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Can an App Make Our Cities More Breathable?
This app is giving a community in Brooklyn a look at just how bad their air pollution is, and the data to fix it.
The smartphone has become much more than a convenient way to grocery shop or share photos from the comfort of the couch. More and more, they’re ascending to the level of sophisticated health-care and environmental research tools. The Aircasting mobile app is just that, giving users insight into the staggering pollution levels in the air they breathe every day. A community center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is using this app and associated Airbeam hardware to collect data they can take to policymakers. From there, the hope is to shape real estate and urban planning decisions around a dire need to improve air quality. And this is just the beginning: Aircasting founder Michael Heimbinder sees a future in which this app is used in cities all over the world, giving people the information they need to make change.


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(MENAFN Press) In a step to reinforce its market leadership and competitive advantage in the insurance sector, AXA Gulf “ one of the largest and the leading non-life international insurers in the region “ today announced the launch of the upgraded online medical provider locator service in the region, making it possible for customers to locate a provider on the move, with their smart phones or tablets.
The upgraded AXA locator can be found on http://locator.axa-gulf.com , comes with best-in-class features and a simple user-friendly, coherent experience that enables customers to find the list of preferred providers in real time across anywhere in the globe. The locator not only provides a quick and easy access to the medical provider but also caters to the customer's special healthcare requirements at that point in time.
Customers no longer have to depend on paper-based provider lists, with the Google maps providing the perfect geographic location to help identify the nearest provider. The customers can search for providers along various set criteria, including country, city, type of hospital/ clinic, specialty and/ or their names, get a print of the same and source a specific list of providers based on search criterion.
Alexis de Beauregard, Chief Officer - Marketing & Retail products at AXA Gulf, said: "AXA believes in setting new standards in customer service and convenience. Last year, we announce the launch of our online medical provider locator, and this year, we have upgraded to provide the same on any mobile devices and customers can now access their preferred AXA medical provider from any corner of the globe. The healthcare service needs of our customers are of utmost importance to us and we believe this step will go a long way in improving our customers' healthcare needs."
With the upgraded locator, the customers can search for different types of medical providers including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, medical centers, radiology centers, dentists, optical centers and many more across the globe. The AXA online medical provider locator also facilitates additional information such as specialties on offer at any given health facility, contact details, working hours and days besides their website coordinates.
He added: "The locator is simple, quick and easy way to a healthy living, allowing us to provide an enhanced experience for our customers by leveraging innovative technology to make healthcare more accessible and convenient. The new locator is very helpful for a variety of situations, from the person simply needing to make a quick appointment to someone needing assistance in the midst of a health crisis."
The AXA Medical Provider Locator is integral to the company's commitment to being attentive to its customer needs and providing the best quality of service to its clients.

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Xerox is offering computer maker HP 22-dollars per share in a takeover bid. CNBC is reporting the bid includes 77-percent cash and 23-percent stock.
HP is worth more than three times what Xerox is in terms of market cap.
HP's stock is up more than two-percent in early trading to just under 20-dollars per share. Xerox is up slightly, about a third of percent in early trading.


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Bakery On Main Introduces New Logo and Packaging
Bakery On Main has debuted a new logo design as well as new look packaging, which the American company says will help consumers to better identify the brand’s gluten-free products on shelf.
Although the refreshed identity combines elements of the brand’s original packaging design, including the ‘quaint’ bakery feel, it nevertheless features updated graphics and more punchier colours.
“Bakery On Main has been a mainstay for gluten-free consumers looking for great-tasting, safe gluten-free foods,” says Michael Smulders, president and founder of the Connecticut-headquartered company. “As we continue to innovate and expand our brand families and product lineup, we wanted to refresh the brand look to make it easier to find on shelf, while at the same time, retaining some of the unique retro brand elements our consumers have told us they love.”
The company, which has been making gluten-free and celiac friendly food products since 1992, partnered with Chicago-based creative agency C.A. Branding to develop a singular visual design that highlights brand elements including, more noticeable certification graphics and a bright brand colour palette that is aimed at creating “a strong visual brand block on shelf”.
Bakery On Main’s new logo and packaging is rolling out at retailers across the United States both in brick and mortar and on e-commerce platforms.
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Keppel Land has acquired a 22.4 per cent stake in 112 Katong mall from BHG, Imagine Properties and Perennial Singapore Investment for S$51.4 million, Keppel Corp announced in a press release on Sunday (Jan 17).
The remaining 77.6 per cent stake is held by Alpha Asia Macro Trends Fund, which is managed by Alpha Investment Partners, a property fund management vehicle of Keppel Land.
Keppel Corp said the transaction is not expected to have any material impact on its net tangible assets or earnings per share for the current financial year.
CEO of Keppel Land Ang Wee Gee said the property management company will focus on strengthening 112 Katong’s positioning as a lifestyle and dining destination in the East.
Keppel Land Retail Management will be appointed as the retail manager for the mall, he added.
Separately, Keppel Corp also announced on Sunday that Keppel REIT has sold its 100 per cent stake in 77 King Street in Sydney, Australia, to a subsidiary of Invesco Asia Core Fund for S$160 million (S$160 million).
The sale price is about 40 per cent above Keppel REIT’s original purchase price of A$116 million in end-2010, and 27 per cent higher than the property’s latest valuation of A$126 million, Keppel Corp said.
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Vodafone Idea Ltd reported a 5.4% fall in its first-quarter income on Thursday, as a nationwide lockdown harm its business and the telecom firm misplaced subscribers.
The firm, a three way partnership between Britain’s Vodafone Group and billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s Idea Cellular, additionally reported a much bigger quarterly loss, as it put aside 194.41 billion rupees for dues owed to the federal government.
Late final 12 months the nation’s prime court docket ordered Indian telecom corporations to pay 920 billion rupees in overdue levies and curiosity to the federal government.
It was “a challenging quarter as availability of recharges due to store closures and ability of customers to recharge on account of economic slowdown were impacted,” Chief Executive Officer Ravinder Takkar stated.
Vodafone Idea’s subscriber base declined to 279.eight million customers within the reported quarter, from 291.1 million customers within the fourth quarter. Average income per consumer fell to 114 rupees from 121 rupees within the sequentially earlier quarter.
The firm, India’s third largest telecom operator by subscribers reported its eighth consecutive quarterly loss of 254.6 billion rupees, in contrast with a loss of 48.74 billion rupees a 12 months earlier.
Vodafone Idea’s consolidated income from operations fell to 106.59 billion rupees in the course of the quarter, in contrast with 112.70 billion rupees a 12 months earlier.


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In the last few years, Intel’s x86 architecture has made more news for its built-in insecure features. With all the Spectre and Meltdown variants out there, the chipmakers have been taking these kinds of side-channel attacks on the chin for a while. With the slow of Moore’s Law and a newly resurgent AMD, it’s proven to be a turbulent time for Intel.
With the upcoming release of Intel’s new Tiger Lake mobile chips, it’s hoping to change both the narrative and, more importantly, the underlying technology. These chips will be the first to integrate Control-flow Enforcement Technology, which Intel hopes will help defeat malware at the silicon level.
CET has two main innovations. One is Shadow stack, which essentially stores a copy of the application order of operations in a secure part of the CPU, which is then used to compare to apps over time. Malware typically alters this order and shadow stack can detect this immediately. The other security feature is indirect branch tracking, which helps prevent malware exploiting “jump tables” and essentially tries to map memory locations outside of what an app typically has access to.
Intel published the specification on this in 2016, and Windows Insider builds already support it. Given Intel’s still impressive market share and long lead time, I think the adoption of these new security features could help make a difference. Intel will probably be haunted by the implications of their architectural security vulnerabilities for a long time, but aggressively deploying CET across their future chip designs will go a long way to combat it.


