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During one of the biggest fighting game tournaments, EVO 2022, three major fighting games announced the addition of rollback netcode into their games. What is this feature, and why is it important? Let's check it out.
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This is what rollback netcode and crossplay are and why fighting game developers and players embrace them.
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One of the biggest topics right now in fighting games is rollback netcode. Most fighters used delay-based netcode, which makes online experiences rocky. Rollback helps streamline online experiences and fans hope it will appear in Street Fighter 6.
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Rollback Netcode year's biggest fighting games event, went down over the weekend, and in terms of news perhaps the biggest...
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Publisher Atlus and developer Arc System Works announced the Persona 4 Arena Ultimax rollback netcode update is out for PC and PS4. Rollback netcode has become somewhat of a standard for fighting games, making online matches much more enjoyabe ...
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When you talk about fighting games and their online multiplayer components, one term you'll see thrown around a lot is 'Rollback Netcode', or just 'Rollback'. For example: 'Playing Street Fighter 6 with my cousin in the Arctic Circle is much better ...
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It's looking like Street Fighter 6 will have cross play and rollback netcode, two highly sought out features for fighting games.
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It's been an exciting day at EVO 2022, especially for those who enjoy rollback netcode with their fighting games. SNK held a panel during Friday's opening day and revealed what's next for its line of games. This includes what's next for the publisher's ...
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It supersedes delay-based netcode, which has existed in fighting games for many years. During EVO 2022, it was announced that both Dragon Ball FighterZ and Samurai Shodown will both soon have rollback netcode. For the former, the update is coming alongside ...
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The stellar fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and will be upgraded with new rollback netcode in a later.
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Rollback netcode is typically seen as a superior method of playing multiplayer fighting games over large distances online, since the more commonly-used delay-based netcodes ends up feeling quite bad to play owing to its nature of slowing the game down and ...
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Dragon Ball FighterZ fans have finally gathered the seven Dragon Balls to make their wishes come true, as Bandai Namco announced that rollback netcode is coming to the popular fighting game.
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Beyond a rollback of abortion rights, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson's team is preparing to face what might come next.
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Half of what makes League of Legends, Valorant, and nearly every other title by Riot Games so successful is how easy it is to jump in — a strategy the company will embrace with its upcoming fighting game Project L.
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After what feels like years of community outcry, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is finally coming back in a new form. Arcade cabinet developer Arcade1Up has announced a new product featuring eight classic Marvel-centric fighting games.
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The first day of the Evolution 2022 Fighting Game Tournament has yielded quite a lot of news this year and the team at Atlus wanted in on the action. Today they announced the much requested rollback netcode update is available for the game which saw a ...
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Dragon Ball FighterZ fans have finally gathered the seven Dragon Balls to make their wishes come true, as Bandai Namco announced that rollback netcode is coming to the popular fighting game. Revealed after the Dragon Ball FighterZ Grand Finals at EVO ...
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When you talk about legendary fighting video games, Soulcalibur is one of the main names which come up. The series has been around since 1995 and is a cult franchise in gaming. It revolutionized arcade fighting games through its weapon-based combat and ...
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SNK Corporation announced Samurai Shodown is getting rollback netcode – news confirmed at EVO 2022. The franchise reboot is getting rollback netcode sometime in spring 2023. Code Mystics will handle implementing the new netcode, which is based on the ...
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Do you want a whole set of fighting games together? Sounds incredible to hear? It may seem unbelievable to you, but it is true. Capcom Fighting Collection in which you will find capcom's upcoming fighting game collection.
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While Gem Fighters is a cuter version of a regular fighting game, Puzzle Fighter is actually a head-to-head puzzle game. Both games serve as excellent distractions and diversions from the more straight-laced fighting the other games offer. Well, as ...
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There is little to stop this hype train with gameplay that looks good. Capcom is on fire right now. They have been releasing top-tier games. The new Street Fighter 6 will break all notions about what a fighting game should be.
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, a fighting game featuring the characters of the acclaimed JRPG, has received a rollback network code update, as announced today by ATLUS during the first day of EVO 2022. The announcement of the relaunch of Persona 4 Arena ...
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Arcade1Up's Marvel vs. Capcom 2 retro arcade cabinet is coming this fall, with pre-orders opening in September. The re-released of Capcom's classic fighting game will include 7 other Marvel arcade fighting games.
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In a fully-funded program announced in June by the Federal Government, Inspiring Rare Birds has awarded scholarships to 90 female business owners from marginalised or disadvantaged backgrounds, who will receive a formal, structured mentoring program that will equip them to grow their businesses and be successful.
The initiative is funded by the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet Office for Women under its Women’s Leadership and Development Program.
The scholarships are specially designed and funded to support Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander women, women with disabilities, women who are migrants or refugees, or from low socioeconomic backgrounds, including in rural, regional and remote communities, with an established business. Their success will come from tapping into the deep experience and skills of some of Australia’s most-successful and best-known business leaders.
According to Jo Burston, CEO and Founder of Inspiring Rare Birds, the timing of this program has never been more-important: “We know we are creating a high-impact outcome when 92% of women selected for the scholarship have been affected by COVID-19.
“Now more than ever, the difference between ‘make or break’ can be a mentor with wisdom, experience and know-how to help these women navigate an uncertain business landscape. This could be the difference between not just surviving, but thriving professionally and personally.Jo Burston, CEO of Inspiring Rare Birds
“COVID-19 has also overshadowed an alarming statistic: the ECG chart for Australian small businesses shows a decline in the health of Australia’s small business sector.
“ASIC figures show that the number of new business registrations peaked as long ago as February-March 2018, and have been in a slow decline ever since – even before the economic knock-on effects of COVID-19.
“Concerns are growing that many small businesses may fold once stimulus packages change or end later this year: this program will help 90 female business owners power ahead.”
The value of the program comes from the quality of senior business leaders who will be its mentors. They include Jackie Watts, City of Melbourne Councillor, Corrina Bertram, Partner and Board Member KPMG, and Penny Burtt, CEO Asialink.
“Supporting women SME owners, entrepreneurs and startups around Australia is the right thing to do and vital for our economic recovery.Penny Burtt, CEO AsiaLink
“Women are more vulnerable than men, with women’s jobs twice as likely to be under threat due to the pandemic.
“Having the opportunity to help give women business owners the confidence and skills to drive their businesses, including through tough times, matters to me. Their success can make a huge difference to their lives and our community as a whole.”
“I am very excited to have the opportunity to mentor and also learn from inspiring women from a range of backgrounds as they progress their careers and businesses.Corrina Bertram, Partner and Board member of KPMG Australia.
“Coming from a regional background myself, I am passionate about creating a level playing field of opportunity for women – regardless of where they come from. I am looking forward to the chance to work with Inspiring Rare Birds, support women in their development and pay back some of the wonderful mentorship I have had over my career to date.” .
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Hannah Sutton, Logan, Victoria (https://hannahsutton.art/): “Having run a creative business in Melbourne for 10 years, and now set to graduate from a three-year intensive course at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, I have certainly experienced some challenges in 2020 with the tidal wave effect of COVID-19. I’ve endured an 11 week total lockdown in Italy, the delay of my education, and now the uncertainties of the pandemic now hitting home in Melbourne! So this Inspiring Rare Birds scholarship will help me map a pathway forward for my fine art career, an invaluable resource to me as a sole-trader and emerging artist who is taking the business side of art seriously.”
Kara Cooper, Mount Victoria, NSW (www.mountvicandme.com): “In 2013 Mount Vic and Me was born featuring my own unique Australiana designs, textiles and wallpapers. We manufacture as much as possible in Australia, and our cool, 100 year old listed café in Mount Victoria, in the Blue Mountains, is a fab studio and retail space.
“My business was going gangbusters until November 2019 when it felt like the world ended. Bushfires raged across the landscape to the north and south of us, then the floods came and wreaked havoc, taking out the train line. But all of that was nothing compared to when the coronavirus hit us all. The anxiety, exhaustion and stress have been huge.
“This scholarship means a huge shift and refocus for me in my business and my mindset for the future. Instead of feeling bewildered, I am so excited to be amongst incredible business women and mentors to move our businesses forward across Australia.”
Millie Mae, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland (www.mooloo.com.au): “This scholarship brings so much optimism during the uncertain and difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, where a lot of start-up businesses are struggling. For me, this scholarship means more education, growth, support, confidence, opportunities and a better chance to achieve my business goals. Ultimately it’s supporting me to become the business leader I want to be.”
Catie Fry, Allenstown, Queensland (https://saleyardsdistillery.com/clovendoe/): “I am the founder and master distiller and driver of a product line of low alcoholic and non-alcoholic vodkas called Clovendoe. I market the Clovendoe products towards women who wish to drink conscientiously, or who have chosen not to drink alcohol, and can partake in a sophisticated drink unashamedly and without ‘FOMO’
“A mentor will help guide and support me in fleshing out a new and improved and more specific business plan and help me navigate some of the re-branding aspects and marketing.”
Jedess Hudson, Cairns, Queensland (http://www.jedesshudson.com.au). Jedess is a descendant of the Ewamian and Western Yalanji people of North Queensland. “A mentor will provide an external source of support to identify gaps in my business and where improvements need to be made in order to be successful long-term, and to identify opportunities nationally or internationally to expand and grow.”

