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Indian Farmer’s Company Integrates Blockchain Technology
One of India’s largest farmers’ companies has combined blockchain technology in an attempt to introduce traceability and boost income. Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company will enable the customers to trace their produce from the farm to their dinner plate. The company has been digitizing its supply chain as it attempts to comply with food safety standards, the chairman Vilas Shinde said in a statement. Blockchain developed as the most suitable for the company’s requirements as it improves trust between all the stakeholders, he stated.
By utilizing blockchain, Sahyadri will give the customers greater choice as they will be capable of tracking their food, from the quality of the seeds utilized to the harvesting, packaging, and distribution. This will be done by the simple scanning of a QR code on the product. The benefits of blockchain will be for the customers, but for the farmers, Shinde said in a statement. The farmers will also get to track their produce along the supply chain, including such details as to where the product is sold and at what price.
Recently, the company guarantees farmers a 25% share of the retail price for the produce it sells. Nevertheless, by combining blockchain technology, it will be capable of giving the farmers up to 50% share of the final price. Blockchain will decrease the costs originating from friction along the supply chain and cut down the middlemen who take a big piece of the farmer’s earnings.
The application of blockchain in agriculture has proliferated in recent years. According to Indian research firm MarketsandMarkets, the market has been increasing at a CAGR of 47.8%. The firm anticipated that this market would be worth $430 million in 2023. The Asia Pacific stands out as the region with the most active growth in this sector. For Australian farmers, blockchain will now be part of a one-stop farming solutions experience following a collaboration between Farm in One and MetaStreme. Farm in One allows farmers to manage all their processes on a single platform, from irrigation to spraying, mapping to monitoring.
By associating with leading Bitcoin SV wallet service MetaStreme, the company will now penetrate the data-rich Weather SV. The platform will enable the farmers to use this data to shape their activities and, consequently, maximize their profits.


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Why Telos decided the time is now for its IPO
- By Ross Wilkers
- Nov 19, 2020
Let the record show that, according to my research, the first trade of cybersecurity company Telos Corp.’s stock on the NASDAQ exchange took place Thursday at 11:14 a.m. Eastern time.
Also let the record show that Telos ended day one of its initial public offering up 19 percent to $20.29.
Telos officially marks the government market’s third public exchange listing in two years following Parsons Corp.’s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019 and PAE’s direct entry to the NASDAQ in February.
So why does Telos want public investors to participate in its five-decade old journey, particularly when many business leaders in all sectors are open about why they would rather keep their company off the exchanges?
“We’ve always bootstrapped the growth that we had, we were interested in how receptive Wall Street would be and the institutional investor community would be to our story,” Telos CEO John Wood told me Thursday.
Any kind of public listing via an IPO or other method brings a fourth group of stakeholders in public investors to tell one’s story to on top of employees, customers and other companies to partner with and/or compete against.
Wood said Ashburn, Virginia-based Telos’ story centers around products and broader solution offerings that help government and large commercial enterprises ensure trust in their on-premise, cloud-based and hybrid IT environments.
Telos’ three major flagship products are what Wood is touting to Wall Street and also highlighted to me in our conversation as key to its story:
- Xacta for automating security compliance requirements to get permission for cloud migrations
- Telos Ghost to create misattribution and obfuscation in order to hide from hackers
- ID Trust 360 to automate continuous background vetting for evaluating peoples’ trustworthiness
Telos on Thursday offered a $254 million stake to the public markets. That figure represents the total value of common stock the company is offering to its underwriters, who then make the shares available for investors to buy.
Debt paydowns and stock conversion are on the to-do list for using the proceeds, but there is also the matter of Telos investing in itself for the next phase of growth.
Wood said much of Telos’ investments prior to the IPO have focused on scaling its products and delivering them, but much less so on the sales and marketing side of the house.
Eight Telos employees today are identified as those responsible for sales with another six support people working alongside them. Wood told me Telos plans to use some of the proceeds to double that group to 28 total people, then multiply that number times two again.
For the Xacta and Ghost products specifically, those are intended to reach customers through channel partnerships. Wood said Telos’ channel includes the cloud infrastructure providers, companies whose services are wrapped around that hosting capability, internet service providers and resellers.
One part of that partnership story highlighted in Telos’ registration filing, and by Wood to me, is Telos’ collaboration with Amazon Web Services and the CIA in 2016 to retool Xacta for that agency’s implementation of AWS’ commercial cloud.
“For (the CIA) to create this body of evidence that they’re operating in a secure way, they were doing it manually, there were 1,100 controls they had to check, and that took two-and-a-half years,” Wood said. “After we retooled Xacta and they implemented it both at Amazon and the CIA, we were able to push new workloads into the cloud short of seven days.”
From Telos’ point-of-view, they see a clear path to further growth and improved profitability given that half of its revenue comes from contracts either sole-source or with limited competition along with what Wood called “100 percent customer referenceability.”
That figure of 100 percent also describes another aspect of Telos, specifically its work to get ready for the IPO and then to tell its story to investors after the decision to go down that path.
A typical public listing involves a great deal of travel on the so-called “road show” to meet individual and institutional investors, then at some point company executives get to ring the bell at the NYSE or NASDAQ in New York City to mark the accomplishment.
Not so in this year of the coronavirus. Just like for mergers and acquisitions, every meeting to move Telos’ IPO along took place virtually. The number of physical meetings was a grand total of zero.
While Wood conceded “it’s a crazy process,” the virtual nature for this specific process made everything easier.
“That’s probably the biggest takeaway from me, that aspect of doing business as many aspects of doing business have gone virtual, that may become the way it happens in the future,” Wood said. “While nothing beats an in-person meeting, it was good enough.”
Telos management did get to ring the NASDAQ’s closing bell at 4 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. Remotely.
Ross Wilkers is a senior staff writer for Washington Technology. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org. Follow him on Twitter: @rosswilkers. Also connect with him on LinkedIn.

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With Christmas having just passed, we wanted to make a quick post outlining some of the popular emo hairstyles and emo news over the past year. Our emo hair gallery has been more popular than ever in the past year with hundreds of new images submitted.
You may have gotten a lot of Christmas presents, such as straighteners, highlighters, clips, rosehip oil etc. For those of you who didn’t get one of those Arducopters or DJI phantom drones for Christmas, perhaps you got a number of hair makeover kits, like featured in this video. Either way, let’s just say that any hair makeover product is likely to be less dangerous than those drones! But what hairstyles have been popular in 2014, and what do you need to look out for in 2015?
Pinterest has skyrocketed in popularity in 2014, with more and more emo girls and emo boys posting pictures of either their favorite outfit, or their favorite emo hairstyles. Here are a few below:
We have noticed that a lot of emo girls have dyed their hair purple, pink, cyan or other more unusual colours in the past year.
The Pinterest board for emo scene hair received 900 new photos over the past 12 months, and we have also noticed a number of new celebrities adopting emo hairstyles, such as Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande, temporarily.
However, rather than cutting it short or medium and keeping it spikey either at the top or on the sides, more emo girls have opted to grow out their hair and then dye it with a combination of highlights and lowlights, such as in the picture to the right.
It is likely that the trend in 2015 for emo hairstyles will keep going up. We have already seen male celebrities such as the One Direction boys adopting scene hair. However, I think that the greatest change will come in the number of emo girls who will want to straighten their hair and buy a couple of hair products, in order to achieve the emo looks that are now so popular on Pinterest and even Instagram!


