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Prescription drug pricing has been the subject of much debate over the last year.
Several states are looking at importing drugs from Canada as an answer to high prescription costs. The Florida legislature recently approved a plan to import drugs from Canada where prices are lower, rather than purchasing them domestically. Importation programs like the ones proposed in Florida are neither safe nor effective ways to lower the price of medications.
Importation is a dangerous gamble. Neither the safety nor efficacy of imported medications can be ensured, placing every patient who takes these medications at risk. There is no way to verify these medications originated in Canada, and Canadian authorities have made it clear they will not be responsible for the safety of drugs being shipped from their country.
Often, these drugs come from what appears to be a legitimate source, but testing has shown that many are counterfeit, manufactured in unsafe conditions and contain little, if any, active pharmaceutical ingredients.
A 2017 report from the World Health Organization showed about one in 10 medications from developing countries were fake or substandard.
Under the current law, the secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services would have to certify that the importation program does not put consumer health and safety at more risk than if the program didn’t exist. No secretary, of either political party, has ever been able to do so.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar has stated, “the last four FDA commissioners have said there is no effective way to ensure drugs coming from Canada really are coming from Canada rather than being routed from say a counterfeit factory in China.”
The safety of our prescription drugs relies on a closed system where drugs can be traced to manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, and patients. Opening that system to foreign drugs would allow the potential for dangerous and potentially deadly medicines to land in the hands of the American public.
Patients in the United States have access to the very best cutting-edge medicines and treatments and any policies we put in place should make sure to keep that advantage, and most importantly, keep consumers safe.
Brooklyn Roberts is the director of the health and human services task force at the American Legislative Exchange Council. This piece originally ran in The Hill.


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BRIDES are rushing to buy bargains from Paperchase as the retailer stepped up its "everything must go" sale.
The stationery retailer collapsed into administration last month after it failed to find a buyer, with all store set to close for good.
Stores have now launched a huge sale of all stock with everything half price.
And brides are taking full advantage to pick up hen do and wedding essentials.
One said: "Brides-to-be, if you haven’t shopped the Paperchase closing down sale – go now.
"Everything 50% off labelled price."
Another added: "A brides dream in the Paperchase sale right now."
A third wrote: "In love with this affordable wedding planner from Paperchase in the sale for £12!"
Meanwhile a fourth – who picked up a 'bride' hair clip and Mr & Mrs balloons – said: "Paperchase is closing down and it’s like 40-50% off.
"You need to go in there guys. There’s bride stuff, hen dos, you need to go in."
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In Glasgow's west end store, wedding planners were slashed from £20 to £10, while wedding invitations were reduced to £12 and place cards were just £3.50.
Hen do and wedding ballons were priced from just £4, a donut stand was on offer for £10 and Mr and Mrs bunting was on sale for £3.
But Papechase won't be disappearing completely.
Supermarket giant Tesco quickly stepped up to buy rights to the brand, as they plan to sell Paperchase items in stores.
We previously revealed that administrators were planning to liquidate the business, closing all of the 106 stores and putting 1,000 jobs at risk.
When a business is liquidated, they will look to sell stock for as much as possible to pay back creditors.
Stores may disappear off the high street within weeks but the process could take up to two months.
Shoppers with gift cards are being urged to redeem them as soon as possible as they won't be accepted after two weeks.
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Lyle & Scott is to open its first store in the UK’s capital with a debut at London Designer Outlet (LDO). It follows a number of labels that have signed up for an LDO shop since pandemic restrictions were eased.
April 12 sees the opening of McArthurGlen’s latest outlet centre with the debut of the £160m Designer Outlet West Midlands. The company said it’s the only standalone shopping centre to open in the UK this year.
Kurt geiger has filed its accounts for the year to February 2020 and reported a record performance, with sales up 3.7%. It said this was pleasing in light of the wider subdued retail trading environment pre-pandemic.
As he slammed the UK’s decision to end tax-free shopping for tourists in its current form, the boss of footwear and accessories retailer Kurt Geiger has suggested that the firm could be forced to axe 600 jobs.


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Upping the ante, the new Boeing CST-100 will soon launch tourists into outer space.
For now, Boeing CST-100 will only fly people into the lower earth orbit in a capsule seating seven people. However, the company is aiming to send people further into space, allowing for an otherworldly vacationing experience. No ticket prices have been issued yet, but it sure sounds like an exciting adventure for the year 2015.
Implications - XX.
Take a quick voyage to the moon may not be out of the realm of possibilities for generations to come. These types of vacations will appeal to the luxury consumer looking for unparalleled experiences. Companies should consider how they can tap into these mindset.


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FOAM HOME HAS NOT ONLY INTRODUCED SLEEK AND ERGONOMICALLY DESIGNED MATTRESSES, BUT HAS EVOLVED AS THE MOST RELIABLE BRAND IN THE INDUSTRY.
Foam Home, a family-owned business that was started in the 1976 with a single mattress store is today one of the leading mattress brands. It’s not just the strong urge to survive, but the determination to change the entire face of the mattress industry that has seen the company evolve as one of the most reliable options in India.
Huseni Bhanpurawala, founder of Foam Home has been a driving force behind the team consisting of Huseni Kapadia, Director, Sabina Bhanpurawala, CEO, Aijaz Bhanpurawala, Director and Ali Bhanpurawala, Technical Head.
Going down memory lane, the enterprising and energetic Sabina Bhanpurawala says, “It was not an easy journey in this unorganized sector, every dealer was into multi-branding and we had to educate them in order to get international quality and services to the customers at very affordable prices.”
Over the last ve years, Foam Home has focused on offering unique products and services with cutting-edge technology to architects, interior designers, developers, contractors and end-users.
Through the four decades of its existence, Foam Home has conscientiously strived hard to give all and sundry innovations that are aimed at redening the way, we weigh the most important aspect of our lives—sleep. After a good amount of research, the brand, one of the leading players in the Indian mattress industry, has given the world a path breaking technology that will change your views of a healthy, orthopaedic mattress.
The brand makes another progressive leap by introducing technology advanced Egroshell Mattress. Launched ofcially at the Interzum in Germany in May this year, and in India at the INDEX Fair in June inaugurated by Ar. Premnath, the Egroshell Mattress is an innovation India has given to the world, through the endeavours of Foam Home.
Being a trader, manufacturer, retailer and importer in the Indian mattress industry for 40 years now, Foam Home, as a brand, truly realised the potential of a product like this, and thus it gave the world a technology, it has long missed. Developed and made in India, this globally patented technology is nothing like the world has seen before, one that has reserved a place of pride for the country on the global map.
Divided into three layers—the mattress shell, support blocks and a comfort layer—what makes this technology unique for mattresses is the fact that it takes into consideration the differential distribution of our body weight when lying down; and has hard and soft blocks that are placed intelligently to comfortably support this unequal distribution of body weight and ensure the perfect alignment of the spine.
This innovative technology makes these Egroshell Mattresses perfectly orthopaedic albeit setting them apart from the usually drab ones we’ve always known. They’re, in fact, designed to exude luxury.
“As a nation, we’re largely believed to be the ‘gadda’ nation. But, over the years, thanks to the intuitive innovations and smart tie-ups of Foam Home, that view has steadily changed. As a brand, Foam Home has strived to alter the way Indians and people the world over have invested in mattresses. As a growing nation, India has a lot to offer to the world, and at a time when people all over are standing up and taking notice of us as a nation, a product and technology like this is only going to further leverage the limelight.” Says Saabina Bhanpurawala.
The launch of the Egroshell Mattresses is only another feather in Foma Home’s already adorned crown.
The brand is also available in Nashik, Pune, Bengaluru and Raipur.
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Chairman Simon Ashton did not return a call seeking comment.
Despite making a "satisfactory start to the current financial year", Abbeycrest has been hit by "difficult trading conditions, including continuing rising precious metal prices and retailer action to protect volumes".
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To celebrate the UAE's 50th anniversary, Hublot has teamed up with Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, a well-known local retailer and organizer of Dubai Watch Week, to launch the new Classic Fusion Chronograph Desert Fusion Limited Edition. The new watch is 45 mm in diameter, with a composite concrete case and a desert sand dial, which is very distinctive.Replica Hublot Classic Fusion
It is a great honour to launch this very special timepiece with Hublot as a tribute to the country’s 50th anniversary,” said Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, Chief Commercial Officer of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons. “This year is an important milestone for the UAE. We are proud to celebrate our 50th anniversary with this timepiece masterpiece. "
Hublot chose an aesthetic language that "symbolizes the fusion of time, culture and development through the combination of materials" emphasized by regional director David Tedeschi to demonstrate the UAE's vision of progress and innovation. The composite concrete of the case and bezel is reminiscent of the futuristic urban architecture of the UAE, while the orange sand on the dial symbolizes the vast desert, the two are contrasting and complementary, and come with a camel leather strap.
The built-in HUB1143 self-winding chronograph movement can be admired through the sapphire crystal see-through caseback with the words "Year of the Fiftieth". Equipped with a skeletonized rotor, the movement provides a 42-hour power reserve. All in all, in the words of Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe, "this special edition watch perfectly embodies the creativity and ingenuity of the UAE" and is an excellent tribute to the milestone anniversary.Replica Hublot Watches


