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Treasure Coast Financial Planning trimmed its stake in shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ – Get Rating) by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,794 shares of the company’s stock after selling 84 shares during the period. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 0.2% of Treasure Coast Financial Planning’s holdings, making the stock its 25th biggest position. Treasure Coast Financial Planning’s holdings in Johnson & Johnson were worth $293,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in Johnson & Johnson by 18.9% during the 2nd quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 24,622,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,370,793,000 after buying an additional 3,912,430 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its position in shares of Johnson & Johnson by 20.8% during the second quarter. FMR LLC now owns 18,725,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,323,883,000 after purchasing an additional 3,229,032 shares in the last quarter. GQG Partners LLC raised its stake in Johnson & Johnson by 64.4% in the 1st quarter. GQG Partners LLC now owns 6,501,761 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,151,931,000 after purchasing an additional 2,547,378 shares during the last quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main lifted its holdings in Johnson & Johnson by 52.2% in the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 6,102,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,083,329,000 after purchasing an additional 2,093,392 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in Johnson & Johnson by 37.2% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 6,653,610 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,179,219,000 after purchasing an additional 1,805,632 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.94% of the company’s stock.
Insider Transactions at Johnson & Johnson
In related news, CFO Joseph J. Wolk sold 14,781 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.60, for a total transaction of $2,654,667.60. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 35,812 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,431,835.20. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. In other Johnson & Johnson news, CFO Joseph J. Wolk sold 14,781 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.60, for a total transaction of $2,654,667.60. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 35,812 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,431,835.20. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Thibaut Mongon sold 35,246 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.18, for a total transaction of $6,033,410.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now owns 40,133 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,869,966.94. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 233,611 shares of company stock worth $40,960,735 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.35% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Johnson & Johnson Price Performance
Johnson & Johnson stock opened at $168.31 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $176.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $171.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.43. Johnson & Johnson has a 1 year low of $155.72 and a 1 year high of $186.69. The company has a market capitalization of $440.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 0.56.
Johnson & Johnson Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 7th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 21st will be given a $1.13 dividend. This represents a $4.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 17th. Johnson & Johnson’s payout ratio is 62.95%.
Johnson & Johnson Profile
Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of products in the health care field. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Health, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices. The Consumer Health segment includes products used in the baby care, oral care, beauty, over-the-counter pharmaceutical, women’s health, and wound care markets.
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According to the study, which was conducted by money website thinkmoney, three quarters (78 per cent) of Brits plan a strict budget, but just one in five (21 per cent) can stick to it.
Preferred tactics to control spending include only bringing cash out (42 per cent), pre-organising a lift home or agreeing to share a taxi (18 per cent), limiting the number of drinks to buy (16 per cent), pre-drinking (12 per cent) and buying rounds (11 per cent).
The findings also suggest that the average Brit spends £44.88 on each night out.
Going out 48 times a year (roughly once a week) on average, this equals £2,154.24 per person each year, or more than £112billion across the nation.
Typically, men were found to spend more than women on a night out (£51.54 for men, versus £39.25 for women).
Aside from drinks, Brits were most likely to splash the cash on transport (36 per cent), new clothes (31 per cent) and tipsy takeaways (25 per cent). When looking at the gender split, women were most likely to pay out for new clothes, transport and pampering ahead of a night out, whereas men prioritised transport, a takeaway on the way home and having a couple of drinks before going out.
Other findings suggested that Edinburgh (£50.40) and Glasgow (£49.23) come third and fourth in the average expenditure on a night out stakes with only Belfast (£56.36) and London (£51.41) having bigger spenders.
While, Glaswegians spend the most money on pampering before they head out for the night, whereas Liverpudlians splurge on takeaways on the way home, and Cardiff residents are most likely to invest in a new outfit before a night on the town.
Brits are also most generous with their night out spending as Christmas approaches.
Pete Willerton, Customer Service Manager at thinkmoney, said: “Many Brits admit that they are struggling to budget in their daily lives, including during social occasions, so we decided to look at night out spending in more detail, and found some interesting results.
“More than three quarters of Brits plan a strict budget on a night out, but just one in five can stick to it, showing that sometimes we can give in to impulse or temptation to spend more when the drinks start flowing.
“Here at thinkmoney, we also offer a current account that sees customers’ money split into two pots – one for bills and one for spending – to ensure that you don’t get too carried away and spend more than you can afford.
“Interestingly, contactless payments made people worry more about their spending the next day, so perhaps opt for chip and pin, cash or use a thinkmoney card (contactless payments show up straight away) next time you go out, so you can easily keep track of what you’re spending at the time.”

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Apple today released Apple TV Software Update 4.2.1 which features:
• TV compatibility: Addresses issues that may cause the screen to flicker or display incorrect color on some older TVs.
• Wake from sleep: Addresses an issue where Apple TV may not wake up from sleep.
• Audio: Addresses an issue where audio may not be heard on some TV models after switching from another input.
• Stability and performance: Apple TV Software Update 4.2.1 includes stability and performance fixes for Apple TV.
Apple TV Software Update 4.2.1 is for 2nd generation Apple TV units and is available Settings>General via your Apple TV.


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The I/O Developers Conference by Google will be on June 25, 2014 in this event it is expected that there will be some showcase of new products and new ideas for this year 2014.
What are the things that we might expect in the Google I/O developers conference? Well according to expert Google might unveil some new product line like the new Nexus or the mysterious Android Silver, there is a possibility that Google might also give a preview of the long awaited project the Google Ara, an update for the Android O.S might also be one of the spotlight or we are lucky we might see the second generation Google Glass.
Anyways with these great technologies the only thing that we can be sure of is that Google will surely give us a glimpse of the Androidwear a demo of a smartwatch maybe or other updates and features for the Androidwear, this is where we are more excited! See on I/O Developers Conference on June


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Elder Automotive Group, Jaguar's largest-volume retailer, opens Aston Martin Jaguar of Tampa, FL, a new $7.5 million dealership with a park-like setting and a Caribbean atmosphere.
The 38,000-sq.-ft. facility is on nearly nine acres. The showroom is 13,700 sq. ft. and features airy 24-foot-high ceilings, computerized laser patterns projected across mesh screens and a 250-gallon aquarium.
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New VR/AR market study to be released March 2018 to analyze China-specific market trends and key companies
BEIJING, February 16, 2018–Greenlight Insights, the global leader in market intelligence for the virtual and augmented reality industry, announces a new report detailing key information on economic figures, consumers attitudes, product trends and other insights on the Chinese VR/AR market. The report will be co-authored with Yivian VR, the leading Chinese media company dedicated to providing verified data and analysis about VR/AR industry developments in China.
“China’s importance to the global VR and AR community is paramount,” said Natalie Yue, research analyst at Greenlight Insights. “Significant government intervention and an explosive out-of-home segment has made the Chinese market complicated to understand.”
“Data and great analysis must inform the development of any sustainable market,” said Oval Liu, CEO at Yivian VR. “Yivian VR’s collaboration with Greenlight Insights will provide the global community of strategic planners, product and marketing executives, and investors with great clarity despite the advancements in technology, consumer adoption, and market dynamics.”
A Guide to Chinese Consumers & Competitors
The Chinese virtual reality landscape will experience significant changes in 2018, which makes identifying the future trends to capitalize on difficult. The 2018 China Country Report will help global technology, entertainment, and marketing professionals:
- Understand the current economic state in China, such as GDP, growth trends, population data and market news
- Examine the current and forecasted VR/AR industry trends in China
- Analyze demographics, usage, and spending habits of technology consumers in China
- Access detailed profiles on the top VR/AR companies operating in China
- Contextualize VR/AR news relevant to China
To inquire about VR/AR industry trend-tracking insights from Greenlight Insights, contact one of the individuals listed below. To connect with Greenlight Insights and receive additional updates, please follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
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About Yivian VR
Yivian is a VR/AR news and an educational platform dedicated to providing verified data and analysis about industry developments in China. Visit www.yivian.com for more information.


