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In recent months, the internet has been abuzz with discussions surrounding the “Megnutt leaked” controversy. This phenomenon, which originated on social media platforms, has sparked debates, raised concerns, and left many wondering about the implications of leaked content. In this article, we will delve into the details of the Megnutt leaked controversy, explore its impact on individuals and society, and provide valuable insights into the broader implications of leaked content.
The Megnutt Leaked: Understanding the Origins
The term “Megnutt leaked” refers to the unauthorized release of personal and private content belonging to Megnutt, a popular social media influencer. The leaked content includes private messages, photos, and videos that were intended to remain confidential. The controversy gained traction when these leaked materials started circulating on various online platforms, causing a significant uproar among Megnutt’s followers and the wider online community.
It is important to note that the act of leaking someone’s private content without their consent is a violation of privacy and can have severe consequences for both the individual involved and the person responsible for the leak. In the case of Megnutt, the leaked content has not only affected her personal life but has also raised important questions about privacy in the digital age.
The Impact of Leaked Content on Individuals
The leaking of personal content can have a profound impact on individuals, both emotionally and professionally. Here are some key ways in which leaked content can affect individuals:
- Emotional Distress: The invasion of privacy caused by leaked content can lead to significant emotional distress for the individual involved. They may experience feelings of betrayal, humiliation, and vulnerability.
- Damage to Reputation: Leaked content can tarnish an individual’s reputation, especially if the content is sensitive or controversial. This can have long-lasting consequences on their personal and professional life.
- Loss of Trust: Leaked content can erode trust between individuals, whether it be in personal relationships or professional collaborations. The breach of trust can be difficult to repair and may have lasting effects on future interactions.
The Broader Implications of Leaked Content
While the Megnutt leaked controversy is specific to one individual, it raises broader questions about the implications of leaked content in the digital age. Here are some key insights into the broader implications:
- Privacy in the Digital Age: The Megnutt leaked controversy highlights the need for individuals to be vigilant about their privacy in the digital age. It serves as a reminder that even seemingly secure platforms can be vulnerable to breaches.
- Legal and Ethical Considerations: The leaking of personal content raises important legal and ethical questions. Laws surrounding privacy and data protection need to be robust and enforced to prevent such breaches.
- Online Safety and Security: The leaking of personal content also underscores the importance of online safety and security. Individuals should take measures to protect their personal information and be cautious about sharing sensitive content online.
Q&A: Addressing Key Questions
1. What are the potential legal consequences for those responsible for leaking personal content?
The legal consequences for leaking personal content can vary depending on the jurisdiction and the specific circumstances of the case. In many countries, leaking personal content without consent can be considered a violation of privacy laws and may result in civil and criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment.
2. How can individuals protect themselves from having their personal content leaked?
While it is impossible to completely eliminate the risk of personal content being leaked, individuals can take certain measures to minimize the chances:
- Regularly review and update privacy settings on social media platforms.
- Avoid sharing sensitive or private content online.
- Use strong and unique passwords for online accounts.
- Be cautious about sharing personal information with unknown individuals or platforms.
3. What steps can social media platforms take to prevent the leaking of personal content?
Social media platforms play a crucial role in safeguarding user privacy and preventing the leaking of personal content. Some steps they can take include:
- Implementing robust security measures to protect user data.
- Providing clear and easily accessible privacy settings for users.
- Regularly auditing and updating their systems to address vulnerabilities.
- Collaborating with law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute individuals responsible for leaking personal content.
Summary: Lessons Learned from the Megnutt Leaked Controversy
The Megnutt leaked controversy serves as a stark reminder of the importance of privacy in the digital age. It highlights the emotional and professional impact of leaked content on individuals and raises broader questions about privacy, legal considerations, and online safety. As individuals, it is crucial to be mindful of our digital footprint and take necessary precautions to protect our personal information. Likewise, social media platforms must prioritize user privacy and security to prevent such breaches from occurring. By learning from the Megnutt leaked controversy, we can collectively work towards a safer and more respectful online environment.


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Analysts have known that Indonesia is likely to ban the export of nickel ore. This can happen much earlier than anticipated. This gloomy news has resulted in an increased price of nickel. Thus, the highest price in the last 16 months has been recorded at the current session.
In the morning, quotes on the London Metal Exchange have jumped to 16.69 thousand US dollars per tonne, i.e. the increase has totaled 12%. Then there was a correction to the level of 15.625 thousand US dollars per tonne (this is 4.8% more than the closing price at the previous session).
On the LME, the metal price has jumped due to the growth of the quotations on the Shanghai Futures Exchange to 124.89 thousand yuan per tonne. This is a record mark since the start of nickel trading on the Exchange in 2015.
Speculation by traders regarding the possible earlier dates as to the ban on the nickel ore export has resulted in significantly increased metal prices. It should be noted that the date of January 2022 was previously set. Analysts agree that the reason for such a strong movement is a banal panic.
We recall that Indonesia is currently the world’s leading exporter of nickel ore. Nevertheless, the government of the island state intends to stimulate the processing industry within the state by restricting shipments. This silvery metal is widely used to produce stainless steel; nickel is also indispensable in the production of batteries and superalloys.
The material was prepared with the participation of Katya Wilson,
a leading analyst of the brokerage company UFT Group

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The meeting of Adobe and Microsoft, long hostile to each other, shows the extent to which Apple's grab of the iPad has changed the game of computer usage.
Let me be honest. I am a SharePoint consultant, and I love Flash. Personally I see the conflict between the two companies as idiotic. Why is Microsoft wasting time on Silverlight when Flash did it all 10 years ago? Why can't I save a Word document as a PDF without having to pay for something? Why is there not a Dreamweaver to SharePoint link?
The two companies have wasted a great deal of code fighting each other, creating what had been for a long time 2 sides of the web. Google and Apple have disturbed these two giants. Apple's iPad is the most radical device in 20 years, and has put the entire PC at risk. I am finding more and more the iPad is not just for beds and coaches. I find the iPad is better at meetings, better at conferences, better on flights, better in lectures, better almost everywhere and its just going to get better.
Microsoft blew this, and Windows 7 is in danger. But Adobe's very existence is in danger. These two companies need to come together, for Microsoft its a matter of not just becoming a Office stack, a replacement for Oracle. For Adobe it is survival.


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Nigerian comedian, Ali Baba has advised ‘slay queens’ against using social media to beg for alms.
Ali Baba, in a statement via Instagram, said that setting up a social media account to beg for money would not get young girls anywhere.
Recall that other celebrities such as Omoni Oboli, Annie Idibia and Uti Nwachukwu have also urged online beggars to stop using the social media as a means of livelihood.
Ali Baba said, “This is something we must not encourage any more. People using emotional blackmail to get people to fund their laziness. OOtoooo ge!!!!! I have shared on my page young Nigerians who decided to go into small businesses like selling groundnuts, working in a bakery, hawking bread, sales girls, office boys, barbers, security guards, keke napep riders, car washers, mechanics, carpenters… all to keep body and soul together. This idea of looking like a slay queen and setting up a social media account and using same to solicit help is not going to get us anywhere.
“That’s why 100s of thousands will flood reality show auditions. See the number of hustlers on Lagos streets, hawking and grinding daily. Some, make like 2K a day. Some make more. I didn’t get here by a stroke of luck. I have squatted, been homeless in Lagos, worked for free, took paid employment with #DPLekkiLtd when it seemed that comedy didn’t pick up like I thought it would. Let’s stop encouraging this lazy behaviours. It will continue to encourage many who see others succeeding at it. The girls coming to do pedicure, weave your hair, pick up househelp jobs, waiters at restaurants, ushers, and so on you think they don’t have pride or don’t have a reason to want to take their lives?
“Please, find something to do. I have between ages 16 and 25, been in all kinds of jobs. Wasn’t any easier. Shoemaker. Bricklayer. Carpenter. Sand digger. Conductor. Bakery worker. Brewery worker. Extra Murals teacher. Kabukabu driver. Smooth mellow deejay. Break dancer… there are several things to do while waiting for things to happen. Begging isn’t one of them,” he wrote.