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A medical report has revealed how drinking just three cups of coffee a day can shrink women’s breasts.
According to the report credited to DailymailUK, scientists noticed in a survey that about 300 women had their busts reduced after a period of time; all thanks to the consumption of coffee.
According to researchers, three cups a day was enough to start making breasts shrink, with the effects increasing for every cup drunk.
They said there was a clear link between drinking coffee and smaller breasts as around half of all women possess a gene that has been shown to link breast size to coffee intake.
‘Drinking coffee can have a major effect on breast size,’ said Helena Jernstroem, a lecturer in experimental oncology at Lund University in Sweden. Coffee-drinking women do not have to worry their breasts will shrink to nothing overnight. They will get smaller, but the breasts aren’t just going to disappear.’
‘However, anyone who thinks they can tell which women are coffee drinkers just from their bra measurements will be disappointed. The problem is that there are two measures for a bra, the cup size and the girth, so you wouldn’t be able to tell.’
Aside of the shrinking of breasts, the researchers also found that regular hits of caffeine can reduce breast cancer risks. Scientists said that the effect of coffee is . to its impact on estrogens – the female se x hormones. Some substances in coffee can change a woman’s metabolism so she acquires a better configuration of various estrogens, therefore lowering the potential risk. But women with bigger breasts that contain more mammary glands are at a higher risk, the scientists added.


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Japan's current account surplus fell sharply in May 11 earthquake and tsunami of March continues to affect exports.
The surplus fell 51.7% to 590.7bn yen ($ 7.27bn, £ 4.55bn) compared with a year earlier, said Finance.
However, that is less than most analysts had expected.
The data show that while the economy continues to suffer from a disaster, is recovering quickly.
May decline, the current account surplus, people monthly decline immediately after the earthquake and tsunami led to the destruction of the north-east of Japan.
In April, the surplus fell by 69.5%.
Although the supply chain and manufacturers online returns exports still suffering.
The data show that exports fell 9.8% in May from the previous year.
And imports grew by 14.7%, mainly due to higher energy costs.
That translated into the second largest trade deficit in memory, the ministry said.
The current account is the broadest measure of trade with the rest of the world.


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Xiaomi had stayed away from India, waiting for the time when it could stand to gain in the Indian market. When the time was right, it announced the arrival of Mi3, which is its flagship device. The specs that can rival the fabled Google Nexus 5 and the price which is close to that of a Moto G handed Xiaomi its immediate success in the Indian smartphone market.
Xiaomi knew that just anything won't do for a flagship device and gave the Mi3 a 2.3GHz quad-core processor with 2GB RAM. The phone runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat but Xiaomi has skinned it with the latest version, v5, of its MIUI user interface. There is 16GB internal storage available but no room for expansion has been given. There is a 5-inch touchscreen on the Mi3 which has display resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. A 13 MP camera can be found on the back and a 2-megapixel camera can be found on the front on the smartphone. Finally, a 3050mAh battery has been put in place for all the power needs of the phone, but no ratings are available.
Xiaomi made its intentions clear even before entering the Indian smartphone market. It is looking to dominate the smartphone scene here in India. The Mi3 smartphone is a clear effort in that direction and also makes it clear that Xiaomi is serious about its business and will not be in two minds about it. The Mi3 is a way Xiaomi is telling its competitors to take it seriously too.


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Charlene of Monaco seems to be getting better and better. After long months marked by numerous health problems, the wife of Prince Albert II is climbing the slope and displays a radiant face. If her features seemed marked by the fatigue accumulated by her convalescence, the Monegasque princess is definitely better to believe the smile and the radiant mine displayed at the Emerging Designer Award in Ramzen during Monte-Carlo Fashion Week at the Opéra Garnier in Monaco , this Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Happy, the mother of twins Jacques and Gabriella even posted a snapshot on her Instagram account to immortalize this evening with her daughter. A great first for Gabriella, which she is not about to forget.
Princess Gabriella, 7, experienced a major event in her royal life. The Monegasque couple’s daughter made her first official outing with her mother on Tuesday, May 24, during Fashion Week. “This mother/daughter fashion outing for the Monte-Carlo Fashion Awards delighted me and for the first time we went on stage togetherthus confided Charlene of Monaco during an exclusive interview granted to Nice morning. She was not at all nervous, rather amused and she could even have done the show on stage!“Not stressed at all, Gabriella of Monaco ensured the show. In a flowery princess dress, the little girl caused a stir.
Mother and daughter pose together and smile
And it’s a beautiful shot shared by the South African, this Tuesday, May 24 on Instagram. “I loved every moment of preparing my princess for her first official eventwrote the Monegasque princess in the caption of this post. We look forward to a great evening at the fashion awards.” In the photo, Charlene of Monaco poses with her daughter, nestled in the arms. Mother and daughter show a pretty smile – a rare occurrence – and a great bond. Happiness (finally) found.


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Atlantic American Corporation reported its first-quarter report and in the report, they mentioned the net loss of 8.1 million dollars, which is quite big for the company. Along with the net loss they also mentioned the dilution of their shares with the rate of 0.40$ per share. Now, if we look at the income of the company that they have mentioned in the report then they have mentioned 4.2 million dollars and 0.19$ per diluted share.
According to some of the experts, the reason behind the heavy loss by the company is the loss in their equity funds, which increased from 6.5 million dollars last year to 8.5 million dollars this year. Due to this loss, the market image of the company got impacted very badly and another reason behind the decrement of the market image for the company is the losses that companies are bearing because of this world pandemic. There are some of the companies that set back themselves from these losses but still, there are some of the companies that are bearing the losses and fighting against them. Well, Atlantic American Corporation is one of them who is still fighting from these things and somehow managing their expenses.
Along with these types of losses, the company also bears the losses that are related with the production losses, unrealized losses, operating losses, and different types of taxes that are imposed over the company. However, these losses were decreased to 2.0 million dollars this year while in the previous year the company faced about 2.6 million dollars in it.
Over the current situation of the company, the president of the company named Hilton H. Howell mentioned, “Our Company is still proud over the efforts that are made by our employees because in this world pandemic it is quite difficult for the company to manage their works and profits. The main reason is we are not prepared for this”
With the final words, we conclude that here we have discussed some of the important information that is related to the NASDAQ: AAME at https://www.webull.com/quote/nasdaq-aame. Here we have mentioned some of the information that is related to the first quarter reports or you can say that we have provided detailed information about the first quarter report of the company. We hope that this information would help you in getting some of the important information that is mentioned in any other platform, which makes it quite specific and important in terms of financial information. You can do stock buying at the online trading platforms. Disclaimer: The analysis information is for reference only and does not constitute an investment recommendation.