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Semiconductor Industry Shows Recovery
Worldwide semiconductor sales increased to $12.5 billion in October. That represents a 1.8-percent jump from September and a 20-percent rise from a year earlier.
The Semiconductor Industry Association says the October sales figures mark the third straight quarter of rising sales for an industry that is slowly recovering from the high-tech downturn of recent years.
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A skin microbiome study undertaken by Amway in collaboration with Microbiome Insights has now been published in the scientific journal mBio. The study, which enrolled 495 people (aged 9 to 78) who provided over 2500 skin swab samples, was the largest survey of the healthy human skin microbiome ever published.
The study found between 12 and 20 percent of bacterial variability on the skin was explained by demographic, physiologic, and lifestyle factors--and among them, age was particularly important.
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The Asus Zenfone 7 series was launched back in August last year, but the upcoming iteration is coming much earlier. The Zenfone 8 lineup is slated to make may on May 12, 2021.
Asus has already created a landing page for the Zenfone 8 launch on its official website. The website provides information about the launch timings in different countries - Newyork May 12 01:00 PM, Berlin May 12 07:00 PM, Taipei May 13 01:00 AM and India May 12 10:30 PM.
The Zenfone 8, like its predecessors, will be a flagship offering from the brand. While the website hints at the arrival of only the Zenfone 8, previous leaks suggest that three devices will be launched under the Zenfone 8 series.
The Asus Zenfone 8 was recently spotted on Geekbench, which reveals that the smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 888 SoC. The listing also reveals that the smartphone will get 8GB of RAM.
Not just this, we also know other details about the Zenfone 8, so we decided to stack everything we know so far ahead of the May 12 launch.
Asus Zenfone 8 specs and features
--The Zenfone 8 leaks have been popping up for quite some time now. Previous leaks from XDA suggested that the upcoming series will bring three smartphones, unlike two as seen with previous iterations. These devices are supposed to be named Zenfone 8, Zenfone 8 Pro and Zenfone 8 Mini, while the first two are codenamed “PICASSO”, the Mini version bears the codename “SAKE”.
--Further, we have heard that the top-end variant, i.e. the Zenfone 8/Zenfone 8 Pro, will feature 6.69-inch displays whereas, the Zenfone 8 Mini will get a comparatively smaller 5.9-inch display. All these are said to be FHD+ OLED displays with support for a 120Hz high refresh rate.
--We have been seeing the motorised flip camera since the Zenfone 6, and we are expecting the upcoming iteration to follow up on the same. This design makes space for an unobstructed display, eliminating a notch or punch hole for the selfie camera.
--Reports also suggest that all these three smartphones will be powered by Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 888 SoC, which also powered the Asus ROG Phone 5. For your information, it is an octa-core display built on a 5nm manufacturing process and clocked at 2.84GHz. This is coupled with Adreno 660 GPU and is 5G and WiFi 6 capable. Further, these smartphones are supposed to get 8GB/16GB of RAM.
--The Zenfone 8 achieved 1124 points in the single-core test and 3669 points in the multi-core Geekbench test whereas, the Zenfone 8 Mini has scored 1121 points in the single-core and 3662 points in the multi-core tests.
--In the camera department, the Zenfone 8/ Zenfone 8 Pro is supposed to feature a 64-megapixel primary sensor, a 12-megapixel Sony IMX 363 ultra-wide shooter, a 24MP OmniVision OV24B1Q sensor and an 8MP OmniVision OV08A telephoto camera.
--Further, the Zenfone 8 Mini is expected to get a 64-megapixel primary IMX 686 sensor and another new Sony IMX663 camera. The device is also expected to feature a Cirrus CS35L45 amplifier.
--A couple of weeks ago, Zenfone 8 Mini passed the TUV SUD certification, thus confirming its existence. This also means that the smartphone will feature 30W fast charging.
--The Zenfone 8 could be a solid competitor for the OnePlus 9, Mi 11X, Vivo X60 and the iQOO 7. But for that to happen, Asus will have to price its devices affordably.
Asus Zenfone 8 India launch
Asus has confirmed the Zenfone 8 launch to take place on May 12. The current generation Zenfone 7 came in August last year, hence, the upcoming iteration is dropping pretty early. We currently do not know if the device will go on sale soon after the launch. Also, there’s very little information about its availability in India as of now. We will keep you posted if there’s any confirmation around the same.
Asus Zenfone 8 India price
The Asus Zenfone 8 will be a flagship series powered by flagship Snapdragon 888 SoC’s, which indicates that smartphones coming under its banner will not be cheap. While the Zenfone 7 Pro was priced at around Rs 60,000, the vanilla Zenfone 7 came for Rs 41,000 roughly. Looking at current pricing, we can expect the Zenfone 8 lineup to ship at a starting price of Rs 40,000, which could scale up to Rs 60000 for the top variant.


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Windows Server 2012 to ship in August
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Closely following a similar announcement for its Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft also said it will release to manufacturers (RTM) its next-generation operating system for the server, Windows Server 2012, next month.
The company made both RTM release announcements at its Worldwide Partner Conference, being held this week in Toronto.
With the server RTM, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) that sell Windows servers will be able to start installing Windows Server 2012 on their new units. The server operating system will be available for others beginning in September.
Expectations have been mounting for this release of the server software, considered by observers to be a major update. Thus far, the pre-release early versions of the OS have been downloaded more than 500,000 times, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft has added a number of major features since the last major version of the OS, Windows Server 2008 release 2. Access control to files and processes has been strengthened. Multiple Windows Server 2012 machines can now be managed as a group, from a single console. The embedded version of Microsoft's hypervisor, Hyper-V, can now work in multi-tenant configurations. And a new file system, Resilient File System (ReFS), is designed to provide better scalability and reliability.
As with Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 will get the new Metro user interface.
Also in conjunction with WPC, hosting provider Rackspace announced it will start offering Windows Server 2012, both as a dedicated hosted server and as part of its Rackspace Cloud Server package. The exact release, due around October, will depend on Microsoft's development schedule.
"Rackspace already launched SQL Server 2012 in June. Once we launch Windows Server 2012, that will give us the most robust Microsoft offering available in the cloud," said Cole Humphreys, Rackspace product marketing manager for cloud servers.


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By Eric Savitz
How much would you pay to buy Business Week? Not a single copy – the whole thing?
Well, not that much, according to sources interviewed by the Financial Times.
The FT said an auction of the magazine could bring McGraw-Hill just a buck.
The FT said bankers ruled out Time-Warner and Conde Nast as possible buyers. More like purchasers, according to the piece, include OpenGate Capital, which bought TV Guide, Platinum Equity, owner of the San Diego Union Tribune, and Mansueto Ventures, which publishes Inc. and Fast Company. OpenGate paid a dollar when it acquired TV Guide from Macrovision last year.
The story said News Corp., publisher of this blog, indicated it is not interested in buying the magazine.


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Infamous Stringdusters Announce 2022 Towards Fray Tour
In the wake of the announcement of the new record (Toward the Fray, released February 18) made last month by the Grammy and IBMA winners The infamous Stringdusters, the group is pleased to also announce a Visit from January to April of the same name. Truly Coast to Coast, the band will debut Jan. 20 in Albany, NY with good friends Greensky Bluegrass, touring most of the East Coast and parts of the Midwest and Southeast. Dustbowl Revival will go up in late March to make several stops in California, concluding the 4-month tour in Seattle, Washington on April 9. Presales are on sale today on key dates. General sale begins Thursday, November 4 at 10:00 a.m. PT. Please visit thestringdusters.com/tour for more information and to purchase tickets.
To the fray, the band’s first original music release since Rise Sun in 2019, will be released on February 18, 2022 on Americana Vibes via Regime Music Group. Fans can now listen to the first single, “Toward The Fray” on the right here and pre-order or pre-register digitally To the fray now to this connect. The Dusters have also designed a plethora of new products to celebrate both the tour and the release of To the fray– including but not limited to a Stringdusters North Face Jacket, limited edition colorful vinyl, and adorable To the fray Teddy bear. Pre-order all of this and more at Infamous Stringdusters online shop.
I want to ring the new year with them ? The Stringdusters will return to the National in Richmond, Va., For a 3-night New Years Eve party. The group will be joined by special guests, Sam Bush on December 30 and Keller Williams on January 1, while the December 31st show is presented as an “Evening With…” in 3 sets. Tickets are currently on sale via AXS.com.
Learn more about the infamous Stringdusters: The Infamous Stringdusters is a progressive acoustic / bluegrass group, which was formed in 2006, consisting of members Andy Hall (dobro), Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Andy Falco (guitar), Jeremy Garrett (violin) and Travis Book ( low). The Dusters won three IBMA awards in October 2007 for Emerging Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (for Fork in the road) and Song of the Year for the title track of the album. The group was also nominated at the IBMA in 2017 for the artist of the year. In 2011, “Magic n ° 9” (from The things that fly) was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance at the 2011 Grammys, while in 2018 the group won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album for Laws of gravity.


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The initial three months will be bundled with YouTube TV for free, but after the promotional period ends, customers will need to pay $40/month to keep the service. If you are not now a Verizon Wireless customer, your monthly outlay increases to $70 per month. "This monthly charge includes all taxes and fees, and does not require an annual contract". In addition, Verizon will install the necessary hardware for free. Verizon promises speeds of almost 1 gigabit, and you can order service starting this Thursday (September 13) in select markets.
Verizon's 5G home broadband will go live on October 1st. Verizon plans to use these towns as new 5G labs to test out use cases. Instead, as we've previously stated, Verizon 5G Home is strictly for residential internet connectivity.
What is 5G, and what can we expect from it?We also asked Verizon for the service's upload speeds and information about what equipment will be used in the home. Verizon says it will expand 5G broadband internet to additional cities, but didn't provide a time frame.
Verizon's wireless network already has the highest utilization rate among 80 mobile operators worldwide, according to a new study by Rewheel Research. "Verizon was the operator with the highest yearly average capacity utilization of 57 percent in 2017", while most carriers were below 20 percent and the USA average was 33 percent, the research group said. There are no data caps with Verizon 5G Home. "We've created the first-ever brand of community workspaces in the United States with access to 5G, and the openings in Palo Alto and Los Angeles will enable more entrepreneurs and industries to benefit from what 5G can help them build".
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In the not-too-distant future, your car could drive itself; technology companies and automobile manufacturers alike are currently developing driverless vehicle technology. While there are many touted benefits to driverless vehicles, perhaps the most important societal benefit is a reduction in automobile accidents. Currently, car crashes are one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and the majority of accidents are caused by human error. Unlike humans, driverless vehicles will not get distracted, significantly decreasing the number of car crash fatalities that happen each year.
In order for driverless vehicles to save lives, driverless vehicles must be on the roads. This means people must be willing and able to buy them. Millennials have demonstrated interest in the technology, keeping in line with their reputation for being early technology adopters, but unfortunately this demographic has limited buying power - a problem when early driverless vehicles could command a premium of up to $10,000.
To bridge the gap between desire and accessibility, the government should enact a driverless vehicle subsidy program. The United States government has, in recent years, implemented two different programs to subsidy individuals’ vehicle purchases - The Energy Improvement and Extension Act and the CARS program. Both programs successfully influenced buyer behavior for vehicle purchases, but the CARS program, which offered consumers a rebate at the time they bought their car, was particularly well-received.
This note proposes a government subsidy for driverless vehicles closely mirrored after the Cash for Clunkers program. By offering a rebate to the consumer at the time of sale, individuals will be better able to afford driverless vehicles, thereby accelerating the overall adoption of this potentially life-saving technology.
Steering Consumers Toward Driverless Vehicles: A Federal Rebate Program as a Catalyst for Early Technology Adoption,
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Orange Amplification has solved the perennial problem of instrument cables tangling and kinking, with the launch of the new Orange Twister Cable.
Orange Amplification has launched (in time for Christmas) its new guitar pack containing everything needed to start playing guitar, all in one box.
IK Multimedia has announced a new iPhone, iPad and iPod touch app that will delight Orange Amplifier fanatics around the globe: AmpliTube Orange for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad.
Orange Amplification is launching a limited-edition white finish of its Rockerverb guitar amp heads and combos, Thunderverb 200 and 50 heads, PPC412 and PPC212 speaker enclosures.
During last week's 2014 Winter NAMM Show, the Guitar World crew visited the Orange Amplification booth to check out the company's new Dual Dark Series of guitar amps.
Following the amazing reception and prestigious awards received for its personal computer, the Orange OPC, Orange Amplification has unveiled three new OPC models.
Compact VT1000 is a fully automatic valve tester that performs a wide range of tests quickly and accurately.


