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Thankfully, the domestic production of personal protective equipment (PPE) is predicted to vastly expand in the next five years.
Back on March 5, a full month before government’s “experts,” national and international, stopped fumbling, lying and dissembling about the effectiveness of masks, I foresaw what IBISWorld, an industry research company, now confirms. I wrote:
A rise in consumer demand for this product, reflected in empty shelves and relatively higher prices, will galvanize business to hire more workers and produce more of the coveted commodity.
Prices are crucial. They are the street signs of the economy. The thing the socialists will soon insist on controlling (“price-controls”) and suppressing are the vital signs of the economy. In particular, scarcity and high prices are vital signals. Mask these natural market indices, and you kill off the knowledge needed by manufacturers and entrepreneurs to decide whether to rush into the production of surgical face masks and N-95 respirators.
Masks and all others pandemic prophylactics are currently exorbitantly priced to reflect high demand and subsequent scarcity. These prices have already been taken by producers as a signal to accelerate productions.
IBISWorld now forecasts an “increased emphasis on domestic production capacity in the interest of national security.” It expects “the industry’s trade balance to shift from a deficit to a surplus over the five years to 2025.”
SEE: “Unmasking Statist, Socialist Propaganda About ‘Face Masks”’(March 5)
IBISWorld further reports that “the PPE manufacturing industry has seen an unprecedented surge in demand for N95 masks, respirators, face shields and gloves. The industry’s largest operators are operating at maximum capacity and are currently or intending to expand their domestic production capacity within the year.”
For this, we owe the profit motive, not American leaders. As a rule, the latter have no compunction about leaving their pliant people in the lurch during disasters. The U.S. government knows its loyalists will do anything, including to deny COVID is real, to help their leaders save face.


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Health Canada's crackdown on banned pesticides in the medical marijuana industry is drawing praise from within the sector as the government introduces mandatory safety testing on all products to protect consumers.
Aphria Inc., which has called on the government to introduce stricter safety standards in recent months, said on Thursday that Health Canada's decision was a welcome move. The company's chief executive officer, Vic Neufeld, called it "a positive step forward" for the industry.
Health Canada announced last week it will subject companies to mandatory safety testing to ensure their products do not contain dangerous pesticides that can be harmful if inhaled or ingested.
It was an abrupt reversal by the department, which previously relied on companies to police themselves on banned pesticides, and told The Globe and Mail in February that mandatory testing was not necessary.
But after a Globe investigation this year uncovered evidence of deliberate use of harmful pesticides inside the industry, and hundreds of people who have fallen ill from using medicine that was tainted, Health Canada began random tests throughout the industry, in part to gauge the extent of the problem.
Spot checks at seven companies revealed evidence of banned chemicals at two medical marijuana producers. Plant samples taken at Hydropothecary Corp. showed signs of the pesticide myclobutanil, while screening of plants at Peace Naturals Project Inc. turned up evidence of piperonyl butoxide, a pesticide ingredient that is prohibited for use on cannabis.
Those discoveries came after banned pesticides such as myclobutanil and bifenazate were found late last year in products sold by Mettrum Ltd. and Organigram Inc. Such problems have led to mass recalls, and have damaged the credibility of the industry, in which producers often bill themselves to investors and consumers as pharmaceutical-grade companies.
Mike Gorenstein, chief executive officer of Cronos Group, which recently took over Peace Naturals Project, said he fully supports the new clampdown by Health Canada because it will make the growers more accountable.
"It is a positive. I think it is better for the industry," Mr. Gorenstein said, adding that mandatory testing is not onerous. "This is what people deserve and it's what patients should get. They should have transparency."
Of the companies found with products containing banned chemicals, only Peace Naturals Project has so far been able to determine the source.
Mr. Gorenstein said the previous management at Peace Naturals used piperonyl butoxide during the sanitation of grow rooms between crops. However, the company now employs new procedures and does not use any banned chemicals.
Mettrum, Organigram, and Hydropothecary were each found with varying levels of myclobutanil in material that was tested, but have all said they do not know how it got there. However, a former employee of Mettrum told The Globe he saw it being applied to that company's plants as far back as 2014.
Myclobutanil is a pesticide used to treat mildew infestations, but is banned on plants that are inhaled because it is a known carcinogen that emits hydrogen cyanide when heated. Some illegal growers use it as a shortcut to save a crop, despite its known health risks.
The recalls at Mettrum and Organigram involved myclobutanil concentrations of up to 20 parts per million (ppm). Health Canada's inspection of Hydropothecary uncovered plants with levels of myclobutanil of 0.023 ppm and 0.012 ppm.
Toxicology experts have told The Globe harmful chemicals in any concentration can be a health risk, but levels above 1 ppm are cause for particular concern.
Hundreds of people, some of them with compromised immune systems, have become seriously ill after exposure to tainted cannabis, with symptoms that include debilitating headaches, difficulty breathing, persistent nausea, vomiting, blistering rashes and muscle pain.
Health Canada said it will continue random spot checks on companies even as it introduces the mandatory testing regime.
"Health Canada will provide guidance to licensed producers in the coming weeks on how to implement mandatory testing for the presence of unauthorized pesticides," the government said in a statement this week.
"In addition, Health Canada will continue to carry out random testing of product samples collected during its regular and unannounced inspections of all licensed producers and will disclose those results publicly."

