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The National Labor Relations Board announced on Friday that its general counsel had brought 78 charges against McDonald’s and some of its franchise operators, accusing them of violating federal labor law in response to workers’ protests for higher wages around the country.
The general counsel’s move immediately drew outrage from a variety of national business groups because the labor action deemed McDonald’s a joint employer, a status that would make the fast-food titan equally responsible for actions taken at its franchised restaurants.
The labor board’s complaint asserts that McDonald’s and numerous franchise operators in more than a dozen cities illegally retaliated and made threats against workers who had joined national protests pushing for a base wage of $15 an hour in the nation’s fast-food restaurants.
Business groups vigorously attacked the general counsel’s complaint, saying that it was wrong to consider McDonald’s a joint employer and seek to hold it jointly responsible for the actions of its franchise operators. The labor board’s complaint, if successful, could disrupt many longtime practices in the fast-food industry — as well as other industries — and ease the path for unionizing fast-food restaurants nationwide.
Representatives of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the International Franchise Association, the National Restaurant Association and the National Retail Federation denounced...


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Maruti Suzuki India Limited seems to have hit the right spot with the Maruti Kizashi finally. The doubts that the company as also the general motoring scribes had about the Indian audience accepting the first big car from Maruti Suzuki in the sedan segment.Within a month of its launch, the Maruti Kizashi has raked in 400 confirmed bookings and runs into a 3 months waiting period. Moreover, the deliveries for this luxurious sedan would start from tomorrow.
Mr R C Bhargava, the Maruti Suzuki Chairman was quoted as saying that overall the company is very happy with the response from the Kizashi as the company had to face disappointment earlier on with the Maruti Grand Vitara. Since the Kizashi doesn’t boast of a diesel power plant at the moment whereas all of its competition boasts of one, the 400 bookings really is a point of elevation. The Kizashi, he said that straddles both the A4 and the A5 segment wherein cars like Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Toyota Camry and Honda Accord compete with it.
Since the Kizashi is a CBU unit, apprehensions about its price point were taken into consideration and Maruti have already ordered about 350 more units from the facility in Japan. More and more of the Kizashi models are now up in Maruti Suzuki show rooms for display and the car buying public sure is taking a fantasy to this car. The company is mum about the prospects of a diesel power plant for the Kizashi as of now. Even internationally, the Kizashi doesn’t have a diesel power plant. However seeing the rising demand in India for petrol prices, the company may be prompted to check out the diesel option very soon.

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Assetto Corsa Competizione update 1.007.014 released on PS5 and Xbox Series X. According to the official ACC patch notes, the latest hotfix massively improves rear view mirror quality on both Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Apart from this, ACC update 1.007.014 also includes stability fixes.
Previously, an update was released which added free BMW M4 GT3 2022 and sim racing improvements.
Unfortunately, players are still experiencing problems with the game. Today’s Assetto Corsa Competizione patch 1.007.014 will fix a few of these issues. Read the full details below.
Download free Assetto Corsa Competizione update 1.007.014 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4 and Xbox.


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Large United Kingdom trade union prohibits members from visiting IsraelBy Mason White 12:34 PM June 9, 2013
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By: Eva Fett
One of the largest trade unions in the United Kingdom has banned its members from visiting Israel.
The GMB Congress ruled to prohibit its members from visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
The union members, at the annual meeting in Plymouth, voted through a motion that said funding for travel must be stopped because the Trade Union Friends of Israel-organized delegations opposes a boycott of Israel.
A Trade Union Friends of Israel-organized delegations spokesperson said the decision was “disappointing.” He highlighted the Trade Union Friends of Israel-organized delegations work links to GMB, whose leader, Ed Miliband, also opposes boycotts.
GMB is a general union in the U.K., and has more than 617,000 members. Its members come from various sectors, with particular strength among manual workers in local government, as schools, health services, ambulance service, security, retail, distribution and services.


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In case it hadn’t already become obvious from watching the construction, that uh . . . “stealth” four-level parking garage in back is the real game-changer for the River Oaks Shopping Center.
Clearly, what’s unfolding is a strategy even more ingenious than anyone could have imagined. With a new monster garage looming behind the next targeted would-be landmark, Weingarten will soon have people begging it to rip down more of the north side of the center and build something taller, just to screen those four stories of cars from West Gray. Meanwhile, focusing attention on the complaints of a few pesky neighbors in back is a classic outrage-bait move. Throw in a little hush money to make sure those protests aren’t too loud, but then make sure news of the offer gets leaked, so the decoy works. Send in the demo crews, redevelop, and repeat!
The site plan above comes from a Weingarten variance request that will go before the Planning Commission on Thursday. The city’s landscape ordinance apparently requires the new development to switch out some of those existing sickly-but-iconic palm trees for live oaks. Naturally, Weingarten wants to save the palms!
- Offer made for silence over River Oaks shopping center [River Oaks Examiner]
- Weingarten Realty Investors Letter to Brentwood Residents (PDF) [River Oaks Examiner]
- New River Oaks Shopping Center: a hazy deal? [Houstonist]
- How To Demolish Houston Landmarks [Swamplot]
River Oaks Shopping Center landscape plan: Heights Venture Architects, via Houston Planning Commission


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The traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulb, slated to be phased out as new energy efficiency standards kick in Jan. 1, has been spared thanks to a rider added to the government shutdown-averting budget bill approved last night by House and Senate leaders. But that doesn't mean the old school inefficient incandescent light bulbs won't die off anyway.
The $1 trillion omnibus spending bill, which funds most of the federal government for the remainder of fiscal 2012, is expected to reach both chambers today for a vote. House Republicans added a rider to the bill yesterday that blocks the Energy Department from funding the implementation of lighting efficiency standards. The rider remained in the final bill, The Hill reported.
UPDATE: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman says the light bulb rider won't stop the lighting efficiency law from going into effect, according to a statement reported by the Hill. The rider only blocks funding for enforcing the efficiency rules, but starting Jan. 1 it will be "illegal to produce or import the inefficient, wasteful bulbs in the United States," Bingaman said in a statement.
History lesson: GOP created lighting laws
A 2007 law signed by PresidentGeorge W. Bushincluded a lighting efficiency measure authored by GOP lawmaker Fred Upton that requires traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient. At the time, Upton believed that lighting efficiency standards that preserved consumer choice while helping save money and energy were the kind of "common sense" regulations he could support. A press release touting the benefits of the energy efficiency law is no longer on Upton's website. However, it lives on in cyberspace. The money quote from Upton:
Current incandescent bulbs on store shelves are obsolete and highly inefficient -- only 10 percent of the energy consumed by each bulb is for light with 90 percent wasted on unnecessary heat. Today's incandescent bulbs employ the same technology as the bulbs Thomas Edison first created over 120 years ago -- and it is well past time for the light bulb to catch up with 21st century technology. This common sense, bipartisan approach partners with American industry to save energy as well as help foster the creation of new domestic manufacturing jobs.
A lot has changed in the past four years. The Tea Party emerged and the efficiency standards were held up as an example of government overreach. The freedom to use inefficient incandescent light bulbs became a Tea Party battle cry and Upton and others soon jumped on board. Last summer, House Republicans rushed a bill that would have rolled back light bulb efficiency standards, but it was ultimately rejected. The issue never died however and it ended up as a rider in the omnibus spending bill.
What it means for business
It's important to note here that the efficiency standards for light bulbs established in the 2007 law are technology-neutral. Lighting manufacturers were never forced to stop making incandescent bulbs -- they just had to make them more efficient. And they have.
Since 2007, lighting manufacturers including General Electric, Philips and Sylvania have retooled their factories and are making lights that look, turn on and light up like old school incandescent lights. These lights are sold at big box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's. These companies also have developed LED and compact fluorescent bulbs, which are more expensive, but last longer than incandescents.
Lighting manufacturers aren't exactly happy with this latest turn of events. Companies have invested considerable money into lighting tech on the premise of the new standards. GE Lighting, for example, invested last year more than $60 million to expand manufacturing of energy efficient lighting at the company's plant in Ohio. At the time, GE said the expansion would help retain existing jobs as well as add 130 positions over several years at the Ohio plant.
Now that GE and others have made the investment, it's unlikely that they will revert back to the old school, inefficient incandescent light bulbs again. Some factories have already stopped making the bulbs. Meaning, this rider might slow down the introduction of energy efficient bulbs, but it certainly won't stop it altogether.
Photo: Flickr user Samantha Celera, CC 2.0
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This small batch of previously unseen screenshots allegedly show several new aspects coming in Windows 10, including its brand new "Spartan" browser, Cortana's integration in that browser, and a new darker visual theme.
Microsoft is reportedly building the new browser from scratch to be more like Chrome and Firefox, though word is it will offer both Spartan and Internet Explorer in consumer versions of Windows 10.
The Spartan browser in these images, from Chinese site cnBeta, has a clean and simple look, though it's likely far from final.
And judging by what we see here it seems Cortana will be integrated directly into the browser, including right in the address bar (see below).
Heart of dark
The other thing to note is the system's new darker visual theme, from the browser window to the taskbar itself.
We've seen snippets of this darker Windows 10 theme before, and Microsoft is allegedly building light and dark versions across the board, including in software like the Xbox app, The Verge says.
Windows 10 will be detailed much more fully on January 21, so look forward to learning more then.
- All you need to know about Windows 10


