in response to the increased growth in maritime shipping in Qatar, particularly after the opening of Hamad Port as well as the anticipated growth from the second phase, in addition to the growth in the oil and gas sector over the next few years,” said Milaha president and chief executive officer Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai.

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From The Wall Street Journal:
Robot developers say they are close to a breakthrough—getting a machine to pick up a toy and put it in a box.
It is a simple task for a child, but for retailers it has been a big hurdle to automating one of the most labor-intensive aspects of e-commerce: grabbing items off shelves and packing them for shipping.
Several companies, including Saks Fifth Avenue owner Hudson’s BayCo. and Chinese online-retail giant JD.com Inc. have recently begun testing robotic “pickers” in their distribution centers. Some robotics companies say their machines can move gadgets, toys and consumer products 50% faster than human workers.
Retailers and logistics companies are counting on the new advances to help them keep pace with explosive growth in online sales and pressure to ship faster. U.S. e-commerce revenues hit $390 billion last year, nearly twice as much as in 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales are rising even faster in China, India and other developing countries.
That is propelling a global hiring spree to find people to process those orders. U.S. warehouses added 262,000 jobs over the past five years, with nearly 950,000 people working in the sector, according to the Labor Department. Labor shortages are becoming more common, particularly during the holiday rush, and wages are climbing.
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Picking is the biggest labor cost in most e-commerce distribution centers, and among the least automated. Swapping in robots could cut the labor cost of fulfilling online orders by a fifth, said Marc Wulfraat, president of consulting firm MWPVL International Inc.
“When you’re talking about hundreds of millions of units, those numbers can be very significant,” he said. “It’s going to be a significant edge for whoever gets there first.”
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In RightHand Robotics’ Somerville, Mass., test facility, mechanical arms hunt around the clock through bins containing packages of baby wipes, jars of peanut butter and other products. Each attempt—successful or not—feeds into a database. The bigger that data set, the faster and more reliably the machines can pick, said Yaro Tenzer, the startup’s co-founder.
Hudson’s Bay is testing RightHand’s robots in a distribution center in Scarborough, Ontario.
“This thing could run 24 hours a day,” said Erik Caldwell, the retailer’s senior vice president of supply chain and digital operations, at a conference in May. “They don’t get sick; they don’t smoke.”
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Materialise NV, Leuven, Belgium, has announced the launch of its new Magics 3D Print Suite. The software suite is said to combine the functionality of multiple applications into one complete set of business solutions, giving users the possibility to utilise data generated from numerous sources, convert it into innovative applications and print it with any printer available in the market.
“We believe that the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite offers customers a complete software backbone and unmatched versatility for their 3D Printing needs. We purposely built the suite to adapt to new industries embracing 3D Printing and are still adapting to meet our existing customers’ evolving production requirements,” stated Stefaan Motte, Vice President of Materialise.
“Indeed, we are committed to driving the trends of today and the future in 3D Printing, which is why we continue to collaborate with different players in and outside the 3D printing ecosystem to raise the bar of Additive Manufacturing,” added Motte.
Materialise software has become an industry standard for Additive Manufacturing in service bureau environments and has also entered the industrial manufacturing scene through partnerships and collaborations with every major manufacturer of Additive Manufacturing machines.
Leading machine manufacturers that are powered by the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite include Arburg, Concept Laser, EOS, Renishaw, Trumpf and others, which enables them to bridge the gap between 3D applications and 3D printing machines.


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MVP Financial Equipment Corp., a California-based ATM refurbishment, service and parts distribution company, has opened a larger production and distribution center in Sumter, the company announced Friday. The new facility will more than double the square footage of MVP's storage and production capacity in the Southeast MVP according to the announcement.
According to Erika Williams, communications manager for Sumter Economic Development, the facility is located at 970 Oswego Road.
"We're thrilled to have the new Sumter location open," said Justin Van Peursem, president and CEO of MVP. "MVP worked diligently to find a facility that will give us room for our continued growth. With this location, we have increased flexibility to expand MVP's core business and doubled our production levels."
Combined with MVP's headquarters in California, the new Sumter location will enable MVP to increase refurbishment production levels for ATMs and parts to handle increasing demand the announcement said. In addition, MVP will unveil a new technical training center in 2018 in Sumter, which will feature reseller training courses and other added-value resources.
"The larger location means no matter where the ATM is going, MVP has the facilities to handle it for our clients," Van Peursem said. "We have added five new tech positions with the new location, and that is likely to double in six months."
According to the announcement, MVP Financial Equipment Corp. has offices in California and South Carolina. The company specializes in the acquisition of low-cost ATM equipment and distribution to a network of financial institutions and equipment resellers.
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Thanksgiving Day grows in importance for shoppers
As retailers roll out deals earlier and earlier to grab a greater chunk of holiday shoppers' dollars, Thanksgiving Day has grown in importance, with sales kicking off before the dinner dishes have been cleared away.
Walmart and Kmart have opened stores on the holiday for decades, but in recent years they’ve been joined by Sears, Toys R Us and other retailers who are vying for the up to $1.05 trillion in sales that consultancy Deloitte is projecting for this holiday season.
About 58% of shoppers say they plan to shop this Thanksgiving, up from 40% who intended to do so last year, according to consultancy PwC. Meanwhile, a separate survey by Deloitte found that roughly 73% of respondents would be shopping on the holiday.
More than 300 people waited outside Younkers department store 30 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wis., for a chance to win a $500 gift card before the store opened at 11 a.m. CT.
Andrea and Alexa Moreno shopped on Thanksgiving Day for the first time, and they planned to take advantage of Younkers' steep discounts for a good cause.
The girls were on a mission to buy jackets and donate them to homeless shelters and thrift stores in northeastern Wisconsin.
“Winter’s coming, so we thought maybe we could buy jackets for people who need them,” Andrea Moreno said.
Walmart geared up for the Black Friday shopping onslaught.
"I really like what I am seeing," said Greg Foran, CEO of Walmart's U.S. operation, Thursday after touring stores.
Workers toiled to convert displays from emphasizing food sales over the past week -- ingredients for those turkey dinners -- to gift items in order to transform Walmart into a Black Friday powerhouses.
All signs pointed to a vibrant Thanksgiving shopping weekend.
"The general mood of the economy is quite solid. The weather is being extremely helpful" with generally warmer-than-usual weather across much of the country, Foran said.
The tough part is making sure the stores have just the right mix of specials and merchandise to win customers. He said Walmart is ready with hot toys like the Hatchimals lineup that was popular last year and a nice assortment of stuffed animals and other plushes. Plus, he said this year Walmart is better prepared when it comes to trendy apparel. Kids' pajama sets featuring licensed characters, like Pokemon, for instance, should be winners.
With millions of items available online, shoppers who want to enjoy dessert and avoid the cold and the crowds will be able to take advantage of holiday discounts without ever leaving the house.
In fact, according to online cash back site Ebates, 1 in 10 Americans will shop in between courses.
While some Americans will shop during dinner, 40% of Thanksgiving shoppers will wait until after the pie has been eaten and the dishes are done. And the top 3 items they're hitting the stores for are clothing, TVs and toys.
On a day traditionally reserved for family, feasting and football, there’s been push back against the new holiday shopping tradition.
The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., said it would be closed for business on Thanksgiving for the second year in a row. And regional mall owner CBL Properties also planned to shutter its shopping centers on the holiday, though stores, restaurants and other businesses with outside entrances could welcome customers if they chose.
“The support that we received last year when we made this decision was overwhelmingly positive,” Stephen Lebovitz, president and CEO of CBL Properties said in a statement announcing the decision.
But the holiday season is typically the most lucrative period of the year for the retail industry. And as a growing number of companies struggle to eke out a profit in the age of Amazon, some stores are figuring that there's too much at stake to stay shuttered on Thanksgiving when many of their rivals will be open.
“There are shoppers who clearly have an appetite for those early deals and are willing to get out early and head to stores on Thanksgiving to get the best of them,'' says Rod Sides, a Deloitte vice chairman and U.S. retail, wholesale and distribution leader.
"We're going to eat turkey and celebrate Thanksgiving Friday," said Luis Martinez, of Port St. Lucie, who was at the front of the line at the Best Buy in Stuart, Fla.
For Martinez, who got on line at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, it was worth it to score a 50-inch Sharp 4K television for $179.99, $320 off the regular price of $499.99 and a laptop.
According to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey, an estimated 164 million people or 69% of Americans are expected to shop during Thanksgiving weekend, which includes Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Museum Store Sunday and Cyber Monday.
Greece, N.Y., resident Jody Roth, 57, doesn't think stores should be open on Thanksgiving.
"Thanksgiving is a day that should be for rest," she said.
Nonetheless, she arrived at Big Lots at opening for its doorbuster deal of $189 for a recliner for her father. The price was too good to resist, she said.
For some, coming out to shop is more about the comraderie than the deals. Bright and early Thanksgiving morning, a trio of women arrived at Big Lots in Henrietta to shop for gifts for the family.
"It's a tradition," Heather Dinatale, 36, of Henrietta said of shopping on Thanksgiving day.
Contributing: Mary Chao, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; Jen Zettel, The (Appleton, Wis.) Post Crescent; Kelly Tyko, (Fla.) Treasure Coast Palm and Sharyn Flanagan, USA TODAY.