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Toyota Reports October Sales
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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported best-ever October sales of 173,086 vehicles, an increase of 5.2 percent over last October. Calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales total 1,887,352, up 10.7 percent over the same period last year.
"Market conditions show promise," said Jim Press, TMS president and COO. "Inventories are being replenished, the incentive-induced daze is lifting and the hurricane season is coming to a close."
The Toyota Division posted best-ever October sales of 149,755, up 5.7 percent. The Lexus Division reported October sales of 23,331 units, an increase of 2.2 percent. Toyota Division passenger cars recorded best-ever October sales of 90,756, up 12.3
Toyota Division light truck sales totaled 58,999 units for the month. Light truck sales were led by the Tacoma pickup truck with a total of 14,486, up 37.0 percent over the same period last year. The Highlander Hybrid gas-electric mid-size SUV, which launched in early June, reported sales of 2,330 units in October. The Highlander and Highlander Hybrid posted
Scion reported best-ever October sales of 13,392 units. The tC sports coupe, which debuted last summer, led the way with best-ever October sales of 6,682 units, an increase of 73.0 percent over last October. The xA recorded best-ever October sales of 2,640 units for the month, up 20.4 percent.
Lexus passenger cars posted October sales with 12,113 units, an increase of 15.4 percent. Sales momentum remained strong with October sales of the GS 300, which posted sales of 2,279 units and an increase of 349.1 percent, while the GS 430 posted sales of 366 units, an increase of 201.6 percent. The IS luxury sedans enjoyed sales of 2,563 units, an increase of 378.7 percent over the same period last year.
Lexus Division light truck October sales totaled 11,218 units for the month. The 2006 RX 400h luxury hybrid SUV reported sales of 1,904 units. The RX 330 and RX 400h posted combined October sales of 8,012 units.
Sales of North American-built vehicles accounted for 61.3 percent of total October sales. There were 26 selling days this sales month compared to 27 last October.
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Goal On Wednesday, it reported quarterly earnings that were well below Wall Street expectations, as the retailer dealt with exorbitant shipping costs, lower discounts and lower-than-expected sales of discretionary items from TVs to bikes.
Shares fell about 22% in pre-market trading.
Here’s what Target said for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending April 30, compared to Refinitiv’s consensus estimate:
- Earnings per share: $2.19, adjusted for $3.07.
- Revenue: $25.17 billion vs. $24.49 billion forecast
The national retailer, known for its cheap, stylish brands of clothing, home décor and more, Wraps Especially high sales period. A year ago, shoppers had extra dollars in their pockets from stimulus checks and reflected a sense of optimism with their purchases when they got their first Covid-19 vaccines.
Sales have actually grown compared to that period last year. Comparable sales, a key metric that tracks sales in stores that have been open for at least 13 months and online, grew 3.3% in the first quarter. That’s on top of a 23% increase in comparable sales in the same quarter last year and is above Wall Street expectations of 0.8%, according to StreetAccount estimates. At Target’s stores and website, traffic was up 3.9%.
However, CEO Brian Cornell said the company missed the target because its gains were “combined with extraordinarily high costs”.
“While we saw healthy earnings growth during the quarter, we were less profitable than we expected or intended to achieve over time,” he said in a call with reporters.
Among the challenges, Target said earnings were affected by inventory that arrived too early and too late, compensation and the number of employees that rose at distribution centers, and a mix of merchandise sales that looked different than before.
Target results are reversed WalmartQuarterly earnings performance. Walmart said Tuesday that it too It missed profits, which also indicates higher inventory and multiple cost pressures. Walmart shares fell more than 11% on Tuesday and touched a 52-week low.
Target reiterated its revenue forecast, which calls for mid-single-digit growth this year and beyond. No earnings per share estimate was provided.
Target’s net income for the quarter fell to $1.01 billion, or $2.16 per share, from $2.1 billion, or $4.17 per share, a year ago. Excluding items, the retailer earned $2.19 per share, 88 cents lower than the $3.07 analysts polled by Refinitiv had expected.
Adjusted earnings per share are down sharply — down nearly 41% from the same period last year.
Total revenue rose to $25.17 billion from $24.20 billion last year, above analysts’ expectations of $24.49 billion.
While Target and Walmart both missed profit expectations by wide margins, they differed in their US consumer descriptions.
Walmart Chief Financial Officer Brett Bigs told CNBC that the large retailer has seen some budget-strapped customers trade into the brand’s deli meat store and buy a half gallon of milk instead of a full gallon. Others, he said, are looking for new game consoles and courtyard sets.
Meanwhile, Target CEO Brian Cornell said on a media call that the company sees a healthy consumer, but one who lives — and spends — differently while resuming some pre-pandemic habits.
For example, Cornell said toy sales were prominent in the first quarter and grew in single-digits highs as families resumed larger kids’ birthday parties. He said baggage sales are up more than 50%.
On the other hand, sales of items such as televisions, kitchen utensils and bicycles declined as consumers shifted their spending toward experience-based purchases such as booking flights and purchasing gift cards for restaurants.
But Cornell warned that cost pressures “will continue for the near term,” stressing that some of them are out of the company’s control. One such factor is the price of gas, which hit a national average of $4,523 a gallon on Tuesday, according to the AAA.
However, he said, it will continue to invest in the business, opening new stores, and said Target’s long-term bright path remains the same.
With inflation soaring to its highest level in nearly four decades, CFO Michael Vedelk said on a call with reporters that Target will focus on delivering value, even if that means absorbing some of the costs. The price hike, he said, “remains the last lever we pull.”
“We’ve gained a lot of confidence over the past several years with the investments we’ve made in pricing, and we’re not about to trade that in the current environment,” he said.
As of Tuesday’s close, Target shares are down about 7% so far this year. Shares closed at $215.28 on Tuesday, bringing the company’s market capitalization to $99.82.
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With retailers hunkered down and girding themselves for an uncertain economy, Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue Armory, home of the 69th National Guard regiment, served as an apropos new venue for the Project show. The space was markedly smaller in scope than the show’s previous incarnation at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and hosted about 150 brands, according to show organizers.
“We were a lot more focused this year, and I think the smaller space was appropriate for this new economic environment we are in,” said Sam Ben-Avraham, founder and president of Project, which is a division of Advanstar Fashion Group.
Ben-Avraham viewed the general mood of vendors and retailers as positive but tempered by the financial troubles of CIT, which finances a large swath of the independent brands and boutiques serviced by the exhibition.
“Business isn’t back to normal, but I think people have gotten past the bad energy of last season and are focused on what needs to get done,” noted Ben-Avraham. “I think things were actually looking pretty positive a few weeks ago, but the recent news about CIT has people worried. If CIT goes down, a lot of people are going to have trouble with financing.”
In that vein, a no-frills mood permeated the drill hall that housed the show, with decor-free booths and the elimination of The Area, a white-carpeted special section previously dedicated to directional brands. “They told us not to bring any props, they want all the booths to be uniform and focused on product,” said Scott Morrison, chief executive officer of Evisu.
Morrison was displaying his revamped Evisu lineup of vintage denim with downplayed branding markers. Evisu is relaunching at Barneys New York this holiday, and Morrison expects eventually to be in about 125 specialty store doors in the U.S. as he works to energize the brand here.
A cleaner denim aesthetic was on view at J Brand, where unadorned, minimally treated styles provided a counterpoint to the vintage washes that prevailed at competing brands. “We are about clean, classic and timeless,” said Illanit Semberov, men’s sales director at the Los Angeles-based label. As with many companies, lower prices were an emphasis at J Brand, where jeans were priced to retail from $169 to $198.
At K-Swiss, prices this season were lowered about 10 percent in the Sport Style collection, to be more competitive with Nike and Adidas, said a company representative. The spring collection was focused on a country club direction, and moved away from the designer aesthetic of seasons past.
A burst of color was on view at the Threads for Thought booth, where painter Tom Christopher was showcasing his vivid artwork of New York street scenes. Christopher was recruited by the New York-based company to splash his artwork onto a special line of T-shirts that will benefit the National Resources Defense Council and the International Rescue Committee. The $24 T-shirts are debuting in Urban Outfitters this season.
Appealing denim alternatives were available from J.W. Brine, an Italian pants maker founded by Giacomo Rizzo, a former designer at Mason’s. “These are very American-friendly, five-pocket pants that a retailer can use to refresh their denim departments,” said Katie Liu, co-owner of Black Dog 8 showroom, which reps the line in the U.S.
At Operations, prices were actually up slightly, according to co-founder Michael Leen, as the brand aimed to boost quality. However, in a nod to the economy and retail realities, the New York-based brand also launched a lower-priced line called Incorporated by Operations, with wovens retailing for $98 and jackets for $298, about 50 percent less than the original Operations brand. The lower prices were achieved by moving production from the U.S. to China for the secondary line, which has been picked up by Bloomingdale’s.
Retailer Blake Nieman-Davis, owner of Portland, Ore.’s Blake, was upbeat on Casio’s G-Shock watches. “We are looking for brands where the customer feels like they are getting a lot of value for the money,” he said.
Key Trends From New York Market Week
• Lived-in woven shirts. • Casual, softly tailored sport coats. • Fine art-inspired printed T-shirts. • Subtle vintage washes for denim. • Gauzy and stretched-out knits. • Multicolored khakis. • Tailored shorts with shorter inseams.
“What he has done at Vuitton is really exceptional,” said @gameofthrones’ actress Gwendoline Christie on @mrkimjones’ final show for @louisvuitton. “He has rebooted luxury in terms of making it commercial, viable and contemporary. And most importantly artistic. He has never compromised his artistic vision for the sake of commodity.” (📷: @zefashioninsider)
After seeing a demand for men’s wear from its customers, British contemporary women’s wear label @ariesarise has added a men’s wear component and will launch a unisex collection with @mrporterlive. The 20-piece collection includes jackets, denim, logo T-shirts and more with deconstructed ‘90s vibes. Set to launch on January 18, you can shop the pieces on Aries’ website and on mrporter.com. #wwdfashion
“And so spending so much time with a character who thinks like that, inevitability you try and analyze yourself and go back and think about your own demons and dark chapters that you had in your life,” says @thedanielbruhl of his role in TNT’s “The Alienist.” The show, set in the Gilded Age of New York, also stars Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans. Head to WWD.com to read about how 39-year-old Brühl prepared for the role and why he thinks the show is so relevant to today #wwdeye ( 📷: @Eriktanner)
Now that Celine Dion’s collection has topped $10 million in sales, the pop superstar, fashion icon and newly-minted industry player is eyeing growth in Asia. Read the full report by @tiffanyap, link in bio. #wwdnews #celinedion
“My personal philosophy to beauty is paying attention to oneself. I love to be outdoors, lots of fresh air, trying to take care of yourself as best you can. I always notice that comes through,” says Felicity Jones, the global face of @shiseido-owned @cledepeaubeauteus, which launches today. Head to WWD.com to read more about the actress’ love for beauty and how she prepared for her new role in “The Basis of Sex,” playing the young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. #wwdbeauty (📷: @dandoperalski)
Among the familiar faces at @off____white’s show was a surprise figure: Japanese artist @takashipom, pictured here on Wednesday morning. Other show-goers included @jerrylorenzo, who spoke about his upcoming project: a @nike collaboration for back to school, with designs inspired by his childhood on the West Coast. Sitting in the front row were Future, Don Crawley, @miguel and more. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com #wwdeye (📷: Stephane Feugere)
According to @laurentsai, former “Terrace House: Aloha State” cast member, she didn’t know she was auditioning for the Japanese version of “Real World.” “I was telling a couple of my friends and someone’s like, ‘That sounds a lot like Terrace House.’ I was like, ’No it can’t be.’” Turns out, it was. But Tsai isn’t just a reality star — she’s an illustrator who has worked with Starbucks Japan and most recently, she’s dipping her toes into the fashion world. Head to WWD.com to read about her time on the show, modeling and her art. #wwdeye (📷: @danieldorsa)
More changes are coming to New York Fashion Week: Beginning with the spring 2019 collection, @alexanderwangny will move his New York show to June from September, adopting a biannual schedule with collections shown in June and December. Additionally, the @cfda is planning for an official summer/winter fashion season taking place as soon as June and December 2018. Read more about the upcoming changes on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @slovekinpics)


