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Quadcopter and drone manufacturer DJI has this week unveiled a new addition to their range of drones with the launch of the new DJI Manifold, that is equipped with an on-board computer designed for utilising DJI’s Onboard SDK.
The new DJI Manifold drone has been created to allow developers to create more powerful professional applications and is compatible with third-party sensors.
The Manifold comes preloaded running Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system and supports CUDA, OpenCV and ROS and is powered by a Quad-core ARM Cortex A-15 Processor supported by a NVIDIA Kepler-based GPU. Michael Perry, DJI’s Director of Strategic Partnerships explains more :
With the Manifold, we are entering a new era of smarter, faster and more powerful aerial platforms. Manifold opens up for aerial and ground technology to intelligently work together to solve complex problems. We are excited to see what applications our developer community will come up with for this new platform.
The Manifold is a high-performance embedded computer specially designed for the DJI Onboard SDK. It enables developers to transform aerial platforms into truly intelligent flying robots that can perform complex computing tasks and advanced image processing literally on the fly.
The Manifold is compatible with third-party sensors and enables developers to connect a wide variety of devices such as infrared cameras, atmospheric research devices and geographical surveying equipment to the Matrice 100. As the Manifold computer both collects and analyses data in the air, it provides an efficient solution for developers in need of time-sensitive information.
The DJI Manifold drone Is available from today to purchase price at $499 directly from the official DJI online store and shipping will commence later this month on November 15th. For more information on the new drone created for developers jump over to the official DJI website via the link below.
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Certification rules put true organic producer out of business
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One of the Townships’ most ardent promoters and practitioners of a healthy, local, and organic food system has been sidelined by the rules that are supposed to protect that system.
Brian Creelman and his Seeds for Food farm in Bishopton were told last year to “cease and desist” all mention of “organic” because he is not officially certified. He was selling about $5,000 worth of seeds annually—at farmers’ markets, seed fairs, outlets like Clark & Sons in Lennoxville, and by order form.
With that amount of income, it’s hard to justify the time and money involved in getting an official organic certification.
It all started with an email inquiry from a potential new customer early last year. The customer wanted to know whether Creelman was certified organic or not. After a few email exchanges, in which Creelman explained his approach, the potential customer posted criticism on Facebook against people who aren’t certified. A month and a half later, Creelman was contacted by a representative of the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture’s branch set up to protect labelling, ordering him to stop using the term “organic” to describe his seeds.
He complied by taking down his Web site and putting all seed sales on hold.
Creelman has been growing his own food and producing seeds for over 30 years and selling to the public since 2012. He joined the organization Seeds for Diversity Canada in 2008 and was one of the four founders of the Lennoxville Farmers’ Market. (This reporter was one of his customers and was given a tour of his farm several years ago.)
Opposed in principle to simply replacing his use of “organic” with something like “natural,” Creelman says, “I’ve been in a fog and funk” over what to do, “but here we are in January.”
Normally, you could find his company listed in the annual seed guides of publications like Small Farm Canada, which appear at this time of year as market and home gardeners start planning for the summer and ordering their seeds. Creelman was a pillar of local supply for heirloom, organically produced seeds in the Eastern Townships, certified or not.
“It really bugs me that I’m not allowed to use the term,” he said in a recent interview. “If you ever want to find someone who believes in this it’s me.”
Creelman said he feels that the organic movement has now been coopted by industrial agriculture and that certification means only a minimum standard that has little to do with the original principles of healthy, local food, and “preserving and promoting autonomy and sovereignty in the food system”—the motivation behind his seed business.
“I’m not against the integrity aspect,” he said of certification, “but I want to keep it human.”
While he complied with the cease-and-desist order, he would have liked to respond that “your system is scale insensitive… The system is too big; it’s not human. It’s going to undermine the credibility of the whole movement eventually… I’m philosophically against the Amazonification of everything… When the scale gets so damn large, you get this pass-the-buckism.”
He also recognizes that there are good arguments for and against the rules, and that “I’m an example of the collateral damage.”
“Even though I produced seeds last summer, I’m not selling now because of this. It’s sucked the wind out of my sails.”
“I’m not doing this to make a quick buck. I’m trying to do something good in society,” he added.
“Hopefully, next year I’ll pick it up again.”
Scott Stevenson farms and writes at his home in Newport, Quebec. He reports on individual Townships’ farmers biweekly for Brome County News and reviews the farm news biweekly for the Record.

