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We have been hearing rumors about the follow up to the Google Nexus One smartphone, yesterday Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt announced the Google Nexus S, as well as the latest version of Google’s Android OS, Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Schmidt didn’t give too many details away about the Google Nexus S, he didn’t say which manufacturer will be launching it, but did give some details on the features of the Nexus S.
The Google Nexus S has the capability to read NFC Chips and RFID tags, which means it could be used to pay for things instead of having to use your credit card.
On Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Schmidt said that it would be released within the next few weeks, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.
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The online pinboard site only opened its doors fully to the public in August this year, after being in invite only beta mode. Its user base in the UK has increased in the last year from 68,000 unique visitors in August 2011 to 1,288,000 in August 2012, according to ComScore.
The site grew its share of all visits to social sites in the UK by 1489 per cent between July 2011 and July 2012 and Brits spend an average of nine minutes on the network per session, the data analytics firm says.
The worth Pinterest offers brands in terms of traffic referrals is key to how brands can measure its value.
Jewellery brand Swarovski has used Pinterest since it was invite only and says it offers “freedom unlike any there social media platform”. While it has no analytics on the site’s performance as a selling channel, it is convinced of the opportunity to link directly to e-commerce.
By using Pinterest to run a bridal promotion, it increased followers from 20,000 to 500,000 in just a few months.
Yelena Leshchinsky, head of communication and social media at Swarovski, says: “Brands are on the same level as individual users, and are able to reference and curate visuals from many sources on the web – from our own e-commerce sites to bloggers, to other users. This creates an interesting content mix that is inviting and inclusive. Pinning directly from the e-commerce site also offers a very direct link to retail, so our boards can serve as an inspirational window-shopping experience, one click away from the online store.”
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Earlier this year, US marketing performance tracking firm Convertro claimed that Pinterest drives more revenue that Facebook and Pinterest and is the fastest growing source of traffic or e-commerce brands.
Robin Goad, head of digital analytics at Experian Marketing Services, says that about 10 per cent of users leaving the Pinterest site go directly to a retail site which demonstrates that the level of brand engagement it offers is good for directing traffic.
He cites fashion retailer Etsy as one of the best examples of a brand getting good referral traffic from Pinterest.
The site received 5.8m visits in the UK in August. Of these: 1,633,000 came via search engines, 474,000 came via Facebook and 121,000 came via Pinterest.
A recent report from market research firm InSites Consulting claims that Pinterest and photo sharing app Instagram (now owned by Facebook) have the biggest growth potential of any social network world wide, adding that a large percentage of people are considering using the site.
Professor Steven Van Belleghem, who authored the report, says that Pinerest’s potential stems from the fact that it offers a “unique function”.
Van Belleghem says: “Only sites that bring something new into the mix are able to arouse the consumer’s interest, which explains the success of both Instagram and Pinterest. Both sites offer something that Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn don’t have and that’s why consumers are interested.”
Pinterest’s appeal and value to retail and fashion brands is clear but there’s also huge potential for other sectors.
Charity is one sector that could benefit a great deal from the viral and visual nature of Pinterest to raise awareness of campaign and lobbying issues and raise funds.
WWF, the wildlife charity, has started to use Pinterest and says that its benefits come from “using the platform for what it’s good at – sharing visually appealing assets and letting supporters share what they like.”
Despite its rapid growth over the past year, scale is still a barrier for a lot of brands who have not yet invested heavily in using Pinterest.
Dan Rubel, marketing director at online fashion retailer Very.co.uk says that although Pinterest’s “potential to be a widespread phenomena is clear” because its scale in the UK isn’t even close to
Facebook’s, the brand’s priority remains Facebook and Google+ for now.
Fashion brand Hackett says it uses Pinterest to capture its Britishness and “a way of life” for its customers rather than just its products. While it is currently a supporting platform for the brand, it is looking at how to make Pinterest central to promotional activity. The fashion brand is developing its strategyin partnership with agency Beyond.
Experian’s Goad adds that it is important to note, however, how Pinterest works alongside Facebook, with brands and users often pinning images from Facebook to Pinterest boards or sharing images from Pinterest via Facebook.

