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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows that federal judges are handing out widely disparate sentences for similar crimes 30 years after Congress tried to create fairer results, but the differences don't line up with the party of the president who appointed the judges, despite any impressions that Republicans or Democrats may be tougher or softer on crime.
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// Tesco will security measures as people turn to shoplifting due to inflation
// Chairman John Allan said Tesco will also “have to pass higher supply prices on to customers”
Tesco will increase security measures across its stores as “desperate people” turn to shoplifting amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Chairman John Allan said shoppers will see extra security tags on food as well as an increased security presence in-store.
“I think shoplifting is a concern and getting the police to take action and respond to cases where we and other retailers – and this is a concern right across the retail trade – is an issue,” he said.
“I don’t sympathise with people who shoplift but I can understand desperate people taking desperate measures sometimes when they’ve literally got no money left.”
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Allan also said Tesco will “have to pass higher supply prices on to customers”.
Speaking to Times Radio, the chair of the supermarket giant claims to “resist price increases” from its suppliers as long as the grocer “sensibly can”.
However, he said if suppliers are facing major cost increases, sooner or later the price increases would have to be passed on to the grocer and then to the consumer.
“We see our mission in this crisis to do everything we can to help our shoppers navigate their way through, inflation” he said.
He added that Tesco is also helping customers by showing them the benefits of buying Tesco private labels, as well as price matching with discount grocer Aldi.
According to Allan, three quarters of Tesco’s customers are concerned about inflation. He added that this figure increases every month, with customers now having to deal with with inflation, but future costs on energy bills.
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Here's some new screens for Silent Hill: Book of Memories. Add them to the batch we got a glimpse of earlier this month, and you get a good idea of the direction the PlayStation Vita title looks to take the series. That direction's an unexpectedly colorful one, with the game adopting a flashier look than the series' customary drab palettes. You'll still be fending off skinless monstrosities with rusty weapons, though – Silent Hill's developers may be disturbed, but they're not crazy.
If the look of these screens puts you in mind of arcade actioners like Gauntlet Legends, that's because developer WayForward Technologies has openly stated it'll be taking a more action-oriented tack when it launches the series on Vita. Responsible for previous reinventions in a similar vein such as the Wii's A Boy and his Blob, the DS version of Contra and this year's BloodRayne Betrayal, WayForward's Silent Hill brings multiplayer to the series for the first time. Associate producer Tomm Hulett says the game will mark “a big departure for the series,” which is set to launch in February of next year – the same month as its host platform.


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WeChat 5.4 release, from the information flow aspects of the search function, to build WeChat as the information center page. The electricity supplier in the field continue to force, launched face money business, expand the use range of WeChat wallet and situation, a friend asked the author whether WeChat can explain in terms of mobile providers have made the initiative, but I still think that the WeChat 5.4 mobile providers from a long way to go.
a few days ago to Qingdao, found that Qingdao Mandaijie guest friends supermarket launched almost all Alipay customers to pay two-dimensional code, scan two-dimensional code shopping amount, pay directly pay the taxi drivers in Beijing also have Alipay to pay two-dimensional code, the customer is to buy single scan code. So, both sides to avoid counterfeit money, the change from the usual no problem, naturally good user experience.
the above example is not want to introduce Alipay apps, but would like to remind WeChat: WeChat wallet using scene non friends collection, more is the line of shops use.
O2O focus on the line, this has become a consensus. WeChat has been eager to enter the field of O2O, but now it seems that the Jingdong or dianping.com are not worth mentioning, that is the O2O project, WeChat is still in the mobile terminal in the traditional PC business that is platform strategy. WeChat has been able to dream of becoming a big platform for the electricity supplier, which apparently did not expand the line to expand the strategic level of resources.
has a friend said WeChat also do the line, such as to encourage businesses to paste the two-dimensional code WeChat, WeChat mall to encourage the transaction, etc.. But with the iron brother and traditional sales business contacts, increasingly find the crux of the problem, namely the line shop for users to import line is almost hostile, even if the boss pushing the regional manager of the line, even the electricity supplier will be very inconsistent, after all users import online is undoubtedly in the grab line jobs.
and based on this, WeChat’s O2O progress is extremely slow, online and offline can not enjoy the joy of growth, can not play together to fight. Therefore, WeChat has strongly encouraged the progress of the WeChat mall has been slow, especially in large enterprises almost no success stories, and some of the early stage of the business is not under the vested interests of small businesses but a lot of cases.
the payment tools upgrade also cannot ascend the line shop will be active initiative to online users diversion, so it can really improve the face pay WeChat business ecology still have a big question mark.
WeChat how to truly realize the electricity supplier, iron brother believes that the following three aspects are particularly important:
one: abandon the online platform to do the electricity supplier thinking intermediate page
WeChat has also wanted to rely on massive users to become a business platform, iron brother can only say that the name of the QQ era to do the user did not get up, then do not use the platform to do WeChat. The reason is that the user’s attention has been seriously dispersed in the mobile era, in addition to the electricity supplier platform to be affected by the impact of several big companies, but also to face the brand independent electricity supplier


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The Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Yellow Jacket Football Fantasy contest wrapped up last Friday in conjunction with the team’s last home game. This year’s winner was Compliance Engineering, LLC. A big “THANK YOU” to all of the participants in this year’s contest.
For the past seven years, the Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the Open House
Shopping Days. This event kicks off the holiday shopping season while supporting our local merchants and businesses.
This year’s Hartsville Open House on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 5-6 will be a hybrid event featuring both online and in-store shopping. Each business will have its own QR code for shoppers to scan, allowing us to once again award the $250 cash prize to one lucky shopper.
This new format will allow you to connect with more locally owned small businesses as well as your favorite storefronts in Hartsville. The following businesses are participating this year: Advanced Propane, BabyGraceStore, Creekbank Boutique, First National Bank, Foodland, Hartsville Liquors, Hartsville Nutrition, Hartsville Pharmacy and Gifts, Piggly Wiggly, Psalmbird Coffee, Rustic Lillee, SaGrace Florists, Volunteer Pool & Hardware, and Wilson Bank & Trust.
It’s holiday shopping done local! Shop safe, shop local, shop unique!
November’s Chamber meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 9 at noon in the Community Center. Please bring your community announcements, and the program will be
Trousdale Medical Center and the newest member of the TMC team: Dr. Sean Donovan, head of the Emergency Department. Lunch will be catered by Piggly Wiggly featuring fried chicken, green beans, baked potato casserole, dessert and a drink. The cost is $10.
The Community Thanksgiving Celebration & Meal will be held in person this year on
Tuesday, Nov. 23, from 4-7 p.m. in the Eleanor Ford Theatre at the high school.
A Thanksgiving meal with turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, roll, pie and beverage is free to everyone who works and lives in
Trousdale County. This event is a great way to count our blessings while enjoying a meal with old and new friends. A slideshow featuring historic Hartsville and Trousdale County photos offers an enjoyable look back at our community.
Meal delivery is available for shut-ins. If you receive Meals on Wheels, you will have a Thanksgiving meal delivered on the evening of Nov. 23. Anyone needing — or who knows of someone needing a meal — please contact the Chamber at 615-374-9243 and leave a message with the name, address and phone number where the meals are to be delivered. The Hartsville-Trousdale County Volunteer Fire Department will be delivering these meals. There will be no “to-go” boxes of meals at the door.
This event is funded completely through donations and the community has always been very generous in supporting this event. Please make your contributions payable to H-TCC and mail to: H-TCC @ 328 Broadway Rm 7, Hartsville, TN 37074. If you need more information or have questions about this event, please contact the Chamber at 615-374-9243 or email firstname.lastname@example.org you!
Speaking of Christmas, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting with children, taking photos and sharing cookies and hot chocolate on Friday, Dec. 10 at the Community Center. The annual tree lighting will follow at the courthouse.
Hartsville’s annual Christmas Parade will be held on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. This year’s theme will be “Miracle on Main Street — Saluting the Heroes.” The Grand Marshal will be former district attorney Tommy Thompson. Parade registrations are available at the Administration Building, Wilson Band & Trust and First Natiional Bank. There is no entry fee and you can register for the parade by contacting the Chamber at 615-374-9243 or email@example.com, or Racheal Petty at 615-804-8945.
Mentors are still needed for Trousdale County High School seniors through the
TNPromise program. Trousdale County needs 10 mentors to sign up by Dec. 3 to meet the need of 14 mentors. To learn more and apply you can visit tnachieves.org/mentors/apply, or contact Tyler Ford at firstname.lastname@example.org or 309-945-3446.