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Amidst the global pandemic in July 2020, Dubai was the first city in the world to pilot exhibitions organised with new health & safety protocols.
Most recently between December 2020 and February 2021, Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) led the global safe re-opening of international large scale events by successfully organising two of the world's largest in-person events, attracting business travellers from more than 150 countries. These events were key drivers in spearheading business confidence and accelerating revival of all major sectors in the country.
Gitex Shoppers 2021 will be back this Fall at Dubai World Trade Centre.
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‘India’s technological development is not only great for the world, but also poses some interesting challenges to the USA’. This is a recent post released by Washington post which represents India as a nation which has made a mark in the global tech industry. The country is also responsible for outsourcing some of the brightest minds to Silicon Valley & will continue to play a prominent role in building several Innovation & development hubs. Carving their way on a similar roadmap are a bunch of tech enthusiasts who started their own gaming outfit named Lolz Studio in Delhi.
Lolz Studio, an eight month old start-up, is ignited by a vision to bring about the next big wave in the gaming industry by revolutionizing the way people play games. The team consists of tech aficionados who derive inspiration from their passion for gaming! Some of the popular apps developed by them include World Bike Race, Zombie Rage and Cycle Race.
Like any start-up, the first few months for Lolz Studio were extremely challenging on the tech front along with figuring out logistics & revenue generation. Prioritizing Vserv.mobi as their number one partner who helped them overcome their initial jitters, Vivek Sathiya, Co-Founder of Lolz Studio says “ Vserv’s quick turnaround time, efficient support from the team & a brilliant platform like AppWrapper helped us cross some major roadblocks in our early days. We’d thoroughly like to thank Vserv for their constant backing & look forward to continue our long association with them!’
Amassing their inspiration from Apple, Lolz Studio looks up to companies who’ve built a strong brand value by being creative that keeps their users excited. As of now, Lolz Studio is experimenting with newer platforms, OS’ and technologies for the next 2-3 years. We’re sure the team at Lolz Studio will emerge as a leading global player in the Gaming arena very soon!
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The rise of fast fashion has seen the decline and diminution of almost all facets of the fashion industry, but no one sector has been hit as hard and with as much destruction of heritage as the humble, handmade Australian boot.
Seventy years ago, bootmaking was a booming industry Down Under. Not only were market leaders such as RM Williams, Baxters, and Rossi thriving and growing, the desire and acceptance for top-quality locally made footwear was commonplace. Bootmakers employed hundreds of cobblers and cordwainers, selling shoes made locally and from local materials.
This thriving industry embedded itself in Australia’s roots and elastic-sided Chelsea boots, such as the ones made by the aforementioned bootmakers, became a quintessential piece of Australiana, still worn by local parliamentarians and international politicians today. Those of note who’ve donned such boots include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, former US President Bill Clinton, and even New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s baby Neve.
Along with the boots’ notoriety came a reputation for hardiness, falling comfortably in line with a similar reputation embedded within the Australian psyche.
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“These boots are made for people who are specialists. People who expect them to last,” said R.M Williams, namesake and founder of the iconic brand. Parents would pass their scratched and beaten boots to their children, with expectations their grandchildren may one day wear the same pair.
However, as Australia’s economy became further deregulated and liberalised, local bootmakers began to see cost-savings through imports and offshore manufacturing. The slashing of tariffs in the late 20th century saw many local companies look overseas and begin to source leathers internationally rather than using home-grown products. Today, fewer than 15 leather tanneries are active in Australia.
This move not only marked the decline of many iconic Australian footwear brands, but an unmistakable downturn in the quality of shoes they produced. Combined with a softening of enthusiasm for students to pursue a career in bootmaking, the future of the industry was all but set in stone.
From 100 staff to 15
Baxters Boots was one such company that sought greener hides in the late 1900s, switching the business to one that imported the majority of its leather. Baxters’ factory is a mainstay of the New South Wales town of Goulburn, and was founded in 1885 by Henry Baxter, an apprentice bootmaker who bought the factory from his master William Teece.
Four generations on, the company is still family owned and is ran today by Marshall Baxter. He tells SmartCompany that in the company’s heyday, the factory had more than 100 workers, all shaping, stitching, and shipping hundreds of pairs of boots a day.
But as tariffs were slashed, so too was the workforce. More and more Baxters employees found themselves without work as cheaper bootmakers in China and Indonesia became an attractive alternative to a company facing a population of Australians less and less interested in locally made leather boots.
Baxter recalls the time with sadness; he would regularly bump into former employees around the small town of Goulburn.
“It was sad. We were all a community,” he says.
The company’s materials became 100% imported around 16 years ago, and today the revered bootmaker employs just 15 local staff. But Baxter is resolute in the company’s decisions, saying costs in Australia were reaching unfeasible levels.
“Making boots in Australia just became quite prohibitive. The infrastructure almost entirely broke down, there were no shoe machines left because there were no component suppliers, and no technicians. And there are almost no tanneries left in Australia, and those that do exist export most of their product,” Baxter says.
“Though importing isn’t a bloody panacea either. You really have to keep on top of it.”
According to Baxter, almost all large-scale makers of dress boots operating in Australia today have almost all their footwear made overseas, although he says RM Williams still employs a significant number of cordwainers at its Adelaide headquarters.
“A lot of workboot companies still import all their products and make them here, mainly because it’s not hugely labour intensive. You just import all the components and squirt on a polyurethane sole,” he says.
“It’s not like the labour-intensive, welted, handmade stuff.”
The term ‘welt’ refers to a style of shoe stitching known as the ‘Goodyear Welt’, revered amongst footwear fanatics as the be-all-and-end-all of well-made shoes. The process can be done either by hand or via machine, and includes multiple, highly-complicated steps.
This means a pair of Goodyear welted shoes might take a single bootmaker a number of weeks to complete, although larger operations such as Baxters would have had numerous cordwainers working on different parts of the bootmaking process. Still, an immense level of time, care, and attention-to-detail is required to create a pair of these kinds of boots, and this in turn requires a workforce with long, expensive hours.
From a business perspective, it’s not hard to see why companies such as Baxters and RM Williams went international, but from a quality perspective, it’s also easy to see why consumers might feel like they’re missing out.
Small operators start to shine
Emerging across Australia over the last decade, small-scale bootmakers and cordwainers have begun to make their mark — endeavouring to pick up the slack let off by the big players’ eschewing of locally made goods.
This includes businesses such as Andrew McDonald in Sydney, Claire Best in Melbourne, and James Young in Alice Springs. While customers can expect to pay upwards of $800 for a pair of shoes with a wait time of four to six weeks, the quality is high, and the creations authentic.
One such small-time bootmaker is Wootten, based in Melbourne. Founded in 1975 by Ross Wootten, the business is continued today by his son Jess and is thriving in the face of a declining industry.
Jess Wootten grew up in his father’s workshop, laughing that his father’s love for shoes was such he never actually got around to building the family house. When Ross passed away when Jess was young, he inherited his father’s tools, and in 2006 he entered the family trade via an acquisition of a languishing sports shoe business.
“Since then, the business has probably grown about 500%. It’s been really steady growth, but it is limited by the volume of what we can actually produce each day,” Wootten tells SmartCompany.
Along with Wootten, the business employs about three full-time cordwainers, who manage to make around 50-60 pairs of men and women’s shoes every month, all handmade with local leathers.
While he’s happy with the business’ growth, Wootten laments over the lack of skilled staff in the shoemaking industry, something that Baxter says he’s also noticed. So, while not necessarily by choice, the small Melbourne studio stays small, although the owner says he prefers it that way so he and his employees can ensure the shoes’ quality.
Not as tough as you think
According to Wootten, RM Williams makes upwards of 1,800 pairs of shoes a day, to be shipped internationally and sold throughout the world as the quintessential Australian boot. But despite the increase in quantity, there are some who believe RM Williams shoes have declined in durability in recent times.
In 2014, luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) acquired the final stake in RM Williams from then-owner Ken Cowley. While opinions differ, both Wootten and Baxter agree the LMVH acquisition is a mark of where the Australian shoemaking industry was moving for some time: away from handmade creations and towards the realm of ‘fast fashion’.
Wootten says he was sad to see an “iconically Australian” brand such as RM Williams acquired by an international fashion brand, but he doesn’t think the acquisition was a watershed moment in the local industry, which he believes has been long hampered by the rise of poor-quality and inauthentic supposedly ‘Australian Made’ products.
“It’s been a slow, underhanded, behind-closed-doors decline that no one really talked about. The ‘Australian Made’ campaign that came about in the 80s when tariffs were cut has lost a lot of integrity, as you don’t need to do much these days to be classified as Australian made,” he says.
“I think for most consumers, they’re pretty wary of the bullshit. It doesn’t really matter who owns RMs, as I think the bigger part of it is that people are really suspicious of low-quality goods.
“We’ve found a lot of customers are coming to us, not RMs, because they aren’t that sure what the business stands for and it’s pretty ambiguous who owns it. We’re finding a real desire from people in Australia to support businesses like ours who are doing things locally, and they can know where the shoes come from and the decisions made around making it.”
But Baxter has a bleaker view of the LVMH acquisition, and he questions whether it will be a lucrative move for the global retail brand.
“For a company like them it’s just pissing in the wind. One reason RMs is still alive is because the government gave them the army boot contract, which we used to have,” he says.
However, despite this, Baxter still stands by RM Williams as one of the last standing cornerstones of a declining industry, applauding the company for continuing to manufacture a number of boot ranges locally, although they now come at a significant premium.
Future of the industry on the rocks
There’s not a lot of ways to positively paint the future of bootmaking in Australia. For a company like Baxters, while it is achieving a respectable 12% growth rate per annum, Marshall Baxter views the gradual shutdown of Australian schools of footwear as an overall indictment on the future of the industry.
“The textile, clothing and footwear industry in Australia has lost something like 8,000 employees. Shoe design schools are virtually history,” he says.
Baxter says his business is focusing on new product ranges to keep growing in the coming years, but as far as high-quality, handmade footwear goes in Australia, things are grim.
“There’s still hope as far as the shoe industry is concerned as long as companies keep importing shoes and squirting on soles. But mid-to-high quality locally made shoes won’t exist in Australia soon,” he says.
“And the ones that do exist are prohibitively expensive.”
For his part, Jess Wootten is more upbeat. He believes businesses such as his are perfectly placed to benefit from a renaissance in high-quality Australian footwear.
The business owner says his ideal workshop would have about 10 employees, with him being one of them; he has no desire to be “the guy that walks around with a clipboard”. Wootten takes inspiration from a number of international brands such as Viberg and Alden, which have seen significant success staying small while producing sought-after, high-quality goods.
“We want to stay small, and that’s part of a conscious decision to be more sustainable and desirable,” he says.
“We’re not churning out thousands of boots a week, as that’s an efficient way of making a lot of things that end up in landfill. I can’t see us ever being anywhere near the size of RM Williams.
SmartCompany contacted RM Williams with an offer to be interviewed for this article, but did not receive a response.


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Gateley, the legal and professional services group said profit before tax grew 9% during a year in which the company achieved record-breaking revenue. For the year ended 30 April 2019, profit before tax increased 8.9% to £15.9m and revenue increased 20.2% to £103.5m. The company proposed a final dividend of 5.4p per share, up from 4.8p last year, representing a full year dividend of 8.0p per share, up 14.3% from last year. 'I am delighted that our legal and professional services Group has broken the £100m revenues barrier for the first time, as we delivered another excellent financial performance whilst continuing to take advantage of opportunities to diversify revenue streams through complementary acquisitions,' said Michael Ward, CEO of Gateley. 'The new financial year has started very well and we continue to look to the future with confidence.' At 9:41am: (LON:GTLY) Gateley Hldgs Plc share price was +1p at 165p
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From data to discovery – the journey to digital innovation
Posted 3rd October 2018 by Jane Williams
Digital innovation in healthcare promises much. But potential and realisation are two very different things.
Researchers at Stanford in the US, for example, have developed an AI algorithm designed to diagnose skin cancer. AI diagnosis was compared with that of 21 dermatologists and it matched the efficacy of its human counterparts. This has significant implications for patients, particularly those who find it difficult to access healthcare professionals. But the implications don’t stop there.
What will we do with all this data?
Posted 16th April 2018 by Jane Williams
The amount of data we are creating every day has increased exponentially to match the rise in use of smart and connected devices. The internet of things has connected every aspect of our lives to the digital realm: most of these devices operate by tracking your habits, movements, preferences, voice, and more, then logging those habits online. Specifically, the collection of health data has become abundant, because most people now have or wear some sort of device to track daily patterns, steps, cycles, and more. Even our phones often default to track these things for us, whether we choose to enable the function or not.