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Concern that the coronavirus could turn the nation’s largest seafood show into a petri dish for the virus has prompted postponement of Seafood Expo North America, which is well attended by the Alaska seafood industry.
Word spread rapidly after Diversified Communications announced on Tuesday, March 3, that the show, set for March 15-17 in Boston, Mass., was postponed while they look at other options.
The notice reads that Diversified is “committed to finding a solution to deliver an event in North America this year, to ensure business continuity to the seafood industry.” Details on when and where will be communicated directly to customers next month. The show, now in its 40th year, generates millions of dollars in sales for the Alaska seafood industry.
Jeremy Woodrow, executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, said that ASMI was hearing even before Diversified’s announcement that some companies were not going to the Boston show because of the coronavirus and that sales were going to be down. From ASMI’s standpoint, Diversified made the right decision. Meanwhile sales teams will have to do more work, setting up individual calls, but that process will have less impact than it would have 20 or 30 years ago, given modern technology, he explained.
Diversified also organizes the Seafood Expo Global Show in Brussels, Belgium, which is still scheduled for April 21–23. ASMI normally hosts a pavilion for the Alaska seafood industry in Boston and has its own booth at the Brussels show, as do others in the Alaska seafood industry. Last year ASMI estimated sales in Brussels exceeded $1 billion. That number includes sales on the floor and expected sales following conversations and deals made at the show.
In California, the New Hope Network announced on Monday, March 2, that it was postponing its Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim because of concerns over the coronavirus and hope to set new date for the event by mid-April. The event attracts some 86,000 visitors annually.
Processors engaged in the Alaska seafood industry meanwhile were in discussion on how to assure safe working conditions for hundreds of employees during the summer fisheries, given the close proximity in which they work, eat and sleep. A spokesperson for one processing company said it is a matter of concern, but at least they have another 60 days to figure it out.


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MobileCoin, the crypto-focused digital payment ecosystem, announced that it has raised a $66 million funding round as part of a wider effort to bring more of its products and services to market.
It has been reported that Series B had participation from several leading venture funds from within the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, including Alameda Research, BlockTower Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. Berggruen Holdings, General Catalyst, Vy Capital, and TIME Ventures also participated. Several entrepreneurs and investors also contributed to the funding round.
However, MobileCoin said the funding will be used to further develop its core crypto offerings, including MOBot, which is described as the “first cryptocurrency chatbot payment system.” The company also plans to expand its merchant services and introduce a new dollar-pegged stablecoin. While many people view cryptocurrencies as an alternative asset class, the technology is considered to be a major catalyst for enabling seamless transactions on a global scale.
The report said that the concept of peer-to-peer payments, for example, was an important part of Satoshi Nakamoto’s now famous Bitcoin (BTC) white paper. In the present day, several companies and protocols are working towards unlocking the value of crypto-based payment systems.
Likewise, companies that have long dominated the payment arena such as Mastercard and PayPal have already begun accepting cryptocurrency payments for their customers.
During Mastercard’s second-quarter earnings call in August, CEO Michael Miebach said his company has to be in the cryptocurrency space “because people are looking for answers.”
Thus, Visa has also reaffirmed its commitment to building crypto payment onramps. The payment giant is ultra bullish on stablecoins for their ability to transform global commerce.


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petya_payments (@petya_payments) | TwitterBloomberg Anywhere Remote Login Software Updates Manage Products and Account Information.The attackers successfully infected large institutions and companies in about 150.Major US corporations are purchasing bitcoin to make sure they quickly react to malware.
Bitcoin income from WannaCry ransomware attacks expectedThe WannaCry ransomware. which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin.
The iCloud hackers' bitcoin ransom looks like a fake | PCWorldThe FBI now says that people targeted by ransomware extortionists should refuse to pay the bitcoin ransom despite saying they should in a statement.According to a study by IBM, the amount of spam containing ransomware surged to 40 percent by the end of 2016 from just 0.6 percent in 2015.
You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history.US Corporations are Buying Bitcoin to Quickly Resolve Ransomware Attacks.
Watch as these bitcoin wallets receive ransomware paymentsTurns out this caution has been used as a weapon to hold the bitcoin users ransom.
By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.SAN FRANCISCO — When hackers behind a worldwide ransomware scheme insisted on bitcoin as payment, they showed this high-flying digital currency just can.Bitcoin and ransomware seem to go hand-in-hand, but experts explain that doing away with the cybercurrency would just force cybercriminals to find another anonymous.
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Popular Criminal Use For Bitcoin Is Ransom | PYMNTS.com
Ransomware is a type of malware that restricts access to the infected computer system in some way, and demands that the user pay a ransom to the.Bitcoin is a virtual currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown computer whizz using the alias.Like WannaCry, which the U.S. government has reportedly linked to North Korea, the new attack does not have the usual characteristics associated with hackers who want to maintain control of the infected computers and facilitate payment and easy decryption of locked files.In a ransomware attack, our assumptions that the hackers prefer the ransom paid in bitcoin due to the anonymous nature of its transactions may not be true.Los Angeles Valley College sent a bitcoin payment to unlock its computer files, an alarming issue facing higher education.
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Darkode - RadiolabBitcoin virus is ransomware that encrypts files and demands a ransom payment to decrypt files via Bitcoin currency Some variants target computer files that match.Bitcoin ransomware is a specific version of Bitcoin virus, which can infiltrate a.
But rather than try to sell data to a third party, attackers instead encrypt it -- demanding that the victim pay to get it back.
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Kaspersky Defeats Bitcoin Ransomware » Brave New CoinGoogle researchers find BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange was helping hackers to cash out millions of Bitcoins received in ransomware attacks.The CryptoLocker ransomware attack was a cyberattack using the CryptoLocker ransomware that occurred from 5 September. (through either bitcoin or a pre-paid cash.Three Bitcoin wallets were previously identified as repositories for ransom payments being delivered to the attackers.Fraudsters obviously prefer to deal in digital currency to remain anonymous, but bitcoin and ransomware are also intertwined in other, more complex ways.The evolution of Bitcoin virus: ransomware variant hit the surface.NPR spoke with other victims who did not want to be named for fear of.
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The second is the growing use of digital currencies, which give hackers an easy and potentially anonymous way to get paid.ProtonMail, an open-sourced encrypted mail service founded by MIT and Stanford engineers at the CERN research.
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Bitcoin plunged from a record high after cyber attackers locked up data in 200,000 computers Friday and demanded ransom in the digital currency.Equifax, the global credit rating firm, publicly acknowledged its systems had been compromised and user information had been stolen.A south suburban police department paid a ransom in bitcoin to an unidentified hacker to retrieve access to compromised data on a police department.


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One of the biggest challenges the jewellery industry faces is that a new generation of consumers would rather spend money on experiences and technology than buy a piece of jewellery that will last a lifetime. Jewellery & Watch event director, Kirsty Broere, offers her take on consumer buying behaviour of jewellery.
Presidium, a manufacturer of diamond and gemstone testing devices, has returned from the recent JCK show in Las Vegas, USA, reporting wide interest in its products from both new and existing customers.
Assay Office Birmingham (AOB) chief executive and assay master Stella Layton presented the AOB’s annual hallmarking review at its new building on Moreton Street, Birmingham B1 3AX on Friday January 22.
The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), part of The De Beers Group of Companies, is set to sponsor the forthcoming UK Jewellery Conference organised by the Company of Master Jewellers (CMJ).