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Is there anything more American than taking someone else's hard work and claiming it for our own? Probably not. Maybe it's some sort of collective synaptic impulses left over from our former masters in the empire or some sort of instinctive will to survive at all costs brought about by our ancestors being made to carve out a life on an uncivilized continent. Whatever the reason, it doesn't seem like the impulse will let up any time soon. The recent Chrysler recent Red, White, and Blue soaked World Cup ad is a perfect example. If you need a refresher, check it out after the jump.
In the midst of the patriotic daze brought about watching George Washington behind the wheel of Dodge Challenger, we failed to point out that Chrysler isn't exactly the most American car company at the moment. As Consumer Reports has noted, with Canada owning a full 10 percent of the company and Italian carmaker Fiat holding the reigns to another 20 percent, the company isn't as 'apple pie' as it would have buyers believe.
Then there's the annoying fact that the Challenger itself is built off of a modified Mercedes-Benz platform and constructed in Ontario, Canada. Of course, the same sort of criticism can be leveled at Chrysler's new Jeep Grand Cherokee ads, which, while built in the U.S., also rides on a Benz-derived platform and also shares Italian and Canadian ownership ties.
Still, none of these facts make these ads any less effective, just hypocritical in the most ironically patriotic fashion.
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Qld to showcase Aussie beef industry in 2021
Queensland is primed to showcase its premier produce at Beef Australia 2021, to be held in Rockhampton from 2–8 May 2021. The Queensland Government has committed $1 million to help attract tens of thousands of visitors and international delegates from dozens of countries — either in person or as virtual visitors — to Queensland.
“We are 100% focused on our COVID-19 economic recovery and to get the state moving again, and it’s forging ahead with events like this which will help. We know Beef Australia 2018 attracted overseas delegates from 43 countries, tens of thousands of visitors and 5000 head of cattle, and we’re hoping Beef Australia 2021 will be even better,” said Mark Furner, Minister for Agricultural Development and Fisheries.
Furner revealed that beef processing directly employs 10,000 and supports a further 8000, with beef exports worth $5.37 billion to the economy. Member for Rockhampton Barry O’Rourke also voiced his support for Beef Australia 2021 in Rockhampton.
“Rocky produces some of the best and tastiest beef anywhere on the planet, thanks to our dedicated farmers and industry workers who have faced challenging recent times with bushfires, drought, floods and now COVID-19. The Beef Australia 2021 countdown has been launched virtually due to the coronavirus and I thank Mark Furner for being part of the video launch today with our friends at Beef Australia,” said O’Rourke.
Beef Australia 2021 will showcase beef produce, innovation and technology, achievements, cultural experiences and entertainment.
“It speaks volumes that Beef Australia hosts this triennial event in Rockhampton, which is renowned for being at the heart of our nation’s beef industry,” said O’Rourke.
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At the same time, the company has reaffirmed its commitment to the SA market with confirmation that it plans to introduce at least four additional models locally over the next two years.
“The wide market acceptance of our local model line-up has strengthened the commitment of Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) to the SA market,” says Yamashita Kazuyuki, managing director of Suzuki Auto SA.
“As a result, studies for the introduction of an additional four models over the next two years are already far advanced. Further to this, we continue to expand the Suzuki dealer network, and plans are well underway to achieve our target of 35 dealers.”
Suzuki Auto SA officially commenced local operations in January 2008, but retail sales only started with the launch of the previous-generation Suzuki Swift, and the SX4, in June of that year.
Exactly four years and three months later, the company has sold its 20 000th vehicle on South African soil.
The achievement is all the more remarkable because it was attained against the backdrop of the most competitive period in the history of the local motor industry, with in excess of 2 000 model derivatives vying for the attention of a demanding and value-conscious vehicle-buying public.
The debut of the Swift and the SX4 in June 2008 not only marked the first public activity of Suzuki Auto SA, a division of Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), but also heralded a significant commitment by SMC to the SA passenger car market. At the time, the initial investment was valued at R106-million.
The Suzuki Auto SA venture is an integral part of SMC’s global growth strategy – a strategy that has since been vindicated, in local terms, by the brand’s ongoing success in the passenger and recreational vehicle markets.
Suzuki Auto SA’s growth has been driven by a combination of ever-increasing brand equity and a range expansion that has seen the number of model offering increase from the initial two to the current tally of six nameplates.
The Swift soon found a successful niche as a distinctive, aspirational and value-added alternative to more established segment players, while the innovative SX4 offered buyers a unique mix of versatility, practicality and dynamic appeal.
Both cars attracted the attention of the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists, which nominated the Suzuki duo as finalists in the 2009 Car of the Year competition – a resounding accolade only months after their local launch.
By September 2008, these two pioneering Suzuki products were joined by a brace of leisure vehicles in the form of the diminutive but iconic Jimny 4×4, and the Grand Vitara sports utility vehicle.
The Jimny’s giant-killing all-terrain capability is the stuff of legends, while the Grand Vitara’s low-range all-wheel drive system places it a notch above the soft-roader segment as far as outright 4×4 talent is concerned. Both found a ready stream of buyers from the outset.
By the end of 2008, Suzuki Auto SA was able to cap an emphatically successful entry into the local market by being named Car Magazine’s Manufacturer Of The Year.
On a global scale, Suzuki celebrated its 100th year of existence during 2009, but in SA, the year was marked by the arrival of the fifth model range to the local Suzuki line-up. The Alto supermini extended the Suzuki brand values of quality, efficiency and value into even more affordable territory than before.
Its unique virtues were again widely recognised by a buying public increasingly seeking a frugal, compact and affordable motoring solution without having to compromise on safety, technology or quality. The Alto’s popularity was subsequently underscored by its nomination as a 2010 Car of the Year finalist – the third Suzuki model in only two years to reach the finals.
The Alto wasn’t the only Suzuki attracting awards: the Jimny was voted Women’s Favourite 4×4 by the Women On Wheels supplement, published annually in several high-profile magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Oprah and House & Leisure.
No wonder that Suzuki Auto SA could reflect on a strong sales performance after its first full year of operation, posting a growth of 35 percent against a market that declined by 29 percent. Its retail network was also expanding, and by mid-2009 consisted of 23 dealerships.
In 2010, the SX4 benefited from a significant model update that not only included a revised exterior and interior improvements, but also added a unique all-wheel drive version to the range – a first in its segment.
There was also good news for performance motoring fans with the arrival, in June 2010, of the Swift Sport, featuring kart-like handling characteristics linked to more power and an eye-catching three-door body.
Meanwhile, the venerable Jimny was celebrating its 40th birthday, emphasising the feisty little all-terrainer’s legendary status, and Suzuki’s long-standing tradition of building compact but highly competent all-terrain vehicles.
At Suzuki Auto SA’s head office, there was another reason to celebrate. Just 29 months after first opening its doors, the company had posted 10 000 vehicle sales.
In new model terms, 2011 was the most important for Suzuki Auto SA since commencing operations in SA. An all-new Swift made its local debut in March, introducing a larger form factor, further improved interior packaging, and even closer focus on tactile quality and a more advanced – and more economical – drivetrain.
But perhaps Suzuki Auto’s most significant new model addition was the introduction of its first ever medium sedan, the ground-breaking Kizashi, in October 2011.
Despite representing Suzuki’s first foray beyond the compact segment, the Kizashi’s aggressive styling, sumptuous interior and involving road manners were widely hailed by the motoring media.
That praise would lead to the Kizashi becoming Suzuki Auto SA’s fourth Car of the Year finalist in just four years when it was nominated for the 2012 COTY title. Suzuki remains the only brand to have achieved COTY finalist status for all of its passenger car name plates.
Almost exactly two years after celebrating its 10 000 vehicle sales milestone, there’s more reason to rejoice at Suzuki Auto SA, with the 20 000 sales tally achieved at the end of August 2012.
“The entire Suzuki Auto SA team can be immensely proud of this achievement,” says Yamashita-san. “The new vehicle market has never been more competitive, while factors such as the softening exchange rate and rising fuel prices are also influencing trading conditions.
“Against that backdrop, reaching the 20 000 sales tally is particularly gratifying, and will serve to further inspire both our head office team and the Suzuki Auto retail network to even greater successes in the future,” he concluded.


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Putin believes that owners of Mercedes 600s will still be able to buy luxury goods, but it will cost them “a little more”. At the same time, it is not this that is important for the development of the country, but the creation of engineering centers /39/756535642178393.jpg” alt=”Putin promised “luxury, but more expensive” to those accustomed to the 600th Mercedes” />
Russians who “drove the 600sMercedes” ;, will continue to ride them and buy luxury goods, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Forum; RBC is broadcasting.
“Those who want to bring some luxury goods, luxury, they can do it, but it will be a little more expensive for them. But these are the people who already drove the 600s Mercedes, and will drive, I assure you, they will bring them from anywhere, from any country,»,— said the head of state.
According to the president, many companies have announced that they are leaving Russia, but Russian manufacturers can fill their niches. Putin noted that Russian production “will safely land on the soil prepared by partners.” He also added that engineering and research centers are important for the development of Russia, we need to work on this.
The 600th Mercedes in Russia is usually called the flagship model W140 with a six-liter engine, which was produced from 1991 to 1998. Accordingly, she had the number 600 on the trunk.
Earlier, the EU countries, the United States and Canada banned the supply of luxury goods to Russia as part of sanctions. The United States included alcohol, tobacco products, products made from natural fur and silk, precious stones, grand pianos, clothing and footwear items (from $1,000 per item).
In early March, some automakers, including Mercedes, Volvo and Volkswagen announced the suspension of deliveries of cars to Russian dealers until further notice.
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Learn the ins, outs, dos and don’ts of creator marketing at Social Media Week Europe this 10–11 October in London. Register for your in-person or virtual pass.
Dentsu media agency iProspect confirmed it has been named global paid media partner for social networking platform LinkedIn, which is expanding its international presence.
In the role, iProspect will be responsible for the full spectrum of digital media strategy and buying across all of LinkedIn’s business units globally, partnering with the company to act as a media extension to LinkedIn’s in-house digital strategy and operation teams.
The teams will support the execution of mobile, paid search, programmatic, social and video across B2B and B2C products.


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A Ridge teen who police say stole more than $2,000 worth of clothing from his Riverhead employer was arraigned in Riverhead Town Justice Court Wednesday evening.
He was released on his own recognizance.
Prosecutors recommended setting bail at $1,000 cash to help ensure 19-year-old Norman Oates would return to court April 29, but Riverhead Town Justice Allen Smith said he was willing to take a risk the youth would appear for his next court date.
“You’re catching a break this week,” Smith told the youth, who had no prior criminal history.
Oates, who worked at True Religion at Tanger Outlets for less than a year, is charged with fourth-degree grand larceny for allegedly stealing $2,280 worth of clothing from the store between April 9 and 17, according to charges read aloud in the courtroom.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. By law, a person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.