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Realme Narzo N55 is set to make its debut as the first phone in the Narzo N series worldwide, and it’s the first Narzo series phone to launch in 2023. Realme has now announced that the Narzo N55 will launch in India on April 12, and it will be available via Amazon India. The Realme Narzo N55 is a budget smartphone offering with a starting price of under Rs 15,000 in India for the base model.
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Realme has revealed some key features of the Realme Narzo N55 through an Amazon microsite ahead of its launch. The Narzo N55 has a flat body with a C-angle design language, including the frame and rear panel. The phone has a thickness of just 7.89mm, making it the thinnest phone in its segment. The rear panel has a dual-tone finish, with a glossy area around the camera module and a matte texture throughout the rest of the panel.
The Narzo N55 features a dual-camera setup on the back, with two big circular cutouts and an LED flash. The power button on the right edge doubles as a fingerprint scanner. Additionally, the phone is expected to offer support for AI face unlock. At the bottom of the phone, you’ll find a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB Type-C port, and the primary speaker grille.
Realme has not yet revealed the camera specs of the Narzo N55, but a recent teaser suggests that it will offer a 64MP main camera and a 16MP front camera. The phone is also expected to feature a 90Hz display and 33W fast charging.
The Realme Narzo N55 will be available in five storage options, starting with a base model of 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage. Let’s talk about its ram varient, Then There will also be a 4GB + 128GB option, and the 6GB and 8GB RAM variants will come with 64GB and 128GB options, this is best options, while the top storage option will offer 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage.
So, Realme Narzo N55 is set to be a fast charging leader in its segment, and it boasts an impressive design with a dual-tone finish and a C-angle design language. With its budget-friendly pricing and multiple storage options, the Realme Narzo N55 is a great choice for those looking for a powerful smartphone without breaking the bank. Stay tuned for more details as Realme reveals them leading up to the Narzo N55’s launch on April 12.


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The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection of Spanish Colonial Cuartillos Brings Remarkable Results at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries 2024 NYINC Auction
The January 2024 New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) Auction was a great success for Stacks Bowers Galleries with prices realized totaling nearly $13 million. Remarkable results were achieved across a wide range of specialties, including the session offering Spanish Colonial Cuartillos from the Emilio M. Ortiz Collection. Featuring a vast array of Real issues spanning the entire period of Spanish colonial power, the sale included many rarities and unique offerings. Fierce bidding from numerous specialist collectors resulted in impressive prices at the live auction in New York City. (All prices include the buyers fee.)
Stack’s Bowers Galleries Announces 2024 Professional Numismatist Program
Throughout their legendary 90+ year history in numismatics, Stacks Bowers Galleries has had an unparalleled team of experts at the core of their business. Their current list of professionals is world renown in all areas of numismatics, a staff that is among the best in the field. To continue this legacy, Stacks Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce its 2024 Professional Numismatist Program scheduled to be held from July 15-19, 2024.


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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that it will refund taxpayers who did not register for the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) providing they have a “reasonable excuse” for not doing so.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has recently withdrawn an appeal against a key pension tax court case.
UK food and drink exports reached £5.8 billion in the first quarter of 2019, a record high for first-quarter sales values, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Companies in the UK have received tax-free investment of over £20 billion since the introduction of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) in 1993, new figures have revealed.
Despite some of the recent doom and gloom, the UK still offers excellent opportunities to foreign businesses looking to expand their market or benefit from the UK’s generous reliefs and extensive pool of talent. Registering a new business in the
New anti-fraud measures have helped stop thousands of criminals spoofing HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) phone lines, a new report has revealed.
According to the latest research from Setapp, the frontier platform for Mac app subscription services, basic administrative tasks are costing freelance workers billions of pounds each year.
One in three tax advisers are not regulated by a professional body, according to research commissioned by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
More than 1,000 individuals were referred for prosecutions in relation to tax evasion offences in 2018, the latest statistics reveal.
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Have you ever thought about what it would be like to have a lot of money? Have you ever wanted to own an Apple, Microsoft, Facebook or an Amazon type of company? What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Every year the industry creates a list of the World's Richest People by researching their publicly traded companies and documents that are available to the public. After years of top honors going to Bill Gates, now there is a new businessman at the head of the 2018 list. Jeff Bezos founder of Amazon.com is currently the worlds Richest Man. In some circles, they say he is the richest man ever.
In January alone his net worth increased by 10 Billion Dollars! View some of the links below to follow his WealthStory.
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Jeff Bezos is now the richest person of all time. That should put an Amazon smile on his face. The Amazon CEO's net worth reached $105.1 billion Monday, according to Bloomberg's billionaire tracker. That eclipses the record previously held by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Forbes, the other major tracker of the net worth of the world's richest, put Bezos' net worth at a mere $104.4 billion. Click Here to Read more
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Jeff Bezos, already the world’s richest man, has gotten even wealthier recently—adding an eye-popping $10 billion to his net worth in less than two weeks.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Jeff Bezos’s net worth was $99 billion on New Year’s Day 2018. One week later, Bezos hit the $105 billion mark, making the Amazon founder and CEO richer than Microsoft founder Bill Gates had ever been, at least in nominal terms. Click Here To Read More
Now back to the question, What would you do if you were a billionaire? Would You buy a mansion, yacht, luxury cars, diamonds, and furs or would you hide some and give the rest away to charity.
Even if you are not able to make it to the top of the Forbes or Bloomberg Rich List you can still create wealth for your family, by doing at least one thing and that's finding a way to get multiple streams of income. Whether by e-commerce, smart investing or by a traditional brick and mortar, main street style businesses, the more you can manage correctly the more money you make.