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Four pitches remain in DC’s competition that allows fans to choose their next title.
DC Comics has opened up voting for round three of their Round Robin competition, where fans vote on which comic book concept they’d like to see made and published. They’ve also released preview pages for each of the four concepts to give you a better sense as to what exactly you’re voting for.
The competition started about a month ago, as DC pitted 16 comic book pitches against each other, March Madness style, and let fans vote on the one they wanted to see become a real comic. After two round of voting, they’ve narrowed it down to four pitches:
A round-up of news from DC, Marvel, Oni Press and more.
Mail Call is a roundup of the announcements we’ve received from comics publishers in our mailboxes recently that we haven’t already covered. Hit the links for more information.
DC Comics released their May solicitations on Friday, and with them came several announcements and reveals throughout the week. In addition to the new Wonder Girl, Mister Miracle and Future State: Gotham projects, DC announced they will release two interesting one-shots — the first being Star Girl one-shot, featuring not only the star of the hit CW show, but also the Seven Soldiers of Victory. It’s by the character’s co-creator, Geoff Johns, and artist Todd Nauck.
New comics arrive this week from W. Maxwell Prince, Terry Moore, Chris Claremont, Darick Robertson and more.
Welcome to Can’t Wait for Comics, your guide each week to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.
This week brings another wave of both DC’s Future State and King in Black tie-in titles, as well as debuts from Terry Moore and W. Maxwell Prince, as well as tribute comic to Uncanny X-Men scribe Chris Claremont.
Check out a few of our recommendations below, or visit ComicList for this week’s full list of new comics arriving in stores, and the comiXology new releases page for what’s available digitally.
DC held several panels at Brazil’s CCXP to announce new titles, creative team changes and more.
For two months, DC will focus on the future of the DC Universe as they present DC Future State in January and February. Limited series starring future version sof Superman, Batman, Wonder and more will temporarily replace their regular titles.
Come March, though, many of the creators bringing Future State to life will stay on to work on the ongoing titles as well. DC revealed many of these creative changes during CCXP, a big comics convention held in Brazil. This year, the event was held virtually, of course, and DC used it as an opportunity to highlight several of these changes.
Here’s a rundown of what we know so far on what to expect from DC’s regular line-up when it returns in March after their two-month hiatus:
(Note: I’ve updated this based on the press release from DC that came out Dec. 7, with new details and artwork)
See what the Smash Pages crew has checked off their ‘to read’ list lately.
Welcome to What Are You Reading?, our weekly look at what the Smash Pages crew has been reading lately.
Most of the comics in this edition came out this past week, so if you’re curious about new comics, we have some thoughts. Although a couple of older books managed to squeeze their way in between the Empyres and Green Lanterns.
Let us know what you read this week in the comments.
New comics and graphic novels arrive this week from Jeffrey Brown, Dan Slott, RB Silva, Mark Waid, Grant Morrison, Chris Claremont, Nick Derington and more.
Summer event season continues this week with part 2 of Marvel’s prelude to the big Empyre event. Meanwhile, DC offers up the final issue of Batman before he jumps into his own big event, “Joker War.” There’s also plenty of new stuff to find from IDW, BOOM!, Image, Fantagraphics and more.
If you’re wondering what to get this week, check out a few recommendations below. You can check the Comic List page to see what’s arriving in your local shop, and the comiXology new releases page for what’s available digitally. As always, you should check with your local shop on their hours, curbside pick-up and mask restrictions, due to COVID-19. Stay safe out there.
Liam Sharp, Geoff Johns, Darryl Banks, Mike Grell, Jeff Lemire, Ron Marz and more help celebrate DC’s 80th anniversary.
Following the footsteps of Batman, Superman, Wonder and the Flash, Green Lantern will break out into his own 80th anniversary special issue this May.
DC announced the 100-page special will include contributions from Geoff Johns, Darryl Banks, Charlotte Fullerton McDuffie, Sina Grace, Mike Grell, Jeff Lemire, Ron Marz, Denny O’Neil, Fernando Pasarin, Ivan Reis, Rafa Sandoval, Mariko Tamaki, Peter J. Tomasi, James Tynion IV, Robert Venditti and more, with a cover by current Green Lantern artist Liam Sharp. Strangely, current Green Lantern scribe Grant Morrison isn’t listed.
Grant Morrison ‘rewrites reality’ in a new miniseries that spins out of his work on ‘The Green Lantern.’
DC has announced a new miniseries spinning out of Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp’s The Green Lantern series. If you’ve been reading that series and would rather not have it spoiled, it might be safer to stop reading now.


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Adobe deepens AR play, launches Project Aero
US-based software major Adobe Systems has stepped up its capabilities in augmented reality (AR) by showcasing Project Aero, a new authoring tool and multi-platform system. The project will allow creatives to design immersive content that blurs the lines between the physical and digital worlds, Abhay Parasnis, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Adobe, wrote in a blog post.
Adobe is also working with iPhone-maker Apple to help app developers and designers create new AR experiences, Parasnis added.
On Tuesday, Apple released the second version of its AR developers' toolkit that immerses its iPhone and iPad users in shared and persistent AR experiences. Persistent experiences offered by ARKit 2.0 allow users to leave virtual objects in the real world, to which they can return. "They can start a puzzle on a table and come back to it later in the same state or create an art project over the course of a few weeks, without starting over each time,” the company said in a statement.
Adobe is also adding USDZ to its cloud apps and services, CTO Parasnis wrote.
USDZ is a new open file format created by Apple in collaboration with American computer animation movie studio Pixar for iOS 12, specifically for AR. The format converts objects and content in apps such as Messages, Safari, Mail, Files and News, into an AR experience.
Adobe designers can convert content from popular creative tools such as Photoshop CC and Dimension CC into AR experiences, which can be natively consumed in the Apple ecosystem, Parasnis explained.
“Project Aero will deliver a system for both developers and creatives to build simple AR scenes and experiences leveraging Apple’s ARKit. Designers can easily create immersive content that can then be brought into Xcode for further refinement and development," he added.
In a conversation with TechCircle in March this year, Adobe India’s managing director Shanmugh Natarajan spoken about how Adobe was betting big on Sensei, a unified artificial intelligence and machine learning framework which aims to provide deeper and more meaningful insights into customer data to improve their output.
The company's India and South Asia MD Kulmeet Bawa had said that Adobe was betting on clients from sectors such as fintech and retail for its next phase of growth.


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A similar executive order has also been issued for WeChat, a messaging and social media app owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent.
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China has noted that Australia welcomes China's development and hopes that Australia can turn its words into concrete actions, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- As the Trump administration is threatening to ban popular apps including TikTok and WeChat, "the United States may lose in Trump's TikTok war," warned an expert.
National security legislation underpins the very survival of any country, and it is a common legal practice of all countries, Wang said.
The gross interference in Hong Kong affairs, be it in words or action, can only undermine the sound implementation of the policy of "one country, two systems" and will meet with the firm rejection from all the Chinese people, including the people of Hong Kong, he said. Enditem
The spokesperson reiterated that the Taiwan question is the most important and sensitive issue in China-U.S. relations, and the one-China principle is the political foundation of the bilateral relationship. "The U.S. move is a serious breach of its commitments pledged on the Taiwan question," said Zhao.
He said when China was severely hit by the pandemic in early 2020, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen made a special visit to Beijing to show support in fighting the virus, and showed his confidence and trust on China's ability to cope with crisis.
He also recalled that while the world was clamoring travel restrictions to and from China during the outbreak, Cambodia had maintained its commercial and tourist flights to and from China to ensure China's economy vis-à-vis regional supply chain remain less impacted.
"These have been the sources of China's economic boom and Cambodia is using China as a role model in our economic development as well," he said.
But its efforts to sow discord are likely to fail, noted Maggiorelli, because "the United States no longer has as much power as before, and European, Asian, African and Latin American countries want to cooperate with both countries and maintain peaceful relations."


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The same year that [Shanna Swan]'s study was published, an expert panel convened by the National Toxicology Program expressed "some concern" that DEHP can affect the reproductive development of infants younger than 1 and baby boys older than 1, "concern" that the chemical could affect the male fetuses of women undergoing intensive medical care using DEHP-containing products, and "serious concern" that critically ill male infants exposed to the plasticizer could suffer damage to their developing reproductive systems.
Still other advocates argue that change is needed at a higher level, on par with the European Union's outright ban on phthalates used in children's toys, which was passed in 2005. "You really can't shop your way out of this," [Jane Houlihan] said. "We're going to need to see change at a much broader level before you really have products that are safe on store shelves."
Many researchers -- including those studying the chemicals in plastics -- are taking a more measured approach. The CDC's [Antonia Calafat] pointed out that far more research is needed before scientists can say with certainty whether traces of plastic found in people are harmful or safe. Swan, at the University of Rochester, concurs. "I definitely don't think it's time for the government to say we all have to stop exposing pregnant women to PVC," Swan said. "But we are at a place where people should be given the choice to avoid it if they want to."


