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OAKLAND, CA, October 05, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- While 3D printing might seem like an obscure industry, Patrick Atkinson recognizes that bright possibilities lie ahead in its future. This form of printing, also known as "additive manufacturing," is the process of synthesizing three-dimensional objects one thin layer at a time, out of plastic, metal and glass. Many experts are just starting to realize the immense potential of 3D printing. ---
According an article in the Wall Street Journal, written by Citi analyst Kenneth Wong, the market for 3D printing and related services will triple by 2018. Patrick Atkinson recommends that everyone who is interested in the future of the printing industry read this very informative article. Wong cites top companies in the industry, like Stratasys and 3D Systems. Granted, this very rapid growth is partly due to how small the industry is right now, but nonetheless, the potential of 3D printing should not be underestimated.
Patrick Atkinson notes that it is estimated that 3D printing will skyrocket in 2014, due to the expiration of key patents. Once the key patents on 3D printing expire, we could see a massive drop in the price of these devices. This is not simply wishful thinking. When the key patents expired on a more primitive form of 3D printing, known as fused deposition modeling, there was an explosion of open-source FDM printers.
Soon enough, we will no longer have to master the challenging and tedious task of learning how to model things in 3D, because we will be copying them from the real world using cheap, effective 3D scanners. This technology will also allow for 3D faxing. The materials which can be 3D printed, and the ways in which you can print them, are also multiplying. Besides printer paper, one can also print human tissue. Even crane-operated 3D printers are being used to fabricate entire buildings.
Once used mostly for prototyping, Patrick Atkinson notes that 3D printed parts are more than ever becoming integral components of finished products, including such demanding applications as rocket engines. A sign of growing maturity in the 3D printing industry is the development of mergers and acquisitions, such as the acquisition of Makerbot, the leading producer of 3D printers for hobbyists, by Stratasys. Smaller companies in this industry may have to become increasingly innovative in order to survive, especially since a flood of cheap 3D printers is on its way from China.
Despite the open horizons of 3D printing, hype is one thing to keep in mind when evaluating the future of the industry, especially the idea that 3D printing will replace conventional manufacturing. While 3D printing allows for mass customization, there are many things for which the technology remains inappropriate. For example, only one material can be printed at a time, while most things around you are made from multiple materials. Another drawback is that there are many applications of 3D printing that might never make it out of the lab, such as 3D-printed food. Another example is the fact that one expensive, highly specialized machine can print cars from carbon fiber filament does not necessarily mean that this is something all 3D printers will be enlisted to do.
ABOUT: Patrick Atkinson is the founder of God's Child Project, a nonpolitical international humanitarian organization. He is also the founder of La Asociacion Nuestros Ahijados, a Guatemala-registered nonprofit charity.
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A new patented energy recovery concept for hot water shower sterilisers enables pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging companies to achieve significant savings during the sterilisation process of liquids in 100 per cent sealed containers.
Packaged products such as filled ampoules, vials, bottles and blow-fill-seal products typically go through a sterilisation process before inspection.
The system was developed by Schoeller-Bleckmann Medizintechnik (SBM), a Bosch Packaging Technology company. ‘By implementing our new energy recovery equipment, pharmaceutical suppliers can significantly reduce the amount of heating and cooling energy they use,’ explains Isa Alkan, head of sales at SBM. ‘The concept works not only with our hot water shower sterilisers, but also with machines from third party providers.’
The new self-contained, independent system consists of a multi-layer storage tank, which is divided into several temperature zones and firmly piped to the steriliser via a heat exchanger. During cooling, the hot process water flows through the exchanger, where it is cooled by cold water from the storage tank. The storage tank water thereby absorbs energy from the steriliser and heats up again.
As a result of the continuous repetition of these process steps, up to 40 per cent of the initial heating energy can be saved and 60 per cent of cooling energy. ‘Apart from the saving potential, a lower amount of overall media consumption also leads to smaller tank sizes,’ says Alkan. ‘With these reductions, companies can contribute to environmental protection and optimise their “green” image.’

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On 21 November, Vans is opening a flagshipstore on Oxford Street, in the heart of London. With this new store, the American brand intends to increase its presence in the United Kingdom.
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Afound, H&M group's outlet chain, will open its first physical Dutch store in Utrecht early next year. Earlier this year, the company already opened an online marketplace in the Netherlands.
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American sportswear brand Nike is no longer selling its products on Amazon. This brings to an end a pilot that lasted no less than two years. "Nike does not need Amazon", analysts agreed approvingly.
In a short space of time, four JD Sports stores have been robbed and plundered, two of which in Belgium. There may be a connection with a racist incident that took place in October in the Liège store.
Sports giant Adidas has seen its turnover further increase in the third quarter. Although net profit fell by 2%, the company is sticking by its outlook.
Irish fashion discounter Primark achieved a 4.2 % turnover increase in the past financial year as a result of building additional retail space. On a comparable basis however, sales fell by 2.0 %.
British fashion brand Ted Baker has opened its first Belgian shop in Antwerp. For the interior, the brand was inspired by the history of the port city as a centre for diamonds.
Over the past three months, German fashion webshop Zalando has attracted more than a billion visitors in one quarter for the first time. This has also resulted in a substantial increase in the company's turnover.
In the third quarter, the French Kering group saw its revenue rise sharply again. All major brands (Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent) contributed to the group’s growth.
VF Corporation (Vans, The North Face) has published a sales and operating profit increase in the second quarter. Growth was particularly significant in China.
The Swedish H&M chain is opening a store with a new concept in Berlin: a local hub, offering yoga and local brands. Moreover, the store also offers second-hand clothing from other brands and has a clothing borrowing service.
German sports brand Puma has had an excellent quarter, as both turnover and profit grew in double digits. The company is revising its full-year forecast upwards.
Early next year, Mark Parker will resign as CEO of sports brand Nike. He will be succeeded by John Donahoe, currently CEO at Paypal and former CEO of eBay.
Canadian department store group Hudson's Bay is being delisted from the stock market: a group of shareholders is prepared to pay seven euros per share to take the group into its own hands.
Clothing by Primark, the Irish chain that stubbornly refuses to start with e-commerce, is now for sale at Amazon. Does that mean the fashion discounter finally has come round to the idea? Or is there something not quite right?
British investment company Permira wants to sell its footwear brand Dr. Martens. The label has had an excellent year and the holding company now wants to cash in on that.


