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in Benton on Saturday ... appliances, tools, glassware, etc. for their 11th-annual Giant Flea Market
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Pop Up Ave Flea Market Returning to Downtown State College
After a successful first outing last fall, the urban-style pop-up flea market
Pop Up Ave will return to downtown State College three times this year.
What's happening at the Fair?
Special bargains will be happening so come out and find some treasures. Then on May 13 will be the monthly Flea Market
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Spring Gathering to feature junk and primitives galore
The annual spring flea market
at SIU Arena parking lot will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29. This is sponsored by SIU Civil Service Council.
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Future Mobility Roadshow
In times of impending driving bans and growing political pressure in view of the climate protection targets that have been set, more and more companies are looking at alternative drive technologies for their vehicle fleets. For this reason, research institutes and vehicle manufacturers are pushing ahead with the development of more economical drive technologies, especially in the area of commercial vehicles.
The fact that the use of solar energy, lithium batteries or hydrogen for vehicle operation is no longer a novelty for many regional entrepreneurs was demonstrated by the Future Mobility Roadshow jointly organized by Messe Karlsruhe, the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and the Automotive Engineering Network (aen) as part of NUFAM - the commercial vehicle trade fair.
If you are interested in demonstrating your products here as well, please contact the team.

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Clearwater, FL – October 10, 2019 — Digital Media Solutions® (DMS), the fastest-growing digital performance marketing company in the U.S., announced a powerful addition to its leadership team, appointing Jason “JR” Rudolph to Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Rudolph spent the past four years as CTO for W4 – a performance ad market acquired by DMS in 2018 – where he oversaw the development of industry-leading technology which was leveraged to support W4’s growth, and more recently, adopted to manage DMS lead generation campaigns.
Rebranded to DMS TRAX, the technology developed by Rudolph is an end-to-end platform that now connects and tracks DMS performance marketing data and call campaigns, offering valuable insight into consumer behaviors and campaign performance. DMS TRAX capabilities include:
- Cookie-less tracking for cross-device targeting
- Real-time matching and distribution to connect consumers with the brands that best fit their needs
- Robust filter and distribution rules, including default verification of consumer information and real-time checks against the National Do-Not-Call (DNC) Registry
- Dynamic call routing and conversion tracking with all calls recorded for compliance and training purposes
- Real-time, source-level conversion tracking and analysis
- Accessible and easy-to-use tools to help advertisers and publishers manage and maximize their campaigns
“With his vast industry knowledge and technological savvy, JR will be an incredible asset to the DMS team as we continue to build and leverage industry-leading, proprietary technology that rivals the most-used technologies in the digital advertising industry,” said Fernando Borghese, COO of Digital Media Solutions. “Through the use of a cookie-less distribution tracking system, strict distribution rules and operationalized compliance procedures, DMS has created a reliable technology that allows our team to successfully match the right consumer with the most qualified brand, while providing unprecedented visibility into consumer actions and advertiser campaign performance.”
In his new role as CTO of DMS, Rudolph will remain at the center of developing DMS industry-leading technology. DMS TRAX is built and operated in-house and rivals leading technology to propel the DMS business, support the company’s massive growth and provide scalable and cost-effective performance marketing solutions to DMS clients and publisher partners.
“DMS has a history of making significant investments in its proprietary technology in order to provide the most targeted and impactful people-based marketing,” said Rudolph. “Needless to say, I’m thrilled to be part of a company with such a high level of innovation.”


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Another dog will soon enter the ring to battle for streaming service dominance in Singapore. Disney has announced plans to roll out their long-awaited platform, Disney+, to Singapore audiences on 23 February 2021. A subscription to the service will cost viewers $11.98 per month, or $119.98 per year.
Carrying titles from iconic entertainment brands like Disney (naturally), Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, and National Geographic, the service will unlock more than 500 movies and 15,000 episodes of content to viewers throughout the country. Disney+ will also integrate a sixth brand tile, Star, onto its platform, intending it as more of a general entertainment source for families and young adults, featuring TV shows and films from ABC, FX, Freeform, Searchlight, and 20th Century Studios. Singapore is the first market globally to launch Disney+ with all six content brands.
Whether it’s your intention to celebrate the back catalogues of the lauded company or discover your new favourite original show, Disney+ will offer viewers a library overflowing with compelling content. Classics like Mulan, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles will be just a click away, as will all 12 Star Wars films and every Marvel Studio movie ever made. The service will also see the premiere of highly-anticipated upcoming flicks like Pixar’s Soul and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.
As per the absolute deluge of announcements that came out of this week’s 2020 Disney Investor Day, there will also be more than enough Disney+ originals and exclusives to see you through to infinity and beyond. Shows like WandaVision, The Mandalorian, Loki, and The Right Stuff will be introduced throughout 2021, accompanied by movies like The Lady and the Tramp.
Between the copious amounts of content available on both Netflix, Amazon Prime, and now, Disney+, 2021 is already looking brighter. Spring audiences in Singapore will be absolutely spoiled for choice.
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Car-makers in India, who have been witnessing one of the slowest sales growth rates in over two years, on Tuesday said the RBI’s decision to hike key rates will deal a further blow, as financing costs will rise.
“It seems that now auto loan rates will go up and this is going to impact us definitely. Growth rate has already come down,“Honda Siel Cars India Senior Vice-President (Sales and Marketing) Jnaneswar Sen said told PTI.
He said fundamentally, the economy is growing and the market will continue to grow, but the growth rate may be low.
Expressing similar views,General Motors India Vice-President P Balendran said: “The rate hike is going to further slow down the market. The Indian automobile market is already under a tremendous amount of pressure. We were expecting this time the rates to be unchanged, but the RBI has other priorities as well.“
Maruti Suzuki India Chief Financial Officer Ajay Seth said: “Market condition continues to be sluggish and the rate hike by the RBI by 50 basis points will have an effect on consumer sentiment.“
When asked whether the auto sales growth rate would further come down, Sen said: “It is difficult to say at this moment, because usually the market picks up during August-September on account of the festive season.“
IHS Automotive India Managing Director Deepesh Rathore, however, said the rate hikes will dampen demand even during the festive season.
“It (rate hikes) will have an impact on the auto market. This festive season will not be as good as that of last year’s. We hope the interest rates should stabilise by the end of this calender year. We are not very optimistic for the next few quarters for all car manufacturers,“ he said.
Car sales in the domestic market recorded their slowest growth rate in 27 months in June this year at 1.62 per cent, mainly due to hikes in lending rates and production losses due to the 13-day strike at Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar unit.
Car sales in the country stood at 1,43,370 units in June this year, as against 1,41,086 units in the same month last year, as per figures released by theSociety of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). This was in sharp contrast to the near 30 per cent growth witnessed during the whole of last fiscal. It was also the slowest growth rate since March, 2009, when sales increased by just 1.16 per cent.