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La Salada markets cover a surface area of over 50 acres and feature three separate markets selling a wide array of products, including illicit goods. Although, in recent years, investigations have led to several arrests, criminal groups have succeeded in maintaining control in these markets and the sale of counterfeit goods continues to be a common occurrence.
La Salada also serves as a distribution hub for the Buenos Aires area and is home to multiple small factories that assemble and finish counterfeit goods.
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The bears that have been hibernating in the London equities markets these past few months seem to be rousing themselves at last. Last week the FTSE 100 index of leading stocks dipped below what market commentators insist on calling the “psychological” 6,000 mark, its lowest level since 1999, while the US shows far greater nervousness ahead of an anticipated further cut in interest rates.
Not a full-grown bear market yet, but a bear-cub market possibly. The question now is what level of panic will grip the equities markets. If investors really lose their nerve, stock market values could be driven far lower than need be, triggering a loss of corporate earnings which, in turn, pushes European economies into unnecessary recession.
Institutional investors should know enough about those fundamentals to hold their nerve. I wouldn’t want to tempt fate, but the kind of meltdown that we witnessed in global equities in 1987 should now be the stuff of market history. Not only are our markets run more professionally these days, but the technology at our disposal actively conspires against a run on equities building up its own momentum. The days of yelling “Sell!” in a red mist down the telephone have gone, along with the paper memorandum.
But the retail market – private punters like you and me – is a different matter. This is where talk of sentiment and psychology carries some weight. It is why the US stock market, which has a high proportion of stocks in private hands, is horribly vulnerable to a switch from an investing to a saving economy.
Nor should the inability of George W. Bush to engineer a soft landing for the American economy be underestimated. And, once the American population has lost confidence in shares and starts selling into a falling market, then the cub will have grown into a full-grown grizzly.
Over here, we don’t have anything like the retail market in equities that the US depends upon. It was only the privatisation programme of 20 years ago that started to push equities significantly into private hands. But there is some talk in the markets that the British private investor has taken fright at the prospects for equities and is shunning the stock market.
Such evidence was offered by the snappily-named Association of Unit Trusts and Investment Funds (Autif) at the start of this week, a report that will have been in high demand from a rapidly consolidating and worried retail banking and insurance industry. Autif’s figures show that Individual Savings Account (ISA) sales are down about five per cent on last year.
That is believed to be an underestimation of the depression in this market, precisely because last year’s figures were somewhat undercooked. Fund managers themselves believe the ISA market could be off by as much as 30 per cent, and independent observers are saying that, if that’s what the fund management industry is admitting to, then the sales drop could be as bad as 50 per cent.
This looks like a portent of doom for the financial services industry. But before marketing managers at high street banks start looking for jobs in the packaged goods industry, let me say that I don’t believe that the situation is nearly as bad as it looks from Autif’s report.
The first point to make is that technology funds, which could apparently do no wrong this time last year, not unnaturally accounted for nearly one-sixth of the total ISA market last January, which is the period under Autif’s examination. Equally unsurprisingly, such funds account for hardly five per cent of January 2001’s total sales of £637m. Taking this into account, what we are not witnessing is a wholesale abandonment of the retail equities market, but a long-delayed readjustment to the absurd stock market bubble that was created in the first half of last year by the dot-com craze.
Secondly, January is not the most significant month in the ISA season. It may be the ISA market’s becomes most visible, because it’s when the major financial operators roll out their advertising campaigns, but it’s not the critical sales month. The ISA’s appeal depends substantially on it being a mass-market, tax-break vehicle. This means that, in a year when punters are not jumping at the first dot-com weighted technology fund that comes along in January, the bulk of the sales action is going to be during March, to beat the end of the tax-year deadline in early April.
Thirdly, the UK financial services industry is unlikely to take anything like the hammering of its US equivalent by the retail market becoming averse to stocks. It’s true that execution-only brokerages such as Charles Schwab are laying off staff on both sides of the Atlantic – a sure sign that times are hard in retail equities – but the next-generation of online financial services providers, such as interactive investor, Fidelity and Egg, are essentially financial supermarkets. They offer access to a range of products, including cash and savings vehicles as well as equities investments.
It was the so-called day-traders that caused the loopiest of excesses in the US retail financial markets. Those days are gone, along with most of the day-traders. For once, we can take some comfort in the UK that we’re rather more risk-averse than our American cousins and enjoy a broader-based financial services market. We may not make as much on the way up, but we sure as hell won’t lose as much on the way down.
George Pitcher is a partner of issue management consultancy Luther Pendragon


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Oracle continues to be the smartest software company on the planet, even if all of their products aren't great.
Oracle raised the prices for a number of its products this week, by as much as twenty percent in many cases. While on the surface this seems silly in a down economy the truth is that it's actually a very smart move.
First of all, Oracle sets the pricing for the database market (and now possibly the app server market too) and therefore should always be looking for ways to increase their prices. The other important aspect is the fact that Oracle discounts heavily off list price. With a large increase (say 20%) they stand to even their loss on the list vs. actual price. It's deviously ingenious.
Do I think this is good for Oracle customers? No. But, once again I have to marvel at the economic prowess that Oracle continues to display. Meanwhile, just go get some MySQL.


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Things are starting to take shape at the Roxborough Commons, the new Ridge Ave. development located between Lyceum Ave and Martin St. The groundbreaking occurred last May after removing the old development.”Overall, there has been overwhelming interest, especially retail interest to have presence on Ridge Ave,” said Michael Cooley, Provco Group Spokesman.
According to Cooley, it was Citizen’s Bank that was the catalyst for this new development. Citizen’s Bank took over the old Roxborough-Manayunk Bank Building and its parking lot across Lyceum Ave.
“They were looking to build a more modern branch,” said Cooley.
Citizen’s will be moving to the opposite corner of Ridge and Lyceum Aves and will have multiple drive through lanes. But Citizen’s is only one of 11 other retails who will occupy the 25, 000 sq-ft. space.
According to Cooley, other retailers who have signed on include T-Mobile, Venuto’s, a regional pizza restaurant, Super Cuts, Philly Soft Pretzel Factory and Starbucks. More retails are likely to come.
“We are currently negotiating the balance,” said Cooley. “We are looking for retailers who would make a nice fit in the community.”
The overall design conforms to the Roxborough Development Corporation’s Ridge Ave Master-plan. The parking lot behind the building will hold 69 cars and can be accessed from both Lyceum Ave. and Martin St. The design also incorporatesY green space into its aesthetics. Cars exiting the bank’s drive through lanes will exit unto Lyceum Ave.
“It has been great working with the community,” said Cooley. “we’ll have a great streetscape and landscape when it is completed.”
According to Cooley, the completion of Roxborough Commons is scheduled for early to mid autumn with stores starting to open between late autumn and the end of the year.
“I’m excited to get this project finished and those new stores open,” said Cooley.