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Clifton-based eZLO, an innovator and developer of smart home automation solutions, announced Thurdsay it has acquired California-based MiOS, a smart home service platform provider established in the IoT market.
The acquisition, eZLO said, positions it to offer increased accessibility in the smart home automated market.
“The high cost of software development is a deterrent for many looking to incorporate smart technologies into their products,” said eZLO CEO Mark Samuel. “We are excited about the impact that eZLO and MiOS together can have on the market. By combining MiOS’ technology with our innovative four-pillar software platform, we’ll be able to expand the smart home ecosystem beyond its traditional definition and create a unique, turnkey solution for companies looking to quickly scale to market with new smart home capabilities for their products and services.”
Under terms of the deal, MiOS and its Vera brand will continue to operate under existing brands as part of eZLO Innovation, and eZLO said it plans to invest further in products and platforms currently under development. Additionally, MiOS’s sale channel and sales contracts for existing clients will remain the same.
“We are excited to become a part of eZLO as we believe this combination will further enable us to accelerate our innovation pipeline to drive the smart automation market landscape into the future,” said Lew Brown, MiOS CEO. “MiOS has a long-standing and respected reputation in the B2B environment and we look forward to applying our assets to the innovative efforts we’ve seen from eZLO and their ecosystem.”


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Check out all the patch notes.
LeBron comes in at number one.
EA Sports’ basketball series came back two years ago with disastrous results. Have they done enough since then to put the franchise back on top?
Fixes more than 200 issues.
Due to “the mobile app submission process.”
And the Mobile Companion App comes out next month.
First gameplay details to be revealed at EA’s E3 press conference.
NBA Live 17 also looks like it’s happening.


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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A popular Dunedin restaurant and parts of Pinellas County will soon become central characters in a brand new feature film.
"Our film is entitled ‘A Taste of Love,’ " said Lincoln Lageson, producer of the film.
That means Dunedin, St. Petersburg and Clearwater are getting a taste of the silver screen.
What You Need To Know
- Dunedin restuarant Sea Sea Riders, other Pinellas locations featured in new movie
- Movie ‘A Taste of Love’ to be featured on Hallmark Channel
- Restuarant owner Sylvia Tzekas saw it is the perfect time to feature the eatery in a film
"It’s extremely exciting, we’re thrilled to be able to be part of it," said Sylvia Tzekas who owns Sea Sea Riders in Dunedin.
Tzekas is excited her restaurant is a temporary movie set.
"The tourists are finally getting to know Dunedin and the gem that we have here," said Tzekas. "We’re able to expose it nationally."
The names of the restaurant and city will stay the same in this story line.
"Basically our story is a small-town chef who hits the big city and has a television cooking show and along the way she kind of makes her makes her way back home and gets re-energized," said Lageson.
Erin Cahill of Hallmark Movie fame and Jesse Kove of Cobra Kai play love interests.
"And our dad in this film is Marty Kove which everybody will remember from The Karate Kid franchise and the ever-popular Cobra Kai series,” said Lageson.
A popular Dunedin restaurant and parts of Pinellas County will soon become central characters in a brand new feature film. (Melissa Eichman, Spectrum News image)
The story is co-written and co-directed by Digital Caviar, a Tampa-based independent film company.
Hollywood producer, Lageson says they're embracing Florida and incorporating the Tampa Bay area into the story.
"You can turn the camera any direction and it’s a beautiful shot,” said Lageson.
The cameras will turn to local parks and hotels.
Tzekas says with the pandemic, the timing is perfect.
“We suffered just like everybody else and to have this as an opportunity to expose ourselves and let people know hey, we’re still here through all this,” said Tzekas.
As people begin to travel more, Visit St.Pete Clearwater hopes that exposure helps boost tourism.
"As they look at their desire to get back and travel and it calls to them and says that is a place I want to go," said Steve Hayes, President & CEO of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater but I think more importantly as well it’s people who have come here before who haven’t experienced different parts of our communities and say hey that’s a new area I want to go discover.”
Hoping others discover our community as we live in it and watch it on TV.
"The exposure in the community for our quaint town is just phenomenal," said Tzekas.


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Satoshi Nakamoto who is considered as the father of Bitcoin may have the net worth of around $10 billion with 1 million BTC as per the latest reports of Oxfam.
Cloaked Mystery Behind Satoshi Nakamoto
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still a mystery to be solved. The identity of real Satoshi has become a folk fare where there are several suspects who can be the real creator of Bitcoin, but still, there is no certainty. Many renowned crypto personalities claim that they know who the real creator of Bitcoin is, yet none of them has gone ahead to reveal the identity.
The latest Oxfam report stated that billionaires all across the globe have more wealth than around 4.6 billion people. As per the list of world’s billionaires made by Oxfam, Satoshi is being suspected of owning about $10 billion. The founder approximately owns 1 million BTC as per the report.
Crypto fanatics have many suspects whom they believe is the person behind the mysterious face. Some doubted that Hal Finney, who received the first-ever bitcoin could be the founder of bitcoin. On the other hand, some of the people thought that Nick Szabo who launched an e-currency known as “Bitcoin gold” before the bitcoin can be the initiator.
Billionaires Of The Crypto World
The identity of Satoshi is in the veil, but his vision is well known. The cryptocurrencies were specifically devised to make fair economic systems, not with the vision to earn.
In the crypto space, Satoshi Nakamoto is not only one person who earned billions with cryptocurrencies. Telegraph reports that Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple mainnet, has about $8 billion. Also, Changpeng Zhao, co-founder of leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has the estimated net worth of around $ 1.4 billion.
The world of cryptocurrencies sounded fictitious at the time of its launch, but as the economic discrepancies enhanced, it gained the popularity among the major nations. Neither the billion value nor the billionaires were expected in the crypto space. Still, the penetration of technology and the world income inequality left no stone unturned for the adoption of digital assets.


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Old Street Pub, Smithtown’s iconic restaurant and bar, opened its doors 50 years ago, and it’s been serving generations of loyal Smithtown customers ever since. So, what’s been the secret to their success?
“We do have the best burgers around,” said Laura Lombardi, who owns the restaurant with her parents Nancy and Frank Pizzimenti, and her brother Frank Jr. “We use only fresh ingredients — nothing frozen — and our brioche buns, which we get from Alpine Bakery, are baked daily,” Pizzimenti Jr. added.
Old Street is also famous for their cheese and crackers “Old Street” way, marinated steak sandwich, French onion soup and Caesar salad. With a large menu of burgers, steaks, chicken, appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, seafood and pasta, the restaurant offers something for everybody.
The recipe for success, though, for this family-run business also includes individual service.
“We are told on a daily basis by our customers that we make everyone feel comfortable,” said Lombardi. “A lot of our customers call Old Street ‘home’ — we couldn’t ask for a better compliment.”
That homey atmosphere has been a tradition that has inspired not only loyal customers, but also the employees. Joseph LaRock, chef, bartender and manager, has been a mainstay at the restaurant for 32 years. Joanne Gregory, a bartender, has been there for 13 years.
As for Pizzimenti Jr., he started working at the restaurant as a dishwasher in 1986, at age 17. He climbed the ranks and learned the business. Ten years later, he got his family involved when the restaurant’s longtime owners, the Atamanchuk family, decided to sell the restaurant.
When the Old Street Pub first opened in 1968, a few things were different. Namely, the restaurant was originally called Gold Street Pub. When the “G” fell off their sign about a year later, the Atamanchuk family decided to go with it.
“Fifty years ago, Old Street was busy day and night, seven days a week as there were only two other restaurants in town,” Pizzimenti said. “Now we have to work even harder to get people into our establishment as there are so many other restaurants to choose from in the area.”
The restaurant once had extremely busy corporate lunches, which included porterhouse steaks, martinis and desserts. With the recession in the early 2000s, their lunch crowd shrank drastically.
“That was probably the biggest obstacle we had to overcome,” Lombardi said. “Other than working with family.”
Approximately 10 years ago, the restaurant started offering weekly specials.
“We like to include seasonal menu items and use local products in our specials,” she said.
The restaurant is located in the busy Branch Plaza shopping center at the intersection of Main Street and Route 111. The restaurant’s brick facade, arched windows and heavy, carved wooden door flanked with colorful planters announce that it’s not your run-of-the-mill, strip mall eating establishment. Once you walk through the main entrance, you can enter either the dining room to the left or the pub to the right. The same fresh food can be ordered on either side, only the atmosphere differs slightly. The dining room seats 75 people and is decorated with white tablecloths. It appeals to families, but is also known to be a good choice for people on dates or catered affairs.
The wood-paneled pub includes barstool seating and a large area with upholstered booths.
Old Street serves thousands of people monthly. Some patrons admit that the restaurant’s attraction is simply its close proximity to their homes. But the family’s commitment to their loyal customers is undeniable.
“You have to be extremely passionate and hardworking,” Lombardi said. “You make a lot of sacrifices working nights and weekends. You are constantly away from your family, and dealing with daily deadlines, and you never know on a daily basis how many people will be walking through the door, but you always have to be ready.”
The restaurant business is clearly a tough business, but things have fallen into place for Old Street, either through intentional planning or in case of the name by mere happenstance.
“We’re not perfect,” said Pizzimenti Jr. “But we try.”