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The Frankfurt Book Fair will have to look towards the US if it wants to cement its place in the children’s publishing schedule further, publishers told The Bookseller Daily.
Frankfurt has made concerted efforts in ramping up its children’s programme in 2013. Yet, Penguin Children’s Books m.d. Francesca Dow said the fair would have to bring more American attendees before it starts to rival the Bologna Book Fair.
Dow added: “Bologna is obviously important to us, but it’s good that there is more of a children’s presence at FBF and that they are recognising that there are lots of opportunities in the children’s market. But there are few American publishers that come to Frankfurt, so while that remains the case we have to find other ways to talk to them.”
Andersen Press’ rights director Sarah Pakenham agreed, suggesting that in order to compete with Bologna, FBF would need to do more. “Not that many US publishers come to Frankfurt, which is a shame. It would be fantastic if they did, it would be great to see FBF do more to attract them.
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By Marianne Friers
An emerging trade deal with China will soon open markets to American beef. Evidently a 2003 ban due to a couple cases of mad cow disease here will finally be lifted.
Interestingly, headlines on many news outlets were all about the chicken, proclaiming in large fonts, “Chinese chicken is headed to America.”
This will no doubt concern American chicken dinner fans and rightly so.
However, if you are a frequent Farm Side reader you know that part of the chicken deal has been being negotiated since at least as long ago as 2006. That was when the USDA began trying to get China certified to process US chicken and ship it back to us, a ridiculous concept in my humble opinion.
Between 2013 and 2014 the USDA did manage to certify four Chinese plants to process American chicken for return here, but it doesn’t seem that any chickens, dead or alive, made the cruise involved in the strange exchange.
This time Chinese-grown chicken has entered the equation, which is scarier than the former plan. At least birds grown here are fed food that is appropriate for them. Remember melamine and dog food?
Now secondary captions on stories about this new deal whine, “It’s all about the beef.”
Must be a whole new idea, exchanging access for US beef for our acceptance of well-traveled chicken products, right? Nope. A 2014 Newsweek article on China protein policy said of the chicken exchange, “When asked about the USDA’s ruling, people in the beef and chicken industries, as well as food activists and Representative Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, who is fighting to keep Chinese-processed chickens out of school lunches, all told Newsweek that, in DeLauro’s words, “it’s all about the beef.”
However, I guess it is still mostly about the beef, although chicken is certainly on the table.
Some media pundits claim that access to China markets for beef doesn’t mean much anyhow, making up only .01 percent of US economy and only .5 percent of the total trade deficit. Small potatoes right?
I dunno. I think I’d take $2.6 billion worth of small potatoes myself, although as far as I’m concerned China can keep their chicken, cooked or otherwise.
Beef industry spokesfolks are much more excited about the beef and poultry deal, however. An article in Drovers quoted National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Craig Uden, “After being locked out of the world’s largest market for 13 years, we strongly welcome the announcement that an agreement has been made to restore U.S. beef exports to China,” Uden said. “It’s impossible to overstate how beneficial this will be for America’s cattle producers, and the Trump Administration deserves a lot of credit for getting this achieved. We look forward to providing nearly 1.4 billion new customers in China with the same safe and delicious U.S. beef that we feed our families.”
Morning Ag Clips said, “Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hailed the agreement as ‘a herculean accomplishment’ forged in record time. “This is more than has been done in the whole history of U.S.-China relations on trade,” Ross told reporters Thursday evening at the White House. “Normally trade deals are denominated in multiple years, not tens of days.”
The deal will also open Chinese markets to US liquefied natural gas, as well as removing some barriers to American financial companies. There are, however, questions as to whether any of the agreements will come to pass in reality and whether any of the terms are actually enforceable.
Access to Chinese consumers’ dinner tables for American beef is welcome, especially in light of recent deals with Brazil allowing fresh beef to enter this country from there. The whole chicken thing, not so much. There are simply too many horror stories of adulteration and contamination of food produced in China for me to be comfortable with the thought of eating it. Ever.
On a less global note, the cows at Northview have gone to pasture. Bama Breeze and Neon Moon are at grass today, along with the beef heifer, whose name I don’t remember, more or less on purpose, and much enjoying it. Moon is named after a country song, as were many of our cows back in the day. Bama was named by a science teacher in Florida, who won the honors in a ‘name that calf’ contest back when she was just a little zephyr.
The girls are ten this year, the last remnants of the herd that ruled us for so many long and rewarding years. What a treat to go out just as the sun rises to find them resting calmly, right near the north fence of the old heifer pasture, as close to us as they can get.
With just three cows in all those acres the new spring grass nearly hides them, curving green and thick right up to their shoulders, as they lie out there. One white head and two black ones rise above the burgeoning grass like mongooses on a rock. (Or is it mongeese?)
Above those heads the American Kestrel pair cries ‘killy, killy, killy’ at some imagined intruder. Or maybe at me. They have taken a nest somewhere up there and we often see them tearing up prey on a perch in the dead elm over the spring.
They don’t seem to mind the cows and the girls surely don’t mind them. I wonder though, why do the cows choose to sleep so close to the house? Do they remember coming to the barn to be relieved of their milk and fed delicious grain? Do they feel safer from predators that prowl the dark? The tracks I’ve seen when walking back in the fields speak of coyotes of impressive size.
Or do they just want to be near us, as we have kept them near so as not to be bereft of cows? I can’t answer, but I surely do love to watch them stretch luxuriously and flap their ears, as they rise when they see me.
Fultonville dairy farmer Marianne Friers is a regular columnist. She blogs at http://northvilledairy.blogspot.com.


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NEW YORK In what it hopes will be a wake-up call for the fast-food industry, the Center for Science in Public Interest filed a class action suit in Washington on June 12 against Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The suit asks that the court stop the chicken chain from using unhealthy partially hydrogenated oil, or at least to warn consumers that its foods are high in trans fat. Trans fats have been linked with high levels of cholesterol and heart disease.
KFC's food is "something that can quite literally take years off of your life," said executive director Michael Jacobson of CSPI, Washington, D.C. "KFC knows this, yet it recklessly puts its customers at risk."
KFC, on the strength of its low-cost Snacker sandwiches and other items, had a strong 2005 as its U.S. sales increased 5.8 percent to $5.2 billion, per Technomic, Chicago. KFC could not be reached for comment.
Last week, Wendy's became the first fast feeder to announce it was removing most trans fast from its menu. It also banished its "Biggie" size. The Ruby Tuesday restaurant chain has also switched to healthier canola oil.
While consumers' health is certainly a concern, creating a class action suit is "an inappropriate tool to try and affect social policy," said Bruce Duffield, a lawyer with the international law firm Bryan Cave, Chicago. "They are a very expensive and ineffective way to bring about social change."
CSPI is well known for its high-profile lawsuits. It most recently targeted Cadbury Schweppes for marketing its 7 Up soda as "100 percent natural."
These suits are "a reflection that people refuse responsibility for their choices," said Duffield. "They are driven by plaintiffs' attorneys who could receive a windfall should they succeed."


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The ten-step South Korean beauty craze
South Korean beauty products and regimes have become so popular that people in the UK have been buying them from specialist websites. South Koreans want to achieve what is known as a perfect glass skin. To do it, it involves a ten-step beauty regime which uses everything from sheet masks to boost the serums. It’s not just for women, and pharmacists in the UK are starting to stock the increasingly popular products. Shari Vahl presents.
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Our new website truly speaks to the modern-day person (both trade and consumer) by providing instantaneous access and updates to international beauty news, industry information and new products.
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Inskin Cosmedics has taken yet another leap and bound by proudly announcing the launch of its new interactive website. The new website, which ensures Inskin's continued benchmark in customer service, now provides their growing number of clients (or as they like to call them partners) with instant, industry-related information and resources.
Designed to highlight the company’s impressive brand listings including emerginC, O Cosmedics, DCN Skin-Inject, Cosmedi-Peel, inskinLED, Minx Bronzing and Mineral Pro the website features detailed information on each product and a convenient shopping cart for easy purchasing.
As Inskin searches the world for results driven products which maintain and regain healthy radiant skin and high performance age management solutions, the sites new section 'Skin-Health Resources' hopes to deliver this up to date information as well as new skincare technology information to the knowledge thirsty beauty community; consumers and retailers alike.
With links to the brand’s social media platforms and a new and improved blog, founder and CEO Marie Enna-Cocciolone believes the redeveloped website will be able to speak directly to the modern-day person in layman’s terms with scientific back-up.
“In today’s day and age we are always on the go, so we don’t have time to go and source information ourselves - we tailor our online and social media habits to do that for us. Our new website truly speaks to the modern-day person (both trade and consumer) by providing instantaneous access and updates to international beauty news, industry information and new products.”
With dedicated fields for the brand’s different ranges and an easy to use online shopping system, users are sure to find the website easier to navigate and definitely in line with their time poor needs and convenient shopping offer.
And it’s not only their loyal customers that are reaping the rewards, as the website now provides a ‘back door’ access for the beauty trade wanting to feature the products in their salons.
“We’ve now provided an online database for consumers to find their closest skin expert and for trade to place their orders at their convenience,” says Marie. “Many of our salons are small businesses that work through the night on inventory, marketing and promotions, our new website gives them the tools they require when they require it" says Marie.
Ultimately Marie hopes that the website will "provide a platform for INSKIN to take its stance and lead the international beauty movement. We want each of our brands to share important information, specifically cosmeceutically and cosmedically based. INSKIN would like to lead the movement away from fluffy, smell good, feel good cosmetics and educate the need for active, skin transforming skincare.”
The website http://www.inskincosmedics.com is now live.
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Amazon said it is “on track” to meet sweeping targets for growth in India that the company announced in January 2020, according to a Thursday (April 8) press release.
The company said it has “digitized 2.5 million MSMEs, enabled cumulative exports worth $3 billion and helped create nearly 1 million jobs in India (to) date.”
At a January 2020 event called the Smbhav Summit, the company said it was spending $1 billion to “digitally enable 10 million MSMEs, enable ecommerce exports worth $10 billion and create 1 million additional jobs in India between 2020 and 2025.”
“As we continue to work with small and medium businesses in our ecosystem, we remain committed to bringing new tools, technology and innovation that will unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of Indian businesses, boost exports from the country, help create jobs at scale and contribute to the vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” Global Senior Vice President and Country Head of Amazon India Amit Agarwal said in a prepared statement. “As the world around us is more digital than ever with the internet and technology becoming an integral part of our lives, we see a massive opportunity to empower millions of SMBs across the country and remain committed for Amazon to be a catalyst for such accelerated progress.”
The expression “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” in Hindi has been used in political circles to mean, in English, “a self-reliant India.”
Amazon also said in Thursday’s announcement that since January 2020 it has added more than 250,000 small and medium-sized business (SMB) sellers in India. The eCommerce giant said companies can register not only in Hindi, but also in Tamil, Marathi and Kannada and that 75,000 sellers have registered using regional languages. Hindi is spoken across India, but Tamil, Marathi and Kannada are used for the most part in specific geographic areas.
Amazon said it has facilitated exports from India due to “strong demand from global customers for a range of Made in India products including STEM toys, jewelry, bed linen, healthcare products, tea, leather products and others.”
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UK regulator CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) have released a summary of responses from members of the public regarding Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
In a short report , CMA reveal that they received over 2,100 emails from the public regarding Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard since they invited responses a couple of months ago.
CMA said that around 75 per cent of emails were broadly in favour of the merger, while 25 per cent were against the merger. A small number of responders had no clear view for or against the merger.
Those in favour of the deal stated that Microsoft are weaker than Sony and Nintendo in console gaming therefore they need Activision Blizzard to compete closely against them. Furthermore, the public supporting the deal argues that Microsoft have made it clear they won't make Call of Duty exclusive and even if they did, PlayStation gamers would still have plenty of games and shooters to play including Battlefield, FIFA and GTA.
Those who oppose the merger made it clear that Microsoft will lock all ActivisionBlizzard games to the Xbox ecosystem, just like they did with Bethesda games.
On top of this, they included the usual points that Sony made so far like how Microsoft is big in the cloud and subscription services and already own a bunch of studios that are more than enough to compete against PlayStation.
CMA are expected to reveal their final decision on the merger in the coming months. Microsoft hope that both UK and EU regulators will approve the acquisition without any major concessions. That would be quite the contrast from the US regulator FTC, who are officially suing Microsoft over this deal.
Anyway, we just hope this one ends one way or another very soon as it's becoming quite tiring lately, especially for Xbox players who'd rather hear about release dates for Starfield, Redfall and other upcoming Xbox exclusives.
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Following the Parkland massacre and a fresh wave of gun reform activism, big retailers are slowly starting to pull out of some parts of the gun business. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart, Kroger, and L.L. Bean all announced this week they would no longer sell guns to anyone under the age of 21.
In addition, Dick’s will stop selling assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines, while Walmart will stop selling items resembling assault-style rifles, such as air guns.
Support for gun control is surging, even if the chances of broad national legislation still look slim: A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 66 percent of voters and 50 percent of gun owners support stricter gun control. But it’s hard to know whether these moves by retailers will have much of an effect on gun sales. Walmart had stopped selling assault-style rifles in 2015, citing a lack of consumer demand, and Dick’s stopped selling assault-style rifles in a majority of its locations following the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.
Without a national registry, we don’t know exactly how many assault-style rifles are out there, though the NRA estimates there are between 8.5 million and 15 million assault rifles in the U.S. An estimated 12 percent of assault-style rifles sold are purchased at large retailers, according to a report prepared for a gun industry trade group.
While ending sales at big-box stores will create good will from their pro-gun reform customers, that may be all it does.