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Sainsbury’s announces changes to help older people and vulnerable amid panic buying
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Sainsbury’s is the latest supermarket to announce measures to help the elderly and vulnerable during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
All its stores will only open to these two groups for the first hour of trading on Thursday, chief executive Mike Coupe said, but will open for an hour longer so other shoppers do not miss out.
Supermarkets have seen a huge surge in demand for delivery services, with no slots available until next month for both Tesco and Waitrose in some parts of the south east.
The surge came as transport secretary Grant Shapps authorised a temporary relaxation of the drivers’ hours rules to help deliver goods to stores across the country.
Iceland outlets across the country have also introduced reserved time slots to give the vulnerable and the elderly a chance to shop in store.
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Sainsbury’s has now said customers over 70 and those with a disability will also have priority access to online delivery slots from Monday and the chain is also expanding its “click and collect” service.
Mr Coupe added that as of Thursday, Sainsbury’s will be closing its cafes and its meat, fish and pizza counters to free up freight capacity for essential products.
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Customers will also only be able to buy a maximum of three of any grocery product and a maximum of two on the most popular items such as toilet roll, soap and UHT milk from Wednesday onward.
“As we work to feed the nation, we are also focusing all of our efforts on getting as much food and other essential items from our suppliers, into our warehouses and onto shelves as we possibly can”, Mr Coupe said.
“We still have enough food for everyone - if we all just buy what we need for us and our families.”
Tesco has had to bring in similar purchasing restrictions to curb panic buying, particularly on anti-bacterial wipes, dried past and toilet roll.
It was forced to take its mobile app offline temporarily due to high demand on Tuesday, and announced it would be reducing the hours of all of its 24-hour stores to 6am to 10pm.
A spokeswoman said: “It gives our colleagues the time overnight to restock the store, replenish the shelves and support our online grocery service at a time when demand is high.”
A sign was put up at Tesco in Dereham urging shoppers not to abuse shopworkers.
The East of England Co-op has limited all items in its stores to a maximum of two per customer as shoppers raid the shelves amid worries over the coronavirus, despite being urged not to do so.
In a statement, the East of England Co-op said: “Due to exceedingly high demand, as of 6pm this evening, all items across our stores are limited to a maximum of two per customer until further notice.
“This applies to all items.
“By shopping responsibly and distributing items equally, this will ensure we can continue to provide a service to our communities over the coming weeks and months.”
Elsewhere, rival Morrisons announced on Tuesday it is creating 3,500 jobs to meet surging demand for its home delivery service caused by the pandemic.
The chain said it would be recruiting 2,500 pickers and drivers while hiring about 1,000 people to work in distribution centres.
It is also planning a new call centre for those without access to online shopping, plus the launch of a new range of simple-to-order food parcels from next Monday.
The environment secretary George Eustice is in “urgent talks” with supermarkets about ensuring food security, chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.


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Harrogate Spring has been named the Official Water of the British Masters supported by Sky Sports, which will be hosted by England’s Luke Donald on 13 to 16 October 2016.
The event, being held at The Grove in Hertfordshire, adds another elite sport to Britain’s fastest-growing water brand and number one premium bottled water.
Harrogate is the Official Water of England Cricket, Ascot Racecourse and Royal Ascot and its sports portfolio is a major pillar of Harrogate Spring’s emergence as the UK’s largest independent bottled water brand.
Harrogate marketing manager Nicky Cain said:
We value sport at Harrogate Spring and really understand the importance of healthy hydration when maximising performance, particularly at elite level.
Our partnership with England Cricket and Ascot has helped us achieve significant brand equity and we are proud to be rubbing shoulders with the world’s top golfers at the British Masters, another classic sporting occasion for Harrogate Spring.
Harrogate Water Brands has enjoyed a year of phenomenal growth of 30 per cent, vastly out-performing market growth of nine per cent. Its workforce has expanded by 40 per cent, while exports have grown by 50 per cent.
Harrogate’s sporting portfolio this year has also included World Triathlon in Leeds, the International Hockey Champions Trophy in London, Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the Hurlingham pre-Wimbledon tennis classic and the Manor Endurance Racing team in the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race.
Harrogate’s spa history dates back to 1571 and it is the original British bottled water, being first bottled in 1740. Today the Harrogate range is presented in award-winning diamond patterned bottles, reflecting the premium brand as well as providing the most original appearance.


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City crime branch busts nationwide car theft ring
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Two arrested for stealing over 500 luxury cars
The city Crime Branch has busted an inter-state luxury car theft ring, arresting two of its kingpins and exposing a network spanning several states. Ashraf Sultan Ghaji from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and Irfan alias Pintu Pathan from Ranchi, Jharkhand, are believed to be the brains behind the theft of more than 500 high-end cars in a span of five years.
The ten cars seized during the operation are worth Rs 1.32 crore.
The team comprising PI V B Aal, PSI M N Jadeja, P B Chowdhury, and V B Dodia, acted on a tip-off that led them to Nana Chiloda where they nabbed the duo. They are the alleged masterminds of an interstate gang from various states like UP, Delhi, Rajasthan, and West Bengal.
Their modus operandi was unique; they parked next to a vehicle, hacked its electric control units, and used technology to override the car’s security systems. Once inside, they altered the vehicle’s lock code using laptops, and swiftly made away with the luxury cars.
The accused altered the stolen cars’ engine chassis numbers to match those of wrecked vehicles. They then obtained RTO clearances with the help of RTO officers from seven states including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Nagaland.


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Nox Medical received the President of Iceland’s Export Award for achievement in the exporting of Icelandic products and services to international markets.
The presentation took place at a special ceremony at the presidential residence Bessastadir. Petur Mar Halldorsson, Nox Medical’s CEO, along with all of Nox Medical’s employees, accepted the award from the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.
This prestigious award is given to Icelandic companies that excel at promoting and exporting Icelandic products and services. Criteria for receiving the award includes the ratio of revenues that is from export business, a proven track record of successful market development, and overall added value to Icelandic economy.
Petur Mar Halldorsson, Nox Medical’s CEO was quoted as saying: “We are extremely proud to receive this award. We see this as a testament to the strength and quality of our employees. I also believe that by receiving this award we are accepting responsibility to continue on our path to promote the Icelandic technology sector.”
Other noted recipients of this award include Icelandair, Ossur, and Marel – all renowned companies in their respective fields.
More information and pictures from the event are found here.
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The European electric scooter company Voi is turning to artificial intelligence to enable its vehicles to detect pedestrians and sidewalks. The startup hopes this move will ease chaotic micromobility concerns.
As e-scooter usage has surged throughout 2020, safety concerns have also increased around how the devices are used and deployed in busy cities. In response to those concerns, Voi plans to become the first company to deploy computer vision and on-device AI on scooters.
Voi, founded out of Sweden in 2018, is just one of many e-scooter startups that allow people to download a mobile app, find the nearest scooter, and pay for each minute that they need it. While the company only operates in Europe as of now, it has raised more than $250 million in VC investment in the past few years and achieved profitability for the first time this year.
The technology will help avert collisions and issue alerts if scooters are being used inappropriately or dangerously. Ultimately, it’s about using real-time knowledge to help electric scooters understand their environment.
In an interview with VentureBeat, Voi CEO Fredrik Hjelm said, “Voi is developing scooters that can ‘see’ what’s around them and therefore irrefutably ‘know’ what they need to do in order to be safe, whereas other scooters are trying to ‘feel’ what’s around them and use that to ‘guess’ what they should do next.”
Voi isn’t the first company to attempt using AI. Earlier in 2020, Lime announced plans to prevent sidewalk riding by “understanding” the underlying surface’s vibration. Lime, however, was only able to issue a warning after a rider was already on the sidewalk by crunching sensor data acquired from the speedometer and accelerometer. While California noted Lime was the only operation to make significant headway in preventing sidewalk riders, the inability to detect the activity in real-time made the technology less useful.
In an effort to implement that real-time technology, Voi is partnering with Luna, which develops computer vision algorithms aimed squarely at scooters. The collaboration uses a camera as a sensor alongside lane segmentation AI, similar to what you would see on a high-end car. Voi and Luna are explicitly targeting areas where scooters come into close proximity to humans, not only detecting pedestrians in real-time but counting them to determine how congested a place is.
If implemented smoothly, it’s possible this technology could significantly reduce e-scooter accidents. To learn more about what’s happening in the e-scooter industry, click here.


text: The Nintendo Wii left some gamers disappointed with the lack of HD support. The Nintendo Wii U was supposed to correct that, and Nintendo even developed the console to support 1080p output. Sadly, however, it looks like all -but-a few launch titles will only go up to 720p. The latest casualty is Nintendo's mascot, Mario. Nintendo's old message on the New Super Mario Bros. U site read: "Experience Mario like never before... in full 1080p HD." The website now reads: "Experience Mario like never before... in high definition, only on the Wii U console!" From the looks of it, Nintendo is downgrading New Super Mario Bros. U down to 720p, which has been the resolution the game has been previously shown off at. New Super Mario Bros. U will release on November 18, the same day that the Nintendo Wii U launches in the United States. The latest Super Mario game will be a side-scrolling platformer, and have all the usual Mario elements such as getting to Princess Peach's castle, and some changes, such as new power-up abilities. The Nintendo Wii U will launch with 22 other games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Assassin's Creed 3, and Pikmin 3. (Correction***) Both the 2D platformer Toki Tori and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 should be running in 1080p. The Nintendo Wii U's North American release date is set at November 18, and pre-orders are already selling out. Nintendo's latest console will come in two versions: an 8GB model for $249.99, and a 32GB model for $349.99. Let's hope future games take advantage of 1080p, as the technology is old, and Nintendo really has no excuse for not including it in their games - especially one as high profile as Super Mario. http://www.latinospost.com/articles/5393/20121012/nintendo-wii-u-wheres-1080p-new-super.htm --- I can't say I didn't expect this, lol. Nintendo isn't making the effort to bring "full HD" to Wii U. I expected much more from them and you should as well. There's no reason not to have this game running in 1080p on what's supposed to be a brand new console that's better than what the competition has to offer. Well, there is one reason, actually- it would be less beneficial having the game in 1080p if minimal effort was made to add top quality, high resolution textures, which is what appears to be the case with this game. Also, inb4 low gaming standards responses like, "720p is fine for me."