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Hokko Life update (Oct 28, 2021) released on PC (Steam). According to the official Hokko Life patch notes, the latest update brings a whole new area to the game, so you’ll be able to visit the city centre by catching a train
Recently, a big update was released which added a new farming area, dozens of crops to grow, and crafting recipes to create
Since the last patch, players are experiencing a number of issues. Today’s Hokko Life version 9 will fix a few of these issues. Read more details below.
The city centre is made up of four main areas…
The town square – a more metropolitan area where three shops are located
The community store – where players can see and purchase the items from the community challenges
The main department store – where players can set up their own personal shop and visit the shops of other players
The seasonal store – which will open when seasonal items are in stock, for example at Halloween or Christmas
The update also adds a range of Halloween themed items, which will be available to you in the seasonal store!
On the subject of Halloween, why not create something extra spooky and enter it into our latest Creator Challenge? The deadline to upload your Halloween themed creations to the Creator Catalog in game is November 5th


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Earlier today Patently Apple posted a report titled "Huawei's Brand was Smeared when the Company's New Year's Message was sent out Globally on Twitter via an iPhone." In an internal Huawei memo dated Jan. 3 seen by Reuters, corporate senior vice-president and director of the board Chen Lifang said, "The incident caused damage to the Huawei brand." What's just as damaging is that Huawei was found to have infringed the patents of MPEG LA in Germany which has led to their smartphones being ordered to be recalled and destroyed.
MPEG LA announced last week that patent holders in MPEG LA’s AVC/H.264 Patent Portfolio License have enforced verdicts of injunction in German District court (“Landgericht Dusseldorf”) cases finding that Huawei Deutschland GmbH (“Huawei”) and ZTE Deutschland GmbH ("ZTE") infringed patents by their use in mobile phones that implement the AVC/H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) Standard.
In both cases the Germany's Court of Appeals has dismissed Huawei´s and ZTE´s requests for an immediate stay of the enforcement while the cases are under appeal.
As a result, Huawei and ZTE must cease and desist from offering in Germany AVC/H.264 compliant devices such as smartphones and tablets that use the enforced patents. In addition, all such products in their possession or the possession of third parties must be recalled and destroyed.
UPDATE: 19 February 2019 – MPEG LA announced today that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Device Co., Ltd and Huawei Device (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (“Huawei”) have become Licensees to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”). As a result of this agreement, all legal disputes related to patent enforcement actions brought by patent holders in MPEG LA’s AVC License against Huawei have been resolved.