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[Indian]–Four Indian companies specialising in cryptocurrencies have come together to establish a foundation to regulate Bitcoin.
The companies consisting of Zebpay, Unocoin, Coinsecure and Searchtrade has set up a committee headed by Saurabh Agrawal, CEO of Zebpay, with members comprising Sandeep Goenka (Zebpay), Mohit Kalra (Coinsecure), Sathvik Vishwanath (Unocoin), Harish B V (Unocoin) and Vishal Gupta (Searchtrade), Rashmit Gupta (Searchtrade).
The committee has appointed Nishith Desai Associates, an international law firm, to develop self-regulations for the industry.
The foundation to be known as Digital Asset and Blockchain Foundation of India (DABFI) will see to the orderliness and transparent growth of virtual currency market.
According to the Times of India, The DABFI will lay down self-regulatory regimes for trading of bitcoins and other blockchain based digital assets. They will also standardise KYC/ AML/ STRS norms for the member companies.
Apart from this, the organisation intends to build credibility and create awareness about the benefits and risks of cryptocurrency, liaise with regulators and get clarity on taxation, attract investment and set up incubators to promote startups, build global relations and actively engage with International community, create a public website and regularly print reports on and around bitcoins and blockchain technology.
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This organisation aims to drive education and create market for blockchain and bitcoin in the Indian market which is now on the path of digital economy. Our vision would be to work with regulators and develop strong framework for our industry to provide required impetus for the growth of the industry.
Sathvik Vishwanath of Unocoin said the price of bitcoin has gone up from $450 per bitcoin in February 2016 to $1100 in February 2017 per bitcoin. The DABFI would also warn ordinary people who do not understand the digital currency market not to be lured into trading in bitcoin as it is volatile.Please Follow Us @ThePageNg


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"This is a great state, and you've got a great governor in John Kasich. He's showing the president - if he'd only listen - how to create jobs."
You'll be hearing a lot of that from the Romney forces to Election Day and, if true, it could be quite effective. But quite the opposite is true. You probably know by now that the biggest help in Ohio's economy came from the auto industry bail-out that Romney and Kasich opposed. Do you recall Mitt's remedy for the ailing industry: Let Detroit go bankrupt.
Romney is given to saying nutty things, like his solution to immigration: Self-deportation. Or his cowardly reponse to Rush Limbaugh's reference to Sandra Fluke as a slut. "That's not the language I would have u ded," Mitt meekly demurred.
All over the state, beginning with the recovery of a stricken area like Youngstown, there is growth. GM, an industrial giant targeted for bankruptcy by Romney, has already announced it will build the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze there. And what about the smaller companies in the chain that will now be able to supply a healthier auto industry?
I once thought that Mitt and his Wingman, Paul Ryan, were making all of this up to win an election. But now I keep recalling George Costanza's profound words on Seinfeld:
"It's not a lie if you believe it."Mitt believes it. That should worry all of us more than his flagrant lies.


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Hewlett-Packard reported a 2 percent drop in revenue for the July quarter, which was better than expected, and said its business is stabilizing.
On Monday, Microsoft began offering its hosted services to companies in 18 countries outside of the U.S. and said that EDS would help sell the services.
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Registered in Singapore, online home design platform Livspace has raised US$70 million in a Series C round led by Goldman Sachs and TPG Growth, with participation from existing backers Jungle Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Helion Ventures, according to a report by LiveMint.
The company currently operates in seven Indian cities, including Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. It plans to use the new funds to grow sales faster, in addition to expanding into six more Indian cities by 2019. Its platform functions as an online marketplace use visual elements to help connect homeowners with interior designers and other contractors.
To date, Livspace has raised at least US$97 million since it was founded in 2014, according to CrunchBase data. Aside from raising capital to improve its services and market reach, it has also used capital to acquire three companies, namely DezignUp, YoFloor, and Dwll IN.
Other companies targeting this market include Houzz and Homelane. Houzz, for instance, is a US-based company that has set its sights on India since 2016. For interior designers and other vendors looking to cast a wider net of homeowners, joining such platforms can help in achieving more sales and making the home renovation industry a more transparent and efficient one.
- According to the BBC in 2014, India’s expanding middle class has resulted in an interior design boom. Incidentally, that’s when most of the online interior design platforms targeting India were established to target this burgeoning market.
- Goldman Sachs might not be the most active investor in Asia’s early- to growth-stage technology scene, but it has pumped significant capital into both India and China. Besides Livspace, it was recently in the news for being an investor in China’s Tuhu, a car maintenance marketplace company.
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GUEST POST by Karthik Reddy, It is a common thing for one big company to own several other large companies. As a matter of fact, there are about a dozen companies that own all the other ones. Did you know that only a while ago (December 2017), Apple acquired Shazam for $400 million? Or that Facebook owns both Instagram and WhatsApp, and that Microsoft bought LinkedIn, Skype, MSN, and Bing?
Tech companies are well known for being addicted to their mergers and acquisitions. Whether it’s Amazon buying up ecommerce companies or https://www.16best.net/expedia/ famous for its discount codes and cheap hotel bookings, internet based companies are trying to dominate their respective industries and become the most successful companies they can be. 2017 was a year full of important tech mergers, so let’s take a look at some of the substantial ones.
In June 2017, Amazon sealed the deal to buy Whole Foods Market for an eye-watering $13.7 billion, a huge acquisition which catapulted the ecommerce giant into physical stores and fulfilled Jeff Bezos’ long term ambition of Amazon being able to sell more grocery products.
Cisco bought AppDynamics, one of its all time biggest acquisitions. This acquisition was all about helping companies make sense of big data in their companies quickly. As data becomes a hugely important part of our daily lives, it appears that Cisco hope to capitalize on the need for companies to understand and interpret it.
AppDynamics can help its customers translate business data into easy to digest analytics and insights. AppDynamics itself had a year full of growth, expanding by over 50%.
Cisco also bought Viptela for $610 million. Viptela is a developer of software defined networking technology widely used by leading telecom carriers such as Verizon. With these two acquisitions, Cisco made it clear that the company is seriously thinking about acquiring software related companies as business slowly but surely moves into the digital realm.
3. Palo Alto Networks
In February 2017, it bought LightCyber for a princely sum of $105 million. The LightCyber technologies work to bring automation and machine learning to cybersecurity and have a vision of developing technologies, which can identify sophisticated attacks that often go undetected. This was a strategic buy by the Palo Alto company and boosts its technology portfolio massively. In 2014, it acquired Cyvera and CirroSecure in 2015 to add further security capabilities for its SaaS application. Want to learn more about which tech companies own other tech companies? Check out our infographic below, you might just find yourself very surprised!
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India had exported USD 8 billion worth of plastics during in FY19, making it the 17th largest plastic exporter in the world and exported out of a global market of USD 600 billion, according to a report by US-based trade finance company Drip Capital.
“The exports were affected due to shocks to the export ecosystem, like the removal of the GSP by the US and increasing global concerns about the environmental impact of plastic. Recently the exports have begun picking up after the Centre announced fiscal measures. Even as the exports are picking up it will remain subdued at USD 8.2-8.5 billion in FY20,” Drip Capital co-founder and co-CEO Pushkar Mukewar told PTI here.
Policy interventions and market diversification offer solutions for exporters and can help the sector achieve stability and regain growth in the long-term, he added.
With Indian stakeholders are targeting plastic exports worth USD 25 billion by 2024-25, there is a need to tap other lucrative markets.
Several other markets, including Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America can be tapped and diversifying to these regions would be the best solution for Indian exporters, the report said.
In Southeast Asia Bangladesh, Japan and Malaysia has shown high growth in plastic imports over the years, since China stopped importing plastic waste in 2017.
However, these markets are also feeling the environmental impact of plastic waste and taking steps to minimize it, hence, exporters would be wise to tap these regions while opportunities remain, it added.
Opportunities are also provided by the US-China trade war, which could offset this setback, he opined.
Meanwhile, in India, Gujarat dominates the exports due to its industry-friendly policies like low power rates, however, other top exporting states like Maharashtra witnessed slow down, leading to fears of stagnation in the sector.
Gujarat and Maharashtra currently contribute 60 per cent of all of India’s plastic exports, however, while Gujarat’s exports have grown 15 per cent year-on-year in the last four years, Maharashtra’s volumes have stagnated.
Other exporting territories include Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Almost 65 per cent of these exports come from MSMEs, who constitute 90 per cent of all plastic exporters in India.
These territories ship plastic to the US and China, long-term importers that have also shown promising growth in the last couple of years.
The Middle East and Europe are also major importers of Indian plastic and plastic products, but these markets have been in decline in recent years, it added.