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Half of households ‘went green’ in last year
Half of households made energy efficiency improvements to the home in the last year, new research has revealed.
But rather than being concerned about the environment, many families carried out the green upgrades in a bid to cut soaring energy bills.
A survey conducted by Pilkington Building Products as part of its ‘MOT Your Home’ campaign found a number of families have plumped for innovative cost-saving measures around the house, with 20 per cent planning more green projects for the future.
However, while 26 per cent want to protect the planet, 36 per cent were motivated by a need to save money amid tightening household budgets.
On the other hand, 18 per cent say they have never made efficiency upgrades and do not plan to any time soon.
More than half of homeowners say they would be happy to pay more for an energy-efficient home in the future. If you are thinking of double glazed French doors, here is a complete guide.
Architect and TV presenter, George Clarke, said: “It’s encouraging to see that many of us have taken steps to make our homes greener – which will help save money in the long run. But, when it comes to making upgrades, it can be hard to know where to start.
Energy saving solutions for consumers hit by rising prices
A leading energy saving website is helping consumers fight back against high energy prices and cut the cost of household electricity bills by up to £900.
With electricity prices’ increasing, in some cases, by an inflation busting 16 per cent, and all major utility companies announcing huge rises, ConserveEnergy.co.uk has researched ways to stop energy bill taking a bite out of a household’s budget.
With three course of action to take, ConserveEnergy.co.uk, says consumers to take action now, over the medium term and over the long term to potentially save up to £900 a year, while just a change in habits could result in savings of £200.
Turning off electrical appliances when not using them can save consumers up to £33 a year say ConserveEnergy.co.uk.
Switching off the lights when leaving a room can save up to 12p for every hour a 60W bulb is turn off.
When making a cuppa, ConserveEnergy.co.uk recommend only using as much water in the kettle as you need, meaning savings of £6 per year. If everyone in the UK did every time they used the kettle, it could save enough electricity in a year to power the UK’s street lights for 2 months.
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Garden Re-Leaf Day is fast approaching! With just under three weeks until the garden retail industry comes together to kickstart the season and raise much needed funds for Greenfingers, the event organisers are urging interested parties to sign up now and take part before it’s too late!
Garden businesses across the country have been busy planning their own FUNdraising events for Garden Re-Leaf Day on Friday 16th March, and across the weekend. Longacres Garden Centre will be going the extra mile with over 40 people completing a sponsored walk which will start at their Shepperton store with a pit stop at their Chobham branch, before finishing at their Bagshotheadquarters – a total distance of 20 miles. A family fun day will also be held in store to welcome back the tireless walkers on Sunday 18th March which will include face painting, food and much more!
It’s official! Wales's Moody Sow Farm Shop makes the best Welsh Lamb products
Moody Sow Farm Shop in Wales is celebrating after winning a Diamond Award for the Welsh Lamb product in the UK’s most prestigious competition for craft butchery products – The Smithfield Awards. The event, which is held annually by the Q Guild of Butchers recognises and rewards the excellent products that are being produced by the very best butchers in the country.
Garden centre and horticultural industry staff are this month (January, 2018) being asked to sign up for a fundraising event being held at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference. A game of hockey with an element of ‘fun and frolics’ will take place on January 21 at Stratford Leisure Centre, adjacent to The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon, from 3pm to raise money for Greenfingers, which creates gardens at children’s hospices nationwide.
Ian Flounders from Woodlodge Products, who captains The Cabbages team, which is made up of garden centre suppliers, said: “Last year’s Greenfingers Challenge Cup was a huge success after we raised a staggering £30,000 for the charity. This year we hope to raise even more with a game of ‘fockey’ – hockey with an element of fun and frolics, that is sure to bring out the competitive side of everyone who takes part.
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Harper Beckham looks more interested in her phone than shopping on day with mum Victoria
Harper Beckham has hinted that she may not have as keen an eye for fashion as her designing mogul mother Victoria as the pair enjoyed a day hitting the shops.
As the duo were papped enjoying some retail therapy in Bel Harbour shopping village in Florida, it appeared as though the 11 year old youngster was more preoccupied with her phone than the clothes on offer at high-end stories including Bottega Veneta.
The mother-daughter-duo's sun-soaked shopping day follows an enviable night-out alongside Spice Girl Victoria's model-turned-jewellery designer pal Isabela Grutman.
Harper recruited her mum, 48, and Isabel – who happens to be wife to Miami nightclub magnate David Grutman – to take a sweet selfie together as they hit the town in Miami.
Victoria later shared the snap with her 30 million Instagram followers, captioning the picture: "Girls night out."
The Beckhams were in town alongside a whole host of celebs to attend the wedding of Jennifer Lopez's ex, Marc Anthony.
The family once called the glamorous seaside city home, but later moved back to the UK.
Last year, it was reported that Harper's doting mum Victoria and husband David Beckham are reportedly looking to relocate from their Costwolds mansion after being disturbed by the increase in noisy traffic.
While enjoying holidays in the States, the iconic British couple spend weekdays in their £31 million London mansion and their weekends at the Costwolds property, worth £6 million, where they also celebrated New Years' Eve.
But as of late, David, 47, and Victoria, 48, are said to have taken issue with the traffic caused by celebrity hot spot Soho Farmhouse.
While the exclusive members club opened before the Beckhams moved in, the number of visitors is said to have grown over the last two years.
The luxury members retreat has been visited by stars like James Corden and Meghan Markle.
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, a source close to the Beckhams said: "David and Victoria adore their barn and they absolutely love Great Tew, but the traffic and noise that comes from it has made it very difficult to live there."
"They think it’s time to find another property to spend their weekends in, just not too far away,” they continued, adding that the couple "love going to the Cotswolds.”
They added: "It is such a shame – so much love has gone into that house and they got it just how they wanted it. It is their sanctuary.”
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The most influential Megatrends set to shape the world through 2030, identified by Euromonitor International, help businesses better anticipate market developments and lead change for their industries.Learn More
Euromonitor International and Nation’s Restaurant News identified the top 25 international foodservice operators outside North America. This list is based on system-wide sales, corporate revenue, unit metrics and market share statistics. The importance of Japanese companies in this list is striking, especially considering that three of the top 25 are Japanese convenience store chains: 7-Eleven, Lawson and Family Mart. These foodservice companies will continue to expand across the globe, especially in southeast Asia and China. One of the most interesting chains from the list is Jollibee, which is consciously gone after McDonalds, looking to mimic some of McDonald’s strategies while advertising itself as a Filipino chain first and foremost.
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Latest information on the death of “Star Trek” film actor Anton Yelchin says the accident was caused by a fault from his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
According to a report, the SUV that crushed “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin was being recalled because the gear shifters have confused drivers, causing the vehicles to roll away unexpectedly.
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Los Angeles police say Yelchin died when his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled down his driveway early Sunday. The SUV pinned the 27-year-old against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence.
Fiat Chrysler, which makes Jeeps, said in a statement Monday that it’s investigating and it’s premature to speculate on the cause of the crash. It offered sympathies to Yelchin’s friends and family.
Most 2015 model year Grand Cherokees were part of a global recall of 1.1 million vehicles announced by Fiat Chrysler in April.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged the recall amid complaints that drivers had trouble telling if they had put the automatic transmissions in park. If they weren’t in park and a driver left the vehicle, it could roll away.
Last August, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into 2014 to 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokees manufactured from July 16, 2012, to Dec. 22, 2015, after receiving 14 complaints from drivers alleging the vehicle had rolled away after they thought they had shifted it into park.
After the investigation, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), which manufactures the Jeep Grand Cherokee, issued a voluntary recall in April for 2014 and 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokees.
According to a safety recall report from the NHTSA, the Grand Cherokee is equipped with a monostable gear shifter. The shifter does not slide forward or backward like a conventional gear shifter; instead, the shifter always returns to the center position after the gear is selected, according to Mopar, FCA’s parts, service and customer care organization.
As a result, the NHTSA report stated that FCA determined that some drivers “erroneously concluding that their vehicle’s transmission is in the park position may be struck by the vehicle and injured if they attempt to get out of the vehicle while the engine is running and the parking brake is not engaged.”
According to the report, FCA determined that not having “an additional mechanism to mitigate the effects of driver error in failing to shift the monostable gear selector into park prior to exiting the vehicle constitutes a defect presenting a risk to motor vehicle safety.”
Also included in the recall were the 2012 to 2014 Dodge Charger and the 2012 to 2014 Chrysler 300, both of which are equipped with the same monostable gear shifter.
It has not been determined whether this defect was the reason the vehicle rolled into Yelchin.
FCA expressed its “most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Yelchin” on Monday. In a statement to ABC News, Jeep’s parent company said it was “conducting a thorough investigation” into the accident, adding that “it is premature to speculate on the cause of this tragedy.”
Yelchin was on his way to meet friends for a rehearsal when the accident happened. After he didn’t show up, his friends went to check on him and found him dead by his car.
Director J.J. Abrams, who directed Yelchin in the rebooted “Star Trek” franchise, remembered the actor in a statement on Twitter, writing, “You were brilliant. You were kind. You were funny as hell, and supremely talented. And you weren’t here nearly long enough.”
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NASHVILLE -- Nissan's "below-industry-average" rating on J.D. Power's 2011 survey of customers' satisfaction with their dealership experience was actually a cause for some celebration at Nissan.
It was a significant improvement, and Nissan now expects more. The year's gain has shown the company how to get out of the doghouse.
Despite increasing sales and market share, the brand has routinely performed poorly on J.D. Power's annual Sales Satisfaction Index, a survey that asks consumers for their impression of the dealership where they just purchased a vehicle.
But when Nissan placed dead last among mass-market brands on Power's 2010 sales satisfaction survey, the automaker snapped into action.
"We hit rock bottom," says Billy Hayes, who was director of Nissan market representation when he was asked to begin correcting the problem with a special task force. "It was embarrassing."