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Amazon Studios has announced that they will take their Fresh AIR teams to the streets, hosting a multi-city consumer experience on April 2nd, centered around Ben Affleck's upcoming film AIR, from Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports, Artists Equity, and Mandalay Pictures, about the revolutionary beginnings of the iconic Air Jordan brand.
Fresh AIR guerilla street teams across the United States will flood select locations within major cities including Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Chicago, and bring together sneakerheads nationwide while offering a unique experience and fun surprises.
Free to the public, Fresh AIR will celebrate self-expression through fashion, capturing that excitement and pride with video testimonials from attendees, asking them to share their sneaker stories while getting a complimentary shoe cleaning featuring premium care products from Jason Markk. Staff from Jason Markk will be on-site with the team to give expert advice on keeping shoes in top condition. The street team will also have a presence at the Jason Markk flagship store in Los Angeles.
For many people around the world, the sneakers they own are much more than just pairs of shoes. They're a symbol of hard work, dedication, passion, and artistry, that tells the story of their interests and personalities. Inspired by the true story of Michael Jordan and the beginnings of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, Fresh AIR will provide the opportunity to celebrate the culture and history behind the sneaker community and give each collector a chance to tell their stories. Because at the end of the day, a shoe is just a shoe until you step into it and give it a story worth telling.
All participants will not only walk away with a freshly cleaned pair of kicks, but while supplies last, also maintain the photo-worthy pristine clean with AIR and Jason Markk co-branded sneaker duster bag and the opportunity to capture this once-in-a-lifetime moment with an AIR branded photo op tied to AIR's "A shoe is just a shoe until I step into it" social campaign.
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If prices considered too high have long constituted an obstacle to sustainable consumption, the lack of clarity, if not the vagueness generated by the too large quantity of logos praising the environmental merits of a product, now generates distrust on the part of consumers. consumers, thus preventing them from profoundly changing their habits. What if we adopted a universal eco-label to get everyone to agree?
The Demeter label to identify wines produced according to the principles of biodynamics, the European Ecolabel to identify environmentally friendly detergent according to Union criteria, the Max Havelaar logo to choose chocolate or clothing in line with fair trade… So-called environmental labels are numerous, probably too many. The proof: the portal of the Ecological Transition Agency (ADEME) deciphers nearly a hundred and lists them according to each department. To know them, you have to enter the consumer universe, then the type of products… In short, it’s tedious.
Labels less and less credible in the eyes of consumers
In addition to these official benchmarks, there are self-declared labels, that is to say those designed by a company to promote the ecological advantages of an item. “These labels are private labels. They are often single-criteria and/or only concern one stage of the product life cycle. They are not always based on specifications or a benchmark and do not require recourse to the opinion of an independent third party (control or certification)“, explains the Ministry of Ecological Transition. Not everything can be considered a greenwashing tool, but the fact remains that consumers are not fooled when a company uses environmental arguments, without them being the reality , in order to support its activity.
In an international report published at the beginning of the year, panelist NielseniQ demonstrated the consequences of this type of marketing strategy: more than three-quarters of consumers (77%) around the world revealed that they had decided to stop making purchases in mass retail. . Indonesians (91%), Thais (90%) and Chinese (88%) represented the nationalities most likely to take action.
This is how consumers end up deploring the lack of clarity in terms of the labeling of their everyday products. In the food aisle, only 25% of French people say they trust the famous Label Rouge, Viande Française or AB logos for organic farming, a study by the Kantar institute revealed last year. Regarding the latter, even the Bio Agency, which orchestrates the promotion of this environmentally friendly agriculture, noted that 57% of French people doubted the biological value of a product.
NO to diets, YES to WW!
The idea of a universal eco-label
What if the European Commission cleaned up its act to highlight companies that are really working to better respect the planet? The professional portal FoodNavigator has just revealed that Brussels has “considered various proposals in recent months to eliminate misleading environmental claims, including a method requiring companies to validate their claims using an ‘environmental footprint’“We could also imagine the ban.”new public labeling systems unless they are developed at European Union level“.
The European Commission is therefore working on the idea of a universal eco-label in food, surveying nearly 10,000 consumers to imagine the potential reception of such a marker. Carried out in no less than 18 European countries, and presented as part of a conference devoted to the way in which we should envisage the future of food, this study obtained a positive result with 67% of respondents who indicated that they had the intention to use such a logo if it existed.
The interest seems all the more confirmed as 63% of respondents think that food brands tout the sustainable benefits of their products much more than they really are. Note that there are today no less than 450 logos extolling the ecological merits of the articles on which they are affixed, according to Brussels.
Remember that Europe created the Ecolabel in 1992, which constitutes the only marker at the level of the common space for labeling goods or services in line with environmental and health criteria.


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India stepped into 2020 with a rotten state of economy stoked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relentless efforts to dedicate all resources and economic opportunities to enrich a handful of big crony-comprador capitalists and foreign corporations who religiously fill the coffers of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The Indian economy in 2020 shows no signs of revival from the abysmal crisis it’s mired in due to high unemployment, less government spending and historically-low consumer demand. Rather than reinvigorating the Indian economy in 2020, the Modi regime is choking it further with disastrous policy decisions.
On the very first day of 2020, which is also the first day of the fourth quarter (Q4) of the financial year (FY) 2019-20, the Modi regime hiked the passenger fare of Indian Railways, the country’s largest public-sector carrier, in all trains except suburban routes by 1 paisa to 4 paise per km. The last time fares of trains were revised was in 2014-15.
According to the new notification while the fares for ordinary, non-AC classes will be increased by 1 paisa/km, for mail/Express Non-AC classes the fare will go up by 2 paise/km. For AC classes, the hike will be 4 paise/km. This is for all trains, including superfast expresses, all Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi trains. So, for every journey of 100km, there will be an increase of fare by Re 1.00 to Rs 4.00, which is collected at a time when the Modi regime is all set to sell-off the Indian Railways to the corporate sharks after the FY 2019-20.
After Indian Railways, the price of domestic cooking gas (LPG) cylinders also increased by Rs 19, which makes it the fifth continuous hike in the last five months. A 14.2 kg LPG cylinder was priced at Rs 695 in capital New Delhi, which will now cost Rs 714 to consumers. According to public sector oil giant Indian Oil, which retails Indane LPG cylinders, the price of a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder has now been revised to Rs 747 in Kolkata, Rs 684 in Mumbai and Rs 734 in Chennai.
The public sector fuel retailers blame international rates for the change in the price. There is no declaration from the government regarding any increase in subsidy to cover these incessant hikes imposed as a burden on the common people. At a time when the Modi regime has done away with all sort of subsidies to the poor in order to ensure a hassle-free transfer of public funds to corporate coffers, expecting his fascist regime to provide subsidy on LPG cylinders to the economically-distressed and vulnerable households will be a sheer utopian wish.
The hike in rail fare and the increase in LPG price will severely impact the Indian economy in 2020. The retail inflation reached a three-year-high 5.54% in November 2019. In December, the situation didn’t improve at all, and the retail inflation rate, along with the Q3 GDP growth rates, which will be known later, will show how much consumer spending has been affected in the worst phase of the economy due to spiralling prices of essential commodities and food items.
The consumer price index (CPI) of India increased from 147.20 Index Points in October 2019 to 148.60 Index Points in November 2019. This is an all-time-high figure from February 2011, as the CPI hovered at an average of 120.39 Index Points from 2011 to 2019. The alarming rise in the CPI is a sign that the inflation will now rub salt to the wound of economic slowdown, causing severe pain to the Indian economy in 2020.
As the inflation is on the rise and the government is continuing to impose the burden of fare and fuel price hikes on the common people to recover the money that it has been providing as tax sops to big corporate houses, when it’s neither relenting from selling-off the public sector assets like BSNL, Indian Railways, Air India, etc, to Adani, Ambani and other big crony-comprador capitalists at a throwaway price, the unemployment scenario remains as disastrous as it was earlier. Unemployment, which can definitely do more damage to the Indian economy in 2020, is at 7.7% on the first day of the year. With such high unemployment, limited job creation and zero public investment in opportunity creation, it looks unlikely that there will be any revival scope for the Indian economy in 2020.
The most comic part of this tragedy is that Modi is still chest-thumping before his dimwit feral supporters and fans — from upper-caste Hindu elite and urban middle class blocks — claiming that his government is working towards the upliftment of the poor. To completely manipulate the data on the economy, the Modi regime has stopped the release of consumer expenditure data, which showed that the average amount spent by an Indian in a month fell 3.7% to Rs 1,446 in 2017-18 from Rs 1,501 in 2011-12. There are also talks about changing the GDP base year from 2011-12 to 2017-18 to prevent the ignominy over the falling GDP growth rate.
It is certain from the current scenario, more people will be agitated, including the low-income upper-caste groups, in the days to come, especially after May 2020, when the steep rise in prices of food grains, pulse, oil, etc, along with falling real income will make them feel the pinch that Modi and his coterie are so far distracting them from. If the lower-income groups of the majority community’s upper-caste groups join the bandwagon against Modi and his clique, then the RSS’s scheme of a self-sustaining polarisation model designed to keep the majority community paranoid, bigoted and misinformed, will drastically fail, and there will be a tectonic shift in Indian political alignments. The performance of the Indian economy in 2020 will play a crucial role in defining the politics of the country and its outcome as well.
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The new markets, called “Tchibo World,” will be up to five times larger than the typical Tchibo shop, marketing executive Stefan Pfander told business weekly WirtschaftsWoche.
The first test market has been opened next to big box supermarkets and home improvement stores in the town of Henstedt-Ulzburg in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. If it’s successful, Tchibo plans to take the concept nationwide.
Tchibo is currently undergoing a restructuring which saw profit and turnover fall in the past year. The retailer was under pressure after more and more competitors copied its strategy of stocking low-priced products on a weekly-rotating basis.
As part of the restructuring, Tchibo plans to close around 100 shops and 1,000 of its small store-in-store outlets.