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Kraft launches healthy-eating app
NEW YORK Kraft Foods has launched Big Fork Little Fork, an app designed to help raise kids with smart eating habits and an appreciation for food.
Available for $1.99 for the Apple iPad, Big Fork Little Fork features 300 recipes, games, how-to videos, tips and in-depth articles.
“Kraft Foods understands that parents are hungry for food ideas that their kids will enjoy,” said Ed Kaczmarek, director of innovation, consumer experiences at Kraft Foods. “Our Big Fork Little Fork app is specifically designed to answer that need and is set to transform how families approach cooking and eating together.”
Fresh Harvest expands product reach in Oregon Walgreens stores
NEW YORK Fresh Harvest once again is expanding distribution of its Wings of Nature snack bars throughout Walgreens locations in Oregon.
The developer and marketer of natural and organic products said Tuesday that while its line currently is available in approximately 100 Walgreens stores throughout the state, the distribution now will reach all Walgreens stores in Oregon.
“Our continued expansion in Walgreens shows that our marketing plans and growth strategy are working. We are actively working with our distributor in the Northwest to further increase our retail locations and distribution points,” stated Michael Friedman, Fresh Harvest’s CEO. “We believe that this will have a positive impact on our revenues going forward and will strengthen our brand awareness.”
Target, Kraft Foods, P&G combat childhood hunger
MINNEAPOLIS Target has teamed up with Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble to support hunger relief.
From July 11 to Aug. 14, when Target guests purchase select Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble products at any local Target store, 5% of the total sales of those products will be donated to Target Meals for Minds – an innovative school food pantry program that brings food to schools to help feed children and families in need across the country. Target also will publicize the promotion through its weekly ad and in-store signing at stores across the country.
Target also restated its commitment to supporting Feeding America along with Kraft and P&G and will donate up to $800,000 to the hunger-relief charity. As part of its Meal for Minds program, Target is partnering with Feeding America to develop the tools needed to help local food banks bring the Target Meals for Minds school food pantry program to more schools in their communities.
“When children are hungry, they have trouble staying alert and can fall behind in school,” said Laysha Ward, president community relations at Target. “This in-store promotion reinforces Target’s commitment to putting more kids on the path to graduation and allows our guests to help kids meet their academic potential by purchasing products already on their shopping lists.”


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Comment on the June 23 prediction: We saw some nice drops in prices this past week, down below $3.30 in some places. The prediction was CORRECT.
Saturday, June 30, 2012, 8:30AM: Yesterday, due to some relief among speculators about financial events in Europe (which may be short-lived), and I suspect some Federal Reserve goosing of the markets, stocks soared. Of course, that means oil and gas wholesale prices soared, too. A barrel of oil cost almost 10% more by the end of the day versus the end of the day Tuesday, and Chicago wholesale prices jumped 18 cents. Dropping retail prices plus soaring wholesale prices equals a price hike coming Monday. (They wouldn’t do it today, would they?) Anticipate the new price to be in the $3.39-$3.49 range.


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Take a look at what led employees to deeply mar their companies' reputations, and in almost every case executives had set up an incentive structure that predictably led to scandal.
Wells Fargo is the latest example. Members of the executive team set unrealistically high sales goals, and now they are shocked to discover that thousands of employees fraudulently set up 2 million fake accounts in the names of hundreds of thousands of customers who didn't want them.
Since 2011, the company says it has fired 5,300 workers for their desperate attempts to keep their jobs. But on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will point out that no one at the top of the company has paid with his or her job, though Wells Fargo did pay $185 million to settle the case with federal and state regulators.
A similar situation has ruined the reputation of EpiPen maker Mylan. The board of directors created a special $82 million bonus program for Mylan's top five executives if they could double per-share earnings between 2013 and 2018, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Surprise, surprise, those executives doubled the price for the life-saving EpiPen, the company's star product. The price hikes created a huge backlash among the millions of allergy sufferers who must carry up-to-date EpiPens with them at all times in case they suffer life-threatening reactions.
Even now, Mylan executives are lobbying to shift the cost of EpiPens to insurers rather than lowering prices. That way executives hope to protect company revenues and their chances of getting that big bonus in 2018.
The ways that management, or a board of directors, can encourage bad decision-making that results in death or scandal are endless. From the deadly mistakes made by engineers who are under pressure to bring in oil wells on time and on budget, to the CEO who is paid a bonus to produce more oil, even when prices are so low that pumping it will bankrupt the company.
The biggest challenge for any business leader is trying to align the interests of the company with the interests of its employees, and then maximizing profits. The most important thing to remember, though, is that pushing too hard can, and often will, break a business.