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We added Tile Shop Holdings, which became a public company after the merger with a shell company, JWC Acquisition Corp., on Aug. 21. Tile Shop also completed a secondary offering on Dec. 18. The specialty retailer debuts on our list at No. 58 with $182.7 million in sales.
We’ll likely add the latest Minnesota IPO to next year’s list. On May 10, BioAmber Inc. completed a unit offering that raised $80 million. The Plymouth-based company is a next-generation chemical company that converts renewable feedstocks into chemicals used as replacements for petroleum-derived plastics and other chemicals. The company has 54 employees, revenue of less than $1 million, and is seeking to build a facility in Sarnia, Ontario, to produce bio-succinic acid.
• Wireless Ronin Technologies was No. 100 on last year’s list. This year, and despite seeing revenue fall 27.7 percent, the company managed to rise two spots to No. 98.
• Aetrium, which endured a protracted proxy battle last year, may not be on the list much longer. Ranked at No. 100, Aetrium makes reliability testing equipment. It announced on Feb. 27 that it was exploring strategic alternatives.
We’ve not always included over-the-counter stocks (OTC) on this list, but given the shrinking number of public companies, we’ve eased our selection criteria. Individuals can buy shares in these OTC companies, but some don’t trade actively. This year we’ve included New Ulm Telecom (No. 82), a phone, video and Internet service provider in Minnesota and Iowa, and Titan Energy Worldwide (No. 90), a provider of backup power generation and energy management needs to businesses.