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Everyone knows that Google has change into a grasp of knowledge manipulation, and Google Maps is not any totally different. Now, a brand new software, known as Insights, is starting to make its technique to extra Google Maps customers as a part of the app’s Timeline.
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The Timeline is a part of the Google Maps app that exhibits every kind of detailed stats like which cities you’ve traveled to or locations that you simply often go to. Now, the app has added Insights that give customers every kind of detailed details about what a sure month seems to be or appeared like so far as journey goes.
So, what precisely does that imply? The brand new Google Maps Insights tab tells customers all about their journey patterns throughout any given month. You’ll see issues like the full distance traveled that month, in addition to the times that you simply traveled essentially the most.
The Google Maps Insights tab will present all the totally different locations you’ve visited over the course of that month. It breaks areas down into procuring, eating, inns, and so forth. Moreover, the function seems to be into all totally different sorts of journey, from strolling to flying.
As of now, the Insights function continues to be being examined out and solely obtainable to pick out customers. In line with Android Police, Insights has been confirmed to be obtainable for Google Maps customers within the UK in addition to Germany. I personally was ready to take a look at the Insights tab from my Android telephone, although I admittedly don’t journey an excessive amount of.
As of now, there’s no actual phrase on when the Insights tab shall be making its technique to all Google Maps customers. Nonetheless, the truth that it’s already obtainable on some Android gadgets in the USA leads me to imagine that Insights shall be coming to everybody very quickly.


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Oculus sales are lagging behind both the HTC Vive and the Sony VR. Facebook’s solution? A whopping 25% price cut.
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Lil Uzi Vert appears to have taken out his infamous diamond implant. The rapper got a $24 million natural pink diamond inserted onto his forehead this past February. At the time, Uzi tweeted that he had been saving up for the 11 carat diamond for four years so he could have “a lot of M’s in (his) face”.
Does Lil Uzi Vert have a diamond?
Lil Uzi Vert said fans at a music festival ripped off the pink diamond that was implanted into his forehead this year. … The diamond is worth a reported $24 million. He wrote on Twitter that he acquired the diamond from jewelry designer Elliot Eliantte, and he’s been paying it off since 2017.
How much was Lil Uzi Vert’s diamond?
Lil Uzi Vert Fans Ripped Out My $24M Forehead Diamond
The rapper says he had a $24 MILLION rock embedded as a flashy facial implant, claiming he saved up for years for the pink gemstone and wanted it put in his forehead because he was afraid he’d otherwise lose it.
What diamond is in Lil Uzi Vert?
He explained how, since 2017, he has been paying for a natural pink diamond made by a designer named Elliot Eliantte. “The stone cost so much that I’ve been paying for it since 2017. That was the first time I saw a real natural pink diamond,” he wrote in the said tweet.
Is Lil Uzis diamond really 24 million?
Lil Uzi Vert has removed the $24 million diamond that had been implanted in his forehead, months after unveiling the bizarre accessory. The rapper unveiled the new look in February and said that the pink rock is “10, almost 11 carats”, while also the most expensive purchase he has ever made.
Did Lil Uzi get the diamond removed?
Crowd must have been pretty wild. So it turns out that Lil Uzi Vert’s famous forehead diamond was briefly removed from its home. Speaking with TMZ for a brief interview published on Saturday (Sept. 5), Uzi said that fans ripped the $24 million pink diamond from his forehead during a performance at Rolling Loud.
Why did Lil Uzi Vert get a diamond?
The rapper unveiled the implant in February, saying the pink rock was “10, almost 11 carats” and he chose to put it in his forehead because he couldn’t trust himself not to lose it. He has been paying for it in instalments since 2017.
Why is Lil Uzi Vert diamond so expensive?
Lil Uzi Vert has admitted that he originally bought his implanted forehead diamond to be worn as a ring. The US rapper has explained that the only reason the $24million (£17.6million) accessory was put in his forehead was that he couldn’t trust himself not to lose it.
What rapper got a diamond in his head?
Rowdy crowds at Rolling Loud in Miami Gardens back in July apparently caused rapper Lil Uzi Vert some pain. The hip hop artist told TMZ that the $24 million pink diamond implanted on his forehead was semi torn out by overeager fans as Vert crowd surfed back at the music festival in July at Hard Rock Stadium.
How does Lil Uzi Vert diamond stay?
Uzi’s diamond is secure because the jewelers created a “specific mounting that clips and locks in place.” Instead of using stainless steel or surgical-grade steel, Babaev said the team did everything with precious metals. “There’s a whole mechanism involved, it’s not a standard piercing.
Who put diamond in forehead?
At rapper Lil Uzi Vert, fans tore a diamond from his forehead. During the performance, as the rapper jumped into the crowd from the stage, fans pulled out a $ 24 million jewel inserted into his forehead. Rapper Lil Uzi Vert solved the mystery of his pink diamond on the 18th anniversary of Jay-Z’s 40/40 club.
What is the most expensive diamond in the world?
Topping our list of the most expensive diamonds in the world is the legendary Koh-I-Noor. Weighing in at a massive 105.6ct, the most expensive diamond in the world is oval shaped. Steeped in mystery and legend, the stone is believed to have been mined in India in the 1300s.
Who is pink diamond Steven Universe?
Rose Quartz becomes Pink Diamond, revealing that they are the same Gem. Episode no. “A Single Pale Rose” is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Steven Universe.


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Pokemon Go is now available in Canada, folks! (more…)
A new book recommendation app has been released by Indigo.
A parody video trying to portray Pokemon GO players has one man risking his life to make it.
Rogers reported its second quarter earnings today.
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Third-party email client Polymail launches for iOS.


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Auction site eBay has urged users to change their passwords after suffering what may have been the biggest-ever cyber-attack when hackers broke into a database holding its 233m customers’ personal data.
EBay said the breach, which was detected two weeks ago, had not given the hackers access to customers’ financial information. But it did affect a database holding encrypted passwords as well as customer names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth which were not encrypted.
The site has 233 million customers worldwide, including more than 14 million active in Britain.
In a statement, the auction site said that a database was compromised between late February and early March. PayPal, the payment arm of eBay, released a statement saying it was not affected and that financial information had not been compromised.
“The scope for damage is absolutely huge and could be the biggest hack of all time, given the number of users eBay has,” said Rik Ferguson, global vice president of security research at security software firm Trend Micro.
While financial information was protected the personal information exposed in the compromise was “neatly packaged information that is worth a lot to cybercriminals and though eBay claims that financial information was not compromised we shouldn’t be reassured by these statements,” said Professor Alan Woodward from the department of computing at the University of Surrey.
“It is inexcusable for a company the size of eBay with the amount of data it holds to not encrypt all personal information held and to not constantly be at the forefront of security technology,” Ferguson agreed. “It should not have taken them three months to notice a break-in like this.”
Exposure of personal information such as postal addresses and dates of birth puts users at risk of identity theft, where the data is used to claim ownership of both online and real world identities. Users are also at risk of phishing attacks from malicious third-parties, which use the private details to trick people into handing over bank account, credit card or other sensitive information.
The break-in was not caused by the “Heartbleed” flaw in internet servers that received publicity this year. Instead, the hackers “compromised a small number of employee log-in credentials, allowing unauthorised access to eBay’s corporate network”, the company said.
The attack is even bigger than that which affected the US retailer Target in December, when around 40m customer credit cards were stolen by hackers, who broke into the company’s systems. The fallout from that security breach led to the resignation of Target’s chief executive in May.
Ebay has been described as the “golden goose” by some security researchers because of its large user base, but other internet companies yet to suffer large hacks of this nature are also considered prime targets.
Amazon, for instance, has around 244m active accounts, each with credit cards attached. Apple’s iTunes – arguably the biggest database of shoppers – has around 800 million users, most of which will have credit cards attached to their accounts.
“Information security and customer data protection are of paramount importance to eBay Inc, and eBay regrets any inconvenience or concern that this password reset may cause our customers,” said an eBay spokesperson.
“We know our customers trust us with their information, and we take seriously our commitment to maintaining a safe, secure and trusted global marketplace.”
Ebay said it is investigating the compromise working with law enforcement and security experts.
“Ebay has been around for a very long time and given people’s passwords habits – keeping the same passwords for years and re-using that password on many different sites – it is more likely to have that common, old password,” said Ferguson.
The company said that there had been “no evidence of the compromise resulting in unauthorised activity for eBay users, and no evidence of any unauthorised access to financial or credit card information”.
Troy Gill, senior security analyst at internet security firm AppRiver said: “This breach is a stark reminder that no organisation is immune to cyberattacks.”
Users will be prompted by email as well as on-site to change their passwords as a precaution, despite the stolen passwords being encrypted and showing no evidence of being compromised.
Shoppers who use the same password on other sites are encouraged to change those passwords too.
“It’s important that people listen to eBay and, when notified by email, change their password, as well as updating any other site which uses the same log-in credentials,” said Chris Boyd, a malware intelligence analyst at security firm Malwarebytes.