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In the recently published, ‘The Digital Pharmacies Era: How 3D Printing Technology Using Fused Deposition Modeling Can Become a Reality,’ Brazilian researchers further examine the potential of new technology for the pharmaceutical industry.
Digital fabrication has the obvious ability to transform many industries today, but the medical realm and other interconnected industries are already well on their way to participating in a highly beneficial technological revolution. Here, the researchers explore the use of FDM 3D printing to extrude drug-loaded filament.
Obviously, 3D printing offers a host of benefits for drug manufacturing. Like medicine itself, the ability to offer patient-specific treatment is monumental, including the fabrication of:
- Flexible dosages
- Different shapes
- Multiple active pharmaceutical ingredients
- Modulated release kinetics
“Moreover, the most diversified and sophisticated drug delivery devices for oral, dermal, and implantable administration can be produced with high accuracy using 3D printers,” stated the researchers.
Still, the industry is heavily entrenched in traditional methods of producing medications, and the researchers raise the question of whether or not FDM 3D printing is optimal for ‘largescale production.’
When a tablet machine is still 60 times faster, it is obvious 3D printing technology has a long way to go before becoming an accepted replacement.
“3D printers cannot match the velocity of industrial tablet machines, but they certainly serve to address an existing therapeutic gap with regard to the need for individualization of drug therapy, acting in a complementary or alternative manner to the conventional drug product production,” stated the researchers.
Another one of the advantages of 3D printing is its ability to offer quality, on-demand, small batch manufacturing—which may offer a more realistic approach for small-scale production at pharmacies.
While 3D printed medications such as epilepsy drug Spritam hit the market with quite a splash, there are still of course number regulatory and safety issues to be considered, and there would need to be many customizations made to 3D printers overall; however, the hardware is now both affordable and accessible. Currently, there is no model ready for pharmaceutical use, and parts would all need to be easily sterilized. Nozzles and software would need to be redesigned too.
Drug-loaded filaments would need to be created through:
- Mixing of the components for each batch.
- Hot-melt extruder produces filaments via shearing and heating.
- Filament then must be packed into spools, with pharmaceuticals sealed hermetically to avoid any breakdown or contamination.
Drug delivery would depend on medical technicians setting parameters, along with printer and spool preparation. Proper packaging of the product is critical too. And while the process is most important, without cooperation in figuring out what is needed from regulatory and patent agencies, the path to success would be nearly impossible.
“Research groups over the world are currently working to identify the nuances of the production process, and despite the great progress made so far, palpable planning to bring these products to life is necessary,” conclude the researchers.
“The potential of 3D printing for the development of personalized drug products is undeniable; however, machine adaptations are fundamental for proper pharmaceutical use. In addition, a viable production process needs the co-participation of the pharmaceutical industry (to extrude filaments on a large scale), and digital pharmacies (to print drugs according to patient-specific prescriptions).”
There is no doubt that 3D printing will be playing a huge role in the pharmaceutical industry, and the impacts are just beginning, leaving researchers to examine the challenges, study the benefits of patient-specific care, and examine benefits such as affordability.
What do you think of this news? Let us know your thoughts! Join the discussion of this and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com.[Source / Images: ‘The Digital Pharmacies Era: How 3D Printing Technology Using Fused Deposition Modeling Can Become a Reality’]
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While the iPhone 13 sits high on our best phones list, that doesn't mean Apple's flagship device is devoid of issues. One of those problems seems to be an errant pink screen bug, one that leaves users with a magenta-hued display.
This news comes from 9to5Mac, which, based on reports on Apple's Discussion forums, Reddit and Chinese social media site Weibo (via My Drivers), claims some iPhone 13 screens will flicker pink. In most instances, a simple phone restart remedies this issue. But for a select few, the pink screen remains permanent. According to 9to5Mac, some customers were able to get their iPhone 13s replaced.
Often, the pink screen is followed by a phone crash. When the iPhone 13 turns on again, it usually continues to work as normal.
Oddly, it seems this issue is more prevalent for Chinese iPhone 13 buyers. Per My Drivers, Apple did make a statement on Weibo stating, "We didn’t notice relevant problems in the hardware of the devices because this situation [pink screen] is caused when the system is locked."
It's not the clearest verbiage on how to get things resolved, but My Drivers did say that Apple is advising users to back up their data and install the latest firmware update.
According to 9to5Mac, Apple has yet to acknowledge a pink screen fix in iOS 15.3 RC.
Scrolling down to the comments section on the 9to5Mac post, some users have been reporting instances of pink screen, but nothing that has resulted in a replacement from Apple. One user wrote, "Happened to my iPhone 13 Pro once when taking a picture, screen went pink for a second and the iPhone restarted. Figured it’s just a rare software glitch." Luckily, it hasn't happened to that user since.
Another user named Aditya Gupta said it "Happens with apple notes on my iPad when I swipe open it from the corner," but didn't give any additional detail. If true, this suggests it's an issue not limited to iPhone 13s.
At the moment, the issue seems too rare for Apple to issue a wide area fix. But if more of these types of issues arise, then it will take further investigation from Apple. At the moment, Apple supplies OLED iPhone 13 screens from LG, Samsung and China's BOE. It will take some further investigation work to figure out of this pink screen problem is limited to all OLED manufacturers, or just one.


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Polaroid's Fotobar Stores Will Print Smartphone Pics
Photography giant Polaroid is putting its faith behind 10 brick-and-mortar retail stores this year, dedicated to helping people edit and print the photos saved on their smartphone or uploaded to social-networking services like Facebook and Instagram.
The company will use CES 2013 to launch the new stores, called Fotobar, which promises to turn digital images into "museum quality art".
The first Fotobar will be a 2,000ft2 store in Delray Beach, Florida. Scheduled to open in February 2013, the store will serve as a model for all Polaroid Fotobar locations, and has been in design and development for the past 12 months. Stores in New York, Las Vegas, and Boston are also planned next year.
In a press release, Polaroid says every Fotobar store will be explicitly designed around the consumer experience, with the goal of helping people release their "trapped" photos and display their cherished memories in the form of premium quality art.
"Polaroid has always been about much more than just taking pictures," said Polaroid President and CEO Scott Hardy in a statement. "Polaroid is about sharing life's most precious and memorable moments. We have been, and continue to be, about self-expression, creativity and fun. Polaroid Fotobar retail stores represent a perfect modern expression of the values for which we have stood for 75 years. We are very excited about the opening of these stores, and the opportunities they will create for millions of consumers to have classic Polaroid experiences."
Customers can go to any Fotobar store and wirelessly transmit them to one of the store's bar-top workstations. The workstations will allow you to edit your pictures and then print them on a variety of materials including canvas, metal, acrylic, wood, and bamboo, as well as add framing options. After that, Polaroid handcrafts each product and promises to ship them worldwide.
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The ongoing struggle for the time available for online shopping during the successive lockdowns has meant that shoppers cannot remain loyal to the supermarket of their choice, according to new research by the Shoppercentric agency. During the latest lockdown, Aldi and ASDA are at the forefront of attracting more new customers in store and online than other leading supermarkets, according to new research by shopper insights specialist Shoppercentric. When asked which supermarket was visited for the first time during the last lockdown, 7% answered Aldi, 6% ASDA and 5% Tesco in the main supermarket, Tesco Metro and Tesco Express. Only 4% of respondents said Lidl or Sainsbury’s / Sainsbury’s Local, while only 2% said Morrison’s. Although the figures for Tesco and Sainsbury’s are understandably lower due to the large number of people who had visited one of their stores before, the data shows that Aldi of the others is the most successful in attracting shoppers looking for savings offers.
Meanwhile, Co-op has said it will refund € 17.8 million of leave payments to the government it requested in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, but will retain its business tax deduction. The co-op States in a press release that it accepted the state aid in good faith, did not expect to have to repay the money and took forward-looking business decisions on that basis. The amount allowed the company to fully support its staff and to keep open 3,400 food shops and undertakers located in the community. Allan Leighton, the chairman of the Co-operative Group, commented on this decision, as follows: “The Co-op has a critical and unique role to play in feeding and taking care of the people during the Covid-19 pandemic and will continue to do so as and when the vaccination programme is to be rolled out.”