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An unpaid bill leads to costly video game battle
Updated: Wednesday, January 29 2014, 04:33 PM MST
By: DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Carl was asleep when the first shot was fired.
As he slumbered away in Costa Mesa, Calif., the 29-year-old banker's virtual space fleet was under siege early Monday morning in what's become the most destructive and expensive battle in the 10-year history of "EVE Online," the gargantuan online sci-fi video game.
"EVE Online" — with more than 500,000 players from around the world piloting starships, trading goods and engaging in galactic espionage — utilizes its own in-game currency, and Carl expects the damage from Monday's conflict to be the game equivalent of about $500,000 in real-world cash, based on data compiled from within the game.
The skirmish first erupted after a member of Carl's coalition missed a payment to protect an area that's been used as a staging ground for a war raging between Carl's Pandemic and N3 coalition versus CFC and Russian forces.
"Supposedly, it was set up for auto-pay, just like any other bill in real life, but either that didn't happen or the money wasn't in the wallet, and then everything just escalated out of control from there," said Carl. "The dust is still settling on that issue. Everyone is just focused right now on fighting to try to regain control of the system."
During Monday's encounter, more than 100 Titan vessels were destroyed. The megaships, which are akin to the Death Star from "Star Wars," are the largest ships in the game and are worth about $3,000 each in real-world money. The Titans also take months for gamers to build. That's months in real time: a lot of nights, weekends and days-off actually spent constructing the virtual warships.
Carl was awakened by a messaging app on his phone used by alliance members alerting him that their system B-R5RB was under attack by rivals. He wasn't scheduled to work in real life Monday, so he spent the entire day sending virtual ships into the fray. He said dozens of his alliance members took off work to join the fight, which is being waged by more than 4,000 players — and spectated by thousands more on the game streaming service Twitch.
It's an unprecedented battle unique to "EVE," which simulates a universe of more than 7,000 stars and whose virtual economy is linked to real-world money, unlike many other online role-playing games, such as "World of Warcraft" and "Lord of the Rings Online."
"I'd be lying if I said our servers weren't sweating a bit," said "EVE Online" spokesman Ned Coker of CCP Games, the Reykjavik, Iceland-based video game developer who created the online universe. "Allowing players free movement wherever they want in a game with over half a million players means for some pretty tricky technological requirements."
To compensate for thousands of starship captains battling each other online, Coker said CCP Games instituted what it calls "time dilation," which slows down the game's servers to about 10 percent of normal time, so players aren't dropped and their commands are issued in the order in which they were received. Carl said it has made for a massive but slow battle.
"In many ways it's a quintessential sci-fi experience, where thousands of people from all around the globe are waging a huge conflict that will have real repercussions on the politics, economy and social structures of a virtual universe," said Coker.
The real-world value of "EVE" currency is based on an actual exchange rate set within the game, but the primary basis for value in the game's virtual economy is the time and skill that gamers put into such concepts as the mining of minerals, the selling of goods and services, or the stealing of goods and money — just don't get caught.
However, if players want a shortcut, they can put real-world money into the game to buy "EVE" currency and equipment, as determined by the exchange rate, but the money can only be exchanged from real to virtual.
Meanwhile, Carl is optimistic his coalition will recover from the latest "EVE" upheaval.
"It looks like CFC is winning, but we're hoping now that all of our U.S. players are online, we'll turn the tide," said Carl. "Whatever happens, we'll keep going. 'EVE' is a universe full of grudges and constantly changing politics. If we were to lose, we'll rebuild. Then, we'll go back and start another war."


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AKRON (Dec. 27)—Goodyear's shipments of consumer tires in November to customers in the North American and European Union replacement and original equipment markets lagged behind the industry performance, the company said in a monthly report to investors. Higher operating costs related to manufacturing and an "unfavorable" price/mix relationship in the aftermarket were offset partially by lower transportation costs, improved profitability in the truck tire business and targeted cost control measures, Goodyear said. Despite the lower shipments in November, the company said its Goodyear and Dunlop brand replacement market shares improved over October. Bright spots for the firm were Eastern Europe and chemicals, where sales and earnings improved.
Goodyear tire shipments lag in November
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Picture gallery: what you can expect at Burnley's new mass vaccination centre
Burnley's new mass vaccination centre opened today with the goal of giving 500 people a day a potentially life-saving jab to protect against Covid-19.
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Kiss of life saves toddler at Perth IGA
- From: News Limited Network
- March 20, 2013
IT is the moment every parent secretly dreads.
Amy Collard was shopping in a Perth supermarket when her two-year-old daughter Shaylar suddenly lost consciousness and stopped breathing.
Dramatic CCTV footage supplied by IGA shows Ms Collard rushing her daughter's lifeless body to a checkout appealing for help.
Two shoppers help the girl, who they feared was choking, by turning her upside down and trying to revive her.
The girl's father, Michael Narkle, is then seen running into the store and breaks down at the sight of his lifeless daughter.
As Mr Narkle paces the shop in anguish, tradesman Rowan O'Neill takes charge.
As another shopper clears the checkout counter, Mr O'Neill performs CPR on little Shaylar.
About 90 seconds later, her eyes opened.
Shoppers in the store cried and embraced.
The toddler's parents told A Current Affair they were grateful to Mr O'Neill for saving their daughter's life.
"I thought she was going to die," Ms Collard told the program.
Shaylar spent a night in hospital and is now back home recovering.
POLICE will launch an unprecedented national crackdown on illegal firearms and their suppliers in the first Australia-wide assault on gun violence.
THE SUCCESS of the new Holden Commodore rests on the shoulders of mums and dads across Australia.
HAWTHORN star Lance "Buddy" Franklin has apologised to a woman who accused him of drunken, rude behaviour on Saturday night.
A VICTORIAN firm selling eggs under the name Barossa Ridge Farms is being investigated by the consumer watchdog for potentially breaching labelling laws.


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News surfaced last month that Vevo, the Hulu-for-music-videos service, would be launching a TV network. The YouTube-to-boob-tube rumor begged a series of questions: Can music videos drive an entire TV channel? Are music videos even popular any longer? Or would Vevo have to expand its programming as did MTV and VH1?
In a recent interview with Fast Company, Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff made it clear: We’re not trying to be MTV. First, he addressed the news of Vevo TV.
“That’s not correct–the New York Post got that wrong,” Caraeff explained, adding that Vevo will be seen on televisions through partnerships with services such as Google TV. The experience will be similar to watching a TV channel, but Vevo will still live on the Internet and only be accessible via Web-connected TVs.
In that sense, Vevo is looking to expand its reach online. Thanks to its syndication on YouTube and AOL, traffic has grown significantly. Mobile apps on the iPhone and iPad have been downloaded around 3 million times, and are rapidly becoming a mainstream platform. (Kanye West’s recent short film “Runaway” brought 2.1 million views on Vevo–100,000 from the mobile space.) And advertisers are rolling in: around 200 work with the company, from American Express’ sponsorship of live concerts to Vitamin Water’s investment in original programming.
Caraeff says the plan is to expand this reach–through Google TV, Apple TV, and soon Android-powered devices–but not necessarily to expand its programming, at least beyond music.
“We’re very true to music,” says Caraeff. “We’re not interested in abandoning music, or embracing lifestyle or reality programming. That’s something we’re very conscious of: There’s a thin line and a slippery slope between the two.”
“If you don’t keep your eye on music, then all of a sudden you’re making Jersey Shore,” he continues. “There’s nothing wrong with Jersey Shore–I’m sure it’s very good for MTV’s business–but that’s not what we want to do.”
Of course, if Vevo hopes to build a network on music, it needs content. Are music videos even a viable stream to rely on, when the record industry is struggling so much? Labels are spending less and less to produce videos due to cutbacks and a vague ROI.
“Music videos used to be something that drove the sales of record music,” explains Caraeff. “Where we are today, it’s primarily a commercial and promotional good–it’s a way to generate revenue, it’s a way to work with brands and sponsors, it’s a way to spread awareness for your music.”
“People shouldn’t spend money to make videos if they can’t realize a turn on that investment. But as we start to build the Vevo business, we’re seeing a renewed focus on music videos.”


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First it was Pinterest, and now Instagram has decided to set its sights on shopping. After a careful analysis of the market, it’s clear that the problem with a lot of e-commerce site is that you really only use them when you already know what you want to buy. There’s no room for a surprise purchase. There’s not much investment in stimulating a potential buyer while they’re scrolling through their feed, and that’s exactly the gap that Instagram is looking to fill. It wants to become the new favorite place for discovering products, and more importantly, for giving brands a unique opportunity for monetization.
How so? By removing the barriers between the moment of discovery and the purchase.
A lot of research shows that the issue with traditional e-commerce sites is that they take away the element of surprise from shopping. That is, they only work when you already know what you want.
Shopping comes to Instagram
How does it work? With a simple “Tap to view products” you’re taken directly from a photo to a page with a list of products and their prices, and then you can find out more about them with just another tap. For now, this service is still in the experimental phase, with a list of 20 companies involved, including Abercrombie, Warby Parker, Kate Spade and Macy’s.
“Most mobile shopping experiences today take people from the shop window right to check out — without giving consumers the opportunity to consider a product and get more information,”..
The company explains in its blog the decision to launch this new feature, and the goals it has in mind. Internal research showed that only 21% of consumers bought an item online the same day they first saw it. Most tend to buy it in the following days, when they’ve found out more about the product. So the solution could be a contextual purchase, which connects what we’re seeing with the items we’re interested in. It’s true that a lot of people still have doubts about Social Commerce platforms; and with the spread of mobile, it’s also true that at this point, users engage with it on while on the move and while scrolling through content on social channels. It’s definitely an interesting challenge, but we’re sure that it could be a great opportunity, and not only for fashion brands. Instagram is showing an unrivaled sense of innovation.
After the launch of Stories, Instagram focused on direct monetization. It continues to position itself as a hub for services, offering its users a global and contextual experience through the visual quality of its content, which can then result in a concrete action. The only question still remaining is whether it will be a paid feature, or one that’s accessible to all.
"C’è una sola cosa orribile al mondo, un solo peccato imperdonabile: la noia". Oscar Wilde. Dalla redazione di Dotmug non ci annoiamo di certo. Sempre alla ricerca di notizie, condiviamo, twittiamo, instagrammiamo in costante connessione con il mondo digital.