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Looks impressive running at CES
We had a chance to meet up with EVGA at CES 2015 and check out the latest and upcoming products, including the new EVGA GTX 980 Classified K|NGP|N Edition graphics card.
Fully custom GTX 980
Both EVGA and Vince k|ngp|n Lucido have released a couple of teasers showing details of what appears to be the upcoming EVGA GTX 980 Classified K|NGP|N Edition graphics card.
With 80Plus Titanium efficiency rating
EVGA has announced its newest flagship power supply, the SuperNova 1600 T2, which features 80Plus Titanium power efficiency rating and a full modular, single-rail design.
A bunch of records broken
Custom PCB makes it quite an overclocker
A total of 15 different versions
The GM204 Maxwell goes great with some LN2
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Michigan Asks Google, Apple To Ensure Contact Tracing Apps Legit
The State of Michigan has joined a bi-partisan effort urging Apple and Google to ensure that all contact tracing apps serve an actual "public health purpose." All in all, 38 states have signed on to this document sent to the two tech giants.
This effort is directed at Google and Apple because they are behind the two most popular smart device operating systems (Google with Android and Apple's ios.)
The coalition of states is asking Google and Apple to guarantee that any of these types of apps, "when available to consumers, are affiliated with a public health authority and removed from Google Play and the Apple App Store once no longer needed by public health authorities."
What the states are saying is the technology to trace contacts can be valuable in analyzing the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, but there could be lingering privacy issues.
Another of the concerns is about the providers of the apps, are they from questionable sources. The states claim certain "exposure notification apps available to consumers...particularly the 'free' apps that use GPS tracking, offer in-app purchases, and are not affiliated with any public health authority or legitimate research institution."
Here's what the state are asking of Google and Apple:
1. Make sure the apps in their app stores are legitimately connected to a "municipal, county, state or federal public health authority, or a hospital or university in the U.S."
2. Remove any apps that aren't.
3. Remove all these apps from their app stores if and when the pandemic ends.


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CPhI Festival of Pharma
CPhI calls on pharma companies to put sustainability at the top of their agenda
Momentum towards more sustainable solutions has been building over the last few years – think Greta Thunberg, climate strikes, David Attenborough, COP21 – and thus increasing scrutiny in the area.
And while the coronavirus pandemic may have grabbed the world’s attention in 2020, organizations like CPhI champion the opportunity to use the shake-up as a chance to reset the industry’s approach to the environment. For the pharma and biopharma industry, it’s a wide-reaching remit: covering everything from the carbon footprint of the supply chain to waste management.
“Challenging times call for great innovation,” notes CPhI. “Opportunities to accelerate market growth are hand-in-hand with social and environmental sustainability. Leading operations efficiency is one of the ways in which businesses can be cost-effective and contribute to a faster market recovery whilst building consumer loyalty.
“One of the biggest challenges a company faces when embracing sustainability is finding the right information and resources. Look out for consumer trends and market updates at CPhI.”
Here’s five areas pharmaceutical companies need to address when it comes to being more sustainable for the environment.
Carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions
The emission of greenhouse gases – such as carbon dioxide, methane and hydrofluorocarbons – needs to be addressed by pharmaceutical companies. With large amounts of energy being used in manufacturing operations, companies are turning to LEED certification to independently verify that a building’s design, construction, operations and maintenance are resource-efficient.
Case studies: AstraZeneca currently sources or generates 62% of total electricity from renewable sources. It has committed to have zero carbon emissions from its operations by 2025 and carbon negative value chain by 2030. In 2019, 25% of AstraZeneca’s vehicle fleet in Europe, North America and Japan was hybrid or electric: up from 7% the previous year.
AstraZeneca and Sanofi are among 262 companies from various industry sectors signed up to the RE100 initiative – pledging to achieve 100% renewable electricity.
Moderna’s Cambridge and Norwood facilities, meanwhile, are either LEED certified or designed for the certification. Other initiatives include green vehicles for travel between company locations; the use of green power; and carbon offsets.
The life-cycle of pharmaceutical products
Companies must consider the environmental impact of products right through from discovery to end-of-use options.
The covers a number of complex areas such as production and formulation; the supply chain for components; the packaging used; how products are distributed; and how unused products and packaging are disposed of.
Chemistry is an integral part of the pharmaceutical business. Green chemistry seeks to minimise environmental impacts – while still being cost-effective.
The pharmaceutical industry has been moving towards the application of green chemistry principles, such as by introducing new production and analytical technologies; using greener solvent; and emphasizing catalysis and enzymatic chemistry.
As the industry shifts towards biotechnologies, fewer chemical steps are necessary – but fermentation processes have their own environmental impacts (such as biological chemical oxygen demand).
The ACS Green Chemistry Institute sets out its 12 principles of green chemistry here. It also sets out the Process Mass Intensity (PMI) indicator to measure the mass of produced API compared to the mass of substrates, reagents, solvents and process water used in manufacture.
Case study: Sanofi has been focusing on optimizing solvent consumption: focusing on the three areas of process optimization; recycling (where possible) and incineration with energy recovery.
Pharmaceuticals in the environment (PIE)
Pharmaceuticals enter the environment primarily when excreted by patients. But waste from manufacture and formulation of active pharmaceutical ingredients is also a factor. The UN has identified pharmaceutical pollution as an emerging global priority under its Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management.
As limits of detection in environmental chemistry improve over time, more drugs and other chemicals are likely to be detected in ground waters and soils and sediments. If drugs are found to pollute and adversely impact the environment, implicated pharmaceutical companies face reputational damage and financial losses.
AstraZeneca’s sustainability plan addresses the challenge presented by PIE, by demonstrating that 100% of API discharges from its own sites are demonstrated as safe; and with 97% of API discharges from globally managed direct suppliers also demonstrated as safe.
As with all manufacturing operations, pharmaceutical companies need to consume water responsibly. They also face challenges across the supply chain related to water scarcity and management, ranging from the sourcing of raw materials to use in manufacturing and research.
As GSK puts it in its Water Stewardship policy: ‘Water stewardship goes beyond being an efficient water user and employing good waste water practices. It is about collaborating with key stakeholders including suppliers, governments, other businesses, non-governmental organisations and local communities around identifying and implementing the most effective water management policies.
"Water scarcity is greatly influenced by how water is conserved, used and distributed amongst communities and because water is a shared resource all users have to cooperate to ensure its use is sustainable.”
GSK reduced its direct water consumption of water (across its whole business) by more than 30% between 2000 and 2010; and is now taking these efforts into its supply chain and targeting suppliers and contract manufacturers. It estimates that around 80% of its value chain water footprint is associated with the raw materials it buys and the majority of that is associated with agriculture.
CPhI Festival of Pharma
Operating solely as an online event this year, CPhI champions an event with a much reduced carbon footprint.
With no travel required, attendees' carbon footprint can be virtually eliminated, while there’s no need to print badges or use lanyards. Notes can now be taken digitally at the desk rather than using paper. And CPhI suggests attendees ask companies about their sustainability agenda when meeting at the Festival of Pharma.
CPhI also suggests switching laptops to battery-saving mode; and turning them off when not using it.
In 2019 CPhI Worldwide received the ISO 20121 Sustainable Event Management System Certification, an international Standard recognising management, commitment and leadership, as well as stakeholder engagement for all aspects of sustainability through the whole supply chain.