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They have added inventory, beefed up their websites and scheduled special in-store playtime events for kids.
The gloves are off among the surviving Big 3 toy sellers.
Retailers scramble for toy sales without Toys 'R' Us
Target has nearly doubled its merchandise from last year. Walmart is pumping up Toysrus Minneapolis stock by 30 percent in stores and 40 percent online. Amazon is expected to print its first toy catalog and market heavily to convert current non-Prime members.
Craft store Michaels has added more than exclusive items.
Best Buy is selling stuffed animals and Barbie DreamHouses. Most analysts forecast an even bigger year-over-year spike for the Christmas holidays. Executives Dating clubs Downey the moment.
Target has taken the most Asian delight west Aurora stance in the toy category of any retailer this year, analysts said.
Making a longer-term stake, Target has remodeled the toy sections of more than stores, including 22 in Minnesota. The retailer reclaimed space from CDs and other declining to add about Toysrus Minneapolis feet of space — roughly three aisles — to more than stores.
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Target deed souped-up play areas for kids to touch and play with things. It now has space to sell bigger toys, such as riding tractors, as well as musical instruments and playhouses.
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This year it hosted play dates at more than Toysrus Minneapolis, stores in September and October, hoping kids would get an early start on their holiday wish lists.
Amazon didn’t kill Toys “R” Us, Toys “R” Us did Minneapolis
The retailer bases its merchandising strategy Hammam massage Taunton part on Toysrus Minneapolis from focus groups — kids, of course.
This year, the pint-size experts have ranked their top 40 toys, up from 25 in years past. Catalogs at Whole Foods Amazon is making a big play as.
It rolled out its top toys two weeks earlier than usual this Hot gay Baytown men, in mid-September, and is expected to print its first catalog this year to display at Whole Foods locations. That leaves 30 percent for others, including independents such as Creative Kidstuff.
Creative Kidstuff has beefed up its website, making it easier to shop by age or category. The American Specialty Toy Retail Association said its members are expecting one of their best years in About 25 percent of toy sales are sold online, and most retailers have made digital shopping easier. ❶The retailer bases its merchandising strategy in part Toysrus Minneapolis input Nashville-Davidson women dating culture focus groups — kids, of course.
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Target has taken Toysrus Minneapolis most aggressive stance in the toy category of any retailer this year, analysts said. Target has nearly doubled its merchandise from last year. The retailer reclaimed space from CDs and other declining to add about square feet of space — roughly three Toysrus Minneapolis — to more than stores.|Target stores will also price match items found on Indian escort north Gresham.
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Slovenia’s economic growth will slow in the third quarter
LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), September 9 (SeeNews) – Slovenia’s economic growth is expected to slow to 0.3% on a quarterly basis in the third quarter of 2022 after expanding by 0.9% in April-June, due to continued of the Russian war against Ukraine and the resulting international sanctions, said the central bank of Slovenia.
“A slowdown is suggested in particular by the economic sentiment indicator, which remained negative in August, where the most notable factors were consumers’ reluctance to make large purchases and a decline in the valuation of order books. in the manufacturing sector,” the central bank said in a statement. statement earlier this week.
He also noted that employment remains at record highs and companies are largely hiring foreign workers, while wage growth remains subdued.
“Strong growth in travel services exports halted the deterioration in the current account balance of recent months. Nominal growth in merchandise exports remained strong, with positive developments in all major categories. on the import side were even stronger. , notably imports of goods from Russia, which in June were ten times higher than the monthly average of the 20 years preceding the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, due to the surge in energy prices,” the central bank said.
The consolidated general government deficit in the first seven months of the year narrowed significantly year-on-year to 300 million euros ($303 million), as revenue grew strongly and spending fell as pandemic-related payments were declining.
The main risks for the coming months and next year are a deterioration of the economic situation and potential new measures to mitigate the impact of the energy crisis, according to the central bank.
Slovenia’s economic output grew 8.2% in real terms year-on-year and 0.9% quarter-on-quarter in April-June 2022, according to data. data from the country’s statistical office.
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First Seasonal Update to Add New Clash Mode, Weekly Quests, Talents, and More
Award-winning independent game studio Proletariat today announced that their multiplayer action-spellcasting game, Spellbreak, will launch its first seasonal content update, Prologue: The Gathering Storm, on October 22, 2020. The first major update to the game will introduce Clash Mode, offering a new way to experience the game via team deathmatch, as well as new talents, potions, and cosmetics. The update will be free to all Spellbreak players.
“After an incredible launch, Spellbreak now has millions of players around the world,” said Seth Sivak, CEO of Proletariat. “This update represents the beginning of our plan to deliver robust content that offers new ways to experience Spellbreak’s unique combat and gives players a first taste of how we plan to deliver ongoing story content.”
The latest update includes:
- New Content — Prologue: The Gathering Storm will be free to all players and feature weekly quests with unique rewards
- Introducing Clash Mode — 9v9 team deathmatch with 3 squads on each team
- New Talents — Enable players to further customize their playstyle
- Vigor: Bonus health
- Ambidextrous: Enables the passive class ability in your offhand gauntlet
- Foresight: Reveals nearby players on your minimap and shows future shrines/circles
- Halloween Content — New Outfits, Artifacts, Cloudbursts, Afterglows, Emotes, and Badges! Just in time for “Hollowed Eve!”
Spellbreak is a multiplayer action-spellcasting game where players unleash their inner battlemage and wield two powerful magic gauntlets that blend devastating spell combinations to control the battlefield with fiery tornadoes, electrified gas clouds, and more! Set in the Hollow Lands, players can explore the map to find tactical advantages and discover hidden chests that contain magical runes that give new abilities, including flight, teleport, and invisibility.
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The latest issue of the newsletter begins by examining the news that UK music trade association the BPI sent its 50 millionth takedown request to Google earlier this month as part of an ongoing battle to limit the distribution of unauthorized recorded music online. At the same time, Google and Microsoft announced that they were making it more difficult for Internet users to search for images of child abuse, following criticism from the UK’s prime minister, David Cameron, in July that the two search giants were not doing enough to prevent access to illegal images.
Inevitably after any announcement concerning the limiting of access to a particular type of content, there are calls to introduce similar measures to control access to unauthorized music and media content. Certainly child abuse is a far more serious crime than copyright infringement, and rights holders would not argue to the contrary. But what the latest Google/Microsoft initiative shows is that technology exists that can be used to tighten controls over content distribution. The big question is when those controls should be used, if at all.
Some good news from France – trade revenues from recorded-music sales increased 7.2% year-on-year in the first nine months of this year, according to trade association SNEP. A big jump in CD sales and rising interest in subscriptions boosted sales. Digital-album sales also increased, but single-track downloads fell, with trade revenues from the format down 16% year-on-year in 3Q13.
Not so good news in Japan – digital-music sales in the country are set to fall for the fourth consecutive year in 2013. New figures published by the trade body the RIAJ show that mobile music formats are continuing to suffer big drops in sales. Internet sales are growing but not fast enough to head off another annual decline. However, there is a glimmer of hope for next year, with quarterly Internet gains slowing the overall rate of digital contraction.
In addition to financial results for UMG, published earlier this month by parent company Vivendi, the latest issue also has a special focus on music apps. The rapid take-up of smartphones and tablets has led to a proliferation of apps. But apart from a few high-profile applications from leading artists, the music industry has scarcely embraced the medium, let alone figured out how to make money off of it.
Belgium comes under the Music & Copyright spotlight this time around. Belgium experienced a lower fall in trade revenues from recorded-music sales last year than in 2011 with digital sales increasing for the second consecutive year after a blip in 2010. However, digital remains a long way from compensating for the drop in CD sales. On the positive side, Belgium’s live sector continues to perform well despite a fragile economy, and royalty collections returned to growth in 2012 after a big fall in 2011.
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Earlier this month Music & Copyright conducted its third annual survey of unauthorized music download sites. Like last year and the year before, advertising for a large number of blue-chip companies and media-content services was found on several of the sites surveyed. Most of the companies contacted by Music & Copyright were fairly oblivious to the fact that their ads appeared alongside promotions for “Russian wives” and “Asian babes.” None of the companies placed the ads on the websites, but were displayed through the use of blind advertising networks.
The current issue of Music & Copyright gives all the details on which companies were the worst offenders and which were doing their best to control advertising overspill. But what was interesting this time around was the realization of the problem rights holders face when trying to have content removed from unauthorized music download sites and the support these sites receive from the big social networks. Continue reading
Talking to rights holders in the run up to the CISAC World Creators Summit in Washington, it seems that few agree that any country has the right balance between certain technology companies’ use of music and the abuse of copyright. Google has been on the receiving end of several legal actions by a number of rights holders that have claimed its online video service YouTube has either not acted quickly enough to remove content when asked, or is using content that it has no license for. Ever-troubling for rights holders is the fact that it is their responsibility to check whether music is being used correctly and not the responsibility of the digital-music service. Continue reading
Depending on where a musician sits in the music industry value chain, a top-10 list of what’s most important to an unsigned artist will differ greatly to one compiled by a million-album seller. Scratching a living out of music is something tens of thousands of musicians do every day. Although the Internet has opened up the promotion and distribution of music to anyone with a computer, it has also made selling music a lot more difficult as almost every single release in a digital-music store is available for free somewhere online. Continue reading
In the past 20 years or so, all sectors of the music industry have been through massive change. Format transitions, company consolidation and greater scrutiny of copyright and licensing have changed the industry beyond all recognition. But have the changes made for industry improvements, and more important, have the main players learned from their mistakes? The recent discovery of the first issues of Music & Copyright has allowed for a unique look at just how much certain things have changed, and how much they haven’t.
The newsletter’s 20-year anniversary came and went in September, but thanks to a long-standing subscriber, copies of the first 24 issues published have been found and make for interesting reading. Despite containing names that have either long since left the music industry or been swallowed up as part of industry consolidation, the headlines for a number of news stories resonate closely with happenings today. Continue reading
Toward the end of last year, Deezer and iTunes extended their footprints to include several countries that are often considered emerging markets. The growth of broadband Internet use around the world, providing access to a wealth of unauthorized recorded music, has made life difficult for new digital-service rollouts. But with the balance of economic power expected to shift away from the current leaders, is now the time for the emerging markets to start living up to their name? Continue reading
Few regions in the world have escaped the spread of digital-music services. Even in the least developed territories, basic digital services, such as ring tones and ring-back tones, have been rolled out in an effort to tempt customers to go digital. But even though many of the Gulf States have highly developed technology infrastructures, digital-music services have been slow to take hold. Moreover, the lack of collection societies to administer rights collections has left the region as something of a rights wasteland. Could overseas involvement kick-start the rights-administration process? Continue reading
Music & Copyright’s annual survey of the recorded-music and music-publishing industries has revealed that Universal Music Group (UMG) remained the world’s biggest record company and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) the largest music-publishing company in 2011. The positioning of each of the four major record-label and music-publishing companies was unchanged last year. Although this lack of change could suggest that 2011 offered up “more of the same” in the recorded-music and music-publishing sectors, such an assumption would be wide of the mark. Continue reading
The number of digital-music services in Europe is growing every year and consumers across the continent are being presented with an array of different ways to listen to music. Digital-music delivery and consumption has undergone a rapid transition. However, such has been the speed of the sector’s evolution, new business models specializing in digital-music delivery across Europe have forced those organizations charged with issuing licenses to rethink the way they operate.
Music publishers and collection-societies in Europe have taken to the task in different ways (see below table for major music publisher initiative details). But, in contrast to a few years ago, when digital-music services were required to negotiate countless licensing deals, agreements between music publishers and collection-societies have reduced the necessity for endless rounds of licensing negotiations. Continue reading
Last month the European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) held a press conference at the Silken Berlaymont Hotel in Brussels to brief news reporters about a stance it was taking against European broadcasters on behalf of music composers. ECSA accused Europe’s leading broadcasters of forcing composers to give up their rights in return for TV commissions. Big names in broadcasting, such as RTL, ITV, BskyB, TF1, ZDF and Rai, were all accused of operating a system called coercive commissioning – in return for awarding a composer with a commission, the composer must assign all rights in the music to the broadcaster or TV production company. Put simply, no rights, no commission. Continue reading


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Recycled products are seen on display at ChuChu house in Dalla township, Yangon, Myanmar.
Art has no language. But it seems to be one of the few things that brings people together and unites them for a common cause.
Myanmar's start up is using tonnes of trash dumped around the country to recycle and use them to create art.
From a distance, ChuChu Design, a single-storey building across the river from Myanmar’s bustling commercial capital, looks like any other on the impoverished outskirts of the city.
But on closer inspection, the roof has been fashioned from old tyres, the walls are made of glass bottles and the lampshades from melted plastic, all items upcycled by the social enterprise as part of a mission to educate people about waste.
ChuChu - named after the Burmese for "plastic house” - sells handicrafts and fashion products recycled from the thousands of tonnes of trash dumped in Yangon every day.
The design of the house is intended as a statement about waste, said 68-year-old Wendy Neampui, the managing director of the business, which she founded in 2014 with the help of Italian non-profit organisation Cesvi.
"I wanted to transform trash from an ugly landfill site into beautiful items,” she said, as she stitched together plastic sheets to be ironed into a colourful patchwork bottle holder, a technique she learned from the internet.
Dozens of designers have been trained up and now work in the business, crafting everything from wallets made out of potato chip packets to laptop covers made from cement bags.
"Our project … is not only to work on making beautiful things from trash, but also to educate people that trash can be a decoration in the home,” she said.
The Southeast Asian city’s government says more than 2,500 tonnes of trash are thrown out every day by the 5 million or so people living and working there.
Much of it ends up dumped on roads and in waterways, as city services struggle to keep pace with rapid urbanisation.
Many people burn their trash in the street, contributing to air pollution - the city's air quality is among the worst in the world.
In Dala township, the suburb where ChuChu is located, the streets are littered with mountains of rotting garbage.
It’s a struggle to persuade people to buy products made from scavenged items, Wendy Neampui said, so most of the items they make end up in souvenir shops targeting tourists.
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The aim is that people buy not because the products are a curiosity but for their own value, said Friedor Jeske, a German waste management specialist who is also a managing director at ChuChu.
"That’s a little bit of a tough goal,” he said. "But we are getting there … slowly.”
Wendy Neampui said she had no illusions the enterprise would solve the city’s trash problem. But it's a step in the right direction.
"With this technique, I can help save the environment and earn a living,” she said. "That is my ambition.”
The UAE has been at the forefront of the regional art market and has paved the way to the international art scene, says Teena Thawani.
Thanks to rapid growth in digitisation around the world, India’s illustrious Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will have online editions in Colorado, Houston, New York and Toronto to celebrate the power of literature.
ZeeArts, the global art organisation based in the Emirates that connects creatives of disparate disciplines with one another on an international level through art initiatives and projects, in collaboration with Forza Ragazzi (“Be Strong People”), the one stop shop for PPE requirements in Italy with a strong presence in the UAE, has launched a line of Creative Face Masks.
The actor will be seen talking to Diane Sawyer for his first television interview since the accident that nearly cost him his life.
With a Masters in Business Economics, the Dubai based artist has worked in the banking, insurance, and micro finance sectors in India and UAE for over 15 years.
Macfayden is currently appearing as Tom Wambsgans in the long-awaited fourth and final season of HBO’s hit drama, Succession.