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Destiny publisher Activision has announced today that Destiny is the most pre-ordered new IP in history.
Activision sent a press release today saying it expects Destiny to be one of the biggest entertainment launches of the year on the heels of the impressive pre-order numbers. Which isn't all that surprising, considering the impressive beta player stats.
"Destiny has been a labour of love and a remarkable creative journey for everyone at Activision and Bungie," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "We feel that we have the opportunity to launch something huge -not just into the gaming landscape, but the pop cultural landscape. Arriving at our launch day with this much support and enthusiasm from fans and retailers is downright exciting. Moments like this just don't come around very often."
Bungie's Harold Ryan added, "Destiny is the game we've always wanted to make. We've dreamt of this universe for years, so we couldn't be more thrilled to swing open the doors and let fans shape this experience as they tell their unique stories in the game."
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Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja
Jumia Nigeria has delisted 390 products belonging to 168 sellers of hand sanitisers and face masks from its platform.
The move followed a warning issued by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to sellers engaged in arbitrary increase in prices of protective and hygiene products in the wake of the recent outbreak of coronavirus.
This was contained in a communication received by the Chief Executive Officer, FCCPC, Babatunde Irukera, from the Chairwoman, Nigeria and Head of Institutional Affairs, Jumia Group, Juliet Anammah.
The letter read in part, “Let me reconfirm that at Jumia, we want to work with your agency, most especially at a critical time like this.
“About 390 products belonging to 168 sellers of sanitisers and face masks have been delisted.
“Unfortunately, this is an ongoing process as sellers can relist products. Thus, we will be doing hourly checks and clean up if necessary. “
The FCCPC said this was the second time Jumia would be responding to its warning in the last one week.
The FCCPC, on February 29, had warned suppliers and retailers of safety and protective apparel such as face masks and latex gloves, as well as personal hygiene products including sanitizers and anti-bacterial wipes against increasing their prices.
The warning became imperative following the high demand for these products due to the need to prevent infection or spread of the coronavirus.
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Rochdale business delivers global success
Date published: 20 September 2019
Lock 50, one of the largest shipping franchise networks in the world
A growing family business set up from a bedroom in Rochdale is now a global company trading in 14 countries worldwide.
With an office at the Lock 50 Business Centre on Oldham Road, InXpress is part of one of the largest shipping franchise networks in the world, now celebrating 20 years in business.
InXpress provides courier services for thousands of UK and international customers, helping move millions of items each year, from documents and packets, parcels and components through to shipping containers for businesses large and small. With 95 franchises in the UK and bases worldwide, their services are fully integrated and all managed online. They’ve been involved in everything from arranging seafreight to Los Angeles, to delivering replica red phone boxes around the world.
Fuelled by the boom in e-commerce it’s an amazing success story for a company started by Littleborough resident John Thompson. After outgrowing the family home in Rochdale, the company moved its head offices to premises on Fieldhouse Lane, before expanding to Blueberry Business Park in Rochdale.
In 2012 John’s daughter Nikki Edwards swapped her career as a PE teacher to invest in the franchise herself, recruiting new staff in the process, meaning a new office was needed: “It was tough to walk away from the school and a job I loved, but I had lots of support from the InXpress head office. We looked at offices nearby as we needed space for a team of eight and were all impressed with Lock 50, so took the plunge and moved in.
"Initially, we had one of the smallest offices but with three franchises we wanted to work out of the same premises, so expanded here when space became available.”
And it has certainly proved to be the right move, added Nikki: “Our office at Lock 50 is great, the location is perfect and the facilities and services have really helped us. It’s a good environment to be in, with lots of like-minded business people around.”
Though Nikki’s father has now retired, it’s still a family firm, with her sister and brother all very much involved.
Plans for further expansion are underway, with the high tech company recruiting more sales staff and unveiling new cutting edge shipping software this month, which Nikki says will further improve their service: “The business has heavily invested in a platform that can help our customers save time and money, keeping everything in one place and all tracked in real time.
"We’re really happy in Rochdale; InXpress employ local staff who like the location and it’s where it all began, so we’re proud to call it home.”
As well as celebrating 20 years in business, 2019 has been another good year for the global company, seeing them ranked twelfth in the prestigious list of ‘Franchise Direct’s Top 100 Franchises’, ahead of household names including Costa Coffee and Burger King. They’ve also made the final of the Franchise Marketing Awards.
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Chairwoman Velázquez on Trump’s Escalation of Trade War
Washington, August 1, 2019
Washington, D.C.— Today, House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump announced new tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports:
“The ongoing trade war has already taken a massive toll on America’s consumers and small businesses, forcing many to pay an unnecessary tax placed on their back by this Administration.
“Now, because of his inability to strike a deal with China, President Trump wants to extend tariffs to nearly all Chinese goods sent to the United States. Such a move drastically increases uncertainty on Main Street, while adding insult to injury for the small businesses and American farmers already hurting from the trade war.
“By maintaining steady relationships with trade partners, many American small business owners are able to stock the shelves, make payroll, and create jobs in communities across the country. For far too many Americans, their very livelihood is on the line each day President Trump’s trade war continues.
“I strongly urge the President to reverse course and put an end to this needless trade war.”


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DUBLIN (CBS.MW) -- E-commerce security software maker Baltimore Technologies on Wednesday announced an alliance with U.S. computer services supplier Unisys to jointly sell information security products.
U.S.-listed shares of Baltimore
Under the deal, Unisys will sell Baltimore's security products. Baltimore will train up to 50 Unisys UIS, +1.39% security experts in North America, Europe and Asia in the first half of this year.
Shares in Baltimore stood 4.5 percent, or 253 pence, to 58.57 pounds at midday in London. In New York on Tuesday, shares of Unisys closed up 2.4, or 11.1 percent, to 24.16.
Baltimore's balt key product is based on public-key infrastructure technology (PKI)-- which allows companies to secure their intranets, extranets and links to the Internet. Once that's in place, cryptography protects information, as the encryption scrambles the information, acting as a virtual envelope. "As more financial transactions, sales orders, contracts and other highly sensitive documents are sent over public networks, a paperless environment with inherent security risks is emerging," said Sunil Misra, managing principal, with Unisys WorldWide Enterprise Security Practice.


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Mission Statement: "Our mission is to become the leading supplier of mobile information and communication devices by providing value-added design, world-class manufacturing, and logistic and service capabilities," Peter Chou, President HTC Corporation, said. He continued, "HTC is working hard to establish a high volume manufacturing facility, and it is focusing on wireless capability, strengthening its R & D team, and developing a software team capable of creating world-class consumer and business applications that will enhance the value of our hardware. It is investing in growing engineering capability in GSM, GPRS and CDMA wireless technologies, investing in sophisticated wireless equipment for both manufacturing and engineering, and investing in protocol software and technology licensing."
High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) is the hidden force behind most of the world's Windows Mobile-based clamshell "smartphones" and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The Taiwan-based company operates primarily as an original design manufacturer (ODM) but also as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for many of the world's largest telecommunications companies, including Orange, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T Wireless, and T-Mobile, among others. HTC also produces smartphones and PDAs under its own brand, Qtek, to limited markets. In June 2006, however, the company announced its acquisition of Dopod, a major manufacturer and distributor of HTC-based smartphones and PDAs in the Asian region, a move that placed HTC in direct competition with many of its customers.
Founded only in 1997, HTC grew quickly through its close partnership with Microsoft Corporation, helping the software giant impose its operating system on an initially reluctant mobile telecommunications sector. HTC operates manufacturing subsidiaries in mainland China, and sales support subsidiaries in the United States and the United Kingdom, for its North American and European operations, respectively. HTC is led by founder and Chairman Cher Wang, who is also behind chip maker Via Technologies and is the daughter of Y. C. Wang, Taiwan's wealthiest person. Peter Chou serves as the group's president, and H. T. Cho is company CEO. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and produced revenues of TWD 72 billion ($2.23 billion) in 2005.
Smartphone Start in 1997
High Tech Corporation was founded in 1997 to develop a new generation of personal digital assistants and so-called "smartphones," which combined mobile telephone technology with miniaturized computer and other functions. The development of the smartphones became an important step in what many technology market observers viewed as an inevitable drive toward the convergence of various technologies--ranging from telecommunications to music to video and photography to a variety of computer applications--into single, all-encompassing, handheld units. As company founder Cher Wang told China Daily: "We started HTC with the vision of offering end-users an easy to use product. We have never believed consumers want to have to carry separate laptops, mobile phones and digital cameras."
HTC was not Wang's first venture into the technology sector. Wang was the daughter of Y. C. Wang, head of Taiwan's largest corporation, Formosa, and recognized as Taiwan's wealthiest person. The Wang family had entered the technology sector during the late 1970s, through Formosa Plastic's semiconductor division, headed by Winston Wang, and through First International Computer, established by Charlene Wang and her husband in 1979. The fourth of five children born to Y. C. Wang's second marriage, Cher Wang started out by working for older sister Charlene at First International Computer. Wang then joined with husband Wenchi Chen to found chip maker Via Technologies in 1992. After the Wang family acquired struggling computer manufacturer Everex Systems, based in the United States, in 1993, Cher Wang was placed in charge of the company, and led its turnaround by mid-decade. Despite the wealth of her family, however, Wang was determined to build her career on her own. As she told China Daily: "In my career, I have never got a cent from my father."
By the mid-1990s, Wang had become one of the first to recognize the potential for converging technologies. The proliferation of new handheld technologies, especially mobile telephones and PDAs, as well as the rising popularity of portable computers, had given people, especially professionals, a lot to carry. Wang recognized the need for a new generation of handheld device that could combine most, if not all, of the functionality of the various technologies. This led Wang and Wenchi Chen to found a new company, based around a team of engineers from Digital Equipment, a major customer of First International Computer from when Wang worked there. HTC's research and development team gradually increased to a team of more than 1,000 engineers by the mid-2000s.
HTC at first focused on the laptop computer market, specifically on the newly emerging Pocket PC format. This effort brought the company into its first contact with Microsoft, as HTC received its Windows CE OEM certification at the end of 1997. The company set out to develop the first Pocket PC models for the OEM market and by the end of the decade, its models had captured the industry's attention. In 1998, for example, the company was a finalist in Byte Magazine's Best of CeBIT awards. By the following year, the company had captured the first prize from PC Week Magazine's Best of Comdex Spring awards. Supporting the group's development through this early phase was its early initial public offering, in 1998. The company also became the first in the industry to produce a Pocket PC with a full-color screen.
Yet the company's first years were difficult ones. Within two years, the company was facing mounting losses, and its products failed to capture consumer attention. As Wang told Business Week: "The market just wasn't ready for a PDA phone that behaved like a minicomputer." At the same time, the company's products were beset with technical problems, both in their design and operating software. In order to survive, Wang was forced to pump millions of her own money into the company, notably in stepping up the group's engineering and design capacity.
HTC's breakthrough came in 2000, when it was awarded the contract to develop and manufacture a new breed of still smaller handheld computer, known as the personal digital assistant (PDA), for Compaq Corporation. The Ipaq, as the new device was called, became an instant sensation. The success of the Ipaq was a lasting one, too, as the company continued to develop new models through the middle of the decade. Of importance, the Ipaq featured an expandable design, with slots for both the CompaqFlash Expansion Pack and a PC Card Expansion Pack, pointing the way to the future convergence of the computing and telecommunications markets.
As Peter Chou pointed out in a company press release in 2000: "We are at the beginning of a 2nd wireless revolution; one that will see wireless and Internet integration as the most important technology of this decade."
Keeping the Lead in the New Century
HTC set out to play the role of leader for the new market. In 2001, the company reached a new agreement with Microsoft to develop a new generation of mobile telephones based on the extension of Microsoft's latest handheld operating system, Windows CE 3.0. By March of that year, the company had debuted its first fully functional prototype of the new "smartphone." The fact that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer himself made the demonstration helped dramatically raise HTC's profile among the global telecommunications industry. In support of the new product line, HTC reached a processor supply agreement with Texas Instruments in May 2001.
By 2002, HTC had released its first commercially available smartphone, which was picked up by fast-growing British telecoms group Orange, later part of France Telecom. In that year as well, HTC launched its first wireless Pocket PC. The company quickly signed up new customers, including Germany's T-Mobile, the Philippines Smart Communications, and the United States' AT&T Wireless, which added smartphones in 2003. The successful launch of the new technology also transformed HTC's revenue picture. Whereas the group's Ipaq sales had dominated its turnover, accounting for some 85 percent of total company sales in 2001, HTC had successfully reduced its reliance on that single device, back to just one-third of sales, by 2003.
By 2003, HTC faced a growing number of new entrants in the smartphone market, including competing Windows versions, and the rival operating system, Symbian, used by Nokia and Motorola, among others. In response, HTC moved to lower its cost by shifting parts of its production to mainland China, incorporating a subsidiary in Suzhou in 2003. The company also focused on new product development, driving its smartphones toward still smaller, sleeker designs. The company also counted its focus on the handheld market as part of its strength against the newly emerging competitors, which entered the smartphone market with a background in personal computers (PCs). A far different sector, the PC market demanded high volumes, with little need for product innovation. The smartphone market, on the other hand, was especially driven by research and development capable of extending functionality.
HTC's sales rose quickly, as more and more of the world's major telecommunications providers adopted the company's smartphones. By the end of 2004, HTC's revenues had neared $1 billion. In that year, the company boosted its software development wing with the acquisition of IA Style, a noted developer of software applications for the Windows Mobile operating system. Following the acquisition, IA Style, which had previously operated in the retail sector, shifted its operations entirely to supporting HTC's own product development. In the meantime, HTC had begun expanding its global operations, launching a subsidiary in the United States in 2003, and a subsidiary in the United Kingdom in 2005. In this way, the company positioned itself closer to its major customers, which included European giants such as O2, Orange, Vodaphone, T-Mobile, and Telefonica. Also in 2005, HTC became the first to release a smartphone based on the new Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. By the end of that year, the company's sales had doubled, topping $2.2 billion.
In 2006, HTC moved to boost its operations in the Asian markets as well, announcing its agreement to acquire Dopod in June of that year. Dopod was then a major player in the Asian regions with sales of its own HTC-based smartphones. The acquisition raised eyebrows, particularly among HTC's customers, as the addition of Dopod operations placed HTC in direct competition with the company's own customers. The move signaled the company's possible interest in moving out of the shadows in order to achieve recognition as the world leader in smartphone technology.
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The late Michael Turner's company continues to celebrate his name with their latest set of DC Rebirth variant covers created from his sketchbooks. This time out, Turner's take on the classic Harley Quinn design serves to present the new volume from "Harley Quinn" creative team of Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Chad Hardin.
The Aspen Studio will offer up a black-and-white sketch cover and two color variants with the option to buy the company's Harley Quinn "Puddin'" Set which features an additional "premium color variant" via their www.AspenStore.com site. Fans can pre-order starting today with the final books on sale on August 3.
Additional copies of the variants will be on sale coming up at Boston Comic Con and the Dallas Comic Show.