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On May 4, Argentina’s central bank has banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, alleging it intends to reduce the country’s payment system exposure to digital assets.
According to a statement from the monetary authority, payment providers may not offer or facilitate crypto services through their applications. The move brings payment fintechs and financial institutions under the same rules in the country.
“Payment service providers that offer payment accounts […] May not carry out or facilitate operations with digital assets, including crypto assets, that are not regulated by the competent national authority and authorized by the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic,” said the authority. Cryptocurrencies are not regulated in Argentina, which means all coins and tokens are subject to the decision.
It’s unclear how the measure will affect the local crypto industry. Local media reported that payment providers refused to comment on the decision. Argentina’s fintech chamber urged the government to reconsider the decision, claiming that “it limits access to a technology that offers multiple benefits and opportunities for our society.”
Invitamos al BCRA a revisar esta medida y a trabajar en conjunto con la Cámara Argentina Fintech y otros actores relevantes del sistema para establecer un marco que permita el desarrollo responsable y sostenible de la industria cripto en Argentina.
— Cámara Argentina Fintech (@CamaraFintechAr) May 5, 2023
Hyperinflation is driving crypto adoption in Argentina. In April, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) reached a record high in the Argentine peso (ARS), with the BTC exchange rate crossing over 6.59 million ARS — up more than 100% year-to-date (YTD).
In March, inflation in the country soared by 104.3% on an annual basis, following a 102.5% jump in the previous month, data from the national statistics office show.
Bitcoin’s popularity in the country also coincides with the ongoing devaluation of the Argentine peso, Cointelegraph reported. The currency has fallen almost 50% against the United States dollar in the past year.
Amid the ongoing economic crisis, even some Argentinian cities are seeking a safe haven in cryptocurrencies. Last December, the Argentine province of San Luis allowed the issuance of its own stablecoin pegged to the U.S dollar, available to all residents and 100% collateralized with liquid financial assets….


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Earlier this week, Sony announced the Death Stranding release date via a nearly day-long Twitch stream that mostly just showed handprints appearing on a black screen. The reasons why fans would watch this is obvious: Anticipation is exciting, and infectious. The reasons why it is encouraged by publishers is also obvious. Marketing on the internet has always sought to use fan enthusiasm to some corporate benefit, and anticipation is often the easiest way to do that. Countdown clocks, trailers, alternate-reality games and puzzles are all ways to excite fans and get them talking about a game.
Twitch has become so central to video games that publishers have made it a vital part of their marketing efforts. Twitch streams can be watched in places and times where games aren’t an option; they can also be watched as games are played. It’s a locus of attention that’s irresistible to a company with games to sell, which then makes it beneficial for these companies to find ways to get fans to spend even more time on Twitch. They don’t even have to engage with a game that’s out now. Which is how we get to Death Stranding.
The Death Stranding effort was confusing, as a lot of Kojima hype tends to be. The stream was mostly a black image, with a few outlines of handprints and eerie music. At noon, the full video was released, a nearly nine-minute trailer for Death Stranding. The plan seems to have worked, and the Death Stranding trailer racked up nearly five million views in a day’s time.
There was no real reason to watch the livestream—no mystery to solve, no real audience participation beyond showing up. What’s more, anyone who is online enough to watch a stream is also arguably online enough to know when the stream’s end result is achieved without bothering to tune in. The stream recalls another absurd livestream marketing moment, when HBO decided to reveal the premiere date for Game of Thrones’ seventh season by hiding it in a block of ice, which would eventually melt and show the world a date. A date fans would’ve eventually learned anyway, and posted about anyway.
Twitch is already something of a closed loop, integrated into the machines we play games on, so we can stream games and watch games that are streamed. But publishers have increasingly made an effort to control the contours of that loop, using their resources to tip the odds in their favor.
If you watched the Borderlands 3 reveal stream on Twitch last month, you had the chance to win in-game loot. Last fall, watching affiliated streamers on Twitch for an hour could have netted you early access to Black Ops 4’s Blackout beta. Rocket League fans can earn exclusive customization rewards by linking their accounts and watching streams. Those rewards are offered through the Twitch Drops program, which has also been integrated by other publishers and developers. When The Division 2’s first raid went live earlier this month, fans who watched select streamers run the raid could earn items in the game. In the Twitch attention economy, publishers have vast capital that no one else does: information on highly anticipated games to disseminate, and plenty of door prizes for players of games that are out.
As big-budget games move away from static, discrete products towards a “games as a service” model, attention has become a scarce resource. There are only so many games one person can pay attention to at a time—and when said games are persistent affairs, so many future games that can be anticipated. Thus we have hype as a service, and all the things publishers will try in order to keep their audience fixated on an upcoming game, in the hopes that long-term anticipation might translate to long-term interest once that game is out. And what better place to see that unfold than on Twitch—the best place to watch and wait for games.


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American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) reported a net loss for the third quarter of 2020, as record-low passenger traffic and widespread flight cancellations continued to impact operations. However, the results came in above the consensus estimates.
Third-quarter revenues plunged 73% annually to $3.17 billion but exceeded Wall Street’s prediction. The dismal top-line performance reflects a sharp fall in available seat miles.
The airline slipped to a loss of $5.54 per share in the September-quarter, on an adjusted basis, from earnings of $1.42 per share in the prior-year period. Analysts were looking for a wider loss. The reported net loss was $2.4 million or $4.71 per share, compared to a profit of $425 million or $0.96 per share in the third quarter of 2019.
American Airlines’ shares dropped during Thursday’s premarket trading following the announcement, after closing the previous session slightly lower.
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After a few buzzing and swinging, Apple is finally reported to start manufacturing iPhones in India. According to the sources, Apple will conduct assembly related operations through Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron at their Bangalore facility in India. Reports also suggest that Wistron will start manufacturing the iPhone 6 and 6s models within the next two to four weeks which will be further joined by iPhone SE in next two to three months.
A government official familiar [...]
21st March was all about the launch its of new devices and accessories for Apple. The company has brought in all new range of its iPhones and iPads. Though the rumoured and anticipated 10.5 inch iPad still missed the light, Apple still had a lot of exciting stuff to offer. Let’s take a look at all the new launches one buy one.iPhone 7 and 7 Plus new color variant:
Apple has launched its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in new red color variant. It is a special edition and [...]
Apple introduced a new product, known as Apple AirPods, to compensate with the ditched 3.5mm headphone jack for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which were launched in September.
However, the wireless earphones or AirPods were expected to be shipped from late October, but that didn’t happened. Some reports also suggested that the AirPods might start shipping in January 2017. But, now a major French retail chain FNAC [...]
As expected, Apple has unveiled a new lineup of the much awaited MacBook Pro at the ‘hello again’ event yesterday in Cupertino, California to mark the 25th anniversary of the original Apple PowerBook. The new MacBook Pros sport a completely new design, powerful specs and the ingenious OLED Touch bar and Touch ID.
Firstly, talking about the innovative Touch Bar, which has replaced the function key row is context-sensitive and fully interactive. The Touch Bar houses [...]
Apple has scheduled an event on October 27th, where it is most likely to upgrade its MacBook Pro lineup. But, before the launch day, the new MacBook Pro has been leaked in images in the macOS Sierra 10.12.1 security update. The leaked images showcases OLED touch panel which might be known as the Magic Toolbar as well, and a Touch ID sensor.
The leaked images were first seen on MacRumors, which shows how the Touch ID can be [...]
After launching Apple iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple watch Series 2, the California-based company has now sent out official invites for an event on Thursday, October 27th at the Apple Campus in Cupertino. The event will kickstart at 10 AM PT (10:30 PM IST, 1 PM ET) and will also be streamed live.
The invitation image reads only “hello again” with the Apple logo and date and time of the event. However, as per [...]
As scheduled, Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are available for pre-order on Flipkart which is an official reseller of Apple products now and also on Amazon.in (not the official reseller). Both the iPhones will go on sale from October 7th in India.
Talking about pre-orders, first up, both the iPhones are available for pre-order in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru only as of now. However, the interesting part about this [...]
Last week Apple partnered with India’s biggest online store Flipkart to make it an authorized online reseller in India. Earlier, only infibeam was an authorized reseller for Apple products. The latest Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are already available in most of the western countries, while they will go on sale in India from October 7th.
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El Paso’s first ever cryptocurrency conference was held at the Civic Center Plaza in downtown El Paso on Saturday, Feb 3. Many people gathered to learn more about investing in cryptocurrency.
“There are ways that you can use simply do it just from your phone; you can invest directly from your bank and you can convert your USD into cryptocurrency. you can let it sit, you can use it as a way of transcending, you can trade it and actually a pretty painless process,” said Paul Wards.
It has been considered the future money in the context of transcending globally. The most well-known form of cryptocurrency is bitcoin.It originated in 2009. There are some skeptics of this new form of money, like El Paso and realtor RickSnow.
“Well I think that we would still have paper money and credit cards, the electronic thing is kind of scary what’s it backed by,” said Snow.
Wards said like electronic anything there is a possibility for hackers to access information but it is happening now even outside of cryptocurrency. Overall wards said it is smart decision to invest in cryptocurrency and can ultimately make you more money. He said it can be a little confusing for some who just starts learning about cryptocurrency. “There are more and more application on your phone that are coming out making it a little bit simpler but right now it is a bit complex, which is one of the reasons that we try to teach it because it can be intimidating,” said Ward at El Paso.
There were two conferences one for the beginners and the other one for advanced cryptocurrency users. 30 dollars was the cost to attend each conference. In December 2017 the price of Bitcoin peaked at almost 19000$. It has since declined valued at just over 9000$.