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If you think you'll quickly lose those unwanted pounds this holiday season, think again — a study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the weight you gain in the next three months can take over five months to lose.
Researchers in the study — with 3,000 participants weighing in — found that in the United States, weight rises around Thanksgiving and peaks around Christmas and the New Year. It isn't until after Easter (about five months later) that people get it under control. Weight patterns in Germany and Japan were analyzed as well, with similar results. In Germany, people gained most around the Christmas, New Year period and in Japan people weighed the most during Golden Week in April. Golden Week is Japan's holiday season. Each country also showed a peak in weight for New Year's.
"Everyone gains weight over the holidays; Americans, Germans, Japanese," says co-author Brian Wansink, who is director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. "Instead of making a New Year's Resolution, make an October resolution. It's easier to avoid holiday pounds altogether than to lose them after they happen."
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Blizzard Entertainment today announced that more than 9.7 million players around the world has played Overwatch, during its Open Beta for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC. When Open Beta was finished on May 10, participants enjoyed more than 4.9 billion minutes (about 81 million hours of play) in more than 37 million battles of pure competitive action, incredible teamwork and unlimited fun.
Overwatch set a record with 9.7 million players during its Open Beta
“We are delighted that such an incredible number of players around the world have had the opportunity to try Overwatch during Open Beta,” said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Our mission was to ensure that as many PC and console players could experience the full game before its release-the response was overwhelming and we hope that everyone enjoyed the most.”
In Overwatch, players choose from a diverse group of 21 heroes-each with its own unique arsenal of weapons and incredible skills-and grouped in teams to complete objectives on battlefields around the world. The Overwatch will hit store shelves in versions for Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from this May 24.
Overwatch will also be available in Latin Spanish from for $ 39, it will also include English, Brazilian Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Korean (only PC), Japanese (only for PC and PS4) and traditional and Chinese simplified (for PC only). Overwatch is rated ‘T” for Teen by the ESRB.
On Monday, Blizzard will launch a third animated video titled “Dragons”, which will present one of the great rivalries of the game: Hanzo and Genji clan stems Shimada.


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Social Media Wrap Up: Domino's Singapore details social distancing guidelines; Old Chang Kee's new bento boxes; How QSRs are supporting Philippine medical workers
Find out what QSRs have been up to on social media this week.
BRAND AND STORE UPDATES
Cafe Amazon, Tim Hortons, BonChon and Dairy Queen are just some of the brands supporting medical workers in the Philippines due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
In Singapore, Subway and Domino’s shared photos of how they are implementing social distancing measures.
Old Chang Kee in Singapore introduced their new curated bento sets.
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One of the first and also most impressive next-generation games ever shown was Watch Dogs, an open-world action game set in a surveillance-controlled Chicago where hacking abilities is a superpower. Unfortunately for many gamers, Watch Dogs was eventually delayed from its late 2013 release to an unknown date in 2014.
Now Ubisoft has announced that the new date is on May 27th, and released a new trailer to accompany the announcement. The game is looking as impressive as ever:
Watch Dogs will be out for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. A Wii U version is expected at a later date.