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'Ace and Maxi looking like twins!' Jessica Simpson shares a snap of her blonde babes in their pink ride-on cars
It can't have been easy having two children just a year apart.
But Jessica Simpson has embraced motherhood - and as her babies grow into children the hard work is beginning to pay off.
The actress-singer-designer posted a snap of the blonde pair to Instagram on Tuesday with the caption: 'Ace and Maxi looking like twins! And yes, they share pink cars'.
Full speed ahead: Jessica Simpson, 33, posted a pic of her blonde son and daughter to Instagram on Tuesday with the caption, 'Ace and Maxi looking like twins! And yes, they share pink cars'
Two-year-old Maxwell and eleven-month-old Ace look like best buddies as they are seen going for a late afternoon joy ride side-by-side in their plastic vehicles.
The brother and sister each display a full-lipped pout while wearing matching heather gray T-shirts.
Jessica's little ones appear to live a down-to-earth lifestyle despite being the offspring of a fashion designer with an estimated billion-dollar clothing and accessories empire.
Billion dollar empire: Jessica, seen at an LA airport on May 4, appears to raise her kids in a down-to-earth environment despite their being the offspring of a highly successful fashion designer
Wedding bells: Jessica revealed that her nuptials to NFL player Eric Johnson 'will definitely be extravagant'
Coming up later this year for the blonde beauty is her wedding to her children's father, 34-year-old NFL player Eric Johnson.
Jessica recently revealed on The Today Show that the 2014 nuptials 'will definitely be extravagant'.
The event was originally expected to take place in Capri, Italy but a source told UsWeekly that the wedding will now be taking place over fourth of July weekend in Santa Barbara, California.
Romantic relocation: The event was originally expected to take place in Capri, Italy but a source told UsWeekly that Jessica's wedding will now be taking place over fourth of July weekend in Santa Barbara, California
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China has long been regarded as the epicentre of censorship when it comes to internet and online activity. Continuing long standing restrictions on press freedoms and freedoms of speech, China has brought the online world in line with their standards for the offline world.
The great firewall of China or Golden Shield Project as it is officially known came in to effect in 2003 in a period of time when internet access was gaining in momentum around the world with many countries coming online in huge droves. It is in no doubt that the timing of the introduction of the Chinese firewall was well equipt to restrict the freedoms of online use for Chinese residents and those that frequently visit China for personal or business purposes.
Using a VPN in China has always been an essential tool for both travellers and citizens. With China becoming the biggest nation for trading goods, overtaking the US in 2012 the increase in business travellers and purposes to conduct communications with China is ever increasing and set likely to continue to grow.
Communications have changed with China
In the period of time that the great firewall of China has been in operation the way in which the world communicates has changed beyond recognition. While email was heralded as the future of communication with its obvious benefits over snail mail and other forms of older communication such as telegrams, instant messaging services have again altered the landscape in the way Chinese users communicate.
Business is now a global industry and as such small to medium enterprises as well as large corporations have access to both the Chinese market and the Chinese workforce. Communication is key in daily business opportunities with China and as such instant messaging services are now being increasingly used to communicate in a more rapid manner than ever before. Businesses in North America and Europe can now communicate on an instant basis with Chinese factories and confirm orders, alter specifications and make any on the fly communication without delay thanks to instant messaging services.
China instant message with non-domestic users
Facebook offers an excellent way for both personal and business users to keep connected, with it’s instant messaging feature users can take part in discussions quickly and easily. In 2009 after rioting took place in the Chinese city of Ürümqi, Facebook was swiftly blocked after it emerged that independence activists had used the network to form part of their communication system resulting in communication from Chinese users via Facebook coming to a sudden halt.
While other popular western instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp are reportedly not blocked in China and would make ideal lines of quick communications with those outside China the popularity of non-Chinese or at least non-Asian mobile messaging apps inside China is extremely limited. Just as home grown search provider Baidu dwarfs Google’s use in China such is the case with instant messaging apps.
Communication between Chinese citizens and South Korean citizens was massively popular with regionally popular apps such as KakaoTalk and Line being in widespread use. With recent crackdowns on instant messaging systems in China as recent as August 2014 both apps have now been blocked. Little surprise given that both are owned by South Korean businesses limiting the grip over which the Chinese government could impose it’s strict restrictions.
Instant Messaging restricted within China
It would appear that Chinese internet censorship is forever playing a cat and mouse game cleverly penning users in to specific tools in which such restrictions can be more easily enforced.
When blogging was heavily hit in 2013 by strict restrictions which included stories of imprisonment and even death sentences for those who speak out against the Chinese regime many users turned to quicker forms of communications such as instant messaging which allowed information to be passed quicker and in a less centralised manner, no longer was removing a blog page enough to stop the spread of information.
However now the uptake of instant messaging services such as the ever popular WeChat with it’s reported 800 million users has taken a strong footing within China the government has seized the opportunity to engage it’s censorship wagon once again.
On August 7th 2014 the Chinese government introduced new regulations which has a variety of implications for Chinese instant messaging users that include users registering with their real names amongst others. With foreign IM systems being blocked in China it leaves Chinese users lessening choice via normal avenues to access communication systems such as instant messaging.
While messaging services such as those provided by Weibo and QQ are allowed within China they are restricted by the fact they are heavily monitored by the Chinese government which only reduces the ability to speak freely via such systems.
Bypass Chinese net & IM restrictions
Looking for a VPN service for China has long been the past time of those about to travel to China and those who already reside within the country. A Virtual Private Network for use in China will encrypt your communications be it instant messaging or other online services. Not only this but also allow access to other websites which are usually blocked by the great firewall including sites such as Facebook, Twitter and many more.
While China has attempted to crack down on VPN use it has become imperative to use a service provided by a company with a slightly smaller user base thus flying under the radar of the Chinese authorities and when combined with access via the SSL port increases the opportunity to have free flowing and unrestricted instant messaging use in China.
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A number of representative groups for the food retail and distribution sector have called on the EU to exempt medium-sized businesses from potentially costly cybersecurity obligations outlined in the proposed NIS 2 Directive.
The European Commission proposal for a NIS 2 Directive widens the scope of the existing Directive to cover all large and medium sized enterprises in selected critical/essential sectors.
The new scope would include food distribution, with the objective of avoiding food shortages in case of a cyberattack.
'Not Proportionate To The Risks'
Groups including EuroCommerce, Independent Retail Europe, SMEunited, HOTREC and Serving Europe have said that the extension of the scope to all medium sized food distribution businesses is not proportionate to the risks and leads to very high un-necessary compliance costs.
'The impact would be particularly high, as food distribution SMEs are characterised by very low-profit margins, and a significant number (e.g. hospitality, wholesale, etc.) are still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 crisis,' the groups said in a joint statement.
The groups argue that NIS 2 should only cover food distribution companies of systemic relevance, where a cyberattack would create a critical threat to ensuring consumers have access to food supply.
Food Production Process
With this in mind, medium sized food distribution firms, including retailers, restaurants, and so forth, would not be considered critical in this sense – if a cyberattack occurred, the food production process would not be affected.
The groups are calling on EU institutions to amend the scope of application of the NIS 2 proposal for the food distribution sector and ensure that:
- Either medium sized food distribution companies are exempt from NIS 2; or
- It exclusively covers businesses supplying more than 0.5% of the population of a given Member State- reflecting their importance to the food supply of Member States.
Retailer Coop Sweden saw its checkout systems disabled following a cyber attack during the summer, while Spanish beer maker Damm was forced to halt output in Barcelona following a similar attack earlier this month.


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New Burger Restaurant Coming to Waite Park
WAITE PARK -- Burger lovers get ready as a new place to eat is coming to Waite Park.
World Burger Company is a locally owned restaurant that features world themed burgers, homemade buns and 100% certified Angus beef, which less than 8% of the world's beef qualifies.
Ken Rittmuller, and his wife Tracy, are the owners of the restaurant. He says he has traveled all over the country and with his cooking background, has always wanted to open his own restaurant.
"I can do all kinds of fancy gourmet food and was trained by a former saucier to the Queen of England. So I can make anything you want but guess where my heart is at, burgers," says Rittmuller.
This is the first of six restaurants planned to open in the St. Cloud area within the next two years.
Rittmuller says while they may have a fast food menu, when you walk through the doors you will feel like your in Europe.
"It's very subdued looking, there will be mellow music, posters of Italy and Germany. It will look very much like an European cafe inside," says Rittmuller.
Rittmuller says they are currently hiring for full and part-time positions. They plan to open in October.
World Burger is located in the Sundial Village mall at 631 2nd Street South in Waite Park.


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ESA National Economic Panel Polls
China services boom for Australia? - April 2016
Proposition: "As the Chinese economy makes its transition from investment-led to consumption led growth, the Australian service sector which currently accounts for around 20% of total exports, will produce a second 'Chinese economic windfall' for Australians."
Overview of poll results by Dr Lauren Johnston
This month’s poll drew attention to the broadly held view that it is, as put by one respondent, “highly unlikely imports of services from Australia will compensate adequately for the ongoing fall in Australian resource exports to China.”