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Jewish World Review May 7, 2001/ 14 Iyar 5761
http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- FOLLOWING the release of last week's 223,000 job loss report, a White House statement said that President Bush is "very concerned about data suggesting that growth may not have even been the early report of 2% in the first quarter . . . that it is entirely possible that 2% growth be revised downward."
Got that right.
Look for deeper inventory cuts and additional markdowns in business investment spending. Alleged 2% growth was a false dawn.
And here's the key point: Contrary to what most economists tell us, GDP figures from the national income and product accounts certainly do not drive the economy. Nor, in many cases, do they even describe the economy accurately.
In fact, with growing frequency, the failure to account for the high-tech new economy, which is still sagging badly, and the Alice-in-Wonderland trade deficit accounting, should render the GDP data less, not more, important to discerning investors and government policymakers. At best, gross domestic product provides a sketchy picture of the past. But it's a frazzled, ragged, error-laden and incomplete picture.
A case in point is the recently released "advance" report of first quarter GDP. According to the Commerce Department, the economy expanded at a 2% annual rate during the January-March period, higher than consensus expectations and stronger than the anemic 1% pace of the prior October-December quarter.
But it was a bogus report. Eighty percent of the first quarter expansion resulted from a huge $43 billion decline of imports, the largest quarterly drop in the purchase of foreign goods since the 1991 recession.
Now, here's the GDP rub. In the wacky world of Keynesian trade deficit accounting, an import-plunging trade deficit decline adds to economic growth. This despite the obvious fact that a $22 billion drop in capital goods imports and a $20 billion fall in consumer goods imports are sure signs of a business and consumer slump.
Keynesian demand-siders believe that rising demands for international goods cause a reduction in the demand for domestic goods. In this static analysis, anything bought from overseas replaces spending and production (and jobs and income) at home. So trade deficits are bad for growth and trade surpluses are good for prosperity.
Trouble is, the only time the U.S. runs a balance in trade is during recessions. We reached this ignominious position during the recessions of '90-'91 and '80-'82. During those periods Americans did not import because their impoverished financial position prevented them from doing so. The logical conclusion of Keynesian trade deficit thinking is that recessions are great.
On the other hand, since the U.S. has been growing faster than the rest of the world for the better part of the past two decades, then of course we import more than we export and the trade deficit widens. Though in fact, as a measure of domestic prosperity, the level of both imports and exports has continued to rise.
Then there's the classic economic principle of comparative advantage. Why shouldn't American consumers buy low valued-added VCRs if they are produced efficiently and cheaply by foreign makers? Meanwhile, it is the U.S. that produces high-value goods such as software design packages.
Also, the trade deficit is a mirror image of our capital account surplus. Foreign investment inflows to the U.S. continue to break records, more than financing our trade gap. Testifying to U.S. prosperity during a trade deficit period, world capital always seeks the highest rate of return. Since the high-growth U.S. is producing big investment returns, trade deficits notwithstanding, foreigners continue to invest their cash in our entrepreneurial-friendly economy.
Even in Keynesian terms, if rising imports cause a loss in aggregate demand for home-produced goods, then a steady stream of rising investment inflows replaces the so-called lost demand. So it's a wash. Investment inflows cancel out the trade deficit.
So in GDP terms, let's cancel out the whole foreign trade sector. What's left is the category "gross domestic purchases." In the first quarter economic report, inflation-adjusted gross domestic purchases increased by a tiny 0.6% annualized rate, perilously close to a recessionary negative number, and much less than the 2 ¼% average growth of last year's second half. The six-tenths of a percent rise in domestic GDP is the lowest reading since the recessionary first quarter of 1991.
Stock market investors have already discounted this virtual recession reading, and they are now anticipating an economic growth pick-up later this year and next. So in this sense the stock market is in much better shape than the economy.
But government policymakers should not assume any diminished need for tax-cut stimulus or additional Fed liquidity-enhancing interest rate cuts. Particularly on the fiscal side, the need for easier tax-rates on investment-sensitive top bracket incomes and capital gains is immediate. Meanwhile, monetary base growth has actually been shrinking at a 1.3% annual rate over the past three months. The longer policymakers delay on both taxes and money, the more prolonged will be the economic slump.
Providing additional liquidity and raising after-tax rewards for capital formation are the most urgent policy priorities. The U.S. economy is driven by ideas, innovations and risk-taking. It takes capital, especially venture capital, to commercialize and bring new ideas to the market. Then people all over the globe will benefit.
There's no GDP category for human creativity, or the economic freedom necessary to spawn that creativity. But creativity and freedom are exactly the driving forces behind the dynamic American model of growth.
Milton Friedman bluntly described it as capitalism and freedom. Joseph
Schumpeter's technology-entrepreneurial model of growth described it as
"gales of creative destruction" that transform and propel the economy toward
prosperity. Friedrich Hayek observed that the market is a discovery process.
But you won't discover it in GDP, a concept better suited for central
planning than free
JWR contributor Lawrence Kudlow is chief economist for CNBC. He is the author of American Abundance: The New Economic & Moral Prosperity. Send your comments about his column by clicking here.


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J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon On What the Falling Oil Price Means for the Economy
From an interview with FOX Business News anchor, Maria Bartiromo:
BARTIROMO: What's the impact of the drop in oil that we've seen? How confident are you that the major banks, J.P. Morgan included, have their energy exposure in check?
DIMON: There's an industry where, obviously prices have changed. Remember, commodity prices change like this all the time, and all different commodities, so you should somewhat be prepared for it. And, obviously, debtor countries will be hurt. We'll be fine. We're going to lose some more money on it. I want to be FD [full disclosure] compliant here, we told the world that if oil goes to $30 dollars and stays there for 18 months it would cause us to increase reserves by something like $500 million dollars. Which is fine, we're still going to help these companies get through it, our clients. It's important that we're there in good times and bad. You can't be a bank, and the second something goes wrong you go running. There is a beneficiary of lower oil prices, right? it's bad for Brazil, it's good for India. It causes different flows in the countries around the world, but it's good for consumers, and businesses. So, all those who consume energy are paying lower prices. We have the J.P. Morgan Chase Institute which uses real data that consumers are spending 80 percent of the gas decrease. And they're spending it in T&E, maybe bigger SUV's and houses. It's a benefit a little bit as opposed to being, badly hurt. It's good for the American consumer. Gas is at $2 dollars, and if you adjust for inflation it's kind of the same price is was at 1960.
BARTIROMO: So, you see the data of what everybody's spending their money and you say that they're saving money at the gas pump and going out to hotels and entertainment.
DIMON: And, that's true across the country, by all income levels, about 80 percent, I think, is the number that we think they're spending.
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Apple unveiled the most powerful iteration of its silicon during WWDC 2023 — the M2 Ultra chip. Stitching two M2 Max chips together to create one powerhouse, the M2 Ultra is pushing the limits in every way possible.
Is the M2 Ultra really as blazingly fast as it seems? Check out our in-depth guide below to learn everything you need to know about the new chip, including its specs, the PCs it appears in, and what kind of improvements it brings to the table.
Apple announced the new chip on June 5 alongside the refreshed Mac Studio and the latest Mac Pro. For the time being, these are the two devices that sport the M2 Ultra. That makes sense — the chip is clearly aimed at professionals, so it definitely belongs in PCs of that sort. We may perhaps one day see it appear in another Apple computer, but so far, trying it out means having to spend a pretty penny.
Both the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro will be available starting on June 13, although preorders are open as of the start of WWDC. While all the Mac Pros sport the M2 Ultra, the Mac Studio is also available with the M2 Max, first seen in the 2023 MacBook Pro.
Apple hasn’t disclosed the exact pricing for the M2 Ultra Mac Studio, but the M2 Max version starts at $1,999. Expect the M2 Ultra model to cost a lot more, though, because the M1 Ultra Mac Studio cost $3,999. The Mac Pro is, unsurprisingly, a much more pricey affair, starting at $6,999 for the cheapest model.
True to the previous generation, the M2 Ultra doubles the power of the M2 Max chip to create one beast of a computer. Once again, Apple achieves this through utilizing its UltraFusion architecture, which essentially combines the two chips and lets them work as two interconnected components.
The resulting specifications are pretty outstanding. As you can see on the above slide, the M2 Ultra sports a 24-core CPU and an up to 76-core GPU. It also features 134 billion transistors, a maximum of 192GB of unified memory, and a massive 800GB/s of bandwidth.
This is a significant upgrade over the M2 Max. The chip that came first and is now further down the ladder maxes out at a 12-core CPU, a 38-core GPU, 67 billion transistors, and 96GB of memory at most. While both chips are intensely powerful, the M2 Ultra has an undeniable lead that will help it power up some of the most demanding workflows a personal computer can be expected to handle.
This brings us to performance. Both the Mac Pro and the Mac Studio are aimed at professionals, and to that end, Apple revealed some of the expected improvements that the M2 Ultra brings. We’ll have to test this out ourselves eventually, but for now, here’s what Apple promises to deliver with the new chip.
For starters, Apple says that the new Mac Studio with the M2 Ultra chip is now up to three times faster than its predecessor. It’s also up to six times faster than the best iMac equipped with an Intel chip, but that’s an old story by now — Apple is fully moving to its own silicon, after all.
Apple brings up Octane — a program used by 3D artists — to mention that the M2 Ultra Mac Studio can speed up rendering by up to three times. Colorists will see an up to 50% increase in video processing speeds when using DaVinci Resolve. These are situational estimates and will differ based on what you use it for, but the bottom line is that the new Mac Studio is likely to offer a noticeable boost over the previous version.
Both the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro can run 22 streams of 8K ProRes video all at once, and they also support up to 8K resolution with refresh rates of up to 240Hz.
Although both sport the M2 Ultra, the Mac Pro is still a whole different story. While the Mac Studio has a very recent predecessor in the 2022 version, the Mac Pro hasn’t seen an update since 2019, and the latest model is still Intel-based. Updating to the M2 Ultra marks a massive leap for the desktop.
Apple claims that video transcoding and 3D simulations will run up to three times faster on the new Mac Pro than on the old Intel version. A perhaps more impressive promise is that the M2 Ultra-powered Mac Pro can ingest 24 4K camera feeds simultaneously and encode them to ProRes at the same time.
All in all, the new Mac Pro is said to be up to three times faster than the best configuration of the Intel-based Mac Pro, and up to seven times faster than the cheapest version of that PC.
We’ll have to wait for the two new Apple PCs to come out before we learn more about their performance, but it seems pretty safe to say that the M2 Ultra will deliver a marked upgrade over the previous version of the chip.
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Krungsri uses fortune-teller to boost online Car for Cash
KRUNGSRI AUTO, the automotive finance arm of Bank of Ayudhya, has launched an interactive electronic application form for its Car for Cash title-based loan service via www.car4cash.com, in an effort to drive loan growth from the digital channel by more th
Car for Cash enables customers to use their auto title as collateral to receive a short-term loan from the company.
Krungsri Auto launched the online channel two years ago as an informative website for its car-title loans, before adapting it into a responsive website last June by adding more features, including auto- price assessments by customers.
In the 12 months since introducing the responsive e-application form, the number of Car for Cash applications has surged by 237 per cent, with new loan bookings soaring from Bt70 million to Bt302 million, said Pairote Cheunkrut, head of Krungsri Auto.
However, he said the conversion rate from e-application forms was only 9 per cent, which presented a challenge to Krungsri Auto in terms of getting data properly completed by customers, many of whom who think the online form is complicated.
The company has therefore had to find a creative way to enable customers to fill out the online form so that they can get the funds they need and boost Krungsri Auto’s conversion rate, he added.
“From our search-engine survey, we found that people want fortune tellers to predict the future based on their car’s licence number, so we have created an interactive e-application form that uses a famous fortune-teller as the gimmick,” he explained.
Under the innovative online service, customers applying for a Car for Cash loan are required to fill in each step of the e-application form in order to get a prediction from Tossaporn Sritula – widely known as “Mor Chang”.
Krungsri Auto hopes that the number of new interactive e-application forms will as a result increase to 13,000-15,000 a month from 6,000-7,000 currently, he said.
Pairote said the company was now targeting new loan bookings of Bt450 million via the e-application route this year, up from Bt170 million last year, and that the channel would enable |overall new Car for Cash loans this year to hit the target of |Bt23 billion.
In the first five months of the year, Krungsri Auto approved lending totalling Bt170 million to customers who applied for auto-title loans via www.car4cash, showing that there is a definite move towards more people |using the digital channel, |he suggested.
“Competition in the auto-title loan sector is intense, but we hope to maintain our market share of 39 per cent to maintain leadership in the segment,” the company head said.
The Thai auto-title loan market is currently worth around Bt58 billion, with 3-per-cent growth expected this year, against expansion of 1-2 per cent last year, he added.