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For many people, Christmas is a season of time-honored traditions. The centerpiece of these traditions, in most homes, is a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. Today, as environmental concerns loom, it is just as important to have a “green” Christmas as a traditional Christmas. The verdict is in: it is better for the environment to have a real tree. Artificial Christmas trees are usually made of plastics that have toxic by-products in production, will not biodegrade, and are often made far away in countries such as China. Reports of lead and other unsafe contaminants in plastic products, combined with the obvious travel dilemma make the artificial tree a questionable choice.
GreenPromise is a good website for finding organically grown, pesticide-free, live trees in your area. Many people do not, however, have the space in their yard or the ability to re-plant a live tree. If that describes you and you are lucky enough to live in the Portland or San Diego areas, you can rent a Christmas tree that will be dropped off and picked up right at your door.
Adopt-A-Christmas Tree in San Diego offers live-tree delivery and post-Christmas pick-up complete with singing and dancing elves. “We pick up the trees after New Years and donate them to families whose homes and yards have been ravaged by forest fire,” explains Christine McDannell, Director of Adopt-A-Tree. Local environmentalist Michael McClure formed the company three years ago with plans to license the business across the country as early as the 2009 Christmas season. “We get calls every year from Boston, Colorado, Texas, all across the U.S.,” says Ms. McDannell, “and our goal is definitely to make it possible to have potted Christmas trees in everyone’s homes. That’s what we’re working toward.”
Even a cut evergreen tree is still more sustainable than an artificial one. The trees contribute to the ecosystem while they grow and will subsequently biodegrade back into the soil. You can aid this process by finding Christmas tree recycling events near your home. Just don’t throw it away: nearly 28.6 real trees are thrown away every year to fill up landfills where, sealed from water and air, they take decades to decompose and return their nutrients to the soil.
Another option is to go for a modern look with a Christmas tree made from recycled products, such as the “Green X-Mas Tree” by artist and designer Buro North, or by participating in Celbri-Tree, an online auction of trees designed by celebrities such as Brooke Shields and Eva Longoria-Parker whose proceeds go to benefit Keep America Beautiful.
If you already have an artificial tree, use it, or donate it to a community center or organization that can pass it on for you – same for old ornaments and decorations. There’s no better way to enjoy the spirit of the season!
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(BPT) – “Drugs do not work in patients who do not take them,” said former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. This simple statement points to one of largest and most serious health problems in the United States. Data suggests that roughly half of the 3 billion prescriptions filled each year in America are not taken correctly resulting in increased hospitalizations and admissions to nursing homes, and billions of dollars in avoidable health care costs.
According to experts, the causes of poor medication adherence vary. Some blame it on high out-of-pocket costs for medications; others blame it on concerns over potential side effects. However, all experts agree that confusion and general forgetfulness are primary contributors to medications being taken incorrectly.
Ian Salditch, CEO of Medicine-On-Time thinks the solution to adherence comes down to something quite simple – better packaging. “In my view, dispensing multiple different medications in a series of very similar little containers is a recipe for mistakes,” he says. “Then we wrap each little container with its own unique set of little printed directions, each with varying dosages and times. It’s no wonder we so often get it wrong.”
There are a variety of solutions aimed at improving adherence from hi-tech monitoring systems to consumer financial incentives. Some offer promise. But, Salditch has focused on customized packaging of multiple medications. His company developed a lower-tech common sense approach that offers a smarter way for people to take multiple medications. Using Medicine-On-Time, pharmacists sort and organize medications into personalized pill cups labeled with the day, date and time to take them. Pharmacists provide all the pill cups to the patient organized into colorful calendar cards. It’s convenient, easy-to-use and, most importantly, proven effective to help people maintain independence and enjoy better health.
In addition to free trials and background information, the company’s website, sortmymeds.com, offers consumers the ability to find the closest pharmacy offering the Medicine-On-Time service. There are 250 pharmacies around the country participating in the program which has been used to fill more than 50 million prescriptions. Additional pharmacies will be added as the program grows in popularity.
“This website is part of our broader efforts aimed at helping people maintain their independence and enjoy better health,” Salditch says. “We encourage consumers to ask their pharmacists if they offer Medicine-On-Time, as it will answer the age old question of, ‘Did I take my pills?’”


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Falken's Summer Promo runs through July
On June 1, 2013, Falken Tire Corp. launched its “Summer Travel Promotion” featuring a $50 cash-back, mail-in rebate program for consumers who are planning both summer travel trips and driving great distances. The promotion runs through the end of July.
The promotion is available at participating Falken Tire retailers. Consumers must purchase a set of four tires to earn the $50 cash back mail-in rebate.
“According to our studies, the summer season shows the highest amount of miles driven by consumers compared to the rest of the year,” says Andrew Hoit, vice president of marketing.
“What better time than now to offer a rebate program on a reliable high mileage tire such as the SN211. Our ZE-914 line featuring low rolling resistance technology is also great for those looking to save money on fuel consumption, and with a $50 rebate, the incentive to upgrade to a new set of tires is there.”
The Sincera SN211 falls under Falken’s touring category, and is available in a wide range of OE sizes from 14- to 18-inch to enhance the look of popular coupes, sedans and wagons.
Falken says the Ziex ZE-914 EcoRun doubles its value by way of a low rolling resistance compound engineered with fuel efficiency and economy in mind while delivering maximum value. Sizes run from 15 to 18 inches, with speed ratings of H, V and W.


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Germany – Industrial production keeps falling
Industrial production fell by 1.6% in December compared to November.
Commerzbank Economic Research
February 7 2024
At first glance, these are strong figures: German industry received 8.9% more orders in December than in November. However, this is solely due to exceptionally many big-ticket orders. For example, the (always very volatile) orders in the other vehicle sector (aircraft, ships, etc.) doubled. Of course, big ticket orders also have to be processed. However, this often takes place with a considerable delay and usually over a longer period of time. The core figure without big ticket orders is therefore much more meaningful for the economic trend in the coming months, and here the statisticians recorded a drop of 2.2% compared to the previous month (chart). Excluding the months surrounding the first lockdown in spring 2020, incoming orders excluding big ticket orders were thus at their lowest level since mid-2010. Orders in the automotive industry, among others, were very weak, falling by almost 15% compared to the previous month.
Today's figures once again show the extent to which the German economy is suffering from the fact that the central banks' interest rate hikes over the past two years have curbed demand for industrial goods. The poor mood among companies, which is reflected in the results of company surveys and which are increasingly complaining about a lack of orders, suggests that there will not be a change for the better any time soon. On the contrary, the German economy is probably still shrinking at the start of the new year and will end up in the red for 2024 as a whole.


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It has been just over a year since a technology company in Washington state — Bellevue-based Motricity — completed an initial public offering. But that’s likely to change this week. Zillow — the high-profile online real estate company known for its Zestimates — is expected to break the logjam and start trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “Z,” according to IPOHome’s IPO calendar.
There will be a number of eyes on Zillow — founded by former Expedia executives Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink and backed by Par Capital, Benchmark and others– as it attempts to enter the public marketplace.
Here are a few things to look out for on the Zillow IPO:
–Where does it price: Zillow boosted its IPO price range last week to $16 to $18 per share, leading to speculation that demand is growing for the company. Some are already thinking the stock, which would have a value at more than $450 million, might be pricey at those levels. Even so, many big Wall Street buyers will ignore an IPO if it doesn’t hit the $500 million market value threshold. Zillow appears like it will fall short in that regard.
–A litmus test: Zillow’s small size (revenue of just $11.2 million last quarter) could open the door for other unprofitable technology companies to test the IPO waters, which certainly will spark more talk of whether we’re experiencing a new Internet bubble. Bloomberg reports that the Zillow IPO “will signal whether other small dot-com companies can join the IPO frenzy.”
–The Pandora effect: The last single letter ticker-symbol Internet company to go public, Pandora, traded under the letter “P,” started with a bang during its first few days. But the online radio service has since fallen back to Earth, and is now down below its offering price. Zillow has more in common with Pandora than its single letter ticker. Both rely heavily on online advertising and both lost money during the most recent quarter. (Pandora lost $6.7 million to Zillow’s $826,000).
–Real Estate dominance: Zillow certainly has created one of the most powerful brands in online real estate, with the company attracting more than 22 million people to its Web site and mobile apps in May. But is that enough? And is it strong enough to knock others off a highly-lucrative perch, one which is estimated to be worth some $1.2 trillion. Trulia, the San Fran rival to Zillow, had some choice things to say about its competitor in a GeekWire interview earlier this year, and its IPO aspirations have been well documented. But Zillow beat its rival to the punch on the IPO, and as a result the rhetoric was elevated again this week when a spokesman for Trulia told Bloomberg that: “There are more agents buying advertising and more agent engagement on Trulia than there is at Zillow.”
–Is Zillow cheap at $16 to $18 per share: Bloomberg’s analysis shows that the online real estate upstart would be valued at roughly 10 times 2011 sales, relatively cheap compared to other recent Internet companies, including LinkedIn (26 times sales); Pandora (13 times sales) and HomeAway (16 times sales).
–Where’s the party: If Zillow successfully prices its IPO, executives will likely say that it is just another step in the company’s evolution. Fine. Heard that one before. But we still think staffers will want to party, especially if the first day trading exceeds expectations. (We are not sure whether Champagne corks will pop at the company’s offices. But, if you find out, let us know where the Zillow army ends up for the big bash).