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DPIIT keen on regime where investors will be able to fund startups without caps.
Many firms had received tax demands after premiums were paid over the ‘fair price’ or ‘fair market value’ for fresh equity or preference shares.
Amendments will include an extreme provision of taking down apps and websites in violation. It could potentially impact the operations of popular services like WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Telegram.
"There is an explosion of fintech innovation and enterprise in India. It has turned India into a leading fintech and Startup nation in the world. The future of fintech and Industry 4.0 is emerging in India."
To ensure compliance with anti- money laundering rules, BSE today asked its brokers to submit details about preparedness for furnishing Aadhaar details of their clients by month-end.
The writ comes a day after RBI stated that linking of bank accounts with Aadhaar has been made mandatory under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
India is moving to make Permanent Account Number (PAN) the Aadhaar for businesses as well as non-government organisations as it looks to close possible gaps for generation of black money.
Indian government has made quoting of biometric identity number Aadhaar mandatory for opening of bank accounts as well as for any financial transaction of Rs 50,000 and above.
Money launderers usually exploit inadequate coordination between various agencies of the government to carry out their activities
The government is likely to back ecommerce companies in the their legal tussle with the Footwear Manufacturers and Retailers Association (AIFMRA).
The court was hearing a case filed against the government by shoe shop owners on the grounds that India bars overseas capital in the sector.


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Epic Games has stated that it will not ban or otherwise punish Fortnite players or content creators for speaking up on political issues.
This came in response to Blizzard's year-long competitive ban of Hearthstone Grandmasters player Chung 'blitzchung' Ng Wai for shouting, "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!" during an interview following a match. He also saw his prize money revoked, and Blizzard additionally cut ties with the two interviewers on camera with him at the time.
Speaking to The Verge, an Epic Games spokesperson said the company would take a different approach in its own events. "Epic supports everyone's right to express their views on politics and human rights," they said. "We wouldn't ban or punish a Fortnite player or content creator for speaking on these topics."
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney added further comment on Twitter. When asked if Epic would do nothing if a streamer such as Turner 'Tfue' Tenney said "Free Hong Kong" in a post-game interview, Sweeney replied with, "Exactly."
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Impacts of Covid-19 on Consumer Behavior
GreenBook has just released its new research report detailing the impact of Covid-19 on consumer behavior across five major industries. The Forces of Change highlights the rapid change in relationships between brands and consumers over the last few months and utilized Converseon’s machine learning/AI models to create measurement scores for Brand Purpose and the perceptions towards brands’ Covid-19 response.
This report leverages collaborative, multi-faceted research to provide comprehensive insight into understanding what lies ahead for the industries, brands, as well as consumers.
“The world is different today than yesterday – everything needs to be reevaluated,” says Converseon’s CEO Rob Key “Research-grade social data is critical for real-time reporting, sophisticated categorization, and predictive analytics.”
You can download the report by following the link here – and special thanks to Gregg Archibald and Mary Meehan as well as our friends at buzzback, BlueRidge.AI, Consensus Point, Panoramix Global, and Embee Mobile.
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Motorola has announced the first Android smartphone to include a xenon flash, the Milestone XT720.
Xenon flashes are typically more powerful than the LED illumination found in other camera-phones, allowing flash-lit pictures to be taken in lower light levels or at greater distances.
Motorola’s new smartphone runs Android 2.1 and can surf the net using HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access), downloading data at up to 7.2M bps (bits per second) and uploading it at up to 5.76M bps. The Milestone XT720 has support for Wi-Fi 802.11b or g, but lacks support for the faster 802.11n, which is slowly becoming more common on high-end smartphones.
Other features include navigation using GPS, an FM radio and a 3.5 millimeter audio jack. The smartphone measures 60.9 x 115.95 x 10.9 millimeters and weighs 160 grams.
The Milestone XT720 will start shipping during the second quarter, a Motorola spokeswoman said.