text: It seems like PlayStation 3 owners will going back to the time of apes since Ape Escape 3 is coming on the PlayStation 3 this fall. According to the game’s official twitter page, Ape Club, it was announced that the game will be coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3. The twitter page states: “Ape Escape PS3 – release date now Q2 – Q4 2010”. But that’s unfortunately only for Japan. The good thing about the game is that it will be the first few titles that will support PlayStation MOVE. Keep here, on GamingBolt for more news and updates.


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Intel is constructing what it claims is the “largest silicon manufacturing location on the planet” in Ohio, and it’s going to want 7,000 employees to assemble it, in line with a report from the Related Press. Nonetheless, a labor scarcity affecting the development trade might make it arduous to recruit the employees it wants for the $20 billion job, and competitors for employees might sluggish the tempo of homebuilding within the space which is required to assist the rising workforce that Intel’s plant is meant to draw.
Intel first introduced the Ohio venture in January of this 12 months and is on monitor to start building in late 2022. As soon as completed, the 1,000-acre website will home two factories, or fabs, and make use of not less than 3,000 individuals. Nevertheless it has future plans to speculate $100 billion into the venture, increase the location to 2,000 acres, and finally construct a complete of eight fabs, not simply two. Precise chip manufacturing isn’t anticipated till 2025.
As famous by the Related Press, Intel’s venture gained’t require all 7,000 employees directly, and this quantity is perhaps solely a fraction of the employees required to construct the complexes that encompass Intel’s factories. This features a 500-acre enterprise park constructed by VanTrust Actual Property devoted to Intel’s suppliers.
Development on the chip factories is predicted to choose up velocity now that President Joe Biden has signed off on the CHIPS and Science Act, which supplies semiconductor firms like Intel with $52 billion in funding. In June, Intel delayed its groundbreaking ceremony for the brand new chip plant in a bid to coax Congress into passing the laws. On the time, Intel stated the “scope and tempo” of its venture rely on the cash it receives from the CHIPS Act.
Intel’s venture might face some setbacks as a result of present state of the development trade. Earlier this 12 months, the Related Builders and Contractors (ABC), a bunch that represents building employees that aren’t in a union, stated the trade might want to appeal to 650,000 employees with a view to sustain with the demand for labor. In July, the Nationwide Roofing Contractors Affiliation reported a 20.3 p.c enhance in building materials costs from Might to June when in comparison with the identical time final 12 months, one thing a nationwide building provide scarcity isn’t serving to.


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Formed by the leaders of the technology-centred financial services industry, the Financial Technology Association (FTA), a new trade group has launched with the publication of its introductory paper, ‘Shaping the Future of Finance’.
As part of its entry into the space, the FTA will seek to educate stakeholders and support the modernisation of financial regulation to drive greater financial inclusion, equity and opportunity. Founding FTA members include Afterpay, Betterment, Brex, Carta, Figure, Marqeta, Quadpay, Plaid, Ribbit Capital, Wise and Zest AI.
“FTA looks forward to engaging with the new Administration and Congress in order to help solve outstanding financial services challenges faced by many Americans, including a lack of access to fair and accessible products and financial opportunities,” said Milan Dalal, FTA Senior Government Relations Advisor.
“The fintech industry has an important story to tell and looks forward to working with policymakers to protect consumers and advance responsible innovation.”
FTA underlined that the successful integration of financial technology solutions in the American financial system starts with the adoption of national policies that recognise the importance of responsible innovation and encompass a coherent vision on key priorities, which include:
• Safeguarding consumers and promoting financial education and literacy;
• Providing fair, accessible, and transparent financial services to consumers, including marginalised and underserved communities;
• Championing the role of the U.S. and its norms in the global financial ecosystem;
• Encouraging responsible and equitable private sector innovation and competition; and,
• Further upgrading the national financial infrastructure.
“Technology-driven innovation is transforming the way we offer, access, and benefit from financial services and markets in the United States,” said Daniel Gorfine, FTA Senior Policy Advisor. “This organisation will focus on proactively shaping regulations, policy frameworks, and public understanding in order to safeguard consumers and advance the development of trusted, digital financial markets and services.”


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NEW YORK – Florence, Italy-based A. Menarini Diagnostics has signed a deal to exclusively distribute PlexBio's IntelliPlex system in western Europe, the Middle East, and Australia.
The aim is to advance both companies' position in molecular diagnostics, expand into new markets, and drive future growth, the companies said in a statement. Further terms of the deal were not disclosed.
PlexBio makes the IntelliPlex diagnostic instrument and reagent kits for oncology and infectious disease testing. It recently received CE marking for a lung cancer test. The Taipei, Taiwan- and San Francisco-based firm also inked distribution deals in Italy last year with Eurclone and Eurclone Diagnostica.
"Thanks to this agreement Menarini will be able to offer a complete solution in the area of precision oncology," said Fabio Piazzalunga, the general manager of A. Menarini Diagnostics and president of Menarini Silicon Biosystems. "The IntelliPlex product line, in combination with our established CellSearch and DEPArray products for single cell isolation and characterization, will enhance our capability to provide molecular information both from liquid and solid biopsies."
Menarini noted its experience in expanding IVD markets and said it will dedicate sales, customer service, marketing, and support team staff to the commercialization of PlexBio's product line. The agreement also anticipates future branding under A. Menarini Diagnostics label and collaboration on the development of new applications for liquid biopsy.
Menarini is also the exclusive distributor of the Curetis product line, including the Unyvero system, in parts of Europe, and in March of this year Curetis and Menarini had entered a 90-day period of exclusive negotiations related to oncology testing in certain key territories — including Europe, the Middle East — specifically regarding a license to Curetis' Unyvero A30 RQ Platform, a mid-plex system currently in development.