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Karnataka High Court Stays CCI’s Investigation Against Amazon
The Karnataka High Court granted Amazon interim relief.
The Karnataka High Court granted Amazon interim relief by staying the anti-trust investigation directed against it last month, lawyer representing the online retailer told BloombergQuint.
The Competition Commission of India’s investigation against Amazon is without application of mind, perverse and unreasonable, the online retailer argued before the Karnataka High Court.
Amazon is challenging the CCI’s January order which said the allegations of anti-competitive practices against the e-commerce marketplace deserved a detailed investigation. The information was filed by Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh against Flipkart and Amazon.
In its prima facie order, the regulator had concluded that the exclusive arrangements between mobile phone brands and Amazon merit an investigation.
It needs to be investigated whether the alleged exclusive arrangements, deep-discounting and preferential listing by the opposite parties [Amazon, Flipkart] are being used as an exclusionary tactic to foreclose competition and are resulting in an appreciable adverse effect on competition.CCI’s Jan. 20 Order
Amazon appealed this order before the Karnataka High Court saying the CCI directed this investigation without even giving it an opportunity to respond to the allegations. It has called the CCI’s actions as an “open-ended fishing expedition” and a misuse of its powers. It said the regulator directed this investigation by primarily relying upon the evidence against Flipkart and hence, failed to meet the rule of reason framework.
Amazon is entitled to protection under Articles 14 and 21 of the Indian Constitution against unreasonable, unwarranted, arbitrary and mala-fide action of any government or statutory authority, it said in its petition before the high court. BloombergQuint has reviewed a copy of Amazon’s petition.
This is a repeat of allegations made by All India Online Vendors Association against Amazon earlier which have already been rejected by the CCI. Sellers on Amazon marketplace procure products directly from manufacturers and exclusive launch of mobile phones is a marketing tool used by them for sales promotion, according to the petition.
The company argued that brands which had exclusive sale offers on Amazon marketplace also have a significant presence in the offline market and therefore it cannot be said that exclusive launches by them caused an adverse appreciable effect on competition in the smartphone sale market in India. It said the contracts with third-party sellers don’t stipulate any exclusivity obligations and its services were available to all sellers who register themselves with the Amazon marketplace.
Exclusive supply agreements violate Section 3(4) of the Competition Act and are considered anti-competitive. The CCI order directing the investigation fails to classify the alleged deep discounting, preferential listing and preferred seller arrangement under any category enumerated under Section 3(4) of the Competition Act. This section defines an anti-competitive agreement to include tie-in arrangement; exclusive supply agreement; exclusive distribution agreement, tie-in arrangement; exclusive supply agreement, among others.
Besides challenging the CCI’s prima facie order, Amazon sought a stay on the director general’s investigation until the high court decides on the matter. The company said it was part of the internationally reputed Amazon Group and the news of an anti-trust investigation in India would result in reputation consequences.


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The smallest peanut crop in decades may affect peanut butter prices.
Georgia produces about 1 million tons of peanuts, that's about half of the country's total harvest. But extreme heat and drought, combined with insects and disease have plagued this year's production. Agriculture experts estimate this year's harvest to top 700,000 tons.
Many farmers are also planting more corn and cotton crops since those commodities fetch higher prices.
The loss is expected to hit consumers' pockets at the grocery store. The makers of Jif peanut butter have said they expect to raise prices by 30-percent because of higher peanut costs.


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The number of Chinese who traveled to the Netherlands has surged in the past five years despite concerns over terrorist attacks in Europe, said senior executives of domestic tourism platforms.
They credited the rise to increasing consumer affluence in China and policies launched by the West European country to attract overseas visitors.
In the past five years, the number of Chinese travelers to the Netherlands has jumped by 300,000, according to a report by the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions in November. But it didn't give the current figure. The number is expected to increase by more than 500,000 in the next five years.
"In 2016, Chinese tourists to the Netherlands fell by almost half due to concerns over European terrorist attacks, but the influence was short-lived… The number rebounded in 2017," Qu Yu, director for the European market in the tourism department of online travel platform Ctrip, told the Global Times on Thursday.
Qu noted that the Netherlands is one of the safest nations in the world and has not suffered from any terrorist attack so far.
Li Qiuyan, general manager of public relations at domestic travel platform lvmama.com, told the Global Times on Thursday that the Netherlands has taken many measures to lure Chinese travelers.
"For example, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on January 1 launched an Alipay platform, enabling Chinese consumers to purchase items using digital wallets," Li said.
Qu mentioned the 11 new visa centers the country opened around China since 2016 as well as a new tax refund policy.
The fast-expanding middle class in China is interested in high-end and innovative itineraries such as those including the Netherlands, said Li.
Qu agreed. He noted that the Netherlands is a "romantic, artistic yet open" country.
Given this situation, it may be challenging for the Netherlands' high-end tourism resources to appeal to China's mass consumption group, Li stressed.
Qu urged the Netherlands to ease visa conditions. Currently, Chinese tourists can only get a single-entry visa and stay from one to three months.
Besides, "airlines may also consider launching direct flights from the Netherlands to second- and third-tier Chinese cities, so as to shorten travel times and attract more tourists," Qu suggested.
Every week, there are about 40-50 flights between Amsterdam and eight Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, Qu added.


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Rabobank Pork Quarterly: Promising Outlook for H2 of 201312 April 2013
GLOBAL - The global pork sector has experienced a stable first quarter in 2013, with supply and demand more or less in balance, resulting in stable prices for the Rabobank five-nation finished hog price index.
This stabilisation, in combination with the slow downward pressure of feed prices and the adjustment of most sales contracts to the new price levels—and despite the relative lacklustre demand development—gave the industry momentum to regain part of the margins lost in the last couple of years. However, at the farmer level, the lower than expected hog prices limited the earlier upswing of margins where it was hoped for.
Albert Vernooij, Rabobank analyst, commented: “For Q2 2013, the already difficult market will be further hampered by the numerous import bans that startled the industry in Q1 2013. Without questioning the legitimacy of these trade distributions, these will further limit possible upside of the market, which can be characterised by the combination of lacklustre demand and rising supply. The only positive note is that herd expansion will be postponed or herds will even decline, which together with the forecast declining feed costs, will likely result in better margins at both the farmer and industry levels.”
“In the Northern Hemisphere particularly, both domestic and export pork demand is going to be the determining factor in the coming months,” Dr Vernooij added. “In the EU, consumers are increasingly feeling the impact of the economic crisis in their wallets, while the higher pork prices of the last year are increasingly reflected in retail prices. In the US, retail prices held up well in the face of the decline in hog and pork prices. In both regions, the length and intensity of the grilling season will be modifying for profitability, especially because the early Easter was rather disappointing for sales.”
China, the US and Russia saw pork prices drop due to increased availability which more than offset the slow developing demand. In China, production recovered more quickly than earlier forecast, while in the US the expected production decline did not commence as productivity continued its steady growth and exports slowed due to the strengthening of the US dollar. In Russia, new capacity and higher imports resulted in surging supply. Prices stabilised in the EU, pressured by the declining demand and exports, while in Brazil an unexpected increase was experienced in January, followed by a lower than normal seasonal decline.
With the growing importance of Chinese and Russian imports, combined with the growing export dependency in the US and EU, it appears the seasonal trends in the pork market in the Northern Hemisphere are reversing with strong export demand and high prices in the second half of the year and a difficult market in the first half. If this development continues, Rabobank believes the impact will be huge for the pork industry in the Northern Hemisphere. This will be apparent not only in the changing seasonal price development, but also in the carcass valuation, which differs between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and between spring and autumn.
In line with this possible structural development, 2H 2013 offers better prospects, with forecast large production drops in the EU resulting from the implementation of the sow pen regulations in January and the expected seasonal growth in import demand in China.ThePigSite News Desk


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In E.U. Antitrust Case Response, Apple Argues That Spotify Pays 15% Commission on Just 0.5% of Subscribers
To recap, Spotify complained to E.U. authorities back in March that it was anticompetitive for Apple to require subscriptions purchased through apps to use their own in-app purchase mechanism, thereby taking a cut of all subscriptions. Apple’s response to European antitrust authorities was made public recently.
Murray Stassen, Music Business Worldwide:
What’s more, says Apple, Spotify hasn’t paid any additional commission on a single subscriber obtained via the App Store for the past three years.
In fact, according to an argument seen by MBW, Apple says that Spotify only pays a 15% ‘app tax’ revenue share on just 0.5% of the latter’s 100 million premium subscribers worldwide.
That equates to around 680,000 customers acquired during 2014-16 when these subscribers used ‘In App Purchase’ – but Spotify apparently switched off subscriptions via the app after that.
In isolation, this almost feels like an acknowledgement of Spotify’s complaint. Spotify has lots of subscribers, but they have been forced to acquire the vast majority of them from outside of their iOS app because of Apple’s commission. However, even though I’m not sure how this is framed in context — frustratingly, Stassen does not post a copy of the response — this argument seems to be a way to emphasize that Apple’s commission on subscriptions has not been an impediment to the company’s growth.