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Nigerian celebrity, DJ Cuppy has blushed on social media after being given a gift by her new man.
DJ Cuppy seems to have found love after flaunting a luxury Bulgari designer wristwatch her new boyfriend bought for her.
The award-winning disc jockey and billionaire's daughter disclosed that the gift was given to her during their recent date night together.
According to her, her new boyfriend copped the expensive wristwatch for her just for them to “kick things off”.
Sharing series of pictures from the date recent date night, Cuppy wrote, “Date Night, he bought me Bulgari (to kick things off)”
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Travel to Lagos – dramatically hit in the past year by terrorism, Ebola and collapsing oil prices – is back on track, according to new data revealed by ForwardKeys ahead of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum conference later this month.
The figures for July 2015 from ForwardKeys, which analyses 14 million flight reservations each day, shows bookings to Nigeria’s commercial capital, are up for the first time in the past 12 months.
During the last year the Ebola outbreak hit travel to Lagos, and a drop in visitor numbers was further aggravated by terrorism from Boko Haram, particularly during the presidential elections.
Olivier Jager, ForwardKeys co-founder and CEO, said: “It looks like Lagos is back in business after a full year of decline. Our data shows that during the crisis period, business travel was hardest hit. But that segment is now back on track.”
He continued: “Although July 2015 shows a higher volume of inbound arrivals than the same period the previous year, improved performance in the summer has not yet matched 2013 levels. But forward-looking trends indicate that the 2013 performance will be met by the end of the year.”
At AHIF, the premier event for international hotel investors in Africa, taking place in Addis Ababa from September 30 to October 1, Olivier will highlight current trends and reveal future demand for several mainstream African destinations. He will also identify and rank the places where growth in demand is strongest.
Matthew Weihs, Managing Director of Bench Events, organisers of AHIF, said: “It’s good to see that travel to Lagos is recovering, despite its difficulties. We know from other research that Lagos is the hottest city in Africa when it comes to developing new hotels by international hotel investors.
“These trends in Lagos and the wider developments across Africa will make for some stimulating discussions at our AHIF conference.”
Further ForwardKeys analysis on flight reservations shows the impact of Ebola and terrorism on travel to Lagos from the main source markets down 18.8% overall, with the UK down 7.5%, the USA down 20.1% and South Africa down 25.5%.
During the elections, which were affected with terror attacks, the situation was slightly worse, with travel to Lagos from the main source markets down 19.1% overall, with the UK down 18.6%, the USA down 18.7% and South Africa down 24.3%.
ForwardKeys predicts future travel patterns by crunching and analysing 14m booking transactions a day. It is used by travel marketers, retailers, hotels, destination marketing organisations (DMOs), financial institutions, car rental companies, tour operators, online travel agents (OTAs), and other traveller-focused businesses worldwide, to monitor and anticipate traveller arrivals and stay-trends from a particular origin market at a specific time. The analysis enables them to anticipate the impact of events, better manage their staffing levels, fine-tune supply requirements, adjust and measure the effectiveness of their marketing efforts and predict future market trends. ForwardKeys’ data is retrieved daily from all the major global reservation systems worldwide.
About The Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF)
AHIF is the premier hotel investment conference in Africa, attracting many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers. It is organised by Bench Events (www.benchevents.com), which is known for producing, alongside Questex Travel + Hospitality and MEED Events, several other top-level hotel conferences around the world including Berlin (IHIF), Dubai (AHIC), Istanbul (CATHIC) and Moscow (RHIC).
Sponsors of AHIF 2015 are: AccorHotels, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, Hilton Worldwide, Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts international as Platinum Sponsors; African Export-Import Bank, Areen Hospitality Design, Calibra, Colliers International, DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Ethiopian Airlines, France 24, Grant Thornton, Honeywell, Horwath HTL, Hotel Partners Africa, HTI Consulting, HVS, Hyatt, IDC, JLL, Kempinski Hotels, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Onlime, Samsung, STR Global, SVA, The Brand Co, The Great Hospitality, Wyndham Hotel Group and ZPC Group as Gold Sponsors.


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The leader of a local Wiccan church in Bridgeton, North Carolina, claims he was discriminated against when trying to purchase a lottery ticket, according to local media reports.
An employee at Fisher Fuel Mart in Bridgeton was disciplined and the convenience store was reprimanded after practicing Wiccan Douglas Helvie filed a complaint, the New Bern Sun Journal reports. Helvie waved a pentagram on his necklace over various lottery tickets to determine which one to buy, he told the Sun Journal.
Helvie says he has deployed this tactic numerous times in the past when purchasing lottery tickets with no issue. This time, however, the Fisher Fuel Mart employee reportedly refused to sell him the ticket. The employee eventually agreed to the sale on the condition that Helvie leave the store after the purchase and no longer practice witchcraft on the premises, the Sun Journal reported. (RELATED: Small Town Residents Oppose Pagan Whites-Only Nordic Heritage Church)
The incident was investigated and the North Carolina Lottery Commission (NCLC) “reminded store management and the employee involved in the incident of the requirement to comply with all anti-discrimination laws,” NCLC Communications Director Van Denton told the Sun Journal. The store could lose their license to sell lottery tickets with any further failure to comply, he added.
In NC, stores apparently can’t refuse to sell you a lottery ticket just because you’re waving around a pentagram https://t.co/XhnlQAdCgE
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) October 16, 2020
Helvie said this isn’t enough. He told the Sun Journal he’s waiting to hear back from the American Civil Liberties Union before potentially taking more action. Additionally, he told the Sun Journal he would like monetary compensation, a public apology and for the employee to be fired.
“I’m just trying to stand up for freedom,” he told the Sun Journal.