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It’s happening! BIBIBOP Asian Grill is officially coming to Fishers, IN on October 7th! We will be open for Dine-In, Online Takeout, Delivery, and Curbside pickup!
Address: 9719 E 116th St Suite 450 Fishers, IN
We are incredibly excited to bring the well-being of BIBIBOP to Fishers! We are very excited about our launch in Indianapolis with our first store having opened in Carmel in mid September, and now we’re ready to bring our famous Korean style bowls to the city of Fishers.
BIBIBOP is all about Well-Being. We serve healthy and affordable Asian food because we really care. And now for the first time, the great state of Indiana and the residents of Fishers will be able to share in our vision of changing the eating landscape.
Since opening our first location in 2013, BIBIBOP has been sharing healthy & affordable Asian food along with a message of Well-Being throughout the country. The new Fishers location will be the 43rd for BIBIBOP, joining locations in California, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, and Washington D.C.
BIBIBOP Fishers will officially open with a ribbon-cutting the morning of the 7th and will be open for in-person, online, and delivery orders throughout the day. BIBIBOP will mark the opening with a safe and socially distanced yet fun celebration that will include special gifts, prizes, and samples. Guests who use the BIBIBOP Rewards App at the new Fishers location will also earn a free BOGO Bowl offer that can be redeemed the following week.
We have an exciting launch day set up for our guests in Fishers, and we hope to see you there when we open on Wednesday the 7th of October! For the latest information and updates, follow BIBIBOP Fishers on Facebook!


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The lineup of casino games at Turning Stone Casino in Oneida, New York was recently enhanced with the addition of Three Card Poker.
Played with a standard 52-card deck, the popular variation of classic poker offers three exciting ways to win: players can wager on their own hand, against the dealer or both.
The unique three-card format makes for constant action.
"We’re always trying to give our customers new games to play," said Frank Sperduto, the casino’s director of table games. "This is the latest and hottest game in the country right now."
Turning Stone’s casino floor houses more than 100 gaming tables. The resort is about 30 miles east of Syracuse.


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Fantasy team? Victoria’s Secret Angels tease Valentine’s Super Bowl ad
The Victoria’s Secret Angels have a message for viewers on Super Bowl Sunday: Don’t drop the ball this Valentine’s Day.
The apparel giant’s Angel squad of Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge and Behati Prinsloo made their play by donning customized jerseys, helmets and a bevy of padding in a teaser for their Super Bowl XLIX TV spot aimed at promoting the underthing maker just in time for the sweetheart holiday.
Nothing like a captive audience: A lot of women -- and a lot of men who love their women even more when they dress sexy -- watch the big game every year. Valentine’s Day is the company’s second-biggest sales period after Christmas, according to ABC News.
The teaser ad premiered Wednesday during “Good Morning America,” but the models and brand touted the clip on social media ahead of its premiere.
“This is just practice. Look out for a whole new commercial during the #SuperBowl,” a post on the Victoria’s Secret Instagram account said.
In much of the 1-minute, 22-second clip, it’s not totally clear that the sexy spokesmodels are the ones on the football field. But their team logo is a single angel wing. Clever.
However, come the 1-minute mark -- when the players strut across the field, remove their helmets and perform a requisite perfect hair flip -- the models reveal themselves as adept athletes (with the help of several clever angle shots).
A new version of the ad is expected to play late in the game, after the two-minute warning.
Worth mentioning is the absence of former Angel Gisele Bundchen, who repped the brand until 2007 and happens to be married to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
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With all eyes on the PGA Tour 2K series after the company’s latest announcement, 2K released a brand new multiplayer game mode for PGA Tour 2K21. Dubbed Divot Derby, the new mode provides gamers with a single-elimination, shootout style knockout mode.
Divot Derby explained
Within Divot Derby, a group of up to 20 players (or up to 16 on Nintendo Switch) tees off simultaneously. From there, multicolored ball flight trails streak through the air as participants race to land on the green and sink the putt. The first golfer to make it to the ninth and final hole wins the mode, while players who get knocked out early can watch the rest of the match in Spectator Mode.
For anyone familiar with the Mario Golf titles this probably gives you Super Rush vibes. Divot Derby is available now via a free update for owners of PGA Tour 2K21 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The mode is coming soon for Nintendo Switch.
While the new mode may be a welcome addition for those still playing PGA Tour 2K21, everyone is looking forward to 2K22 and beyond. Yesterday, 2K came to terms with Tiger Woods on a multi-year agreement. This deal not only secures exclusive rights to Woods’ name and likeness but enlists him as an executive producer and consultant for the 2K golf games moving forward.
Electronic Arts’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour series was a hit for many years. PGA Tour 2K22 will see the return of Tiger Woods to video games for the first time in nearly a decade. Hopefully 2K can capture some of the magic that created some all-time great virtual golf titles.
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Dunkin Donuts To Open 5 Stores In California
LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:
And our last word in business today is westward hope.
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
That East Coast staple Dunkin' Donuts plans to open five stores in California by the end of the year.
WERTHEIMER: The company says it expects to eventually open 1,000 shops in California.
MONTAGNE: There were about a dozen Dunkin' Donuts out here in the 1990s. But they closed more than a decade ago.
WERTHEIMER: And this reality was apparently very difficult for some people to handle. It even inspired a parody of Beyonce's song "Drunk in Love."
MONTAGNE: In "Dunkin Love," the singer pleads for a West Coast Dunkin' Donuts.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DUNKIN LOVE")
REGGIE WHITE: (Singing) Why can't I have you on the West Coast, baby? I want you right now.
MONTAGNE: And that's the business news on MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
WERTHEIMER: And I'm Linda Wertheimer.
WHITE: (Singing) Coffee on ice - coffee on ice - feeling like and addict when I smell it on the grill - donut bites - donut bites. You got them munchkins, munchkins, munchkins. Dunkin', I want you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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INSTAGRAM users can now raise money for their favourite charities by adding donation buttons to their live streams.
Users can fundraise for a nonprofit of their choosing n Instagram Live by including a new button added to the app yesterday.
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The feature was already available on Stories – Instagram's ephemeral posts that vanish after 24 hours – but had not been launched on Live.
"People have stepped up in amazing ways to support the causes they care about during Covid-19," Instagram said in a statement.
"Instagram is making this even easier with 'Donations on Instagram Live'."
Live Donations rolled out worldwide on Tuesday with pop mega-star Liam Payne one of the first to take part.
The ex-One Direction singer raised almost £1,000 for UK food bank charity The Trussell Trust.
YouTuber Carrie Hope Fletcher also went Live for a Disney sing-along and raised over £2,500 for NHS Charities Together.
The new Live Donations feature lets anyone create fundraisers while live streaming, either alone or as a group.
To create a donation button in Live, simply set a Live as "fundraiser" before starting your broadcast.
Pick a non-profit you want followers to donate to and the app will show you who is supporting and how much you've raised.
To donate during someone else's live stream, look out for the option at the bottom of a Live.
Tap “donate” to begin and select how much you want to chip in.
When you’re done, you’ll even unlock a new “I Donated” sticker which can be shared on your Stories.
Live Donation is one of several new features launched by Instagram in recent weeks.
Users can now order food through the app, for instance, to help struggling small businesses.
Many restaurants, pubs and hotels around the world have been forced to close but delivery services still continue.
Instagram said in a statement: "You can set up food orders on Instagram to give people a way to support your business.
"When someone taps the Order Foodbutton on your Instagram profile or the Food Orders sticker in your Instagram story.
"They’ll be directed to your partner’s website to order food delivery or take-out from your business."
How to donate to a charity on Instagram Live
- If you want to create a donation in Live, select a Live as “fundraiser” before starting your broadcast
- Choose a non-profit you want followers to donate to
- You’ll then be able to see who is supporting it and the money raised, in real time
- If you want to donate, look out for the option pinned to the bottom of a Live
- Tap “donate” to begin and when you’re done, you’ll also unlock the “I Donated” sticker which can be shared on your Stories
In other news, a new Snapchat 'six-foot circle' filter helps you follow social-distancing rules.
Instagram is testing self-destructing messages just like Snapchat.
And find out how to watch Instagram clips in a video call with six pals.
What's your favourite little-known Instagram filter? Let us know in the comments!
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Leicester is about to get its very first vegan bar - and its name will pay homage to the man who both coined the term 'vegan' and founded The Vegan Society, right here in Leicester. Donald Watson's Vegan Bar is coming soon to Granby Street in the city centre.
The bar will open in the premises formerly occupied by Berketex bridal shop which closed in November 2018. The new vegan drinking place is being launched by a Leicester businessman who hopes to create a unique venue, which also commemorates Mr Watson.
"A lot of people don't know about Donald Watson and what he's done. I think it's important to emphasise that he started The Vegan Society here in Leicester," the owner told LeicestershireLive.
"I wanted to use his name to do something that no-one has done before - create a vegan bar. It will be a high quality, landmark bar."
Donald Watson was a woodwork teacher in Leicester, and a member of the Leicester Vegetarian Society. According to The Vegan Society, after he had decided to abstain from the use of all animal products, he felt there was a need for a word to describe his way of life, and a society to promote its ideals.
He and his wife Dorothy decided on the word ‘vegan’ by taking the first three and last two letters of ‘vegetarian’ - because he said that 'veganism starts with vegetarianism and carries it through to its logical conclusion’, and the Society was founded in 1944.
It may come as a surprise to learn that many alcoholic drinks are not suitable for vegans, due to animal products, such as egg whites or gelatine, used in the filtering process. However, every drink on the menu at Donald Watson's will be 100 per cent vegan.
Customers will be able to enjoy a range of cocktails, beers, wines and spirits. Although the team behind the bar are still sourcing the drinks at the moment, they plan to offer a selection from local producers.
There will also be a small food menu available, with bar snacks, small plates and burgers likely to be among the options. Of course, all of the food will also be vegan.
When it comes to the look of the place, it will feature earthy tones, with greens and browns prominent. There will be elements of stonework and antique wood and a few 'quirky' additions which remain a secret at the moment.
Donald Watson's Vegan Bar is due to be open by the end of July.