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Chennai: State-owned Indian Bank has inked a pact with automaker Toyota Kirloskar Motor to offer vehicle financial options to its customers, said the bank on Tuesday. The tie-up would offer various initiatives including, 90 percent on-road funding with no processing fee, foreclosure and party payment charges to prospective customers.
The development will now enable bank's customers, especially in the rural and semi-urban markets to buy their vehicles from Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said the Indian Bank in a statement. "This is yet another step by Indian Bank to enhance banking experience of our customers. As a bank, with pan-India presence, especially in rural and semi-urban areas. This association will further boost our auto-financing segment," said the bank's executive director Imran Amin Siddiqui.
"Digitisation of loan procedures has significantly reduced the turnaround time for retail loan. We are keen to provide our customers comfort and convenience, by aligning our products and services customer-centric," Siddiqui said.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice-President sales and strategic marketing, Atul Sood said, "We are delighted to join hands with Indian Bank in line with our commitment of providing an awesome Toyota experience to all our customers." The collaboration seeks to provide simpler financing options, hassle-free experience, and timely assistance to ensure a pleasant buying process, he said.
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DENVER (AP) – It’s about to get easier for Colorado’s small-time chicken farmers to sell directly to consumers.
A bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper would also expand the state’s so-called “Cottage Foods” law to allow home cooks who make almost anything that doesn’t need refrigeration to sell directly to consumers.
The measure was amended from its original version to say that small poultry producers can sell directly to consumers, but not to grocery stores. That could come only after the Colorado Department of Agriculture convenes a panel to work out those details.
The new law says chicken farmers who produce fewer than 1,000 birds a year are exempt from a law regulating slaughter and processing. Food-safety classes would still be required.
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How Cryptocurrencies Could Save Russia From Sanctions
Updated: May 8, 2022
Now that I have your attention, let's begin with the story without wasting any time.
Sanctions are some of the most powerful tools the United States and European countries have to influence the behavior of nations they don’t consider allies. The United States in particular is able to use sanctions as a diplomatic tool because the dollar is the world’s reserve currency and is used in payments worldwide.
But American government officials are increasingly aware of the potential for cryptocurrencies to lessen the impact of sanctions and are stepping up their scrutiny of digital assets. But can Russia really use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions?
The answer is unfortunately a yes. According to experts, Russia already has multiple cryptocurrency-related tools at its disposal that it can use to evade sanctions. All it needs is to find ways to trade without touching the dollar. The Russian government is also developing digital rubles in hopes of using them to trade directly with other countries without using American dollars. Hacking techniques like ransomware could help Russian actors steal digital currencies and makeup revenue lost to sanctions. And while cryptocurrency transactions are recorded on the underlying blockchain, the new tools developed in Russia can help them mask the origin of such transactions. This would allow businesses to trade with Russian entities without detection.
But What Are The Challenges That Are Stopping Russia From Doing It?
Evading sanctions isn't as easy as turning all your dollars into bitcoin (as you might have guessed). That’s because it’s hard to actually buy anything with cryptocurrencies, which fluctuate wildly. What’s more, the oil trade, which accounts for a huge share of Russia’s economy, is dominated by US dollars. This is far from a perfect solution.
Can Russia Use the Iranian Way To Mitigate This Pain?
There are ways Russia could theoretically mitigate the pain of sanctions. One is by copying what Iran (another oil exporter) has done. The country, which has been under a near-total US embargo for decades, has figured out how to take some of the bites out of sanctions by turning to bitcoin mining. A report estimates that 4.5% of all bitcoin mining takes place in Iran (as of May 2021). This allows the country to circumvent trade embargoes to some degree. Iran’s state-controlled power generation company revealed in January 2021 that up to 600 MW of electricity was being consumed by bitcoin miners. However, this is no better than a temporary solution for an economy like Russia.
All of the above-discussed ways can do more harm than good, if not dealt with carefully. Russia has surely looked at all of this deeply. Only time will tell if this is a viable option for Russia to save its crippling economy.


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The digital currency industry in Turkey is set to face new legislation this month.
to the the report The Turkish government has added digital currency exchanges to its list of companies in need of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing laws.
Following changes in the legislature following the publication of the Turkish President’s executive decree in the Official Gazette on May 1, these legislative changes were implemented quickly.
As a result, the 31 digital currency exchanges operating in the country are now under the control of the Turkish Financial Crimes Organization (MASAK).
Masak has repeatedly asked for a list of customers of Turkish digital currency exchanges; But with a few exceptions, the organization has not been strict with digital currency exchanges in most cases. From now on, however, Masak will treat digital currency exchanges the same as banks.
From today, these exchange offices must provide identification documents and documents related to their residence, and the accuracy and validity of these documents will be checked regularly. It is interesting to know that such laws are completely far from the usual policies of Turkey.
In addition, these exchanges should refrain from providing services to individuals or organizations that are blacklisted by the Turkish government, report any suspicious activity and transactions, and keep the government informed about the services they provide to institutional investors.
Agah Selim Sesli, a senior researcher at Bitexten, says:
This list (the list of rules that digital currency exchanges must follow) continues, and we are working to review all of these rules.
The items announced yesterday are just some of the rules that Turkish digital currency exchanges must abide by. The full version of the rules will reportedly be released by the end of the week. Sessley predicts that the regulations will include tax laws as well as private wallet reporting (as we see in the United States).
Regulations that were made in Turkey in the past are still in place. Three weeks ago, the Central Bank of Turkey banned the use of digital currencies as a means of payment for daily transactions and imposed restrictions on the use of digital currencies in payment systems.
However, the lack of transparency in the rules has caused confusion among digital currency users in Turkey. Osman Gazi Güçlütürk, Head of the Information Technology Law Department at Kırklareli University in Turkey, says:
Not only has the government not provided a precise definition of digital asset providers, but it has not even properly defined digital assets themselves. These definitions and classifications play an important role in legal concepts.
Mehmet Türkarslan, a legal consultant at one of Turkey’s largest digital currency exchanges, also said:
The government used to use the term “digital asset platforms” and now uses the term “digital asset providers”. However, we assume that digital asset service providers are digital currency exchanges, and we operate by that premise.
Gusluturk explained that the term “digital asset providers” is taken from a report previously published by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on digital currencies. The Financial Action Task Force in the report called digital currency exchanges “virtual asset providers.”
The European Union has used the same term to regulate digital currencies; The only difference is that before defining their rules, service providers have carefully defined digital assets.
It should be noted that these regulations were imposed following the sudden closure of two large digital currency exchange offices in Turkey. Two Turkish exchanges, Thodex and Vebitcoin, abruptly shut down last week, blocking users’ access to their assets.
Mertcan Bayraktar, a lawyer representing many of the plaintiffs in the TADEX exchange, believes that regulating digital currency exchanges is a good thing in itself; But too much of it can make digital currency users dissatisfied and discourage them from using these exchanges. In his opinion:
Digital currencies and China’s blockchain technology in general have created great opportunities. The constant spread of bad and negative news can make people reluctant to invest or trade in this space. This in itself is one of the possible adverse consequences that must be considered.