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As the global pandemic of Coronavirus persists, West Africa pioneer 4G LTE broadband service provider, Smile Nigeria, has enjoined all Nigerians to strive to be safe by observing all necessary safety precautions.
To this end, the company has created data free access to websites for everyone, on its network, to have easy access to up-to-date information on the pandemic. The websites are: http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/ and https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
In a statement issued today by the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadband service provider, it said: “Appreciative of the current restriction of movement, aimed at combatting the ravages of Coronavirus in Nigeria, it has taken steps to remain fully operational and serve the best interest of its customers in this challenging time. Consequently, it has created many online platforms to enable its teeming customers to recharge, make enquiries and seek assistance.
Customers can henceforth utilize these platforms: Instagram @smilecomsng; Twitter @smilecomsng; and Facebook Smile Communications Nigeria.”
The company also advised customers to visit the Smile website on smile.com.ng to chat with a representative via web chat or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org or call the Smile help line on 0702 044 4444 for assistance and enquiries.


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The Potential of Travel
To say Richard Garriott has been in the news a lot when the topic is transportation, would be a vast understatement. I am sure you have seen a lot of pieces from me on it and I am hardly covering all the stuff I keep seeing on it!
This week a great article was posted at PSFK.COM. I enjoyed the piece as it had some info in it I was not aware of from other articles I had read.
Where I think the amazing potential of this is, if this proposed transport system becomes a reality and is successful it paves the way for other large cities to follow suit. That in turn could lead to it being more affordable for smaller cities to attach onto it with a downward trickle eventually connecting the entire country.
This could allow for people to be able to commute farther for jobs as well as vacations. It’s cool to see this happening and to see Richard’s involvement. Hope it works out!
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Can the English wine industry do no wrong? The growth figures for the last few years have been staggering with 3m extra vines expected be planted in 2019, on top of the 1.6m in 2018 and 1m in 2017. This is on top of the boom in the number of bottles of English wine being sold, with a record 15.6m in 2018. But as well as the huge opportunities there are also a number of challenges for the industry as well. All of which came up for discussion at a recent trade panel debate organised by Bibendum. Richard Siddle was there to report on a discussion between major English industry wine figures that looked at what steps are being taken to widen the category to bring in the scale of customer the sector will need if it is to have a market for all the wine being produced.
From introducing new wines to capture more of the mainstream market, to pushing finer wines into the premium on-trade, there was much to debate at Bibendum’s industry debate on English wine.
To say the penny has dropped about English wine would be one of the understatements of the year. In fact such is the interest in and demand for English wine that all the noise and press statements around the sector is no longer about the wines that have been already been made, but quite how much we can expect to see in the market in five, 10 and 15 years and beyond.
Considering how long English wine has been trundling along in the inside lane of the wine world it is quite staggering to now see the scale of growth that the industry is forecasting to grow in the near, medium and long term.
Try on these figures for size:
- there are now over 500 commercial vineyards in Great Britain.
- the area under vine in England and Wales has increased 194% in the last 10 years to reach 2,888 hectares.
- a further 3m vines will be planted in 2019, on top of the 1.6m in 2018 and 1m in 2017.
- all of which is seeing a boom in production, up from 5m bottles in 2015, 5.9m in 2017 to a record 15.6m in 2018, with Wine GB predicting it will be 40m bottles by 2040.
On the face of it all seems fine and dandy in the country garden of English wine. But for all the fast growing vines, there are also a fair few thorns and nettles to look out for as well. It is one thing planning for the future and making ambitious plans for expected much bigger volumes, it is another achieving them.
Supply and demand
Even if the industry does reach its production goals, you then need more wineries to turn the grapes into wine and you have the issue of market dynamics and having so much more wine available to buy and sell. Whilst English wine has made its name to date pushing a premium, if not super premium message, there will be enormous pressures to drop prices if we end up with a glut in the market.
These were the issues that faced a panel of leading names in the English wine industry who came together to take part in a trade debate hosted by Bibendum, one of the biggest suppliers of English wine to the on-trade, at its offices last month.
It made for a fascinating discussion for we are clearly at a crossroads in what is English wine’s relatively short history as a serious producer of wine in its own right.
Taking part were:
- John Graves, on-trade director at Bibendum, that has seven English wine producers in its range.
- John Worontschak, co-founder of Litmus Wines, based at Denbies in Surrey.
- Tom Surgey, sales director, Ridgeview in Sussex.
- Dan Cahill, managing director, Divergent Drinks, which claims to be the first to introduce a Charmat style of English wine into the UK market.
- John Mobbs, founder of GreatBritishWine.com.
John Worontschak, who through Litmus Wines makes wine for a number of major retailers as well as Denbies, kicked off the debate by likening the English wine industry to a boxer that “was punching well above its weight”.
John Graves said you can see the breakthrough that has happened in English wine in the response and interest it was now seeing in the trade, with Bibendum’s own sales of English sparkling wines increasing 34% year on year. He could not imagine, for example, a few years ago that he would be able to work with The Ivy Collection, arguably one of the most influential restaurant groups in the country, and introduce a special wine list of English wines by the glass to its list to help support the recent English Wine Week. Not just for a week either. But for an entire month. A move that would have been unheard even five years ago, he added.
“Now that’s unprecedented. It’s game changing. The fact The Ivy has done that is massive for the rest of the sector,” explained Graves.
“English wine is now a really important part of our portfolio and we’ve taken on two new producers in the last year” said Graves. “There has been a huge change in the last three years. You can really feel it in the trade. It’s no longer just a gesture listing an English wine. It’s seen as a key margin driver and that’s a big difference.”
But there is now a real need, he says, for the industry to grasp this opportunity. To really come together and make the most of this new opportunity.
Tom Surgey at Ridgeview agreed. The last three years, he says, has been pivotal in changing the dial and moving perceptions about English wine both at home, but particularly around the world. For a start, the UK no longer has to make a case for its wines. The fact English sparkling wine is amongst some of the best in the world is now indisputable, he claimed.
Instead producers can now spend all their time promoting, educating and spreading the word about the wines they and the industry produces. “We are now starting to see the quality with still wines as well,” he added.
It’s not just the quality of the wine that has grown exponentially, but the skills and talents there now are in the industry, continued Surgey. The English wine sector is attracting top talent at all levels, particularly at a sales level, which ultimately is what any new sector is all about.
“In the past when we have had demand, we have struggled to get traction with distributors to make the most of it. The full team has to come to the table. Making great wine is only half the battle. You need good people out in the market to sell it,” he explained.
It seems the partnership with Bibendum, that started in 2016. is working for both sides. Graves said it is important for distributors like itself to make sure the right wines are being sold in the best places.
Coping with change
One of the issues any fast changing industry faces is how it keeps up with the pace of change that is taking place within it. Like newcomers to the sector who don’t want to do the tried, tested and approved of, but actually shake things up and follow their own course of action.
Like Dan Cahill at Divergent Drinks. After a number of years sourcing and supplying major retailers with organic, fresh citrus fruit juice from around the world, Cahill thought he would look at new opportunities in English wine.
Rather than simply come to the market with yet another sparkling wine, he decided to look at something very different. A Charmat-style sparkling wine called Fitz. “I was astounded when I looked that there was this gap in the market,” he said.
He also looked to position his brand more in the middle of the market and offer an English fizz alternative one step down from premium. “We needed to find our own niche.”
But he soon ran into problems when he wanted to call it English sparkling wine as only wines made in the traditional Champagne method can be called that according to Wine GB.
Hence Fitz is known only as a sparkling wine “made in England”. But it is not keeping customers away from stocking it. You can find Fitz for £8 a glass at The Ivy or £57 a bottle. Largely because, said Cahill, it is not working with traditional Champagne varieties, but those that give higher yields.
Appealing to mainstream consumers
Cahill believes its Fitz brand can appeal to a whole new consumer for English wine. In retail he is looking to sell at £17.99 down to £15 on shelf. He believes the kind of consumer that seeks out products like craft beer are tailor made to try Fitz.
“We need to keep on bringing new ideas to the market. Some will work better than others. But we have to look to create new opportunities and focus on getting our own message right,” he explained.
He has also started out with a business model that can be quickly scaled up to cope with demand for bigger volumes. For a start it does not own any vineyards and buys in grapes as he needs them.
Worontschak praised Cahill for giving Charmat a go and felt there was certainly a price position to go for that sits just above premium Prosecco. He said Denbies is also looking to build brands and wines in that £15 to £20 market. “We are seeing more sparkling products like this in the market,” he added.
Surgey said if all those wines are being made with the right method for those price points, the industry should get behind them. “We want to be seen as having good value at every price point. Providing each wine is authentic and real.”
“Having a route to market is key. The danger with all these vines being planted is that people are not going to have that,” warned Worontschok. “We are already in a position when supermarkets are asking us to do a promotion and we are saying ‘no’”.
Graves agreed: “It’s about integrity.”
Wines at all prices
Cahill believes any healthy industry that wants to have long term success needs to have options at each price level. Just pushing premium can only take English wine so far, he stressed.
Surgey welcomed Cahill’s innovation, but said it would be simply was not possible for Ridgeview, with its vines, location and business model to produce a “commercially sustainable” wine for less than £30.
“But we are still a young wine industry so it is only natural that we should be experimenting at different price positions,” he added. “You just have to be realistic about you can make.’
He also saw Charmat as an “exciting” wine that can offer a good English alternative to cool climate, aromatic whites.
“We should be looking at different drinking occasions for English sparkling wine,” added Surgey. “Prosecco has been a great gateway into drinking sparkling wine midweek. We need to be clearer with our communications about what English sparkling wine is.”
John Mobbs at GreatBritishWine.com saw Charmat as potentially being the “access point” for English sparkling wine. “I can definitely see it growing and developing and become popular with consumers.”
Managing supply and demand
Whilst the panel members welcomed the idea of planting more vines, they were equally cautious about how many and by when. Surgey said one of the biggest issues will be whether there will be enough wineries capable of handling all the fruit being produced.
Even at Ridegview in big production years, like last year, it has had to turn away growers and their grapes. “We had to turn down six tonnes last year. It was heartbreaking.”
Worontschak said the England wine industry has the opportunity to learn from the problems that New World countries, particularly Australia and New Zealand, have had in producing too much wine.
One solution will clearly be to export more English wine. But that is not as simple as it sounds, warned Surgey. Although Ridgeview is one of the more successful exporting English producers, accounting for around 20% of its production.
Controlling the premium message
The panel felt there was more that Wine GB, the governing body of English wine, could do, particularly around pushing an overall quality and premium message. But appreciate it had an issue over funding. Unsure whether we should go in so strongly with this message
Graves said there was still much for the English industry to learn from Champagne.
“It does not matter how much Champagne Lidl sells at £10. Champagne overall has kept that Grande Marque status,” added Graves. “You have to get your message right. But who is doing it? You have to protect your status.”
He urged the major English wine producers to do more. In much the same way that the top English football teams have taken control of their own destiny and created the Premier League. Rather than leave it all to the Football Association. There is a similar situation emerging in English wine with the top producing players and Wine GB. This needs to happen, argued Graves, on both a regional and national level.
Surgey said it does happen to some extent with the main 10 producers who are involved in exports, where they have come together and helped invest in joint promotion activities overseas. Particularly in the US with joint campaigns in major cities like New York, Los Angeles and Austin.
They are also in September hosting a joint buyer and influencer trip from the US to come and visit the producers in the UK and experience English wine for themselves.
Worontshok said the industry also has to look at yield and production levels and where possible push average yields of four to five tonnes per hectare up to closer to seven or eight tonnes.
The panel also agreed the on-trade is still a largely missed opportunity for English wine. “We have not touched the sides,” is how Surgey put it. “Most restaurants that do have an English wine only have one. We need them to be stocking five or more,” he claimed.
It had certainly been one of the big priority areas for Bibendum in the last year, stressed Graves.
Having the support of the major national on-trade drinks distributors, like Bibendum, is a big step change for the industry, said Surgey. “None of this would be possible without the support of a dynamic partner like Bibendum. If they don’t see the potential in all this then it is very hard.”
Can English wine convince more restaurants to take one or two Champagnes off their lists and replace them with English wine? That’s the collective challenge for the industry, said Surgey. Particularly with all this extra production coming down the line.
He conceded English producers don’t have the budgets to compare with what a Champagne house can offer to list its wines. But they must think of other ways to be able to tender for those contracts and opportunities.
Building on momentum
It is ultimately all about momentum, agreed the panel. All these steps help the overall Image of English wine. It’s why Denbies, said Worontschak, is now getting over 300,000 people coming for tours and its restaurants and Ridgeview is selling 7% of its wines at the cellar door.
“We are now starting to see really good brands in English wine. Brands that then help customers decide which style of English wine they like,” added Surgey.
The next step will then be promoting what Graves calls a producer’s “halo” wine. Wines that are only made in a certain vintage that express the very best they can do.
“That will help raise the category to another level again,” he said. That’s what will really help distributors,” claimed Graves. “When we took on Kit’s Coty from Chapel Down we had so much interest from sommeliers.”
But it is also important, stressed Graves, to put English wine in the right context to the rest of the world. “It is still in its infancy. We are still having to control what listings we have so that we don’t run away with stock. Particularly by the glass.”
Opportunities for still
The still wine market for English wine is less developed and as established in the trade as sparkling, but things are changing fast. It is also a lot more polarised between supermarket own label driven wines at one end, between £9-£13, and finer wines at £30-£35 at the other, said Worontschak.
The challenge, though, with still is where sparkling was a few years ago. “Where do we place these wines?” asked Graves. “At those price points on a restaurant list people want the French classics.”
Mobbs said this might be where different grape varieties, particularly the traditional German varieties that have done so well in England, might find their place.
Then there is the big Bacchus opportunity in still wine. For many in the English wine sector, Bacchus is the grape variety that can be the country’s big point of difference. Surgey pointed out that of the 3m new vines being planted, Bacchus was the fourth biggest variety behind Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.
Mobbs believes Bacchus has a great future as it makes the light, engaging, refreshing wines that people want to drink. “We are also seeing some great Chardonnays and white Pinots. We need to have more confidence in these wines,” he said.
Worontschak said it is vital for the future of English wine that still wine finds its place. That’s where it will get its sense of place. “Sparkling wine is more about production than terroir,” he admitted.
It will certainly help make sure producers are growing the right grapes in the right regions, said Surgey.
For now it is the go to choice for supermarkets to make their own still wine, said Worontschak. And where, no doubt, so much of the extra volumes of wine being produced will end up.
“All of Denbies still wine is sold out on allocation. Such is the demand we have,” claimed Worontschak.
Graves said it was vital the industry really collectively grabs the opportunity there is now for English wine and it does not allow the momentum “to fizzle out”. It is the ideal wine country for Bibendum to work with as it can so easily take its customers out to the people making the wines. “It helps take away any perceptions they have. We can get them out to the wineries so they can really understand it. You can’t underestimate that. English wine has so many plus points,” said Graves.
A wine success story that is literally on our own doorstep.