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Our coverage of the first consumer electronics trade show of the year continues with highlights from the show floors, featuring brands like NVIDIA, Mitsubishi, Shuttle, D-Link, QNAP and Zotac among others.
It's the first official day of CES 2010 and we were down at the showfloor with Sony as the CE giant gave us a tour of its booth, followed by media interviews with top execs. Here are our impressions.
The world's largest consumer technology trade show officially starts 7 Jan but some of the more exciting products have been unveiled to the media in a press event. Check out our quick takes on what to expect this year at CES.
- First image of the HTC One M10 leaks out!
- The Sony A6300 is the company's newest flagship APS-C interchangeable mirrorless camera
- This is why you shouldn't get a third party vendor to fix your Touch ID button
- It's official - Mozilla will end support for Firefox OS in May
- Apple iPhone 5se to have a hot pink color option?
- Singtel offering free unlimited mobile data and Singtel TV previews this Chinese New Year
- The world's smallest camera drone can be yours for US$39.99
- Limited units of gold Huawei Nexus 6P (128GB) available in Singapore during CNY


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Desperate for growth in a moribund trading environment, there are signs some food manufacturers operating in the US are using acquisitions to bolster their presence in more vibrant parts of the industry.
Should others follow?
In the last five days, a trio of deals have been announced that show a desire to add healthier or more convenient options to product portfolios.
Hillshire, which owns meatier breakfast lines like Jimmy Dean bacon, plans to pay private-equity firm Catterton Partners US$165m for Van’s, which is expected to generate $60m in sales this year.
The deal won the backing from some on Wall Street, with Barclays Capital’s Andrew Lazar saying Van’s would be “an attractive, strategic fit” that should boost Hillshire’s sales growth.
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There was also analyst support for a second transaction announced yesterday. US private-label group TreeHouse Foods has swooped for Protenergy, a Canada-based maker of broths, soups and gravies.
Convenience appears to be a key factor here, with TreeHouse insisting Protenergy is at the “forefront” of the “evolution of carton and recart broth”.
After the announcement, BB&T Capital Markets analyst Brett Hundley upped his target price on TreeHouse’s shares and added: “We like the acquisition for a number of reasons: Protenergy’s products are focused more on the premium customer and there are likely significant top- and bottom-line synergies.”
However, the largest of the three deals came just before Easter when the acquisitive Post Holdings revealed it had agreed a deal to buy Michael Foods for $2.45bn.
The move is the latest made by Post, which has struck a number of acquisitions in recent months to diversify away from its traditional heartland of breakfast cereal, a sector struggling for growth in the US.
As we outline here, the Grape Nuts and Honey Bunches of Oats cereal owner has sealed deals in sectors from pasta to sports nutrition in the last year or so.
Post said its purchase of Michael Foods would give it “leading market positions in attractive categories” including value-added egg products, refrigerated potato products and cheese.
Shares in Post dipped on Thursday, the day it announced the Michael Foods deal, perhaps amid some concern over the impact its acquisition spree could have on its balance sheet.
Stifel Nicolaus analyst Chris Growe said Post will likely put any further M&A ambitions on hold in the short term as it “rapidly deleverages”.
However, even though Growe said Post’s M&A splurge had given it “an unusually high level of debt on its balance sheet”, the analyst said its deals – including for Michael Foods – had bolstered the company’s growth trajectory. Three-quarters of Michael Foods’ sales are from egg products, which have, Growe argued, benefited from current consumer demand for protein.
Interestingly, in Growe’s commentary on the deal, he indicated Post, in the longer term, saw more M&A opportunities out there amid low interest rates and the number of businesses for sale.
Could – and indeed should – this then be a time when some of the larger food manufacturers in the US more actively seek acquisitions? Companies like Kellogg and General Mills are facing challenges and perhaps ought to look to M&A to bolster their own growth trajectories.