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September 19th news, today officially opened the 919 festival music fans, from music as the official data show that after just 15 minutes of music as ecological products in all platforms (LETV mall, LEpar, music as a super TV Jingdong flagship store, Tmall LETV TV flagship store, country music and beauty electricity supplier flagship store Suning sales channels) a total of 1 billion 360 million yuan.
billion state power network to understand, in which the music as a member of the total sales of over 850 million yuan, 15 minutes of music as a super TV sold 302 thousand units, LETV said, this year the number is more than 618 of the total sales of super TV all day long, and the super mobile phone more than 204 thousand taiwan.
in addition, LETV also announced the other aspects of the data, the intelligent hardware 15 minutes total sales of 13 million 930 thousand yuan, net wine network total sales of 1 million 500 thousand yuan, other LETV ecological products including easy to car, LETV financial derivative products and sales of over 117 million yuan.
fact, LETV 15 minutes with a large range of massive sales promotion inseparable. Billion state power network to understand, in addition to music as their own platform, all the other major business platform, including Jingdong, suning.com, Gome Home home home were hanging out of the music as 919 fans Festival theme page.
In addition to
, the music is also micro-blog, WeChat and other social channels for advertising.
it is worth mentioning that in the previous 919 day before, as was reported to the acquisition of the Amazon Chinese rumors, a maxed circle of friends, but the news was soon China Amazon response, Amazon China said, "the rumors stop wise". And this morning, Amazon China once again issued a statement about this rumor response (Figure 1)
Figure 1: Amazon China to respond to the contents of the statement screenshot
in fact, for 919 fans Festival, music from the top to the whole company attaches great importance to. Billion state power network learned today at the beginning of 0, LETV senior in LETV founder under the leadership of Jia Yueting, personally supervise the platform (Figure 2), and is also the internal walls of music as the company slogan, "to the Jingdong and the cuff and kick millet" (Figure 3).
Jia Yueting LETV senior personally supervise the platform
Figure 3: as the company’s internal slogan
It is reported that
, the 919 fans Festival, in addition to music as a foreign, including GREE, OMRON, SANYO, Joyoung and other related products also join them.
in addition to the above publicity, LETV said today at 21:19, the music will jointly Jiangsu TV Festival held in the stars.
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STOMP, the international percussion sensation, makes its return to Corpus Christi on February 9, 2017 at the American Bank Center Selena Auditorium. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past 20 years, having performed in more than 50 countries and in front of more than 24 million people.
Steve Trevino: The Relatable Tour comes to American Bank Center Selena Auditorium on Saturday, August 27th, at 8:00 p.m. Steve Treviño is fast becoming one of the country's hottest comics and the new voice for the 21st century Mexican American.
Phat Tats Tattoo presents the 2nd Annual School Supply Drive Charity Car Show hosted by The Rejects Car Club on Aug. 20th at Twin Peaks Corpus Christi. All donations will benefit families who receive help from Rollo's Kids Foundation.
The Corpus Christi Wine Festival is a community celebration showcasing wine and food from the Coastal Bend and beyond. The highly-anticipated event is expected to draw thousands of locals and visitors to Heritage Park on August 20th for a day of sipping, shopping, food and fun!
The Coastal Bend Women's Weekend Expo will be held July 30 - 31, 2016, at the beautiful Ortiz Center. Bring your girlfriends and family to enjoy a weekend filled with shopping, giveaways, guest speakers, fashion shows, product demos and more! There will be vendors from all types of local, Women-related businesses all under one roof.
Don't miss Wedding Fair 2016, Sunday, July 24th, at the American Bank Center! Wedding Fair 2016 is truly a one-stop shopping spectacular for the bride and groom to be. Over 100 vendors from fashion and photography to food, flowers, music and fun will all be on hand to help create an unforgettable event. You can find out the latest trends for your upcoming wedding, and there will be fashion shows premiering the latest fashions for brides and grooms. Couples can also enjoy delicious tastings from local caterers and bakers. The first 100 brides to register at the event will receive $500.00 in Wedding Fair Bucks to spend with participating vendors at the show.
ShopLocalCC kicks off it's monthly fashion series with the Summer Fashion Showcase at The Courtyard at Gaslight Square on July 20, 2016, sponsored by Vue Laser Inc. Medical Skin Car. Enjoy a fabulous fashion show featuring six different runway presentations, along with delicious food creations by Diamond Point Catering. Admission is free!


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Some people are addicted to love.
Others are addicted to drugs.
I'm addicted to Target. Seriously....
Friday, September 9, 2011
Missoni for Converse
Missoni for Target isn't the only Missoni collab the brand is launching this month. Today, Converse launches its fourth collaborative series with the Italian textile and fashion house. These Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars are done up in a zig-zag palette of tan, olive, black, brown, grey, and blue, and sadly, won't be available at Target. [I said Converse; not Converse One Star]. These beauties retail for $200, and will be avaialable at Missoni boutiques in New York City, Malibu, and Beverly Hills.


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Michelin posted a first-half profit and gave a full-year operating margin target that was higher than analysts estimated due to less pressure from raw-materials costs, the company said.
Net income was 504 million euros ($658 million), compared with a 122 million-euro loss a year earlier. Analysts had expected profit of 369.4 million euros. Sales rose 17% to 8.35 billion euros.
“The recovery in the tire market should continue,” Managing Partner Jean-Dominique Senard said, adding that Michelin plans to invest 1 billion euros this year as it expands in Brazil, India and China. “We’re pretty optimistic for the near future.”


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sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt Honors Mothers with Free Yogurt
sweetFrog’s system-wide Mother’s Day promotion offered moms a free 12 oz. cup
“We are thankful for the opportunity to give mothers a sweet treat as a small reward for all their tireless work,” said Duane Gillespie, Director of National Operations for sweetFrog. “We wanted to provide a backdrop for families to create simple, joyful memories on Mother’s Day.”
2014 was the third year sweetFrog has provided free yogurt to mothers on Mother’s Day. sweetFrog also invests in families and communities through sponsorships and profit-sharing fundraisers with schools, churches, and nonprofits.
As the preeminent premium frozen yogurt retailer in the country (recently named by The Daily Meal as “America’s Best Frozen Yogurt”), sweetFrog provides an unparalleled experience with every cup of yogurt. Since its 2009 founding in Richmond, Va. by entrepreneur Derek Cha and his wife Annah, sweetFrog has expanded to over 340 stores in America, England and the Caribbean. In 2013, sweetFrog was named the fastest-growing emerging concept in the restaurant industry by Restaurant Business in its “Future 50” list. To learn more about sweetFrog, visit http://sweetfrogyogurt.com.