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Apple have managed to get the Australian court to grant a temporary ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab. This is the latest in a long list of legal wranglings between Apple and Samsung.
Annabelle Bennett, a Federal Court Judge today granted the injunction, ensuring that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 cannot be sold in Australia. Samsung can no longer sell the device, until they could get a reversed decision from the court or a pending lawsuit patent is resolved.
This is another kick for Samsung who have been holding the number 2 slot in the tablet market. With their product unable to be sold in certain countries coming up to the Christmas sales, it will damage revenue for Q4. Germany and the Netherlands also face a similar situation.
This patent battle has been ongoing now for some time and Apple are claiming that Samsung are basically just copying their ideas rather than generating their own. It goes back to April this year when Apple sued Samsung in the United States for copying the product design, user interface and packaging for both iPad and iPhone.
Samsung have tried to fight back with lawsuits of their own and have even accused Apple of patent infringement of their wireless telecommunications technology.
Apple filed the Australian lawsuit in July. accusing Samsung of copying touch screen technology. The court orders for the case in Australia will not be published until Friday. Samsung may try to produce a version of their device which doesn't have the features Apple are contesting.
Samsung issued a statement to the press today saying “We are disappointed with this ruling and Samsung will be seeking legal advice on its options. Samsung will continue its legal proceeding against Apple's claim in order to ensure our innovative products remain available to consumers.”
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text: Speaking at a press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister on January 29, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, said this is the feedback he has received from the private sector, following the two-day logistics hub symposium, which the Ministry held for local investors last week. This feedback refers to senior business executives and leaders stating they now have a clearer understanding of the Jamaica Logistics Hub initiative, and how it can facilitate unprecedented growth and economic prosperity, this according to the JIS. Mr. Hylton said the government anticipates building on the public-private sector links, which emerged from the forum. He informed, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) has in fact pledged its support for the hub initiative, describing it as a key pillar on which to build economic success.


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January 27, 2012 |
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Ford Motor Co. reported a giant annual profit, but much of the gain came from a special tax allowance, and the company said its operating earnings were hurt by losses in Europe and Asia and rising commodity prices. The automaker reported an annual operating profit of $8.8 billion, almost 6% above the prior year. Full-year net income reached $20.2 billion, a gain of more than 200%. That included a special one-time, non-cash accounting change from the reversal of Ford's deferred tax assets.
March 17, 2010 |
Striding purposefully, his smile lighting up a rainy afternoon, Barack Obama appears to have arrived here early to tour an elementary school he attended as a boy. But wait. It's not him. The U.S. president is still back in Washington shepherding his healthcare bill toward passage. He's not due to arrive in Indonesia until next week. So who is this guy? He's Ilham Anas, a 34-year-old teen-magazine photographer who has parlayed a striking resemblance to the American president into his own brand of celebrity.
February 4, 2009 |
In another departure from her predecessor, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to visit East Asia on her first trip in her new role. Clinton is expected to visit China, Japan and South Korea, and perhaps a country in Southeast Asia, according to a foreign diplomat knowledgeable about plans for the trip. The itinerary signals that Clinton intends to take a closer interest in East Asia than did Condoleezza Rice, her predecessor.
June 27, 2012 |
Apple expanded its iTunes Store to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and nine other countries Wednesday, but the tech giant did not include India or China in its latest expansion into Asia. The Cupertino, Calif., company announced the expansion of the digital store Wednesday, saying it will hit the new areas with more than 20 million songs, including local and international music. The other countries included in Apple's expansion are Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
July 4, 2009 |
Stocks fell in Europe and Asia on Friday, extending the MSCI World Index's longest weekly losing streak since March, as reports on retail sales and the service industry added to concern that the first global recession since World War II will persist. U.S. markets were closed for the Fourth of July holiday. Metro AG, Germany's biggest retailer, slipped 2.5% as European retail sales dropped more than economists estimated. Seven & I Holdings Co.
November 9, 2009 |
With unemployment topping 10% and his healthcare plan still facing Senate action, President Obama has plenty to keep him busy at home. But on Thursday, he will head to Asia for more than a week, a trip that underscores the White House's conviction that a close partnership with China and other Pacific Rim nations is crucial to American interests. Obama is scheduled to stop in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, bringing to 20 the number of nations he has visited since taking office in January.


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The casino has confirmed it will reopen as Western Australia lifts restrictions.
Australia.- Crown Perth Casino is preparing to reopen this weekend after Western Australia lifted Covid-19 restrictions on casinos and gaming halls.
Crown Resorts has confirmed that Crown Perth will reopen its gaming floor on Saturday (June 27).
Capacity limits will be imposed with one person per two square metres (including staff), physical distancing between customers at electronic gaming machines and electronic table games and restrictions on the number of players at table games.
Ken Barton, Crown’s Chief Executive Officer, said in a press release: “Crown’s priority is to the health and safety of our employees, customers and the community. The physical distancing and hygiene measures have been developed in consultation with the Government, Commissioner of Police and Chief Health Officer to allow reopening in a safe manner. We look forward to welcoming back many of our employees and customers to Crown Perth.”


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CCPA Compliance Could Cost $55 Billion: State Attorney General Study
A study for the California Attorney General (download here) estimated compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) could cost as much as $55 billion. It’s a headline-grabbing figure although probably much too high: a key assumption is that almost 75% of California businesses have lists of more than 50,000 consumers. Think about the small businesses you know and how many are likely to have a list that large. Still, it helps to remind businesses that CCDPA is coming in January.


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Although every day we hear new cases of companies and businesses starting to accept bitcoin, the general public still doesn’t see much use for the digital currency. In fact, it is still pretty difficult if not impossible for a mainstream bitcoin user to do online shopping and paying directly with bitcoin.
This has given rise to a new business niche on the ecosystem and the chance for new companies to flourish.
What exactly is Purse?
Purse is a company specialized on enabling people to do their online shopping through Amazon and paying with bitcoin. Purse is partly modeled after the decentralized nature of Localbitcoins, but serving a different purpose much more similar to Brawker business model. Purse’s platform connects a person wanting to buy something in Amazon with anyone who wishes to purchase some bitcoins using Amazon credit, gift card or credit card. For someone who is trying to buy bitcoins, usually will be willing to pay a high fee for the asset. With these margins, Purse can offer up to 23% discount on all amazon products for the person selling bitcoin. Purse is completely convinced that the easiness of the process and the savings offered will be more than enough to attract new users to start using bitcoin.
“At Purse we strive to make saving on Amazon as easy as possible. We’re happy to announce an update that will make it much easier for mainstream users.”
Purse, opened its doors last year and already counts with a considerable number of partnerships with several startups, small shops and retail businesses and big companies like Amazon and the latest with Coinbase.
Benefits of signing with Coinbase
The latest partnership with Coinbase will give the company a big boost since it will enable faster transactions and accelerate the whole process of their service. Purse declared to be very with this partnership because of how this will help to take the company to mainstream levels and how it would be of great importance in the development of future features and new apps.
“With our Coinbase partnership, shopping on Amazon will be as easy as checking out at a Coinbase merchant. Customers can transfer funds from their Coinbase wallet and start using Purse within minutes.”
Purse is partly reducing the process of going from a bank account or debit card to a discounted Amazon order. When a user already has a prepared order on Purse, he now can also instantly purchase bitcoin through Coinbase.
The company has had an intense presence in the bitcoin community. It is currently involved in many projects and partnerships such as fundraising for the BitGive Foundation, which works to bring awareness over digital currencies and to demonstrate the social value of Bitcoin. Purse also participates in other blockchain related app developments and most of all its largely contributing to the delivery of an insight to Amazon of what bitcoin is all about!
How do you feel about this workaround to buy items using bitcoin on Amazon? Tell us what you think on the comments bellow!


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NORWICH, VT. — Eight finalists have been selected in the first-ever National Festival of Breads bread-baking competition set for June 17 in Wichita, Kas.
The competition, which was organized by King Arthur Flour and Kansas Wheat, is looking to find the best original bread recipes in four categories: whole grain bread; time-saving and easy bread; ethnic bread; and rolls.
Each finalist receives airfare to and accommodations in Wichita to participate in the national competition events June 15-17. Finalists will bake their recipes on site on June 17, and judging will be based on taste, originality, ease of preparation, healthfulness and appearance. The grand prize winner will receive an all-expense paid trip to a baking class of her choice at the King Arthur Flour Baking Education Center in Norwich, plus $2,000 cash.
In addition, each finalist will receive a $500 cash award, as well as a Wheat Harvest Tour and a visit to a working Kansas wheat farm, grain elevator and flour mill.
"We were pleased at the number of home bakers who entered from across the United States," said Cindy Falk, Kansas Wheat Commission Nutrition Educator and contest coordinator. "We had bakers from nearly every state. There was such a variety of flavors, herbs and other ingredients; everything from green tea to crystallized ginger and many different types of cheeses and meat fillings."