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Getting a job just got trickier.
The Workforce Connection of Citrus, Levy and Marion Counties is now warning jobseekers to stay alert for scams using the names of legitimate businesses and organizations.
Workforce Connection CEO Rusty Skinner said the regional board decided to issue the warning after receiving tips from other workforce boards.
Laura Brynes, the workforce’s spokeswoman, said jobseekers must watch out for signs of scamming.
“If you see any claims of guaranteed employment or any requests of up-front fees to get a job, you know, you might say to yourself, ‘I don’t think that might be a legitimate job offer,’” she said. “Somebody thinks that they’re responding to a legitimate ad and they find out they have to pay money and then they never get a job. So we’re just trying to alert jobseekers to be on their toes.”
Brynes said the “impostures” post job openings in the same places traditional employment opportunities are advertised.
She cautioned against companies claiming “no experience is necessary” for their jobs.
“You need to research the company to make sure it’s the real deal,” she said.
Visit the Better Business Bureau online at www.bbb.org to research companies posting job ads.
Brynes encouraged possible scam victims to call the attorney general’s fraud hotline at 866-966-7226.


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If there was one industry that was in desperate need of a huge shakeup, it was the mattress industry. Mattress companies have been overcharging consumers for decades, but now a huge wave of online memory foam mattress brands has swept over the market, offering surprisingly comfortable and supportive mattresses for a small fraction of the price of a traditional innerspring mattress. One of the most affordable new brands out there is Lucid, and it’s already-reasonably priced mattresses are on sale at deep discounts on Amazon for one day only. How deep are the discounts, you ask? Queen mattresses start at just $264!
There are four different mattress models that have been discounted in Amazon’s one-day Lucid sale, and every single size of each mattress has been discounted, from twin to King. You can also save up to $105 on Lucid’s Motorized Adjustable Bed Base, which is currently available in two different sizes at a fraction of what you’d pay for similar adjustable beds from other brands. Shop the full sale right here, or check out each of the discounted products below.
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Washing new clothes and bed sheets may decrease exposure to formaldehyde, one of the many cancer risks in your home, says Lindsay Coulter, a leading environmentalist with the David Suzuki Foundation in Vancouver. “No-iron” fabrics that are wrinkle-free, colour-fast and stain-resistant are typically presoaked in formaldehyde – that’s right, the same chemical used to pickle frogs for dissection in high-school biology class.
Formaldehyde is also used as a preservative in cosmetics, pressed-wood products, vinyl flooring and home-cleaning products. “It’s a known human carcinogen,” says Ms. Coulter. “Lab studies suggest that formaldehyde can be absorbed through the skin and will off-gas from cosmetics, causing headaches and allergic reactions.”
It can also cause irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, and can worsen asthma symptoms in children and infants, according to Health Canada, which recommends the reduction or elimination of as many sources of formaldehyde as possible.
However, last year, Health Canada conducted tests on textile products to determine the presence of formaldehyde, and found that “in the majority of products tested, levels of formadehyde were so low that they could not be quantified,” says Sean Upton, a spokesman for the federal department. “For all products tested, levels of formaldehyde were not of concern to human health.”
In her blog, The Queen of Green, Ms. Coulter suggests some ways to reduce cancer risks in the home, such as choosing consumer products without formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.
Avoid “no-iron” clothing. Wash clothes and bed linens before wear or use (formaldehyde is water-soluble). Opt for wet cleaning, which makes use of biodegradable soaps, instead of dry cleaning, which is done with perchloroethylene (aka PERC), a known neurotoxin and carcinogen.
Cosmetics are also monitored to identify health risks associated with formaldehyde and other potentially harmful ingredients, notes Mr. Upton, referencing Health Canada’s stringent requirements pursuant to the Cosmetic Regulations and the Food and Drugs Act.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is another health-risk industrial chemical used to manufacture common household products. Present in polycarbonate plastics found in the lining of tin cans and in reusable plastic containers, BPA can interfere with the body’s natural hormone system, as well as increase the risk of certain cancers. Ms. Coulter recommends limiting exposure to BPA by buying fewer canned foods, choosing alternative packaging such as glass jars, and opting for reusable stainless steel drinking bottles.
“Half of all cancers can be prevented,” notes Rob Nuttall, assistant director of cancer control policy at the Canadian Cancer Society in Toronto. The No. 1 thing you can do? Don’t light up. Smoking is related to more than 85 per cent of all lung cancer cases, and it’s linked to oral, esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, colorectal, bladder and kidney cancers. “Nineteen per cent of the population consider themselves smokers,” notes Mr. Nuttall. “That’s still a large number.”
Secondhand smoke should also be avoided, as non-smokers exposed to it breathe in the same harmful chemicals. Helplines and Web-based programs for smokers are now widely available, as are stop-smoking aids, like nicotine replacement products. Other methods that may help are acupuncture, laser therapy and hypnosis. “With regards to e-cigarettes, we recognize that they could potentially benefit smokers trying to quit, though the research in this area is evolving,” says Mr. Nuttall.
Also of note is how drinking alcohol increases the risk of developing many types of cancer, including breast cancer. Even just one alcoholic drink a day can raise the risk of breast cancer by 1.5 times, and the risk of this type of cancer may increase with every additional drink a woman has each day, according to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
“There is a lack of awareness about some of the harms of alcohol, particularly with cancer,” says Tim Stockwell, director of the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research of BC.
“The association with alcohol and cancer starts at a low dose, and about 15 per cent of breast cancer deaths in Canada can be attributed to drinking alcohol.”
There are, of course, healthful practices that can further reduce your risk for cancer. Focus your diet on fruits, vegetables, whole-grain foods and legumes, which are all high in fibre and low in fat and calories. Diets high in red meat or processed meat increase the risk of certain cancers, so Mr. Nuttall advises bacon as a treat, for instance, instead of eating it every day. As well, it’s important to maintain a healthy body weight. “Use tools such as the body mass index (BMI) or waist-to-hip ratio as guidelines,” he says.
Exercise too is important. Strive for up to 30 minutes of daily activity that gets the heart rate going. Sitting at a desk for long periods of time can actually affect one’s risk of cancer. Mr. Nuttall’s tips: Get up frequently and walk around for a few minutes. Try a standing desk, which allows you to write and read while standing up. Hold walking meetings instead having them in an office or boardroom.
Use tools and technology, such as timers and activity trackers to encourage physical activity.
The benefits of exercise are further reinforced by new findings that emerged this year on research focused on prostate cancer.
In fact, data from an ongoing UK study led by a Sheffield Hallam University team and backed by Cancer Research UK suggests that exercise may be beneficial in terms of helping to regulate the way that cancer cells grow and repair DNA.
“It builds on what we already know and is the first step towards finding out whether exercise could be an effective and practical treatment for localized prostate cancer,” says Dr. Liam Bourke, the study leader.
However, cutting down on the risks is not just about exercising and eating right. “It’s important to be informed,” says Ms. Coulter. She suggests, for example, avoiding the “Dirty Dozen” – ingredients in personal care products that are industrial chemicals, including carcinogens, pesticides and hormone disruptors that show up in everyday items such as shampoos and toothpaste.
“The most important thing is to avoid products with parfum, as some fragrance ingredients are linked to cancer and neurotoxicity,” she explains. Look for alternatives. For instance, thousands of chemicals are used in hair dye, so try henna or vegetable-based dyes.
Then there’s dusting and cleaning. “Studies show that dust is really a chemical soup with low levels of flame retardants, phthalates, metals like lead, mercury and arsenic, and pesticides,” says Ms. Coulter. These toxic chemicals have been linked to cancer. Opt instead for this easy solution to house cleaning. Dust with a damp cloth weekly or wet-mop twice a week, especially if there are very young children crawling around in your household. Ms. Coulter also recommends making your own cleansers, using natural ingredients such as vinegar and baking soda.
There’s one more cancer risk to be aware of at home. Test your house for radon, a radioactive gas formed by the natural decay of uranium in soil and rock, which homes are built on.
Radon can seep into homes through foundation cracks, become trapped and then accumulate to dangerous levels. A known carcinogen responsible for 16 per cent of all lung cancer deaths in Canada, radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Although no areas of Canada are radon-free, radon concentrations are known to be higher in some parts of the country. The only way to measure radon levels is with a testing device, which can be purchased at hardware stores. Alternatively, contact a business specializing in radon testing.
This content was produced by The Globe and Mail's advertising department, in consultation with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Prostate Cancer Canada. The Globe's editorial department was not involved in its creation.