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Polish cars sales is running to establish in the 2019 the 5th all-time record in a row. Indeed, Year to date November sales in 2019 have been 565.948, up 3.7% with recent months quite positive and November sales at 41.484, up 8.7%. While the market leader Skoda is almost stable at 13% of share, Toyota is gaining terrain with a 2019 record over the 11%.
Poland Vehicles Industry Report 2010-2017 features historical data and insights plus professional forecast on new vehicles sales by type, manufacturer, brand and model providing an easy-to-use picture of current and future competitive landscape.
Polish cars sales registered 534.683 sales in 2018, keeping the great pace of previous years, ending positively for the 6th consecutive year. Skoda Octavia is back in pole position, followed by the previous year's winner, the Skoda Fabia.
Poland Cars Sales in the 2017 has been one of the most dynamic in Europe, improving 13% and hitting the new all time record, fueled by strong expansion of economic activity and falling unemployment rate. On top of the list Skoda and Toyota marked a solid score.
Poland Auto Sales 2016 hit the New All Time record, the third in a row keeping an impressive growing speed and confirming its rule as the most interesting "new" market within Europe.
Poland Auto September Sales kept growing hitting the 15 y.o.y. victory in a row while economy likely kicked into a higher gear in Q3. Skoda was market leader ahead of Volkswagen.
Poland Vehicles Market in 2015 reported a strong increase keeping the 28th place globally. Fueled by robust GDP growth the market was one of the most dynamic in Europe, Skoda is the leader ahead of Toyota.
Poland Best Selling Cars in the 2015 reported with 8 of top 10 positions confirmed. Ford Mondeo and Opel Mokka as fastest growing models while the Skoda Octavia confirmed its strong leadership.


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What your potted plants look like at retail translates to sales or fails. North Carolina State University researchers report on how two postharvest care products performed.
The newly established non-profit Circle Fresh Institute will offer anyone the opportunity to learn commercial organic production practices.
In the last three years, Circle Fresh Farms has built its growing network to 20 acres of greenhouse space, serving up local, organic, hydroponic vegetables to high-end grocers like Whole Foods and upscale restaurants in Colorado. Circle Fresh Farms is well on its way toward fulfilling an ambitious expansion plan, to supply local markets in cities nationwide.
Konjoian’s Greenhouse has come full circle, from growing vegetables in its early years, to growing flowers and back again. Here’s why its owners think food is the future for this operation.
Seattle’s first commercial hydroponic farms will supply families with donated fresh produce. The first hydroponic farm measures just 250 square feet and grows lettuces, kale and bok choy.
The ornamental bedding plant industry really started with vegetable growers in the ’60s and ’70s. So while ornamental growers are looking for the next big thing, it’s not all that surprising that many of you are taking a look back at the potential of produce.
Packed with old-fashioned flavor and modern productivity, your customers are sure to fall for these new veggies.
Edibles like strawberries thrive in containers and are wonderfully ornamental.
The popularity of fresh vegetables for the garden and table continues to rise, along with the possibilities for growers to get in on the trend.
California is experiencing one of its driest years in history, and growers all over the state are searching for the best way to handle higher water costs and possible water use restrictions.
A growing consumer desire for locally grown produce is one reason greenhouse ornamentals producers should consider vegetable production.
Switching over to tomato, cucumber or pepper production can be a big change for any greenhouse. These crops have long production cycles and may not fit as easily into windows of opportunity between ornamental production cycles. However, culinary herbs are a relatively quick and can easily be grown in simple hydroponic systems.


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Consumers in the euro zone began the year in spending mode, estimates for January from the EU statistics office showed on Wednesday, before the coronavirus outbreak likely dampened retail sales.
Eurostat said retail sales in the 19-nation currency bloc rose 0.6% in January from December for a 1.7% gain year-on-year. The month-on-month reading was in line with market expectations.
The rise in spending followed a 1.1% decline in sales in December, but it could prove short-lived as consumers began staying away from shopping malls from mid-February as the coronavirus outbreak spread to Europe from China.
The coronavirus scare boosted sales of emergency goods, such as sanitary products and food supplies, but economists expect a demand shock as many people stay at home and reduce their economic activities.
In January, euro zone shoppers increased by 0.7% during the month their spending on food, drinks and tobacco products, Eurostat estimates showed.
Retail sales rose mostly for fuel, by 1.9% compared to December, driven by falling oil prices.
By contrast, consumers shopped less online, with mail and internet sales down by 0.5% month-on-month.
Reporting by Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio; editing by Philip Blenkinsop
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Calling all male meat lovers
A restaurant chain is offering women hoping to make a leap-year proposal the chance to say it with steak.
Beefeater Grill is offering a 7oz Rump Steak branded with the words 'Will you marry me?" to be served on Wednesday, 29 February.
Traditionally, women can turn the tables by proposing to men, with some claiming it's because the date has no status in English law.
Amanda Barnett, a spokesperson for Beefeater Grill, said the restaurant believed the way to a man's heart was through his stomach.
She added: "As all women know only too well, if we wait for the man of our dreams to make a move we could well be waiting for a long time!"


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It’s nearly Halloween again and you know what that means: candy, costumes, and carving pumpkins. This year, social media has taken the world by storm with huge acquisitions, traditional media recognition, and thanks to Twitter, news at lightning speed. What better way to pay homage to social media than via a carved pumpkin? We’ve compiled 12 great social-media-inspired pumpkins to get some ideas flowing.
Feel free to share your favorites and your own ideas in the comments below.
1. Fail Whale Pumpkin
Twitter's frequent bouts of downtime, though less frequent in recent months, have almost become part of the expected user experience for the site, and their iconic "fail whale" has become part of pop culture.
Source: Scott B. on Flickr
2 & 3. Firefox and IE Pumpkins
Firefox recently won our web browser faceoff against Google Chrome rather handily, so we can understand why someone would want to make a Firefox pumpkin. But why spend time carving an Internet Explorer pumpkin? On the other hand, IE is pretty scary...
Source: CyberNet News
4. Digg Pumpkins
You have to be a real fanatic to carve not just a pumpkin homage to Digg, but one that includes the likenesses of Diggnation hosts Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose, as well. Still, these two are very impressive, if a little creepy for their stalker qualities.
5. Reddit Pumpkins
Reddit's mascot really lends itself to Halloween. The cute little alien character looks great on a pumpkin, as these two prime examples above illustrate.
6. RSS Pumpkin
Even though some people think that RSS is dying and social media is usurping its role in the way we discover and consume news, RSS is still the dominant method that most of us use to keep on top of web site updates. Many people use RSS without even knowing it, via personal aggregator sites like MyYahoo! or iGoogle.
Source: jsiarto on Flickr
7. Apple Pumpkin
Apple has had one heck of a year. They released a new phone, the iPhone 3G S that comes with a built in video camera, and then proceeded to sell 7.4 million iPhones in the last quarter. Oh, and there are these persistent rumors that this tablet computer thing is in the works, too.
Source: RipFire on Flickr
8. Android Pumpkin
The 2.0 version of Google's free and open source mobile operating system is on its way, and with it the Motorola Droid, which many feel will be the first phone to really potentially challenge the iPhone's smartphone dominance. Like Reddit's, Android's mascot looks pretty great adorning a pumpkin.
Source: David Watson on Flickr
9. WordPress Pumpkin
WordPress won 87% of the vote in our faceoff with TypePad for blogging platform supremacy. 'Nuff said.
Source: Eric M Martin on Flickr
10. Plaxo Pumpkin
Plaxo hasn't been in the news too much lately, but their Plaxo Pulse software remains a good social stream aggregator and content sharing platform.
Source: Plaxo on Flickr
11. Threadless Pumpkin
It's a great Internet success story: two guys take a couple hundred bucks and build a multi-million dollar t-shirt empire by relying on crowdsourced designs and customer voting. And this year they launched Twitter Tees, giving us a reason to like them even more.
Source: cshimala on Flickr
12. Obama Pumpkin
The Barack Obama campaign's groundbreaking use of social media and the web likely helped propel him to the White House last year, and his historic inauguration broke all sorts of records on the Internet. For those reasons, an Obama-themed pumpkin is also inherently a social media pumpkin.