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The French immersive cinema experience, ICE Theatres, with 36 screens and counting, and its parent company, CGR Cinemas, the leading French multiplex company with 700 screens in France, today announced that Guillaume Thomine Desmazures will assume the role of senior vice president, sales and strategy, effective immediately.
The Walt Disney Studios epic live-action film Mulan will be releasing worldwide in the immersive 4DX and ScreenX formats, starting March 25 in certain markets, totaling 734 4DX screens and 314 ScreenX screens worldwide.
Saudi Arabian animation studio Manga Production is releasing its debut feature-length animated film The Journey in the 4DX format, the first film in the Middle East to do so. The film is an epic story that tells historic fantasia of ancient civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East in an attractive and high-quality art style, turning those stories immortal and passing them on to generations to come, while celebrating the beauty of the Arabic language through this inspirational creative content.
Funimation Films, the theatrical division of Sony Pictures Television’s Funimation, is teaming up domestically with MediaMation to bring My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising to life by giving audiences a truly immersive experience in select MX4D theaters equipped with MediaMation’s EFX theater seats.
CJ 4DPlex today announced that its multi-sensory 4DX format drew $23 million at the global box office in January, up 18 percent year-over-year, making it the highest ever recorded for the month of January in the history of the company, this despite screenings being suspended in China for several days.
CJ 4DPlex ended a successful 2019 with a record-breaking global box office for theatres with 4DX immersive seats, grossing more than $320 million, according to the company. With its best year yet at the global box office in 2019, ticket sales for movies shown in 4DX theatres increased 12 percent over 2018's record of $286 million. The seven highest grossing 4DX films of 2019 were:
CJ 4DPlex unveiled what it called the world’s first four-sided 4DX Screen movie theatre at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show currently underway in Las Vegas. The company also introduced an indoor AR platform that seamlessly combines reality with virtual objects and announced an ultra-wide zoom lens in development, which can reduce projection distance by 70 percent compared to standard projection lens.
The Aquarium of the Pacific, located near the waterfront in Long Beach, California, recently opened its “aquarium of the future,” called Pacific Visions, which features an immersive theatre, multiple interactive art installations, and hands-on multimedia displays. Brian Edwards, owner of Edwards Technologies, the integration firm that designed and installed the theatre AV and FX system at aquarium, says the project is an example of the future of both the AV industry and of storytelling as a whole.
CJ 4DPlex today named Don Savant CEO of CJ 4DPlex Americas, the U.S. branch of the groundbreaking next-generation motion picture technology company. Savant will be responsible for growing both premium formats, 4DX and ScreenX, in the Americas, while continuing to collaborate with movie studios to deliver the best films in both formats for consumers.
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Just a month after consolidating all operating system responsibilities under Group Vice President Jim Allchin, Microsoft has taken a detour on its Windows road map.
Where the company had planned "Neptune," a consumer-oriented version of Windows based on the NT kernel, Microsoft is now readying a combined consumer/business version of the operating system, code-named Whistler. Whistler also supplants Odyssey, referred to by some sources as NT 5.5, which had been slated as the first full-fledged upgrade to Windows 2000.
Now, Microsoft is touting Whistler simply as "the next version of Windows."
The move to consolidate operating systems around the Windows NT kernel is not, by any means, new. Microsoft has been discussing its intention to do so for two to three years, because of the effort and expense required in maintaining two separate code bases, the one for NT and Windows 95/98.
Microsoft officials confirmed the Whistler code name, but would not comment on the features or timing for the next-generation OS. Sources, however, expect many of the user interface refinements and back-end services that were slated for Neptune to appear in Whistler.
With the strategy change, though, Microsoft seems to have forgotten to keep beta testers in the loop.
Despite the fact that the first development release of Neptune shipped last December, "the beta testers haven't been told about Neptune yet," said Nate Mook, Webmaster of the Web site BetaNews.com. "You'd think that if (Microsoft) was going to cancel it and restructure that they would at least tell beta testers."
Whistler, the next version of Windows, shares the same code name as a Microsoft Research Group project. The research division's Whistler, which stands for Windows Highly Intelligent Stochastic Talker, is a trainable text-to-speech engine that Microsoft at one point had hoped to include in Windows 2000.
Microsoft has made numerous tweaks to its Windows family over the past year. Last spring, after deciding its original design goals were untenable, Microsoft nixed plans to move straight from Windows 98 Second Edition to an NT-kernel-based version of Windows. It added a stutter-step release of Windows, code-named Millennium, to its product mix. Millennium, which is slated to enter Beta 3 within the next couple of weeks, is due to ship by midyear.
At the same time, Microsoft told developers it was working on an NT-kernel-based Consumer Windows release, code-named Neptune, but that it wouldn't hit store shelves until 2001 or 2002.
Microsoft simultaneously was working to clarify its Business Windows strategy. While Microsoft has yet to launch officially its Windows 2000 family, Microsoft developers already have been at work on Windows 2000's successors.
Microsoft's first update to its Windows 2000, code-named Asteroid, has been on the books for some time. Officials with the ActiveWin Windows enthusiast Web site say they hear Microsoft could deliver the Asteroid service release 1 for Windows 2000 by June of this year. Microsoft officials declined to comment on the Asteroid code name or feature set.
Microsoft also has been labouring on its first full-fledged Business Windows update to Windows 2000, which originally was code-named Odyssey, company officials confirm.
But now Whistler supplants Odyssey, in addition to Neptune. Now, Microsoft is looking at Whistler as the merger of Neptune and Odyssey, explains a company spokeswoman, who adds that the single release reflects Microsoft's long-standing goal of consolidating its code bases.
Word of Microsoft's revamp of its Consumer Windows strategy began leaking out on Windows news sites, such as Wugnet's WinInfo, late last week.
Microsoft's move to streamline the number of Windows releases -- and associated marketing messages -- got a boost last December, when the company named Jim Allchin the head of a unified Windows division.
Just a month before Allchin's promotion, Microsoft officials admitted the company was wavering on its message that Windows 2000 would be targeted as business-only, noting that the company was prepping for the possibility that consumers would buy Windows 2000, which is due to launch February 17.
Additional reporting by John G. Spooner, ZDNet News
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Used cars sold in Colorado with open recalls; Check your vehicle for a recall
DENVER — Cars with open, unfixed recalls can pose risks to safety, performance and value, but selling cars with open recalls is legal and it happens more than you might think.
A KWGN Channel 2 investigation found tens of thousands of vehicles for sale right here in Colorado with unfixed recalls, and if you don’t know what to look for you could put yourself or family in jeopardy.
Earlier this year, 2.6 million general motors vehicles with faulty ignition switches were recalled after the problem contributed to at least 13 deaths and many more injuries.
Despite the highly publicized recall, KWGN Channel 2 undercover cameras found car after car with the same unfixed ignition switch recall for sale on used car lots across the Front Range.
“Currently in Colorado, there is no requirement that a dealer double check to make sure that there’s an open recall on the vehicle,” said Todd O’Connell, Executive Director of the Colorado Independent Auto Dealers Association.
“Open recalls are one of the most rampant issues involved with used cars right now,” said Christopher Basso a spokesperson for Carfax.
According to Carfax, the company that traces vehicle histories, 3.5 million cars with open recalls were listed for sale online last year. More than 62,000 of those vehicles were listed in Colorado.
Although most dealers offer vehicle history reports, some of those reports don’t include recall information. In fact, only one of four dealers FOX31 visited claimed to know the car they were selling needed a fix.
Though you can call a dealership for recall information you can also find out in seconds online and all you need is the make of the car and the VIN number.
“Both buyers and sellers have access to resources that are free that can tell them about unfixed recalls on used cars,” Basso said.
Manufacturers all offer their own recall search pages and most also share their data with Carfax, which has created an easy to use, free recall search page.
Though buyers should take advantage of the free resources, O’Connell says dealers also need to utilize them and pass along the information to customers.
“Reputable dealers will disclose everything they know about the vehicle,” O’Connell said. “It just is a win win for every scenario to have the consumer know about it or have the dealer already have it fixed.”
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Rapper Soulja Boy has been making waves in recent wakes by selling his own line of bizzarre knockoff consoles. While one might admire his entrepreneurial spirit, the problem is that these consoles are loaded with pirated games.
These cheaply made boxes come preloaded with games from the Mega Drive, NES, SNES, and even PlayStation, and there hasn’t been any confirmation that Soulja managed to crank out any kind of licensing deals with the companies who actually own the games.
Any gamer worth his or her salt will of course know that Nintendo is fiercely protective of its IPs, so it won’t come as a shock to learn that the house of Mario are reportedly already taking legal action against the rapper.
According to MTO News, Nintendo has sent a letter to Soulja Boy, informing him that the design for one his consoles – the one that looks exactly like a classic Game Boy Colour – violates the Trademark Counterfeiting Act.
The offending console is called the Retro SouljaBoy Mini, and you can take a look at it for yourself below. Look familiar?
Nintendo have yet to confirm themselves whether or not they’ve begun legal proceedings against Soulja Boy over his console business, but I think it’s pretty obvious that they’ve got grounds to do so – not just over the design of the console, but the illegal ROMS too.
According to the Trademark Counterfeiting Act, “Imprisonment for the first offence is up to 10 years, and up to 20 years for repeat offenders.” I personally doubt it’d get to jail time, although this case will certainly cost Soulja Boy a hefty stack of cash if true.
Ewan Moore is a journalist at UNILAD Gaming who still quite hasn’t gotten out of his mid 00’s emo phase. After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a BA in Journalism & Media Studies (thanks for asking), he went on to do some freelance words for various places, including Kotaku, Den of Geek, and TheSixthAxis, before landing a full time gig at UNILAD in 2016.


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Samsung, LG Introduce New Mobile TV Techs
Samsung and LG have both recently announced competing technologies for local mobile TV on mobile phones. Unlike the MediaFLO national network that uses dedicated spectrum and is run by Qualcomm, these new technologies are designed to let local TV stations in the US use their "leftover" digital TV radio spectrum to broadcast TV directly to mobile phones. The technology will therefore provide local news, weather and sports content not available from MediaFLO. Samsung's technology is called A-VSB, while LG's proposed alternative is dubbed MPH.
Qualcomm Debuts Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning Tech
Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon Sense ID, a new fingerprint scanning technology that makes a 3D map of a fingerprint using ultrasonic technology. It's designed to integrate into phone bezels.
Google News to Highlight Local Sources
Google has updated its Google News product across all platforms with improved visibility of locally-sourced stories. The local source tag in Google News highlights local news outlets that have covered large, national news stories.
Samsung and The Weather Channel Team Up for Galaxy App
Samsung and The Weather Channel have created an exclusive weather app only for owners of Galaxy-branded smartphones. The Weather Channel App for Samsung offers features the regular Weather Channel app does not include.
AT&T to Mandate Working FM Radios In Android Handsets
AT&T has requested that all its handset manufacturer partners include functional FM radios in their Android smartphones by 2016. Further, the company is asking its OEM partners to enable any FM radios that may be dormant inside existing handsets.
T-Mobile Says It Will Start Using 600 MHz Spectrum This Year
"T-Mobile now has the largest swath of unused low-band spectrum in the country," said T-Mobile CEO John Legere about the company's 600 MHz auction winnings. The company successfully won an average of 31 MHz (ranging between 20 MHz and 50 MHz) of the 70 MHz low-band spectrum auctioned off by TV stations and the FCC.