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We’re excited to announce that Office 2010 is available to business customers starting today! In addition to our virtual launch events, you can find more information below from a conversation that Takeshi Numoto had with Antoine Leblond, the engineering leader behind Office 2010. In it, he shares some of his insights into Office 2010 from an engineering perspective.
T: We’ve been talking about Office 2010 for over a year. Why are businesses going to tune into our “launch” on May 12?
A: Candidly, we all know that businesses have more productivity options now more than any other time in history. However, despite the hype, more than 90 million businesses rely on the Office applications to get work done. According to the 2010 CIO survey, 63% of respondents predict that IT department efforts will focus on improving end-user productivity, and 58% will focus on lowering operating costs. Office 2010 was built to help IT folks achieve these ends. The “launch” day, in my mind, is really a way to demonstrate that we’re delivering a solution that truly meets the needs of today’s businesses and into the future.
T: So it’s a day to showcase that we’ve listened to customers and built a product around their needs, that’s great. What do businesses really get with the Office 2010?
A: The proper answer would be to say that businesses get a reliable, secure and familiar suite that will help them innovate and grow. However, I’ll leave that marketing speak to you. 🙂 I’ve spoken with numerous customers and they consistently say, ‘I need to save money, but not at the expense of worker productivity.’ We’ve been listening to customers and enhancing the tools they use every day to get work done for more than 20 years. We know that people today are working differently than a few years ago and expect their software to work the way they do. Think about the increased scenarios around collaboration, social networks, mobility, or use of multimedia in documents, just to name a few. So what businesses are getting are productivity tools that allow them to adapt to these various market trends including things like the move to the cloud on their own terms and with a consistent user experience they have trusted for decades.
T: How do you feel we’re addressing real business pain points with the new iteration of Office?
A: At the heart of Office 2010 is the idea that people need a productivity solution that allows them to work – in whatever capacity – from wherever they are. So when I hear you guys in marketing position Office 2010 as the “best experience across the PC, phone and browser,” I smile because that was exactly the underpinning assumption we used to build the product. With features like configurable Ribbon UI across apps, conversation view and “ignore” feature in Outlook, and improved interoperability for document formats, we put our customers in control of their productivity experience. So I feel comfortable saying that Office 2010 addresses the increasingly diverse workforce, gives businesses a means to improve productivity while controlling costs, and helps companies large and small better manage information overload.
T: In closing, tell me something I didn’t know.
A: Did you know that every month for 7 straight months one million people have downloaded Office 2010 beta? This, as you’ve said in the past, is the best software beta in our history, and showcases the demand for the enhanced value of Office 2010.
We hope you’ll tune in today to the virtual event to hear first-hand from some of our customers why they are investing in Office 2010 and the new 2010 series of products.


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Konexial is donating its patented trucking technology software to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Haslam College of Business for the use of students in the supply chain management program. Konexial donated truck driving simulators along with its My20 electronic logging devices (ELDs) and GoLoad dynamic load matching technology platform for students to learn and understand the complexities of fleet management in today’s shifting marketplace. Konexial Chief Executive Officer, Ken Evans, and Chief Operating Officer, Andy Dishner, are both alumni of the Haslam College of Business.
“New supply chain leaders need to plan to face the driver shortages coming in the next decade,” said Dishner. “Empty trucks are the biggest waste in transportation and one of the biggest wastes in the supply chain.”
Konexial’s My20 ELD device automatically logs a driver’s location, hours-of-service and available capacity to fulfill FMCSA compliance rules. Konexial’s GoLoad dynamic load matching platform uses the data provided from the My20 ELD to dynamically match up drivers who have extra hours and capacity with available loads from shippers based on location, direction, hours of service, and economic criteria—providing drivers with opportunities to dramatically increase earning potential.
“You still had a lot of drivers using a flip phone four years ago when we started this business, but that’s changing quickly,” said Evans. “Technology has changed the trucking industry forever, and we want the next generation to be ready to help us tackle the challenges and embrace the opportunities.”
According to Mary Holcomb, Gerald T. Niedert, Professor of Supply Chain Management, this technology provides students with an ability to keep up with a rapidly changing field where textbooks often lag behind.
“Having these resources available for our students is invaluable in preparing them for careers where technology is constantly redefining how we do work,” Holcomb says. “This gift will enable us to continue to differentiate our students in the marketplace.”


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Who on Earth would want to have more than 512 apps displayed in the Start menu?’ That’s probably the first question that comes to mind after reading this story’s title.
Well, it turns out there actually are some users who have more than 512 apps in the Start menu, and it seems that they have come across a weird bug that blocks Windows 10 from displaying all applications.
Basically, these users cannot see all their apps when clicking on the “All apps” shortcut in the Start menu, and according to their reports, the operating system randomly chooses which entries to skip.
First discovered in the Insider Preview
The issue was first reported in the Insider Preview, and at that time, Microsoft promised a fix before RTM, but it turns out that the company missed the deadline.
“As Windows 10 Technical Preview is still in developmental stage, you may expect some compatibility issues as of now and some features or settings might not work as expected. The stated issue might not exist in the RTM version of Windows 10,” a company support engineer wrote at that time.
Right now, the company is internally testing a fix and it could be released to users in the coming days.
“An update on this. We now have a fix to the >512 app problem and are currently testing it internally. Thank you for your patience,” a company employee confirms.
If you’d like to check how many apps are currently on your computer and see if you’re prone to this bug or not, simply launch PowerShell from the Start menu (by typing PowerShell) and paste the following command:


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>> Mounir Moufarrige, who famously replaced Karl Lagerfeld with 25-year-old Stella McCartney at Chloe in 1997, is at it again: He's signed an almost-unknown chief designer, Estrella Archs (left), and Lindsay Lohan as an "artistic adviser" to replace Esteban Cortazar at Emanuel Ungaro, in hopes that they will bring attention — good, bad, or otherwise — back to the brand. Their first collection — for Spring 2010 — is expected to be shown on the runway in Paris, and Archs and Lohan will likely come out together for the bow at the end.
Ungaro CEO Moufarrige decided to forego a proven, well-known designer, he told WWD, because the days of "designers in their ivory towers" are over. He thinks that Lohan will lend a vital "consumer" voice: "Designer-led fashion is likely not to be enough [for Ungaro]. It’s a slow process going the traditional route [because designers need a couple of years to get into the house's skin]. Not enough just doesn’t get you anywhere.” And he maintains that "it's not an act of desperation to get a real diva [like Lohan] involved. I like controversy."
Lohan now has a multiyear contract with the brand »
Lohan has signed a multiyear contract with the brand, which includes her doing trunk shows, making appearances and "be where the activities of the brand are," according to Moufarrige. She already neglected to call for a scheduled interview with the Wall Street Journal about her new appointment. But she won't be in the Ungaro advertising campaign because as the Ungaro CEO puts it, she's a "moving advertising campaign . . . she's photographed thousands of times a week."
Lohan hopes to take Ungaro to a "younger place" with a harder fashion edge, she told WWD, and says she "kind of oversees everything [new designer Archs] does." Archs, who started in June, was hired because Moufarrige was attracted by her two-year-old signature collection: "She has a lot of fluidity and a lot of color, and it's easy to wear. She was spot-on in terms of the DNA of Ungaro." The designer, who studied at Central Saint Martins and put in time at Nina Ricci, Hussein Chalayan, Emilio Pucci, and Prada, has already spent time rummaging through Lohan's closet for inspiration. She's not worried about Lohan overshadowing her work, though, she told the Wall Street Journal: "There's enough spotlights on the catwalk for both of us."