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CHICAGO — John H. Bryan Jr., longtime chairman and chief executive officer of Sara Lee Corp., died Oct. 1. He was 81 years old.
A graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., Mr. Bryan led his family’s specialty meat company, Bryan Packing Co., beginning in 1960 until he sold the business to Consolidated Foods in 1968. After selling the company, he stayed on at Consolidated Foods, eventually being elected executive vice-president of operations and a director of the company in March 1974. He was promoted to president and chief operating officer in October 1974 and became c.e.o. in 1975.
In 1985, Mr. Bryan led a charge to change Consolidated Foods’ name to Sara Lee Corp. Kitchens of Sara Lee, a Deerfield, Ill.-based producer of frozen baked foods, had been part of Consolidated Foods since 1956.
At the time the name change was announced in January 1985, Mr. Bryan said, “Sara Lee is our first major consumer brand and for much of our history has been identified as our most prominent brand. Sara Lee is universally known and is an appealing name that reflects the high quality and consumer marketing orientations of the corporation.”
He added that Consolidated Foods in recent years had “evolved into a consumer products operating company, marketing both food and non-food products that have strong branded positions in their markets. While a name change has been considered in the past, we’ve decided that now is the right time to do so because our present name is increasingly inappropriate and miscommunicates what our corporation is today.”
Mr. Bryan stepped down as c.e.o. of Sara Lee Corp. in 2000 but continued to serve as chairman until 2001. He was succeeded as c.e.o. by C. Steven McMillan.
In addition to his tenure at Sara Lee, Mr. Bryan was known for his commitment to the arts. He was a driving force behind the creation of Chicago’s Millennium Park and served as a chairman on the board of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1999 until 2006.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Neville; two daughters, Margaret Bryan French and Elizabeth Bryant Seebeck; two sons, John H. Bryan III and Charles; 13 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; a brother, George; and a sister, Caroline Harrell.
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Art Institute of Chicago.


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Brands shelved in supermarket label squeeze
Brands that Australians know andtrust are being shelved as moresupermarket aisle space is beingdevoted to private label brandsimpacting on Australian manufacturerscapacity to get their products toconsumers and grow their businesses,according to new figures releasedby the Australian Food and GroceryCouncil (AFGC) on March 11.
The aggressive private label growth byWoolworths and Coles is occurring acrossmany categories, with leading brands worstaffected by the supermarket shelf squeeze.
AFGC Chief Executive Kate Carnell said:"This alarming growth in private label – ashigh as more than 10 per cent of shelfspace in breakfast cereal – is -making itmore difficult for Australian food and grocerymanufacturers to compete on supermarketshelves in a fair and equitable way". Retail World – Read more…


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While the Chinese economy may be relatively flatlining, there is one industry that’s still providing us with the sort of astronomical numbers that we’ve come to expect from China.
Last Tuesday, a tea farmer in Guizhou sent out China’s 30 billionth parcel of the year. That’s roughly 2.5 billion packages a month or 82 million a day. It also equates to about 22 packages for every single Chinese citizen, according to data from the State Post Bureau via Caixin.
Since 2012, China’s delivery volume has shot up by over 50% each year. Through the first three quarters of this year, the growth of the courier industry in China was more than six times that of GDP growth.
Nowadays, the vast majority of these billions of deliveries aren’t handled by the state-owned China Post, but by private courier companies who offer cheap home deliveries, connecting China’s online merchants with lazy shoppers.
In recent years, these services have started spreading more and more to the Chinese countryside as companies like Alibaba focus on building up a booming rural e-commerce marketplace,causing “Taobao villages” to pop up around the country.
Of course, another one of Alibaba’s pet projects is its annual Singles Day shopping extravaganza. Once again, the company shattered records this year, resulting in 3.7 billion parcels being shipped out in November alone. This one-armed courier delivered 400 of them in just 15 hours.


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A digital currency can be introduced for use in electronic wallets to support direct and peer to peer transactions. This "trick" can be an app on your smartphone, but a final decision on the design yet, the newspaper said, citing Mu Changchun, Deputy Director of the Department payments and settlements people's Bank of China.
CBDC - a new form of money issued in digital form by the Central Bank and serving as legal tender - it is provided by reserves, valuable assets, deponirovanie commercial institutions in the Central Bank.
Testing closed circuit has already begun, with the aim to simulate specific payment scenarios, it passes with the participation of several commercial and non-governmental agencies, said an official from the people's Bank of China, who wished to remain unnamed.
At the initial stage of CBDC is only intended for use within the country. In the future it hopes to enter the same exchange rate as on the physical money, but the mechanism of cross-border transactions is much more complicated, it will require coordination in the relevant policies with other countries, said the official publication.
"If China successfully produced the world's first CBDC, it will encourage other countries to accelerate the appropriate research and taking part in the competition in creating the CBDC," - said the Director of the digital Finance Institute of Peking University Huang Yiping.
CBDC can be considered as deposits of residents on account of the Central Bank, said global chief economist at Everbright Securities Peng Wensheng.
As confirmed by the representatives of the people's Bank, the CBDC will replace banknotes and coins, or cash in circulation /M0/, it is designed for retail payments at an early stage.


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Amazon's EC2 service has suffered a major problem, taking a host of big name companies like Quora and FourSquare down with it.
Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is used as a platform by several major companies, and the company's outage has therefore created some major waves.
Quora, Hootsuite and FourSquare have all been affected, with Amazon confirming that a datacentre in North Virginia is the hub of the trouble.
"We can confirm connectivity errors impacting EC2 instances and increased latencies impacting EBS volumes in multiple availability zones in the US-EAST-1 region. Increased error rates are affecting EBS CreateVolume API calls," said Amazon's statement. "We continue to work towards resolution."
Amazon's EC2 has been a big hit for the company, giving businesses the chance to elastically expand their companies with the demand.
This is a major boon to companies that grow rapidly, or who experience big spikes of traffic, but obviously reliability is therefore a key issue.
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By: Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi – Mid-day.com
November 26, 2006
Prime shows of Dhoom 2 were sold out even before advance booking officially opened to the public last week (November 19 for multiplexes and November 20 for single screens). Some theatres said shows had been block booked by corporates and distributors while others said Yashraj had taken them all.
But Sunday MiD DAY bought tickets to these shows from black marketers minutes before the film began. So while the public didn’t have access to these tickets, for touts it was still business as usual.
A few black marketers alleged that for a cut, theatre staff sells out shows to racketeers even before the window opens.
While Dhoom 2 was expected to have a great opening weekend, of the five theatres we visited the morning advance booking began, tickets in one multiplexes were sold out even before the window opened. In two others, only the first two rows were available and in the single screens, the shows were house full.
When approached, theatre managers claimed ignorance.
|Standing under the house full sign at Regal minutes before we bought the ticket from a tout|
When we asked the counter person at Regal cinema (only one show daily at 9:45 pm), how Friday and Saturday’s balcony seats were booked out before plans opened, he claimed that Yashraj had booked the shows.
A Yashraj spokesperson said, “We have not block booked any theatre. It is typical of theatres to blame distributors and producers when they can’t explain something. We can’t instruct theatres to not accept block bookings. In fact some of our employees are finding it hard to get tickets. However, we know that companies have booked shows for their employees in certain theatres.”
The same Regal tickets (balcony for Friday and Saturday) were available on a home delivery service as late as Friday evening at a premium of Rs 50 on each ticket. And on Friday night before the show we managed to catch the eye of a black-marketer around the corner (he had just gotten rid of the police) who sold us two prime balcony seats at Rs 300 each, a mark-up of Rs 200.
|Standing at Star City where a sign clearly tells customers that tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday’s evening shows will not be issued due to prior booking|
A board outside the theatre pre-empted customer trouble on the day plans opened by saying that the shows were sold out because of distributor bulk bookings. Every seat was sold out here.
A black marketer at Cinemax Sion, however, sold us a ticket for Star City’s Friday 9.30 pm show for Rs 500 (a mark up of Rs 420), even though the theatre had clearly declared the show as House Full before booking began a couple of days ago.
|Cinemax managers claim corporate bookings, done a month ago, lead to their sold out shows|
At Cinemax Sion, tickets were sold out on Sunday at 9.30 am (when advance booking opened) for the Friday and Saturday evening and night shows. However, when we reached the theatre Friday evening, touts sold us tickets at Rs 500 a piece for the Saturday 8 pm sold-out show.
Sales personnel and managers argued that private companies had block booked seats. Manager Sajid Khan said, “Companies send in requests a month prior for block booking. Because they book the whole theatre, we keep provisions for them. This isn’t in our control. It is a policy made by the head office. We aren’t keeping these tickets for ourselves. We only keep 15 tickets for the management in case a police constable or celebrity asks us for tickets last minute.”
When we asked him how black marketers were selling the same tickets days later, he said, “We hand all the tickets to the the companies. We can’t monitor what they do beyond that. We are trying to curb black marketing.” Defending himself, the manager even offered to show us police complaints the theatre had filed against touts in the area.
|Negotiating with black marketers outside Metro Adlabs|
The story repeated itself at Metro Adlabs. All tickets were corporate-booked in advance but we bought them in black on Friday evening, down the road from the multiplex and got two Rs 200 tickets for Rs 450 each for the Saturday 9 pm show. A theatre employee watching us even checked our tickets for authenticity.
Theatre manager at Metro Adlabs, Rohan Bhansali said, “Corporates pre-book through our marketing department for clients and employees. All other sales happen through ticket windows, Internet and call centres. If someone asks for more than six to eight tickets, we ask for a document to ensure credibility and make sure they’re not misusing them. Despite all these checks, if corporates or others can’t make it for these bookings, they pass the tickets on, even though they know that these might be pilfered.”
|The charts are Inox were almost fully booked on Sunday morning at 10 am|
People arrived at 9 am, some even in their pyjamas, to witness the opening of ticket sales. The boys behind the ticket counter did a collective and loud countdown before releasing tickets at 10 am on Sunday to screens that were ironically already booked, save for the first two rows. The boys behind the counter said that they had been sold via telebooking.
General Manager Umesh Bhikchandani said, “Staffing patterns and the shift system at the call centre mean that they start at 9.30 am. Call traffic is heaviest at that time, between 9.30 and 10 am, perhaps because people just get into offices then or at home, housewives finish up housework around that time.
Theatre rules specify that the physical windows open at 10 am. Also, we block out seats for internet and sms bookings beforehand and they appear sold on the chart. And the whole house is available for telebooking. Yes, it’s probably unfair…”