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Just Cause creator and Avalanche Studios founder Christofer Sundberg says the AAA game development business is "not healthy", despite two strong console launches.
"It's really not healthy at the moment," he said when asked to weigh in on the state of the AAA game business.
"Games have evolved, technology has evolved but as businesses we're still stuck where we were 15 years ago. As budgets grow, risks increase," said Sundberg, reports Gamespot.
"The publishers are nervous because they have to project a game being a massive hit three years into the future and the developers are frustrated because they need to be flexible to every move the publishers make," Sundberg added. "It's impossible to make everyone happy in the current equation."
Publishers are on edge because it's tough to make a profit in today's climate, he argues.
"Very few traditional $60 games make any money, and what used to make sense doesn't any more," he said. "Publishers and developers very rarely see a return of investment from a 5-8 hour long game."
Sundberg goes on to say that, despite the successful launch of the Xbox One and PS4, the new consoles are "maybe not saving the industry," but adds more positively, "I hope and think we will see improvements over time."
Avalanche Studios is working on Mad Max, an open-world action tie-in set to launch in 2014 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC.
The open-world action game was announced at E3 via a brief CGI trailer, showing Max running over a wounded man on the side of a desert road. The first Mad Max gameplay trailer was released in July 2013.


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The Beebo is a baby bottle holder worn over the shoulder to make feeding a baby easier for the parent/caregiver. The inventor and engineer behind the product, Martin Hill of Wellington, Florida, pitched his business on Shark Tank in 2015 (Season 7). He left with an investment from Lori Greiner and guest shark Ashton Kutcher — $200,000 for 15 percent equity of The Beebo.
After his appearance on Shark Tank, Hill told local radio show Marc Lichtenfeld’s Oxford Club Radio: “Since being on the show we’ve actually done a complete redesign of the packaging, new colors, and that’s all getting ready for retail.” The retailer Hill is referring to is Bye Bye Baby where The Beebo is now sold in all of its stores in the US and Canada and online. The Beebo is also available on Amazon.Up to 70% off on Hottest Amazon Deals]


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High Point — The International Furnishings and Design Assn., an organization supporting all aspects of the home and interior design industries, has announced the winners of its International Honorary Recognition and Trailblazer awards.
The 2023 International Honorary Recognition Award winner is Ellen Gefen, co-founder of Gefen productions, and the recipient of the 2023 Trailblazer Award is Patti Carpenter, principal of Carpenter + Company/Trendscope.
Gefen and Carpenter will be honored at the annual Awards Gala in Boston on Sept. 29, presented and hosted by the IFDA New England Chapter. This year’s ceremony will be emceed by luxury designer and HGTV’s Taniya Nayak and creative think-tank founder and legendary industry notable Judy George.
Gefen is a visionary, a home furnishing broadcast journalist and co-founder of Gefen Productions, a full-service multimedia production studio in High Point. She is also the founder and host of TheHome.com which delivers pertinent, on-trend home design content to consumers. Her television show, Home Fashion Report, on the air for more than 25 years, spotlighted her thousands of interviews with business leaders, world-class designers and celebrities such as Martha Stewart, Alexander Julian, Mario Buatta, Bob Mackie, Kathy Ireland, Oscar de la Renta and many others. She has also appeared as an industry expert and trend forecaster on numerous national broadcasts, including CBS Morning News and NBC’s Weekend Today.
She is a founding member of WithIt and a 30-plus-year member of IFDA.
Principal of Carpenter + Company/Trendscope, Carpenter is a micro-enterprise specialist with U.S. presidential recognition for domestic and international expertise in artisan development, small producer and entrepreneurial training and economic development. An award-winning creative director she has traveled and worked in 57 countries as the global trend ambassador for Maison & Objet and also is a consultant for Pantone. She has designed, sourced and created innovative private-label products for powerhouse brands such as Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Crate & Barrel, Yankee Candle, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren.
Carpenter is a member of the board of directors of SERRV International and also is an advisory board member for the Black Artists and Designers Guild.


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The marketplace has always been at the heart of India–exuberant bazaars brimming with local hawkers and traditional wares and foods. But the country’s old-fashioned markets may soon be eclipsed by the towering “free market” of globalization, as multinational superstores push the government to open the gates.
Under new regulations, retail giants such as Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Tesco, long barred from selling directly to Indian consumers, will now be permitted to own a majority 51% stake in joint operations with a local partner. So-called single-brand retailers, the likes of Apple and Ikea, can own 100% of their stores, up from 51% previously. Both kinds of stores will have to source nearly a third of their goods from small and medium-sized Indian suppliers as well as confine their operations to 53-odd cities with a population over one million.
Indian consumers also tend to buy groceries in neighborhood shops. Organized retail operations — professionally managed chains, as opposed to family-owned independent stores — account for just 5 percent of the retail market, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.
“It’s a country in which infrastructure is not fully developed,” said Rajagopalan. “For any individual to travel to a large store is not the easiest of things.” Political pressures remain. Shops and markets across India were shut today as traders supported a daylong strike demanding the government scrap its decision on foreign investment. States have a say in allotting licenses and West Bengal may not allow foreign investment in retailing, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in televised comments Nov. 28.


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German regulators have some pretty serious questions for Apple to answer.
Despite Apple's public declaration that it has "stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update," the tech giant can't seem to escape its ties to Carrier IQ.
The Carrier IQ software in question is what's known as a rootkit that is installed at a carrier’s request on mobile phones. If you're unfamiliar with this particular entity, it's sufficient to say that Carrier IQ raises user privacy concerns because it runs in the background and monitors and logs user activity. AT&T and Sprint - two iPhone carriers in the U.S. - claim the software and its collected data are only used as a means to "improve service performance."
Carrier IQ is believed to have its data tracking paws on more than 140 million devices around the world.
Consequently, the Bavarian State Authority for Data Protection sent a letter to Apple Friday requesting that the company provide specific information about Carrier IQ and Apple's use of any collected data. “We read in the press about the privacy concerns the software may pose and decided to ask Apple about the details,” Thomas Kranig of the German regulatory body told Bloomberg. “If Apple decided to cease the use, all the better.”
As MMi reported Thursday, Apple issued a formal statement yesterday clarifying its relationship with the spyware company:
We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update. With any diagnostic data sent to Apple, customers must actively opt-in to share this information, and if they do, the data is sent in an anonymous and encrypted form and does not include any personal information. We never recorded keystrokes, messages or any other personal information for diagnostic data and have no plans to ever do so.