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By Peter Sibon
KUCHING, Nov 22: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has called on Sarawakians to be serious in food production to be less dependent on food import.
He said the state has been importing about RM4.7 billion worth of food annually and can no longer afford to continue as a net importer of food items.
Sarawak must strive to become a net food producer by 2030 to ensure food security.
“We have to be serious in our efforts to be self-sufficient in food production for our own consumption and to reduce our reliance on food import,” Abang Johari said at the Sarawak Agrofest 2019 here today.
He added that Sarawak must emulate Singapore, as it is currently the number one country in the world in terms of food security.
“Singapore has no land but is the number one in the world in terms of food security. This is ironic because Malaysia, which has so much land and resources, is placed 40th.
“So, we really have to buck up and start to produce enough food for our own consumption without reliance on other countries,” he said.
According to the chief minister, Sarawak’s main imported food items consisted of the following: Edible food products (RM1 billion), feedstocks (RM463 million), cereals (RM349 million) and maize (RM337 million).
Others included rice at RM281 million, vegetables (RM220 million), sugar (RM175 million), meat (RM170 million, milk and cream RM169 million, fish (RM150 million), wheat (RM130 million), coffee (RM126 million, fruits and nits (RM137 million) and others (RM78 million).
Sarawak’s food export contributed to only 12.4 per cent or RM900 million of the state’s total gross domestic product (GDP) and expected to increase by 2.4 per cent next year.
“Due to the importance of agriculture and food production, we have allocated RM797 million for that purpose next year. We want improve our agriculture sector to use modern technology so that we can produce better and quality products not just for our own consumption but also for export.
“Our target is to become a net exporter of food by 2030. So, the state government has made agriculture as one of the main thrusts of economic growth to propel Sarawak to achieve developed status by 2030,” he continued.
Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, said this is the second year that Sarawak has organised the Sarawak Agrofest, which was formerly known as Farmers, Breeders and Fishermen’s Day.
“This is our new initiative to move our agriculture towards modern agriculture by adopting modern technology,” said the deputy chief minister.
He said this year, 300 stalls were set up in seven pavilions to showcase different agriculture products.
Uggah added that with RM797 million allocation for next year, his ministry has come up with various incentives to assist farmers and fishermen to increase their productivity and to assist them during hard times especially during the monsoon season. — DayakDaily


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ITB Berlin wrapped up Sunday after five days of trade and consumer interactions with more than 10,000 exhibitors from 186 countries and regions spread across the 26 halls of the Berlin Exhibition Grounds.
The show was booked to capacity, with a five per cent increase in business volume over 2017. Approximately 110,000 trade visitors and 60,000 consumers visited the trade show…
Read the rest at PAXNews.com
ITB Berlin, the world’s largest travel trade show, kicked off last night (March 6) in Berlin with an opening ceremony featuring speeches from German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Secretary of the UN World Tourism Organization, Zurab Pololikashvili, among other dignitaries.
With more than 1.3 billion international tourism trips in 2017 – a record number, and 90 million more than in 2016 – sustainability and the power of tourism to contribute to international understanding were key themes throughout the evening’s remarks.
Read the rest at PAXnews.com
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“What is the best tequila?”
It’s a common question for visitors to Mexico. But even after 15 years of studying Mexico’s national spirit, it’s one Audrey Formisano can’t answer.
“I can tell you which one I like,” says Formisano, the tequila sommelier (or “tequilaier”) at Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa. “But you have to try a lot to find out which one you like best.”
Read the rest: Vancouver Courier
When you think of Golden, B.C., your mind probably skips straight to flying through powder on the 1,260 metres of vertical drop at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. But if your partner or the kids aren’t quite as into skiing as you are (hey, nobody’s perfect), there’s plenty more action to keep them entertained in this charming mountain town.
Here’s a full-day itinerary to keep your family going full-tilt while you take on Kicking Horse’s 2,800 skiable acres. After all, keeping the family happy gives you a better chance of sneaking in an extra day to take on just a few more runs.
Read the rest at snowsportsculture.com
Read the story of Axelle and Kelvin’s Riviera Maya wedding in the digital edition of Destination Vows magazine
Read the story online in the digital issue of S-Magazine, or pick up a copy on newsstands.
As the grapes squish between my toes, I feel two things: slightly cold and very sticky. But mostly, I’m worried about the clock.
This is not exactly old-school winemaking, in which stompers tread slowly and carefully to avoid crushing the seeds, which can ruin the taste of the finished wine. It’s more like an episode of I Love Lucy.
Read the rest at Roads & Kingdoms
Best known as a wine destination in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, Oliver has plenty to offer foodies too. Local vineyards are getting creative with their cuisine, showcasing the abundance of the area’s farms and fields in addition to award-winning grapes. From a quick lunch break to world-class dining, these wineries combine acclaimed wines with uncommonly delicious food, each in a vineyard setting that provides a feast for the eyes…
Read the rest at BCLiving
Move over fancy cupcakes and designer doughnuts – pies are making a comeback. A new generation of young bakers are shaking things up with fun shops and innovative flavours that will satisfy the most modern palate, and classic pie shops continue to deliver the quality that has kept them in business for decades. No matter what kind of pie you’re craving, here’s where to find the perfect slice.
Read the list at YP Dine


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The Domestic Data Streamers team used BCN3D Sigma and Sigmax 3D printers to produce several pieces that can currently be found at the Design Does* exhibition at the Design Museum of Barcelona.
Design Does* is a co-production between the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona and ELISAVA, in collaboration with Domestic Data Streamers. And what’s the purpose of the exhibition, you ask? Well, it’s a research project to generate knowledge in groups by questioning the current use of design, by reflecting on its advantages and occasional drawbacks. Therefore, it is aiming to define future challenges to the industry, and poses the question of what role the designer plays in society.
An unconventional approach
Could we live without plastic?
Does design pose moral challenges?
How do we join together what the industry separates?
Could we design something we cannot see?
These are just a few of the 15 questions linked to current events that visitors to the exhibition will encounter, and which will be represented by 15 projects developed by renowned designers from around the world.
The exhibition is a dynamic initiative that generates knowledge and breaks away from standard exhibition structures. It places visitors in a key-role position, requiring them to reflect and turning them into an active component to generate new content.
With its strong technological focus, Design Does* encourages interaction with visitors, who can participate in the exhibit by responding to the questions asked of them. Their answers will be stored on a card to research public opinion.
The design freedom 3D printing brings
The exhibition uses 3D printing technology to create some of the pieces that can be found throughout. DDS has long been committed to the use of 3D printing to revolutionize their workflow, as was the case in their Timekeeper project in collaboration with Spotify. Since DDS is a start-up from Barcelona that researches new communication formats using data, additive manufacturing enables them to bring unique designs with complex geometries to life. Undoubtedly, 3D printing can also provide agility and speed in the manufacture of end-use products, to drastically reduce project time and costs.
The only restriction is imagination
One of our favourite installations in the exhibition is a robot named Death Inc. The entire structure of this piece was printed in 3D using BCN3D Sigma and Sigmax printers.
When a visitor approaches, the robot is activated and traces their path with a laser pointer, while turning on a 360° axis. This piece is intended to provoke the question of whether automation is moral. It incorporates ethical issues such as the design of autonomous weapons being able to make decisions without human operation.
This exhibition fulfills its purpose of asking though-provoking questions – it’s got us thinking about the potential moral and ethical implications of 3D printing. Now that anyone with a 3D printer has the tools to print whatever they like, we should be asking ourselves what impact this may have in the future…
Entry to the Design Does* exhibition, which will be on until Saturday 19th May, is free of charge.


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DEALS UPDATE: Amazon's offers continue today with more deals now live. Here's our pick of the best new savings from Amazon's Easter sale.
Here's some of the very latest offers:
ORIGINAL STORY: Bargain hunters could be in luck as Amazon begins it big Easter sale today.
The offers began at midnight and will continue until March 26 with huge savings on a range of gadgets, gifts, games, fashion and accessories.
Amazon currently has a unique Easter sales page on its website where customers can find all the latest offers.
Along with the main sale Amazon also says there will be thousands of ‘Lightning Deals’ - products available at a discount, in limited quantities, for a short period of time - with new deals becoming available as often as every five minutes.
Those who have Amazon Prime can get exclusive 30-minute early access period to all of these Lightning Deals.
“We know our customers love getting extra low prices all year round so we’re pleased to be making our Early Easter Sale bigger than ever” said Doug Gurr, Country Manager, Amazon.co.uk.
“We think our customers will be delighted by the huge variety of products on offer. Whether shopping for a unique Easter gift, gardening equipment or even the latest tech, we will have a great deal for everyone ahead of Easter weekend.”
Amazon Easter Sale begins today
HERE'S SOME OF THE BEST DEALS AVAILABLE NOW
This sale will begin alongside another good Amazon offer.
Last week the online retailer revealed a very good deal for students wanting to access Amazon Prime.
The online retailer has just revealed that University and further education students can now access the Prime Student subscription for just £3.99 per month (half the price of the standard £7.99 Prime monthly membership).
Amazon says that those eligible for Prime Student membership can take advantage of a six-month trial, giving them the opportunity to try out the range of benefits for themselves.
Following the trial, students then have the option to continue their membership for £3.99 per month on the new monthly plan or for just £39 per year.