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HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) – An attempted robbery at Holyoke Mall almost left one jewelry store without one of its priciest items. Western Mass News spoke to the owner of the store, who was there when it all happened.
A $16,000 Cuban link chain necklace was nearly gone, but thanks to the quick thinking and fast feet of Furnari Jewelers’ owner Joe Furnari, this story has a much more golden ending.
Western Mass News received a copy of the shocking surveillance video. We were told that the man entered the store and was acting friendly Friday afternoon around 4:30 pm when he asked to see a variety of gold chains. After a while of shopping around, the man was holding one of the heaviest and most expensive chains the store had to offer. Just seconds later, he was running out of the store, but it did not take long for Furnari to follow him.
“That’s a $16,000 gold chain. I said, ‘I got to get that back. I worked hard for that gold chain,’” Furnari recalled. “The chase, you know – I haven’t run like that in a long time – and I was just chasing him, and as I got closer to him. I yelled at him, ‘I’m going to catch you! I’m going to catch you!’ He got scared, I thought, and he threw the chain down. That’s when a lady picked it up and handed it to me.”
On top of getting that chain back, Furnari is grateful that none of his employees were hurt in the incident.
Meanwhile, a police report has been filed, and Holyoke Police are investigating. However, a suspect has not been identified and the man who caused all of this is still at-large.
Copyright 2023. Western Mass News (WGGB/WSHM). All rights reserved.


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The Google+ social network has been struggling for years, and now that an API glitch has potentially exposed user data, Google will be shutting it down in August 2019.
Apple made much of the computational photography capabilities of the new iPhone XS and XR, but it isn’t the only company innovating in the field. Digital Photography Review outlines five features of Google’s Pixel 3 that push computational photography forward. Will we see similar features in 2019’s iPhones?
The designer of a popular professional iOS camera app has documented all the ways the iPhone XS camera improves on the iPhone X camera.
To complement its Everyone Can Code initiative, Apple has launched a new media creation training program called Everyone Can Create. It’s aimed at schools but is free for everyone.
The Backblaze Mac client can’t back up all your data in macOS 10.14 Mojave unless you give it full disk access, and its companion menu bar utility also needs automation permissions. Follow Backblaze’s instructions to restore full functionality.
Facebook has acknowledged that attackers took advantage of the platform’s View As feature to breach the security of at least 50 million accounts. If you’re forced to log in again, you might be among the affected users.
The enterprise messaging service Slack has acquired email app maker Astro Technology. Unfortunately, the Astro apps will stop working soon, forcing users to switch quickly.
Apple has published a support document stating that having a Boot Camp partition on a 27-inch iMac (Late 2012) with a 3 TB hard drive prevents macOS 10.14 Mojave from installing. Read on for workarounds.
Steven Levy has compiled an oral history of Apple’s Infinite Loop campus, getting an insider look at some of Apple’s most consequential events.
The AirPower wireless charging pad that Apple announced last year seems to have proved significantly more difficult to engineer than Apple had anticipated. If and when it ships, it may be quite different from what Apple previously described.
A number of Mac apps from Trend Micro have been discovered to be collecting users’ browsing histories and have been removed from the Mac App Store.
If you’re a font geek, or just want to challenge your powers of observation, check out David Friedman’s online quiz that asks you to identify which of two nearly identical logos is in Helvetica, as opposed to Arial.
A paid utility that was secretly spying on users’ Web browsing histories somehow made it past both Apple’s review process and macOS’s application sandboxing.
Developer Silvio Rizzi has made his popular RSS client Reeder 3 available for free until he releases an upcoming paid update.
In a support note, Apple has listed a variety of changes coming in macOS 10.14 Mojave and iOS 12 that might affect Macs and iOS devices used in the enterprise.


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In an effort to stop a proposed Wal-Mart super center from moving in to Florence, an outspoken community group has voiced their concerns for weeks.
However a Wal-Mart representative says those concerns have been addressed.
During recent city council meetings, comments from the CAUS group dominate.
At the last meeting, members stood up for nearly an hour expressing their concern.
Members say it's a passion to protect the General John Coffee family cemetery. According to Citizens Against Urban Sprawl, the cemetery's boundary lines blur.
But Wal-Mart representatives feel confident their store does not cross any boundaries.
“We have been making every effort to design our site in such a way so as to avoid any burial sites,” said Bill Wertz, Wal-Mart spokesman.
Wertz says the company has visited the cemetery site and conducted radar testing to determine exactly where people were laid to rest.
“That study indicated unmarked graves were unlikely but we have turned that research over to the Alabama Historical Commission and asked them to look at it and let us know what the right thing to do might be,” said Wertz.
The tests have also been turned over to the Florence City Council to consider.
“Should the city decide we should address any specific concerns regarding the site or our design we`re open to discussing modifications,” said Wertz.
And while the CAUS group would like Wal-Mart representatives to discuss a different location all together, it's distance that makes a difference for some Lauderdale County Residents.
“From where I live, Petersville down here, it`s probably ten miles and I wouldn`t have to go another 6, 7 miles down the road,” said John Fox.
The Florence City Council is expected to vote whether to re-zone the land from residential to commercial during Tuesday’s city council meeting.


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3T Takes Carbon Components to the Next Level at Eurobike
At Eurobike 3T celebrated its 50th anniversary in style by launching its pinnacle in carbon components; the new crankset, dubbed META which, according to 3T, is a radical re-think of this most fundamental component.
At Eurobike 3T celebrated its 50th anniversary in style by launching its pinnacle in carbon components; the new crankset, dubbed META which, according to 3T, “is a radical re-think of this most fundamental component.”
According to CEO René Wiertz, “the META crankset overturns conventional engineering concepts, is benchmarked against the best, and offers significant build advantages for amateurs and original equipment manufacturers.” Whether 3T’s new carbon crankset can do all that remains of course to be seen. However, striking is the fact that META even offers an axle made out of carbon fiber.
“It’s potentially 30% lighter than today’s benchmark cranksets – yet equals them in stiffness”, says René Wiertz. “The pre-production META crankset weight stands at only 550 grams.” Commenting on the design of META, 3T technical director Richard McAinsh states: “We targeted the best-in-class products and believe that our new design achieves its goals for stiffness and light weight. An important driver in reducing weight was to eliminate the bulky ‘boss’ at the center of the crank spider."
" We did this by separating the crank and the axle. The axle is now a separate, full-carbon sub-assembly carrying the 5 mounting points for the crank and chainrings.” With reaching its half a century milestone, the company is changing its name from the new3T to 3T Cycling.