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MEMORY MAKERS Hynix and Toshiba have agreed to work on magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) technology, which is seen as the successor to dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
Both Hynix and Toshiba said they will be working on a subset of MRAM known as spin-transfer torque magnetoresistance random access memory, which when developed would be produced in a joint venture between the two firms. Hynix also announced that the two companies have extended their patent cross-licensing and product supply agreements.
Since its emergence in the mid 1990s, MRAM has been widely seen as the next generation non-volatile memory technology and the successor to DRAM. However DRAM is still significantly cheaper to make and even with major electronics firms ploughing tens of millions into research, MRAM is still very much a fringe memory technology.
Although MRAM has been on the drawing board for the best part of two decades, Toshiba still has faith in the technology and said, "Toshiba recognizes MRAM as an important next-generation memory technology with the potential to sustain future growth in its semiconductor business. Hynix has a cutting-edge memory technology, most notably in manufacturing process optimization and cost competitiveness."
Curiously Hynix decided to highlight the risks of developing new technology, saying, "Developing a new technology is always prone to risk. One reason for merging the necessary resources and expertise from Hynix and Toshiba is to minimize risk and to accelerate the pace of MRAM commercialization."
Kiyoshi Kobayashi, corporate SVP of Toshiba and president and CEO of Toshiba Semiconductor and Storage Products Company said that the firm would "strongly promote" MRAM, NAND and hard drives, and talked up the deal with Hynix. Oh Chul Kwon, Hynix CEO was more specific on the possible uses of MRAM, saying that the technology is a "perfect fit" for high-end smartphones.
Given the glacial pace of MRAM development it was no surprise that neither Hynix nor Toshiba mentioned anything about when these revolutionary memory chips will end up in devices. µ
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SHANGHAI (AdAgeChina.com) -- British auto enthusiasts could be in for a surprise. The MG model may be sold again in the U.K., but instead of a vintage British brand the car will be an import from China.
Nanjing Automobile Corp. won a tooth-and-nail battle to own the collapsed British automaker MG Rover Group in 2005, following a bidding war with another Chinese company, Shanghai Auto Industry Corp. (SAIC). Nanjing paid an estimated $100 million to buy Rover, including the coveted MG brand. SAIC finally got its hands on MG in 2007, when it purchased Nanjing for about $1.9 billion.
SAIC, China's largest domestic car company, is now planning to relaunch MG at home and export the model overseas, including to the U.K.
This week, SAIC appointed a local agency, WE Marketing Group, to handle brand building and brand management for the relaunch of MG later this year, following a pitch against the incumbent, Ogilvy & Mather, Shanghai. Ogilvy won the account in 2005.
SAIC Motor has a "solid expansion plan in China and overseas markets. For markets outside China, the campaign will start in Birmingham, England, where MG's Europe headquarters are still based, despite the foreign takeover," according to Viveca Chan, chairman-CEO of WE, the Chinese affiliate of independent agency network Worldwide Partners.
"The brand heritage will remain essential to its identity," she added, "and authenticity will be key to the campaign, which will radiate globally from the U.K."
The relaunch will start at dealerships, with ads rolling out in the fourth quarter of 2009, and continuing into 2010 with the debut of the MG6, a model that has already been previewed at some car shows.
SAIC already works with WE on another model related to MG. SAIC purchased some MG production equipment in 2004, and has built high-end sedans in China under the Roewe name (which intentionally sounds a lot like "Rover") since November 2006, when Roewe was introduced at the Beijing Auto Show.
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Nupro Announces Expansions15 May, 2007
Nupro Announces Expansions
Nupro, a leading manufacturer of HP, Lexmark and Xerox alternative fusers, maintenance kits, laser printer parts and maintenance components, will open a new 10,000 foot warehouse in Miami Florida on the 15th May. The location will be used to better service customers on the East coast of the US and as a shipping point for Nupro's growing customer base in Latin America.
Nupro products have grown in popularity as an alternative to the OEM’s higher priced product across the US but demand has been especially keen in eastern region as well as in South America and this strategic positioning allows Nupro to reach both markets delivering product in 2-3 days. Nupro will maintain a substantial amount of inventory in Miami in both 110v and 220v so that it can cater to either market easily.
"It is not only our goal to deliver quality product at competitive prices but
to deliver it fast and efficiently," said Ron Harris, Director of Marketing. "Nupro
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Hike, a cross-system instantaneous messaging app, launched on Tuesday an business-initially Net3 referral programme for a varied set of greater than 30 openings. Among the many the 30 openings, there’s a intriguing choice to develop right into a Chief Meme Officer on the agency. In response to Hike, a contest titled #HikeMemeLord has by now begun and practically 130 entries for the article have been gained so significantly. Hike mentioned in an announcement, “The brand new selecting initiatives are in keeping with Hike’s strategic methods to create the Rush Gaming Universe (RGU) a mobile gaming platform the place players battle in India’s most typical on a regular basis on-line video games and use their experience to ‘Play, Compete, Get.”
“With blockchain, the surroundings is shifting into a brand new period of gaming, one specific the place by gamers will participate in a brand new form of exercise financial system the place by they’re additionally homeowners of the networks they permit create,” the enterprise added.
Gaming has normally been chunk-sized leisure and with internet3, the enterprise thinks it may be a implies to supply mannequin new financial prospects to the surroundings.
For individuals who wish to participate, they’ll construct a meme in gif, transient film, or in jpeg on Rush by Hike App. They should tweet their meme on Twitter account and tag @group_hike and still have to article on the Instagram account and tag @Hikeapp using #HikeMemeLord.
Consumers can be a part of Hike’s Discord Server and share their memes on the corporate’s meme channel. And might submit the entry by means of this type for verification.
Hike’s founder Kavin Bharti Mittal, who additionally comes about to be Indian telecom baron Sunil Mittal’s son, is supplying everybody Ether (ETH) tokens in return for referring new employees for his firm under an initiative for his or her new gaming initiative termed the Rush Gaming Universe. Aside from the meme officer’s perform, the openings additionally embody issues like roles like ‘crypto recreation economist’, described Small enterprise Insider.
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Allen Iverson’s original Reebok signature sneaker has been teased in a few different ways of late, including everything from the just-retroed ‘Pearlized Toe’ edition showing up in a catalog image and a new edition with a black upper as seen on RBK repper, YMCMB rapper Tyga. Chicago artist Rockie Fresh keeps the theme of hip-hop revelations going with a look at two new Reebok Question colorways that take us back to AI’s days as a Georgetown Hoya along with a new satiny blue speckle-soled Sixers style. It’s not clear whether if or when these will make it to retail, so stick with Sneaker News for updates and have another look in the meantime.
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TOKYO (ANN/THE JAPAN NEWS) – Major toy manufacturer Bandai Spirits Co is set to sell plastic models of the popular anime series Mobile Suit Gundam made with resin containing used tea leaves, reducing the use of petroleum-derived plastic.
The “1/1 Zakupla-Kun” model will be available online from October 6, priced at JPY880 including tax.
Each model contains about two 600 millilitre bottles worth of tea leaves, which are a waste product from the production of Oi Ocha Unsweetened Green Tea made by beverage manufacturer Ito En, Ltd.
Used leaves make up more than 20 per cent of the resin used in the head, arms and legs, giving the plastic model a faint aroma of tea.
Bandai Spirits is working on adopting alternative materials to petroleum-derived plastics in some of its plastic models as part of its environmental considerations.
The company has also utilised plastic made from eggshells, which would otherwise be discarded as waste.


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It’s nothing but extortion, says the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) this week.
We’re talking about patent trolling, of course.
In fact, Gary Shapiro, the president and CEO of CTA (formerly Consumer Electronics Association), spoke at the recent Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing addressing the topic “An Examination of Changes to the U.S. Patent System & Impacts on America’s Small Businesses.”
“Patent trolls engage in legalized extortion, costing small businesses jobs and sometimes even forcing entrepreneurs into bankruptcy,” Shapiro told the panel. “Eighty percent of patent troll victims are small and medium-sized businesses, including some of CTA’s small business entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, most small businesses have no choice but to pay trolls’ extortion demands because they can’t afford to pay for a lengthy court fight to prove their innocence.”
Patent trolling is when a person or company seeks to enforce patent rights against accused infringers that go far beyond a patent’s actual value or which have created no actual marketplace contribution.
“Congress needs to stop abusive patent trolling that not only hurts entrepreneurs, but undermines the economy – draining an estimated $80 billion from the U.S. economy each year,” insisted Shapiro. “That’s $1.5 billion every week that entrepreneurs could be investing in R&D or hiring more employees. We urge the Senate to pass the Patent Act to protect small business owners across the country from patent extortion.”
Other small business owners also spoke out, according to a news release.
“Technology startups are a crucial part of the nation’s economy, but the need for patent reform affects so much more than just my industry,” said Austin Meyer, the founder of Laminar Research and creator of X-Plane. “Businesses of all sizes – from Main Street retailers and hotels to grocers, convenience stores and cafes – have been the victims of unnecessary lawsuits and overly broad claims by patent trolls. Congress must stand with American businesses that create goods and services, rather than with those that destroy them, and support comprehensive patent reform.”