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks closed with slender gains Thursday as the latest reports on the economy eased concerns about higher interest rates but also raised questions about slowing growth. See full story.
Economic Report: U.S. July new home sales fall 4.3% to 1.07 million
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Sales of new homes dropped 4.3% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.07 million, the Commerce Department said Thursday. New-home sales are down 21.6% in the past year, the biggest drop since late 1994. See full story.
Fire hazards prompt Apple to recall 1.8 million laptop batteries
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Computer Inc. said Thursday it would follow in the steps of Dell Inc. and recall 1.8 million battery packs manufactured by Sony Corp. in what is the second major recall of laptop computer batteries in less than two weeks. See full story.
Family might take Ford private: report
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The Fords are reportedly mulling the possibility of bringing their company back into the family fold, which would end 50 years on the stock exchange and pave the way for Bill Ford and his inner circle to retool the struggling automaker without further meddling by shareholders. See full story.
Click fraud problem doesn't faze advertisers
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Frank Watson of Forex Capital Markets has always assumed that some of the people who click on his company's online ads, which are placed alongside Google Inc.'s search results, do so fraudulently. See full story.
Net Sense: The video frenzy has only just begun
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- "Prices are insane!" See full story.
Homeowners who fall behind on mortgage can find help
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Whether it's from a job loss, medical emergency, mortgage-payment hike or simply personal-finance mismanagement, a small but growing number of homeowners is falling into foreclosure every year. See full story.


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In October of 2012, we asked our readers if they owned an Android tablet. We were sort of shocked to find that 68% of those that voted in the poll said “yes,” which was a lot higher than we had expected. But, with so many great options to choose from – such as the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 or a Transformer variant from ASUS, it’s a good time to be an Android tablet buyer.
It has been a year, so let’s ask the same question and see if our results have changed. The new Nexus 7 has been out for a couple of months; time to see if Google has convinced you to empty your pockets on a new Android-powered slate.


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Sprint subscribers will soon be able to roam in Cuba
Sprint has announced that it has signed a direct roaming deal with the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA). This will allow Sprint subscribers to easily roam inside Cuba, though the company doesn't mention whether roaming in Cuba will be covered under its Global Roaming or Open World plans.
Sprint hasn't announced any specific plans for roaming in Cuba just yet. The carrier says they will announce details and availability at a later date.
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I sat with Erika Spence from The Winter Park Chamber of Commerce for a while on Thursday morning at the new Smart Coffee on Park Avenue talking Harriett’s Park Avenue Fashion Week. One Sarah Grafton was supposed to join us, but diligently remained at the office with a client meeting which went long.
This little fashion show begun 7 years ago isn’t so little, as anyone who’s ever attended knows well. It’s a GRAND effort brought about by tons of work from lots of volunteers. It’s a wonderful reflection on this community, the energy and enthusiasm of its business community, and truly an amazing spotlight for all businesses involved.
Tickets for the show, to take place October 19, go on sale this coming week. But there are events between now and then, and many beforehand that week. Harriett’s Happy Hour, to take place at the Orlando Ballet, is already SOLD OUT. But there’s another event — a VERY cool event, I believe — which will take place at Maxine’s on Shine, spotlighting this year’s ‘Emerging Designer’ hopefuls. As of yesterday 10 had submitted portfolios, but Erika said the vast majority of entries come in last minute, which was today.
Last year, the ‘Emerging Designer’ piece was something I wrote about, meeting each of them, talking about their approach to the very UNconventional challenge they were given: making futuristic fashion looks from materials used by city employees outdoors everyday. Flags, signs, planting materials, wiring and more were included. And the looks were amazing. That’s not just fashion; it’s FUN!
There are only 50 tickets available to the event at Maxine’s on September 23, and will be available until gone for $25. They won’t last long! Tickets for events and other information can always be found at the website: http://www.parkavenuefashionweek.com/.
The show itself is changing this year, with a VIP tent, attached to the normal 20,000 square foot tent containing the show. VIP tickets will be $150, and general admission $50. VIP will include drinks and light bites from Local restaurants. I’ll detail more on this in future blogs.
Models are already rehearsing for the show, and stores are selecting their music, will be selecting models and creating their own “Look Books” soon. No, this does not happen over night. It’s planned for much of the year and when July hits, the work really kicks in, becoming almost a separate job for all those involved.
As I attend more of these events I’ll try to take some video to share, as it gets interesting. If you like reality shows, this is sort of like ‘America’s Next Top Model’ meets ‘Project Runway’, and yes, there are sure to be some diva moments! (I hope.) 🙂
Last year was my first year attending the show and if you have not been, you wouldn’t believe what you are missing. Bryant Park comes to Winter Park one night a year and it’s exciting.
Celebrating Art, Life
Tonight is the newest exhibit at 1350 West Art Gallery on Fairbanks Avenue. This is not your regular art gallery for a number of reasons. Tops there would be that it IS in The Carey Hand Cox Parker Funeral Home.
Some do a bit of a double take at that recognition. I likely did one myself the first time I heard about it. But certainly not anymore.
Stories I’ve heard of those who’ve lost LUVed ones and are attending services who end up wandering in the gallery, seeking solace and comfort there is the sort of positive experience many Artists would want for their art. It’s about Art reflecting life, helping to celebrate it, and console. I’ve heard many times people pose the question, what is art? I even took a college course asking just that. But another question would be, what is the purpose of art? I’m going to ponder that for many Artists, including my own works done over the years, it’s to inspire, to be enjoyed, to soothe, calm, put a smile on someone’s face, take them some place else . . . to impact others in a positive way.
And THAT is this wonderful gallery inside the Carey Hand Cox Parker Funeral Home.
So, I have to finish this up now, to get on my way to the opening: The Power of Pink. If you see this before, it’s TONIGHT! Join us, five to eight!
AND . . . watch for FLOCK THIS! More on that coming in the next month.
Til next time . . . holy bricks & Spanish moss, I LUV Winter Park!