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September 30, 2020
Why Technology Should Not Be Regulated Like Finance
- A number of critics of Big Tech have called for new regulations modeled on the regulatory regime in the financial services sector, specifically Glass-Steagall and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
- The analogy between the largest technology platforms and banking ultimately does not work, undermining calls for a Glass-Steagall for tech, and a specialized CFPB-like agency for digital platforms or data protection would likely lead to a dramatic increase in regulations on data without much in the way of consumer benefits.
- Instead of seeking to regulate technology like finance, policymakers should look at ways to implement in other industries the kinds of regulatory approaches found in the technology sector.
In hearings and interviews, policymakers on both the left and the right have suggested that the regulatory approach to “Big Tech” companies and the technology sector more generally needs reconsideration. As the argument goes, continuing the hands-off approach to regulating technology as it becomes more influential in consumers’ lives risks allowing Big Tech to exploit users or harm smaller competitors. While often praising the spirit of innovation that allowed the United States to be a leader in the technology sector, advocates for much stronger regulation also believe that tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon have too much power and are stifling future innovation and competition to the detriment of consumers and smaller players. To solve these problems, some policymakers have called for additional regulation of these companies, and in particular, they have called for new regulations modeled on those in the financial sector.
But shifting away from the more hands-off approach could cause more harm than good. The parallels that these advocates for changes to current tech policy regulation draw between finance and technology fail upon closer inspection in crucial ways, and the impact of these regulations on the financial sector indicate they likely would not solve the problems identified in the technology sector. The current regulatory standards balance well the twin concerns of encouraging innovation and mitigating possible risks, and rather than dramatic reforms and increased regulatory interventions, policymakers should consider ways to improve these existing tools. Instead of imposing finance-inspired regulations on the technology sector, policymakers should consider how such a hands-off approach might encourage more innovation, improve competition, and benefit consumers in industries beyond technology.
Glass-Steagall for Technology
House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) recently called for a Glass-Steagall-style regulation for online platforms. Glass-Steagall was a set of regulations passed in the wake of the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression. The law created separation between retail banking and investment banking and was intended to minimize risky behaviors at banks by preventing banks from speculating in the stock markets with client or depositor funds. In a recent podcast, Chairman Cicilline argued, not for the first time, that a similar legislative intervention is needed to prevent tech giants from both creating a marketplace and participating in it as a seller. This sort of division would likely prevent Amazon from selling AmazonBasics batteries or Apple from providing its own map app if they allow Duracell or Mapquest to offer the same products via their platforms. As Chairman Cicilline previously argued, he believes such a separation is needed because this behavior “creates sort of an inherent conflict,” when “you’re both a platform and a manufacturer of goods.” These platforms, the argument goes, have an unfair competitive advantage by having access to data on the success of products and as a result are crushing small businesses or potential competitive products when they create their own products. With a report stemming from the House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Subcommittee’s investigation into online platforms and market power expected soon, such statements signal that the chairman may be considering further action to change current competition policy and create such separation.
But such a shift would set up barriers in the current market and focus on the impact of these platforms’ behavior on competitors rather than consumers, and the easiest way to see this impact is by examining a closer analogy: brick-and-mortar retail. The result could actually harm consumers by raising prices and limiting service options for small business rather than improving competition and better protecting consumers.
Increasing marketplace competition was not the primary purpose of Glass-Steagall, but advocates for a “Glass-Steagall” for technology see it as a way to correct what they view as anti-competitive behaviors. Such a separation between platforms and sellers on that platform is less akin to not allowing a bank to be in both the retail and investment sector, but more akin to not allowing Walmart and CVS to decide to sell their own products or where to place such products on their shelves. But the practice of offering such house brands based off of popular products has occurred in brick and mortar retailers for quite some time, and in many cases these house brands make up a far larger portion of brick-and-mortar retailers’ sales than the own-brand apps or products of the Big Tech companies, the Progressive Policy Institute’s Alec Stapp notes. As the International Center for Law and Economics’ Sam Bowman notes, “regardless of the propriety of Glass-Steagall in the banking sector, there’s no real analogy with tech platforms here at all.”
In fact, the burdensome and confusing regulation limited competition in the banking sector by raising the barriers to new entrants and limiting the markets in which they could compete. Glass-Steagall was repealed in 1999, as critics from both sides of the aisle argued that the extensive carveouts had illustrated the measure had outlived any usefulness and had rendered it “dead” long prior. Further, the law’s protections to consumers is doubtful: While some have contended that such separation is a necessary consumer protection to prevent risky practices, the regulation would not have affected many questionable practices such as those criticized in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
Placing regulatory barriers between different elements of tech companies as Glass-Steagall did in the banking industry could end up costing consumers rather than protecting them. Consumers benefit from lower-cost generic offerings, and small businesses benefit from more opportunities to offer their services via online platforms. In both cases, tech giants face a diverse range of growing competition for both products and services, not only from brick-and-mortar retail but from more targeted platforms such as Etsy and Shopify as well. Not only is the success of Glass-Steagall in the financial sector questionable, but to apply a similar separation onto the technology sector would likely reduce consumer benefit and not provide further protection.
A CFPB for Data?
Not only have there been calls to mirror regulations from the financial sector in order to change competition policy, a recent paper has proposed creating a new specialized regulatory agency to protect consumers and regulate data. As with calls for a Glass-Steagall for tech, this proposal also finds its inspiration in the financial sector, and specifically in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. This paper by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer, and Gene Kimmelman suggests the creation of a Digital Platform Agency to regulate a number of aspects of current technology platforms to promote consumer protection. The authors recognize that antitrust is a limited tool that should not be used to address policy concerns beyond its intended competition purposes. The lessons of the CFPB show, however, that creating a new agency to focus on a perceived crisis or focus on a sole industry may create new problems and result in over-regulation that deters beneficial uses of data.
The authors argue that while consumers have benefited from technologies, the current behaviors of Big Tech do not benefit consumers and “there are inadequate public policy tools available to protect consumers and promote competition.” Other advocates for creating such an agency have also pointed to data privacy incidents such as the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal as a reason to establish such an agency and take a more interventionalist approach.
Creating a new agency is an approach to data regulation taken by European regulators. This approach has tended to create regulatory burdens that are greater for smaller players and also to raise the cost of doing business more generally. More specific regulation on these issues also presumes that consumers’ prefer the tradeoffs of heightened privacy and limited data usage and does not allow consumers to select products that fit their preferences. For example, as the Center for Data Innovation’s Eline Chivot and Daniel Castro point out, this more regulatory approach and the differences in interpretations among European data protection authorities could increase costs and deter certain applications of algorithms and artificial intelligence. The more aggressive regulatory posture that could come from a new agency may dissuade innovators from considering new data practices by signaling the need to seek regulatory approval and increasing the compliance costs associated with pursuing new ideas.
To be sure, American consumers are not without protection when harm does occur. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been an engaged enforcer when needed for consumer harms caused by digital platforms such as data breaches or unfair and deceptive practices. While there are reforms that could provide greater certainty for consumers, innovators, and regulators (as previously discussed), the current FTC approach of mostly responsive actions balances the tradeoffs involved in many data issues while still protecting consumers when harm occurs. A new agency would likely shift this approach.
There are broader reasons to be concerned about a new data protection agency and the impact it could have. First, such an agency may not actually be as narrowly focused as advocates believe and could have influence over any number of industries well beyond Big Tech. The use of data continues to expand in almost every industry, from agriculture to retail. Thus, an agency focused on data protection could reach into nearly every sector of the American economy.
Even if the agency were able to retain a truly narrow focus on online digital platforms, this too could yield problems not seen in the current responsive approach. As former FTC chief technologist Neil Chilson has written, a single focused agency is more likely to be subject to “industry capture,” resulting in regulations that favor incumbents and make it more difficult for new entrants into the field. Creating a new regulatory body might only further entrench existing big players rather than allow new innovators to emerge in existing flexibility.
Rather than expanding the regulatory state with a new agency, policymakers should look at ways to improve existing consumer-protection enforcement from the FTC. This could include narrowly tailored expansions of rulemaking authority that could provide greater certainty for consumers and innovators in conjunction with an overall federal data privacy framework. In any event, any proposal modeled on the structure of the CFPB would be an especially questionable choice given that the Supreme Court recently deemed its governance structure unconstitutional.
Applying Lessons from Technology Regulation for Heavily Regulated Sectors
There are important lessons to learn from financial regulation for the current policy conversation around Big Tech—just not the lessons that advocates of finance-style regulations might want. The lessons policymakers should learn from past financial regulation is that even well-intentioned regulation can have consequences and tradeoffs as well as fail to solve the underlying concerns.
Rather than seeing the financial sector as a model for how to regulate the tech industry, the tech industry is a model for how a more flexible regulatory approach might help close current gaps or create incentives for innovation. One way this approach is apparent in the financial sector is in “sandboxes,” which have created ways to test new potential regulatory solutions and facilitated conversations between regulators and innovators about the burdens that may make certain innovations difficult to launch. This experimental approach allows policymakers to see if the less interventionist approach found in the technology sector might be applicable in certain other areas as well, and it could even lead to outright deregulation if it shows that certain regulations are more harmful than beneficial.
Instead of moving toward a regulatory approach similar to the financial sector, policymakers should seek smaller and more focused changes to technology’s regulatory regime. Continuing to focus on clearly defined harms and creating targeted reforms to address problems is the approach that is most likely to balance the benefits of innovation with protecting and redressing potential harm.