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Massive food shortage creates worldwide chaos. High food prices are hitting pocketbooks all over the globe. The world grain supplies are dropping fast. The biggest exporting grain nations are running out of grain.
Hunger is affecting more and more countries. Several African nations are dealing with food riots were many people have been killed.
Food-related tensions have started in Central Asia, Southeast Asia and South America. The army of these countries now make sure that food distribution can reach the people in need.
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Hi-Rez Studios today announced an exciting weekend event for Friday May 23rd to Monday May 26th, with the SMITE double favor rewards event. Beginning today all SMITE players will be treated to double favor rewards across all game modes.
Accompanying the free boost of favor is also an opportunity to get some free Gems, SMITE’s premium currency. Every First Win of the Day bonus this weekend will also reward players with 10 bonus Gems. With the entire weekend and more game modes than ever, there’s easily enough to snap up a skin for your favorite God before the event is over.
The event was launched to celebrate what promises to be one of the most exciting announcements in the history of SMITE. The developers have promised an announcement revealing “massive amounts of new content” later today on the official SMITE channel. Stay tuned between 1PM EST and 7PM EST for additional information and reveals.
Update: The notes for the upcoming patch have been released.
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Qualcomm: Rumors of overheating Snapdragon 810 are “nonsense”
The new top mobile processor Qualcomm – Snapdragon 810 – became famous this year with no characteristics, and allegations that there are problems with overheating. The chip has driven many devices, but Samsung decided to give it up and use their own Exynos 7420 in the new smartphone Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. In an interview with Forbes marketing vice president of Qualcomm’s Tim McDonough commented on the rumors and called them “nonsense” Snapdragon 810 is part of the smartphone LG G Flex 2 and the Korean company said it did not experience any problems with overheating of the CPU. McDonough said: “The rumors are nonsense, there was no problem with overheating with Snapdragon 810 commercial devices. If what they say is true, why were so many rumors? Why would anyone spreading false information about the 810?” In his words, “this is how is doing business” and that is the reason for the rumors. Interestingly, the early reviews of the smartphone HTC One M9 claimed that there is a problem with overheating, but McDonough said that “these numbers were not final, they are not commercial versions of devices. These decisions are made 18 months before the phone to show his face,” he said. Qualcomm is not entirely lost one of its biggest clients Samsung, Exynos who opted for the flagship, but continues to use Qualcomm processor for other products.


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The company recently launched retail sales at three physical locations in the city: The Hall SF (1028 Market St.) and Equator Coffee and Teas (986 Market St. and 222 Second St.) It also sells the cards online.
As we reported back in August, HandUp requires its $25 gift cards to be redeemed at participating nonprofits (including Project Homeless Connect, GLIDE, and SF Cares), to encourage recipients to connect with a case manager that can help them.
Depending on the person's needs, case managers can put the card's value towards goods like groceries or clothes, retail or restaurant gift cards for the likes of Goodwill and Subway, or expenses like bus passes or a cell phone bill.
Each card comes with an information sheet, featuring a map of where it can be redeemed and examples of the kind of things it can be used for. HandUp says not everyone will redeem the cards, so after a grace period, they expire, with 100 percent of the $25 donation value going to a general fund benefiting those in need.
“The gift card expansion will give us one more tool to help connect people to vital resources,” said Jeff Kositsky, director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, in a statement. “Resource centers offer people on the streets both mundane services like showers and haircuts, but also important service connections like housing and benefits assistance.”
In addition to adding the new retail locations, HandUp has added three new service providers where the gift cards can be redeemed: the Mission Neighborhood Resource Center, the United Council of Neighborhood Services and MSC South.
Ultimately, HandUp hopes that its users' $25 donations will make a much bigger impact on recipients' lives, by getting them connected to important services.
The company's COO, Sammie Rayner, said she recently gave a card to a young man who wanted money for work boots, so he could get a construction job. "He was able to not only put the money toward his work boots, but also learn about other valuable resources the city has to offer," Rayner said.


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Anyone who uses the internet to read stories and watch videos more than they should knows about ad blockers. But they might not know this crazy trick: If you add an extra â€œdotâ€� immediately after the â€œ.comâ€� but before the slash, you can avoid ads on YouTube and other videos and even bypass free article reading limits on many sites.
As first discovered by Redditor unicorn4sale, the trick has been proven to work on YouTube and several news sites that offer a limited number of free articles before throwing up a paywall. It does not work for sites that are completely subscription-supported, such as the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, however. It also works on smartphones if you request the desktop version.