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Hero Honda net profit up 49.9 percentOctober 21st, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Motorcycle major Hero Honda Motors Ltd has posted a net profit of $68.06 million for the second quarter this fiscal, compared to $45.4 million in the corresponding period last year, clocking a growth of 49.9 percent.Hero Honda’s total income grew 35.6 percent, grossing $711.5 million in the quarter, a company statement said.
“Even in this volatile environment, our topline continues to outpace the industry growth, our market share is at an all-time high and the financial balance sheet is a delight,” Hero Honda chief executive Pawan Munjal said.
On a cautious note, he added: “We will have to keep a close watch on the commodity prices movement, and other factors such as inflation, interest rate scenario and availability of retail finance. These factors will play a crucial role in the industry growth.”
Hero Honda’s cumulative sales for the July-September quarter stood at 972,095 units, marking a growth of 28.5 percent.


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text: Google revealed the "AMP" endeavor last month to accelerate mobile page-loading times, the slowness of which is a huge user bone of contention. It now says the fast-loading mobile pages will hit search results by early next year, and also gave more details about the project's raison d'etre: ads. The list of partners supporting the effort include its own AdSense, Outbrain and AOL, Engadget's parent company. The AMP project will cut mobile data use and wait times, but Google's not just being altruistic -- it's trying to curb ad-blockers, which heavily impact the company's ad revenue. Apple recently gave ad-blockers a big boost when it revealed it would support them for Safari on iOS 9.


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CleanCraft launches e-Auction for cleaning industry
April 9, 2001
Dyer, Ind.-based CleanCraft Products Inc. recently launched its online auction site at www.cleancraft.com. The site's auction offers equipment, supplies, equipment and chemicals to the professional carpet cleaning industry. New items go up for bid every Sunday and close every Friday.


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Though both camps have stressed that there is no such deal in the making, WWD reported today that there had in fact been on-off talks about a potential acquisition since Rodarte's Fall 2010 show last spring, during which Pierre-Yves Roussel, the CEO of LVMH's fashion division, was seated in the front row. While no one from Rodarte nor LVMH has commented on the most recent rounds of speculations, should Roussel be at the Mulleavy sisters' show again next month, rumors will certainly hit a fever pitch.
Should LVMH invest in Rodarte, a cult-brand better-known for its artistic leanings than its commercial profitability, the two would make rather strange bedfellows. Sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy have been lauded left and right for their irreplicable designs, from their loyal celebrity fan base to institutions such as the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and the CFDA, from which they earned the Womenswear Designer of the Year award last year.
For its part, LVMH has seemed more concerned with maintaining its portfolio of luxury brands of late—and not just in fashion, but amongst its other investments as well (including wine and spirits, perfume and cosmetics and jewelry and watches). It's most recent fashion acquisition was the brand Edun last year, which despite not having the same kind of heritage cachet as some of LVMH's other properties, gave the impression of being a trophy purchase for its earth-friendly slant and its high-profile owners (Bono and wife Ali Hewson).
While LVMH also owns labels such as Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs, both of which are in fact more sportswear-driven than luxury brands, both also have a higher commercial viability than Rodarte, which WWD cited as having estimated annual earnings of less than $2 million.
Just as LVMH's purchase of Rodarte seems like an uncharacteristic business move—but a possibility nonetheless—this also raises questions about the future of Rodarte, and its visionary designers' artistic freedom if such a deal does occur.


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Assassin's Creed 5 is already deep into production if the rumours are to be believed with the game reportedly set to be Xbox One and PS4-only
An image has leaked showing what some believe to be the main character for Assassin's Creed 5. The image is a leaked photo reportedly taken at Ubisoft Montreal.
The poster (courtesy of Gamespace) shows an as yet unseen Assassin holding what could be a hidden blade however gamers have already taken to the forums to speculate as to whether it is in fact a revolver.
Whilst Ubisoft has ruled out the prospect of feudel Japan or ancient Egypt there is still wide speculation that the next Assassin's Creed game could be set in Victorian London or indeed Revolutionary France.
A revolver would certainly support the idea of Victorian London however Ubisoft is staying silent on the matter so for now we'll have to rely on the image above and hearsay.
In a recent interview with Edge Magazine Ubisoft confirmed that Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag had been built for Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 then ported to next-gen, whereas its latest venture Watch Dogs had been built for next-gen first.


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The Canadian Craft Brewers Association is painting a bleak picture for the craft beer industry unless COVID-19 restrictions are eased and relief is made available. According to a recent survey conducted by the CCBA, more than 60% of Canadian craft breweries could go out of business if pandemic restrictions last another three months.
The survey—conducted April 15-21, 2020—polled more than 300 of the country’s 1,100-plus craft breweries and brewpubs and found 61% only had cash reserves to last another three months or less, after which they would likely become insolvent. Additionally, 44% of breweries polled said they’ve seen their sales cut in half or more since the COVID-19 restrictions started in March, while 80% of breweries have experienced a drop in sales of 10% or more.
“In the last 10 years, approximately 1,000 craft breweries and brewpubs have opened across the country,” said CCBA executive director Rick Dalmazzi. “During that same timeframe, no other business sector that we know of has invested billions of dollars to establish new manufacturing facilities in hundreds of locations in every province and territory in Canada, many of them small communities.”
However, COVID-19 has wiped out that growth and is jeopardizing the future of the industry.
“Even before COVID-19, most [craft breweries] were not yet profitable. Though overall revenues and market share continue to grow, the nature of a small manufacturing business is that it needs constant reinvestment, especially in the early years. What’s more, most craft beer businesses are actually three businesses: a manufacturing company, a licensed restaurant, and a retail store. For these reasons, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to the Canadian craft beer community.”
The CCBA sent the findings of the survey to all Canadian members of parliament, asking MPs to consider additional relief for the craft beer industry. According to the survey, 38% of breweries were ineligible for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy in March.
“Please consider the contributions that craft breweries have made in your communities. Now they need your help,” Dalmazzi said in his letter to MPs. “We are asking that you support us so [craft breweries] can continue to deliver positive contributions to the economy and to the spirit of their communities, your communities.”
Last week Kelowna’s Boundary Brewing announced it would be closing for good, making it the first B.C. craft brewery to go out of business due to COVID-19. Owner Oliver Gläser predicts it will likely be the first of many, unless more is done to help the industry and restrictions are eased soon.
“Everything is in flux and nobody knows what is going to happen next,” he says. “And the government isn’t making it easy to [stay in business].”
You can do your part to support B.C. craft breweries and cideries by ordering beer to-go or having it delivered to home.
- The Spring 2020 issue of The Growler is out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer and cider guide at your local brewery, cidery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across the province.


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Apple Mulls High-Quality Digital Music Files
February 24, 2011 at 10:55 AM (PT)
Various media are reporting that APPLE and other online retailers have reportedly been in talks with record labels about selling higher-quality audio files for its digital music. Naturally, the higher-quality audio will be sold at a higher price.
According to METRO.CO.UK, artists and producers typically record songs in a 24-bit audio format; the tracks are first compressed to 16 bits to be put on CDs, and compressed even more to be placed in downloadable MP3 files. This process erodes the original audio quality.
"We are trying to fix the degradation of music the digital revolution has caused," UMG Chairman JIMMY IOVINE said earlier this month. "It’s one thing to have music stolen through the ease of digital processing, but it’s another to destroy the quality of it. That’s happening on a massive scale."
Exactly how much more how much high-quality digital music file would cost has yet to be determined. PASTE MAGAZINE reports that the price could be patterned after RADIOHEAD's current sale of their latest record, "The King of Limbs." The band sold mp3 files for $9, while offering uncompressed WAV files for $14.
One dissenting view comes from Q MAGAZINE Sr. Editor MATT MASON, who said: "Record companies are trying to offer as much consumer choice as possible, but I can’t see music buyers purchasing these records in their masses. The biggest issue is the file size. In 24-bit formats, they will be four or five times bigger than regular albums."