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Apple has reminded small developers who make apps for iOS that they should file an assistance submission by May 20 if they want a slice of a $100 million fund the company has set up as part of a settlement relating to an antitrust class-action lawsuit, in which Apple denies any wrongdoing. Developers based in the United States and sold an app on the iOS App Store between 2015 - 2021 but made less than a million dollars per year, could be entitled to some of the money.
Those who file a valid claim form are entitled to a minimum payment of between $250 and $30,000 from the $100 million Small Developer Assistance Fund. Those who take no action will not be awarded any payment and will also give up their legal right to sue Apple for claims related to the case.
According to the Small Apple Developer Assistance website, the lawsuit claimed that Apple had attempted to monopolise its iOS app and in-app distribution services market but Apple denies this. The payments from the settlement could help to offset potential losses through Apple’s practices which the lawsuit claims violated U.S. antitrust and California unfair competition laws.
You can submit your claim electronically but you will need to have your Claim ID and Confirmation Code to hand. If you do not have these, you can apply for them at the bottom of the form. Like all legal matters, this settlement is very complex, therefore, the website provides a detailed FAQ which you should familiarise yourself with if you’re affected.


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The study authors believe that sleep deprivation can cause your body to produce extra hunger hormones (like ghrelin) and fewer satiety hormones (like leptin). This means you’ll feel hungrier and have a harder time controlling your cravings once they hit. Most adults should aim for at least 7 to 9 hours of shuteye per night, per the National Sleep Foundation’s recommendations.
Belly fat is, in fact, the colloquial term for abdominal fat. According to medical experts, belly fat can be potentially dangerous. Excess of it can lead to a number of health problems including heart diseases, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, a decrease in the level of HDL or good cholesterol, and can even lead to strokes or sleep apnea. You need to combat this problem before it gets too late.
At the same time, wearing clothes you can actually move in (read: not stilettos and a tiny pencil skirt) to work might help keep you active during the day instead of parked at your desk. A study by the American Council on Exercise found that people took an average of eight percent more steps on days that they wore jeans instead of conventional business clothes. You officially have a health excuse to ask for casual Friday every day.
While it’s often assumed that bread is off-limits when you’re trying to lose belly fat, the right bread may actually expedite the process. Switching to sprouted bread can help out carb-lovers eager to get their fix without going up a belt size, thanks to the inulin content of sprouted grains. The results of a study published in Nutrition & Metabolism reveal that found that pre-diabetic study subjects whose diets were supplemented with inulin shaved off more belly fat and total weight than those whose meal plans didn’t pack this healthy prebiotic fiber.


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Recently, the OMD UK PepsiCo team worked with Walkers to launch the ‘new’ Monster Munch!
Walkers launched what appeared to be a new shape of Monster Munch that are shaped like monsters rather than claws. Shoppers can go to stores and find bags of either the original claw shapes, or the ‘new’ monster shapes. The launch was framed as a big innovation, when in actual fact, the new shape was simply the claw shape upside down.
To make this “innovation” famous, we went live on Twitter Spotlight with the hashtag #NEWMonsterMunch. This generated huge engagement on Twitter, with many consumers thinking that it was a fully-fledged new product launch from Walkers.
The team have also supported the campaign with a Twitter poll, getting the nation to choose if they are Team Claw or Team Monster, with over 40k votes received in the first day.
To round off the campaign, OMD Create teamed up with famous influencer Arron Crascall, who last Thursday revealed the new Monster Munch to the general public (in a covid-responsive way), confusing passers-by, asking them to decide which one tastes better, and generating some great live content on Instagram.
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Facebook and Instagram have taken down 300 accounts that violate community standards in the Philippines. So reports Philstar.com.
Walgreens is testing smart beverage coolers that have screens on their doors that will pitch customized images based on information gathered from face recognition technology. So reports CHICAGOINNO.
Artificial intelligence (AI) advocates say 2019 could be a milestone year for the advancement of the technology in the digital marketing industry.
The global marketing software market is likely to grow from $37.48 billion in 2017 to $74.96 billion by 2022, which would be a compound annual growth rate of 14%. So reports The Business Investor.


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New research released today by Telsyte says the IoT market is set to soar with more than 300 million connected devices in Australian homes by 2021. That’s more than ten devices for every man, woman and child – and excludes commercial devices and applications. While managing and securing those devices will be a massive challenge, keeping them connected and remotely accessible will also see our telcos scrambling as they seek to further embed themselves in our lives
Telsyte says more than 40 per cent of Australian households now have
Last time I checked my home, I had over 20 connected devices by the time you counted mine and the kids’ computers, a NAS, tablets and smartphones, media streamers, a gaming console and a few smart switches and home automation devices. And I’d bet many regular Lifehacker readers would have more than that.
Security looms as a major issue. We’ve recently seen a Miele dishwasher shipped with a directory traversal bug. What made that flaw worse was Miele’s lack of systems for dealing with the problem. This is a major issue I see looming – many device makers are focussed on providing functionality but lack expertise in non-functional requirements like security.
Many routers, particularly low cost home routers, aren’t designed to manage so many concurrent connections. If you’re planning a major IoT rollout at your home or office, then make sure your WLAN is up to it. And keep an eye on developments with the lastest version of WiFi. WiFi HaLow promises to change the way IoT devices connect and communicate.
Our carriers also see great opportunity. Not all IoT devices are going to be comfortably nestled in the confines of our homes or offices. At a visit to the new Telstra Labs in Melbourne last week, CTO Hakan Eriksson told me of how Telstra was taking what they had learned from the use of the 4G network, and from companies they have supported in their muru-D start-up incubator, to ensure the new 5G network they will start trialling next year will be ready for the explosive growth in IoT devices.
As well as dealing with the volume of data, Telstra and the other carriers will need to tune their networks to deal with changing latency demands.
What’s clear is the number of IoT devices already in the market is significant. And there are lots of problems now with security, connectivity and data management. What concerns me most about Telsyte’s forecast is home users aren’t always the best at managing the technical challenges.
Many of the devices that will hit consumers – I saw a kit at my local Telstra store the other day for example – will require regular firmware updates in order to deal with new threats and to fix flaws that are detected. Very few home users I speak to do that for the gear they already have.
And device makers, keen to ride the wave and make sales as the market expands, will sell devices that aren’t built with security in mind.
That amounts to a perfect storm in my view. One where unsecured devices are shipped to unwitting users in numbers that make last years Mirai DDoS attack seem like a minor blip.


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- Shadow Warrior 2 launches digitally for PS4, Xbox One, with a freebie
- To the stars! Endless Space 2 now available for PC
- Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth hitting PS4, PS Vita this September
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Bethesda has already showcased Dishonored’s supernatural side and strange arsenal, and now they are focusing on the tools and powers available to those who prefer the shadows in the new The Study of Stealth trailer.
Kalypso has released a new trailer for Jagged Alliance: Crossfire, the upcoming standalone expansion for Back in Action. The download-only release, set to launch on Steam and other digital outlets on September 25, will include 10 new maps set within war-torn Khanpaa, 10 new recruitable mercs, new weapons, and new missions.
NIS America has announced that their upcoming role-playing game Mugen Souls will now be available on October 16. The delay, due to “schedule adjustments,” means gamers will have to wait a little longer before jumping into Compile Heart’s latest adventure, which features a focus on character customization, seven worlds to explore, free-roaming battle maps, and turn-based combat.