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News Release: Hawaii Residents Urged to Take Precautions Following Target Data BreachPosted on Dec 19, 2013 in News Releases
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Office of Consumer Protection
KEALII S. LOPEZ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 19, 2013
Hawaii Residents Urged to Take Precautions Following Target Data Breach
Breach Could Affect 40 Million Consumers
HONOLULU — The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Office of Consumer Protection urges Hawaii residents to take precautions if they believe they may be affected by a recent data breach involving Target stores.
Businesses are required by Hawaii law to notify customers of any security breach involving personal information in any form following discovery of the breach. Hawaii law also requires businesses to notify the Office of Consumer Protection about the breach without unreasonable delay as well as information on the timing, distribution and content of the notices sent by the business to affected persons.
The Office of Consumer Protection has received reports of a data breach involving Target which may affect a number of Hawaii residents. Target’s website reported today that computer hackers obtained credit and debit card information from purchases made at company stores between Nov. 27, 2013 to Dec. 15, 2013. This breach may have included unauthorized access to payment card data, including customer names, credit or debit card numbers, the card’s expiration date and the Card Verification Value (CVV) (the three-digit security code). Current estimates are that data connected to approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts may be have been stolen. The breach involved transactions at Target stores when the cards were swiped. Target reports that it did not involve information obtained during online purchases.
The Office of Consumer Protection is currently seeking confirmation from Target representatives that the notice required by state law has been or will be sent to affected Hawaii residents as well as verification of the number of Hawaii residents affected by the breach.
Anyone who believes they may be affected and have questions can call Target toll-free at 1-866-852-8680 or visit Target’s company website.
Target has advised its customers that if you used a non-Target credit or debit card at a Target store between November 27, 2013 and December 15, 2013, and have questions about activity on your card, please contact the issuing bank by calling the number on the back of your card. Target card holders should contact Target directly.
“This is a very serious breach affecting a significant number of people,” said Bruce Kim, Executive Director of the Office of Consumer Protection. “Any Hawaii residents who believe they may be at risk because of this incident are urged to take immediate steps to protect their personal credit information as well unauthorized access to their credit or debit card accounts. It is critical for those affected to use the contact information provided by Target and get current information on what they can do to protect themselves.”
If you believe you that you have been a victim of identity theft, the following may of help you:
Identity Theft Warning Signs
- Unauthorized charges on your credit card
- Receiving credit cards that you did not seek
- Missing credit card bills
- Calls or letters from debt collectors or businesses about merchandise you did not buy or services you did not authorize
- Being denied credit or offered credit at less favorable terms for no apparent reason
- Unauthorized credit cards or charges on your credit report
Tips on Protecting Yourself Following a Security Breach
- Contact your creditors, including credit card companies, banks, and other lenders, to determine whether there is any suspicious or unauthorized activity that has occurred on your accounts.
- Place an initial fraud alert on your credit report. You are entitled to a free copy of your credit report. Order it and review it for problems.
- Contact any of the three consumer reporting companies to place a fraud alert on your credit report. A fraud alert does not block potential new credit, but places a comment on your history. Creditors should contact you prior to opening a new account. You only need to contact one of the three companies because that company is required to contact the other two. Once you place a fraud alert on your file, you are entitled to a free copy of your credit report. The credit reporting agencies will send you a letter telling you how to order your free report. When you receive your credit reports, review them carefully and look for any suspicious activity.
- Be alert. It’s especially important in the first year following a security breach notification.
All consumers can obtain a free annual credit report from each of the three major credit-reporting agencies, regardless of whether they have been identity theft victims. Call 1-877-322-8228 or request one online at www.annualcreditreport.com. You can request a report from one of the reporting companies every four months and carefully review this report for suspicious activity.
Credit Reporting Agencies:
- Equifax: 1-800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
- Experian: 1-888-EXPERIAN (397-3742); www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
- TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
As the consumer counsel for the state, the Office of Consumer Protection is the primary agency responsible for reviewing, investigating and prosecuting allegations of unfair or deceptive trade practices in consumer transactions.
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Published Jul 07, 2020The U.S. government is offering assistance to businesses whose livelihood is threatened by coronavirus lockdowns. Now, the Small Business Administration has revealed the businesses that have received loans — including Kanye West's apparel company Yeezy.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is intended to help companies keep their workers employed. PPP loans are forgiven if the companies keep workers employed for at least eight weeks. As the program's website notes, it's intended as a "direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll."
In theory, at least, that's a very positive thing, although the definition of "small business" seems to have been stretched to the absolute limit here. Yeezy was recently valued at $3 billion (with Kanye as the company's sole owner), and yet the company was approved for a small business loan worth between $2 million and $5 million USD. That money will allow to retain 106 jobs (and will perhaps free up some cash for Kanye to use for his presidential campaign).
In the film world, Jim Henson Company received a $2 million loan to retain 75 workers. Judd Apatow's production business received $160,000, but the company has said that it didn't use the money and returned the loan. San Francisco's Walt Disney Family Museum and the Grammy Museum Foundation also got loans.
Perhaps strangest of all, three Church of Scientology locations got loans of between $150,000 and $350,000.
On the more logical end of the spectrum, a number of independent record labels received PPP loans. Those include Sub Pop, Third Man, Knitting Factory, Stones Throw, Dreamville, ATO, Dim Mak, Cleopatra, Rostrum, Equal Vision, Metal Blade, Sumerian, Reach and New West.


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Transvaginally implanted devices used in surgeries to address prolapsed organs and incontinence fail to lead to better outcomes than non-mesh repair and should be reclassified as posing a high risk to patients, according to a Food and Drug Administration staff recommendation released today. Like many other problematic medical devices, transvaginal mesh devices never went through the full FDA approval process, but rather were were approved through the streamlined 510(k) process used to evaluate products similar to those already approved. The 510(k) process itself is under review by the FDA.
In July, the U.S. Institute of Medicine urged the FDA to abandon the 510(k) process and require device makers to prove that each new product is safe and effective on its own merits. Such a policy may have saved 90,000 DePuy ASR hip implant patients a lot of misery. According to FDA data, last year alone, about 300,000 women underwent surgical procedures to repaire prolapsed organs. The FDA now advises such women to be aware of risks of mesh erosion, pain, and urinary incontinence, and to have annual check-ups after surgery. In a safety warning released by the FDA in July, the agency reported receiving 1,503 reports of complications associated with mesh from January 2008 to December 2010.
If the FDA changes the risk classification to “high,” transvaginal mesh device manufacturers like Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific may be required to conduct post-market studies and submit additional data to regulators to keep their products on the market. Public Citizen is urging the FDA to not only reclassify the devices, but to also recall surgical mesh devices.
Since we are in the midst of a presidential cycle, don’t be surprised to see massive donations by medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies to candidates who will be asked to advocate for a weakened FDA. You may recall Newt Gingrich in 1994 advocating for privatizing the FDA (i.e., having the big pharma and the device manfufactureres regulate themselves). Donations to anti-consumer state Supreme Court justices will also be on the uptick.


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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing faster and farther than most people realize. The things that The New York Times found AI doing in recent months are absolutely frightening.
The bothersome activities that AI are now capable of include:
AI are now Playing Video Games
Teaching themselves how to play video games. An AI at Elon Musk’s company OpenAI has figured out to how to play an old boat-racing video game called Coast Runners, The Times reported. That is pretty scary because some of the activities in video games are not very healthy.
Would Doom teach an AI how to gun people down, and can Call of it Duty or Destiny teach it how to fight a war? Some organizations are using virtual worlds based on Grand Theft Auto to educate AI, The Times reported. Is AI learning how to carjack vehicles and kill people?
Pretty scary, perhaps we should be worried about what else is out there playing on World of Tanks. Maybe it’s the AI that will be driving the next generation of tanks.
AI Learning how to do Warehouse Jobs on their Own
Those who doubt that technological employment is a real threat, need to read a New York Times article by Cade Metz.
Researchers at the University of California at Berkley have developed a machine that can learn how to recognize objects and load books, Metz reported. Metz mistakenly calls the machine a “robot” but it is AI because it can learn. The difference between a robot and AI is that can learn; robots can only perform a preprogrammed task.
The UC Berkley AI can recognize items it has never seen before and sorts through hundreds of objects. The goal at the Berkley lab is to develop an AI-controlled robot that can perform all the jobs in an Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) fulfillment center, so say goodbye to all those thousands of high-paying e-commerce positions.
“This can extend to tasks of assembly and more complex operations,” Juan Aparicio, the head of advanced manufacturing at Siemens (OTC: SMAWF) said. Siemens is financing the Berkley research in an effort to create next-generation factory and warehouse AI.
The Berkely AI features a neural network, a special 3D camera that enables it to recognize objects or patterns, and two ABB (NYSE: ABB) robot arms for grabbing stuff. A neural network is an advanced algorithm loosely based on the network of neurons in the human brain that enables AI to perform complex tasks and learn.
Amazon is also funding the research at Berkley, probably in an attempt to reduce labor costs. Amazon owns Kiva Robotics; the company has deployed thousands of robots in its fulfillment centers.
AI that can build Artificial Intelligence
The most frightening AI of all is being developed by a Google project called AutoML (machine learning). The goal of AutoML is to create an AI that can design and build other AIs, The Times reported.
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) is trying to build AI that can reproduce. The thinking behind AutoML is to reduce the need for the highly-paid engineers and computer scientists who to design and build AIs.
Such experts are rare; there are only around 10,000 of them in the world, which makes the creation of new AI difficult. That limits future development, but Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) hopes to change that by developing AI which writes algorithms.
That means computer scientists and engineers might be facing technological unemployment in a few years. Such a development will sound like poetic justice to the working stiffs whose manual labor jobs are threatened by AI. Nobody it seems is safe from technological unemployment, not even Google engineers.
Everybody will soon be building AI even the Bad Guys
Another result of that will be the make creation of new AI widespread. That would allow almost anybody, anywhere to create and deploy AI. It would probably include criminals and terrorists, so even the bad guys’ jobs are threatened by technological unemployment.
This is not a dystopian fantasy last year researchers at White Ops uncovered a Russian criminal cartel called Ad Fraud Komanda or AFK13 that had deployed 570,000 algorithm powered meth bots, Forbes reported. The meth bots used algorithms and possibly machine learning to mimic the behavior of human web surfers.
That enabled AFK13 to defraud advertisers of up to $5 million a day by inflating websites’ click rates. The Ad Fraud Komanda made that money by selling advertising based on fraudulent click rates.
It looks as if the age of AI has begun and it is truly frightening. One wonders what AI will do next and if this genie can be put back in the bottle.