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During the regular season, the Islanders were a poor team in terms of five-on-five shot attempt differentials and middle of the pack in in the lower half of the league in terms of high-danger scoring chance and expected goals differentials.
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LSI Introduces Blueprints to Couple Tarari Content Processors and Multi-Core Processors
Focus on acceleration of application-specific workloads to improve price-performance of security and routing systems
MILPITAS, Calif., April 8, 2008 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that it will present the results of research and benchmarking tests conducted using Intel QuickAssist Technology to couple high-performance Tararicontent processing accelerators and Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors at the RSA Conference 2008, held April 7-11 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif.
LSI has also created a standard lab environment to conduct performance benchmarking studies that will allow developers to accelerate application-specific workloads when coupling Tarari content processing technology within Quad-Core IntelXeon processor-based systems.
Application-specific workloads will include intrusion prevention, anti-virus, anti-spyware, compliance, QoS, content-based filtering and billing, and technologies for securing XML traffic. Design blueprints, studies, white papers and articles will be published on both the LSI and Intel website for the industry as part of a long-term, on-going program.
“These blueprints, research and benchmarks are critical for developers building next-generation storage and networking switches and appliances,” said Randy Smerik, senior vice president, Network Components Group, LSI. “We are committed to sharing our thought leadership in this area and make it as easy as possible to best utilize content processing technology alongside multi-core processor platforms.”
Pranav Mehta, senior principal engineer and chief technical officer, Embedded and Communications Group, Intel, added, “Effective integration of accelerators is an integral part of the Intel QuickAssist technology initiative to deliver market-leading solutions on Intel architecture. We are working with LSI to provide optimization and interoperability between Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors and LSI Tarari content processors which provides customers enhanced performance and improved time-to-market for secure applications.”
Smerik and Mehta will be discussing the first performance findings on a panel at the conference on Friday, April 11, at 11:10 a.m. titled “Multi-Core Intel Architecture plus Accelerators: A Performance Study.”
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This year’s nominees include manic hypercars, racecars, a super van, and a mini-Batmobile that set a new track record
Last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex, UK had quite the triumphant return after a COVID-19 related hiatus, and the recent 2022 edition continued to build on that. Like always this event is pretty much Disneyland for the Brits, with a vast lineup of cars ranging from ancient classics, the latest unveils, racecars as well as manic concepts. But of course there are those cars that stand out from everyone else. Here’s our pick of the ones that made headlines at Goodwood:
We kick things off with Mercedes bringing in its cutting edge, championship-winning F1 tech to the street. Enter the AMG One hypercar which finally showed up in production form after its concept debuted in 2017. The F1 factor comes in the form of a 1.6-litre turbo V6 engine, which combined with four electric motors makes a whopping 1063PS. Add on a 7-speed automated manual and all-wheel drive and the One can hit 0-100kmph in under three seconds, with a 325kmph top speed. Of course speed isn’t everything as the hypercar also gets performance wizardry such as active aero and a carbon fibre body to make it a beast around a racetrack.
When we’re talking about doing 0-100kmph sprints in mere seconds, most would agree we’d be doing it in a sleek, sporty speed machine. Well Ford is here to tell you, you can do this in a minivan, called the SuperVan. Combine four electric motors and you get 2000PS of pure electric fun, juiced up by a 50kWh battery pack and a 0-100kmph sprint in just under two seconds. It even looks the part with an aggressive body kit which includes bold skirts, muscular bumpers and a massive rear wing.
Remember the McMurty Spierling, aka the mini Batmobile, that showed up last year? Well it’s now the fastest car on the Goodwood hillclimb. Piloted by ex-F1 driver Max Chilton, the Spierling did the hillclimb in 39.08 seconds, beating the McLaren MP4/13 F1 record of 41.6 seconds set all the way back in 1999.
More importantly, the Spierling is an electric sports car, juiced up by a 60kWh battery pack and a full-carbon body weighing under 1,000kg to hit 0-100kmph in under 1.5 seconds and 300kmph in just 9 seconds. It also offers a WLTP-claimed range of more than 560km.
Last year Lotus did a final hurrah for pure ICE cars with the Emira. This year’s edition saw it showcase its first all-electric SUV, the Eletre. Despite it being a behemoth and taking some inspiration from the Lamborghini Urus in design, it’s quite potent on paper, making 600PS, more than enough to keep traditional ICE super SUVs honest.
Sure, Pagani hasn’t really been on the scene in recent years, but the Italian supercar brand reminded us at Goodwood that when they show up, everyone’s got their eyes on them. Their latest contraption is a new iteration of the Huayra supercar called the Huayra Codalunga which gives you the same 840PS of V12 thrills as the original supercar, but in a much smoother, long-tail bodywork form. It’s also quite a rare supercar, with only five being made, and all of them already sold out. Typical.
We know Formula E’s heading into the new Gen3 era of cars for next year, and Mahindra Racing have showcased what the Gen3 car will look like in the team’s colours at Goodwood. Compared to the current car which was displayed alongside it, the M9Electro adds a lot more grunt, debuts AWD route for the first time with 250kW front-mounted electric powertrain, relies more on energy regen, gets a fighter jet-styled design and is made out of sustainable materials.
Porsche stole the motorsport show at Goodwood by pretty much showcasing its return to the FIA World Endurance Championship via the 963. This beast packs in a 4.6-litre twin-turbo V8, combined with a hybrid system from Williams Advanced Engineering and Xtrac, to make up to a combined 680PS. It’ll compete in WEC’s LMDh category, as well as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Hispano Suiza Carmen
What’s a Goodwood without a unique reveal? That’s exactly what Hispano Suiza, a carmaker that’s not been heard of since 1946 did with the Carmen hypercar. What’s unique about this is that it brings in the retro vibes of the classic 1930s while technologically being futuristic running on all-electric power. Speaking of EV power, its hypercar-level, with two electric motors pushing a combined 1,020PS to all four wheels. That’s enough to pull a 0-100kmph sprint in just under three seconds.


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Brown, Harvard, the University of Vermont and about 90 other educational institutes are banning sales or restricting use of plastic water bottles due to student activism or administrations’ sustainable policy plans, in moves that may affect the $22 billion U.S. retail packaged-water industry, Bloomberg said.
The University of Vermont is the latest to join the swell, with its announcement in January that it would ban bottle sales from early next year.
Brown University in Providence, R.I., which used to sell about 320,000 bottles of water a year, stopped selling bottled water in its dining halls in 2010. The move came after students organized a campaign to reduce bottled water consumption. The university now holds about 50,000 bottles in reserve for emergencies or for distribution at events, Bloomberg said.
Departments at Harvard have banned the purchase of bottled water for meetings. The University of Pennsylvania encourages administrative offices to use hydration stations rather than bottled water. Cornell and Yale have reduction campaigns, Bloomberg said.
Meanwhile Princeton University has a “Drink Local” initiative to reduce plastic-bottle waste.
The Beverage Marketing Corp. reported sales of more than 9 billion gallons of bottled water in the U.S. last year, and the industry is growing 5.4 percent a year. Sales to colleges and universities aren’t tracked separately. But an analyst from consulting firm Frost & Sullivan told Bloomberg that the initiatives could cause a drop-off in the demographic with the loss of access to students.
In other packaging news, BioMass Packaging has launched a new line of single-serve “grab-and-go” food containers (pictured) to its Greenware line of compostable foodservice products. The container sets are made from NatureWorks Ingeo biopolymer, a PLA-based material, and consist of a cup, an insert with a secure lid, and either a flat or domed snap-on lid. The new cups and inserts are designed to package and present foods that need to be combined just before eating, such as chips and salsa, or salad and dressing, writes Plastics Today.
Chemical and plastics developer Borealis has launched a new random copolymer polypropylene (PP), RJ901MO. The PP’s high melt flow rate (MFR) of 110 allows a 20°C cut in melt temperatures for a 20 percent cycle-time reduction compared to MFR 70 materials, enabling energy reductions and a lower carbon footprint, Borealis said.
For the rigid packaging market, RJ901MO has a good balance of stiffness and impact performance comparable to MFR 70 random copolymers, suitable for the production of complex shapes or long, narrow lengths, the company said. The grade’s better flowability also enables simpler mold design with fewer runners, for a straightforward production process, Borealis said.
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In a statement from the Federation of German Industry (BDI), the federation’s German industry called for a postponement of the minimum global corporation tax by at least one year until 2025 to give companies more time to prepare for the current crisis.
In the statement, it was emphasized that the implementation of the global minimum corporation tax kakım early kakım 2024 is unrealistic and the following statements were included:
“The BDI deems it necessary to postpone the start of the global minimum corporation tax to 2025. The rules for the minimum tax are quite complex. It will require additional effort in the current crisis. For the successful implementation of the minimum tax, companies need sufficient time to prepare and implement. “
“DAMAGE TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF GERMAN COMPANIES”
In the statement, it was also stated that Germany was opposed to the idea that the global minimum corporation tax could gökyeşitözü implemented without enactment in the European Union, and it was assessed that “acting alone in the global minimum taxation would harm the competitiveness of the company. Germany companies “.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) accounts for more than 90% of global gross domestic product (GDP) on October 8, 2021, including the United States, China, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Japan and Turkey. that 140 countries had accepted the agreement on international tax reform.
Agreement; It will ensure that global companies, including internet companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook, are subject to a tax rate of at least 15% from 2023.
Global corporate tax regulation, which the OECD has been working on since 2012 and coordinating negotiations between 140 countries, is expected to make it more difficult for multinationals to evade taxes by establishing their headquarters in countries such kakım Ireland and Ireland. ‘Hungary, which offer attractive tax rates.
In July 2022, the OECD announced that the new minimum global corporation tax rules would come into effect in 2024.