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Microsoft has confirmed that its newest Windows 10 replace, model 21H1, will arrive within the spring of this 12 months, first in a tech group put up on Feb. 15 and in a extra formal firm weblog put up on Feb. 17. This follows Microsoft’s traditional sample of rolling out two main Windows 10 updates per 12 months, with this one following the newest . (If you are working Windows 7, you’ll be able to nonetheless to get the newest updates.)
While we are able to anticipate a couple of helpful new options to arrive this spring, it appears probably that Microsoft is utilizing this smaller replace cycle to put together for a bigger Windows 10 UI replace, reportedly codenamed (*10*)Sun Valley, that might be a part of Microsoft’s renewed focus in Windows 10 that executives talked about final 12 months. We will not know precisely what which means till a bigger replace is confirmed, however we have collected some rumors beneath.
Here’s what we learn about Windows 10 model 21H1 thus far, and what it may imply for the way forward for the OS.
What is Windows 10 model 21H1?
Windows 10 model 21H1 might be Microsoft’s newest replace to the OS, arriving someday this spring. These updates typically find yourself being known as the April or May replace.
Usually, Microsoft releases a bigger feature replace within the spring, and a smaller one within the fall. But model 21H1 seems to be a extra minor replace as effectively, somewhat than an overhaul.
What new options will the new replace embrace?
According to Microsoft’s weblog put up, new Windows 10 options will embrace:
- Multicamera help for Windows Hello, permitting customers to select an exterior digital camera when utilizing high-end shows with built-in cameras.
- Improvements to Windows Defender Application Guard, together with optimizing doc opening state of affairs instances.
- Improvements to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) updating, to help distant work.
“The features we are releasing in this update are focused on the core experiences that customers have told us they’re relying on most right now,” the put up stated. “So, we optimized this release to support our customers’ most pressing needs.”
According to Digital Trends, the replace can even embrace new icons, up to date settings pages and some tweaks to Cortana and the search field expertise.
When can I download the new replace?
Microsoft stated the Windows 10 21H1 replace might be accessible within the first half of the 12 months. A Windows Central report says it’ll arrive in May, although Microsoft didn’t verify this.
On Wednesday, Microsoft started rolling out a 21H1 construct to Windows Insiders within the Beta program. New options might be provided in future Windows Insider Preview builds as they’re prepared.
When the replace is mostly accessible, it is going to be the primary time an H1 (first half of the calendar 12 months) feature replace might be delivered utilizing Microsoft’s servicing expertise. That means it will arrive the identical method that month-to-month Windows 10 updates do. It’s additionally the identical method thereplace was launched. If you are already working both Windows 10 model 2004 or model 20H2, it will be a quick set up course of to get the most recent replace.
When it is typically accessible within the spring, you may have the option to download model 21H1 by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update, and clicking Check for Updates. If accessible, you may see Feature replace to Windows 10, model 21H1. Click Download and set up.
What’s this greater Windows 10 replace that may very well be coming subsequent?
On an October 2020 earnings name, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that Microsoft is “doubling down” on Windows and PCs, and will proceed to innovate.
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The best sparkling wine in the world is made in Wallonia!
A few kilometers from the French border, South of Mons, a land filled with vines has become a showcase for Belgian viticulture.
Hubert Ewbank, the owner, transformed these cereal lands fifteen years ago, to plant around fifteen hectares of Chardonnay, with the idea of producing a sparkling white wine like in Champagne.
“They say we have the same climate as Champagne region thirty, forty years ago”, he assures.
In the tasting room, the medals have invaded the walls. The Belgian Bubbly has become world champion, during major international competitions.
“To be recognized Nr 1 in front of 226 champagnes and 700 sparkling wines was unexpected”, says Hubert Ewbank.
Belgian wine is now on the rise and slowly entering the bars of Brussels. Belgium has just exceeded one million bottles per year, a figure that is constantly increasing.


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More smartphones will ship worldwide in 2013 than other so-called mobile 'feature' phones as the average price of smartphones drops, IDC said Tuesday.
HTC has cancelled plans to develop a larger Windows RT tablet because demand for tablets based on the Microsoft operating system has been weak.
Google's Drive cloud storage service has been retooled for Android users and is now capable of capturing a document by converting a photo of it to text.<
Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco.
BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices, the company announced today at its BlackBerry Live event.
The annual BlackBerry Live conference was kicked off Tuesday with the launch of a new 3.1-in. qwerty smartphone, the BlackBerry Q5, that's slated to go on sale this summer in emerging markets, but not in the U.S.
Samsung has built several different Galaxy S4 smartphones, including a U.S. version running a Snapdragon processor that requires an extra image processor to enable heavily promoted user functions such as eye-movement recognition.
Nvidia will stay on board with making Tegra ARM-based processors for Windows RT tablets despite sluggish early sales of the devices, making the same commitment that Qualcomm has made, an Nvidia executive said
A year before Google's futuristic-looking, computerized eyeglasses are even expected to hit the market, they have been banned -- again.
Canadian Tire began issuing thousands of BlackBerry Q10 smartphones to corporate employees in Toronto on Monday after rolling out Z10 models weeks earlier.
New tablet shipments will outnumber laptops for the first time in 2013, as touch display capabilities drive buying patterns rather than new operating systems like Windows 8 and Windows RT, research firm NPD DisplaySearch reported on Monday.
Tablet shipments exploded by 142 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 year-over-year as all Android tablets, including low-budget white box versions, dominated the market over Apple iOS tablets, IDC said.
A Gartner study released today predicts that by 2017, half of all companies will require employees to bring their own smartphones for work purposes.
BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S4 smartphones, both designed to meet the demands of a growing BYOD marketplace.
Samsung and Google are reportedly building a Nexus 11 tablet with an 11-in. display that runs Samsung's octa-core processor and will be released this year.
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US-based fashion and beauty retailer Victoria’s Secret & Co (VS&Co) has decided to cut around 160 of its management roles, or 5% of its home office staff, as part of a corporate reorganisation.
The move is part of the company’s simplified leadership structure, which is intended to help it carry out its strategy and drive long-term growth goals.
The company will also reinvest in non-leadership roles as part of its reorganisation.
In line with the announcement, VS&Co has appointed executives to three key leadership roles to enhance customer experience and growth.
The company named Amy Hauk as CEO of its Victoria’s Secret and PINK businesses and Christine Rupp as VS&Co’s chief customer officer.
Greg Unis was appointed as chief growth officer, having previously led the Victoria’s Secret and PINK Beauty businesses.
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The new leadership structure is expected to save $40m on an annualised basis from the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022 (FY22).
In its streamlined structure, the company will merge its Victoria’s Secret, PINK and Beauty businesses into a single, collaborative organisation.
All three of its new executives will report to VS&Co CEO Martin Waters.
Waters said: “Over the last year, we have progressed a thoughtful revolution of our business by redefining the VS brand and rebuilding our strategy for growth.
“We can now better connect with and represent our millions of customers around the globe.
“As a result, we have more relevant brand positioning, more compelling merchandise assortments, and a more inclusive culture that celebrates our people.
“With our brand revolution well underway and gaining momentum, now is the time to reimagine our leadership structure to better align with a shifting consumer landscape and become more efficient as an organisation.”
Last month, Victoria’s Secret reported $1.484bn in net sales for the first quarter (Q1) of FY22, down by 4.5% from $1.554bn a year earlier.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Anheuser-Busch Cos. BUD, -0.66% said Tuesday it has agreed to be the importer of Royal Grolsch N.V. ghbwf beer in the United States. Financial terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. The deal, which is effective in January 2007, is part of a push by Anheuser-Busch into high-end beer categories, the St. Louis brewer said. The imported Grolsch beer will continue to be brewed at the Grolsch brewery in Enschede, Netherlands, for export to the United States, the company said.
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Verizon Is Offering Customers an Entire Year of Disney+ for Free — How to Sign Up for Updates
Disney+ launches on Nov. 12
Verizon may have just helped many of its customers on the fence about whether to get Disney+ make a decision.
Three weeks ahead of Disney+’s launch date, the telecommunications giant announced that they’d be offering new and existing customers their entire first year for free, stating on their website, “Starting November 12, get your first year of Disney+ on us with Unlimited or when you switch to Fios Home Internet or 5G Home Internet.”
The site also explains that customers who sign up will pay Disney+’s previously announced monthly price of $6.99 thereafter to keep the service, and encourages those interested to enter their email address to sign up for updates.
In a statement shared by TechCrunch.com, Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg said, “Giving Verizon customers an unprecedented offer and access to Disney+ on the platform of their choice is yet another example of our commitment to provide the best premium content available through key partnerships on behalf of our customers.”
“Our work with Disney extends beyond Disney+ as we bring the power of 5G Ultra Wideband technology to the entertainment industry through exciting initiatives with Disney Innovation Studios and in the parks,” he added.
Just last week, Disney released an epic list of feature films, animated series, and shows planned for the new streaming platform upon its launch.
Other titles included Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, several National Geographic Channel shows, 100 Disney Channel Original Movies, 5,000 episodes of Disney Channel original programming, all 30 seasons of The Simpsons and just about every animated classic in the Disney vault.
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In addition to the beloved content coming in November, Disney+ will also eventually launch several new series, including WandaVision featuring Avengers stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, and upcoming reboots of Home Alone and Night at the Museum.
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Around 600 additional car parking spaces have been made free during December to encourage Borderers to shop local this Christmas.
Scottish Borders Council’s Executive Committee took the decision on Tuesday (17 November) to suspend all charging in 14 Pay and Display car parks from 1 December 2020 to 4 January 2021. This equates to 596 spaces in Hawick, Galashiels, Melrose and Peebles.
It means all car parks in the Borders which are owned and operated or managed by the Council will be free of charge over the festive period, with a full list of parking facilities available at www.scotborders.gov.uk/carparks.
Councillor Mark Rowley, Scottish Borders Council’s Executive Member for Economic Regeneration and Finance, said: “We believe this will be a decision which will be welcomed by both local shoppers and traders. We can all see the impact of Coronavirus on our town centres and local businesses, and we must support them at this time. In line with the Scotland Loves Local campaign, we would ask Borderers to use these 600 additional free car parking spaces to support their town centres which, despite the challenges faced this year, still offer a wide breath of businesses offering quality local products.”
Councillor Shona Haslam, SBC’s Leader, added: “Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed many local businesses and shops providing generous support to their communities. At one of the most challenging times for our local economy, now is the time we must return this support for our local shops. By supporting our town centre traders and buying their products and services you are helping to ensure our communities survive, and then thrive.”
Professor Russel Griggs OBE, Chair of South of Scotland Enterprise said: “We very much welcome the suspension of car parking charges throughout December which will encourage more people to shop close to home. The pandemic has brought great uncertainty for businesses and the people they employ. We would encourage people to shop locally – and safely – to support their high street. Every purchase we make, every item we buy, is a shop helped and a job supported. As the Enterprise Agency for the South of Scotland, we are fully committed to supporting local businesses as they recover from the pandemic, reopen their doors and welcome back customers safely.”