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The culmination of our second challenge, the Sixth Sense Summit, took place on 01 February in the Hague at Unknown Group’s recently opened Titaan innovation hub, with 3D tactile sensing technology startup GelSight securing victory.
Over 150 members of the European start-up community, investors and manufacturing experts attended the event to participate in roundtables, meet-ups, networking and exhibition, and, of course, hear the pitches of Sixth Sense’s brilliant finalists.
The Summit began with an introduction to the event from moderator Michael Hayman and Head of Sixth Sense Milan Kocic before a welcome to our judges and further information on the venue from Unknown Group CEO Hendrik Halbe. This was followed by a panel discussion exploring the concept of sustainable manufacturing – hosted by Richard Heggie, founder and CEO of H Catalyst.
Ana Avaliani, Director of Enterprise and Sustainable Development at the Royal Academy of Engineering, shared an overview of the broader ecosystem around sustainable production and highlighted a few cutting-edge technologies able to make a positive impact. Next, Abhishek Sengupta, Vice President of Portfolio & Strategy at Hexagon MI and Marion Rouzeaud, Global Sustainability Director at Hexagon MI, described Hexagon’s approach to sustainability and how the company plans to develop its eco-friendly practices in the future. Finally, Milan Kocic and Jeroen van de Bosch, CCO of the Unknown Group, shared their perspectives on whether start-ups could help to drive more sustainable practices in the manufacturing industry.
The discussion on stage was followed by a Q&A with the audience, who asked how consumers can help to steer the industry towards net zero, and lower waste and pollution, by making sustainable choices.
Insightful conversations continued in the breakout rooms. In a series of roundtables, the guests of the Summit explored how to measure start-ups’ impact on promoting sustainability, talked about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the industry, and discovered the foundations of building successful ventures.
Those attendees, who did not join the roundtables, had an opportunity to make new connections while exploring the Sixth Sense Summit exhibit. Multiple stands demonstrated the recent Hexagon technologies and the innovative solutions built by our second cohort of start-ups.
The event culminated with the Demo pitch ceremony, live-streamed to viewers worldwide. Our fantastic innovators – Threedy, Oculavis, 3YOURMIND, CASTOR, GelSight, Augmentir, Teratonics and JITbase – pitched their concepts in a bid to win and secure a partnership with Hexagon.
Each speaker had six minutes to tell the audience about the company’s product and four minutes to answer the judges’ questions, with Israeli startup CASTOR selected as runner-up and US company GelSight as the winner.
GelSight’s proprietary technology enables digital tactile sensing., with the sensitivity and resolution of human touch to transform industrial process efficiency, accuracy, and quality. The judges were impressed that over 90 days of the Sixth Sense challenge, the GelSignt team integrated its invention into Hexagon’s device and even found a potential customer excited to buy a combined solution.
The second Sixth Sense challenge is now over, but the partnership between Hexagon and the companies in the second cohort has just started. We cannot wait to see what they do next.


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Keep Odessa Beautiful Bulky Item Drop Off This Saturday
It's spring cleaning time and it's spring break, the kids are at home bored, so what better time than now to put them to work? Especially because another bulky item drop off event is happening this Saturday March 18th, with help from our friends at Keep Odessa Beautiful.
The public is invited to take advantage of cleaning out garages, storage units and around your home to get rid of items such as unwanted furniture, appliances, televisions, computers and other large items that do not belong in dumpsters. The event will be held from 8 a.m. until 12 noon at The Time Machine at 816 W. 42nd St. in Odessa. For more information contact Keep Odessa Beautiful at 432-335-4686 or visit keepodessabeautiful.org.


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There is a process of technology creep underway. Its’ arrival has profound impact on many aspects of daily life and the significance and ramifications are equally vital to appreciate.
An example is the rapid development of the driverless car. You can’t have escaped the increasing media coverage of the technology. It’s almost the realm of science fiction – but it’s here – and one thing is clear, it will become a part of our future. 2021 is the year industry thinks that vehicle autonomy will arrive in earnest.
Whether it’s the increasing use of driverless functions in Tesla cars, or Apples self-driving car, or Google’s prototype, it is clear major technical effort is being deployed to make it reality.
The development is consistent with perhaps the two biggest technology revolutions underway – electrification and autonomy.
In many ways the dawn of autonomy has parallels with the genealogy of the Internet generally. The Internet has always been – and is – similarly disruptive. Each new application of the Internet usually meant that someone paid a price and the disrupters were not the wholesale jerseys established industry. Whether it was the impact on the music industry, followed by the movie business, the first reaction to the technology was negative. Those were commercial interests at stake. so too -self-drive cars are being pioneered by technology companies rather than established manufacturers.
Driverless cars potentially will change the vehicle manufacturing industry – which is why some major car companies are acquiring technology with a view to future introduction of self-drive cars.
However, the difference with self-driving vehicles is that they won’t just disrupt an industry – they place into jeopardy human safety itself.
Even the testing of self-driving cars presents legal challenges. They will eventually have to be tested real word on public roads and not just in virtual or carefully controlled environments. Inevitably there is risk to the public – and so how such testing is conducted needs to be carefully considered.
Driving a car uses a multitude of human skills. It is complex when you unpack all that is involved – even at modest speeds. Most accidents though are caused by driver error – and so any improvement must be good. But whether the technology constitutes an improvement will require extremely high standards of performance and reliability for the public to feel they are at risk of a driverless vehicle operating autonomously. Setting those technical standards will have to regulated so that issues of liability can be addressed. Such standards don’t currently exist but they will be critical to the legal environment for self-drive cars. Ultimately the car manufacturer will be legally liable in the event of a system failure.
It may well be that the whole concept of legal ownership changes in the future as it relates to cars. Cars may not be subject to private ownership but increasingly fleets of driverless vehicles will navigate cities -and be available for use by anyone. Change in ownership means a change in liability and insurance. But even in the nearer term – any autonomous system – however deployed – will at a stroke introduce complexity in liability. It may be easy using the inherent black box technology to establish whether the system was active – but would there be circumstance of an accident which reasonably demanded the emergency intervention and seizing of control by the driver – and if not rendered – might the driver remain liable wholesale jersey China – or at the very least contributory negligent? Such forensic examination of the circumstances would be hard when it likely any accident occurrence would be triggered rapidly with little opportunity for manual intervention.
Questions arise as to whether the system controlling the self-drive function could be interfered with – hacked. Again, the robustness of the system – and the defined security standards – must become a regulated issue.
The legal issues don’t’ end there. In this data driven world – there are likely to be personal data issues – which in the UK is heavily regulated. If vehicles were made available on a driverless fleet basis – there would have to be collection of personal data when the individual used the vehicle. That data would certainly be used in accident examination – but in wholesale mlb jersey China what other circumstance and uses would such data be exploited – and how would such additional use be made known to the driver. It is unlikely detailed terms and conditions will be read before use. There would have to be a structure for the explanation of how personal data is used and opportunity for the individual to confirm consent.
What all the above shows is what has been the case with almost all technical development – certainly in the internet context. That is – it becomes technically possible to do cheap jersey China something and the temptation is therefore to roll out that technology. But just because something can be done doesn’t mean it should or will be done. The technology doesn’t exist in a legal vacuum. It is subject to real world legal governance. Those real world legal controls have often stifled innovative technology (for sound consumer protection reasons).
It’s well to reflect that given the current rate of new car production it will take at least 20 years for all cars in this country to carry autonomous functionality – but the important thing is it will commence soon – and vehicle autonomy will become reality and subject to everyday use. There is much to do – not merely technically, but socially and legally before this technology can be safely deployed.
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Medicinal products are supposed to make people everywhere, including here in Ohio, feel better. However, when manufacturing processes turn them into tainted products, people could suffer serious harm. The companies who manufacture these medications have a responsibility to warn potential victims and get them off the shelves by recalling them and announcing it to the public.
For example, Silver Star Brands, Inc. became one of the latest companies to recall several of its products because they pose a danger to the health and well-being of those who consume them. In this case, however, it is not just humans who may suffer, but the family pet as well. The company manufactures several products designed to help with ailments ranging from nausea to cramps and spasms to the pain caused by varicose veins. It also manufactures products for animals aimed at helping increase appetite and relieving itching skin in animals.
Certain of these products may be contaminated. The results could include infections that may reach life-threatening levels. So far, no reports of adverse health consequences have reached the company, but that does not mean they have not or will not occur. The unfortunate truth is that reports of a particular recall may not reach consumers in time to prevent them from suffering harm as a result of a defective or dangerous product.
When that happens, people could end up hospitalized and/or facing lifelong issues resulting from tainted products that managed to reach the marketplace. Ohio residents who experience this firsthand may need to consider the possibility of pursuing restitution from the party or parties bearing legal liability for the injuries suffered. Identifying the responsible parties often presents a challenge, and injured parties could benefit from some assistance and guidance.