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We got up close and personal with VIZIO at CES 2020 where it announced its first ever OLED TV alongside a range of improvements to the rest of the TV lineup and some crazy cool gaming stuff (alongside the next generation of its SmartCast operating system and an overhauled audio lineup you can see here).
Spend even just a few minutes with any of VIZIO's new kit and you'll come away thinking "I want this."
VIZIO's biggest splash is its OLED TV, which brings deeper blacks than ever before in a super-slim profile. VIZIO also launched its V-Series, M-Series Quantum, P-Series Quantum, and P-Series Quantum X for 2020.
The P-Series Quantum X will be available in 65-, 75- and 85-inch models. It has 792 local dimming zones on the large end and takes the peak brightness up to 3,000 nits. It's nuts. It's gorgeous.
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While Estonia's trade slowdown deepened in May, there were some bright spots, particularly in the retail sector, rejuvenated by the lifting of restrictions, according to an analyst from Estonian bank LHV Pank.
International trade and industrial production, however, remain mired, and the full picture of how the economy is looking will not be clear until at least fall, coronavirus second wave or no coronavirus second wave, the analyst said.
The emergency situation imposed by the government March 12-May 17, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, was the main culprit, LHV analyst Kristo Aab told BNS.
"Restrictions imposed in the emergency situation had a hindering effect on all activities," he said, adding that exports of fuels decreased the most at 57 percent – accounting for about a third of the decline in exports, with a decline in exports of machinery and equipment and furniture also having a significant impact.
Retail has picked up
Local traders, however, can breathe a bit more easily following the ending of the emergency situation, the lifting of most restrictions inside Estonia, and the opening up of borders and flight links.
"After the reopening of the malls in mid-May, people quickly found their way back to the stores," he said. Shopping malls were closed for several weeks at the peak of the pandemic, with only a few essential service providers inside malls, such as pharmacies and bank offices, permitted to continue working.
Retail sales, which fell by around a fifth in April, bounced back nicely in May, and the sales volume of May this year was only 1 percent lower than the same time last year, he noted.
Consumption has been strongly positively affected by government support measures, in particular the Unemployment Insurance Fund's wage compensation measure, which has maintained people's incomes despite the cessation of economic activity, Aab said.
After initially being intended for just two months, the scheme, which provides up to 70 percent of an employee's wage up to a maximum of €1,000, has been extended.
Continued downturn, unemployment inevitable
Looking ahead, even with uncertainty about the likelihood of a strong second wave of coronavirus infections in fall, Aab said that the trend will be for downturn, particularly in employment.
"There is still no clear position on the possible second wave of the virus and even if Estonia is able to control the virus, how the other countries around us cope with it is even more important from an economic point of view," Aab went on.
As reported on ERR News, on-year exports and imports to May both fell by around a quarter, with Aab noting that industrial production figures saw a similar fall (of 18 percent).
Aab said the future of the industry is still bleak in the next few months. "
The number of export orders has fallen drastically and companies are more pessimistic than ever about the recovery of orders," he said.
Continuing low oil prices and high CO2 quota prices continue to hold production back, he said.
In conclusion, Aab said that monthly indicators were not so far the be-all-and-end-all, not least because people's behavior was somewhat different as the coronavirus restrictions melted away and was informed by frustration at having to, in many cases, languish at home over several weeks, as well as the fact that the period coincided with the arrival of summer.
Ultimately, the real situation will become clearer in fall, he said.
"The moment of truth for the economy will come in the fall, when people are back from their summer holidays and the Unemployment Insurance Fund's support measures have ended," Aab said.
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The study, published online yesterday in the Journal of Medical Toxicology, aimed to delineate the epidemiology of dietary supplement exposures in the United States by looking at calls to poison control centers in the 2002 to 2012 time frame. The authors found overall that calls about dietary supplement exposures had increased. The study found the rate of calls regarding dietary supplement exposures increased 46.1% during 2000 to 2002, decreased by 8.8% during 2002 to 2005 and increased again by 49.3% from 2005 to 2012. The authors postulated that the decrease from 2002 to 2005 most likely was a result of the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on ephedra.
The authors noted that 70% of dietary supplement exposure calls occurred among children younger than six years old and the majority of these were unintentional. Most exposures (97.3%) occurred at home, and in more than 97% of the cases, the child swallowed the substance. The authors said that serious medical outcomes accounted for 4.5% of exposures.
In a press release that accompanied the publication, an alarmist note was sounded by the study’s lead author, Gary Smith, MD, director of the Center of Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s, a hospital in Columbus, OH.
“Many consumers believe dietary supplements are held to the same safety and efficacy standards as over-the-counter medications. However, dietary supplements are not considered drugs, thus they are not required to undergo clinical trials or obtain approval from the FDA prior to sale, unless the product is labeled as intended for therapeutic use,” Dr Smith said.
Experts in the reporting of dietary supplement adverse events took issue with the study’s methodology and the threatening tone of the press release.
“I would disagree with the authors that most people think that dietary supplements are regulated in the same way as drugs. I think most people know they ARE regulated, but they are not regulated in the same way as drugs,” said Dr Stephen Schmitz, MD co-founder of the consulting firm Supplement Safety Solutions.
Rick Kingston PharmD, who is a clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of Minnesota and is the president of regulatory and scientific affairs at SafetyCall International, has for years poured over the data that can be gleaned from adverse event reports, both in the pharmaceutical realm as well as among dietary supplements. A rising tide of reports really says more about the state of the market than it does about any warning bells about safety, he said.
“It shouldn’t be a big surprise that there have been increasing numbers of exposures especially with the tremendous growth of the supplement market in recent years. Calls to poison centers involving consumer products typically are heavily influenced by market penetration,” Kingston told NutraIngredients-USA.
The press release that accompanied the publication noted that a call about a dietary supplement exposure comes in to a poison control center somewhere in the country every 24 minutes. That sounds bad, but seems trifling when put into context. Recent data shows that 70% of Americans say they are supplement users, said Dr Hector Lopez, MD, the other co founder of Supplement Safety Solutions, which, like SafetyCall International, helps companies manage the adverse events reporting process. That can be extrapolated to mean that a majority of US homes have both drugs and supplements in their cupboards. Yet Lopez said when he did a quick calculation, he found that a call about a drug exposure comes in to a poison control center every 11 seconds.
“What I think was happening with the title and the headlines on this study was that it wasn’t made clear that this was just a snapshot and is really an incomplete report of the data,” Dr Lopez said. “The majority of these calls were just inquiries and didn’t involve adverse events at all.”
Kingston agreed, saying that the title of the study could have just as well honed in on the fact that few of the calls about exposures involved adverse events.
“Unfortunately what didn’t come through as strongly as it should have in the article is that the majority of reported exposures were non-toxic in nature,”he said.
Along with the study’s apparent slant, Kingston also took issue with how the calculation of serious adverse events was done. In his view, a proper reclassification of serious outcomes leaves many fewer than 1% of the 275,000 total calls in that category.
“Also surprising is the fact that they considered the medical outcome of ‘moderate effect’ to be a ‘serious’ outcome. The AAPCC (American Association of Poison Control Centers) definition specifically indicates that moderate outcomes do not include life-threatening effects and can include such symptoms as hives. If you take out the moderate outcome cases from their serious outcome classification, it leaves only 0.2% of cases in that outcome category as compared to 4.5%,”Kingston said.
Yohimbe, energy drinks singled out
The authors voiced special concern about energy products (many of which contain caffeine) and products that contained yohimbe, most often used as an ingredient in sexual function supplements. Erectile dysfunction aids, as a product category, have suffered from adulteration concerns, with knockoff versions of sildenafil, tadalafil and other prescription vasodilators being the adulterants of choice. In the case of energy products, lawmakers made headlines in 2013 when they called company officials from energy drink companies Rockstar, Monster and Red Bull to testify on Capitol Hill about the caffeine levels in the products and their perceived penchant for marketing the products to children. The trigger event for this hearing was the case of a 13-year-old girl in Maryland with an undiagnosed heart condition who died after drinking a couple large cans of a Monster product over a 24-hour period.
“Nearly 30% of yohimbe exposure calls resulted in moderate or major effects. Yohimbe can cause heart beat rhythm changes, kidney failure, seizures, heart attack, and death . . . Energy products, including drinks, advertised to increase energy and mental performance, can cause bad clinical effects as well,” they wrote.
There were 1,818 calls concerning yohimbe in the data the authors collected. Of those, one call was associated with a death, and 23 with a ‘major outcome.’ Using the methodology criticized by Kingston, to arrive at the ‘nearly 30%’ of serious outcomes figure, the authors added in 488 ‘moderate outcome’ calls. Jumbling these different categories together muddies the waters, and makes it difficult to see if there is a true signal coming through in the data, he said. For example, Kingston said, “79% did not result in a visit to a health care provider and another 13% self-referred themselves to a healthcare provider where treatment/evaluation for a pediatric accidental exposure may or may not have been necessary.
“As for the deaths, it would have been useful to see fatality abstracts of such reports. This is especially true for reported incidents involving substances such as ginseng or homeopathic agents where such abstracts do not appear to be available in poison center annual reports,”Kingston said.
Child proof caps worth considering
Both Lopez and Schmitz said that the authors’ recommendation that yohimbe products be marketed with a child proof cap is something that might be considered by the industry.
“As a parent I am responsible for making sure my child is not able to get a hold of my dietary supplement. Perhaps child proof containers should be on those products. That’s the whole point of our business, to try to get dietary supplement companies to step up and do a bit more than what is strictly required,” Schmitz said.
Source: Journal of Medical Toxicology
An Increase in Dietary Supplement Exposures Reported to US Poison Control Centers
Online publication 24 July 2017
Authors: Rao N, Spiller HA, Hodges NL et al.