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Calcutta, Feb. 28: No news is good news. Or so it would seem as far as the jute sector is concerned. Jute industry leaders seem to be happy that the sector found no specific mention in Union finance minister Jaswant Singh’s budget presentation.
“The industry was fearing an imposition of excise duty and we heaved a sigh of relief that it did not come about,’’ said G. M. Singhvi, chairman of the Indian Jute Mills Association.
“That there was no additional burden on the industry is itself a good news,’’ he said.
The industry is also expected to gain from the introduction of the value added tax (VAT) regime from April and also reduction of central sales tax (CST) from 4 per cent to 2 per cent. According to Sanjoy Kajaria, a past president of IJMA, introduction of VAT should be able to greatly reduce the irregularities and confusion in the existing sales tax system.


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Turkish industrialists mull setting up production units in Qatar
23 Jun 2017 - 22:13
By Irfan Bukhari / The Peninsula
DOHA: As Turkish exports to Qatar have “tripled from the normal levels” after the start of Gulf crisis, top Turkish industrialists and businessmen are contemplating to establish production units of various food items here in Qatar.
“We are being advised by our Qatari brothers (trade partners) to establish production facilities of iron, cheese, and dairy in Qatar,” said Abdurrahman Kaan, Musiad President, in an exclusive talk with The Peninsula.
Musiad is the largest association of Turkish industrialists and businessmen, having around 11,000 members. Kaan was visiting Qatar leading a delegation of Turkish businessmen to have meetings with their trade partners in Doha. Abdurrahman Kaan said that the delegation of Turkish businessmen had very productive meetings with Qatari companies to explore the existing needs of the country and ways of future trade cooperation.
“Now we will have special sessions on Qatar’s needs in Turkey in our board and with our members and after Eid, we will pay another visit to Qatar to have further meetings with our Qatari brothers.”
Musiad President said that trade relations between two brotherly countries would continue growing fast. Abdurrahman Kaan, termed his trip to Qatar as “wonderful”. “The first and foremost aim of the trip was to express solidarity with Qatar and show the world that we are standing with Qatar.”
He said that in many sectors of Qatar, there was space for consumption for huge volumes of Turkish goods. To a question about the quality of Turkish food item, Kaan said that they met European standards and “the Qatar companies and population are also very happy with the quality of our dairy products and chicken.” He said that the demand of iron was very high in Qatar.
Separately, two days ago while talking to The Peninsula Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar, Fikret Ozer, had said that with his country’s support, Qatar would not face any kind of shortage of any type of goods in future and Turkey would also supply construction materials for ongoing FIFA 2022 related or other mega projects.
Meanwhile, Turkish exports to Qatar have tripled from their normal levels to $32.5 million since four Arab countries began boycotting the Gulf state on June 5, Turkey's Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci said late on Thursday, Reuters has reported.
"Since June 5 exports to Qatar have amounted to $32.5 million. Of this $12.5 million is food. This figure is three times the normal level," Tufenkci told reporters at a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner on Thursday evening.
Turkey has sent more than 100 cargo planes of supplies to Qatar but Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said it was not sustainable to maintain supplies through an air lift.
Anadolu has reported that a ship carrying 4,000 tonnes of food for Qatar left Turkey early on Thursday (June 22). The vessel, carrying dry food, fruits and vegetables, departed Izmir in western Turkey. It should arrive in 10 days.


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The additional duty levied on petrol and diesel by the Union and the state government on July 5 is proving hard to digest for people. The increase in petrol and diesel prices by Rs 4.44 in one go has impacted everything — from morning snacks and tea to grocery to transportation, but the most palpable impact has been on the prices of vegetables and fruits. Vegetables and fruits selling at Rs 20 till the beginning of the month are now selling in the range of Rs 60 to Rs 80. Let alone pomegranate and apple, which are selling for Rs 150 to Rs 200 per kg, seasonal fruits like black berry (jamun) is selling at Rs 150 per kg.
However, vegetable whole-sellers said that the steep hike in prices of vegetables and fruits is not only due to rise in fuel prices, but also because of a spell of excessive rain earlier this month, which damaged crops of local vegetables badly. Read More
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New Macs debuting Apple silicon and a few more surprises just when we thought Apple's fall launch event extravaganza was drawing to an end, it hit us up with one more thing.
Apples next big event is officially slated for Tuesday, November 10 at 10am Pacific Time.
Now, for those of you keeping track, that is number three in the last three months.
So at this point we're averaging about one a month in the fall from Apple.
What can we expect?
Well, that was easy.
They're basically making good on a promise they made back in June.
So that's about 20 years ago in pandemic life.
At this year's developers conference, Apple announced that it would be transitioning from Intel CPU, which have basically powered its desktops and laptops for years to its own custom made Apple chips.
This means Apple basically gets complete control over the design process of its Macs.
That means hardware, interior and exterior, along with its software.
And for Apple, this is a good thing because as we've seen with other devices like the iPhone or the iPad, they can do a lot more if they have complete control of the process.
Now this one in particular would be based off of the A14 chip found in the new iPhone 12 and iPad Air.
Now if there are still any questions in your mind as to whether or not we're gonna see new Macs at this November launch event, well there's this.
Apple has all ready registered a number of new Mac models with the Eurasian Economic Commission.
This was discovered by French side CONSOMAC.
This is a necessary precursor before launching this type of device in this market, and in the past has been a pretty reliable indicator of what Apple is cooking for its next big launch event.
So now the question becomes, what Macs are they going to launch?
And as of now we have three strong contenders.
First off, 13 inch MacBook Air, 13 inch MacBook Pro and 16 inch MacBook Pro, where Apple could really flex the processing power of its new arm based chip.
Now this according to a recent Bloomberg report, which also states that we're not going to see a redesign for these new Macs, but rather they will have the same design as the current models, which is fine.
But can we all agree that we need better webcams this year, please.
Of course there's still some time before the event, so I at least, I'm expecting more leaks up until the day of.
So take this information with a grain of salt.
I'm also gonna throw in there that we've been hearing some rumors about a 12 inch MacBook, a 24-inch iMac and a potential Mac Mini, but these are a little bit less likely.
Apple has said it will take about two years to fully transition from Intel to ARM-based chips, during which, it will continue to sell and support Intel-based Macs and iMacs.
We're also expecting Apple to make good on a few other promises that it made at earlier launch events, starting with that MagSafe Duo Charger.
Think of this as the toned down version of the AirPower mat, which was supposed to charge three devices, not two anywhere on the mat.
And I'm hoping it won't have the same outcome because Apple had to cancel that.
And also that new Fitness+ service which Apple announced at the Apple watch event back in September, which would allow you to work out on your Apple TV, iPhone or iPad for $9.99 a month using the Apple watch as the core.
We learned all about it but we still don't know when the official launch date is, so that one would make sense as well.
Maybe a few other products, after all there are still a couple of other Apple products left on the 2020 Apple bingo, including the air tags, those tiny little tracking devices, the title competitors, and the air pod studio, those high end over the ear headphones that we've been hearing about.
And maybe bonus like Apple AR glasses or Apple Car.
Yeah, more realistically, Apple TV maybe.
Again, highly doubtful.
Now that we've covered what to expect, here's how to watch basically the same venues as before.
You can stream it from apple.com, you can stream it from Apple's YouTube page, you can stream it on Apple TV.
You can also come to Cnet YouTube page to join our watch party which will start 30 minutes before the event and then stay on to see our post event recap as well.
In the meantime, I also wanna know what you guys are thinking about the November event.
Are you excited about the new Macs?
And what other products do you want to see from Apple before the end of 2020?
That has a nice ring to it.
I will see you next time.


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U.S. manufacturing technology orders rose to $378.4 million in May, an increase of 7.3% over the previous month, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Orders for metal cutting technologies grew 4.5% while forming and fabricating technologies increased 64.8% over the previous month and 117% over May 2018. Despite the modest uptick in total orders from April, orders are down nearly 22% from May 2018, when orders totaled $484.2 million. The year-to-date total for 2019 increased to $1,867 million, a 13.5% decline from the 2018 total through May.
“Manufacturing technology orders will be good but smaller than 2018, and we will see a significant move in the customer mix as large manufacturers shift capital liabilities down the supply chain or into the machine shop sector,” says Pat McGibbon, chief knowledge officer for AMT. “In the past four months, the share of total orders placed by machine shops increased more than 20%. This is typical of business cycles with disruptions rather than a decline in manufacturing activity.”
While orders were up overall in May, growth was not even amongst all industries. Construction machinery manufacturing was up nearly seven-fold over the previous month, and orders from agricultural equipment manufacturing more than doubled. On the other hand, orders from the medical equipment manufacturers fell by a third, and primary metal manufacturing slashed orders by more than half. Orders from the aerospace sector increased just under 10%, and the engine and turbine sector, as well as automotive orders, increased by a third and a quarter, respectively. Machine shop orders fell by less than 1%. Of the major USMTO industries, industrial machinery had the highest uptick in orders, more than doubling April 2019 levels.
The largest growth rate for a region in May 2019 was the Southeast, where orders increased 25.8% of their April 2019 level. Gains were also seen in the West, North Central – East, and South Central regions. Modest losses were recorded in the Northeast and North Central – West regions, where monthly totals fell by single-digit percentages from April 2019.