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Noe Arteaga Santos, a former Savoura worker, has been fighting for migrant workers rights in Quebec for years after he says he was fired for trying to help a worker who had fallen ill.
Last year, the labour relations board finally made a ruling on the case, stating that the company should not have fired Santos.
He's now seeking compensation: $50,000 total, which represents $10,000 a year for each year since his termination.
However, Savoura filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Helena Sanchez of the temporary foreign workers association said Santos is still entitled to payment.
"Their tomatoes are still on the market and there's another company that has bought Savoura," she said.
"If this company has bought Savoura, it has not only bought the production, but also the debt and Savoura has a debt with Noe."
A representative from Sagami, the company that bought the Savoura brand this spring, told CBC News he wasn't familiar with the specifics of the case, but said any responsibility for paying Santos would likely fall to the original owners.
Serres du Saint-Laurent, the company that previously owned Savoura, did not immediately respond to an interview request.


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Fitness center chain coming to Guilford
Updated 11:51 pm, Wednesday, November 29, 2017
GUILFORD — A Florida-based fitness chain is opening its latest Connecticut location in one of the town’s most high-profile retail locations.
Orangetheory Fitness is opening a new facility in the Guilford Center, near the intersection of Boston Post Road and Church Street. The fitness center is moving into a 3,450-square-foot storefront in the center, which already is home to a CVS drug store, Super Cuts and a Pet Valu pet store.
No information was immediately available regarding when the new fitness center would open. Orangetheory Fitness has four of its eight locations that are currently open in Fairfield County, but the chain is making a push into New Haven County and is opening a Milford location adjacent to the Whole Foods Supermarket there in addition to opening in Guilford.
Orangetheory Fitness is the second new tenant to commit to opening in the retail center: the Guilford Coffee House recently agreed to move into space there, according to officials with RHYS, a Stamford-based commercial real estate firm that represented the property’s landlord, Finast Acquisition.
Guilford Center was built in 1955 and its dominant tenant when it opened was a First National Supermarket. CVS has been a tenant in the center since the early 1990s.
The shopping center was last renovated in 2012, according to Wes Craft, a director with RHYS.
“Orangetheory Fitness will be a welcome addition to Guilford’s expanding retail corridor.” Craft said in a statement. He described Guilford as “a town that needs more retailers that cater to the daily needs of its citizens.”


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The Boulder community is rallying around the Skokan family after they suffered an unthinkable tragedy.
Eric and Jill Skokan are the owners of the 425-acre Black Cat Organic Farm, Black Cat Bistro and Bramble & Hare. The family suffered a horrific tragedy on Friday night when their 17-year-old son Kelsey was struck and killed by a truck while driving his car not far from the Skokan family home. Older brother Ian was also in the car and suffered injuries, but ultimately survived the crash. According to a blog post on the Black Cat website, the truck also crashed into the Skokan’s home, causing significant damage.
The collision occurred as the Skokan family and their staff members were preparing for an evening farm dinner, a new dining offering that resulted after they shut down their restaurant dining rooms because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A GoFundMe page set up on behalf of the family has so far raised more than $215,000 in donations from Boulder and beyond.
The Skokans are grieving as a family, which includes daughter Morgan and sons Ian and Avery. Their extended family also flew in from other states to help the Skokans.
Almost immediately upon learning of the horrific accident, the Boulder community began rallying to stand behind this family.
Chefs began cooking meals for the Skokans and people began volunteering to take up farm chores and perform other tasks to keep the business going. In addition, the Colorado Chautauqua is donating the temporary use of a large cottage for family members, since the Skokan house is damaged.
The family has been “flooded with gratitude for the surge of benevolence and sacrifice,” according to the blog post.
In addition to donating to the GoFundMe, you can help support the Skokans during this difficult time by:
- Visiting and making a purchase at the farm stand, located at 4975 Jay Road. Here, you’ll find tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, corn, squash, cucumbers and lots of other organic produce. Black Cat is also selling cuts of pork and lamb from animals raised on organic pastures in Boulder, as well as frozen and prepared meals.
- Make a purchase from Black Cat Organic Farm at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market, held on Saturdays through the summer and fall. The farmers market is encouraging everyone to make a reservation for a designated shopping time, or pre-order items from vendors.
- Make a reservation to attend an upcoming farm dinner. You can see the schedule for farm dinners and learn more about making a reservation on the Black Cat website: https://blackcatboulder.com/.
The Skokans first opened Black Cat Bistro in 2006. Next, the family opened the certified organic farm, where they grow vegetables and raise a variety of animals, including Tunis and Karakul sheep, Mulefoot pigs, heritage chickens and turkeys and Toulouse geese. The Skokans and their staff members also forage for wild ingredients, including wild plums, mushrooms and juniper. The family opened Bramble & Hare in 2012 next door to Black Cat.
Through it all, the Skokans have maintained a commitment to fresh, local and sustainable produce and meats.


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A Hyattsville man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison in connection with a series of violent heists in which a group of men brandishing guns and knives took over businesses and robbed them. Thirty-one-year-old William Ortiz Lazaro admitted to being part of a group that organized to steal money and property from stores and businesses from Silver Spring to Annapolis, according to charging documents.
"This investigation is an excellent example of federal and local law enforcement working together to ensure that criminals like Mr. Ortiz Lazaro are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," said William Winter, special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's Office of Investigations in Maryland.
According to charging documents, the men staked out their targets, keeping surveillance at the stores and individuals who they believed to be carrying the money from the stores. They figured out the best time to hit the businesses and used weapons to restrain their victims during the robberies, law enforcement officials said.
Ortiz Lazaro admitted in court to participating in two armed commercial robberies, including the Tienda Ramirez store in Templeville on Aug. 7.
Employees and witnesses said a group of men entered the Tienda Ramirez, some with handguns and a shotgun. The men forced the employees to give them the money from the cash register. The gunmen also pointed a gun at two other victims, and forced them to get on the floor and to not look around or they would be shot.
The men stole more than $500 as well as personal items, the fled in a white vehicle, documents said.
Ortiz Lazaro said he had a gun during the robbery, but denied taking it out of his waistband and pointing it at anybody. He said the other robbers did brandish guns at the victims.
Queen Anne's County sheriff's deputies located the car as it was leaving. Ortiz and three other men were inside, along with a loaded shotgun, two loaded handguns, gash and belongings of the victims from the store.
Ortiz Lazaro said he also robbed High's Store in Annapolis two weeks earlier.
He is the fourth member of the group to plead guilty to related charges, prosecutors said. The other three were from Silver Spring. Julio Paredes, 45, of was sentenced to 20 years in prison; Rogelio C. Alfaro, 36, was sentenced to more than 12 years; and Manuel Claros, 24, awaits his punishment.