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CORONA, Calif. and SEATTLE -- Hansen Natural Corp. reported Tuesday that it has transitioned a number of key territories to the Anheuser-Busch wholesaler network, according to the distribution arrangements announced May 9.
On the same day, Jones Soda Co. announced it signed an exclusive five-year distribution and manufacturing agreement with National Beverage Corp. of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. for 12-ounce cans of Jones Soda and 16-ounce Jones energy beverages for the entire U.S. market.
Hansen said the territories that have been transitioned to date include almost the entire state of Florida; southern Nevada, including Las Vegas; northern California; metro New York, including the five boroughs and Long Island; Hawaii; and a portion of Colorado, including Denver. A number of additional territories are due to be transitioned over the next few months. The transitioning of the Lost and Rumba brands has taken place on a more extensive basis thus far than the Monster brand, the company said.
Hansen Natural also noted that shareholders will be updated on the transition process during the third quarter conference call in early November.
Among the products that Hansen Natural markets and distributes are Hansen's Natural Sodas, Signature Sodas, Energade energy sports drinks, E20 Energy Water, Junior Juice, Blue Sky brand beverages, Monster Energy brand energy drinks, Lost Energy brand energy drinks, Joker Mad Energy and Unbound Energy brand energy drinks, Rumba brand energy juice, and Fizzit brand powdered drink mixes.
Meanwhile, Seattle-based Jones Soda said it will identify and secure retailers across the U.S. for its premium carbonated 12-ounce soft drinks and 16-ounce energy drink products. Using concentrate supplied by Jones, National Beverage will both manufacture and sell the products on an exclusive basis directly to retailers starting in 2007.
Jones President and CEO Peter van Stolk stated, "National Beverage is an industry leader in the development, production and distribution of beverages throughout the United States. They are known for their long tradition of distributing quality brands, including Shasta and Faygo soft drinks, LaCroix sparkling water, Everfresh juice and drinks, and RipIt energy products, through a hybrid distribution system utilizing 13 company-owned manufacturing plants strategically located across the country. With their infrastructure and our premium brand position, we will have the platform to provide retailers with a unique profitable offering in the CSD category starting early in 2007."


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Spenda, a leading B2B software and payment solution provider, has announced a significant upgrade to its Accounts Payable (AP) solution.
ASX-listed Spenda have announced a binding agreement for a new cornerstone investment by Capricorn Society Ltd raising $7.175 million via private placement.
eBev joins forces with Spenda to implement frictionless payment options across their marketplace network
Spenda has entered into a binding MOU with eBev, Australia’s largest marketplace for wholesale beverages, to integrate payment solutions into their platform.
Spenda has entered into a partnership with On the Box to integrate a digital payment solutions into their platform.
Spenda adds virtual cards to payments solution in agreement with corporate payment expert, AirPlus International
Spenda Limited, a software and electronic payment solutions provider, has announced it has entered into a virtual card issuing partnership with AirPlus.
ASX-listed Spenda have announced that it has signed a binding term sheet for a 10-year service agreement with Capricorn Society Limited.


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Full Steam Ahead in 2016 for Manhattan Beach
The Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce is ready to embark on what promises to be an exciting 2016 for Manhattan Beach and the businesses in it. Each year dawns new hope for where we will be in 12 months, but this year will be a truly transformative year for a city over 100 years old and a chamber celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Some major developments are set to open or break ground in Manhattan Beach such as Manhattan Beach Toyota’s new center, the Skechers expansion, Kaiser Permanente’s facility on Sepulveda Boulevard, the first full year of True Religion’s Corporate Office, and the ground breaking of the Manhattan Village Mall Redevelopment to name a few. In addition decisions will be made in major areas having long lasting ramifications such as the downtown specific plan, the beginning of a similar planning process for Rosecrans and Sepulveda, the hiring of an economic vitality manager, and a hotel use study.
With many of the biggest businesses in Manhattan Beach doubling down on their investments there has never been a more exciting time to be in Manhattan Beach. Both Manhattan Village and Manhattan Beach Toyota are looking to attract new consumers with the investments they are making growing the tax take of the city. Along with the expansion of Skechers and Kaiser Permanente these three projects will serve to beautify a large stretch of Sepulveda while bringing more business to the community.
Local businesses will have a unique opportunity to feed off both the publicity and new traffic generated through these projects. Each and every time the name Manhattan Beach is seen or heard grows the visibility of the entire community. With new offices, more employees, and growth to existing sites there will be new eyes and consumers for every business to capture. This is the time to develop strong partnerships and or grow existing ones.
The City of Manhattan Beach has heard from residents, business owners, and visitors on areas where additional focus is needed and are preparing to act. The finalization of the downtown specific plan will lead to a clear and unified vision for this important corridor. Finally the freeze on use will be able to be lifted in favor of planned and wanted improvements. Taking action to plan the future of our regional drawing centers Sepulveda and Rosecrans will also allow for clear and concise guidelines for those looking to come in. The importance of these decisions cannot be underscored enough as they will attract the businesses we need and want.
The hiring of the city’s first economic vitality manager will mark a change in that Manhattan Beach will have someone working directly with the business community to plan and build the MB of the future. There could be nothing more important than ensuring we all know where we are going and how we are going to get there. One of the first major undertakings for this position will be to assess what to do with the data collected in the hotel study while implementing the specific plans previously discussed. The Chamber and all civic organizations are eager to get this moving.
As you can see Manhattan Beach will be tackling many key issues in 2016 and will need the help of each and every one of us to ensure the best decisions are made. Get involved today so that your voice can help shape our future.


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KUCHING: Stepping into the new year, Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) has featured Sarawak to the world during the Matka Nordic Travel Fair 2020, launching three of its key tourism products catered for the Nordic market.
The travel fair is being held from January 16 to 19 at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Finland.
The three tourism products launched by STB focus on the uniqueness of Sarawak in the areas of culture, adventure, nature, food and festivals.
These include exciting travel and tour packages to Sibu, the gateway to Central Sarawak; Trans-Borneo Cycling, a 14-day trip from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu through Brunei; and the launch of the 23rd edition of the world-renowned Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) 2020, which will take place in Kuching from July 10 to 12.
Officiating at the launch, STB chief executive officer Sharzede Datuk Salleh Askor said, “These events will create an impact within the Nordic and international markets to enhance the Sarawak brand as part of its Visit Sarawak Campaign 2020.”
Touching on the three products, she said they would like to entice visitors to come and experience Sarawak’s Central region comprising Sibu, Mukah and Kapit, which are brimming with natural wonders as well as diverse cuisine and cultures dominated by the sea-faring Melanaus and the legendary Iban head-hunters.
“This is certainly something off the beaten track and an adventure waiting to be discovered,” she said.
Meanwhile, she said the 14-day Trans-Borneo Cycling challenge trip will cover two countries, eight international crossings, and a total of 1,370 kilometres in twelve cycling days on paved roads along the South China Sea and beaches, through mangrove forests and plantations, stunning landscapes, and villages.
STB is participating at the fair as part of the Tourism Malaysia Pavilion.
In conjunction with the Matka event, there will also be a joint seminar with Tourism Malaysia, the Hague, and Sarawak Tourism on January 21, jointly organised by STB and Tourism Malaysia at the Corendon Village Hotel, Amsterdam.
This will provide an opportunity for Sarawak industry partners to have a session with Dutch tour operators and the media to update and present Sarawak’s new products. The annual Matka Nordic Travel Fair, which is the largest travel fair in Northern Europe, gathers over 70,000 visitors and 1,000 exhibitors worldwide and is expected to reach an even broader international audience with its increasing global presence.


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Paying for transport by mobile phone will hit the mainstream within three years, according to new research.
Mobile analyst firm Juniper Research predicted 1.8 billion mobile ticketing transactions a year worldwide by 2011, up from 37 million in 2007.
The Far East and China are expected to be the biggest adopters, making up nearly three quarters of the total number of transactions worldwide.
Air and rail travel will see the biggest take-up, with rail in particular highlighted as an early success story in Western Europe, North America, the Far East and China.
Juniper's research attributes this adoption to lower operating costs for operators, along with shorter queuing times and greater convenience for customers.
The analyst firm believes that mobile boarding passes, for example, could save airlines around $500m a year.
However, the report warns of a number of major hurdles that need to be overcome before mobile phones can act as a principal storage medium for tickets and coupons.
Juniper said that issues around the delivery and redemption of mobile barcodes could heavily impede the uptake of mobile ticketing.
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More than 60 countries are attempting to cut down on environmentally hazardous plastic bags, either by making customers pay for them or banning them outright. Australia is the latest to join this growing list, but some customers are less than thrilled. NPR reported this week that the Australian states of Queensland and Western Australia, and retail chains Coles and Big W, have placed new restrictions on these bags as of July 1, and that on June 20, Woolworths said it had removed single-use plastic bags from all its stores. Plastic bags were already banned in Tasmania and South Australia.
According to Deutsche Welle, the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association took a survey of 132 members, and “57 said they were abused by shoppers over the ban.” One customer even put his hands around a woman’s throat at a Woolworths. Other shoppers “vented their anger by shouting ‘money-grabbing scum’ at staff or throwing food at them.” The union has even put together an ad addressing the strong customer reactions, with a raging customer asking why he can’t have a bag getting owned by a costumed turtle and fish: “I think you know why, mate.” It’s an effective reminder of why so many countries are cutting down on plastic bag usage in the first place.