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Thursday, July 25, 2013, 10:55 AM ET|Posted by Will Richmond
By now, you've no doubt heard and/or read something about Google's clever new Chromecast HDMI device, a $35 media streamer introduced yesterday (Google's intro/demo video embedded below). Chromecast has a lot going for it, and could well become Google's first big hit product in the living room. If it does, there will be at least one significant consequence: instead of TVs continuing to become "Smart TVs," they are going to become dumb yet again. This would be a huge blow to TV manufacturers who have labored to convince consumers to spend extra to derive the benefits a Smart TV offers.
I don't think Google set out to kill Smart TVs with Chromecast, but I have no doubt the team recognized some of the serious shortcomings of today's Smart TVs and sought to capitalize on them. At the top of the list of Smart TVs' limitations are lack of integration with other devices, narrow content offerings and inability to entice developers.
Today's Smart TVs are essentially siloed from other devices in the home. As such they're ok for specific purposes - to watch a show on Netflix or something similar, but little else. The lack of integration with other devices is a huge blind spot for the big CE companies that have been pushing Smart TVs. As I wrote back in January, post CES, "For Tomorrow's TVs, User Experience is More Important Than Screen Size and Resolution," while most consumers would prioritize TV/device integration, the industry is placing more big bets on screen size and resolution (with 4KTV the latest expensive entry). I thought this blunder opened a huge window of opportunity for Apple, but it turns out Google is the first to capitalize on CE companies' myopia.
Smart TVs have also suffered from an extremely narrow set of content choices. The big providers - Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, Amazon, YouTube, MLB, etc. - are omnipresent, but little else is. Though online video content choices are exploding, Smart TVs offer virtually zero access to them. This is one of the reasons Roku, with 700+ channels, has succeeded.
Smart TVs have struggled to expand their content offerings both because it's been hard to convince content providers beyond the very biggest ones named above to expend the resources to get on board and also because the CE companies themselves don't want to deal with the hassle of a plethora of providers. Smart TV manufacturers are not software companies and are notoriously difficult to deal with, requiring lengthy QA cycles with specs that change by model year. The vast majority of content providers have justifiably balked at developing for a platform that is both highly fragmented and still relatively small in annual volume.
Now, enter Chromecast into this context. Chromecast hits many of the buttons today's developers and content providers look for: simplicity, cross-platform support, incremental upgrade to existing apps via a single SDK written by an actual software company and importantly, a massive potential audience. Yes, Chromecast is a new product, so "potential" is the operative word here. But Google has priced Chromecast very reasonably at $35 and by enabling YouTube and Netflix to "cast" out of the box, Google is stoking Chromecast interest with great content. It's hard to know how complicated the Google Cast SDK is, but it should be relatively simple, and assuming it is, I would anticipate droves of content providers will quickly enable casting.
Thus the virtuous cycle for Chromecast would begin - low cost, lots of content, easy to use, and guess what - pretty soon millions and millions of devices sold. As Chromecast becomes better known and the product improves further, consumers looking for solutions to bring the world of online video (not just Netflix!) into their living rooms will think of it as a genuine option. Picture the Best Buy salesman trying to convince even semi-tech literate consumers to spend extra on a Smart TV when they've already seen Chromecast in action at a friend's/neighbor's house. It will be a tough sell to say the least. And even if they do bite, they'll be more likely to just use Chromecast anyway.
I'll admit, it's plenty risky to get too excited about new products before they've been put through their paces. But Chromecast's demo was extremely impressive and I think Google's emphasis on integrating the TV with devices is right on the money. If Chromecast is a winner, get ready for TVs to go back to dumb-dumb land.


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- The company cites the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for the change
- Ford's prototypes have been spotted in various US cities like Detroit and Miami
Ford has announced that the launch of its first service which involves self-driving cars, has been postponed from 2021 to 2022.
The company added that the decision was made given the challenges of the current business environment. In short, Ford has had to re-evaluate long-term impacts of COVID-19 on consumer behaviour, to arrive at this conclusion.
It all began in 2016 when the automaker revealed plans to build a car without a steering wheel, or even pedals for that matter. Ford said back then, that the car would be revealed in 2021, and would eventually be available for the masses by the year 2025.
In case you didn’t know, Ford is developing this self-driving car tech with Argo AI; a start-up company that dwells in self-driving technology. Its reputation precedes itself, which is the reason why Volkswagen has also invested in the company, along with Ford.


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Google parent company Alphabet is taking a hard look at the various projects underway at the company, hinting that the company could be scaling back, or even potentially cutting, certain initiatives.
During the company’s Q1 earnings call on Thursday, Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat mentioned twice the company was taking steps to “rationalize” the products and projects that the company develops.
“In certain areas where we have had multiple teams developing different approaches to a similar technology, we have been evaluating how to rationalize these approaches, enabling us to increase investments around a smaller, more focused set of opportunities,” Porat said.
There are already signs that Alphabet is reining in various projects, including reports that it is selling its Boston Dynamics robotics group, and the recent move to merge two separate drone efforts within the company.
Investors have long worried about Google’s spending, especially given the company’s penchant for investing in so-called moonshot projects — from self driving cars to internet beaming balloons — that aren’t directly related to its online advertising business.


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The expected launch of Japan's wireless web technology, iMode, into the European market will not spell the end for Wap applications, according to experts.
Instead, industry players believe that iMode will merge with Wap rather than replace it.
Speculation has escalated in recent weeks that iMode is on its way to the UK. This week it was reported that Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and Dutch company KPNTelecom were in discussions with the UK wireless venture of Hutchison Whampoa ina move to take the iMode standard outside Japan.
But Iveca Juresa, European business manager for mobile eservices at Hewlett Packard said: "iMode will not replace Wap, there are over 400 companies behind the Wapstandard, while iMode is a standard by one company, NTT. Proprietary standardswill not be supported. Standards need to be open," said Juresa.
In Japan the number of mobile phone users with internet access topped 10 million at thebeginning of June. One reason for the success is that it uses packet switching technology rather than the circuit-switched technology used in the UK. Packet networks are faster, and allow users to pay only for the amount of data downloaded rather than for the duration of the connection.
Because iMode is based on a simpler version of HTML, it makes it easier to convert content from internet sites for viewing on mobile phones. Wap services require website operators to write Wap-specific versions of their sites.
iMode has wireless transmission control protocol (TCP) functionalities, whileWap version 1.2, which will ship in products this autumn, will not have TCPsupport - a widely used internet and private networking protocol.
Some parts of Atacama have not received rainfall for 500 years - but a sudden deluge of water upset the Desert's delicate biological balance
Spitzer Space Telescope could not spot Oumuamua, suggesting that it is actually pretty small
Greenland crater one of the 25 largest impact craters on Earth
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Aganorsa Leaf is launching the El Grande Maduro, a new vitola in its Lunatic brand. The 5.5 x 80 torpedo has a San Andres Maduro wrapper and will be available starting in April. For its first month, it will be sold exclusively to Premium Cigar Association members through the organization’s new product hub, with a percentage of the sales donated to PCA.
“PCA provides vital support for our lobbying efforts at both the state and federal level and so we felt launching the Lunatic El Grande through PCA will help in those endeavors,” Terence Reilly, vice president of sales and marketing for Aganorsa Leaf, said in a statement.
The El Grande comes in 28-count boxes and retails for $9.10 a stick.