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As the holiday season approaches, we look at the rise and rise of tourism and find out where the world’s 1.4bn international travellers go on vacation
How many people travel abroad on holiday?
Tourism is on the rise. In 2018 there were a record 1.4bn international tourist arrivals, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNTWO), a rise of 6% over 2017. That doesn’t mean 1.4 billion people travel abroad for their holidays, as many people will clock up more than one trip.
But it does mean tourism is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy. In 2018, it was worth about $1.7tn (£1.3tn), or about 2% of total global GDP. Even the UNWTO is struggling to keep up, with current figures vastly exceeding expectations.
In 1950 there were 25m international tourist visits, rising to 166m in 1970, and 435m in 1990.
The growth of budget airlines has made travelling more accessible, with passengers able to fly from London Stansted to Düsseldorf for just £7.99. For many Londoners, this costs less than a day’s commute.
Nikodem Szumilo, associate professor of economics and finance of the built environment at UCL, says the growth of the global tourist industry is partly due to the rise of digital services. “The most recent development in the industry was a small revolution of online reviews and online bookings which reduced prices but increased satisfaction,” he says. “This means that more people travel more often.”
What are the most popular destinations?
According to the UNWTO, four-fifths of tourists travel within their own region. Continuing a long term trend, Europe leads the way in overseas visits, receiving 713 million visitors last year alone.
Globally, France leads the way, followed by Spain, the US, China and Italy. The UK is the seventh most visited country in the world.
However, other regions are on the rise. Last year, trips to North Africa rose 10%, and tourism to sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East is also increasing, as demand for unconventional destinations grows.
In 2018, Uber ranked the most visited destinations around the world for its users. The Empire State Building in New York claimed first place, followed by the city’s Freedom Tower and CN Tower in Toronto. The Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower in Paris completed the top five.
Buckingham Palace, the only British attraction in the top 15, came seventh ahead of the Berlin Wall, the Vatican, Disneyland and the Egyptian pyramids.
So which country provides the most visitors?
The number of tourists produced by a country tends to correlate with its income and population.
China’s rising wealth has resulted in a huge growth of tourism abroad, making Chinese people the world’s most abundant tourists. In 2017, Chinese tourists made 143m journeys abroad, followed by Germany (92m), the US (87.8m) and the UK (74.2m).
According to the Office for National Statistics, UK residents consistently make more visits abroad than foreign residents make to Britain. Favoured destinations are Spain, France and Italy. Three in four Britons remain within the EU, but the US was the fourth most visited location for UK citizens last year.
Tourism is growing rapidly in Russia, whose tourist numbers rose by 16% last year. France and Australia are increasingly important players, increasing by 10% and 9% respectively.
Who comes to the UK?
Unsurprisingly, London was the UK’s most popular destination, with more than half of all UK visits including a trip to the capital. Edinburgh was the second hottest tourist spot, and Manchester third.
Americans top the list of arrivals, but four-fifths of the UK’s most-visiting countries were from Europe.
How important is tourism to the UK?
The tourist industry is responsible for about 2.5% of British GDP. Last year, visitors spent almost £23bn in the UK, though visitor numbers fell slightly on 2017 (a record year).
In spite of this dip, Visit Britain – the official tourism board – estimates that by 2025 Britain’s tourism industry could be worth as much as 10% of GDP and will employ more than one in 10 people.
Will Brexit have an impact?
Claudio Milano from Ostelea School of Tourism doesn’t think so, calling the supposed link between Brexit and tourism “mainly political propaganda”.
He said that the most likely impact of Brexit on the tourist industry is on labour patterns. “Tourism is a sector which is based on migrant workers,” he says. “So Brexit will have more of impact on tourism’s workforce than on the attractiveness of the UK.”
Sun, culture, jobs, growth – what’s not to like?
Er … overcrowding, rising property prices, planeloads of stag parties marauding through Euro capitals with penis-tiaras on their heads: there is a dark side to tourism.
Hotspots around the world are struggling under the weight of “over-tourism”, which threatens massive destruction of local environments and communities.
Tourists are responsible for large quantities of single-use plastics that pollute beaches and threaten wildlife, and souvenir hunters have been known to break off pieces of endangered coral to keep as memorabilia.
While traffic and overcrowding are well documented side effects of tourism, Szumilo says intense pressure on hospitals and public transport from tourists can also strain resources, leaving public services unable to cater for locals.
Szumilo highlights the impact of holiday homes on local communities. Often empty for most of the year, second homes can reduce supply for locals, limit economic growth and raise house prices.
“When we talk about travel and tourism, we think about beaches, holiday resorts, and iconic sceneries,” says Marina Novelli, professor of tourism and international development at the University of Brighton.
“We tend not to think about space politics, social justice, gender equality, poverty alleviation, environmental management or the impact that epidemics or conflicts may inflict on destinations.”
What’s to blame?
According to Milano, the phenomenon of over-tourism comes partially from the rise in global mobility. Increased transnational travel has led to rising numbers of international students, migrant workers, second home residents, and even journalists working overseas. He also emphasises the role of neoliberalism, which he says is turning cities from “locations to destinations”.
The rise of short-term letting apps has also been blamed. Last month, 10 European cities issued a joint letter to the EU demanding help in their battle against Airbnb. The company has long been criticised for its role in housing shortages, raising house prices and displacing local residents.
What are countries doing about it?
Last month, the picturesque city of Bruges announced it would stop advertising day trips, limit the number of cruise ships docking nearby and shift docking times to ease the weekend rush.
The Unesco world heritage site has experienced a 28% rise in tourism in the past two years, with the mayor, Dirk De Fauw, doubting the city’s ability to cope with mounting numbers of tourists. “We have to control the influx more if we don’t want Bruges to become a complete Disneyland here,” he says.
Last year another Unesco world heritage site, Dubrovnik, announced limitations on cruise ships. After overcrowding in ancient alleyways, outdoor tables were also restricted, and new crackdowns were imposed on street vendors catering to swathes of tourists.
Following in the footsteps of popular Majorca, Rome – which hosts 15.2 million tourists annually – recently announced restrictions on antisocial tourist behaviour. The measures include a crackdown on drunk and disorderly conduct and a ban on shirtless sightseeing.
After causing structural damage to picturesque bridges around the world, love padlocks – attached by romantic partners – are also coming under new regulation.
Bridges in Paris have already begun their removal, with the deputy mayor saying “they spoil the aesthetics of the bridge, are structurally bad for it and can cause accidents”.
Hardly the best omen for relationships, but perhaps the only way to save the City of Love.
However, these targeted measures may not be enough. Milano says that to meaningfully change the tourist industry, we first need to change the way we understand it.
“Tourism is generally only measured in the number of international arrivals, but we need new indicators and a new set of measures of tourism,” he says. “For example, do we have gender equality in our tourist industries? Why are men always executives? Are jobs in tourism decent? What about the liveability of local residents? It’s a question at a political level about how we define and understand tourism.”
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Sales among the UK’s major retailers grew by 3.6% in the 12 weeks to 21 March but slowing food inflation has weighed on growth, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel.
Food inflation stood at 1.8% in March – compared to 9.1% in March 2009 – and depressed sales growth among UK grocers, Kantar said.
The overall year-on-year growth for all the UK’s major retailers dropped to a “pre-recession low” of 3.6%, the Kantar figures showed.
Fraser McKevitt, retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, said: “We can see the dramatic fall in inflation by comparing this month’s figure to March 2009 when inflation was running at 9.1%. While this has had a dampening effect on retailer growth, lower inflation brings benefits to consumers and the latest figures suggest that shoppers are taking advantage of slower grocery price increases by trading up to more expensive lines such as Tesco Finest.”
Tesco, the UK’s largest grocer, grew its share of sales by 0.2% as sales climbed 4.1%. However, the company’s nearest rival, Asda, lost some of the market year-on-year. Asda’s sales rose 2.7% but its share eroded by 0.2%.
Morrisons’ sales climbed 7.8% and saw its share of the market improve 0.5%. Sainsbury’s saw sales rise 4.6% and eked out a 0.2% increase in market share, although Kantar said the figure could be “partially attributed” to store expansion.
Waitrose’s sales jumped 14.1% on the year, boosting its market share by 0.3%, while the discounters “languished behind the market”, with Aldi and Lidl losing share.


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Sometimes climate change shows up where you least expect it – like the grocery store. Food prices have risen 25 percent over the past four years, and Americans have been shocked by the rising cost of staples like beef, sugar and citrus.
While many factors, such as supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, have contributed to this increase, extreme heat is already driving up food prices and is likely to get worse, according to a recent study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The analysis found that heat inflation could drive up food prices around the world by as much as 3 percentage points per year in just over a decade and by about 2 percentage points in North America. For overall inflation, extreme weather can lead to anywhere from a 0.3 to 1.2 percentage point increase each year, depending on how much carbon emissions countries pump into the atmosphere.
While that might sound small, it’s actually “massive,” according to Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School. “That’s half of the Fed’s overall objective for inflation,” he said, referring to the Federal Reserve’s long-term objective of limit it to 2 percent. The Department of Labor recently reported that consumer prices rose 3.2 percent over the past 12 months.
The connection between heat and rising food prices is intuitive – if wheat starts to wilt and die, you can bet that flour will become more expensive. When Europe fried in heat waves in 2022, it pushed up food prices that had already soared due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (known as the breadbasket of Europe), researchers at the Europe Central Bank and Potsdam Institute in Germany found in the new study. Europe broke a record 9.2 percent inflation that year, and the summer heat alone, that hurt soybean, sunflower and corn cropscould have accounted for nearly a full percentage point of that increase.
To find out how climate change could drive inflation in the future, the researchers analyzed monthly price indices for goods in 121 countries over the past quarter century. No place on the planet seems immune. Countries in North Africa and the Middle East, where warm temperatures are already pushing the comfort limits of some crops, are expected to experience some of the biggest price shocks.
The study’s results were striking, Wagner said, but at the same time very credible. He thinks the calculations are probably on the conservative side of the spectrum: “I wouldn’t be surprised if follow-up studies actually come up with even higher numbers.”
This adds to a worrying picture for the future affordability of food. “The coronavirus pandemic has shown how sensitive supply changes are to disruptions and how those disruptions can wake up inflation,” David A. Super, a professor of law and economics at the Georgetown University Law Center, wrote in an email. “The disruptive effects of climate change are orders of magnitude greater than those of the pandemic and will cause economic disruption on a much larger scale.”
The world began paying attention to the dynamic between climate change and higher prices, or “climate inflation”, in March 2022, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, when German economist Isabel Schnabel coined the term a speech warns that the world is facing a new era of energy inflation. A few months later, Grist coined the term “heat deflation.” in an article about how blistering temperatures sent food prices soaring.
The difference between the terms is similar to “global warming” vs. “climate change”, with one focused on warmer temperatures and the other on broader effects. Still, “heat inflation” might be the more appropriate term, Wagner said, since price effects of climate change mostly come from extreme heat. The new study did not find a strong link between shifts in precipitation and inflation.
The research lends some credence to the title of the landmark climate change bill signed by President Joe Biden in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act. While it’s an open joke what the name was a marketing term meant to capitalize on Americans’ concerns about rising prices, it may end up being more appropriate than people expected. “We should not make fun of the name Inflation Reduction Act, because in the long run it is exactly the right term to use,” Wagner said.