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In the third quarter, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) continued its policy of curbing imported inflation by selling foreign currencies.
From July to September, the SNB sold CHF 37.63 billion worth of foreign currencies, slightly less than the CHF 40 billion sold in the second quarter but more than the CHF 32.26 billion sold in the first quarter, according to a press release.
Until recently, the SNB's interventions in the foreign exchange market were aimed at reducing the size of its balance sheet, with foreign currency sales helping to combat rising import prices.
Swiss inflation slowed to 1.4% year-on-year in November from 1.7% in the previous month, thanks in part to the continued fall in oil prices. In mid-December, SNB President Thomas Jordan said the priority would no longer be to sell foreign currency, a "major change" in his communication compared to recent quarters.
The Swiss currency has also strengthened against the dollar. The dollar fell a few days ago, but it is still far from an all-time low. In August 2011, the US dollar fell to 70.7 cents. It first fell below parity in March 2008 when the financial crisis hit.
The Swiss currency, traditionally a safe haven, is strengthening as markets expect central banks to cut key interest rates as inflation appears to be under control.
For years, the SNB has been buying up foreign currencies on a massive scale to combat the strong franc. The turning point came in the second quarter of 2022 with the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine.
For the first time in years, sales exceeded purchases by CHF 5 million, followed by CHF 739 million in the third quarter and CHF 27.33 billion in the fourth quarter. The peak was reached in the second quarter of 2023 at CHF 40.31 billion.
The SNB's policy shift could also have implications for other central banks. If the SNB, which is traditionally considered more conservative than other central banks, refuses to sell foreign currency to fight inflation, it could be a signal to other central banks that they may also change their policies.


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Magna Motors Dealership Limited Jamaica celebrated its seventh year as dealers for the Hyundai line of automobiles by officially opening its Oxford Road showroom on Thursday, May 12.
“For me this is outstanding. We’ve created a statement in the country and I believe the people have been welcoming to what we have put together in this market and they’ve been supporting us, so I can say that I’m more than happy,” Erick Gutierrez, CEO of Magna Motors Dealership Limited, told the Jamaica Observer’s weekly Auto magazine.
The new showroom built at a cost of US$13 million was praised by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who performed the ribbon cutting, as not only proof of foreign investment in the island, but its modern design.
“I’m always happy to see modern-looking buildings, letting in a lot of light, having transparency, and openness. I like this kind of architectural design. It does add value to the Oxford Road strip,” explained the prime minister.
The prime minister was one of the several officials in attendance which included Audley Shaw, minister of transport & mining, Angie Martinez Tejera, ambassador to Jamaica from the Dominican Republic, and Robert Hill, CEO of Kingston & St Andrew Municipal Corporation.
Gutierrez took the time to thank the Jamaican Government for their support over the past seven years.
“We look forward to continue serving and working with the Jamaican people and the Government,” he said.
His words were mirrored by Agustin Lama, board member and CEO of the Magna Motors Group.
“This launch marks a critical juncture for us, and we could not have made it this far without your support. Our achievements over the past seven years in Jamaica and our investment signals an even brighter future to come. So, I extend extreme gratitude to Jamaica, the Government and its people for being so welcome and supportive of our company,” added Lama.
Gutierrez explained that the new state-of-the-art facility sits on 2.52 acres of land, making it seven times larger than their two previous locations put together. Hyundai’s old showroom was originally located on Old Hope Road with their service centre on Balmoral Avenue. The compound contains a 12-car showroom, a service centre with 12 bays, a used vehicle department, a parts department and conveniences such as a kids’ zone. The construction was announced in 2018 to be completed in 2019; however, delays caused by the world wide global pandemic pushed the project out of schedule, taking a year and half to complete in total.
“We now boast an exquisite and comfortable showroom space to show off our modern premium designed vehicles and 12 servicing bays in our state-of-the-art facility, which has the capacity to serve up to 100 customers daily, giving us and increase in productivity of over 300 per cent,” said Gutierrez.
Gutierrez further indicated that the showroom was more than a building, but a signal to the Jamaican people that the Hyundai brand is here to stay.
“The showroom has created an environment where the people can come and enjoy, can come and trust that we came as a foreign company to stay, so we basically think this is first big step to go beyond where we are right now,” he said.
Gutierrez hinted that the brand is eyeing a similar presence on the western end of the island in the future.


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Piper Sandler just released her latest teen poll, and it’s got a double dose of bad news for
Stock. Not only are teens losing interest in plant-based meat substitutes, but they don’t have much of a preference for brands either.
Piper analyst Michael Lavery and his team analyzed the results of the company’s survey work with more than 7,000 teens and found that 43% eat plant-based meat or are willing to, compared to 47 % last fall and 49% in spring 2021. Of teens who don’t eat fake meat, 34% said they were willing to try it, up from 38% in the fall when Piper Sandler polled consumers for the last time.
This is not what Lavery expected, and it has big implications for Beyond Meat and its competitors. If younger consumers are less likely to spend on plant-based meats, that could mean the category’s growth trends could be slower than expected. “The results of this survey may still be a little anarchic, but they remind us not to take young consumers for granted,” Lavery writes.
As for Beyond Meat (BYND), it is still the No. 2 preferred brand, just behind the private company Impossible Foods, and ahead of
(K) Morningstar Farms. That said, more than a third (35%) of plant-based meat consumers had no brand preference, “suggesting that companies still have room to build consumer brand loyalty,” notes Lavery.
That’s probably not what Beyond Meat investors want to hear. While the fake meat market as a whole is growing rapidly, even a slightly slower pace of growth isn’t good news for a company that’s still struggling with weaker-than-expected retail sales. Additionally, while Beyond Meat’s scale is positive, given that it has the resources to develop new products and partner with top-tier partners, a lack of loyalty means it cannot benefit. – not be a first-mover advantage.
Beyond Meat did not return a request for comment.
That can’t be good news for Beyond Meat stocks, which have struggled before. Its shares fell 8.1% on Wednesday and 67% over the past 12 months.
Write to Teresa Rivas at [email protected]


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The brooding Bale says he's out of the lead role in the upcoming film about the Apple founder's life.
Apple's visionary co-founder returned at a time when the company was on the brink of destruction. Here are the moves that kept Apple alive.
Axed projects, uneasy alliances and a pure tech masterpiece -- Adventures in Tech recalls how Steve Jobs rescued Apple from the brink.
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The now-dead iPod Classic put Apple on top of the tech world, and paved the way for bigger, brighter things. Here's our tribute to a tech icon.
In a two-part interview, Apple's CEO expounds on the company's past, present and what lies ahead.
In an ad of splendidly questionable taste, Samsung decides to mock the dead to sell its Galaxy Note 4.
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More guitars being bought by girls
The success of female musicians such as the late Amy Winehouse and chart-topper Adele is encouraging more girls to buy guitars, according to latest sales figures.
Data from the Music Industries Association highlighted that 835,000 of the music instruments were sold in 2010, compared with 450,000 in 1998, with females increasingly likely to make a purchase, reports Financial News.
The association's chief executive Paul McManus said: “It’s a combination of factors, there are some great female role models, and the number of female singer songwriters in the last few years has gone off the clock.
“You just have to look at someone like Adele for an example of that."
He added that it is not the case that men are playing the guitar less, just than it has become a more attractive option for women too.
The data also highlighted that acoustic guitars are proving more popular than electric models, suggesting people are being inspired by singer-songwriters such as Laura Marling than heavy rock heroes such as Slash.
This week it was reported that female solo artists are dominating the charts, with nine of the ten bestselling albums being from such artists.
Amy Winehouse, Beyonce and Adele are all in the top ten, as well as offerings from Lady Gaga, classical artist Laura Wright and jazz singer Caro Emerald.
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A couple of months ago, we posted an article about a contest to select a team of "gastronauts" to spend a few months cooped up in a habitat on the Big Island of Hawaii, trying out sample menus for a prospective trip to Mars.
Well, here's an update on how that's working out:
Along with trying out a variety of foodstuffs and preparation methods, the team is giving test runs to underwear and excercise clothes treated with antimicrobial sprays to help keep things "fresh" longer (not a bad idea when you're spending months in close quarters with limited access to water and soap) and trying out what sort of robotic "pet" will be most useful for alleviating stress and boredom.
So they're playing with toys, eating weird stuff, and not changing their clothes for days on end.
Sounds like college!