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Barack Obama, the food stamp president, it appears the program is rife with fraud.
CAN YOU SAY FOOD STAMP FRAUD? Isn’t this special, as the United States has record number of people on food stamps it appears that many are turning the government hand out and your tax dollars into a way to make some quick cash on Craigslist. Food stamps are not supposed to be transferred or resold, and the Craigslist’s policy actually lists them among the items that are not allowed to be sold or bartered on their web site. However, unless some one flags them, they claim they can do little. Seriously? A web site does not even monitor itself? One can imagine that the fraud and abuse is rampant withing this government hand out program if individuals are so brazen to sell them on a public website like Craigslist. But the question is, how can something so easy to be researched not being cracked down on by the feds? One can only imagine why individuals want cash for something that is intended to by food. How about Congress pass a law that says the punishment for reselling food stamps in 10 to 15 years in prison? I bet that would stop a lot of this nonsense.
Imagine the amount of money that the American tax payers could be saved if the feds actually went after fraud and abuse?
Food stamp recipients are turning the government handouts into quick cash with ads on Craigslist, despite efforts to stem fraud.
The federally-funded grocery assistance coupons — which are issued by states in the form of debit cards under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — are being sold on the online bulletin board as well as auction sites like eBay. FoxNews.com found several offerings at Craigslist sites around the country, where the sellers offered the welfare benefits at large discounts from face value.
“If you need food. This is not a gimmick or game,” read one posting from Philadelphia. “Please let me know, I have food stamps for sale….. Serious Replies only!!!”
“I have $500 worth and it costs $350 cash. No I will not do half!” read another posting from the Atlanta area. “I don’t need to sell. If you would like to get an extra $150 to $175 in grocery and pay no taxes and can see the benefit that you will still be saving then email me or call me and we can arrange the whole deal as soon as you like.”
EXIT QUESTION: How about the government actually crack down on fraud and abuse rather than always asking for an increase in taxes?


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The Wish Factory
Superfans can head to ToysRUs.com to pre-order the dolls now. Two versions of the item are available for pre-sale -- one sporting a Gold Coast T-shirt and khakis, and another dressed in a denim jacket and black pants. Both of the bendable toys include a pair of shoes, sunglasses, microphone, guitar pick and lanyard.
"I'm really excited for the release of my doll at Toys"R"Us this holiday season," Cody said in a press release. "When things like this start to happen for an artist, you know that your career is moving in the right direction. I'm truly thankful for all of my fans. Without them, opportunities like this do not exist."
This isn't the first time Cody has released a signature product. In April, the teen star teamed up with Me & Goji to release Cody Crunch, his own brand of "delicious and nutritious" cereal.
The Cody dolls are priced at $16.99 and will be available in stores in early December. What do you think of them? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.


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PJ Harvey's wordy two years
PJ Harvey spent two years writing only words in preparation for her new album.
The singer and songwriter is poised to release her eighth album, 'Let England Shake', next month and said she has only now reached the level of confidence in her writing she has always strived for.
She told website drownedinsound.com: "I wrote purely words and nothing else for about two years. I've become much more interested in their construction.
"So when I actually come to playing with musical ideas, it's really to make a bed for the words to lie in.
"It takes me a long time and I don't find it easy. I've always been somebody who's very interested in what's going on in the world, what's happening in politics and around us daily, yet I'd never felt that I had reached the point as a writer, particularly of words, where I could express those concepts very well."
Polly Jean also said she the album - which gives reflections on British life, the country's heritage, patriotism and images of wars past, rather than the more introspective nature of much of her work - is the first time she has tackled such grand subjects.
She added: "I didn't feel confident enough in the past to approach giant subjects like conflict and one's nation and war. But this was the first time in my life where I began to try and do it, and to see if it were possible."
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SHOREVIEW, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deluxe Corporation today announced the launch of Season 4 of the highly acclaimed original series, Small Business Revolution. This season’s eight episodes will begin streaming on October 8.
Deluxe Corporation, a Trusted, Tech-Enabled Solutions Company™, created the Small Business Revolution in 2015 to shine a spotlight on the power and passion of small businesses across the country. Each season, Deluxe invests $500,000 into the revitalization of one town’s Main Street through its small businesses. By providing business makeovers, financial advice, and investing in physical improvements, Deluxe showcases its commitment to small businesses through the series, which airs on www.smallbusinessrevolution.org, Hulu and Amazon Prime.
In the last four years, more than 30,000 small- and medium-sized communities across the country have been nominated for the chance to be featured on Small Business Revolution and benefit from business makeovers from Deluxe, such as new logos, websites, payroll services, promotional products, apparel and more. The fourth season features the southern community of Searcy, Arkansas, and the incredible businesses that call this town home. Searcy earned the most votes of six finalist towns from across the country to win Season 4. Nominations for the next season will also open on Oct. 8.
“Our Season 4 episodes are among our most powerful and compelling,” said Amanda Brinkman, Chief Brand Officer at Deluxe and co-host of the show. “The businesses in Searcy really embraced the tools, products and business advice the Deluxe team provided, and they all took to heart their ability to showcase why they love being small businesses owners.”
Deluxe chose six businesses from hundreds nominated in Searcy to receive physical and marketing makeovers. Each episode chronicles the marketing and business challenges faced by small business owners and how Deluxe marketing products and services, along with physical makeovers paid for by Deluxe, help the businesses turn the corner. This year’s businesses span a wide array of industries:
- a Filipino restaurant;
- a non-profit climbing center;
- a female-owned yoga studio;
- a woodworking start-up;
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- a coffee and crepe shop.
In addition to Brinkman and other Deluxe business experts, Season 4 stars revitalization icon Ty Pennington and six Minnesota leaders nationally recognized as experts within their respective fields, including a newly crowned James Beard™ Award-winning chef, Ann Kim. Working together, the crew takes on unique business challenges presented by the six Searcy businesses.
“These businesses and the stories we are sharing are truly remarkable,” Pennington said. “What the Deluxe team is doing to rebuild and restore them is something all small business owners should watch and from which they should learn. I’m excited to see where we end up now for Season 5. It is time to nominate your community!”
Searcy has endured its ups and downs over the years, thriving as an agricultural and oil town, and suffering when those industries faced downturns. A college town located in the northwest corner of Arkansas, Searcy is coming back today due to its small businesses. Located in the nation’s Bible Belt, this town, in a dry county, is finding an identity as a progressive community while holding on to its historically Christian roots.
Deluxe launched the Small Business Revolution in 2015. The first three seasons shared the inspiring stories of Wabash, Indiana; Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania; and Alton, Illinois. The series captures the struggle to run a business and the triumph of a community coming together. Nominations for Season 5 are open from Oct. 8-22 at www.smallbusinessrevolution.org.
About Deluxe Corporation
Deluxe is a Trusted, Tech-Enabled Solutions Company™ for enterprises, small businesses and financial institutions offering a range of solutions to help customers manage and grow their businesses. Approximately 4.8 million small business customers access a wide range of products and services from Deluxe, including incorporation services, logo design, website development and hosting, email marketing, social media, search engine optimization and payroll services, along with customized checks and forms. For our approximately 4,600 financial institution customers, Deluxe offers industry-leading programs in data analytics, customer acquisition and treasury management solutions, fraud prevention and profitability solutions, as well as checks. Deluxe is also a leading provider of checks and accessories sold directly to consumers. For more information, visit us at www.deluxe.com, www.facebook.com/deluxecorp or www.twitter.com/deluxecorp.