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E-way bills in October may surpass Sept levels on festive season supplies
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Centre should consider PLI scheme for containers, semi-conductor manufacturing, says PHD Chamber president
The government should also provide clarity on the validity of the low tax rate regime which was introduced in September 2019, besides working on a stable direct and indirect tax regime, he said.
GST Council sets up two GoMs to look into rate rationalisation, systems review
The goods and services tax council secretariat Monday notified the setting up of two GoM, one to look into the rate structure and another to look at systems reforms required to plug revenue leakages. The GST Council had decided to set up the two GoMs in its meeting earlier this month.
GST Council's first physical meeting since start of pandemic today. Here's what it may decide
The GST council may decided today on a range of topics including whether to include petroleum products under GST ambit which will significantly reduce prices or petrol and disel which have now gone past the Rs 100 mark.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to hold GST Council meeting on May 28
The meeting will be held after a gap of more than six months, following demands from state finance ministers including those of West Bengal and Punjab.
India's exports surge 60% in March, fall by 7.2% in FY21
India’s exports grew the fastest in March with total outbound shipments rising 60.29%, far higher than 0.65% growth in February, with March becoming the fourth consecutive month of growth in FY21.
Budget could allocate 12-14% more for spending
The February 1 budget will also kick off another round of restructuring of centrally sponsored schemes, scrapping those that have outlived their utility or aren’t seen to be achieving the necessary goals, which would in turn allow a bigger allocation to priority areas.
Tax relief likely for expats hired for PLI jobs
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Exit without serving notice period to attract 18% GST
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Vaccination drive and economic activity to spur India's V-shaped recovery in H2: Govt
“The sustained improvement in high frequency indicators ignite optimism of an improved performance in the second half of the year,” the government said in the monthly economic review of December issued Tuesday, adding that the impending vaccination would spur momentum in economic activity globally.
GST compensation: All states take Rs 1.1 lakh crore option, Jharkhand last state to join
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Quarterly GSTRs pose new hurdles for MSMEs
Reconciliation mismatch, input credit tax and cash flow are getting blocked for larger companies which have to file monthly returns.
Tamil Nadu needs to increase Tax-GSDP ratio, suggests state's economic revival committee
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Industry bodies seek exemption from personal tax for foreign domiciled individuals in India
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E-way bill generation to be restricted if taxpayer with over Rs 5 cr turnover fails to file return
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Business with turnover of over Rs 100 crore to generate e-invoice for B2B deals from Jan
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Imports will now get benefits on the basis of their value addition, here's all you need to know
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Importers must prove 35% value addition in origin country to get FTA benefits
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After becoming the first online commodities exchange for Bitcoin mining hashing power, CEX.IO has now taken their level of innovation to the next level with futures contracts on the delivery of cloud mining equipment. FHA and FHM are the two futures contracts available for mining equipment right now, and the contracts will convert into GHS once they are executed. This is basically a way for traders to bet on the future price of hashing power on the Ghash.IO Bitcoin mining pool.
Bitcoin has been a focal point of much controversy in the past year. Despite enormous price fluctuations and companies like Mt. Gox being shut down, Bitcoin is becoming more popular than ever. An increasing number of customers is choosing mobile as their platform of choice for doing business. Bitcoin industry is not an exception.
Since 2012, Apple has dropped three popular Bitcoin wallets apps, starting with BitPak and Coinbase. Earlier this year, Blockchain.info app, last and most popular of all Bitcoin wallets for iPhone has been dropped from the app store due to the “unresolved issue”.
While there isn’t one secret tip to successful trading that will allow you to become a millionaire overnight, there are definitely a few general rules that should be followed before you start trading any kind of asset with real money. Instead of looking for one important note to follow when trading for the first time, it’s important to pull together a group of separate guidelines as a solid base for your future trades. Let’s take a look at some of the main rules that you should follow before you end up making a huge mistake.
Although most of the world still prefers fiat currency over all over forms of money, cryptocurrency and other types of virtual currencies are definitely starting to bring some real competition to the table. Governments have always liked the idea of controlling the money supply, but these new forms of money are trying to take that kind of power out of the hands of centralized institutions. Let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of the three most popular forms of money right now.
Anyone who’s interested in mining cryptocurrencies understands that this is a market that can change rather quickly. While a certain amount of hashing power may be useful today, it doesn’t take long for the network difficulty to increase when new miners are being released on a monthly basis. To keep up with the rest of the competition in the cryptocurrency space, miners need to make sure they have all of the latest mining hardware. Let’s take a look at some of the most recent trends in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
Before you start trading on any market, you need to make sure you understand some of the basics of reading the charts and understanding where the market is headed. The graphs on the homepage of CEX.IO look rather confusing to some, but the reality is these graphs are easy to understand once you get a few basic definitions and pointers. Let’s take a look at some of the key elements of trading charts that you need to understand before you’ll be able to comprehend the trading graphs on CEX.IO.
The latest trend in the altcoin market is the idea of a cryptocurrency created for a specific country. Auroracoin was the first altcoin to enter this space, but we also have Mazacoin and Spaincoin to look at now. Many people are excited about the prospect of these cryptocurrencies becoming more widely used in specific parts of the world, but do these “domestic cryptocurrencies” hold any promise over the long term?
The Distribution Process
The main way that these country coins are getting attention is through their premining methods and distribution process.
The original futures markets originated in North America over 150 years ago, and the origins of this particular type of contract can only be described as practical. As the American agricultural industry was booming, farmers were increasingly trying to find the best price when they brought their crops to market. They would often meet in centralized hubs of commerce, such as Chicago, to get the best prices for their crops. Those buyers would then ship the crops to many different locations around the country.
If you’ve been paying attention to the history of cryptocurrency mining over the past few years, then you’ve probably noticed that mining bitcoins is not as easy as it used to be. While Satoshi and other early Bitcoin adopters were able to mine bitcoins with simple laptops, the competition in this market has increased rather dramatically over time. At first, new scripts were created to make mining with GPUs possible, and now we’re at the point where you need to purchase thousands of dollars worth of ASIC hardware if you want to have any chance of mining bitcoins in the near future.
CEX.IO Bitcoin Commodity Exchange in the person of Jeffrey Smith, CIO, was interviewed by the Polish news portal bitcoin.pl. The interview covers up-to-date issues connected with CEX.IO, cryptocurrencies and the Bitcoin community.
– Please introduce yourself, what is your name and occupation within CEX.IO?
Hi! My name is Jeffrey Smith, I am the Chief Information Officer of CEX.IO LTD.
– Before I ask you about services, tell us please, how it’s all started and when you have learned about bitcoin?


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The New York Post is reporting that the NYPD recently nabbed 141 merchants – from newsstands to barbershops – for purchasing what they believed to be stolen iPhones and iPads.
Undercover NYPD officers sold the electronics to merchants at more than 600 stores around the five boroughs this week — asking from $50 to $200 for iPhone 4s and iPad 2s — after clearly stating the popular gadgets were stolen, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
The sting — which nabbed clerks and workers at businesses such as supermarkets, barbershops, pawnshops and bodegas — began Tuesday and continued through yesterday.
Oddly enough, this is somewhat similar to the way law enforcement agencies sometimes try and curb prostitution by going after the Johns. Here, the NYPD is trying to create a cloud of skepticism and ‘better judgement’ for folks who are offered Apple devices at prices that are too good to be true, and in the above example, are openly advertised as stolen. What’s more, many of these purchases aren’t made for personal use, but rather to turn a profit on eBay where vendors can earn up to a 200% return by hocking these stolen goods.
In any event, authorities are clearly hoping to deincentivize the number of iPhone thefts which has contributed to an “uptick in grand larcenies this year.”
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At New York Fashion Week, a New Kind of Runway Model Makes History
It’s been a historic year for women in fashion. Tess Holliday became the largest plus-size model to land a major modeling contract; Sports Illustrated featured Robyn Lawley and Ashley Graham, the first plus-size models to appear in an editorial photo spread and a print advertisement in the magazine, respectively; and now, New York Fashion Week has seen its first model with Down syndrome, Jamie Brewer, walk the runway.
Brewer, a 30-year-old actor who appears in American Horror Story, was chosen to model as part of designer Carrie Hammer’s “Role Models Not Runway Models” campaign. Launched at New York Fashion Week last year, the campaign employs the real women who actually wear Hammer’s career-oriented clothing. Past models have included psychologist Danielle Sheypuk, who uses a wheelchair, and quadruple amputee Karen Crespo.
According to Today, the fashion designer was inspired to include Brewer in this year’s show at the urging of Katie Driscoll, a parent whose daughter was born with Down syndrome. Driscoll cofounded the nonprofit Changing the Face of Beauty, which advocates for people with disabilities, and suggested that Brewer would be a good role model, especially given the exposure of the New York Fashion Week runway.
In addition to Brewer, Hammer models at Thursday’s show included Malala Fund cofounder Shiza Shahid, Black Girls Code cofounder Kimberly Bryant, and World Bank sector manager Maria Correia.
“I call it the runway revolution,” Hammer told Mashable. “Women can see these women in high positions and also see that they’re beautiful and feminine and incredible.... I hope young women see this and say, ‘I want to do that. I can do that.’ ”