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The privacy implications of Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick continues to raise concerns among House Republicans. The deal is currently under regulatory scrutiny at the Federal Trade Commission.
The acquisition would bring together two of the biggest players in online advertising. Google's text-based AdSense business is based on clickable links, while DoubleClick's technology places targeted banner ads and other display advertising on popular online sites.
House Republicans have repeatedly questioned the deal and apparently a Nov. 6 private meeting between Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, co-founder of the House Privacy Caucus and the ranking GOP member on the Commerce and Energy Committee, failed to assuage the lawmakers' concerns.
Following the meeting, Barton wrote a letter to Google officials to request that two lawyers from the House Energy and Commerce Committee be allowed to visit Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters to get a first-hand briefing on the company's privacy policies.
"Google officials with whom we spoke deemed the dates inconvenient, and the request was denied," Barton wrote in a Dec. 12 letter to Schmidt. "Since then, all efforts to reach a mutually agreeable time have been rebuffed, and it begins to seem that no date for a visit is sufficiently convenient to Google. Your warm initial invitation followed by Google's chilly response to a proposed visit by Committee counsels is disconcerting."
The letter then followed with 24 detailed questions to Schmidt about the merger and Google's policies on privacy, data retention and what the company does with the data. Barton set a Dec. 18 deadline for a Google reply.
"I believe Google's participation in our research into and consideration of the consumer protection implications of a merger of any online search engine and any behavioral or targeted advertising firm is vital to crafting sound national policy," Barton wrote.
A Google spokesperson told eWEEK that the company was "surprised" at Barton's response. According to the spokesperson, Barton's staff requested to visit Mountain View on Nov. 27 or 28, when Congress was out of session, but most Google officials were in Florida on those dates attending the YouTube conference.
The Google spokesperson said the committee staff did not request any other dates for a meeting and did not respond to a Google suggestion that they meet in Google's Washington offices.
Republican members of the Consumer Protection Subcommittee first expressed concerns about the deal in early November.
"They say they just want their ads to match our behavior," Barton said at the time. "But I wonder if the intentional collection and coordination of all that personal data about us is such a good idea, and I wonder if I'm the only one who is feeling a little uncomfortable about it."
At a September Senate hearing on the merger, Google Chief Legal Counsel David Drummond contended that the deal does not foreclose other companies from competing in the online advertising market. Drummond pointed to Microsoft's $6 billion acquisition of online advertising firm aQuantive, which already has received the FTC's blessing. He also mentioned Yahoo's deal to buy Right Media and AOL's purchase of AdTech and Tacoda as proof of a vibrant online ad market.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Digital Democracy and U.S. PIRG filed an April 20 FTC complaint shortly after Google announced the deal, arguing the acquisition will give Google unprecedented ability to "record, analyze, track and profile" the activities of Internet users.
Check out eWEEK.com's Government Center for the latest news, views and analysis of technology's impact on government and politics.


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Bitcoin has never lived up as a payment coin. The asset – which was initially designed to replace fiat currencies and be used to purchase goods and services – has become so volatile and so vulnerable to price swings, that the very idea of using it as a method of payment has become ludicrous to even the most diehard fans, but according to Keith Johnson of Ternio fame, this paves the way for competing altcoins to step up and serve as payment coins in the future.
Johnson Says Competing Altcoins Can Move Up
One of the biggest problems associated with bitcoin is that it’s price is all over the place. One minute, it’s up. The next, it’s traveling through the doldrums. The perfect example of this occurred in 2017 and 2018. During the former year, the currency was selling for more than $19,000, which at that time, was an all-time high.
However, just a few months later, the currency had lost more than half its value, and by Thanksgiving, bitcoin was selling for about $3,500 – roughly 70 percent less than what it was going for during the second half of the previous year.
As a result, many stores, retailers and business establishments have turned their backs on bitcoin and refuse to accept it as a payment method, and to an extent, we can’t really blame them. There’s simply too much to lose.
Johnson – who currently serves as the general manager of Ternio – comments:
If you wanted to buy a cup of coffee with bitcoin, that transaction could cost you $20 [in network fees.]
He also took aim at bitcoin’s transaction speeds, which have become notoriously slow in recent years. However, he feels that this lack of stamina for bitcoin is what’s making competing altcoins suddenly look so appealing to retailers, who are beginning to contemplate the allowance of crypto payments for some assets. He states:
If you start looking at other cryptocurrencies, you can get to that point where you can have a transaction cryptocurrency that’s used for everyday purchases. They will have different traits, and they’ll be cheap [to use from a transactional perspective] and fast [meaning they will be able to be transacted quickly]. For example, with BTC, there must be multiple confirmations on the blockchain, and this takes time. They will be rolled out to merchants and more people will be able to accept them.
More Regulation Will Control Volatility
Johnson says that eventually, government regulation will take on solid-enough form that volatility can potentially be controlled, and stores – particularly online shopping venues – will be more open to crypto payments as they become mainstream. He says:
Your traditional banks and financial institutions have their own rails in place, and now they’re starting to dabble in blockchain and support cryptocurrency or digital currency. We’re going to see the merging of digital currency and cryptocurrency into the traditional rails.


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Earlier this week, brewery and winery staff were pulling out tape measures and setting up as much outdoor seating as they could while still meeting coronavirus-related guidelines for reopening.
The state allowed outdoor dining to reopen Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Witchdoctor Brewing co-owner Michael See was measuring the brewery’s enclosed side parking lot to see how many tables he could fit.
The Southington brewery has set up outdoor seating before, but See said he now has to use folding tables so they can be easily cleaned after every use, per state guidelines.
He said they’d probably be able to fit about 15 tables, seating roughly 70. As long as the tables are at least six feet apart and the crowd does not exceed 50 percent of normal capacity, businesses can set up as many as they want.
Although See is hoping Witchdoctor will be at capacity all weekend, he doesn’t know what to expect.
“I think it's going to be 50/50,” he said. “I think some people are going to be really excited … We would like to see them again and have a bit of normalcy.” Kinsmen, Sauced
At Kinsmen Brewing on Canal Street in Southington, the patio was being expanded to fit more tables and chairs.
“I’m not sure if it's going to be busy or empty,” operations manager Bob Bartholomew said. “Hopefully people can come and have a good experience sitting out on the patio which is really nice and stay safe.”
Staff was busy earlier in the week adding and distancing the tables on the patio outside the taproom, as well as behind the event space.
Because the patio area runs the length of the building in the back, he said there’s lots of room.
“We are setting up a lot of space outside,” Batholomew said. “No one really knows how it works out and how we’re going to adjust.”
The brewery will be serving its usual variety of beers, plus some wine, soda and pre-mixed drinks.
Sauced at Kinsmen, a pizza eatery inside the brewery, will be open as well. The food will come in to-go containers with disposable utensils.Center Street
Center Street Brewing in Wallingford expanded its normal outdoor seating capacity as well, and planned to open Thursday.
“We’re excited to get going but we also want to make sure we’re doing it in a way that’s safe, that’s sustainable and also responsible,” owner Peter Ford said Tuesday.
Ford said the brewery can fit about 35 people in tables outside. They’ve set up tables in the past, but obtained additional permission from the town to extend the tables into a couple parking spots next to the building.
Like Kinsmen and Witchdoctor Brewing, Center Street Brewing’s outdoor seating will be dependent on weather.
“I think the feeling of reopening is mixed amongst the community as far as how people feel,” Ford said. “It’s something I don’t think anyone can anticipate how much we’re expecting.”
Ford said he plans to have extra staff on hand in case it does get busy.
The brewery will have its usual offerings, but won’t do samples or flights for the time being. People can still bring food into the brewery. Gouveia
Gouveia Vineyards in Wallingford opened Wednesday, with a “decent amount of people,” according to owners.
“We are excited for our customers to come back, relax, sip our wine, and enjoy our beautiful vistas,” owner Allison Gouveia said in an email. “Our vines are starting to bud, ducklings are swimming on the pond, and it’s starting to feel like life is beginning again!”
The winery is adhering to the same outdoor dining rules as restaurants. Customers should enter the front door and will be seated through a side door to control traffic flow.
They will not be offering wine tastings at this time, but have new meat, cheese and fruit platters available. People can still bring their own food.
Tables will be set up, but patrons can also picnic on the grounds, provided they still socially distance from others. Paradise Hills
Paradise Hills Vineyard in Wallingford, which opened Wednedsday, has similar rules.
“We are following the (Center for Disease Control) and State Guidelines. There will be more information that will be coming out as you arrive to insure the safety for all,” the owners posted on their Facebook page.
The Annual Connecticut Wine Passport program will be postponed indefinitely, but the winter passport program was extended until May 31.
All the above establishments plan to continue offering beer and wine for curbside pickup or takeout.
Customers dining outside must wear face masks unless actively eating and drinking and can only dine in groups of no more than five, per state guidelines.


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