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We all know freckles are cute — there are even temporary tattoo versions you can use if you haven't been blessed with the spots naturally. But somehow Match.com thinks otherwise...
The online dating service has come under fire from London underground commuters after a new ad featuring a close-up shot of a woman's freckled face and red hair, alongside the tagline "If you don't like your imperections, someone else will," was spotted at a station.
(Read: Match thinks red hair and freckles aren't great physical traits.)
And that did not sit well with Londoners who then accused Match of "profiting by bullying."
The Guardian reports that the Advertising Standards Authority has "received around 'half a dozen' complaints about the billboard, which appears in tubes stations in London."
And people also expressed their frustrations with the ad on Twitter:
The #LoveYourImperfection campaign has reportedly been running since 2014 and celebrates "physical and behavioural imperfections" according to Match.com. It also "encourages everyone to be proud of their individuality, as the features that make us unique are often the ones that makes us most attractive."
A Match.com spokesperson has released a statement following the recent backlash apologizing for suggesting freckles should be something an individual should see as a flaw.
"Our adverts reveal common perceived imperfections and quirks of Brits – these include freckles which some people who have them may see as an imperfection. We think freckles are beautiful and our posters are designed to encourage everyone who has them to be proud. We’re sorry if anyone has been offended by our latest ad - that was not our intention – but we’re really encouraged to see so many people standing-up for what makes them unique."
So if you have freckles or you're red-headed — fret not. The ad has been taken down and you can continue on being your perfect self.
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The San Diego Chamber assisted the El Paso Chamber with their visit to San Diego, which included a meeting with Chamber member, SIMNSA Health Plan, due to their interest in establishing a similar binational healthcare model in their own border region. Their visit concluded with a keynote speech from Chamber President & CEO, Jerry Sanders.
Following the meeting, Chamber VP Paola Avila penned an op-ed in the El Paso Times on Donald Trump and the importance of crossborder collaboration:
Those of us living and working along the border know that the United States is Mexico’s top trade partner. Mexico is the United States’ third-largest trade partner. Between the two countries, more than half a trillion dollars in goods is moving back and forth each year.
We also know that as much as 40 percent of U.S. imports from Mexico are produced by a U.S.-based workforce. We are not only trading with each other; we are producing together.


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Although Nautilus continues to deny the Trimline brand of treadmills is being mothballed, indicators – silent and otherwise – speak volumes.
Starting nearly a year ago, rumors began to circulate that Nautilus, which acquired the Trimline brand (Hebb Industries) when it bought Schwinn Fitness in bankruptcy auction in 2001, was dumping Trimline. Schwinn had bought Hebb and the basic but popular brand of Trimline treadmills in 1998.
On July 1, 2005, a Nautilus spokesman told SNEWS® in an email when we inquired about the brand being discontinued, “Nonsense. Why would we do that?”
Of course, despite having a presence on the Nautilus.com website, the treadmills haven’t been at many shows lately and where Nautilus displays the logos of its brands on some web pages, Trimline’s is missing (Click here for an example and note the logos of the other brands on the right sans Trimline).
But that’s not all: SNEWS® has heard from retailers who said they have been told by their Nautilus reps and other Nautilus managers that the Trimline brand is “history” and will disappear as soon as the company sells the inventory it has in a warehouse.
“The name is going away,” an insider source told SNEWS®. “Trimline is being discontinued.”
After the emails and calls started hitting us all over again this spring and we began to ask around yet again, we again went back to Nautilus and were told in an email on May 16: “We don’t expect to discontinue the Trimline brand or cause it to disappear.”
If you remember, Nautilus announced the closing of its Tyler, Texas, manufacturing facility in April, which is where Trimline treadmills have been made. Seems the manufacturing of other products made there has been moved to other U.S. facilities or to Asia, but Trimline’s manufacturing has not been shifted anywhere, sources told SNEWS®. When the plant closes for good in August, Trimline as of now does not have a manufacturing home.
When we approached the company and its spokesman Ron Arp on May 26, Arp said, Nautilus has “plenty of Trimline product in inventory” and is not discontinuing the brand. When asked about the location of manufacturing, Arp said no place was set at this point. “We have different plans,…” he added. “It’s not history.”
Different is possible, but look at this:
>> In press releases on and prior to April 17, 2006, the corporate description at the bottom of each release named a “brand portfolio that includes Nautilus, Bowflex, Schwinn Fitness, StairMaster, Trimline and Pearl Izumi….”
>> In press releases after April 17, 2006, the mention of Trimline in the lineup is gone. “It’s an accident,” said Arp, who oversees corporate communications.
>> In a press release dated May 16, 2006, Nautilus announced it added “sixth leading brand to fitness portfolio by acquiring Universal.” Then it names its other five brands as Nautilus (that’s one), Bowflex (two), Stairmaster (sic…three), Schwinn Fitness (four) and Pearl Izumi (five). Wait, where’s Trimline? Wouldn’t that be seven?
>> In a May 16 email discussing how the Universal brand may fit into Nautilus company strategy, Arp wrote: “We follow a consumer, brand, channel approach. Enthusiasts align best with Nautilus, StairMaster and Pearl Izumi and would find products under these brands mostly at commercial facilities and specialty retailers. Participants align best with Bowflex and Schwinn Fitness, and are mostly available at retail and direct locations.” He added that the company doesn’t address the segment it calls “occasionals” or those who work out only up to once a week. Note there is no reference again to Trimline in the corporate strategy.
“We have to do some repositioning,” Arp said on May 26. “There’s no doubt about that.”
SNEWS® View: Granted, Nautilus has turned into a collector of name brands — as much of a name as there can be in fitness – and Trimline certainly is a bit out of its league among the other brands Nautilus purveys. Still, it has been a solid name, with a solid niche, and a good demographic following, with retailers who sell Trimline saying it does well for them. Too, Nautilus is a public company and, as such, there are huge limitations about what it can and can’t say, when, where and to whom. We don’t expect Nautilus to announce the discontinuation of the Trimline brand in SNEWS®; however, we do expect more than the run-around and word games if the name is going into a cryogenic state. Putting a trademarked brand name such as Trimline into a temporary cryogenic state for a season or two is not unusual. It would come as no surprise if the company could eventually decide it wants to use the Trimline name on something other than treadmills or even in other countries. You never know where that name could go (weight-loss and toning accessories?), and the company has never stated unequivocally it will continue Trimline TREADMILLS, only the brand name. Still, the industry is small enough and people talk enough that Nautilus might want to consider formally announcing its decision – whatever that may be — instead of perhaps hoping no one really notices any change. After all, it is hard to imagine a company as large and as savvy about marketing as Nautilus has no idea yet what it intends for the Trimline brand name.


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Creators on YouTube haven’t been happy with how YouTube’s been operating. Many have had their videos demonetized, resulting in lots of money lost for these creators without a solid explanation why. YouTube’s now looking to put out new ways for YouTubers to make money.
So, in the long run, what’s keeping these creators from ditching YouTube for a platform where they can make money more consistently? YouTube is looking to give creators other ways to make money on its platform. On Thursday, the company announced that it will offer established creators the option to implement five-dollar exclusive content monthly subscriptions for their fans. Through this, creators can sell merchandise directly through YouTube.
YouTube Struck a Deal with Teespring
Creators with at least 10,000 subscribers will be able to sell merchandise after YouTube made a discount deal with merch distributor Teespring. Teesprings will give creators 1 dollar off each item.
YouTubers have already been using Teesprings to sell merchandise on YouTube, but this way they’ll be able to do it through YouTube.
In the United States, YouTube will display a merchandise “shelf” below videos that are eligible. Viewers will still have to make purchases directly through Teespring, but Youtube is simply making it more accessible.
This isn’t all that’s changing though. YouTube has also acquired FameBit, which is a agency that connects creators with companies that want to sponsor content. Now, complains can display relevant products in the same shelf as YouTubers are using for their own merchandise. So, if a creator is advertising a product, that product can be feature there. This could lead to higher partnership rates.
YouTube is also rolling out a channel sponsorship service, which will allow creators to charge a 5 dollar fee for access to exclusive content. This is currently only open to channels with over 100,000 subscribers and YouTube will take 30 percent of the cut. Fans that do pay for the subscription will get perks like custom emjoi and exclusive videos.
“We’re seeing [membership perks] be lightweight content—bloopers, playing with their dog,” says Rohit Dhawan, who leads alternative monetization products at YouTube. “It’s whatever they want to come up with.”
Finally, YouTube is additionally launching a feature called YouTube Premieres. This feature will allow creators to pre recorded videos for their live streams. YouTube premieres will come out in the newest two weeks and will be tested as a beta with a few select few YouTubers.