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Qualcomm Incorporated announced today it would invest US$40 million into four Chinese tech startups, Chukong Technologies, 7Invensun, inPlug and Unisound, as well as the China venture fund of Walden International. The move is part of a US$150 million investment plan for the Chinese tech market announced by Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf in Beijing this July.
Chukong Technologies is a leading mobile game and game engine developer, 7Invensun develops eye- and head-tracking technology, inPlug is a smart home gadget maker, and Unisound develops speech recognition and natural-language processing services.
The investment in Walden International will go to China-based semiconductor companies, or companies in related sectors, according to Qualcomm.
Five years ago Qualcomm Ventures introduced QPrize, a seed investment competition, to China. Some investees such as Wowokid are graduates of program.
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The PDSA is urging animal owners to keep their Easter goodies out of reach of their pets’ paws after research revealed that around 468,000 dogs are fed human chocolate by their owners.
The veterinary charity’s annual PAW Report, which surveyed thousands of owners across the UK about their pets’ health and wellbeing, found more than a fifth (22%) of owners in the North East owned up to feeding their dogs the treat, while only 1% of owners in the South West admitted to this.
PDSA senior vet Elaine Pendlebury said: “It’s very worrying to hear that chocolate intended for humans is being given to pets as a treat. It contains an ingredient called theobromine which is toxic to many animals, and the effects can prove fatal if not treated.”
High-quality dark chocolate poses the biggest risk to dogs. A small bar of dark chocolate contains more than enough theobromine to fatally poison a small dog such as a Yorkshire Terrier, the charity said.
PDSA vets and nurses see more than 400 cases of chocolate poisoning in dogs every year and often see a surge in cases around Easter and Christmas when chocolate is more prevalent in people’s homes.
The life of Bruiser, a labrador/boxer cross, was saved by PDSA vets after he ate several boxes of chocolate just before Christmas last year.
His owner, Zoe Sivarajah, 21, from Gillingham, Kent, said: “We’d left some presents in the living room and had only been out for an hour, but came home to find wrapping and packaging strewn all over the place.
“From the rubbish we worked out Bruiser had eaten six boxes of chocolate and a packet of sweets. He started being sick so we took him to PDSA. I knew chocolate wasn’t good for dogs but finding out it could be fatal was a shock.”
Jennie Keen, head nurse at Gillingham PDSA pet hospital, said: “Bruiser was very lucky - the amount of chocolate he had eaten could easily have been fatal, but we were quickly able to give him the life-saving treatment he needed. I would urge all owners to ‘pet-proof’ their houses this Easter.”
Ms Pendlebury added: “Many owners love giving their pet a treat but are unaware of the dangers of chocolate and other harmful foods.
“The effects of chocolate poisoning in dogs usually appear within four hours of eating, and can last as long as 24 hours. Initial signs can include excessive thirst, vomiting, a sore stomach and restlessness. These symptoms can then progress to tremors, an abnormal heart rhythm, raised body temperature and rapid breathing. In severe cases dogs can experience fits, kidney failure and can even die.”
The charity advises owners to store chocolates safely and securely in the household and says a new toy or a long walk is a better alternative to treats.