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Bre Pettis, CEO of Bantam Tools and former CEO-founder of popular 3D printing manufacturer MakerBot, was joined by city and state executives this week, to officially cut the ribbon on a project that’s been more than a year in the making: the company’s new East Coast headquarters and production center in Peekskill.
“This really marks our first step in creating a sustainable tech hub here in the Hudson Valley,” Pettis says. “When I thought about moving my company here — the commute to California was a little long — I thought, ‘Where could we thrive?’” Pettis, who moved to nearby Croton in 2013, thought the answer was staring him in the face.
“Manufacturing our desktop CNC machines in the United States — and specifically building them in Peekskill — is a great accomplishment. Moving the company from the San Francisco Bay Area to Peekskill signifies a goal to build a sustainable tech company in the Hudson Valley, an area with a diverse community, natural beauty, and affordable living all within an easy distance to New York City. It’s something that is very important to helping create happy employees.”
Finished CNC machines line the work tables at Bantam Tools’ new headqquarters and manufacturing center in Peekskill.
“Peekskill continues to grow as a thriving art community with a range of businesses and a walkable downtown,” says New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. “The decision for Bantam Tools to move to Peekskill from California underscores the momentum of growth in the area and the business-friendly climate in New York.” For emphasis, she cites the 54 jobs expected to be created by this enterprise in exchange for up to $600,000 in tax credits from a state awarded Excelsior Jobs Program grant, which rewards local job creation.
“These well-paying manufacturing jobs will boost the city’s economy and overall vitality,” says State Senator Pete Harckham.
The company is similar in intention to Pettis’ early MakerBot, in that it creates and sells professional quality tabletop fabrication devices. Yet where MakerBot was about 3D printing, Bantam produces CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines, programable units to mill and manufacture individual custom pieces from metal and a variety of other materials.
The units are roughly cubical, about a foot on each side, and weigh just around 14 pounds. Each piece is meticulously created on-site — apropos enough, by their own massive cousins, CNC millers the size of small camper trailers, weighing around 7 tons — and endures rigorous quality control before completing a finished desktop unit. The basic model retailed for $3,199
Currently, Bantam is housed at 135 North Water Street, near the recently completed Lincoln Museum, however the company has also purchased three other properties along the street, with tentative plans to eventually include a tech incubator, possible maker space, classrooms, a ceramics manufacturer, as well as artist and creator studios.
“Bringing Bantam to Peekskill is another example of the direction this great city is heading,” says Peekskill Mayor Andre Rainey. “This isn’t just another ribbon cutting and grand opening. This the beginning of a new future for Peekskill.”


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LOMPOC, Calif. - A winning California lottery ticket was sold at a Lompoc liquor store on Friday, June 9.
The ticket was worth approximately $322,000 dollars. The owner of the Liquor Emporium said the winner missed the Powerball by one number. They needed all five numbers plus the Powerball but they only got the five numbers--no Powerball.
The winner has yet to come forward to claim their price.
According to the California Lottery website, there are two winning tickets for $322,000 overall.
$435 million dollars were up for grabs with the Powerball lottery. Had the winner in Lompoc taken the Powerball win, the owner of the store would have received a million dollars.


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Global Sports Forum debates online strategy
Spain: Online sports coverage is more of an opportunity than a threat, according to the discussions at the GSF in Barcelona, and it is one that broadcasters can’t afford to ignore. “TV versus web is not relevant – we’re in the content delivery business. If we just look at ourselves as a TV network we’ll be out of business very quickly,” said David Sternberg, CEO, Universal Sports.
The phenomenon of the long tail has been well documented, and Sternberg is amongst those that sees its manifestation of audiences for ‘niche’ events as an ideal additional revenue stream for broadcasters. “The internet has created a value proposition for all sorts of sports content,” he said. “We might not get value for transmitting a New Zealand rugby match or a European equestrian event on our linear TV network, there’s the opportunity cost to consider amongst other things, but if people subscribe to our online services then we can play that content out on our websites all day long.”
There are caveats though, and one in particular – rights. Laurent Eric Le Lay, president of Eurosport pointed out that there have been many changes in the past five years of broadcasting, and the next handful of years will bring increased ubiquity of HD, the possibility of 3D as a standard, and also many, many more people watching sports live on the internet. “ The internet is a fantastic industry, but it has destroyed a lot of business models, especially music and DVD/film,” he said. “Sport has been protected so far because sport is live, but protecting those rights in the future [as more watch online] and making sure this process does not destroy the model for sport is important.”