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Food-enthusiast friends Guy Clarke and Rafael Feliciano swear their appetite-inducing social media feeds are only a bite-sized part of the big picture.
“Everyone sees the food end, the photos, and they're like 'Oh, I want your job,'” says Feliciano, but those meals are earned with 16-hour days, seven days a week. “Eating is the last aspect of what we're doing.”
Instead, what the duo has done is turn Naples Restaurant Week into a hot ticket event for area residents — and their own growing marketing business.
Many areas and towns have restaurant weeks, designed to draw patrons during slow months. Examples include Savor Sarasota and one in Tampa run by entertainment publishing firm Creative Loafing. But the Clarke and Feliciano model is rare for the region in that it keeps the two-man operation busy year-round building partnerships, co-creating menus with chefs, marketing and researching Restaurant Weeks nationwide. That includes forming relationships with people behind Taste of D.C., Miami Spice and Restaurant Week NYC, where the concept made its debut.
Feliciano's background is in commercial real estate and corporate restaurant training. Clarke was formerly an advertising manager for the Naples Herald, and started the paper's food section. Together they have worked on local foodie events such as Bacon Fest, where Clarke was director of operations.
Their aim with Naples Restaurant Week is to elevate the culinary scene in Southwest Florida while establishing their credibility as restaurant consultants. “Restaurant week has allowed us to prove to the restaurants, directly to their pocketbooks, that our marketing works,” says Clarke.
Restaurants pay a flat fee of $1,250 to Naples Restaurant Week — although Clarke says the company will “work (on pricing) with smaller restaurants based on size.” Part of those funds provide marketing in print, radio, billboards and social media. Naples Restaurant Week also promotes its chefs in a weekly morning news segment on WINK News.
“What sets Naples Restaurant Week apart from other foodie events or businesses in general is that we've fully embraced, both-arms-bear-hugged, the social media aspect of our marketing,” says Clarke.
Naples Restaurant Week takes place twice a year, in December and June, and actually lasts two weeks each time. The concept, says Feliciano, is to have “really great restaurants that don't normally offer these prices” offer a three-course menu that's discounted during the two weeks.
Clarke and Feliciano recruit restaurants to Naples Restaurant Week that possess what they call the three P's: prestige, presence and price-points. A key point: regular menu prices need to be high enough to make a $25 or $35 per person pre-fixe menu an attractive value to diners.
Not only do the restaurants benefit from the additional tabs and new faces during their slowest times in the year, but staff, nearby hotels, food purveyors and farmers also reap extra business, says Clarke. This impact has prompted sponsorships from organizations such as the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Florida Restaurant & Logging Association.
From December to June, participation in Naples Restaurant Week grew from 26 to 49 restaurants and from 11,800 patrons who purchased restaurant week items to 30,136. Feliciano says all the restaurant week participants saw a minimum 25% increase in sales over their previous year, with their top client serving 3,600 restaurant week diners. “That's a February week,” Feliciano says, comparing the volume to high season.
Another win: Clarke and Feliciano secured Mercedes-Benz of Bonita Springs as Naples Restaurant Week's title sponsor.
Next up, the pair plans to expand the concept to Southwest Florida Restaurant Week, and include “Sanibel to Marco and everything tasty in between,” says Clarke. Other cities statewide have approached Clarke and Feliciano, such as Tallahassee, for assistance in kick-starting its restaurant week.
“Let's build up all of the Restaurant Weeks in Florida.” Says Clarke. “New York may have started this, but let Florida run it.”


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According to the pace of previous years, Galaxy Note 9 may have to wait until September for sale. But if Samsung is willing, it will be released ahead of schedule in July and will be launched in August.
The regulatory documents of the Ministry of industry and Commerce have exposed the two codes of SM-N9600 and SM-N9608, which respectively refer to the two platforms of Qualcomm Xiao Long and Samsung Exynos.
In terms of software, Samsung may bring the latest news platform for Galaxy Note 9. In view of Apple pushing Apple News and Google in pushing Google News (integrated with Google search and Assistant), Samsung is not hard to understand.
An anonymous source told The Investor:
Advanced search capabilities, news, and music services are essential for a smartphone manufacturer, because it can better understand the user's tastes and needs. Compared with music services, real-time news services without copyright problems are obviously more important.
In the past year, Samsung has invested about $2 million 800 thousand in social networking and news aggregation services (Cyworld) operated in South Korea. Although the company has the ability to launch its own service, it has to do with apple.IPhoneIt still has a long way to go compared to the iOS combined boxing.


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By Trevor Little
April 10 2012
While the dispute over the IPAD trademark continues in China, Apple’s brand marches on. In the latest Brand Finance Global 500 rankings, Apple has leapfrogged Google to be named as the world’s most valuable brand, achieving the highest ever valuation calculated by Brand Finance.
WTR has previously reported on the technology giant’s battle with Proview over ownership of the IPAD trademark in China. Last week, a creditor’s application to liquidate Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co was rejected, clearing the company to continue its dispute with Apple over the mark.
But better news for the company came with the release of the Brand Finance Global 500 rankings. With a brand value of $70.6 billion, Apple led a top-10 list of the world’s most valuable brands dominated by technology companies – with Google ($47.5 billion), Microsoft ($45.8 billion), IBM ($39.1 billion), Samsung ($38.2 billion) and Amazon ($28.7 billion) all in the mix. The performance of technology brands (with high-end fashion another robust sector) contributed to an increase in the overall value of the Global 500 of 3.3% - to $3,415 billion.
It is the 132% increase in Apple’s brand value that really catches the eye though – 12 months ago it was valued at $29.5 billion.
Over the same 12-month period, Apple’s enterprise value (the market value of its shareholder equity and long-term debt, less any cash surplus to operational requirements) rose from $350 billion to $500 billion. With the tangible assets required to run the business valued at $50 billion, this means the implied intangible value of Apple was $450 billion in March 2012.
Amongst the intangibles Apple boasts are technology intangibles (eg, patents and know-how), contractual intangibles and customer intangibles (eg, long-term supplier deals). While David Haigh, CEO of Brand Finance, notes that “Apple’s brand is just one of many assets within this colossal intangible asset pile”, he adds that “its brand has helped to drive the phenomenal growth in enterprise value”.
The figures clearly demonstrate the value a strong brand can instil – with trademarks the central component. Hence, battles for the control of marks such as IPAD are well worth fighting.
The top 10 consisted of:
1. Apple ($70.6 billion)
2. Google ($47.5 billion)
3. Microsoft ($45.8 billion)
4. IBM ($39.1 billion)
5. Walmart ($38.3 billion)
6. Samsung ($38.2 billion)
7. General Electric ($33.2 billion)
8. Coca-Cola ($31.1 billion)
9. Vodafone ($30 billion)
10. Amazon ($28.7 billion)
The forthcoming issue of WTR will present in-depth analysis of the Brand Finance Global 500, and the role trademarks play in leveraging value.
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The Austrian Federal Government has severely restricted public and private life in order to contain the novel corona virus (CoVID-19). t-matix is aware of their huge responsibility as a company and wants to protect the health of our employees and their families, our customers as well as suppliers and partners, while ensuring that our services can continue without interruption.
The IoT company, founded in 2014, has established itself from a garage company to a leading provider of IoT platforms within just five years. For this, Ralf Parfuss, founder and CEO, received the highest award and was chosen by the international industry magazine ERA to be among the top 10 CEOs in the field of digitization.
t-matix presented the brand-new interface of the t-matix IoT platform at the “Digitalization with IoT Platforms” event for the Green Tech Cluster. The new dashboarding as well as the user-friendly handling impressed the attending customers as well as the lecturers of the TU Graz and of Fraunhofer Austria.
t-matix will be at the world’s largest marine equipment exhibition as an exhibitor presenting its powerful IoT platform and dashboarding.
The software development kit for edge devices from t-matix transforms ideas into powerful solutions and, subsequently, successful products. The software solution is implemented on the IoT Edge device and makes it possible to realize your individual applications and solutions. Thanks to expandable hardware and software, the t-matix SDK is ideal for professional IoT applications.
With more than 80 years of experience, and with more than 1,300 installed machines and plants in 90 countries, ATM Recycling Systems is a specialist in the processing of secondary raw materials. The company is now expanding its offering with the t-matix IoT platform.
On March 21, you will have the opportunity to get to know the new mobile network standard designed specifically for IoT applications. Experts and solution providers spark new ideas on how you can use NB-IoT for your own business. t-matix is back as a keynote speaker and will speak about many exciting applications created with the t-matix IoT platform.