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The market seemed to like Groupon Inc.'s second quarter results, but at least one analyst doesn't think the stock warrants a much higher valuation
Jana Partners LLC, the hedge-fund manager run by Barry Rosenstein, took new stakes in Zynga Inc. and Groupon Inc. last quarter
Raymond James analysts released a survey on Monday showing that merchant partners have mixed feelings about working with Groupon
Shares in social media companies saw a big sell off Thursday, one day ahead of the long awaited IPO from Facebook
Groupon Inc. posted its first quarterly profit as the world's largest daily deal company reined in marketing spending, and its stock rose sharply
Groupon Inc., the largest daily coupon website, has work to do if it’s to rebuild investor confidence after one of the worst public market debuts for a Web company since the dot-com crash
In a year heralding the landmark initial public offering of Facebook Inc., share sales got off to a slow start
Expedia's managing director Sean Shannon discusses the day-to-day leadership challenges of running an online travel service
Facebook’s IPO is the talk of Wall Street, but previous tech offerings such as Groupon haven’t lived up to their initial promise
Tech firms making news this morning: Uptake Inc., Groupon Inc., Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and Google Inc.
Philip Cross: There are few signs that households are using debt irresponsibly, even if record low interest rates create the temptation to load up on debt
When it comes to culture, what are the small things that, if done well, have an outsized positive impact on performance and, if done badly or not at all, have an outsized negative impact?
Mike Babcock will be collecting $50 million from the Toronto Maple Leafs over the next eight years, but the sky may not be the limit for the team's coach, if he's looking to the city's condominium market


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Nokia X7 Symbian smartphone Official – Comes pre-loaded with Anna
The Nokia X7 has seen a leak or two in the past few weeks but after months of silence Nokia has officially announced the latest Symbian OS running Nokia X7 smartphone.
The Nokia X7 will feature a 4-inch OLED Clearblack touchscreen display, 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and zoom, 720p HD video recording and will all be running of the latest Symbian ‘Anna’ software update.
Internally the handset will run off a 680MHz CPU and will have 256MB RAM / 1GB ROM with an 8GB memory card for additional expansion included in the box. And Software wise the handset will come with Nokia Ovi Maps and Galaxy on Fire and Asphalt 5 HD games preloaded.
Style wise the handset is a step away from other Nokia handsets with a more angular design that is housed in a stainless steel chassis.
The X7 will be released in the 2nd Quarter of this year and should come in at around €380 upon release or free with a network.
See some official press images below:
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text: With Verizon selling off both their wireless and tower assets last week, some investors feel that a deal with Dish Network is off the table. However, Miriam Gottfried of The Wall Street Journal isn’t so sure that’s the case. Verizon announced they would use $5 billion of the after-tax proceeds from the sale to buy back shares, and devote the rest, about $6.8 billion, to pay off the debt related to its spectrum purchases in the AWS-3 auction. “To further bolster its competitive position in that business, the carrier likely still needs to buy more spectrum to bring its capacity per subscriber in line with rivals. And Dish controls one of the largest unused blocks,” Gottfried wrote. Continue reading here.


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SINGAPORE (Apr 16): RHB is initiating its coverage on Kimly, the operator of local coffee shops and food courts, with a “buy” and a 43 cents target.
That's because Kimly's F&B mass-market business is defensive in nature and is accompanid by has rich cashflows.
Since FY14, the group has reported stable gross margins of more than 20% and is expected to stay around this region going forward.
The group currently operates and manages 60 coffee shops and four industrial canteens under the Kimly brand and third party brands, as well as four food courts under the foodclique brand.
As at Sep 30 2017, the group enjoyed a 98% occupancy rate across nearly 500 stalls within its managed food outlets.
Meanwhile, the group’s management is looking to add one to two coffee shops a year, as well as ramping up on the third party brands, which it has been doing.
In a Monday report, analyst Jarick Seet says, “We are expecting at least 3-4 more additions to its portfolio in FY18.”
The group intends to declare an annual dividend of not less than 50% of its earnings, translating into a yield of 2.9% for FY18.
However, the group has net cash of $91 million and positive cash flows from operations of up to $8 million a quarter.
“With estimated capex of just $2-3 million a year, we think that it is highly possible for management to pay higher dividends in the near future,” adds Seet.
In addition, the group is also seeking M&A as well as joint venture opportunities, for vertical integration and to boost up its value chain proposition in 2018-2019.
“We like the defensive and rich cash flow generative nature of Kimly’s business, and we think that the new outlets it invested in during 2017 and coming up in 2018 will likely be profitable in 2019- 2020,” says Seet.
Furthermore, with the M&As in pipeline, the analyst believes that growth would be “exciting” in the near future.
As at 10.15am, shares in Kimly are trading at 34 cents, below peer average of 24 times earnings.
The stock is also trading at 18.3 times FY18 earnings, with a dividend yield of 2.7 times.


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New Delhi: Indian two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp has said that the disruption in supply of components from China due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) will impact the company's planned production in February 2020.
In a statement, the two-wheeler major said, “The ongoing issue of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in China has affected the supply of some components to our manufacturing facilities in India. This is likely to impact our planned production by around 10 per cent for the month of February.”
It also added, "Any further impact on our production will depend on the developing situation in China. We continue to track the developments and keep evaluating our options.'"
With this, Hero MotoCorp may end up rolling out around 50,000-60,000 units of two-wheelers lower this month. As it can be assumed that the supply chain disruption could impact 10 per cent on average monthly production numbers of around 579,490 units till December in FY20.
However, Hero MotoCorp has clarified that wholesale dispatches to the dealers will remain unaffected during this period.
As part of the plan, called the "Big Leap" internally, the maker of the Innova and Fortuner has shut its India facility for over a month starting Christmas to recast it for higher output and make way for the production of a mainstream SUV (codenamed D22) to challenge Hyundai Creta and a multipurpose vehicle (codenamed 560B).


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HMD Global could soon launch a new series of laptops under its marquee brand Nokia in India. As many as nine laptop models have appeared at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification, hinting an imminent launch of Nokia laptops in India.
Nokia is primarily known for its range of feature phones and smartphones in India. However, the company has previously manufactured laptops and personal computers. It looks like HMD Global is reviving the laptop business with the launch of new products in India.
A total of nine different models of Nokia laptops with the model numbers NKi510UL82S, NKi510UL85S, NKi510UL165S, NKi510UL810S, NKi510UL1610S, NKi310UL41S, NKi310UL42S, NKi310UL82S, and NKi310UL85S have passed the BIS certification website. According to Nokiamob, the laptop series could soon launch in India.
As per the model numbers, the first two characters (NK) probably mean Nokia, the next characters (i5 or i3) probably describe the processor, and the number ’10’ probably means Microsoft Windows 10 as the OS. This means that HMD Global could launch five laptop models with an i5 processor, and four models with an i3 chip.
These laptops will be made in China by Tongfang limited. Nokia has not made any official confirmation or announcement on the launch of its laptops in India.


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Let’s review, shall we? The Democrats shut down the country in areas/states they controlled. They then picked who would receive their largesse — winners were designated, all massive corporations such as Amazon, while the individual, the American (small business, entrepreneurs, mom and pop shops, restaurateurs, etc.) were annihilated.
It’s payback – quid pro Joe.
The unholy alliance between government and big business is fascism, and I mean the literal definition of the word: Fascism is authoritarianism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy.
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Amazon to Shut Down Parler’s Servers, Cutting Service to Millions of Conservatives
By: That means at midnight Sunday Parler will be shut down — knocking out the accounts of millions of Conservative users.
Amazon’s suspension of Parler’s account means that unless it can find another host, once the ban takes effect on Sunday Parler will go offline, Buzzfeed reports.
Amazon’s decision came after employees demanded that the company stop hosting the conservative social media platform.
“Enough is enough. Amazon hosts Parler on @awscloud. As Amazon workers, we demand Amazon deny Parler services until it removes posts inciting violence, including at the Presidential inauguration. We cannot be complicit in more bloodshed and violent attacks on our democracy,” the employees wrote on Twitter.
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Even though there are rumors that the Palm Pre will not be available on the Verizon Wireless network, Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg said he thinks recent reports are “off base.”
“We believe the press reports late Thursday afternoon that Verizon would not launch the Palm Pre are incorrect,” he noted in a research note. “Our checks continue to point to healthy carrier demand for the Pre early in calendar 2010. We believe Palm has placed orders with the supply chain for another version of the Pre with features highly consistent with a Verizon launch.”
The Pre is currently exclusive for Sprint-Nextel only, but there have been recent rumblings regarding a possible VZW launch.
Assuming VZW gets the Pre, it should also get the Pixi smartphone, which is essentially a cheaper version of the Pre. The only difference between the two phones, according to Palm, is that the Pixi won’t have built-in Wi-Fi ability.
Sprint will obviously want to remain the sole carrier for the Pre, and the company hasn’t disclosed when other carriers will have access to the phone. Apple continues to cash in on the iPhone, and T-Mobile has several upcoming Android devices, so Verizon appears to be the only company that could benefit from the Pre.
I’m not fully convinced Verizon would turn its back on the Pre, especially considering there was interest from VZW consumers in the device — they simply didn’t want to switch to Sprint — and Palm will likely do whatever it can to convince the wireless provider to pick up the phone.


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You might call this time of year, Jan. 15 to March 15, marketing data’s “high season,” based on all of the goings-on. There’s a lot of data love out there — and, like all relationships that are precious, they demand a huge amount of attention, respect, and honor — and celebration.
Each year, Jan. 28 is known as “Data Privacy Day” in the United States and globally — also Data Protection Day in other jurisdictions. As business organizations — and marketers — we see that it’s a day when consumers are reminded to exercise their “privacy rights."
With the longest U.S. economic growth span on record, one might think the wheels may be about to come off of the economy — and marketing spend along with it. Not so, says Bruce Biegel, senior marketing partner at The Winterberry Group, during his annual forecast about marketing strategy.
Customer identity and data privacy are at the core of every marketing strategy, driving everything brands are doing — from social media marketing to in-store email collection. The 360-degree customer experience demands it; especially now that data privacy legislation reminiscent of GDPR looms in the U.S. in 2020.
The January marketing calendar in New York has included for the past decade or so a certain can’t-miss event of the Direct Marketing Club of New York. In 60 fly-by minutes, 100-plus advertising and marketing professionals hear a review of the previous year in marketing spend, a media outlook for the current year and macro-economic trends driving both.
I found it quaint when my server at a hotel restaurant came up to me and said this morning, “Would you like to see today’s paper with your breakfast?”