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When it was first unveiled to the world back at IFA 2016, the Acer Swift 7 has captured a lot of attention due to its highly slim profile at 9.98mm. As it turns out, the company has managed to come out with an even thinner laptop for the next iteration of the laptop.
Also known by its SF714-51T model, the laptop’s unibody aluminum chassis is now features 8.98 mm profile. At the same time, the new model also features a bigger 14-inch full HD IPS touchscreen display as opposed to the 13.3-inch display on its predecessor. Acer has also installed Corning Gorilla Glass NBT on the laptop’s display and touchpad.
Interestingly, Acer has chosen to equip the 2018 Swift 7 laptop with 7th Gen Intel Core i7 processor instead of the more updated 8th Gen chip. Alongside the chip is 256GB of PCIe-based solid state drive and 8GB LPDDR3 RAM alongside fingerprint reader.
With the help of a built-in Intel XMM modem, the 2018 Swift 7 also comes with LTE connectivity. Based on the initial information from Acer, the laptop also supports both Nano SIM card and eSIM although we believe this option most likely depends on respective markets.
The new 2018 Acer Swift 7 will be first released in North America this coming March before making its way to EMEA regions in April. Price-wise, it will start at USD 1699 (about RM 6672) and EU 1699 (about RM 8027) for each respective markets.
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Payment settlements on the basis of Bitcoin started off with a boom last year however the boom is fading away because of the two major reasons i.e. gradually declining value of Bitcoin and Tesla’s suspension of Bitcoin payment mechanism, says Bitpay.
Bitcoin first became a payment settler in the year 2020, which took more than 11 years after Bitcoin’s launch. Bitcoin use for payment settlements started off really well however it very soon started to decline the reason being its rising value. When Bitcoin passed the value of US$ 10,000, its use as payment declined. But Bitcoin payment mechanism started to swell especially in 2020.
In 2020, Bitcoin payment settlement went mainstream. Later in 2021, companies such as Tesla Inc. also made good use of Bitcoin by introducing a Bitcoin payment mechanism. However, by the year 2021, Bitcoin use as payment reduced considerably from 93% to 65%. One of the major reasons for this reduction was again the high value of Bitcoin. Secondly, when Tesla Inc. incorporated Bitcoin as a payment mechanism, it took only 2 months for it to suspend the mechanism. Tesla stopped the Bitcoin payment option because it grew concerns over the Bitcoin mining process, which was criticized for not being environmentally friendly.
Now a study regarding the use of Bitcoin as payment settlement has been carried out by Bitpay. According to Bitpay, Bitcoin use for payments has reduced by 28% since 2020. In 2020, Bitcoin payment was at its peak with an average of 93%. However, the average reduced to 65% only in 2021. Bitpay is of the view that this reduction is because of other ‘not very expensive’ cryptocurrencies joining the payment arena.
In addition, several stablecoins obtaining the capability of being used as payment settlement is also one of the causes of reduction. Similarly, some meme coins also joined the arena which also impacted heavily upon the Bitcoin payment option. Bitpay is of the view that currently, Ethereum is the number one crypto that is being widely adopted as a payment settler. In the estimation of Bitpay, 15% of global crypto payments are being settled on the basis of Ether coins. Thereafter, it is the stablecoin sector which is covering 13% of overall purchases while meme coins are covering 3% of the purchases.
However, overall crypto payment is rising with the passage of time but the dominance of Bitcoin has been fading away. At the same time, fluctuations in the values of cryptocurrencies also impact crypto payments. When there is a price surge then there is an increase in crypto payment as well. Similarly, if the values are going down then crypto payment also declines.
Bitpay has been one of the most prominent platforms where purchases on the basis of cryptocurrencies take place. However, the platform is lagging behind payment giants such as PayPal and Visa Inc.


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(Updated at 12:13 p.m.) Republic Kolache, D.C.’s buzzy pop-up kolache shop, will sling pastries at American Ice Company (917 V St. NW) for the last time on May 28, the company announced via email this morning.
“It’s been a good run,” the “bittersweet” announcement reads. “From the wild turnout on our opening day last August, to the great fun we’ve had collaborating with guest chefs on kolache flavors, to the simple ritual of sharing kolaches and coffee with so many of you each week — getting our little kolache bakery off the ground at American Ice has been an immensely gratifying process.”
The company announced it will also end its pop-up shop at Union Market the same weekend. But the kolache company isn’t down for the count:
“We’re actively working on finding a permanent brick and mortar home for Republic Kolache,” the announcement reads. Furthermore, the company is slated to launch a late night weekend kolache pop-up at Dacha in Shaw on Friday, June 3.
Big news! @RepublicKolache now available Fridays and Saturdays at Compass! Try a Half Smoke or Tex-Mex Saag Paneer. pic.twitter.com/yo19Jzku0W
— Compass Coffee (@CompassCoffeeDC) March 18, 2016
Republic Kolache’s Texas-style pastries are now available at two more locations in Shaw.
Customers can order half smoke, saag paneer or other kolaches at Compass Coffee’s shops in Shaw (1535 7th St. NW) and The Shay (1921 8th St. NW) on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 7 a.m., the coffee company announced this morning.
Sweet and savory Czech pastries might soon be headed to a neighborhood near you.
Last month, Glen’s Garden Market in Shaw added Republic Kolache to its vendor list, meaning patrons can pick up the Texan treats at 1924 8th St. NW each weekend.
According to Republic Kolache co-founder Chris Svetlik, Glen’s carries the company’s cream cheese and pecan and spiced apple flavors between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Kolaches will also soon be found in Union Market (1309 5th St. NE), according to Washington City Paper. Republic Kolache will sell pastries at the market between Feb. 13 and early March — and possibly even longer — the City Paper learned.
The pastries are also currently sold at American Ice Company (917 V St. NW) on Saturdays.
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‘Thank you, Donald Trump.’
Members of the recent New Crop Mission to Asia didn’t say those exact words. But the fallout from the belligerent U.S. president’s trade war with China is definitely one of the pluses that members of the mission encountered.
“The big difference this year is the trade environment,” Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl said in an early-morning phone call from Shenzhen, China on Nov. 22.
The crop missions are a joint effort by Cereals Canada and the Canadian International Grains Institute (with support from the Canadian Grain Commission) that sees industry reps, including farmers, visit a host of countries in November and December.
One of them was Terry Young, a Lacombe-area producer and Alberta Wheat director.
Although his team travelled to Japan and Indonesia, China’s shunning of U.S. grain was very much top of mind. Young was struck by comments from a senior Canadian grain merchandising official from a major grain company, who was also on that mission. He estimated China’s wheat purchases will top 600,000 tonnes by the end of the year, a 50 per cent jump over 2017.
The trade war between China and the United States is huge, added Dahl.
“That’s changing the name of the game in Asia.”
Another difference this year is the new Trans-Pacific trade deal, particularly the lowering of tariffs on wheat from Canada and Australia, two of the 11 member nations in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.
However, the U.S. is not a member and — again — it goes back to Trump. One of his first acts after taking office was to withdraw from the deal.
“As of Dec. 30, that markup for Canada or Australia begins to decline by 16 per cent,” said Dahl. “It comes down by that amount. It doesn’t for the U.S. because it’s not part of the (agreement).
“We will have a major advantage going into Japan.”
Yet another factor is supply. While Mother Nature gave Prairie farmers a rough ride this year, she hammered Australia.
Severe drought has cut overall crop production in Australia by a quarter, with wheat production in the key wheat-growing area of New South Wales falling 65 per cent below the 20-year average.
“This year, the trade was somewhat on edge because Australia doesn’t have much of a crop to export,” said Young. “The only good-quality milling wheat is actually in North America this year. The Black Sea region doesn’t have great quality. So the only good crop is in North America.”
During the meetings Young attended, Japanese buyers were quite concerned that Canada would not have enough No. 1-quality wheat for them. They were also concerned about the price and the grade.
“They were never concerned about anything else, other than those three items,” he said. “Normally you get questions around deoxynivalenol (the mycotoxin caused by fusarium) in wheat.”
Japan bought 1.6 million tonnes last crop year, and is probably going to take well over two million this year, said Young.
Indonesia is very stable in its requirements, purchasing 1.7 million tonnes annually, mostly No. 2 wheat, he added.
“They like the Canadian characteristics of CWRS, they blend it with inferior wheats,” said Young. “They see value in that because CWRS has a lot of blending capacity. That’s why they use a lot of it.”
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Helping global wheat buyers fully understand what Canada can offer is at the heart of the missions, he added.
Young pointed to seminars for millers, bakers, and importers in both Japan and Indonesia, along with individual meetings with some of Japan’s bigger millers.
“When you’re in an individual meeting, there’s a lot more dialogue and there are no trade secrets,” he said. “It’s just a big group of millers and bakers. We do accommodate the millers and bakers in a separate meeting one on one so we can get their true evaluation. When you’re bringing over one million tonnes and are milling it, that’s huge.
“That’s one person taking an excessive amount of product. You’ve got to satisfy their needs.”
In Asia, establishing a relationship is critical to most trade deals, said Dahl. And the team approach is uniquely Canadian.
“Farmers come on all the missions and that sets the Canadians apart,” he said. “Other countries do things similarly, but Canada is the only country that takes the whole value chain.”
Various teams will travel to 17 countries in Latin America, West Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
“This is a significant undertaking,” said Dahl. “These are all the major customers that buy Canadian wheat. It is part of our customer service package.
“It’s to help our very good customers understand the quality of this year’s crop, and that the Canadian industry and the Canadian value chain is there to support them.”
Farmers from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba will all be involved.
“We have the chairs of all three provincial commissions,” he said. “We have the chair of the Western Grains Research Foundation, so we’ve got good representation from farmers.”
Young said some producers have asked him why these missions are important.
“First of all, it’s information from us to them about our crop — the millers and bakers don’t want to spend a whole lot of time trying to find the best way to mill or bake our crop this year,” he said. “Secondly, there are more of these countries that buy our product and they trust in the product.
“That’s why the farmers go. We grow the product and they want to know how we grow it, they want to know our sustainability, they want to know how we store it, and that we store it in a safe manner.
“We are the start of the value chain for them.”