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Kantar’s global ad equity rankings has revealed that TikTok remains at the top of the global ad equity rankings. Ad equity refers to the attitudes that consumers have towards the advertising experience within specific platforms and ad formats. According to Kantar’s ‘Media Reaction 2021’ report, despite the prominence of digital platforms in daily life, consumers continue to be more positive about offline ad platforms such as cinema, sponsored events, magazine ads and point of sale (POS).
Although only ranked as the number one overall platform in one market – Taiwan – TikTok is the leading global digital platform in the important US market, and is first or second ranked of the global digital platforms in nine of the 22 markets where it was measured. The inclusion of commerce platforms in this year’s ranking illustrates their increasing importance across the digital advertising landscape.Amazon ranks second globally among consumers, topping the list in four markets. Together with regional e-commerce giant Mercado Libre, which leads in Argentina, Amazon’s success showcases why e-commerce has entered the online media channel ad equity rankings in third place.
In addition, the research also showed that the popularity of podcast adverts has risen. Positioned at 11th place in the overall ad equity ranking, they have overtaken influencer content as the preferred digital ad medium. Podcast ads are perceived as both better quality and more relevant compared to 2020, but also more repetitive, unsurprising given the increase in ad spend on the platform.


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Many potential new iPhone 14 changes have already been leaked, such as a new front-facing camera or a higher-resolution main camera, and now reports point to a popular Android phone feature making its way to Apple’s smartphones.
As part of his weekly Power On newsletter (opens in new tab)popular Apple analyst and leaker Mark Gurman has suggested a new iOS 16 feature that could bring big changes, starting with the iPhone 14.
According to Gurman, iOS 16 will “build in future support for an always-on lock screen” — this is a feature common on Android phones, where it’s called an Always-On Display, and it means when your phone isn’t on. , you can still see some information on the display, such as the time and your notifications. Newer Apple Watch devices already support this feature.
Apparently the iPhone 13 was meant to have this screen trick but didn’t, and recent iPhone 14 leaks explain why. While the iPhone 13 had a variable refresh rate between 10 Hz and 120 Hz (allowing it to refresh as fast as 120 times per second or as slow as 10 times per second), the iPhone 14s will apparently be as low as 1 Hz – these lower refresh rates are preferable for always-on screens, as it means the panel only refreshes once per second, which is all you need for a screen you only look at once in a while.
So it looks like older iPhones won’t get Always-On modes even if they’re compatible with iOS 16, because their displays don’t have low enough refresh rates.
Unfortunately, Gurman makes it sound like this mode will only come to iPhone 14 Pro phones, adding to the feeling that the non-Pro phones won’t bring much change from their predecessors.
While the Always-On Display sounds exclusive to the Pro phones, other changes to the lock screen don’t: Gurman also suggests that with iOS 16, the lock screen will get new wallpapers and widgets to slightly improve its functionality.
Analysis: Always-On Display Could Be a Winner
Android and iOS devices regularly pick up on each other’s features, making the two operating systems more and more indistinguishable every year, and this Always-On Display news is more of the same.
The screen function is super useful for letting you collect the time, your phone’s battery and any notifications, without burning the battery by constantly turning the screen on.
Well, if Apple does it the same way all Android makers do – we’ll have to see. We may not have long to wait, because while the iPhone 14 is expected to debut in September, iOS 16 will likely be shown at Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote on June 6.
As you can imagine, TechRadar (a tech website) will be on hand to cover WWDC (a tech conference), so check back later to hear more about iOS 16 and other software announcements from Apple.


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The global jerky snacks market will surpass an estimated value of $9.8 billion by the end of 2033, according to a report by Fact.MR. In 2023, the market stands at a valuation of $5.3 billion, which means the compounded annual growth rate of jerky from 2023 to 2033 is 6.3%.
The snacks category is at $507.2 in worldwide revenue in 2023 with expectations of a 5.1% compounded annual growth rate, equaling an expected $835.8 billion in 2033, said the report.
The increasing dietary trend of making a shift towards protein from carbohydrates will stimulate consumers to have more meat instead of chips, the report said, and a wide variety of flavors, including sweet cherry, pepper, barbecue, sriracha, pineapple, maple, teriyaki and habanero are also attracting consumers.
Steady per-capita consumption of jerky along with the falling prices of red meat will contribute to target market growth, the forecast said.
These insights are based on a report on jerky snacks market by Rockville, Maryland-based Fact.MR. The study considered products such as beef, pork, poultry and others as well as online and offline distribution channels across five major regions of the world (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East).
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Smita D Parekh Buys INR 50 Cr Luxury Home in Raheja Artesia, Worli, Mumbai
- 12th Apr 2021
Buying a luxury home in Raheja Artesia
Smita D Parekh, the wife of the HDFC chairman, recently concluded the transaction of buying a plush apartment in K Raheja Corp Artesia, Worli. This luxury property in Worli provides stunning views of the Arabian Sea and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
As per report from the Mumbai real estate circles, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh’s wife has bought a luxury home in Worli for around INR 50 crores; adding to the list of high-value residential deals in Mumbai city.
As per sources HDFC, which finances the purchase or construction of residential houses, commercial real estate, among other related transactions, confirmed the deal in Raheja Artesia. Apparently there was an independent valuation done by two valuers for this luxury apartment in Artesia to re confirm the market value of this luxury property in Worli.
The luxury property— located in Worli and housed in Artesia, a project launched by K Raheja Corp—is on the 25th floor and has six parking slots. It offers views of the Arabian Sea and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
The luxury apartment has a carpet area of 6,770 sq ft and a balcony area of 273 sq ft, as per available data.
The deal is the latest in a series of high profile real estate transactions that have concluded in Mumbai in the past 6-8 months. To create a momentum in the dull Maharashtra real estate market hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the State government on August 26, 2020, announced to temporarily reduce stamp duty on purchase of housing units from 5 percent to 2 percent until December 31, 2020. Stamp duty from January 1, 2021, until March 31, 2021, was 3 percent. This move has brought in an amazing level of momentum with a lot of luxury home buyers in Mumbai seizing the opportunity and buying expensive homes in Mumbai during this period.
Another important phenomenon that occurred during the pandemic was that several high profile businessmen, bankers, and owners of listed companies bought high-value luxury properties, signifying that a lot of money from the stock market might be making its way back into the real estate industry in Mumbai.
More high profile real estate deals in Mumbai
In December 2020, HDFC vice-chairman and CEO Keki Mistry, bought an ultra-luxury apartment in Mumbai in Raheja Artesia costing around INR 41 crore plus.
In December 2020 HDFC Bank boss Aditya Puri’s family also bought an INR 50 crore luxury property in Walkeshwar in Lodha Seamont on the 19th floor with 7 car parking spaces. This luxury project in Malabar Hill, near Raj Bhawan in Walkeshwar has been developed by Lodha Group and has been very successful too.
About Raheja Artesia
Raheja Artesia has been an extremely successful luxury real estate project in Worli and has got some of the most prolific buyers from across the city and beyond. This prestigious luxury real estate project in Worli boasts of some of the best sea views, amenities and facilities.
There are 55 floors in Raheja Artesia and as per local real estate brokers in Worli and surrounding areas; the monthly rent for an apartment of the size bought by Mrs Mistry is around Rs 14 lakh per month.