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Does Vaping Negatively Affect our Health?
Vaping is a technology that was created in 2003 by a Chinese pharmacist in Beijing. This inventor was a very heavy smoker and sought to create a way to inhale nicotine “like smoke” but without the harmful side effects of cigarettes. His inspiration to build such a device came from the passing of his beloved father, who succumbed to health issues caused by heavy smoking. Ever since its inception, vaping has been surrounded by confusion and misinformation. When it first came out in the scene, it was seen as a completely harmless alternative to smoking and a way to get smokers their “fix” without any of the negative side effects associated with cigarettes. However, in the past couple of years, vaping has morphed into a megalodon of an empire that dominates the tobacco marketplace and has become somewhat of a technological fashion accessory.
With the introduction of the revolutionary Juul device, everything changed. Instead of adult smokers looking for a fix, a massive influx of middle and high schoolers began abusing the device and it has led to some grim endings. Just within the past year, 1,080 lung injuries have been caused by vaping. Vaping has proven to have its own fair share of dangers, whether it’s salt-based nicotine or freebase nicotine, or even no nicotine. The most surefire way to avoid lung damage from such products is to abstain from smoking and vaping. An investigation into the well-being impacts of vaping is current, and it’s going to move slowly before we tend to see the semi-permanent dangers. This is what we tend to buy and by comprehending the results of vaping liquids and keeping in mind that does not plant poison, besides vaping pot or CBD oil. Preliminary research prescribes vaping stances risks to heart prosperity. The makers of a 2019 review point out that e-liquid pressurized canned items contain particulates, oxidizing authorities, aldehydes, and nicotine. At whatever point taken in, these pressurized canned items have no uncertain impact on the heart and circulatory system. A 2018 report from the National Institutes Press (Rest) found gigantic verification that taking a puff from a nicotine e-cigarette triggers an extension in heartbeat. The makers also portrayed moderate confirmation prescribing that taking a puff from an e-cigarette extends circulatory strain. Both could impact heart prosperity as time goes on.
An ongoing report assessed data from the country over the investigation of around 450,000 individuals and found no enormous connection between e-cigarette use and coronary sickness. Regardless, they found that people who smoked both standard cigarettes and e-cigarettes will undoubtedly have coronary disease. Another 2019 examination is reliant on the proportion of the country over investigation found that e-cigarette use related to an extended risk of a stroke, cardiovascular disappointment, angina, and coronary ailment. The makers of the 2018 assessment used data from another national prosperity diagram to arrive at a near goal: Day-by-day vaping relates to an extended peril of cardiovascular disappointment, on any occasion when other lifestyle segments are thought about. Finally, a 2017 review by trusted Wellspring of the cardiovascular effects of vaping exhibits that e-cigarettes may speak to specific threats to the heart and circulatory structure, very for people who starting at now have coronary disease.
In any case, the authorities assumed that, when all is said in done, vaping is accepted to be less risky to the heart than smoking cigarettes. A couple of assessments suggest that vaping may effectively influence the lungs, yet more research is required. An ongoing report broke down the effects of prepared e-presses on both human lung cells and lung cells in mice. The experts uncovered different antagonistic effects on the two sorts of cells, including lethality, oxidation, and irritation. Regardless, these results are not generally generalizable to vaping, everything considered. An ongoing report overviewed the lung limit of 10 people who had never smoked cigarettes following vaping fluids either with or without nicotine. The researchers contemplated that vaping both with and without nicotine aggravates normal lung work in commonly strong people. In any case, this assessment had a little model size, which means the results may not have any kind of effect on everyone. Curiously, an examination from 2017 pursued the respiratory prosperity of people who vaped yet never smoked and people who never vaped or smoked over 3.5 years. The examiners did not find any immense differentiation in lung prosperity and reactions between the two social occasions. This examination in like manner had a little model size.
The proportionate 2018 report from Rest found that there’s some confirmation that e-cigarette introduction effectively influences the respiratory structure, yet those additional examinations are required to understand on account of vaping adds to respiratory diseases. Vaping appears to have different negative effects on oral prosperity. For instance, an ongoing report declared that prologue to e-cigarette vaporization makes teeth surfaces continuously slanted to make microorganisms. The makers construed that vaping may grow the peril of pits. Another examination from 2016 suggests that vaping relates to gum exacerbation, a known factor in the headway of periodontal contaminations. So additionally, a 2014 review declared that vaping may trigger unsettling influence in the gums, mouth, and throat. Finally, a comparative Snooze report from 2018 wrapped up there’s some verification that both nicotine and sans-nicotine e-cigarettes can hurt oral cells and tissues in people who do not smoke cigarettes. The 2018 report from Rest found liberal evidence that vaping causes cell brokenness, oxidative weight, and damage to DNA. A bit of these cell changes have been associated with the improvement of infection as time goes on, anyway, there’s starting now no evidence to recommend that vaping causes danger.
Vaping may in like manner have unequivocal hostile ramifications for explicit social events, particularly for adolescents. The CDC trusted Source report that vaping with nicotine can forever impact emotional wellness in people more youthful than 25. It’s possible that we don’t yet have an idea of pretty much all the physical effects of vaping. “Juuling” implies vaping with a specific e-cigarette brand. It is very attractive to young age groups, due to its very sleek design. A Juul is a very skinny rectangle-shaped electric cigarette that is charged wirelessly using a USB. The e-liquid lands in a cartridge called a Juul pod and contain a ton of nicotine.
Vaping without nicotine is likely more secure than vaping with nicotine. Nicotine dependence is one of the noteworthy threats of vaping with nicotine. An ongoing report prescribes that people who vape with nicotine will undoubtedly end up subject to nicotine more than people who vape without nicotine. Vaping nicotine is especially perilous for adolescents. Adolescents who vape with nicotine will undoubtedly start smoking cigarettes later on. Regardless, e-cigarettes still present prosperity risks, even without nicotine. Sans nicotine e-juice contains different possibly harmful manufactured substances, for instance, base liquids and improving administrators. Studies suggest that without nicotine vaping can trouble the respiratory structure, cause cell end, trigger irritation, and harm veins. More research ought to be done as such as to understand the responses to nicotine vaping.
The rising use of vaping has absolutely skyrocketed, especially among youngsters. According to a CDC report, nearly 40% of high school seniors answered yes to vaping in 2018, which is up from the previous year’s rate of almost 30%. In regular numbers, across the US, this is an astounding 2.5 million jump to 4 million high school seniors.
Without a doubt, age restrictions play a part in keeping numbers like this low. In the US, some states have set a legal age limit of 21, while some have set age limits of 18 or 19 years old. This is still not preventing as many adolescents as it should from using vaping products and becoming lifelong addicted to nicotine. Additionally, right around 7,000,000 adults at least 18 years old use e-cigarettes.
E-cigarettes use a battery-powered device that warms a liquid to shape vapors — or, even more accurately, vaporized — that the customer can take puffs of. These contraptions warm up various flavorings, nicotine, marijuana, or other potentially dangerous substances. Nicotine is addictive. Also, remember that cigarettes started off being harmless too but they were eventually found the be the cause of many deaths. In a similar fashion, vaping-related lung disease cases are sweeping the nation as you read this. It is not clear how routinely vaping may provoke lung issues or who is all things considered raised risk. For example, a non-vaper and a vaper’s lungs look identical. All of a sudden, some vapers develop a terrible lung disease seemingly from out of nowhere that is visible. They now have breathing issues such as asthma.
It is progressively getting more and more popular with young individuals. Many of them have gotten sick and even have died solely from vaping and have lung disease even though they haven’t smoked tobacco or cigarettes before. Are dangerous chemicals being used in e-liquids? Well, Since the FDA does not successfully oversee e-cigarettes, it is particularly difficult to get answers. In development to whatever bliss vaping brings, some verification prescribes vaping energizes a couple of individuals to quit smoking. Regardless, how it considers a nicotine fix or various methods for smoking discontinuance is not clear.
Up until this point, the FDA has not embraced vaping as a method for smoking suspension. Moreover, various smokers who vape continue using the two cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The CDC’s position is that E-cigarettes can benefit many adult smokers, but smokers who are pregnant at whatever point should not smoke or vape, as it is a risk for the baby. In the meantime, the FDA alerts that vaping is not 100% completely safe for all people, whether they are young healthy teenagers or adults. They suggest that if people do not use tobacco items such as cigarettes or hookah, they should not start vaping as it might lead to a lifelong addiction to nicotine.
The veritable amicability between the favorable circumstances and perils of vaping remains hard to assess. We don’t, for the most part, have any idea regarding what’s in e-cigarettes. The FDA doesn’t deal with these things. Besides, there is no information available about the whole deal of prosperity impact. The late horrendous and aggravating cases of outrageous lung affliction are caused by concern. Different other prosperity effects are furthermore disturbing: Nicotine is significantly addictive and can impact the making mind, possibly harming youngsters and energetic adults. Even some without nicotine e-cigarettes have been found to contain nicotine.
A couple of substances found in e-cigarette vapor have been associated with an extended threat of threatening development. Adolescents who vape will undoubtedly begin smoking cigarettes. Impacts and devours have been represented with e-cigarettes while restoring the devices, in light of flawed batteries. Spontaneous prologue to liquid from e-cigarettes has caused extreme nicotine hurting in adolescents and adults. Vaping during pregnancy could hurt a making hatchling. How vaping impacts our general prosperity is uncertain. Perhaps vaping should be seen as a ‘lesser of shades of malice’ for current cigarette smokers.
All things considered, there is a great deal about vaping we don’t have any idea about. One way we will adapt more is by individuals revealing conceivable vaping-related medical issues to the FDA so the FDA can look into it and research more about it. Until we know more, be critical before starting to vape. Different people have vastly different results and reactions when it comes to drugs such as nicotine. Government and state specialists suggest maintaining a strategic distance from all vaping until more is known. On the off chance that you do choose to vape, dodge e-cigarettes purchased on the side of the road from shady dealers and stick with brand-name e-cigarette items that are trustworthy. These instances of serious lung sickness among individuals who vape bring up significant issues about the security of vaping. Maybe we shouldn’t be amazed that lung issues may create in individuals who vape: our lungs were intended to breathe in clean air and that’s it. It took numerous years to perceive the harm cigarettes can cause. It may be the same idea but with vaping this time.


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Comic Con is coming to Sacramento for the second year in a row, and it’s bound to be another hugely successful event. Wizard World’s Comic Con, which will be in town from June 19-21, brings together fans of all ages to celebrate the best of today and yesterday’s pop culture, pop-fi, comics, graphic novels, video gaming, television and original art and collectibles. Comic con fans will be in their glory as they roam the Sacramento Convention Center in cosplay (costumes), rubbing shoulders with top comic con celebrities such as Norman Reedus (Walking Dead), Katie Cassidy (Arrow) and Henry Winkler (Happy Days). There will be photo opportunities, celebrity panels, a shopping expo, and the chance to intermingle with other comic con fans. Sound like fun? Here’s the details. And for a chance to win some tickets, scroll on down to the bottom of the post for details on your chance to win.
What: Wizard World Comic Con
When: June 19-21, 2015
Where: Sacramento Convention Center
Cost: Single Day Tickets and 3-Day Tickets Available (See prices below)
$39.95 – 1-Day Friday Admission
$49.95 – 1-Day Saturday Admission
$44.95 – 1-Day Sunday Admission
Sold Out – 3-Day Weekend Admission
The folks at Wizard World have given us some tickets to give away to three lucky readers! Here’s what we’ve got:
(1) VIP Promo Pack – includes: 2 three-day weekend passes, 2 Comic Con VIP badges, early admission to the show floor on Saturday and Sunday, limited edition trading cards
(1) pair of single day tickets for Saturday
(1) pair of single day tickets for Sunday
If you would like a chance to win any of these ticket packs, answer this Comic Con trivia question in the comments below: What character did Comic Con celebrity Kelly Frye play in the recent television series The Flash?
All correct answers will be eligible for the random drawing to be held on Thursday, June 2, 2015. Good luck!