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The Ford Fiesta enters the 2013 model year with some updates. The small hatchback gets a few cosmetic changes inside and out, a new engine and a host of new tech features.
Let’s start with the obvious — the 2013 Fiesta is now adorned with the Aston Martin-inspired front grille that was first seen on the latest Ford Fusion / Mondeo, and it looks good wearing it. Other exterior highlights include revised headlamps with LED technology and a new hood design.
Interior updates include a new layout for the switchgear, which improves overall ergonomics. There is also a slew of new tech features, including the MyKey system, which allows owners to configure maximum speed and audio volume limits, mutes audio until seat belts are fastened and ensures that driver aids, safety systems and more vigorous alerts cannot be deactivated when used. Also present is the Ford SYNC voice-activated in-car connectivity system and an Active City Stop system that helps drivers avoid low-speed collisions.
In Europe, the 2013 Fiesta will be available with Ford’s all-new 1.0-liter EcoBoost gasoline engine, which can be tuned to produce 99-hp or 118-hp. A 1.5-liter diesel engine making 74-hp will also be available.
As the only model in the lineup to get chassis updates, the performance-oriented Fiesta ST will be powered by a 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine making up to 177-hp.


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What you need to know
- Xiaomi has announced the global release of the Mi 11.
- The flagship phone comes with a Snapdragon 888 chipset, 50W wireless charging, and 108MP triple cameras.
- The Mi 11 will be going on sale in Europe later this month for a starting price of €749.
The Xiaomi Mi 11, which made its debut in China late last year, has finally made its debut in Europe. Xiaomi's latest flagship phone for global markets packs a ton of cutting-edge features – making it a strong rival to the best Android phones on the market.
The Mi 11 offers a 6.81-inch AMOLED display with the same QHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate as Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra. Under the hood is Qualcomm's 5nm Snapdragon 888 processor, coupled with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
On the back of the phone is a triple-camera array featuring a 108MP main sensor, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 5MP telemacro lens. The Mi 11 also packs a 4,600mAh battery with 55W wired and 50W wireless fast charging, stereo speakers tuned by Harman Kardon, an IR blaster, and a 20MP selfie camera. On the software front, the Mi 11 will go on sale with Android 11-based MIUI 12 out of the box. However, Xiaomi has promised that the phone will receive an update to MIUI 12.5 in the second quarter of the year.
Xiaomi's Mi 11 will be available to purchase in Europe later this month in two storage configurations: 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB. While the 128GB version is priced at €749, the 256GB version will retail for €799.
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Minneapolis-based Target responded by giving some P&G products less favorable shelf placement, event pulling them from the highly visible end-cap displays at the end of aisles, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
Target also stripped some P&G brands of their "category captain" status, while encouraging P&G competitors to team up on promotions.
Target's actions "were aimed at sending a message" to P&G, with which it has enjoyed a close relationship for decades," the newspaper reports. However, the "dispute has since de-escalated."
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Above the very last handful of months, Rockstar Video games and GTA On the net have been at the heart of heated arguments, and they are considerably from over. Whilst the gaming studio and gamers recovered from the Remote Code Execution exploit basically a thirty day period in the past, they are now confronted with an aged safety trouble that has been likely on for some time.
The infamous “Rockstar Social Club Two-component Authentication Exploit” on Personal computer has reappeared, concentrating on the exact people as in advance of. Although the gaming studio has nonetheless to handle the concern formally, details miners claim the exploit has when once more set players’ GTA On line accounts at chance of acquiring hacked.
Resurfaced Social Club exploit once more haunts GTA On the internet Computer system players for their on line stability
On February 27, 2023, a Twitter person named MCbcMC2005 (Twitter/MCbcMC2005) shared a tweet informing Grand Theft Car On the internet gamers about the resurfaced Two-Issue Authentication exploits in the video game.
MCbcMC2005 is the proprietor of the GTA On-line crew Instytut Lorenca, and they have noted that hackers tried to hack into their Social Club account and get obtain to their crew all over again.
After the prior hacking incident, the consumer used a strong password and two-phase verification. Continue to, the hackers could completely bypass all safety steps carried out by the gaming studio. They also mentioned that other gamers are also at danger of being exploited by these hackers.
In one more post, the user claimed that the official GTA On the net crew of Rockstar Video games had also been stolen from the web-site. The crew, which goes by the exact same identify as the gaming studio, has 60 members, all of whom are explained to be builders and staff of the organization.
Well-liked gaming YouTuber GhillieMaster (Twitter/GhillieYT) also noted the exploits and claimed that Social Club accounts are becoming stolen working with “social engineering” and getting about all common stability actions. They accused Rockstar Online games of failing to take care of the trouble irrespective of its existence for almost a yr. The tweet also claimed that stolen crews have been sold to other GTA On the internet players.
Ben (Twitter/videotech_), a Rockstar Online games insider, said that the Social Club application needs a full redesign on the backend to prevent these kinds of exploits.
They even more mentioned that in spite of the person interface switching sometimes, the source codes have been published ahead of the game’s launch, which has definitely turn out to be outdated. This can make it straightforward for present day hackers to choose advantage of the service’s weak framework, even soon after it has been patched by the gaming company quite a few periods.
User MCbcMC2005’s crew was hacked and exploited in October 2022, and they have been specific once again. GTA On the internet players are suggested to change their Social Club password to a advanced and robust one and update their profiles with the best stability steps.


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While much of the world remains impressed by the idea of smart keys, at least one company is showing us how the technology is so very last year. At a car show in China this week, Hyundai unveiled its 2019 Santa Fe SUV (they have dropped the “Sport”), complete with a fingerprint ID system. In other words, it’s a bit like your iPhone, but in a vehicle. Americans shouldn’t get too excited, however: the Korea Herald is reporting that the fingerprint technology in the fourth-generation Santa Fe SUV unveiled at the 16th China Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition is tailored to satisfy the needs of Chinese consumers only.
The fingerprint system, which is built into both the door handle and the ignition, allows drivers to open and lock doors and even start the engine without keys. The new Santa Fe is also 16 inches longer than the previous model, and has other high-tech amenities, as well: it’s equipped with a Baidu Duer voice recognition system as well as a wireless smartphone charger. The new Santa Fe, which comes with a two-liter gasoline turbo GDi engine, will be available for purchase in China in the first quarter of 2019.
Just as with your iPhone, multiple drivers will be able to register their encrypted fingerprint data for the same vehicle. And once the vehicle knows who’s driving, it will automatically adjust the seat positions and the angle of the rearview mirrors for that person. (Future models, according to Hyundai, might even add personalized temperature, humidity, and steering settings.)
The fingerprint system is reasonably secure, as it uses more than just recognizing a fingerprint. It can also differentiate between the electricity levels in different parts of the finger to prevent hacking or faked fingerprints and boasts an error rate of only 1 in 50,000 (about the same as Apple in its fingerprint recognition for devices).
While the Hyundai Santa Fe is the first car to put a fingerprint reader into a vehicle door handle and ignition button, it’s not the first vehicle to give keys (smart or otherwise) short shrift in favor of fingerprints. The Tesla Model 3 allows drivers to start their cars with a smartphone-enabled fingerprint scan.
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The RMG industry must think outside the box in order to thrive
Apparel supply chains and factories will look very different in the future, thanks to changes in technology, sourcing practices, how the customer is shopping, and the embedding of sustainable methods of production. With the most successful sourcing hubs being those which adapt to and embrace change, Bangladesh is well-placed to thrive in tomorrow’s exciting new landscape -- provided it follows these six simple steps.
Listen to customers and observe their behaviour
The world’s most successful companies listen better than their competitors. Market research is in their DNA -- understand customers, get to know their wants and desires, and act accordingly.
The most successful apparel manufacturers of the future will be those that listen to and react based on the requirements of their customers, whether that be the need for speed, smaller quantities, more newness, better quality, more sustainably produced products with a lower carbon footprint, all of the above and more. Such an approach can be applied to the Bangladesh RMG sector as a whole. The industry must anticipate and plan now for the requirements of the future.
Diversify and evolve
All the most successful businesses evolve, and some diversify into new markets. Bangladesh’s RMG sector must think about both these options. To stand still is to die, goes the saying, and there are numerous examples of this lesson in corporate history.
We are seeing some examples of this in the apparel industry itself, where many department stores in the West are now going bust due to not moving with the times. The RMG industry in Bangladesh must think outside the box -- think beyond its traditional products and historically traditional markets.
Where are the growth areas in terms of product types? Which parts of the world are growing the fastest? Bangladesh must be one step ahead of the global market place.
Think smaller runs
Many consumers in the West now follow Instagram trends, and this has had huge implications for apparel suppliers. For instance, online “e-tailers” are looking to take trends from Instagram and emulate them in their online stores with speed.
With trends changing so fast, it is vital that manufacturers can respond quickly and flexibly to evolving consumer demands. In many cases, this will mean looking at smaller runs in order to keep providing the market with “newness.”
There are serious implications here for suppliers in Bangladesh. More than ever it is important to be abreast of market trends and to have the fleetness of foot to respond to the demands of online retailers, fast becoming very influential in the global apparel space.
Forecast tomorrow’s trends
Henry Ford once said that if he had asked customers what they wanted before he developed the Ford motor car, they would have told him “faster horses.” Instead, Ford focused on making cheap and reliable cars and, while many people saw this as a huge gamble at the time, the decision ultimately paid off handsomely.
The lesson in this is that, sometimes, your customers are not the right people to tell you what they want -- instead you have to use your own intuition to anticipate trends and provide new market solutions.
Of course, this is not easy and requires a little imagination, a lot of experience, and perhaps even the odd sprinkling of good fortune. There is, however, plenty of inspiration out there. Each year, there are a great many exhibitions around the world -- many of them in the apparel industry -- showcasing new, futuristic trends and developments. These can offer a great source of inspiration.
All great entrepreneurs have an eye for risk. While there is risk in any business, the extent of this risk can be mitigated if it is identified earlier and systems are put in place to ensure it is properly managed.
First, a business needs to find risks or possible points of failures for their own operation. These could be in areas like people or business processes, legal compliance, or data security.
If a business is depending too much on a single person, or a small group of people for its success, then it could face big problems in future when these people are not around. Similarly, any successful business owner needs to find out the gaps in their operational processes and address these before they turn into problems.
These could relate to all manners of factors, including purchasing new materials, customer support, quality management, or delivery.
Apple is a brilliant example of a business where innovative ideas have been fostered and cherished. All people in the business are given an element of creative freedom to experiment and use their ingenuity. RMG businesses can learn from this.
Our factory owners need to ensure they are maximizing the creative talents of their employees. Send them to events and conferences, encourage them to come forward if they have great ideas, and reward them for using their own initiative. So many businesses stifle creative minds, believing the best ideas can only come from the top. This is a huge waste of talent and resources.
One simple way of putting this process into action may be to introduce an anonymous “ideas” box on the factory floor which encourages employees to put forward ideas for increasing productivity. Many factory owners would be surprised at the amount of knowledge right under their noses.
Mostafiz Uddin is the Managing Director of Denim Expert Limited. He is also the Founder and CEO of Bangladesh Denim Expo and Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE). He can be reached at [email protected].