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Woolworths is going to leverage customer data sets to help it make decisions across its entire business as part of a new three-year strategy the company plans to execute.
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PayPal Australia has appointed Libby Roy as vice president and management director, after Jeff Clementz announced that he would be returning to the US to take up another role with the company.
The data integration and management software provider will pursue its growth plans as a private company owned by Permira and Canada's pension plan.
Alan Trefler, CEO of Pegasystems, a $600 million software company, shares strategy on bootstrapping a company, creating great customer service, and why "mobile first" is not always best.
The company launches operations in the country as part of a strategy to expand in Latin America
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BlackBerry has BES12 at the core of its software strategy, but a lot of other moving parts need to line up if the company is going to be an enterprise application contender.
Cinema management software company reports 55 percent year-on-year growth.
iiNet's strong NBN strategy has seen the company creep up on Optus, growing its fixed-line customer base to 975,000 in the first half of this financial year.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia's turnaround strategy is working to stem its customer losses for the first time in four years, with the company seeing its customer loss rate dropping to 46,000 for 2014.
ServiceNow's 2015 outlook highlights how the company is expanding beyond IT management into business management. Will it ultimately run into Salesforce and more high profile cloud vendors?
Adaptive Insights, a cloud-based corporate performance management vendor, has a new CEO. Tom Bogan comes from a lengthy finance career - something that could be of value as the company (and the sector) continues to experience growth.
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A predictive analytics and decision management software firm deploys OpenShift Enterprise as part of its DevOps strategy.
Microsoft Corporate Strategy Vice President Jeff Teper talks about Microsoft's thinking on everything from its Minecraft acquisition, to how the leadership team is evaluating what's core to the company.
Telco equipment manufacturing company Arris is convinced that NBN Co's strategy for HFC networks will work, drawing on overseas examples as evidence.
I enjoyed a quick conversation with Dell's Executive Director of Enterprise Strategy at Dell World 2014 last week. It was rather refreshing to speak with an executive that was willing to admit that the company is focused on helping customers solve problems rather than building every piece of that solution itself.
Acquia has experienced a revenue growth for the 22nd consecutive quarter, driven by the demand the company is receiving from global brands for its open-source web content management platform.
The company, which has a popular work management and collaboration tool, has added new visualization features that show enterprises the moving process and people parts.
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June marks the beginning of Farmers’ Market season in Hartford. It brings good food, food trucks, performances, and opportunities for families to spend time outdoors at community events across the city.
From June through October people who live in Hartford and the surrounding towns can find locally grown favorites like callaloo, cilantro, tomatoes, corn, hot peppers, lettuce, cucumbers and okra at neighborhood farmers’ markets.
And this year, customers using SNAP/EBT (formerly known as food stamps) can get extra bargains at four Hartford farmers’ markets participating in the Oh SNAP Hartford initiative.
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Marks & Spencer yesterday posted its first fall in full-year profits for three years, as the squeeze on consumer spending took its toll on the retail giant.
The company's chief executive, Marc Bolland, came under further pressure as he added that the almost incessant downpours in April led to a "tough" start to this financial year.
Alongside the first drop in profits at the high-street stalwart since 2009, the 128-year-old retailer was forced to downgrade its target to grow sales by up to £2.5bn by 2014 because of a deterioration in the UK economy.
Further disappointment for its army of private shareholders came when it announced a flat dividend.
Mr Bolland, who took the helm in May 2010, said M&S and other retailers had found the almost unending rainfall over the past six weeks hit footfall.
The British Retail Consortium has blamed the weather for a 12.6 per cent fall in the numbers of high street shoppers for April.
M&S, which has more than 730 stores in Britain and 387 overseas, posted a 1 per cent drop in underlying pre-tax profits, to £705.9m for the year to 31 March.Group sales rose by 2 per cent to £9.9bn. The dip in profits means M&S's 78,000 employees will get a smaller bonus this year.
Mr Bolland said it had "performed well in a challenging economic environment" but underlying UK sales at the retailer rose by just 0.3 per cent.
While its food business grew, general merchandise business, which is dominated by clothing, suffered a 1.8 per cent slip in UK like-for-like sales.
Its non-food margins tumbled by 0.8 per cent, as it was forced to slash prices to combat fierce discounting by rivals.
Neil Saunders, managing director at Conlumino, said of M&S's womenswear that "in-store ranging and merchandising is both confusing and, all too often, uninspiring".
M&S's UK food division delivered underlying sales up by 2.1 per cent, boosted by 1900 new lines.
Mr Bolland blamed the weak UK economy for scaling back the retailer's ambition to grow group sales by as much as a quarter to £2.5bn to £12.5bn by March 2014. It now expects growth of between £1.1bn and £1.7bn.
The group plans to add 3 per cent of new space in the UK in the year to March 2013, but, in the wake of strong online growth, will slow its store expansion programme to 2.5 per cent the next year and further thereafter. This means it will invest £200m less on its UK store estate over the two years to 2014.
But M&S will spend an extra £50m ramping up its international expansion, particularly in China and India, over the same period. Mr Bolland said: "By the end of this year we will be transacting from 10 websites worldwide and opening around 100 international stores per year." M&S maintained its full-year dividend at 17p a share.
On UK consumer spending, Mr Bolland said: "Shoppers feel a bit more squeezed than last year because of petrol prices."
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The huge backlog of cargo ships piling up off the port of Long Beach, California is making headlines. It’s a complicated situation, with multiple factors contributing to the unprecedented situation, including labor shortages at the docks, increasing ship sizes, and COVID security measures slowing the processing of cargo from each ship, as well as a sharp increase in inbound freight, among others. Well over 60 ships are waiting their turn to unload and the massive delay there, as well as at other US ports, is impacting an already shaky supply chain that has been hampered by the logistical upsets. of the pandemic.
The best way to understand how bad the problem has become is visually. With this in mind, we obtained recent satellite images of the region. The image at the top of this article was taken using satellite-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), with each large ship appearing as a brilliant glow against the dark ocean floor. . Here’s an even wider angle:
We also obtained optical satellite images from Planet Labs taken on September 29, 2021:
For comparison, this was taken a year earlier, September 24, 2020:
As you can see, the difference is absolutely huge, and that’s just the ships anchored nearby. Finally, we get a glimpse of what the Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponder data is showing in Long Beach, and it’s remarkable to see:
As you can see in the larger shot below, there are dozens of other freighters standing further off the coast, near or north of Santa Catalina. In total, we have about 80 freighters that appear to be inactive.
With shipments to California’s largest port up nearly a third from a year ago and complications lingering from COVID-19, delays in cargo transfers have been present throughout. year, but they hit a new high for the fall shipping season. . Most of the goods shipped during this time of year are destined to supply the shelves of retail outlets during the holiday season, for example.
Delays in that number of days or weeks quickly turned into weeks or even months. Today, large logistics companies are looking for any open port on the west coast to redirect their cargo, even though this is extremely inconvenient and can break the established shipping pricing model. Of course, all of these impacts tend to snowball and lead to even more delays and inflated shipping costs down the line.
It’s also worth noting that this has been an incredibly busy weekend for the region in general, with the massive Huntington Beach air show. It is a remote air show with numbers flying over the waves and crowds of people watching from the beach. As it turns out, this big event was cut short, as Sunday’s show was canceled due to an oil spill in the immediate area of the show, which is located right next to where a group of freighters is anchored.
The spill, which was originally reported to be nearly six miles in length and 13 square miles in area, was very close to some of California’s most popular beaches, which had to be closed. The spill was the result of a leak from an offshore oil rig named Elly. The rig works to process crude oil from two other nearby rigs that are operating in the Beta oil field. Oil patches have already started to appear on Huntington Beach and surrounding wetlands. The spill is estimated at 126,000 gallons and a major containment operation is currently underway.
While some measures are put in place this may improve the situation, there is no clear indication that this congestion of freighters will soon be alleviated. In fact, it may develop further before it finally subsides. It’s another maritime reminder of the sometimes bizarre reality the post-COVID-19 world faces and the real economic impacts that continue to trickle down to the global crisis.
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LVMH has reported double-digit sales growth for the first quarter of the financial year, according to a report published by Bloomberg. Organic sales grew 13 percent, ahead of analyst estimates of 8.5 percent, sending shares soaring to a record high in early Paris trading on Tuesday.
The Perfumes & Cosmetics category gained17 percent in organic terms (8 percent reported) with Parfums Christian Dior delivering strong moment. Fenty Beauty was namechecked as an ‘exceptional success’.
The company also cut the ribbon on its sponsorship of a start-up accelerator, established in a bid to encourage entrepreneurs to develop new online tools for prestige brands.
“Digital allows us to reach the client more quickly and directly,” said Bernard Arnault, CEO at LVMH at the accelerator’s launch per Bloomberg. “Innovation and creativity are fundamental values for LVMH.”