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Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, is targeting expansion of its profit margin beyond that of an existing multi-year recovery plan, it said on Tuesday.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the group is deep into a turnaround program under Chief Executive Dave Lewis after a 2014 accounting scandal capped a dramatic downturn in its fortunes.
At a Capital Markets Day (CMD) presentation to analysts and investors, Tesco also said its priority for allocating capital was reinvesting in the business, maintaining its debt ratios and growing its dividend. After that it would consider acquisitions and returning surplus cash to shareholders.
Shares in Tesco were up 4% at 1524 GMT, taking its gains for 2019 to 24%.
Lewis said in April Tesco had met, or would soon meet, most of the turnaround goals he set in 2016, including a key margin target of earning 3.5 to 4 pence of operating profit for every pound customers spend by the end of its 2019-20 financial year.
“We have the further cost reduction and mix opportunities that allow us to offset inflation, improve our customer offer and/or increase margin,” Tesco said at the CMD.
Lewis has already revamped relationships with suppliers, lowered prices versus major competitors, streamlined product ranges and improved store standards and customer service.
Last year he bought wholesaler Booker for nearly 4 billion pounds ($5 billion) and also introduced the Jack’s discount format to take on fast-growing German discounters Lidl and Aldi.
At the CMD, Tesco’s management detailed multiple initiatives to achieve efficiency savings and grow revenue, including optimizing space, reducing costs and growing profitable categories, such as F&F clothing, in its larger stores, while tailoring its offer more in smaller stores.
Presentation slides also showed a new higher-end store concept with the “Tesco finest” banner.
The group reiterated a target to achieve 2.5 billion pounds of incremental revenue growth from Booker by 2022 as it leverages the combined group’s buying power and adds new products and services.
Tesco also said it was well placed to grow in Asia, particularly in Thailand, where it sees an opportunity for 750 new convenience stores over the “medium term”. It currently has 1,583.
Tesco also detailed opportunities to grow the distribution capacity of its online business by 35% and to develop partnerships such as with urban fulfillment center firm Takeoff Technologies and delivery robot company Starship Technologies.
Last Thursday Tesco reported a slowdown in first-quarter sales growth but said it was outperforming a “subdued” British market.
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“Company that preoccupies the ‘life platform’ survives the post Corona era”
While the untact business is getting the limelight due to Corona 19, The ‘BX Life Platform Conference’, which predicts the future of the ‘distribution’, ‘logistics’ and ‘mobility’ industries that are closely related to life, will be held at Busan Park Hyatt Busan on the 3rd of next month.
Chulmin Kim, CEO of Beyond X, was in charge of planning the conference. He explained that the ‘Life Platform’ refers to integrated business models that provide life-oriented services such as shopping, eating out, laundry, education, medical care, and finance on one platform.
In the era of digital and infection, he planned the event by wondering what the future of services and industries closely related to life such as distribution, logistics, and mobility would look like. “The era of the life platform that fulfills the consumption of value, which is ‘myself’, has arrived because of Pandemic. In this situation, traditional offline distribution and logistics companies will find a solution to how they can survive in the market,” he said.
Business boundaries are already broken due to fierce platform competition
Kim stressed that the platform competition is fierce. In the past, boundaries of business such as food delivery and online distribution were clear. In the life platform era, the boundaries of services will be broken down, and the competition will rise to melt into the lives of customers and provide everything they need.
He said “The online shopping platform Coupang is entering the food delivery service, the food delivery platform is entering into online convenience store service, and the
delivery platform Dingdong is entering into food ordering and mobility services. The era of competition between heterogeneous platforms is approaching as companies that have built their own platform in a specific service area cross the boundaries and enter the related field.”
Eventually, it was meaningless to discuss what the service areas of life platform companies such as Coupang, Naver, Kakao, People of Delivery, and Dingdong are.
A world is opening with a focus on who can get closer to customers’ lives and provide higher value.
Life platform era: Focus on the ‘value’ you provide to your customers
CEO Kim said, “In the life of the platform, we expect not only service areas such as distribution, logistics, and mobility, but service innovation due to the innovative services combination and heterogeneous services.”
He explained that the life platform should aim to provide value by completely integrating into the customer’s life.
Just as the analogue sentiment to ‘regular customers’ and ‘regular shops’ attracted sympathy between customers and services, Life Platform should meet customers through digital technology, secure data about customers, and provide customized services through them.
In this process, when the boundary between online and offline naturally breaks down, an era in which customers and services will resonate with each other through untact services will come.
“Companies that understand customers better through the platform will be able to provide the same interaction between people offline as well as digital and face-to-face services,” Kim emphasized.
After all, the life platform should be able to provide human touch, emotional sympathy, and customized service through untact services rather than face-to-face services.
CEO Kim also said, “Life platforms do not mean specific categories such as distribution, logistics, and mobility. All services that understand customers and communicate digitally with customers in all fields that make up our lives are life platforms. All areas of our life, such as finance, education, and healthcare, where offline-oriented services have become mainstream, as well as distribution, living logistics, and mobility, which are already undergoing major changes, will be able to reach customers through life platforms.”
Dream of becoming a national conference like PIFF, G-Star
This conference will be held in Busan, not Seoul. There are concerns that companies may be less accessible. However, Kim explains that there is no reason to divide the event area into Seoul or Busan in the post-corona period.
Kim stated, “Physical movements and meetings are decreasing, and we live in an age where each other is careful. Communicating online through education, business meetings, seminars, etc. is becoming a routine.
This conference is not an event for Busan. We only hold a life platform conference in Busan that is created by distribution, logistics and mobility.”
“I hope it will be a conference that goes beyond the region, such as the Busan International Film Festival (PIFF), where movie enthusiasts will save their year and burn out, and G-Star, where candidates wait longer than SAT days,” he added.
Meanwhile, this conference is in the form of’Stay at Home Challenge’, which is conducted offline and online simultaneously. it is conducted as a safe offline event that strictly observes the quarantine rules, such as guidelines for placing social distances to prevent infection in the local area, and simultaneously transmits online transmissions for attendees from all over the country who have difficulty physically moving.
The event will be conducted for a fee, and detailed participation methods and inquiries can be confirmed through the BX Life Platform Conference Organizing Committee or Beyond X Web.


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MOSS POINT, MS (WLOX) - More small businesses are beginning to take a chance on downtown Moss Point this year. The Main Street director is hoping the growth continues to bring more revenue to the city and improve the quality of life.
Tonya Fredriksen's Shopaholics Boutique is one of those new shops in downtown Moss Point.
"Business has been great. It was slow at first, but now people are learning where I am," Fredriksen said.
Mary Gilly's owns Mati's Treasures, another business that's new to the neighborhood.
"I have met a lot of new people and they have been very supportive of us," Gilly said.
The owners were a little reluctant to set up shop in Moss Point, but decided to take a chance anyway to help improve the image of the city and offer more to residents.
"You couldn't find a better place," said Gilly.
"With the economy, you wonder how it is going to work out. But I feel this location is great," Fredriksen said.
"Just trying to get that positive image in people's minds to say, 'Let's go to downtown Moss Point there are positive happening here,'" Main Street Director Kristen Holley said.
Three new shops have opened along the downtown strip in the last six months. Holley said there's still a retail and restaurant gap that needs to be filled.
"It is not good when we don't have a lot of businesses; retail businesses and restaurants because that is what people want to come to downtown area to do," said Holley.
Holley looks at the three new openings as a good start, and she hopes it will encourage more investments to follow.
"We are really excited about the Pascagoula River Audubon Center coming to the downtown area, so it is a 10 acre site and a $2 million project. So, we are going to need businesses that will be able to support the Audubon Center," Holley said.
Business owners are also banking on future success.
"I feel the more people who come and spend money and it will go into the city revenue. It will make Moss Point grow and more, more people will catch on, and just more and more things will open in Moss Point. It will be a prime location," Fredriksen said.


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Germany’s Volkswagen and Porsche have completed their long-awaited tie-up.
That came one day after Porsche posted a six-month profit of 1.15 billion euros, compared to a 149 million euro profit a year earlier.
Once integration is completed, the two expect to gain over 700 million euros in savings in development, purchasing and production and erase Porsche’s 2.5 billion euros of debt.
Volkswagen’s purchase of the second half of Porsche adds the super luxury – and super profitable – sports cars such as the iconic 911 model to its line-up.
VW is already Europe’s biggest carmaker. It is aiming to be the world number one by 2018.
Both companies already cooperate in many areas. VW, which also includes luxury division Audi, makes the bodies for the Cayenne SUV and Panamera coupe, Porsche’s two best-selling vehicles. They will jointly develop Porsche’s next model, the Macan compact SUV, due to hit showrooms in 2014.
Long road to merger
The two manufacturers had first agreed a full merger in August 2009, after Porsche racked up more than 10 billion euros of debt in a failed attempt to take over VW, sparking feuds among the Porsche and Piech family dynasties.
VW bought 49.9 percent of Porsche’s sports car operations in December 2009 for 3.9 billion euros and had sought to acquire the remainder through a share-swap with the holding company.
The car makers dropped the merger plan last year because of US and German investor lawsuits accusing Porsche of covertly amassing VW shares, causing short-sellers to lose billions.
But on July 4, VW and Porsche agreed a deal allowing the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer to buy the remaining half of Porsche for 4.46 billion euros and avoid a tax bill of up to 1.5 billion euros by transferring a single VW share to Porsche.
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