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Happy 2018 to all of our readers.
The Eye on Taiwan (eyeontw.com) is happy to announce that beginning January, we will regularly start providing useful information on a variety of subjects that we believe will help our readers understand the latest situations, trends, and developments in Taiwan.
As the New Year is upon us, we will begin with the new regulations that the government has announced for imposition in 2018.
(Picture, graphics and video courtesy of EPA)
Those who frequent convenience stores and coffee shops to buy beverages may have already noticed the new ban.
Free plastic bags are no longer provided by stores under the categories of beverages, bakeries, laundry services, bookstores, stationeries, consumer electronics, medical equipment, and pharmacies.
Having expanded the ban from seven industries to 14 industries, the government is aiming to encourage consumers to bring their own bags and refrain from throwing away plastic bags after one-time usage.
Also, the production or inclusion of microbeads is banned from products such as makeup, hair products or body washes and toothpaste starting Jan. 1. A ban on reselling of the aforementioned products will be in place on July 1.
Labor and Health
(Graphic courtesy of Ministry of Labor)
Basic monthly wages will be adjusted to NT$22,000 beginning 2018. At least 3.02 million labor workers are expected to benefit from the raise, though each person will see an NT$2 to NT$21 increase of his or her monthly labor pension contribution. Basic hourly wages will see adjustments to NT$140.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will provide state-charged Hepatitis A vaccines for infants who are one-year-old. Under the National Health Insurance system, oral-taken Hepatitis C medication is also eligible for 17,000 patients, while medicine variety is expanded to five types for Hepatitis C patients of type 1 and type 2.
Drivers are advised to take note of new regulations when coming across ambulances or fire trucks: vehicles in both directions should move to the outside lane and clear the center of the road for an ambulance or a fire truck to cross. Those violating the regulation will be fined NT$3,600 and have their driver’s licenses revoked.
(Graphic courtesy of Ministry of Transport and Communications)
Airlines with flight routes adhering to the “New Southbound Policy” agenda to and from the eight domestic airports will enjoy 20 percent deduction from their landing fees.
Train delay that exceeds 30 minutes on the Taiwan Railway Administration service will include no-processing fees for ticket refunds.
Electric-powered vehicles (small-sized automobiles, scooters and etc.) will be eligible for license plates that start with “E” for electric.
By Stephanie Chao,The Eye on Taiwan news staff


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Tata Nexon electric with a long-range battery is expected to come with some additional creature comforts as well
Tata Motors has been planning to launch an updated iteration of Nexon EV with more power and an extended range on offer. Test mules of the updated electric crossover have been spied testing on roads on multiple occasions in recent months. Recently, it was revealed that the updated Nexon EV would be launching on 11 May 2022.
The homegrown carmaker is currently the leader of electric mobility in the passenger vehicle segment in India with two models under its umbrella- Nexon EV and Tigor EV. Ahead of its official launch next week, Tata Motors has announced the official name via teaser video. To be called NEXON EV MAX, select dealerships have started accepting unofficial bookings.
Tata Nexon EV MAX Powertrain Updates
The new Tata Nexon MAX Electric with a more powerful battery pack will be sold alongside the current model. It is expected to receive minor cosmetic and feature enhancements over the regular model although there have been no specific details about any of those updates yet. Also, spy shots of test mules didn’t indicate any massive visual changes to the car’s exterior.
Previous reports have indicated that the upcoming Nexon EV MAX will feature a larger 40kWh Lithium-ion battery pack that should offer a maximum range of around 400km on a single charge. At present, the battery-powered SUV features a 30.2kWh battery pack that is rated with a claimed mileage of 312km on a single charge. The larger battery pack is also expected to eat part of the boot space at rear.
Not only range but performance of the fully electric Nexon will also be amplified. According to a Delhi RTO document, the new battery pack will feed energy to a motor capable of dishing out 136 PS. In comparison, the present Ziptron powertrain in Nexon EV churns out 129 PS of power and 245 Nm of peak torque.
A larger battery pack means the Nexon EV MAX will be heavier by around 100kg. The new Nexon Max Electric should support fast charging for ease of convenience. Increase in power will be compensated by more braking power with disc brakes on rear wheels. Apart from new alloy wheel designs, there aren’t noticeable visual changes made to the exterior styling of Nexon EV.
As for features, Tata Motors will continue to offer creature comforts like a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, connected car tech, an electric sunroof, a semi-digital instrument cluster and automatic climate control.
Further, it is also expected to witness some feature additions like electronic stability control, auto-dimming IRVM, ventilated front seats, an air purifier and cruise control. Also seen in the teaser above are electronic parking brake with auto hold, indicating the presence of hill hold feature. It also has adjustable regen levels.
Currently, Nexon EV is priced between Rs 14.54 lakh and Rs 17.15 lakh (ex-showroom). The Nexon EV MAX is expected to start at a premium of Rs 2-3 lakh over corresponding variants and hence prices could start from somewhere around Rs 17 lakh (ex-showroom).


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Shoppers say less targeted ads will make them shop more in 2020
When asked what online retailers could do better to help shoppers buy even more online this upcoming year, shoppers say they want faster delivery, less ads directly targeted at them and better product information and images. Those views come from an all-new consumer survey of more than 4,000 online shoppers conducted by Digital Commerce 360 in conjunction with Bizrate Insights in January 2020.
Perhaps one reason less web tracking and targeted advertising rose to the top of consumer demand for 2020 is that it gets in the way of shopping, says Lauren Freedman, senior consumer insights analyst with Digital Commerce 360.
“First, I think it’s an annoyance. It’s in your face when you’re trying to do shopping, so it cuts into efficiency,” Freedman says. “Secondly, for people that are concerned about privacy, it elevates their fears that those issues are not important to those retailers that they might be shopping with.”
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Strong new light-vehicle sales last month helped end the first half of the year on a high note. The June 2023 SAAR totaled 15.7 million units, an increase of 20.2% compared with the June 2022 SAAR. Raw sales volume in June 2023 was 1.37 million units, raising total sales volume for the first half of the year to 7.66 million units—up 13% compared with the first half of 2022. According to Wards intelligence, fleet sales were 18% of June 2023 volume, up from 16% in June 2022. Wards estimates that retail sales increased 7.6% year-over-year the first half of 2023, while fleet sales increased 45% over the same period.
Alternative fuel vehicles gained market share the first half of the year with sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids and hybrids comprising 15.4% of all new light vehicles sold. BEVs alone represented 6.9% of all new light-vehicle sales, up from 4.9% of sales the first half of 2022. Crossovers— at 46.6% of all new light-vehicles sold during the first half of the year—remained the most popular segment.
Improving new-vehicle availability helped drive the sales increases. New light-vehicle inventory on the ground and in-transit totaled 1.81 million units at the start of June 2023. We expect month-end inventory for June 2023 will increase slightly compared to the beginning of the month. Manufacturer incentive spending has increased incrementally as inventory has improved. According to J.D. Power, average incentive spending per unit is expected to total $1,798 in June 2023, up only slightly compared with May 2023 but a significant 95.9% increase compared with June 2022. J.D. Power also notes that leasing discounts have improved in recent months. In June 2023 leasing should account for 21% of new-vehicle retail sales, an improvement from the low of 16% in September 2022 but still below the pre-pandemic lease penetration of 30% in June 2019.
After a pause at its June meeting, the Fed has signaled it will increase the Fed Funds Rate further in coming months. These higher rates will be a headwind for new-vehicle sales. But there is still pent-up demand from retail and fleet customers, and high used-vehicle values will help consumers with their trade-in values. We expect new light-vehicle sales in the second half of the year to be similar to the first half. As a result, we have increased our overall 2023 forecast to 15.2 million units.
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The brand new Leaseholder News newsletter is being delivered to leaseholders and shared owners this week.
We’ve responded to feedback from leaseholders who said it would be helpful for them to have tailored information. The newsletter will be delivered with service charge communication every six months.
In the first issue:
- Leaseholder drop-ins
- Friendly face Jade
- Have your say
- Gas service checks
- FAQs on service charges and sinking funds
- Updating contact details


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It was a rough fiscal first quarter for Apple as the company reported a 5% decline in revenue. It was the first quarterly year-over-year decline for Apple since 2019. At $65.78 billion, iPhone revenue was bellow estimates of $68.29 billion and was a decline of 8.17% on an annual basis.
The iPad turned in a solid quarter generating revenue of $9.40 billion while analysts were expecting the tablet to bring in $7.76 billion. Year-over-year iPad revenue soared 29.66%. Apple reported Services revenue $20.77 billion for the fiscal first quarter slightly ahead of the $20.67 billion estimated by analysts.
focused on the long term and are leading with our values in everything we do. During the December quarter, we achieved a major milestone and are excited to report that we now have more than 2 billion active devices as part of our growing installed base.”
Apple’s shares plunged after-hours by 3.33% or more than $5 to $145.80.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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