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Through a licensing agreement with DivXNetworks, Cirrus plans to incorporate DivXNetworks’ highly successful DivX technology into upcoming semiconductors for DVD-based digital entertainment products.The DivX series of CODECs is the most popular MPEG-4-compatible compression format in use today, with more than 80 million downloads. As an official DivX Certification partner, Cirrus expects toenable the first sub-$149 DVD player that supports DivX-enabled content by late 2003.
â€œMPEG-4 technology has the potential to revolutionize digital video much like MP3 technology revolutionized digital audio,â€ said Terry Ritchie, vice president of Video Marketing, Cirrus. â€œThis DivX licensing agreement capitalizes on the world’s most popular MPEG-4-compatible video compression standard and will enable consumers to take DivX-based content off their PCs on CD media and enjoy it through DVD devices in the living room. With Cirrus DivX-ready silicon planned for later this year, we intend to help DVD manufacturers rapidly deliver this capability to consumers at very affordable price points.â€
Ritchie, noting Cirrus’ leadership in developing interactive, Internet-enabled DVD, also known as the Enhanced DVD standard, indicated that licensing DivX technology is also a key step for Cirrus that could speed the creation of a new class of consumer entertainment devices, such as DVD players that access the Internet and play streaming audio and video content in real time.
â€œCirrus is already a leader in developing technology to enable interactive DVD-players, and incorporating DivX video capability puts us in a position to drive rapid growth of new segments â€” markets that will change the way the entertainment industry distributes contents to consumers,â€ Ritchie said. â€œCirrus intends to be the first single-board DVD semiconductor provider to enable affordable DVD devices that support DivX technology, and this will give our customers a real market advantage.â€
Ritchie noted three particular factors that will drive a robust market for the direct-to-consumer digital video distribution market. â€œFirst, consumer broadband penetration particularly in the U.S. and Europe continues to grow at great rates, and, second, DivX technology affords dramatically reduced download or streaming time over broadband networks versus current popular MPEG-2 standards, while still retaining near DVD video and audio quality,â€ Ritchie said. â€œLastly, through a single-board DVD player strategy and cost reductions, Cirrus intends to enable affordable DVD players that utilize broadband and DivX-based content to harness the power of the Internet to deliver to consumers a new era in access and enjoyment of digital entertainment.â€
â€œCirrus Logic is a leading innovator in the DVD chip market and an excellent partner to help meet the demand for next-generation DivX Certified consumer electronics devices,â€ said Shahi Ghanem, President of DivXNetworks. â€œBy adding full DivX playback capability to its leading line of DVD semiconductor platforms, Cirrus is helping to make real multimedia convergence a reality.â€
DivX video compression technology enables large digital files to be compressed to relatively small sizes, typically between 7-10 times greater compression than DVD-standard MPEG-2 technology. The DivX Certification program was created by DivXNetworks to ensure that consumer electronics products created by certification partner companies play back all versions of DivX video with the highest possible visual quality and performance.


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Employees at Minster’s Jewelers, which has stores in Newark and Wilmington, Del., are well acquainted with Jewelers of America training courses.
Every year for the past three years, company President Will Minster has taken about 10 less-experienced staffers to JA’s summer show for the Jewelry 101 course (now available on video). After Jewelry 101, students move on to the Sales Professional Courses. “I’ve got seven employees getting ready to start those,” says Minster. He also has also found GIA courses valuable, and his bench jeweler-who has 30 years in the business-has Bench Jewelers’ and Senior Bench Jewelers’ certificates.
Minster also does some of his own training. He provides employees with vendor-specific information (such as the components of Bulova products) and, on a weekly basis, reviews and quizzes employees on information picked up from reading trade journals and attending trade shows.


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One of Rite Aid’s most farsighted innovations has been the creation of a unique store position, the wellness ambassador, whose primary focus is serving customers to help deliver a better in-store shopping experience.
Rite Aid may be a company in the midst of a major transformation to provide greater access to health services, but there is one thing that hasn’t changed and won’t change — Rite Aid’s commitment to helping its neighbors.
Rite Aid’s wellness+ loyalty program was a key catalyst in the company’s turnaround, Ken Martindale, Rite Aid president and COO, told Drug Store News. And now that the loyalty program is evolving into wellness+ with Plenti, part of a first-of-its-kind loyalty coalition, it may serve as another bellwether for Rite Aid as the company transforms into a comprehensive retail healthcare company.
From the leadership team in Camp Hill, Pa., to the nearly 90,000 associates it has in the field and in its stores, they believe in themselves and have built a culture focused on finding and implementing the next big idea, and creating important differentiation from their competitors.
The FDA announced on Tuesday that it determined that partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not generally recognized as safe for use in human food.
Samsung Electronics, along with health-service company Cigna, on Monday announced a new version of the Coach by Cigna mobile app, which helps the user to identify their personality type, needs and preferences.
A recent survey found that 52% acute coronary syndrome patients currently taking an oral anti platelet therapy missed taking or changed the way they take their prescribed OAP therapy, even after being informed by their doctors of its importance.


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DGAP clothing boutique in New Dorp
A registered nurse for 20 years, her hobby was designing bright, fun, yet elegant clothes for herself.
Just recently, Ms. Hall decided it was time to take a risk and launch her own custom clothing line -- DGAP -- which features colorful, unique clothing utilizing tie-dye, lace and embroidery in creative ways.
"I was tired of going to events and seeing people in the same outfits. My clothing helps women stand out and feel good in their attire at any occasion," said Ms. Hall, a Jamaica native and the mother of three children.
"The DGAP line is finely tuned to bring out beauty and sophistication in one-of-a-kind pieces that will leave a memorable fashion experience.
"My mission is to provide an elegant line of clothing that is beautiful, eye-catching and speaks to those women who want to make a bold statement at any occasion."
DGAP clothing comes in small, medium and large sizes, but can be custom made to give women "the perfect fit," said Ms. Hall, noting the line is comprised of "multi-season" designs, which are sold in two or three pieces.
"DGAP clothing transforms throughout the season. If a piece is for summer, it will come with a jacket for fall or winter," she said.
In addition, Ms. Hall is donating a portion of the DGAP profits to organizations that assist single mothers.
"Single mothers are a forgotten group in society who really need help," said Ms. Hall. "What single mothers go through is really tough."
Ms. Hall's plan is to target her marketing efforts to women who will be most interested in her clothing line.
Through advertising, referrals and networking, she plans to define this audience.
"Integrity and honesty will be our consistent foundation," she said. "We will offer the highest quality product possible. Customer satisfaction is our major focus."
Ms. Hall hopes to have the DGAP line showcased internationally. In addition, as her success grows, she plans to make the line further benefit single mothers.
"I want to improve the quality of life for single mothers, one woman at a time," she said.