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Farmers of mulberry suffer losses in Quneitra
Enab Baladi – Quneitra
Farmers of mulberry in the southern Quneitra governorate have complained about selling their crops at low prices that are not commensurate with the costs, which exposes them to huge losses.
With the start of the harvest season last June, farmers began selling a kilo of berries to merchants for 1,800 Syrian pounds, and it recently reached 5,500 pounds (about half a US dollar).
A chronic problem that farmers suffer at the beginning of each season, and they face low prices and difficulty in selling on their own, despite the presence of the Directorate of Agriculture and agencies responsible for a strategic crop in the region.
Salem Hassoun, 65, a farmer from the town of Hadhar, who owns 35 mulberry trees (the age of the tree is 25 years old), told Enab Baladi that the amount paid for a kilo of berries is “very low.”
Hassoun said that he started selling a kilo for 1,800 pounds and reached 5,500 pounds, pointing out that the price should be 20,000 pounds compared to previous years, but the depreciation of the Syrian pound against the US dollar made farmers work in vain.
The farmer and his family pick 300 kilograms of ripe berries daily, which is a small amount due to the difficulty of harvesting the crop, pointing out that if he hired workers, the losses would be doubled.
($1=11,950 SYP) according to the S-P Today website, which covers the trading rate of the Syrian pound to the dollar.
Workers share profits
The low price of the crop and the difficulty of harvesting it prompted farmers to partner with harvest workers in their production to avoid incurring higher costs.
Umm Louay, 50, a widow, works with her two sons in picking berries, and they collect about 100 kilograms of berries every day, with work that lasts for ten hours.
The woman explained to Enab Baladi that she partners with the owner of the land and that she has to harvest the crop in exchange for taking half of its value. Her daily wage ranges between 150,000 and 200,000 Syrian pounds, and it varies according to the kilo sold and the amount of harvest.
Merchants: profit is “slight”
Mohammad Marioud, a trader from the town of Jubata al-Khashab in the northern countryside, buys berries from farmers and sells them to factories or the al-Hal market. He said that the profit margin is “slight.”
The merchant told Enab Baladi that determining the profit is related to what the main trader or the owners of berry factories pay, pointing out that the farmers are not satisfied with these prices.
Marioud explained that he cannot raise the purchase price on his own and lose, and he does not have the ability to buy a large amount of berries and put them in refrigerators, as some merchants do, until the price rises.
Conflicting numbers, “Disclaimer of responsibility”
Quneitra tops the list of Syrian governorates in berry production by 25%, according to the director of Quneitra Agriculture, Refaat Mousa, who said that the governorate’s production of mulberry this year amounts to about 300 tons, of which 260 tons are rain-fed berries, and 40 tons are irrigated berries.
Mousa attributed the farmers’ suffering to poor marketing and low prices due to the increase in production, as a kilo was sold for 2,000 pounds at the beginning of the season, and prices are expected to improve due to the increase in the sweetness of the fruit.
Mousa explained that the cultivated area of mulberry trees amounts to 1,337 dunams (961 rain-fed and 376 irrigated), an increase of about 120 dunams over the last season.
The number of mulberry trees in Quneitra is 13,370, of which fruitful ones are about 10,000 trees.
The Director of Agriculture in Quneitra did not address the directorate’s responsibility for disposing of, marketing, purchasing the crop, or assisting farmers, and his talk about increasing production was inconsistent with the numbers of previous years.
In 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture in the regime government said that the production of berries in Quneitra is estimated at 452 tons.
The Directorate of Agriculture in Quneitra estimated the governorate’s expected production of mulberry at more than 1,000 tons in 2021, which means that production in 2023 will decrease, not increase.
Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Quneitra, Zain al-Jolani, contributed to this report.
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BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- For consumers shopping for a last-minute Valentine's Day gift for their loved ones, Expedia.com® and Northstar Research have some data-driven advice: spring for a getaway. Because the 2014 Expedia Pleasure Index study, released today, revealed that Americans prefer vacations to just about everything.
In particular, 80 percent of Americans said that vacations make them happier than marriages (and weddings), religion, cats and birthdays. Eighty-two percent of Americans get more pleasure out of vacations than possessions, and 94 percent would give up at least one of life's "prized possessions," including alcohol, video games, chocolate and favorite clothing for an entire week, in return for a single extra vacation day.
To earn that extra vacation day:
- 50 percent would go a week without chocolate.
- 42 percent would go without television.
- 41 percent would go without coffee.
- 35 percent would not touch their mobile phone/smartphone.
- 35 percent of Americans would avoid their best friend.
- 30 percent would go without sex (35 percent of women would do so, versus 25 percent of men).
The 2014 Expedia Pleasure Index is a study of 2,000 American adults, conducted by Northstar Research. This is the study's second year. Full details on the study can be found on the Expedia® Viewfinder blog.
"The Expedia Pleasure Index study brings some rigor to the notion that most of us intuitively understand: vacations are the fastest path to happiness," said Sarah Gavin, Expedia Travel Expert, Expedia.com. "People appreciate themselves and their loved ones more on holiday. Nine out of 10 Americans believe their happiest memories were formed on vacation. Expedia is releasing this study in the dead of winter to remind Americans that happiness – a sunny beach, a mountain chalet or just an afternoon at a cafe with friends – is only a few clicks away."
Expedia introduced the Pleasure Index last year to determine where vacations rank on the list of life's pleasures. They found it outranked nearly all of them. The 2014 study reveals a tight link between vacations and personal happiness. Eighty percent declared that vacations make them "very" happy. Ninety-six percent believe that vacations make them feel better both mentally and physically.
Vacations charge the American libido. Ninety-three percent report being at least "somewhat likely" to be intimate on vacation. Forty-eight percent say they are "more likely" to be intimate with their spouse or partner on holiday than they are at home. Seventy-seven percent of Americans report that vacations are important to the overall health of the relationship with their spouse or partner. Seventy-nine percent say they most look forward to time with family, and their spouse/partner in particular, when they're traveling. And this goodwill carries over: Americans who take vacations three or more times per year report higher satisfaction with their relationships.
The single most prevailing charm of vacationing is the ability to do nothing at all. Seventy-four percent of Americans prefer relaxation to adventure on holiday, with four in ten citing "relaxing, doing nothing" and "not having a set schedule" as their favorite vacation feature.
Americans have a complicated view of vacations. Many see vacations as something of a guilty pleasure. Expedia's 2013 Vacation Deprivation® study found that Americans use only 10 of the 14 vacation days available to them, leaving well over 500 million vacation days unused each year. This is in stark contrast to the French, who take all 30 days available to them.
The 2014 Expedia Pleasure Index study finds that 32 percent of Americans have never taken a holiday of more than seven days, while 71 percent of Americans have never taken one more than 14 days long. Yet a full 85 percent report feeling that they "need a vacation right now." And those who have taken a vacation in the past year express more satisfaction with both their work lives and their love lives than those who have not.
Americans prize what they know. Forty-one percent of American vacation-goers have visited the same destination four or more times in their life. And they're willing to travel a great distance to find holiday happiness. The average distance traveled by Americans on their most recent vacation was 532 miles. Younger Americans were more likely to vacation closer to home, though not by much: the average distance traveled by Americans aged 18-34 was 459 miles away, versus 538 miles for Americans aged 35-54, and 606 miles for those 55 and older.
Expedia has created a mobile offer to spur Americans to find their happiest memories.
Consumers who text XOXO to 75309 will receive a download link to Expedia's mobile app and an exclusive coupon code. By entering MOBILEXOXO in the app, consumers can save $25 on their first mobile hotel booking.
Expedia.com is the world's leading online travel site, helping millions of travelers per month easily plan and book travel. Expedia.com (http://www.expedia.com/, 1-800-EXPEDIA) aims to provide the latest technology and the widest selection of vacation packages, flights, hotels, rental cars, cruises and in-destination activities, attractions, and services. With the Expedia Best Price Guarantee, Expedia.com customers can get the best rates available online for all types of travel.
Expedia, Expedia.com and the Airplane logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Expedia, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners. © 2014 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. CST # 2029030-50
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This study was conducted on behalf of Expedia by Northstar, a globally integrated strategic insights consulting firm, among 2000 adult Americans. Surveys were completed January 30 to February 4, 2014. Sampling quotas and weighting were used to ensure the sample is representative of the U.S. population in terms of age, gender, region, household income and household composition. Assuming a probability sample, the margin of error would be +/-2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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The future of Kenya's wood-coating industry is promising given the persistent constraints of the country's supply chain of wood and wood products, which is characterized by increasing demand toward a lower supply that could have an effect on the overall demand for wood-coating in the East African country.
There is growing hope about the potential growth of the wood-coating industry, as Kenya is re-launching proposals for the development of two million additional housing units in urban areas around the country, with the first 500 000 housing units scheduled for 2022. Apart from the expansion of the country's education sector to meet the rising student population, housing units could also cause long-term demand for quality wood coatings in Kenya in order to boost the aesthetic appearance of wood products to protect them against environmental degradation and to protect them from chemical attacks.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has resurrected government plans to ensure the development of 500,000 affordable and quality housing units by 2022 as part of his "Big Four" agenda to address the needs of the country's rising urban population. The rise in house building in Kenya is expected to cause new demand for wood products requiring various types of resins, such as polyurethane, nitrocellulose, acrylic, unsaturated polyester.
"The Government of Kenya has expressed interest in providing one million low-cost houses and we expect that this will create a significant demand for paint," said Rakesh K. Rao, Group Chief Executive Officer of Crown Paints.
We already have a variety of economic paints and other goods to satisfy this need, he added. The company produces Crown wood finishes series such as aquavar lacquer, multipurpose clear lacquer, oil paint stains, clear polyurethane lacquer, polyurethane wood seal, two-pack epoxy lacquer and two-pack polyurethane lacquer.
In addition, Kenya's furniture industry is growing and is expected to continue to use massive quantities of both indoor and outdoor wood coatings considering the big deficits of wood products such as sawn wood and poles used by the industry as feedstocks.
Kenya is currently the largest furniture market in East Africa, valued at USD 496 million, with total market size of USD 1.2 billion in the country, and has risen by 10% annually over the last five years.
"Kenya is likely to take the lion's share of the market even though its urban population is smaller than that of Ethiopia and Tanzania," said the Ministry of Industrialization and Business Growth (MIED).
The study credits the growth of Kenya's furniture industry to accelerated urbanization, economic growth, housing growth and office building. Kitchen and bedroom furniture, wooden seats and other seats and accessories are projected to rise most in sales, he added.
Basco Paints, Sadolin Paints, Robbialac Paints, Solai Paints and Nasib Industrial Goods are other industry players that are seeing a share of the projected rise in wood coatings in Kenya.
Going ahead with the growth of the Kenyan market for wood coatings, like the rest of Africa, will focus on the soundness of the coating manufacturers' sector and an operational strategy that would enable them to survive the global volatile prices of raw materials while keeping their products affordable and also effectively addressing increasing concerns about Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) originating in Ken.