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Ghanaian comedian, Clemento Suarez, has caused laughter online after he claimed global music star, Rihanna, copied Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, with respect to a shoe.
It all started when Rihanna shared an image of the shoe online, and indicated that she is simply informing her fans that the shoe has been sold out.
This prompted a reaction from Suarez, who hooted at Rihanna and claimed she is copying Yvonne Nelson.
Yvonne then shared a screenshot of the post and the comment online and shared laughing emojis.
The photo of the shoe, which has since gone viral, shows a women’s feet with the pink shoe.
The shoe is complemented by pink stripes that have been tied around the leg
In other news, Ghanaian actress, Gloria Sarfo, has caused a stir online with a photo she took during her days at the Senior High School level.
According to her, she was in her first year at the Ghana Senior High School. Koforiudua, when the picture was taken.
She explained that the picture was taken during a photoshoot, during which she supplied outfits to almost everyone present.
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Wakefern Food Corp. Announces $18.3 Billion in Sales
KEASBEY, NJ - It seems that Wakefern Food Corp. has been on a continuous path of growth this past year. From the rebrand of its Price Rite Marketplace banner and its ShopRite® Wholesome Pantry and Wholesome Pantry Organic product lines to its acquisition of Fairway Market locations and expansions in formats and new partnerships, the cooperative has made major strides in the retail landscape, and all that strategizing wasn't for naught. Recently, the company reported retail sales of $18.3 billion for the 53-week fiscal year ending October 3, 2020, a 9.75 percent increase from the prior year.
“Our store associates embraced their roles. Their courage and commitment was amazing, their teamwork energizing. Throughout the last seven months, I’ve witnessed our entire organization live our purpose of caring deeply about people, helping them to eat well, and be happy. It never had to be said, it’s just what we did,” said Chairman and CEO Joseph S. Colalillo.
Wakefern broke the news to its shareholders, store management, and staff during the company’s virtual annual shareholder meeting on October 22.
President and COO Joe Sheridan said 2020 created a new customer with new expectations that include cooking more at home and shopping more online. To accommodate this new customer, Wakefern added capacity to its popular online shopping offerings, including ShopRite from Home. Sheridan said the company continues to innovate, improve, and expand the digital shopping experience.
“Our customers turned to us for reassurance and for the things they wanted and needed for their families during this challenging time, and we were there for our customers, our neighbors, our friends, and our families,” said Sheridan. “There have been a lot of changes to how we operate and how people shop, but our goal is always to provide the best and safest possible shopping experience for our customers. And that’s exactly what we are doing.”
Chris Lane, Wakefern Executive Vice President, reported on the company’s successful initiatives and the focus the cooperative maintained even during a year of remarkable change and challenges. Lane also detailed Wakefern’s innovative plans to deliver wholesome and affordable fresh foods and meal solutions to customers.
“Step by step, we persevered and chipped away at our goals during 2020, even as we simultaneously responded to a global pandemic. And for that, we can only thank each and every one of you,” said Lane.
To couple with the new developments the cooperative is going through, Neil Falcone, Wakefern’s former Vice President of ShopRite Financial Services (SFS) and Corporate Finance, has been named Wakefern’s new Chief Financial Officer.
According to the release from the company, other notable achievements this year include:
- Opened four new ShopRite stores
- Welcomed a new banner, Manhattan-based Fairway Market
- Added a new member, Nicholas Supermarkets, founded by the Maniaci family in 1943 and now operates four new Fresh Grocer® supermarkets in northern New Jersey
- Launched Fresh to Table this month at three ShopRite stores
- Continued rollout of ShopRite’s award-winning flagship store brands, Bowl & Basket and Paperbird
- Expanded and rebranded its award-winning store brands, Wholesome Pantry and Wholesome Pantry Organic
- Opened its second stand-alone micro-fulfillment center, with plans to open additional micro-fulfillment centers over the next few years
Along with the announcement of achievements came a change in Wakefern’s executive leadership.
Geoffrey Eickhoff, President and Chief Operating Officer of Eickhoff’s Supermarkets, was also welcomed as a new member of Wakefern’s Board of Directors during the meeting, and leadership thanked retiring board member, Vince Lo Curcio of Nutley Park ShopRite, Inc., for his 10 years of service to the board.
To read the full release on the virtual annual meeting, click here.
For more updates in the retail space, keep checking back to ANUK.


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[Private Equity] Indian phone payments provider BharatPe has raised $108 million at a valuation of $900 million in its Series D round of funding. The company plans on processing $30 billion in payment volume by 2023. BharatPe is just $100 million shy of reaching unicorn status.
[Regulation] Australia’s government proposes passing laws that would result in Google and Facebook paying local news houses for news content. While the government has faced pushback from the tech giants, Google has gone a step further by threatening the government to change the laws or else. Google runs 95% of web searches in Australia.
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[ESG] In a strategy update published on Thursday, Royal Dutch Shell announced new emission goals. The company said that it's petrol and diesel production would drop by 55% by 2030. The company plans on being carbon neutral by 2050. In a separate incident, investment firm Covalis looks to raise $1 billion for its new ESG fund.
[Regulation] The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increased its scrutiny of penny stock trading due to social media chatter surrounding particular stocks. The SEC suspended trading of SpectraScience, a company that has not filed its financials since 2017 or has a working phone line. The SEC alleges that social media accounts have coordinated to artificially inflate prices of penny stocks in the wake of the GameStop saga.
[Commodities] China has been purchasing large amounts of corn, sending the price of the commodity close to an eight-year high. In January, the US Department of Agriculture disclosed that China bought 2.1 million tonnes of the product, marking it as the largest transaction China has made to date.
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VR46 entered into a joint venture with «The Hundred Media Holding». It aims to provide a global platform for all Valentino Rossi fans and their riders from the VR46 Riders Academy or GP teams.
Valentino Rossi’s empire continues to grow: VR46 Riders Academy with its Moto2 and MotoGP racing team and merchandising company VR46 Racing Apparel, which will be complemented this year with VR equipment, specifically for mountain bike and motocross riders (Available from October 2022 ), now joined by «VR46 Metaverse».
VR46 thus enters the digital world of the metaverse and seeks to provide all motorsport enthusiasts with virtual experiences and unique content in the worlds of gaming and NFTs (“Non-Fungible Tokens”; i.e. non-exchangeable digital assets). Behind this is a joint venture with «The Hundred» Holding Italian Media.
The project has a multi-year timetable, but the first material should be available later this year. The stated goal is to create «Dottore», a global platform dedicated to the VR46 Racing Team and Academy. Fans can be virtually entertained, meet VR46 drivers, interact and even race against each other.
“Starting this massive project is an exciting undertaking that I have tackled with a structured approach in partnership with top tier players,” explained Valentino Rossi. “I am really excited to be able to reach fans around the world and bring the atmosphere and excitement of VR46 through new technologies. I believe this project is a hugely important step for the brand.”
Jean-Claude Ghinozzi, CEO of VR46 Metaverse and Partner at The Hundred, said: “I am really excited to be working on this project, which will see international icons like Valentino Rossi enter the Metaverse for the first time, re-starting this virtual world. For like him the world has also done in motorsport.”
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Abkhazia could be used for parallel imports of goods to Russia - Abkhaz president
UFA. July 13 (Interfax) - Abkhazia could be used to import goods to Russia from countries that have imposed sanctions on it, Abkhaz President Aslan Bzhania said.
"After a significant number of countries have imposed sanctions on Russia, we are certainly thinking of using our territory to implement a parallel import program, with our transit capabilities engaged," Bzhania said at a meeting at the administration of the Russian internal republic of Bashkortostan on Wednesday.
"This is a matter that could be discussed. We have two ports, and we have access to other countries. This is a channel that could be taken advantage of," he said.
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Apex Legends is about to get even bigger, better, and louder than ever before. Also, a Battle Pass is on its way later this year.
Since the surprise launch of Apex Legends just last week, EA and Respawn Entertainment have seen a mind-blowing amount of success from the free-to-play three-man squad-based Battle Royale title. As part of their ongoing process, Vince Zampella, CEO and co-founder of Respawn Entertainment, has revealed the companies upcoming plans to help grow their game past what it already is.
In a recent announcement, Zampella has revealed that they are looking at making “changes based on player feedback and experiences.” Along with his noting that they are listening to their fans, there are also a few things getting ready to get underway including a Twitch Rivals Apex Legends Challenge, sponsored by Twitch, a Valentines Day Event that includes in-game goodies, and even an upcoming Battle Pass along with brand new Legends, weapons, loot, and more heading our way rather soon.
First up is the Twitch Rivals Apex Legends Challenge which is set to start on Tuesday 12th and February 19, 2019. The challenge will feature 48 of Twitch’s biggest streamers competing against one another live in Apex Legends. Those looking to do so can follow the official Apex Legends Twitch channel where Respawn will be co-hosting the challenge themselves.
Those looking for a bit more reason to show why they are the best of the best can do so on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2019, as there will be a limited-time event including themed loot and items to earn and obtain during this time. If that’s not for you, Zampella has also revealed that Season One of Apex Legends will kick off in March, featuring the games very first Battle Pass alongside brand new Legends, weapons, loot, and more for fans to earn.
If that’s not enough, the team has also revealed that the game has more than two million concurrent players and is growing at a steady rate and they hope it will continue to do so moving forward.
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The nation’s largest wine-consuming class is also among its youngest. According to Wines Vines Analytics, wine sales were near $46.5 billion in 2018, and millennials are drinking much of it. In fact, 40 percent more millennials than the overall adult population drink regularly throughout the year, according to stats on consumer wine consumption by the Wine Market Council released in 2016. But what millennials and the upcoming Gen Z generation are drinking is an ever shifting dynamic.
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then a bottle shot posted to Instagram may just be worth a thousand glass pours. That’s one of the major wine drinking shifts sommeliers across the nation are experiencing. Wines, or wine regions, that appear in the social media feed of millennials gain instant currency. Back in the 1970s, it took importer Kermit Lynch three months of traveling Europe to chase down wines, days typing up those wines, and weeks for that information to reach the right audience. “Now, if Raj Parr is at a great vineyard in Burgundy, he takes a photo and puts it on Instagram. That connection to information has influenced what people are looking for, and it happens almost immediately,” says Matthew Kaner, wine director and partner at California wine bars Good Measure, Dead or Alive Bar, Bar Covell, and Augustine Wine Bar.
While in the past marketing shifts took time to happen, today they are nearly instantaneous. “Now, someone puts something on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, and the next day people are asking for it,” Kaner says. “That can really course correct a market quickly, and, if you’re not paying attention, it passes you by.”
Such attention to social media and devices may be behind one trend apparent to Rebecca Fineman, a master sommelier and wine director and managing partner at San Francisco wine-centric restaurant Ungrafted.
“What I see overall among both groups, millennials and Gen Zers, is a lack of commitment,” Fineman says. Cocktails, beer, and splashes of wine may be in, but full bottles are definitely not. “It just seems like people don’t know how long they’re going to be staying anywhere, and a bottle is an hour commitment that they don’t necessarily want to make.”
A shift from older generations, younger generations are also increasingly more aware of unexpected wines. Gone are the days when a 20-something-year-old walked into a wine bar asking for a California Cab. Instead, requests are for anything from a Slovenian natural wine to Pinots from tiny Oregon producers.
“What I’m noticing is that the classics are not popular anymore. They’re great at steakhouses and they’re great on the auction market, but I think younger wine drinkers are caring more about the way things are made and how people are treated,” Kaner says. People aren’t asking what Bordeaux a restaurant has, but instead what natural wines are offered. “And they’re open to where those wines come from,” Kaner says. “It’s more about how the wine is made.”
“The trigger word right now for millennials is sustainable,” Fineman says. “Sonoma County has pledged to be 100 percent sustainable by 2019, and they will be first [American Viticultural Area] in the U.S. to achieve that. That’s going to be a really huge sell to millennials.”
But it isn’t just microproduction that has millennials attention. Fineman sees a continued interest in the lusher more exuberant wines of the world, like Malbec from Argentina, Australian Shiraz, and juicy Pinots from the Russian River and Napa, California. “That’s probably because when you’re developing your taste, you tend to latch on to a style that’s really easy to recognize. The more you drink, the more you start to look for more subtleties,” Fineman says.
But that taste for subtleties is emerging, too. “I do see more people drinking white wine than I used to among younger people. That’s something you usually see when people are really getting used to wine drinking. I’m seeing more and more of that. People will ask for a Sauvignon Blanc, sometimes even something like Chablis. And sparkling wines—maybe not Champagne but off-the-beaten-path, cool, quirky, sparkling wines of the world,” Fineman says.
Millennials aren’t to be easily dismissed. As they’ve aged, their wealth has increased, as has their savviness. Best of all, the younger generations are really open-minded, and curious, say somms.
“These people are receptive; they want to listen. Older guests may not want to hear what you have to say; they know what they like, but the younger generation wants to hear what you have to say about the wine,” Fineman says. Now 20-something-year-olds walk through the door, she says, and ask for something out of the norm like sherry. Younger generations are taking curiosity to the next level—in the glass.