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First company to launch independent recycling system in Denmark
As of 1 September 2014, Nespresso capsules can be recycled in Denmark. Nespresso is the first approved company in Denmark to establish an independent system for the collection and recycling of the company’s coffee capsules. This initiative is made possible by a new law enacted by the Danish Ministry of Environment that permits private companies to collect packaging and allows the creation of private recycling schemes.
Speaking at the launch of the recycling program at the Nespresso Boutique in Copenhagen, the Danish Minister of the Environment, Kirsten Brosbøl established Nespresso’s role as a forerunner by referring to the new law as “the Nespresso model”.
Since the opening of the first Nespresso Boutique in Denmark in 2007, Nespresso has been committed to enabling capsule recycling in the country. Until now, Nespresso capsules were not accepted by municipal recycling facilities and it was not legal for private companies to establish private recycling systems.
“Aluminium is not only the best material to protect our coffees against oxygen and sunlight that can reduce the flavours and aromas of our Grands Crus, it is also infinitely recyclable. It is not enough for us to deliver a high quality product; Nespresso is also highly committed to using its resources sustainably and helping our Club Members do the same through recycling,” said Johan Bäckström, Country Business Manager for Nespresso Denmark. “It is a great achievement which other companies will benefit from. This is why we have been working intensively for the past three years to have the law in Denmark changed.”
Giving capsules a second life through recycling and composting
With its new recycling program, Nespresso sets a precedent for other companies in Denmark to follow suit, giving its aluminium capsules and their contents a second life through recycling and composting.
Consumers in the country can now return their used Nespresso capsules at Nespresso boutiques and more than 30 recycling points across Denmark where Stena Recycling collects the used capsules.
Spent coffee grounds are separated from the used capsules and transported to a communal composting facility. There, the coffee grounds are mixed with other biodegradables components to create compost that is used by local farmers to enrich their soil. At the same time the aluminium from the capsules is smelted for reuse in the manufacturing of new aluminium products such as bicycle or car parts.
Managing aluminium sustainably
Capsule recycling is an integral part of the overall Nespresso sustainability commitment. The company recently announced its sustainability strategy for 2020. This includes achieving 100% sustainably sourced aluminium in compliance with the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative and raising the recycling capacity of used capsules to 100% by 2020. Nespresso encourages its Club Members to play an active role in recycling by collecting their used capsules at home and taking advantage of the available recycling system in their country.
“We know that Nespresso customers in Denmark care about the environment, and that they are invested in taking environmental responsibility,” added Johan Bäckström. “The Danes are already good at recycling paper and glass, and it is our wish that it becomes a natural part of the Danish everyday life to recycle used Nespresso capsules as well”.
Nespresso to invest CHF 500 Million into 2020 Sustainability Strategy


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Users who download the Adventure Aide app can sign up for a wide range of outdoor activities.
The game allows students to participate in a virtual world of buying and selling art and building an art collection.
People of all ages and levels of experience can participate March 10 at 9 a.m. at the Morro Bay harbor.
The first generation of skaters watch in support as the current generation moves the medium forward with new flare.
The panel March 1 will discuss ways men can use their privilege in society to speak out against sexual violence.
This year’s survey asks students to select a music genre they would most like to see at the concert.
To students, “fair trade” may mean glancing at another garbled label on a chocolate bar. But the impact is global.
The free event will feature more than 20 vendors with vegan food, merchandise and educational outreach.
From rolling hills to deserts to dunes, the Central Coast provides a unique and diverse terrain for photographers.
Students argued the university is promoting “racist and hateful rhetoric” by co-sponsoring the event featuring the conservative blogger.


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Food for thought
With restaurants mushrooming in the city despite a recession, foodies are spoilt for choice. But in the rat race for eyeballs and online platforms such as Zomato, Instagram and Facebook in attendance as facilitators, a new brood of ‘influencers’ has taken centrestage with fancy food posts and personal accounts of the experience passing as reviews. Enter this scene — National Union of Hospitality Industry of India (NUHII) — a body formed by the Republican Party of India (A), in August this year. It has threatened to sue food bloggers for negative reviews.
Even as what appears to be a gag order stunned many recently, making it clear it meant business, NUHII sent out a notice to a popular foodie forum — Pune Eat Outs (PEO) — emphasising there are at least three-four other players in its line of fire. What spoilt the broth for NUHII is the unholy alliance that has been forged between restaurants, a rash of influencers and pushy public relations (PR) professionals, to spin reviews in order to garner eyeballs of the unsuspecting consumer.
Defending that the idea is not to impede freedom of expression, Sanee Awsarmmel, chairman of NUHII, asserts, “We are not against people posting their experiences on social media but those who work in groups and extort restaurateurs, threatening to write negative reviews if they do not oblige.” When asked why no restaurant had registered a police complaint if they’d been so extorted, he shoots back, “Many of these people have invested heavily in the new business and are scared of being written off even before they get off the ground.”
But some bloggers, who’ve been around for long and seen the scene transforming, blame the very restaurants that are complaining today. “They are the ones who created the monster and are now protesting when it has come back to bite them,” insists
A year into her postings, Bhave started getting invited to restaurants to sample their fare and write reviews. “I was fine with the invitations as long I could write an honest review,” she says. Subsequently, the PR companies started getting into the picture, with the restaurants not wanting to be burdened with selecting the bloggers, sifting through social media data on the following they had. “It was not long before I started getting requests from the PR guys to tone down my reviews,” she recalls.
She says that this was not her isolated experience. “It was also becoming an embarrassment to be at these events, where I watched substantial food being wasted, as invitees would refuse to sample many of the fare saying they did not eat certain things. Most could not hold an informed conversation with the chef,” she adds. Bhave says she got out of the scene a year ago as she was already being dropped from the invitation lists. “These days, ironically, it is the restau-rants that tell the PR agencies who they want invited, even instructing them to ensure ratings between 4 and 4.5 at the very least from the invitees,” she informs.
Husein Upletawala, another hospitality professional, active in
Another one from the fraternity, Monalisa Mehrotra quit restaurant blogging some time ago, choosing to focus more on her own food. “I was into food photography, workshops and pop-ups. At the time I personally faced no pressure on how I blogged. But these days there are just too many reviewers and it has become difficult to find a review that you can fully trust.”
Bhave points out that in her experience many of the people invited to the tasting table exhibit little or no understanding of food. “There was this one occasion when after a tasting event, I got a call from one of the guys seated near me, asking me to get on board his group — a bunch of IT professionals who engage in food blogging. He said none of them had the knowledge of food like I did and could use my expertise for their blogging. I, of course, turned them down. But this is the state of affairs,” she narrates. When these influencers approach any establishment as a group, they become intimidating as a collective force and some of these people are also doing the same in the fashion industry, she points out.
But Upletawala vehemently rejects the NUHII proposition to set up a committee (comprising all stakeholders in the industry — principals of catering colleges, industry experts, restaurateurs, concerned government agencies such as Food and Drug Administration and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, representatives of different bodies of the industry and also from the blogging community) to certify bloggers, based on their educational qualification (with catering background or work profile — read established writers). “Bloggers don’t claim to be professionals. Banning them will not work,” says the food expert who recently made a comeback on the blogging scene reviewing one restaurant, “after a few self-paid meals”.
Aniruddha Patil, founder of PEO, merely smiles when told of the proposed vetting process and scoffs, “We can’t confuse education with knowledge. We are always learning.” He also adds that while the problems identified may be valid, it’s not unilateral or universal and they also lie in the reward programme being offered by some of the aggregators, based on volume, rather than quality of reviews.
While older bloggers are fleeing the scene crowded by frenzied social media posts, many point at the ‘connoisseur programme’ of Zomato, that rewards customers based on the number of reviews, pictures they post, for spawning a huge number of influencers.
In its defence, Zomato’s spokesperson states, “Neutrality is at the heart of Zomato. Both technology and a seasoned team work on it every moment to identify any suspicious behaviour and are constantly flagging it. Project clampdown is an example of our zero tolerance towards any bad actors in the system where we warn users about any suspicious activity by a restaurant and also allow partners to report dubious reviews for us to identify users practising solicitation, respectively.”
Heena Grover Menon, who runs Karma PR & Content, explaining how things work, elaborates. “We invite bloggers for pre-planned tasting to get their feedback and also help our clients create an instant buzz in the market. We can’t afford to have negative posts. So we tell the invitees if they have any negative feedback, to give it directly to the client or the chef but not write about it. We expect each invitee to generate about 10-5 Insta stories from their experience and similar volume of posts on Zomato and FB. It’s a clear quid pro quo. The invitees also stand to gain in terms of page views and following. Once their posts are up, we call them to check if everything went alright. If they find something amiss we offer to serve them again to address the issue. Sometimes some people are a little difficult. If they persist on giving negative reviews we drop them from the invitation lists.”
She accepts that there are agencies that even try to dictate the ratings they want out of the invitees, something her agency keeps out of. “There are also people who flex their social media muscle and demand money. We do not pander to them,” she says. She reveals that a person with over 25,000 followers on a social media platform like Instagram is considered a powerful influencer and some of the really young ones demand anywhere between Rs 10,000-25,000 to attend an event.
Interestingly, most restaurateurs Mirror has spoken to agree that some of the restaurants are to blame for the malaise beset upon the food review scene today. “When we started out seven years ago, we were advised that the only way to get noticed was to call the bloggers. But ours was a family-run business and we steered clear of doing this or even advertising, choosing to get known through word-of-mouth. I still get propositions on Insta and FB by random people offering business arrangement to do reviews for a free meal and some remuneration,” laughs Melanie Andrade, who runs Fat Cat’s Café at Wanowrie. She also found Zomato’s system skewed and had taken it up with aggregator several times.
Joravar Sachdev, who runs East Street Café at Camp, points out, “Credible bloggers know that they and restaurants form a healthy eco-system together. Most of them know how to give a constructive review. Unfortunately, the rise of certain online platforms has given rise to those who have associated blogging with the quantity of reviews that get rewarded now with invites and free meals. Those are the bloggers which have become not just a threat to the restaurants but also the entire blogging community, which is why certain credible ones have actually taken a back seat to not be part of this herd.”
He goes on to add, “I have seen people approach restaurants directly and quote a fee to eat for free and then give a review on platforms they just happen to be on, and that’s where the disgust begins.” He quickly accepted that restaurants are equally to blame for this trend.
Restaurateur Gaurav Kataria, also agreed that the bloggers and restaurants made for a mutually beneficial eco-system. “With advertising in publications beyond the pockets of most start-up restaurants, blogging offered the perfect avenue to get an opinion out to the market. But the social media influencers are different.
Never before would a restaurant get calls from people introducing themselves as food bloggers. There has to be an occasion to engage with the bloggers — such as the launch of a restaurant or a new menu. When denied privileges these influencers are known to turn vindictive.” He explains that food bloggers did play a role in the promotion of Farzi Café and the first Kerala Café, the restaurants he launched. “But these days how do we even quantify if the influencers are really helping the bottomline?” he asks.
Kedar Anil Gadgil, who writes on a variety of subjects — politics, social issues and also food — is more scathing about the fear
We can’t afford to have negative posts. So, we tell the invitees if they have any negative feedback, to give it directly to the client or the chef but not write about it
These days, it is the restaurants that tell the PR agencies who they want invited, even instructing them to ensure ratings between 4 and 4.5 at the very least from the invitees
Never before would a restaurant get calls from people introducing themselves as food bloggers. When denied privileges these influencers are known to turn vindictive