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Hochschild said production for 2016 would be higher than previously estimated following a big jump in gold and silver output
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Numis has upgraded its stance on Hochschild Mining from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’ and lifted the target price on the stock from 220p to 290p.
It comes after Hochschild said production for 2016 would be higher than previously estimated following a big jump in gold and silver output.
‘These were a good set of results and highlight the ongoing operational turnaround by the company,’ analysts at Numis said.
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Analysts at Canaccord Genuity advise investors to sell shares in engineering group Weir following a 25 per cent fall in first-half profits to £82million.
Weir, which makes pumps and other specialist kit for oil and gas explorers, has been hit by the sharp fall in the price of crude.
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EV sales rise in February according to New AutoMotive data
Owners of these new electric vehicles will enjoy a ‘battery bonus’ saving of almost £1300 a year
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18% of all new cars sold in February were electric, according to New AutoMotive analysis of data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Over 14,000 electric vehicles (EV) were purchased in the UK in the second month of 2024.
Year-on-year EV sales grew by 28% in February. The jump in EV sales comes following the introduction of the UK’s Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate on 1st January, which has increased the availability of electric cars.
According to analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), drivers of the top 10 selling EVs of 2023 – such as the Tesla Model Y – will enjoy a £1,300 a year ‘battery bonus’ saving in running costs compared with equivalent petrol cars .
Conversely, drivers of the top 10 selling petrol cars of 2023 could face a ‘petrol premium’ of around £700 a year more to run their vehicles than their electric equivalents.
Over the course of their lifetimes, the EVs sold in February alone could save their owners over £250m, even accounting for cheaper petrol car sticker prices.
As manufacturers compete to sell vehicles to meet the Government’s targets, prices for new EVs are likely to continue falling.
In driving the uptake of new EVs, the Government’s ZEV mandate will help secure the UK’s energy independence by significantly reducing petrol and diesel consumption .
By comparison, recent analysis of licences for new oil fields in the North Sea has found they will account for less than 1% of the petrol and diesel that will be used in the UK in 2030 .
Ben Nelmes, New AutoMotive’s Chief Executive, said: “These figures show that Britain is pulling into the fast lane on the road to cheaper, cleaner transport. This is being driven by strong demand for electric cars as well as Britain’s world-leading Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate.
“More electric cars on the road mean more energy security, cleaner air and help millions of motorists who are increasingly having to choose between an empty tank or an empty wallet.
“Ministers now need to focus on making sure that as many people as possible are able to go electric by improving charging infrastructure and taking action to reduce the cost of electricity.”
Colin Walker, Head of Transport at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, said: “Nobody is being forced to buy an electric car, in fact the Government’s policy is incentivising car manufacturers to invest more in manufacturing and advertising EVs, and the market has responded by snapping them up. Sticker prices are falling and EVs remain much cheaper to charge, leaving buyers of new petrol cars facing a petrol premium of £700 a year.
“The second hand EV market is already growing and this increase of new cars will boost that further in the years ahead making cheaper driving more available to the majority of us who always buy a used car. More EVs running off British electricity that increasingly comes from offshore wind farms means we’re less dependent on foreign oil and, as the North Sea output continues to decline, makes the UK more energy independent."
The research comes ahead of the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) publication of its new car sales figures for February, with New Automotive analysing DVLA data to produce the figures.
The legislation, which came into force on 1st January 2024, requires that 22% of new cars sold by car manufacturers are EVs – rising year on year and reaching 80% in 2030, and 100% in 2035.
New Car Registrations - Latest Month
New Car Registrations - Year To Date
Source: New AutoMotive electric car count
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About New AutoMotive’s Electric Car Count
Electric Car Count is a monthly data series from New AutoMotive, a not-for-profit independent transport research organisation with a mission to accelerate and support the UK’s transition to electric vehicles. You can find out more about New AutoMotive by visiting www.newautomotive.org/mission
Electric Car Count provides an overview of the newly licensed passenger cars. It is released monthly, in the first few days of each month, providing data on the previous month’s newly licensed cars. In the UK, vehicles must be licensed (also known as registered) to be legally driven on UK roads.
The data shows the number of new type M1 vehicles (i.e. passenger cars) in the DVLA’s vehicle licensing database as it stands on, or shortly after, the 1st day of the month. More information is available at https://newautomotive.org/ecc
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For this year’s holiday season, it appears the top toy is a robot dog that whimpers, blinks its eyes, wags its tail, and responds to head rubs, and he’s called Dog-E.
The one thing he won’t do is soil the house, which maker WowWee said is another reason why the robot dog will be flying off shelves as December approaches.
Unveiled during the annual Toy Fair at Javits Convention Center in New York, the app-controlled toy comes with a leash and a dog bone that sticks to the snout, and provides an electronic notification after a virtual poop has been made, as well as 200 other interactions.
Having only been released on Sunday, it’s already sold out on Amazon, with WowWee scrambling to get more shipments in by November. It is also sold at Target and Walmart, retailing for $159.00 AUD.
Dog-E is one of the few toys relying on familiar standbys, including Elmo, Furby and, Barbie set to juice sales this holiday season.
Other gifts on the ‘Hot 20’ list include the Sesame Street Elmo Slide plush toy, which sings and dances, gaining its own Times Square billboard.
Sales are “outperforming” forecasts, the company’s managing director of marketing Jimmy Chang said.
“All things nostalgia have been trending.”
A talking Furby has also gained an interactive upgrade, blinking its eyes, moving its big ears and rocking back and forth.
A ‘Mayhem Pizza Fire Van,’ which features Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters, is also expected to do well.
Barbie maker Mattel, is hoping for a massive holiday season due to the hit film released earlier this year. The company has a full lineup of Ken and Barbie dolls along with the Barbie Dreamhouse Playset.
Hasbro unveiled its Marvel Spidey and his Amazing Friends Web-Spinners Playset as well, retailing for $91.52 AUD on Amazon.
For those looking for more affordable options, due to inflation and cost of living pressures, there are several in budget items for sale.
The slime-related Googames from Sky Castle which replicate a mobile phone but are filled with water manipulated to move things inside with “squishy buttons.” Pricing is still unknown for Australia.
WowWee also relaunched Fingerlings, baby animals that cling to a child’s finger, make cute noises and react to sound, motion, and touch. These are retailing for $55.00 to $75.00 AUD.
As one of the leading industry trade shows that sets toy trends, Toy Fair is described as the largest in America, but will be saying goodbye to its home in New York after almost 120 years, moving to New Orleans in January 2026.
Currently in a flux after a two-year COVID hiatus, this year’s convention was moved from the typical February dates for the first time, resulting in some large companies not showing up.
Vendors who did appear weren’t happy with the move to New Orleans, as they say it will be hard to get press coverage, and it will be a struggle for attendees to book non-stop flights.
Toy Association has a three-year deal with The Big Easy, and the new date is in between the end of hurricane season and right before Mardi Gras.
World Tech Toys founder, Kev Kouyoumjian said, “Having it in New Orleans will hurt us because some buyers don’t want to go to New Orleans.”
With holiday season coming up, this year’s top toy trends are selling out fast, so you might want to latch onto one as soon as possible.