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DIGITAL digestNovember 2007
In a preview of official announcements set for the following week at Ifra, Saggiomo revealed that the company’s still-to-be-named violet chemistry-free plate is already being used at an Austrian publishing company, Mediaprint, to produce runs of 200,000 impressions and is expected to be available in the second quarter of next year. Also in early 2008, Agfa is planning a gradual phase-in of the new N92v violet photopolymer plate that is formulated to handle long runs without baking.
PODi Is True To Forum in Las Vegas
ROCHESTER, NY—Las Vegas continues to be an “in” spot for graphic arts events, with the 2008 PODi Application Forum now added to the list in a return engagement for the conference. This “Celebration of Digital Print” is scheduled to run from January 28-30 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
A full day of “pre-conference intensives” is being offered on Monday, January 28, for an additional registration fee. Topics range from getting started in mailing services to solution selling and database management. Bus tours to local digital printers are also an option.
Rab Govil, PODi president, will give a keynote address to kick off the formal AppForum the following day. Next up will be a presentation of the annual best practices awards, followed by a session offering insights from the winners. Attendees will be able to pick from a dozen breakout sessions in the afternoon.
The final day will start with a jolt from Rick Smith, CEO of TASER International (think stun guns), who will share some of the lessons his company has learned from doing complex variable data communications. Sandwiched between 11 more breakout sessions will be a presentation by Joel Cartun, founder of Vestcom International, a leading provider of specialized in-store marketing communications.
More information is available at www.podiforum.org.
SALT LAKE CITY—AlphaGraphics is leveraging its long-standing relationship with EFI to deploy XMPie’s uDirect Professional Premier Edition variable data software (sold by EFI) to its 250 franchises worldwide. In August, AlphaGraphics launched a new division, agDirect Marketing, focused on providing one-to-one marketing solutions.
ROCHESTER, NY—Making a $60 million investment, Xerox Corp. has opened its first American emulsion aggregation (EA) toner plant here. In a related development, the company introduced a document security technology capable of printing variable text that becomes readable when exposed to infrared light. The InfraredMark Specialty Imaging Font is printed using a pair of CMYK toner sets that exhibit opposite levels of infrared light absorption.
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—The 1,500th Suprasetter thermal platesetter manufactured by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, a model S74, has been installed by Western Graphics in St. Paul, MN, as a replacement for its original Topsetter unit. Factoring in all of its current and past product lines, Heidelberg has now manufactured more than 6,000 CTP systems.
RUMFORD, RI—American Printer of RI is expanding its capability to produce large-format signs by installing a ColorSpan 9840uv flatbed ink-jet printer from MacDermid ColorSpan. The 35-year-old firm is said to be the first printer in Rhode Island to install that model.
BOULDER, CO—Users of QuarkXPress and other Quark Inc. products now have access to informational resources through an independent Website, Planet-Quark.com. It features daily news posts, as well as tips, tutorials, feature articles, bug reports and a job board.


text: Data released by Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) today reveals that the output of the region's entire biomedical manufacturing cluster shrank by 15.3 per cent over October compared to last year. The decline was primarily due to a hefty 19.5 per cent drop in the pharmaceuticals sector, thanks to "a different composition mix of active pharmaceutical ingredients" compared to last year. Although still a considerable drop, the decrease in pharmaceutical manufacturing output was at least an improvement on September's figures, which showed a 37.1 per cent plunge in manufacturing output from the pharma sector compared to last year. However, with the medical technology sector growing an impressive 25.8 per cent over October compared to last year, biomedical manufacturing as a whole has grown 8.7 per cent over the first ten months of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. The drop in pharmaceutical output, however, negatively impacted growth of Singapore's manufacturing sector as a whole, up just 0.9 per cent in October compared to the same period last year. The EDB also recently surveyed the manufacturing sector regarding its business expectations moving into 2008. 22 per cent of firms in the biomedical cluster expected conditions to improve over the next six month, up on the 10 per cent who expressed this opinion at the close of the second quarter 2007. However, production in the sector is expected to continue to fall over the final quarter of this year, both in pharmaceuticals and the medical technology segment. As such, stocks of raw materials in these segments are set to build up over Q4 as production is delayed. Singapore has established itself as a popular destination for pharma and biopharmaceutical firms, boasting a number of top companies on it shores. Only last month, for example, Novartis announced the largest manufacturing investment in its history, with plans to establish a new $700m biotech facility in the country alongside a recently constructed tableting facility. The aim is for Singapore's biomedical sciences industry to reach S$25bn by 2015, and employment in the sector to increase by almost 50 per cent to 15,000. As the region's reputation as a competitive, highly technological, highly skilled and high quality manufacturing location grows, it is likely to achieve this target as companies continue to invest in a region that offers a cost-effective and supportive environment for their growing biopharmaceutical activities.


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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The city of Rockford has shifted some of its programs with the goal of helping small businesses in the Stateline.
Rockford Director of Community and Economic Development Karl Franzen talked about some of those changes at the weekly "One Million Cups" event for local startups.
Franzen focused on the city's investments on initiatives like Indoor City Market and the Advanced Technology Center at Barber Colman, as well as the facilitation role the city plays through it's Business First program for new entrepreneurs to understand the regulatory environment.
"There's certainly different sectors of entrepreneurs but when you look at job creation and the country as a whole," said Franzen. "They're coming from new business, not necessarily established businesses and so entrepreneurship is such a critical element to economic development."
One Million Cups is a local chapter of a national initiative of the Kauffman Foundation focused on entrepreneurs networking and sharing their experiences.