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Word on the street is that the sequel to the Detective Pikachu video game is close to wrapping up development.
Pokemon fans may be surprised at this news, because although a new Detective Pikachu game for the Nintendo Switch was announced three years ago, virtually nothing has been said about it since.
One could be forgiven for thinking it was quietly canceled, but not so. Evidently it still exists, and it sounds like it may be coming soon.Not to be confused with the 2019 live-action film adaptation starring Ryan Reynolds, Detective Pikachu was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2016 in Japan before seeing a global launch two years later.
The plot of the game is largely identical to the film’s, following a young man named Tim as he searches for his missing father with the help of a talking Pikachu, though the game features more mysteries to solve as players interact with the people and Pokemon that inhabit Ryme City.Pokemon Fans Thought They Were Getting Detective Pikachu 2Fans have been waiting patiently for any definitive news about the sequel, and it looks like they might finally have it.Read more on gamerant.com


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… by Rebuilding American Industry – Published on Global Research.ca, by Shamus Cooke, Sept. 21, 2011.
Every social movement faces countless obstacles by those in power. Although brute force is used to stifle movements when they become especially effective, more subtle methods are typically employed. Diverting movements to adopt ineffective strategies and “safe” ideas is the normal way people in power keep others powerless.
When applied to the barely-moving labor movement, these methods are becoming increasingly important, as workers strive to defend themselves against attacks on their wages, benefits and social programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Before working people can become powerfully independent, they must first shake off the shackles of bad ideas and fake solutions.
What are these misleading ideas and who benefits from them? In response to the non-functioning economy, an idea becoming popular in the mainstream media — and echoed among some labor leaders — is for the U.S. government to adopt strategies that will re-vitalize domestic manufacturing. At first sight such an idea appears “progressive,” since industrial manufacturing was the basis for the U.S. labor movement. But times have changed. The policies being proposed that would breathe new life into U.S. manufacturing would suck the life from the labor movement … //
… One myth about trade is that all corporations are pro-free-trade. In fact, only the most successful multi-national corporations are for free trade, so that they can ship and sell their products with ease around the globe. There are many U.S. corporations that are anti-free trade — less competitive companies — none of which deserve working people’s support. Both free-trade and protectionist corporations are anti-worker, meaning that their profits depend, in large part, on low wages and weak benefits.
The best example of how being anti-free trade is not “progressive” is that the political far-right — including self-proclaimed fascists — eagerly advocate protectionist policies. These groups view the world through corporate-colored lenses; their trade policy is not a “progressive” exception to an otherwise reactionary worldview. They blame foreign countries and immigrants — and unions — for U.S. economic problems, but never the corporations inside their countries who dominate the economy and politics.
Why are trade policies incapable of resurrecting both manufactures and higher wages like the post World War II era? After World War II the U.S. had near-monopoly status over many industries, since their competitors had been obliterated by warfare. Now, numerous big multinationals in various countries have equal levels of capital and technology, creating a dog-eat-dog competitive struggle on the world marketplace, with low wages being the trump card for a successful manufacturing sector.
The recession has heightened the competitive tension between corporate-dominated nations in their quest to dominate foreign markets, a goal that can be achieved through free-trade agreements, military intervention, and lower domestic wages (the U.S. uses all three tactics at once). Currency manipulation — done by the U.S. and China — is becoming the new trend in this fight for markets, signaling a desperateness that comes from exhausted options. It’s possible that, during this struggle for markets, U.S. corporations may switch to protectionist policies in order to monopolize the U.S. market if they feel uncompetitive on the world market. Such a move will not be “progressive.” Whatever the trade policy, working people cannot support “their” nation’s corporations over foreign ones, since working people do not own corporations, but suffer under them.
This is the worst part about the labor movement advocating protectionist trade policies. It assumes that working people have a stake in the corporate battle for global markets. This assumption disarms the labor movement from having an independent strategy, funneling working-class energy into supporting domestic corporations against foreign competition.
If free trade and protectionism are both bad, what is the alternative? This question automatically triggers a greater questioning of capitalism itself, since both free trade and protectionism are based on the assumption that giant corporations will continue to dominate the economy, and consequently politics. As long as corporations own the economy, workers cannot overly concern themselves with how these corporate products are bought and sold. The best way for workers to challenge corporate power is not through lobbying politicians to restrict free trade, but by waging battles at the work sites and in the streets for demands that resonate with all workers. And in the final analysis, workers of each country must come to the realization that workers in other countries are their real allies, not the corporations in their own country. Until workers realize this, they will be caught in the web of the corporate agenda that has workers of each country competing against workers in other countries by accepting increasingly lower wages. But when workers in one country go on strike in support of workers in another country who are demanding higher wages, then all workers will benefit. The race to the bottom will be replaced by the race to the top.
The issue of the day for U.S. workers is how to fight for jobs, better wages, benefits, and how to save their social programs. If workers fight for these demands and ignore diversions such as trade, a powerful movement can erupt that could actually unite the majority of working people, including on an international level, and thus render the corporations powerless. (full text).
(Shamus Cooke is a social service worker, trade unionist and writer for Workers Action).


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Worldwide shipments of industrial printers declined 11.6% year over year to 78,500 units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (Q4, 2022), according to IDC. Results for the full year 2022 were also down, with shipments declining 12.9% compared to 2021.
“The fourth quarter was soft and concluded a down year for the sector overall,” said Tim Greene, research director, Hardcopy Solutions at IDC. “For much of the industrial printing market China is a key manufacturing center, so while the region is opening up now, for most of 2022 the market in China was slow and limited worldwide growth. 2022 is a prime example of how growth, driven by digital transformation, is not linear and can be disrupted by macro events.”
Q4 2022 Highlights
• Large format digital printer shipments declined 1.6% compared to the previous quarter (3Q22) and 11.7% year over year.
• Direct-to-garment (DTG) printer shipments grew 4.7% sequentially and 8.4% year over year in 4Q22.
• Direct-to-shape printer shipments saw a modest decline of 2.2% compared to Q3 2022 and 6.6% year over year.
• Worldwide shipments in the industrial textile segment declined almost 15% sequentially and nearly 50% compared to the full year 2021.
• Industrial digital label & packaging printer shipments declined 15.9% compared to Q3 2022 and 8.9% year over year.
• Shipments in the Central & Eastern European and Western European markets were bright spots with double-digit shipment growth for both regions in Q4 2022.
• China saw shipments decline 21% compared to Q3 2022.
• The strongest growth was in the Middle East and Africa region, which saw shipment growth of 36% compared to Q3 2022.
• 4Q22 shipments in North America (US + Canada) were down 6% compared to 3Q22.


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Farmer bailed after allegedly renting a car under PM's Office bill
February 21, 2018 11:44 pm
A farmer of Nasinu who is alleged to have rented a vehicle from a Rental car company in Nadera, has been granted bail with a surety of one thousand dollars.
Etueni Vuetibau is charged with one count of falsification of documents and one count of dishonestly causing a loss.
He appeared in the Nasinu Magistrates Court.
It’s alleged the farmer hired a rental car on November 25th, last year and presented a false purchase order to the rental car company.
The farmer also told the rental company the bills will be paid by the Prime Minister’s Office.
It’s alleged the man returned the car after twelve days, however, did not make any payments.
He will take his plea on the 7th of May, this year.