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The company estimated the attack cost it £42m. Since then it said it has “substantially” increased its investment in
cyber security, and has appointed a chief information security officer. not giving a shit about security, customer service, and has managed to to be hacked almost quarterly every year since, yet still somehow has customers.
Fixed that for you!


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Rainham man among five jailed for £70,000 smash and grab
- Credit: Met
Five men have been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison after being convicted of a smash and grab raid which netted them more than £70,000 of designer handbags, belts and purses.
Michael Lewis, 28, of Upminster Road South, Rainham, was jailed for six years for conspiracy to commit burglary at Blackfriars Crown Court yesterday.
Lewis and four others raided the Louis Vuitton store in Sloane Street, west London, in June last year.
The gang used two cars and three scooters to break through the door of the high end fashion shop and snatch a number of items from inside.
They were arrested in Islington shortly afterwards by the Met’s flying squad who recovered the goods.
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Det Ch Insp Steve Ellen said: “This audacious theft was shocking to both staff at the store and passing motorists.
“Thanks to the flying squad the gang were quickly identified and arrested and an amount of goods recovered.”
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The world of tech will soon make its annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for CES 2019, billed as the world’s biggest technology trade show.
Acting as a showcase for this year’s most anticipated products, it also acts as a gauge for what tech trends to expect in the years ahead.
Officially kicking off on 8 January at the Mandalay Bay, the conference will open for press and preview viewings on 6 January, before the whole thing concludes on 11 January.
All the latest news and unveilings will be covered by The Independent but until then here’s everything to expect from this year’s tech extravaganza.null
Foldable phones to steal the show
2019 could be the year that foldable phones come back into fashion, as several companies prepare to launch smartphones that bend and fold.
Samsung is the largest phone maker to launch a foldable phone this year, having already partially unveiled its Galaxy F device in late 2018.


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MZ is best known for its mobile game hits (Game of War - Fire Age and Mobile Strike). In building a platform to support mobile game distribution to millions of concurrent users, MZ began the construction of a massively scalable live data platform. MZ has now opened to platform, Satori, at no cost.
As announced earlier this year, Google officially retired the Hangouts API. As Hangouts is repositioned for enterprise use, the need for some of the social, consumer focused video features of the API are no longer a priority. Accordingly, the end of the API was first announced and now realized.


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It is worth reading the Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute’s new study by Christopher Wilson, entitled “Working Together: Economic Ties between the United States and Mexico.” The report is packed with examples and statistical evidence of the deepening integration between the United States and Mexico since 1993 (the signing of NAFTA), and concisely explains why this relationship is so important and beneficial for the United States.
In terms of trade, for nearly half of U.S. states, Mexico is the number one or number two export destination. For border states such as Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, up to a third of all exports head to our southern neighbor. But it isn’t just a border issue – export industries in states as far flung as New Hampshire, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Missouri all depend on Mexican industries and consumers. And these are some of the most dynamic trading relations we have. Twenty U.S. states increased exports to Mexico by more than 10 percent each year over the last fifteen years. Investment also flourished. Mexican FDI in the United States, though starting at a low base, increased tenfold over the past two decades.
The report shows that trade with Mexico is particularly beneficial to the United States because these goods incorporate many parts and products produced in the United States. In fact, even though fully counted as imports in official trade data, an estimated 40 percent of the value of Mexican products is actually “made in the USA.” Only Canada comes close to this ratio (25 percent). In stark contrast, only 4 percent of the value of Chinese imports is made on U.S. soil. This means that products coming from Mexico support homegrown industry and labor. In fact, 6 million American jobs – or 1 out of every 24 – depend on Mexican trade. The study breaks down employment by state – showing for instance that some 200,000 Georgians, 120,000 Indianans, and 100,000 Coloradans owe their jobs to Mexico. Other studies show that export oriented jobs pay more than others, further benefiting U.S. workers. And what is good for Mexico is good for the United States -- Mexico’s strong 2011 economic growth should create 150,000 new U.S. jobs.
The report interestingly points out how the United States is now competing with China and others to supply parts and materials used in Mexican production. Here, worryingly, the United States is falling behind – losing market share to its Asian rivals. Part of the problem is the border. Overwhelmed infrastructure, and long and unpredictable wait times at crossings limit competitiveness, costing taxpayers billions in lost revenue and jobs.
There are some signs that these issues are at least appreciated. In 2010 three new border crossings opened, easing congestion along the dense 2,000 mile border, and under its “21st Century Border” project, the Obama administration is working to make commercial and other crossings more efficient and secure. But a conceptual shift is still needed. U.S. politicians, business owners, workers, and the general public need to understand that the path to improving U.S. global competitiveness –defending American industry in the process – runs through, rather than around Mexico (and Canada). Regional integration is vital for U.S. economic recovery and growth going forward.