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28/08/2010 by Sarah Ritchie
From The Nelson Mail (August 2010): “[Fashion] Designers who are most revered in the industry are those who push the boundaries. Trends never begin as safe, expected versions of what everyone is wearing anyway. In this way, fashion is to be revered for the way it pushes us outside of our comfort zone.”
From New Zealand designer Karen Walker: “It is the job of a fashion designer to challenge our own idea of what’s current – to question everything comfortable.”
Fashion designers do it. Artisans do it. I would like to do it too…to attain the skill and confidence level to begin “pushing the boundary edges”. It will be those who perfect their “edgecraft” (as Seth Godin puts it) that will truly make an impact on people.


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SRI LANKA: Apparel manufacturers face continuing challenges
The body representing Sri Lanka's clothing manufacturers says the sector continues to be challenged by the loss of trade preferences to the EU, labour shortages and cost of energy.
Speaking at the ninth annual meeting of the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), outgoing chairman A Sukumaran said the apparel industry reached its US$4bn export target in 2011 and is focused on growing this to US$5bn by 2015.
But he emphasised that Sri Lanka does not get any preferential treatment from its major markets, whereas competitors such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia and Vietnam "are continuing to negotiate preferential agreements".
Sri Lanka was removed from the European Union's GSP+ scheme in 2010, which had previously entitled it to duty-free exports to the EU.
"Under the new GSP regulation, EU authorities have tightened beneficiary country obligations and these countries are now expected to undertake binding commitments to report to monitoring bodies on conventions, two-year reviews and reporting to the EU Parliament and Council by the Commission, and the burden of proof in the event of an investigation is now passed to the beneficiary countries," said Sukumaran.
"A conscious study of these new dimensions of requirements/obligations needs to be done in deciding our course of action on [trying to reinstate] GSP+, towards obtaining a positive response from the EU."
He added the industry's proposals for a regulatory framework for anti-competitive practices in logistics services has been accepted, but is yet to be implemented.
He also notes labour is becoming more scarce due to competition from the emergence of other sectors, and that energy prices "are also a challenge."
On the positive side, opportunities for Sri Lanka's apparel sector are being created in the domestic market and through the development of hub operations in the country. Sukumaran called on the industry to tap into emerging markets, as well as increase their share in traditional ones.
"A concerted effort to increase our market share in the traditional market is a major challenge. We are ethical and are going green; that is the path of sustainability in this market. Simultaneously, a framework for penetrating into other emerging markets particularly China and India needs to be pursued aggressively," he said.
Sukumaran is stepping down as JAAF chairman after three and a half years in the role. He will be replaced by former deputy chairman Azeem Ismail.
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ROTHESAY — One of Saint John’s most popular restaurants has opened a second location in Rothesay.
Splash, a go-to place for Thai food in the city, has opened a second location in Rothesay at 35 Lacey Drive. The new location, called Splash-To-Go, aims to translate the food and quality of the sit-down restaurant to the take-out experience.
“We had customers that were always saying, ‘Oh you guys should open something in the Valley.’ It was always a little poke, something we kept hearing,” says John Likourgiotis, who co-owns Splash with his brother, Chris. “We wanted to do something more but we weren’t quite sure.”
But as take-out orders at the Rothesay Avenue location started to increase, the businesses next moved became clear.
“Our takeout business was growing and growing to the point where we felt like we needed a second location, as opposed to trying to grow the first location to the point that it could accommodate the extra load,” says Likourgiotis.
“We were always looking for a new adventure as far as doing something new and fresh.”
Though the new Rothesay location does have counter seating for those looking to have a quick meal there, its focus is to provide quality Splash take-out dishes.
“If somebody wants to come in and order something, take it and sit down and eat on the counter, they can do that. But we purposefully wanted to keep it so that we don’t get involved in a dining-room setting,” says Likourgiotis.
“We just felt the market out here in the Valley was more conducive to take out. I like to think we’ve built a very nice atmosphere on Rothesay Avenue and if somebody did want to come and eat-in, then we have a location to do that.”
The new location will be easy to access for residents in Rothesay, Quispamsis, Hampton, French Village and even Norton.
“Right now, we do have a lot of people who stop into Rothesay Avenue for takeout on the way home, so we do anticipate a slight loss in business from the Rothesay Avenue location,” says Likourgiotis. “But at the same time, we’re providing something to our customers and hopefully potential new customers, which is the convenience of having something that’s closer to home.”
Since opening in 2011, Splash has created a large base of loyal customers. Under the direction of head chef Phongsri Nilkamhaeng, the restaurant has the reputation of offering fresh, flavourful Thai dishes made-to-order. Likourgiotis credits that, along with Splash’s over atmosphere and service, to its popularity.
“Splash is a restaurant where everything is made fresh-to-order. I have three people in on a daily basis starting at 9 a.m. to take care of just prep,” he says. “For instance, the spring rolls, they’re made and hand-rolled every day. The chicken is cut on a daily basis, the vegetables are cut on a daily basis. I think people see that and they appreciate that.”
Splash-To-Go has that same consistency in both food quality and service. Its staff has already undergone training for months at the Rothesay Avenue location to perfect dishes and recipes. A lot of its sauces and appetizers will be prepared at the Rothesay Avenue location too, to ensure the quality and taste customers expect.
“It’s a take-out, but we’ve taken a lot of time and effort and money in order to design and build it so that it’s reflective of the food we serve,” says Likourgiotis.


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Network Associates Inc.s Sniffer division is adding support for high-speed wireless LAN networks.
Starting this week, the companys Sniffer Wireless protocol analyzer will be able to troubleshoot for both 802.11b and 802.11a networks.
Previously the Sniffer line of wireless security management products supported only 802.11b networks, which offer data transfer rates of up to 11M bps. 802.11a offers rates of up to 54M bps. Corporate customers have indicated plans to mix and match the networks and had been asking for security products that support both, officials said.
"Its for rogue mobile unit detection," said Rich Van de Groenekan, senior product manager at Network Associates in Santa Clara, Calif. "It gathers a list of all the wireless devices, whether theyre access units or mobile devices, and labels them as such."
Beyond finding access points that blatantly dont belong in a network, Sniffer Wireless also detects roaming configurations that are set up wrong or access points that are too overloaded, officials said.
Customers said that innocent mistakes are often more of an issue than deliberate rogues.
"The bigger things are access points that are not configured appropriately or inappropriately engineered wireless networks," said Bob Flack, corporate systems engineer for Avaya Inc., in Basking Ridge, N.J., which has set up wireless LANs for several Fortune 500 companies. "[Sniffer Wireless] lets us do instant analysis for our enterprise customers and fix their existing networks."
Network Associates also has plans to support 802.11g, another wireless LAN protocol, which supports high-speed data rates in the same frequency range as 802.11b. 802.11a runs in a separate frequency band, which renders it not backward compatible with 802.11b. Flack said Avaya customers have been asking about 802.11g, but the protocol has yet to be ratified by the IEEE and neither company plans to support it before next spring.
Sniffer Wireless for 802.11a will cost $9,995, the same as the current 802.11b product.