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NOV 4, 2013 • Last week Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. held its first developers conference in San Francisco where it released a slew of new software development kits (SDKs) aimed at fostering more smart TV games as well as games for mobile platforms. The completely new Multiscreen SDK leverages a cloud publishing system for one-touch discovery and pairing of devices to support content sharing between smartphones and smart TVs. Samsung partnered with Unity Technologies to create the Multiscreen Gaming SDK, a gaming engine built on top of the Multiscreen SDK that provides game developers the tools to create immersive gaming experiences on any big screen TV using a Samsung smartphone or tablet as a console. The Smart TV SDK delivers tools to developers for creating applications for Samsung televisions. Although Samsung’s smart TVs run on Linux and its mobile devices on Android – both open source operating systems – the electronics firm’s SDKs utilize its own proprietary APIs (application programming interface) for use in programming content for these devices.
Impact: Not only is Samsung the largest manufacturer of Android smartphones, it also sells the most smartphones worldwide. Both distinctions provide the South Korean electronics giant a tremendous amount of leverage to create extra value and demand for its smart TVs. Connected televisions have yet to set the world on fire so far. While each generation improves on the last, far too many of them provide a clunky experience compared to smartphones and tablets. By investing in such a strong set of development tools, Samsung sends the message that it is serious about making its smart TVs a more compelling consumer experience. Furthermore, Samsung is offering greater utility in that consumers can use their mobile devices with smart TVs without the purchase of separate equipment like an Apple TV or Google’s Chromecast. But Samsung is also telegraphing much grander designs by the introduction of these new proprietary APIs. If the argument can be made that Samsung can turn its mobile users into smart TV owners, then developers may buy into programming for these devices. In doing so Samsung is emulating Apple Inc. in a strategy to capture content creators into its own hardware ecosystem at the expense of competitors. These are very bold moves, especially as Samsung has designs on making it easier to tailor-make game content that runs well on smart TVs. All of this makes Samsung something of a threat to both Apple, other firms making Android hardware, and Google, which prefers to keep control of the broad direction of the Android OS to itself. Should Google and Samsung ever come into conflict over Android, the latter is also developing its own HTML 5-based Tizen OS that can be used in everything from smartphones and tablets to smart TVs and automobiles. The whole strategy depends on execution, yet Samsung is well capable of pulling it off.


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The Brunswick Boat Group has announced the formation of The Venture Group, which will be made up of four of Brunswick’s leading boat brands: Bayliner, Heyday, Quicksilver and Uttern. The group will be led by Keith Yunger, who was most recently the chairman of Bayliner.
The Venture Group will give Brunswick Boat Group the opportunity to leverage the capabilities and best practices of all key functions of the group, enabling these four brands to accelerate their progression towards quality, technology, class-leading customer service. global and superior navigation experience.
“Each of these brands is well positioned to support the goal of expanding participation and access to boating by providing a gateway to affordable, safe and exceptional boating experiences to a growing and diverse group of global customers,” Brunswick Boat Group President Huw Bower explained.
Corey Duke, who has been appointed CEO of the Bayliner and Heyday brands, and Benoit Verley, who will assume the role of CEO of the Quicksilver and Uttern brands, join Yunger at the helm of the Venture group. Duke and Verley will both have full responsibility for directing business activities – including sales, marketing, customer service and product portfolio management – for their respective brands. Mike Fritts will lead the group’s operations and will be responsible for manufacturing, supply chain and logistics. New product development will be led by Jonathan Flesher.
âI am privileged to work with this team of passionate and experienced leaders,â said Yunger. âTogether with our formidable network of resellers and sales support, I am confident that we will focus more on these leading brands and the market, while taking full advantage of proven engineering and operating practices that will strengthen our enterprise. ”


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Would you invest $5 in a company with a preteen for a CEO, and services on offer like playing nice with a younger sibling or taking out the trash? On Kidworth, a Los Angeles-based startup, parents are funding â€œstartupâ€ ideas like these, and entrepreneurially-minded kids are pocketing some extra cash in the process.
I use the term startup loosely here, as many of the ideas featured on the site involve kids hustling to increase their allowance, in exchange for performing household chores or actions, such as â€˜likingâ€™ a brandâ€™s Facebook page. Rudy DeFelice, Kidworthâ€™s founder and interim CEO, said these are â€œsuggestionsâ€ or â€œsimple business ideasâ€ and still have merit as a learning tool.
â€œWould I consider that entrepreneurship? Absolutely,â€ he said, in an email interview with VentureBeat. This week, Kidworth launched the beta version of the site and announced plans to turn one million children into entrepreneurs.


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Three Excise Dept officials transferred for extorting orange juice seller
A dream turned into a nightmare for a Bangkok resident when she received an order for 500 bottles of orange juice but ended up paying a 12,000-baht fine instead.
On Tuesday, Facebook user Ni Pornnipa posted that she was delighted to get an order for 500 bottles, especially at a time when funds were tight due to the Covid-19 crisis.
However, the order became a nightmare when five men, three of them officials, showed up at pick-up time and demanded to see a production licence. When Ni Pornnipa was unable to produce one, she was fined 12,000 baht.
She later found out that her online customer was linked to these officials.
Her post went viral and many Facebook users shared similar experiences.
In response to this incident, the Excise Department has transferred the three officials and will launch an investigation.
According to the department, Ni Pornnipa should not have been fined because a production licence is only required for mass production or a factory. It is believed the money was returned to the victim.


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Australian small business owners are reluctant to enlist professional advice services and would trust an accountant over a financial planner for external advice, a survey of 1,000 SMEs has found.
The research, conducted by software provider CCH, indicated that only 26 per cent of respondents viewed a lack of professional financial advice a factor in the failure of small to medium enterprises, and a further 70 per cent trusted “gut instinct” over professional advice.Notwithstanding this “lone wolf” approach to business decision-making among SMEs, when pressed, respondents nominated their accountant above their financial planner, lawyer or business partner as their most trusted external adviser.Russell Evans, chief executive of CCH parent company Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific, said the results indicate small business owners are too willing to back their own instincts, particularly given Australian Bureau of Statistics data that show half of Australian SME start-ups do not survive their first four years.“It’s not surprising a small business owner will micro-manage, especially in the early stages of their business life, but this should not be at the expense of being open to advice from trusted professionals,” he said.Twenty one per cent of respondents said “poor professional advice” was the main reason SMEs fail at this rate, with 50 per cent blaming inexperienced management and 61 per cent citing failure to manage costs.
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Sustainability has long since ceased to be a nice-to-have for the apparel industry, but greening supply chains is not going to come easy. Read the full article
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These are uncertain times for electric car startup companies in China, despite the fact that the NEV (New Energy Vehicle - plug-in vehicle) market is booming.
As it turns out, the Chinese government is apparently considering tighten its support under the country's strategic policy, limiting the number of new licences for EV startups to maybe just 10.
A cap of "10" would effective wipeout most of the over 200 companies dreaming about being the next major EV carmaker.
"New regulations are expected to pull the plug on many of the 200 plus companies that make up China's electric car industry. The government is imposing strict standards on technology and could cap the number of manufacturers. Bloomberg's Kongho Chua reports on "Daybreak Asia.""
Other recent news that fits the climate of this story is the recently discovered lack of approval to sell electric cars in China for LeEco. It's not necessarily directly related to this upcoming change of policy, but well...the lack of special permissions/allowences in China could certainly hurt when you invest millions or billions.
Stepping back, one has to ask, why would China intend to limit the number of EV companies, instead of just let them fail or consolidate over time?
Some believe there is a growing EV-bubble in China, because very high incentives, and this move could be an effort to try and defuse that bomb, or it could just be the old fashion"favortism" thing rearing its head.


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"We are aware that users are having issues connecting to PSN. Thanks for your patience as we investigate," Official Twitter page for PlayStation said.
This marks PlayStation's official entry into China, the world's third-largest gaming market, after Beijing lifted a 14-year ban on foreign gaming consoles earlier this year.
Sony Corp signed a deal earlier this month to carry 22 Viacom Inc channels, including Comedy Central and MTV, on its planned online TV.
The FBI is investigating threatening emails sent to some employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and trying to identify the person responsible.
Sony Network Entertainment International LLC unveiled a new cloud-based TV service, PlayStation Vue, expected to be commercially launched during the first quarter of 2015.
The Tokyo-based maker of the PlayStation 4 video game machines, Spider-Man movies and Xperia smartphones had reported a 19.6 billion yen loss.
It's the final month of 2014, and while it's been an incredible year for video games, 2015 looks even brighter with games like Inside, Bloodborne, Fable Legends, Final Fantasy XV and others.
Despite the company upgrading its systems, "human gaps in the equation" might have helped criminals subvert their firewalls.