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California Legislation wants to ban Vaporizers
Category: News | Posted on Fri, August, 9th 2013 by THCFinder
The California legislature is considering a bill that would ban the use of e-cigarettes and similar smokeless vaporizers in areas where tobacco smoking is banned (SB 648 – Sen. Corbett).
The Assembly should reject SB 648 on the grounds that vaporizers offer a proven, beneficial “harm reduction” substitute for medical marijuana users by reducing exposure to harmful smoke toxins while at the same time posing no second-hand smoke hazard to the public.
Though SB 648 was approved by the State Senate as a bill against tobacco e-cigarettes, it would adversely impact use of vaporizers by medical marijuana patents. Current state law (HSC 110945 b) defines e-cigarettes as “device[s] that can provide an inhalable dose of nicotine by delivering a vaporized solution.” This includes a wide range of vaporization devices now widely used for medical marijuana and other herbs, as well as tobacco and nicotine.
Vaporizers are designed to eliminate the respiratory hazards of smoking by eliminating the combustion that produces the smoke. Regular pipes and cigarettes produce carcinogenic tars, particulates and other smoke toxins that are a byproduct of burning leaves. Vaporizers don’t produce these toxins because they don’t burn anything, but rather evaporate an underlying solution or preparation of nicotine, cannabis, etc. at much lower temperatures.
Laboratory studies sponsored by California NORML have shown that vaporizers can effectively eliminate carcinogenic tars, benzene, naphthalene, toluene, and other respiratory toxins from inhaled marijuana.
A study by California’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found that vaporizers are an effective alternative delivery system to smoking for medical marijuana users (Dr. Donald Abrams, “Vaporization as a ‘Smokeless’ Cannabis Delivery System.”) Vaporizers have since become standard in medical cannabis research and are widely used by patients in places where smoking is banned.
Read more: http://www.theweedblog.com
Skywalker Og Cannabis
Category: Nugs | Posted on Thu, August, 8th 2013 by THCFinder
Arkansas Marijuana Measure Has Been Revised and Resubmitted for Approval
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Thu, August, 8th 2013 by THCFinder
Arkansas residents that are in support of a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize marijuana for medicinal dedications in their republic have submitted a revised plan to the state's Attorney General.
The new proposal comes on the heels of Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's rejection of the wording on the initial proposal in July.
In order for the measure in question to have an opportunity to attempt traversing the legislative gauntlet of scrutiny, it first must be certified by McDaniel. Once the Attorney General has blessed the general public by granting the measure permission to move forward, then they can begin gathering signatures in an effort to qualify for a slot on the 2014 ballot.
The organization Arkansans for Medical Cannabis' projected ballot measure would leave it up to the voters to resolve whether to legalize marijuana for medical, recreational and industrial dedications.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Vaporizer marijuana use popular with teens
Category: Culture | Posted on Thu, August, 8th 2013 by THCFinder
Smoke shops selling everything from colorful bongs and pipes to incense and earrings line an entire block in Manhattan's East Village, a neighborhood popular with teens and the college crowd, and a magnet for young people from all over.
I found the G-Pen, a top-of-the-line vaporizer, for $90. They're used by patients who are prescribed medicinal marijuana so they can have the benefits without harmful smoke or the tell-tale odor. They're also used for aromatherapy.
Because they look like pens or electronic cigarettes and are discreet, they're becoming more popular with teens.That concerns Dr. Alan Ravitz, the director of Forensic Psychiatry at the Child Mind Institute.
The G-Pen's main website offers a vaporizer kit called The Game / G-Box, which is currently sold out. It's named after the popular rapper The Game, who is currently the star of his own VH-1 reality show. He's in his 30s, but appeals to a younger audience.
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Leading food retailer in India now McDonalds.
POLITICAL:- In the wake of the Nandigram incident, West Bengal will have to work hard and move quickly to restore investor confidence, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries Jairam Ramesh has said. "No party can claim moral high ground now as the entire matter is reflective of the State's political milieu." He felt that for creating a new economic climate, the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Government needed to take the lead in transforming the State's political culture. He said industrialisation and SEZs should not be given a bad name due


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Opera has set 1 September as the official release date for the Opera 10 web browser. The company unveiled a new release candidate on Monday, and said that it will publish the final build in exactly one week.
"The release candidate pushes us closer to the final launch of Opera 10," said Jan Standal, vice president of desktop products at Opera.
"We paid special attention to the mail client, which is one of our most enduring and popular features. Now we are very close to releasing the best browser in Opera's long history."
The latest version will sport a number of new features, including a connection-enhancement system known as Turbo Boost which is designed to speed up the performance of slower internet connections.
Other new features include a 'thumbnail' browser tabbing system, and a shortcut system known as 'speed dial'.
The latest update for Opera comes during a heightened period of competition in the web browser market. In addition to the latest versions from old foes Firefox and Internet Explorer, Opera has had to contend with competition from the Apple Safari and Google Chrome browsers.
Campaigners want US authorities to break-up Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger into separate companies
The perception of the industry as "a white man in a hard hat" is limiting new applicants, says Hayaatun Sillem
Almost two years late - and just as AMD is readying 7nm Zen 2 for early 2019
Eye-wateringly expensive smart speakers take just six per cent market share, claims Strategy Analytics


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Read the latest business and community news from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Outdoor Water Park to reopen at Frisco Athletic Center
Frisco plans to reopen the Outdoor Water Park at the Frisco Athletic Center on July 27 with limited hours and operations.
The water park’s two play structures, the Squirt Station and The Fort, will be open to attendees, but all slides and the lazy river will remain closed.
Lewisville-Flower Mound-Highland Village
Lambeau’s America Kitchen and Taps celebrates one year of business
Lambeau’s America Kitchen and Taps opened last June at 4131 Deer Creek, Ste. 110, Highland Village. The restaurant showcases famous foods from states and cities with NFL teams, including Tennessee fried chicken, Arizona beef chimichangas and Kansas City pork ribs as well as Dallas chicken-fried steak.
Following state guidelines, Holy Grail Pub reopens in Plano with greater emphasis on food sales
Holy Grail Pub reopened July 22 with a plan to center more of its business around its food for the time being. The Plano pub—located at 8240 Preston Road, Ste. 150—had fallen under a business category that required it to close under the governor’s order shuttering bars across the state. In a statement, Holy Grail said it would have to shelve some of its premium alcohol products to maintain the required food-to-alcohol sales ratio under Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission guidelines.
Longtime Grapevine jewelry store owner reacts to GrapeFest cancellation
Bermuda Gold & Silver has been a staple of the Main Street scene in Grapevine over the decades.
So when the city announced that the annual GrapeFest festival would be canceled, owner Debi Meek knew that it would come as tough news to small mom-and-pop shops like hers.
Zero Degrees shutters in Richardson
Zero Degrees closed its door for the last time June 30 in the Richardson Heights Village Shopping Center, 100 S. Central Expressway, Ste. 52, Richardson. The Asian-Hispanic fusion business served drinks and snacks, such as Mangonada—a mango slushie made with fruit chunks and topped with chamoy and Tajin seasoning—and popcorn chicken with fries.
Daniel Houston, William C. Wadsack, Gavin Pugh, Liesbeth Powers and Makenzie Plusnick contributed to this report.


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Quarterly earnings calls have a tendency to sprawl. But sitting down today in front the microphones to discussthe company's brass went out of their way to make sure that at least one consistent message emerged from the chatter.
"2013 will be a year of mobilization for Zynga," said Chief Operating Officer David Ko.
That's not sounding like much of a stretch. Zynga said 72 million of its monthly active users now play games on mobile devices, or almost a quarter of the company's 298 million total monthly users. What's more, mobile represents 21 percent of bookings compared with 8 percent a year ago. That 72 million number -- the first time the company offered up hard stats on mobile MAUs, or monthly average users -- is also up 75 percent from the same quarter a year ago, Zynga said.
That helps explain the context when Zynga CEO Mark Pincus described 2013 as "a pivotal transition year" for Zynga, one he said would be annotated by the delivery of "a whole new class of mobile-social games that make it easier and better to play across mobile and social platforms."
In playing up the successes registered by its ongoing move into mobile, Zynga's execs echoed comments heard from other high-profile Internet companies this quarter, such asand testifying to the broader shift in how people access the Internet.
Pincus said Zynga won't spend much time supporting mobile games that don't show promise and will be "calling the ball" sooner with an eye toward discontinuing games that aren't panning out. "We are creating a network that will make it easier for people to play together," Pincus said. "It will offer a powerful distribution channel."
But Zynga's not anticipating a big immediate financial impact. CFO Mark Vranesh said on the call that the company doesn't expect its mobile games to "have a meaningful contribution to 2013 revenues." Though clearly that's something Zynga could use as it seeks to rebound from what, by any definition, was its very own annus horribilus.