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Chargeback Management Solution
Ethoca, a global fraud-prevention technology provider based on collaborative information sharing, earned itself a Judges Choice award for Best Chargeback Management Program this year. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto—with offices in Austin, London and Dublin—the company offers one of the most innovative chargeback management programs in the industry.
Ethoca Alerts strives to aid merchants in their effort to stop fulfillment of goods and services tied to fraudulent accounts on orders they are actively processing. The company says it has vastly reduced the amount of time it takes for merchants to be alerted of confirmed fraud. What often takes others three to six weeks, the company says, takes Ethoca Alerts days, hours or even minutes.
Ethoca says it achieves its high level of efficiency by tapping into the mutual intelligence possessed by both issuers and merchants, essentially serving as a bridge between the two. Using a secure, automated platform, the company says it offers issuers and merchants “two-way access to mutual intelligence that is proven to stop fraud losses, eliminate chargeback costs, and accept more transactions and recapture lost revenues.”
The company also points out that in many industry segments, fraud-based disputes account for 50-75 percent of chargebacks, a number that makes Ethoca stand out as the only source for confirmed fraud data in the industry that comes directly from the issuing banks on the network.
Among the benefits of Ethoca’s chargeback management program for merchants are reduced chargeback-related processing expenses and the recovery of their goods and services in instances where the shipment/delivery of the service can be stopped. Additionally, the company says, merchants’ customers naturally benefit too. As an example, Ethoca Alerts allows merchants to refund fraudulent transactions and often avoid the chargeback process altogether, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of a chargeback claims process for the customer.
Currently, more than 600 global merchants use Ethoca Alerts. Of the approximately 565,000 alerts sent to merchants in 2013, around 270,000 chargebacks were eliminated altogether.


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Ghana wants to ensure its digital currency would function on a widely popular payment platform run by mobile-phone service providers.
The use of the eCedi, through which the Bank of Ghana seeks to improve financial inclusion, needs to be as intuitive as possible, the banking regulator said in a report released Tuesday. That means it needs to work well with mobile money, which has become an indispensable part of how people pay for goods and services using their phones.
“It is important that the eCedi is implemented to complement and enhance the existing payment systems,” the report said. “The various existing electronic and mobile payment solutions will therefore have to be interoperable with the eCedi to enable their utilization of the eCedi.”
The report didn’t specify how this would be accomplished. While mobile-money transfers have a cost, eCedi transactions are meant to be free of additional charges.
Africa’s top gold producer was among 14 countries that were piloting central bank digital currencies as of Dec. 14, according to the Atlantic Council. Another nine, including Nigeria, have fully launched a virtual tender. Globally, more central banks are testing digital forms of their currencies, allowing for faster and cheaper money transfers across borders.
A move by Ghana’s government to introduce a 1.75% levy on digital transactions including mobile money has faced pushback from opposition lawmakers who say it would curb financial inclusion in a country where more than 40% of adults do not have a bank account.
“The eCedi ecosystem can further boost financial inclusion by potentially curing existing pain points,” including delayed settlements of mobile-money operations made outside a service provider’s network, Bank of Ghana said in its report.
Mobile money, first introduced in Ghana in 2009 by the local unit of Johannesburg-based MTN Group, soared to 82.9 billion cedis ($11.5 billion) in December from 67.7 billion cedis a year earlier. In addition to cash transfers, users of the platform can also get loans and buy insurance, without needing to open a bank account.
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MPA Magazine Media 360° November 2016 Data Available Now!
The latest MPA Magazine Media 360° Brand Audience Report shows the largest Print audience increase since the report was introduced two and a half years ago. Print+Digital audience grew 5.5% versus last year according to the November 2016 report. Because the other measured platforms continue to grow, Total Audience has reached 1.9 billion, up 9.2% compared to the same month a year ago. This is the second-highest percentage gain we have seen in 2016. According to the Brand Audience report, 71% of the reported brands (92 out of 130) were up in Print+Digital audience compared to a year ago, with nearly half of them (42 out of 92) up by double digits. For the most part, the remaining brands were relatively flat to slightly down.
Brand Identity Is the Key for Magazines
“I think all the magazine companies we work with see themselves as magazine media across formats – they’re really much more format agnostic,” said Linda Thomas Brooks, president and CEO of the Association of Magazine Media, or MPA.
Fashion Magazines Grapple with How to Cover Pre-Fall Collections
With more designers withholding pre-fall images to the press, magazines are tweaking their editorial strategies: “The focus is really to shoot the stuff when it’s available to the reader,” editor in chief, Glamour Cindi Leive said, explaining that the magazine will feature a collection if there’s an important look or newsy moment, such as Lily-Rose Depp’s runway debut at Chanel’s pre-fall 2017 show.
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The second annual awards event honors makeup artists, hair stylists and fashion stylists behind Hollywood's biggest names: Marie Claire fashion magazine took its turn Tuesday night hosting an awards ceremony in Los Angeles that drew a starry crowd, including Janelle Monae, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Alba and Kylie Jenner.
Gretchen Carlson, Good Housekeeping's February Cover Star, Participated in a Hearst Master Class at the Tower
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Good Housekeeping's Lori Bergamotto Takes to Morning TV with Wrestling Super Star John Cena
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MPA–The Association of Magazine Media has released its 2016/17 Magazine Media Factbook today, the definitive source of magazine media research. Since 1985, MPA has been compiling and packaging the most compelling and comprehensive facts and figures around magazine media. Derived from third-party sources and MPA’s own research and data collection, the new Factbook has nearly 100 pages of current and useful information. “Nothing informs a discussion better than solid data,” said MPA’s President and Chief Executive Officer Linda Thomas Brooks, “and the 2016/17 Magazine Media Factbook has plenty of conversation starters. The research continues to show that magazine media is the most trusted, inspiring and influential of all media, and several new studies provide even more proof of magazine media’s unique ability to drive sales.”


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Govt Dismisses Mugabe's Claims That $15 Billion Worth Of Diamonds Was Stolen5 years ago
Responding to questions in Parliament last week, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said former president Robert Mugabe’s statement that Zimbabwe lost $15 billion in diamond revenue was interpreted wrongly.
Chinamasa said the figure mentioned by Mugabe was figurative. Said Chinamasa:
On diamonds Mr. Speaker Sir, I want to take this opportunity to say something about the $15 billion diamonds. I hope Parliament will permit me to lay on the table some calculations that have been done. I want Hon. Members on this issue to engage their brain, let us engage our brain. When that figure was mentioned, I think it was explained that it was a figurative speech. I think when I look at the analysis of the world diamond sector, it is clear that there is no way $15 billion worth of diamonds would come from Zimbabwe because the entire value of the industry is $15 billion and we are just a speck in terms of production of diamonds.Feedback
Mr. Speaker Sir, allow me to lay this analysis, which sets out who are the key diamond producers and what is annual production per carat and the value so that we can make our own judgments as to whether or not we are basically saying $15 billion worth of diamonds which did not exist were stolen-no, I just want us to engage our brains, please it does not matter who said what. Let us engage our brain and see what is true and what is not. Do not misread the former President who was speaking figuratively. I am not saying in any way that there may not have been an abuse, but to say that when we are a speck.
The biggest diamond producers are Russia and Botswana I think Botswana itself, we are talking about $2 billion. So, when there is a $2 billion industry, how do we, when we are not producing end up saying $15 billion has been stolen? I just want us to understand this, take your time to go through these figures and please let us not switch off our minds when we are considering national issues
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The world’s most popular porn site has come up with a way to circumvent online pornography being blocked by the Indian government that cut off access to its third biggest market.
An order from the Uttarakhand High Court last month instructed all internet service providers in the country to take “immediate necessary action for blocking 827 websites” that hosted pornographic content.
To get around this, Pornhub set up a‘mirror’ website that uses a web domain not included in the list of banned sites, allowing Indian-based users to continue to access adult content from the popular pornography website.
India is the third largest consumer of Pornhub content behind the United States and the United Kingdom, according to data taken from 2017. This is despite a similar online pornography ban that was enacted in the country in 2015 “on the grounds of decency and morality”.
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