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A unique sporting showcase will take place over Memorial Day weekend when 20 of the world’s greatest bowlers return to downtown Chicago for a unique team competition at upscale 10PIN bowling lounge in the landmark Marina City complex. The GEICO PBA Team Shootout, the fifth annual PBA Summer Series special event, will result in more than 15 hours of national television on ESPN and ESPN2 over the summer and will be the first PBA event held in Chicago in 47 years.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is driving more consumers to something that had previously been slow to catch on: online grocery ordering.
A new report from consumer packaged goods sales and marketing agency Acosta found that 28% of online grocery shoppers made their first-ever online grocery order in March due to the virus. Also, many consumers who had previously ordered groceries online reported ordering more frequently: Of the 36% of shoppers who ordered groceries online for store pick-up, 33% reported making more orders in March. And of the 38% who ordered groceries online for home delivery, 37% reported making more orders in March.
In the survey, which was conducted at the end of March, 65% of respondents reporting they have changed their shopping habits due to COVID-19. That’s up from just 23% in Acosta’s previous survey, which was conducted early on in the crisis.
The report, gathered via online surveys between March 20 and 29, provides insight into shoppers’ changing habits, as well as recommendations for retailers and brands, including:
• When comparing channel shopping behaviors, many shoppers reported going to stores less frequently, especially mass merchandisers. Among those who shopped at a mass merchandiser in March, 47% reported making fewer trips.
• Stocking up is becoming more commonplace. More shoppers indicated purchasing pantry food items in addition to cleaning items/paper products compared to Acosta’s previous survey. About half of U.S. shoppers said they made an additional stock-up grocery trip in the past week.
• Eighty-eight percent of shoppers experienced out-of-stocks, and of those shoppers, 47% found a substitute for half or more of their unavailable items.
Acosta advised retailers to continue to implement solutions that reduce the risk of shopper and employee transmission of the virus, such as aisle flow solutions and expanded cashier-less checkout options.
Retailers should expand online ordering fulfillment and pick-up/delivery time slots in order to meet the needs of new e-commerce shoppers who prefer not to shop in the store, the company said.


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Nokia's New Symbian S^4 Steps up Efforts to Compete With Apple IPhone
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A first glance at the new Symbian S^4 mobile OS
Nokia steps up its game with Symbian S^4
While Nokia still carries weight in the mobile arena, it did suffer a difficult 2009, a year after its
acquisiton of Symbian Software
. With the new year, however, Nokia looks to step up its game with a completely redesigned mobile OS, Symbian S^4.
With the advent of this OS, the new mobile chief, Rick Simonson
released a statement
in which he claimed that Nokia’s "efforts will start producing results, as we will be at par with Apple and RIM in smartphones."
These efforts have become much more apparent recently with the release of a concept proposal which is open to the public and clearly outlines technical features of the new mobile OS.
Within this document Nokia describes
to be presented by the OS that are common with
. The most notable of these features include the clean new look and moveability of the home screen (similar to the Android), a lack of exit commands comparable to Palm’s webOS, and a customizable application library reminiscent of the iPhone.
Nokia also adds some other unique features, allowing Symbian S^4 to stand apart from the competition and addressing user input regarding the current OS. Complaints concerning system lag have been resolved in the proposal, where applications will not run in the background, preserving system memory. Additionally, the OS will feature movable widgets and menu bars, allowing further customization by the user, and an overall cleaner look.
Symbian developers are looking for user input on the conceptual design of the new S^4 OS, creating an open opportunity for users to shape the next Nokia OS. The forum can be found
, and includes several informative links, including the link to the full proposal.
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RE: No Multitasking?
1/16/2010 3:23:00 AM
I've used Symbian phones for years and they run apps in the background just fine.
Having said I understand Apple's solution to current battery and resource limitations. The iPhone 3GS in particular by virtue of speed makes resuming into an application just a little slower than switching between running applications.
At the end of the day I see the real benefit of multitasking in the quick switching between apps that it provides. I don't really see myself needing to keep anything running in the background on a smartphone except for music and location services. Years ago we were running web servers on our N95s. Yes, it is cool but why would anyone actually do that? The battery dies in about 3 hours and there are better ways to run a webpage or get data from a device onto the internet than to actually run the webserver on the device itself. Such things were a proof of concept and maybe induced a "nerd boner" but that's about it.
I don't care if it "truly" multitasks or whatever the heck makes it go, just let me switch between my last 5 used apps in a split second and I'm game.
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Jenna Lyons, president and executive creative director, is stepping down from the struggling retailer. She will remain with J.Crew as a creative advisor until her contract expires in December 2017.
Lyons, a 26-year J. Crew veteran, has been in her current position since 2012, and held various design positions prior to that. She started to take on a higher profile after Millard “Mickey” Drexler arrived as CEO in 2003, becoming a style icon in fashion circles with her signature geek-chic look, complete with oversized black glasses.
Lyons’ departure comes as J.Crew struggles with weak sales in its namesake brand and a heavy debt load. Total company revenues decreased 3% to $2.4 billion in 2016; J.Crew brand sales were down 6% with a 5% decline in same-store sales.
The retailer said it does not plan…


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India said April 18 it has raised its forecast for steel production, which it expects will expand threefold by 2015 as companies raise output to take advantage of surging domestic and overseas demand. "The government had estimated a production capacity of 65 million tons by 2010-2011 but now these estimates have been revised to 80 million tons," Steel Secretary R. S. Pandey said.
"Given a conducive mineral policy framework, this country should be producing 120 million tons by 2015-2016 and 180 million tons by 2019-2020," Pandey told the Press Trust of India.
India is currently the world's seventh-largest producer with a capacity of 44 million tons while China is at the top with a capacity of 418 million tons.
Indian steel producers are adding capacity to feed demand led by auto makers and construction companies in an economy expanding at an annual pace of 9%.
South Korean steel-making giant POSCO has signed an agreement to set up a $12 billion plant in the eastern Indian state of Orissa which will produce 12 million tons by 2020. Arcelor Mittal, in December signed an agreement with Orissa to build an $8.7 billion production plant in the ore-rich state.
Indian companies are also expanding overseas to increase their size and reach. India's Essar group on April 16 said it had signed an agreement to buy Canadian steelmaker Algoma for $1.58 billion and earlier this year Tata Steel acquired Anglo-Dutch firm Corus for $ 13.7 billion.
"Tables have turned and Indian companies are on buying spree abroad and they are acquiring companies of much bigger size than theirs," said Pandey. "We are growing much faster at about 1.5 times what we had anticipated," he said but rejected fears of a glut in the domestic market.
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Polish meat plant shut down after using ROTTEN meat in their sausages
- Processing plant in Poland used rotten meat
- All work halted after allegations by television show
- Workers claim meat from rotten sausages were cleaned, dried and added to new products
A meat processing plant in northern Poland has been shut down after it was discovered using rotten meat in their products.
Health and safety inspectors halted all work today after a television program exposed dodgy practices at the factory, and alleged that expired products were used.
Footage of green-hued sausages was broadcast on Polish channel TVN24 and an anonymous staff member said that 'tons of old meat' was added to new products instead of being destroyed.
Bad practice: Production has been halted at the Polish meat processing plant after they were 'exposed' using rotten products in their sausages
Another worker can be heard saying the green sausages would be 'cleaned, dried and added to new products'.
Deputy chief veterinarian Krzysztof Jazdzewski said today that inspectors immediately went to the plant and closed its meat processing section.
A thorough inspection has been started at the plant, which, he said was called ‘Viola.’
TVN24 later said that the management of the plant in question has denied that stale meat has ever been added to its products.
‘There are no grounds for the allegations,’ TVN24 quoted from a letter that was signed by Krzysztof Miecinski, identified as the president of the board of managers.
Health risk: Footage of green-hued sausages were shown alongside interviews with members of staff claiming the factory #cleans, dries and re-uses' old meat
Jazdzewski could not immediately confirm TVN24's allegations but said the program showed procedures that violate the law and that could be harmful to consumers.
It showed old meat stored together with fresh meat, which usually leads to bacterial contamination of the fresh meat and of the entire storage area.
Another problem he heard mentioned in the program was that processed meat was frozen and then de-frosted.
Jazdzewski said there have been no signals previously of irregularities at the plant and that a separate investigation has been opened to explain that.
The plant exports to European Union markets, although it is not clear whether the UK has been exposed to any rotten products from the factory.
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