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There are hanging racks filled with men’s pants, women’s dresses, children’s clothes and warm winter coats. Household items, including microwaves, bed sheets and knick-knacks, fill one room, while colorful children’s toys are available in another.
The only thing physically distinguishing this small Bedford shop from consignment stores in the area is the absence of a cash register.
Customers at Sparrow Ministries, located in the former I.O.O.F Lodge building on U.S. 42 in Bedford, do not pay cash for items they take home. Instead, they give thanks, smiles and sometimes tears of appreciation for the necessities offered to them.
Although she first thought God had sent her to neighboring homes to evangelize, ministry founder Donna Hale said she soon realized He was calling her to do more.
“People don’t know how their neighbors are living. I went to their homes and saw the need. I knew then that God had a different plan for me,” Hale said.
She said many of the people she met were living without necessities such as pots and pans and shoes that fit. Some were too busy struggling to put food on the table and keep their children in decent clothing to worry about replacing worn out bedding or their own thread-worn clothes.
So with God’s guidance, and the support of her husband, Donald, and sons Jonathan, Michael and David, Hale devised a plan to help.
People in Trimble and surrounding counties can now find everything they need to care for themselves and their families at Sparrow Ministries. Staffed with volunteers and open Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon until 3 p.m., the shop allows clients to select up to five outfits for each member of their household, along with one box of household items. Each shopper may return once every three months.
“It truly is a blessing for the people who come here. And for me, too,” volunteer Sharon Riley said last week as she sorted donations at the shop. “I look at these baby clothes and imagine how pretty these little babies will look and how happy their mothers will be to have them.”
Though donations have steadily risen since the ministry began two months ago, so have the number of people seeking help.
“As the economy gets worse and people hear about us, more people are coming in. We added 100 new customers last month. Right now we really need pants for kids and adults. And larger size women’s clothing,” Hale said.
“I’ve never done anything like this,” she said. “It was totally out of the blue, but God knows what we need and he shows us the path.”
To make a donation to Sparrow Ministries, contact Hale at (502) 758-3410 or stop by the shop at the corner of U.S. 42 and Lawson Avenue during regular business hours. All donations to the 501c3 organization are tax deductible.


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Neom hails ‘very strong’ Christmas trading
Wellbeing brand Neom saw its group revenue increase by 35% in the five weeks to 2 January as the company topped a successful year of double digit top-line growth.
Underpinning this, Neom’s direct-to-consumer revenues climbed by 35% year-on-year to £6.9 million.
Trading was especially strong in the US, where increased awareness of the Neom brand drove a 217% uplift in online revenues in the period. The business has operated in the US through its own ecommerce site since mid-2020, and more recently through wholesale partners including Nordstrom, Anthropologie and Goop. Neom will be opening a warehouse in the country early this year.
Oliver Mennell, Neom co-founder and chief executive, said: “Our very strong Christmas trading performance, delivered against impressive prior year growth comparatives, illustrates the strength of our brand and quality of our offer, our growing customer base and increasing consumer demand for wellbeing products.
“I am extremely proud of our teams, who have worked harder than ever over the festive period to deliver for our customers around the world despite considerable widespread logistics challenges. Demand for products that supercharge wellbeing has continued to grow, with more customers than ever coming to us for our innovative, natural and aromatherapeutic offering.”
Neom’s five wellbeing ‘hub’ stores across the UK and Ireland delivered a 65% uplift in sales. Products that were particularly popular in the run-up to Christmas were Neom’s Overnight Face Cream, Wellbeing Pod Luxe scent diffuser and its Christmas gifting range.
Looking ahead, Mennell said: “We remain focused on deepening our market share in the UK while also broadening our reach in new international markets such as the US and Asia. Underpinned by the strength of our leading digital-first business in a rapidly growing sector, we look to 2022 and beyond with great excitement and confidence.”


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The founder of JoJo Maman Bebe has cashed in on the rise of Britain’s yummy mummies with the sale of a stake in the maternity and babywear chain.
Laura Tenison has offloaded a minority holding in the retailer to Magenta Partners, a private equity firm whose principal investor is Tom Singh, founder of New Look, the high street fashion chain.
Tenison was inspired to set up the business in 1993 after struggling to find stylish mother and baby clothes in Brittany, where she had been living.
The value of the deal has not been disclosed, but the retailer generates pre-tax profit of £2.5m on sales of £27m.
The company, based in Newport, Gwent, hopes to increase its number of stores from 36 to 84 and…


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Cross-border trade between Thailand and the Lao PDR at Nong Khai’s Friendship Bridge border customs house in this northeastern province in the first quarter of the current fiscal year grew by nearly Bt13.9 billion about US$463 million, according a senior customs officer.
Padermdej Mangkang, Nong Khai’s acting customs chief, said Friday that the value of trade along the Mekong River in Nong Khai reached some 13.87 billion some $462.5 million. The trade value included Thailand’s exports to its landlocked neighbour worth Bt13.3 about $443.1 million and imports to the kingdom valued at Bt579.86 million more than $19.3 million.
As a result, Thailand enjoyed a trade surplus of Bt12.7 billion over $423.8 million, Mr Padermdej explained. The top exported goods from Thailand to Lao PDR with the highest export values were oil at some Bt2.97 billion over $99.16 million, followed by automobiles at Bt950 million more than $31.66 million.
Rising export values with high demand for quality Thai products were attributed to the ongoing development in the Lao PDR, particularly improvement of the country’s infrastructure as well as building dams and operating mines, the acting Nong Khai customs head added.
The first Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, linking Thailand’s Nong Khai province with the Lao capital of Vientiane, on the Mekong River was opened to the public in 1994 as the gateway to Thailand and the landlocked country as well as Indochina.Since its opening, the Friendship bridge brought about benefits to the two neigbouring countries in terms of their economies, trade, tourism, investment, cultural exchanges, transportation and logistics. MCOT online news
via Thai-Lao border trade booms.
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For Immediate Release
REVITALISE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN SELANGOR AS THE HUB FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
Tourism Selangor Announced 10 Winners for the Pitching Competition 2022
SELANGOR, 28 October 2022 – The Selangor State Government, through its official tourism promotion agency, Tourism Selangor, has announced the winners of the Tourism Selangor Pitching Competition 2022. With the theme ‘Tourism and Creative Industry’, this second competition was officially announced on 10th August 2022 and attracted over 42 submissions.
The Tourism Selangor Pitching Competition 2022 has the potential to make the state of Selangor, a significant tourist destination and a hub for Malaysia’s creative industry. The ten winners of the Pitching Competition for the year 2022, will receive a Certificate of Participation and an RM 10,000.00 Project Grant each.
Selangor’s domestic tourism sector has always been the priority for Tourism Selangor. Hence, opportunities for the public, community, and higher education institutions to submit ideas are being made available. There were proposals from 4 categories this year; specifically, 19 were submitted in the Heritage category, 10 in the Arts category, 4 in the Design category, and 9 in the Media category.
A similar effort was made by Tourism Selangor last year to revive the domestic tourism industry with the theme ‘Selangor State Domestic Tourism Sector Recovery’. This was further enhanced by the ‘Pusing Selangor Dulu!’ campaign and the announcement of Selangor as the most visited state in Malaysia in 2021 and able to attract over 10.2 Million domestic tourists to the state.


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- The company unveiled a cloud-based AI platform for software developers to create synergy between its affiliates
- LG Electronics Inc, LG Chem Inc, LG Uplus Corp, and LG CNS Co — will jointly raise $17 million
According to a report by IANS, the LG Group has announced that it will invest $17 million in SoftBank’s venture fund focused on artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups.
The company informed that LG Electronics Inc, LG Chem Inc, LG Uplus Corp, and LG CNS Co — will jointly raise $17 million for Softbank Ventures” early-stage AI fund of 320 billion won.
To develop advanced AI technologies
Yonhap news agency reported that the investment in the Japanese tech giant’s venture unit is part of the South Korean conglomerate’s broader plan to develop advanced AI technologies that can be applied in a broad range of its products and services.
The company also unveiled a cloud-based AI platform for software developers to create synergy between its affiliates, vowing to expand collaborations with global IT giants, such as Amazon and Google.
“We will pave the way for digital transformation through investment in AI technologies designed to break the existing framework and create more customer value,” said Ahn Seung-Kwon, the chief of LG Science Park.


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Before it shut down and declared bankruptcy, Avtex Fibers was cited for violating Virginia's environmental laws with wastewater discharges into the Shenandoah River.
A federal judge on Friday denied Apple Inc.'s demands for an immediate victory in a multibillion-dollar patent trial.
A private-public partnership in Connecticut, geared towards getting the long-term unemployed back to work, is sparking interest in job hunters.
Spyker Cars NV, the tiny Dutch company that bought Swedish carmaker Saab from General Motors Co., says it is now suing GM for $3 billion in damages.
About 700 union workers at Constellium Rolled Products in West Virginia's Jackson County are on strike after contract negotiations broke down.
In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past.
14 people were identified as having been exposed to potentially toxic smoke at Precision Manufacturing.
Shares of Tesla Motors Inc. rose Friday on investor optimism that the electric car company's supply problems are being resolved and the ramp up in production of its key new model is on schedule.
Eastman Kodak Co. said Friday its second-quarter loss widened as revenue fell while it reorganized under bankruptcy protection.
The brewery was ready for its most exciting upgrade: a solar heating system to fulfill its hot water manufacturing needs.
The majority of U.S. industrial manufacturers surveyed remain optimistic regarding prospects for the U.S. economy.
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A research conducted by CSG reveals that 28% of Macao employees felt that they are not supported by their employers during these uncertain times, as compared to 20% in Hong Kong. 36% of older (aged more than 50) and 31% of blue-collar workers reported higher needs of support than younger (21%) and white-collar professional (22%) respectively.
HONG KONG, Thursday, 9th Apr 2020: The coronavirus continues to spread rapidly across all corners of the world. In Macao, the government has implemented strict control and taken measures to contain the virus from spreading. The government ensured stable supply of protective materials (such as masks and hand sanitizers) and daily necessities are ensured to the publics. Despite the effort from the government to contain the spread of the virus, Macao respondents viewed their employer’s effort differently; 28% of employees in Macao felt that the support from their employers were inadequate. The figure is 8% higher than that of Hong Kong (Figure 1). In particular, more residents aged 50 or above (36%) and blue-collars (31%) expressed the inadequacy of support. (Figure 2).
Looking into the support that are the most needed by the Macao residents, 25% mentioned their needs for mask and sanitary product, whilst 20% expressed that they need financial support and 7% economic policies to strengthen economy (Figure 3).
Despite Macao residents’ negative perception of employers’ support than their Hong Kong counterparts, their views on the virus’ impact on Macao’s economy is comparatively more positive. Forty-two-percent of Macao residents believed that this pandemic will have an extremely negative impact on local economy, much lower than the 59% recorded among Hong Kong residents. Moreover, 10% of Macao residents believe that their city’s economy will not be negatively affected by this pandemic, compared with only 3% among Hong Kong residents (Figure 4). However, when asked to compare the economic impact of this pandemic with SARS’s in 2003, residents in both cities have similar views – majority (80%) believed that COVID-19’s economic impacts would be more severe than SARS’. (Figure 5)
Due to social distancing, more purchases have been switched from offline to online. Although masks and daily necessities are among the top items citizens from both regions have purchased online, they are of lower priority in Macao than in Hong Kong. Food takeaways, instead, have taken the 1st spot, reflecting citizens’ lower intention to dine out (Table 1).
|1st||Food takeaways (49%)||Mask (57%)|
|2nd||Mask (45%)||Daily Necessities (53%)|
|3rd||Cleaning supplies (37%)||Cleaning supplies (52%)|
|4th||Daily Necessities (19%)||Food takeaways (29%)|
|5th||Clothing / Electronics (11%)||Health supplies (22%)|
Table 1 Top categories that Macao and Hong Kong online shoppers had purchased during the virus outbreak
(Online shopper: Macao n=147; Hong Kong n = 423)
When it comes to information about the virus, 78% of Macao residents place more trust in social media compared to Hong Kong (51%) (Figure 6).
Lastly, despite the continuous spread of the virus, 80% of Macao residents believe that this pandemic will be over by the end of Q2 2020; only 70% of Hong Kong residents have the same view – with the remaining portion believing the pandemic would last for an even longer period (Figure 7).
This research revealed that Macao residents are more optimistic to the pandemic than Hong Kong residents in terms of its impact on the economy and the duration that it would last. While the result shows some Macao residents expect more supports from their employers, more attention should be paid to the older and blue-collar workers who may need more help. Derek Yu, Research Director of CSG, commented that ‘the Macao government’s decisive action has kept the impact of the disease from spreading to a minimum. However, the global pandemic has shut down the tourism worldwide. As a tourism city, Macao is seriously suffering from standstill of economic activities and tourism that would be likely to last for an extended period. More short-term financial relief may be necessary for the survival of enterprises, especially for the small and medium ones, and empower them to get through the hard times together with their staff. In long run, the government should work with private sectors to create work and business opportunities.”
About the Survey
The survey was jointly initiated by CSG and Macao Research Center (MRC), CSG’s subsidiary in Macao. The survey was conducted in the week of 24 February with 525 residents in Hong Kong and 319 residents in Macao.


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In a matter of hours virtual reality (VR) on Mac format PCs has gone from being a cheer at an event, to accessible for developers, to now having the first compatible videogame title announced. Cyan Worlds’ Obduction has been officially unveiled as the first videogame to take advantage of SteamVR’s Mac compatibility.
Available now as a beta test, SteamVR will open the world of VR to a whole new audience. Showcased earlier today at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), San Jose, SteamVR is compatible with the HTC Vive head-mounted display (HMD).
Cyan Worlds’ Obduction launched on Windows format PCs earlier this year, both for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Today’s announcement of a Mac format version came via Twitter, though few details are currently available. A PlayStation VR version is also in the works.
More VR titles are likely to be confirmed for Mac in the coming days, especially with this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) just around the corner. VRFocus will of course keep you updated with any further announcements.


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