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Sika AG (SIK.EB) said Tuesday that its sales increased in 2017 and that it expects "disproportionately high" profit growth for the whole year.
The Swiss chemicals company said that sales rose 8.9% in local currencies to 6.25 billion Swiss francs ($6.4 billion) last year.
The company attributes the growth in part to investment in new factories, the founding of additional national subsidiaries and the launch of new products.
Operating profit for 2017 is also expected to have increased at a disproportionately high rate, Sika said, and should reach between CHF880 million and CHF900 million. In addition, the company expects a record net profit for 2017.
This year Sika sees a sales increase of more than 10% and a significant rise in operating profit.


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NVIDIA is launching a whole bunch of things at CES 2019 today. After launching its new line of RTX GPUs back in August of last year, the company is starting 2019 by expanding the RTX line of GPUs.
NVIDIA’s RTX line up GPUs are now available on laptops, like the new Alienware m15 and the Acer Triton 900/500. The company is bringing its Turing-based GPUs, the RTX 2080, RTX 2070, and the RTX 2060, to laptops. The arrival of its new RTX GPUs on laptops will bring its game-changing real-time Ray Tracing tech to supported games, allowing for a significantly more realistic gaming experience on titles like Battlefield V.
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NVIDIA is also enabling its Max-Q design for the new RTX GPUs, allowing laptop manufacturers to integrate the new RTX GPUs into laptops that are quite thin. The company says the new RTX GPUs with Max-Q design will allow for laptops that are thinner than 20mm while offering a high-level performance for gamers. These new GPUs can apparently offer 2x the performance of a PlayStation 4 Pro on laptops, with games like Battlefield V running at 60FPS with ray-tracing enabled.
The company is also launching another big new product: the new RTX 2060. The new RTX 2060 is going to lower the entry-level pricing for the RTX line, bringing the price down to $349. For $349, you can enjoy features like Ray Tracing on your gaming computer. The new RTX 2060 offers 60% boost in performance than the GTX 1060, and it’s even apparently faster than the GTX 1070 Ti. The Turing-based GPU comes with 6GB of GDDR6 RAM and 240 Tensor Cores. It will be available starting January 15.
Last but not least, there is the big G-Sync announcement. NVIDIA is bringing its G-Sync technology to monitors that originally didn’t support the tech through a software update. G-Sync, for those unfamiliar, is a tech that allows displays to synchronize refresh rates with the GPU, eliminating any stutter or input lag.
NVIDIA says it will now test monitors to check for G-Sync compatibility on RTX and GTX GPUs and roll out support for G-Sync through GeForce driver updates to enable G-Sync on monitors that didn’t originally support the tech. Some of the supported monitors have already been announced, with NVIDIA testing around 400 monitors. It’s not clear if a wide range of monitors would support the tech, though if your monitor does support variable refresh rates or VRR, there is a good chance of it getting G-Sync support in the future.
NVIDIA will still test each of the monitors individually to check for G-Sync compatibility. On January 15, it will deliver G-Sync on 12 of the following monitors:
And then there is the icing on the cake. If you pick up any of the new RTX laptops, you can get Battlefield V or Anthem for free. Customers of a new RTX 2080 laptop will get both the games, with RTX 2070 and RTX 2060 laptop owners having the chance to choose between the two. And if you pick up a new RTX 2060 or a desktop with RTX 2060, you will be able to choose between both the titles for a limited time.


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Probably buoyed by Google's first commercial Project Tango AR (Augmented Reality)-phone Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, Asus is planning to launch similar product early next year.
Jerry Shen, Asus CEO has confirmed that the company will unveil new Zenfone AR powered by Google Tango software at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), which is scheduled take place between January (5-8) 2017, Las Vegas.
Shen restrained to reveal the specifications of the device, but assured that the new Zenfone AR will come with advanced functionality and performance compared to first-generation Project Tango-based phone, and yet, it won't burn a huge hole in the owner's pocket like the Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro, which went on sale on November 1 in the US for $499.
What's so special about Google's Project Tango phones?
Project Tango is an advance mobile technology from Google that enables augmented reality (AR) gaming and utilities in a smartphone.
It is specifically used provide enhanced 3D-based GPS navigation system and AR gaming experience, where-in users will be able to play character games using their own house as the gaming arena.
Another interesting aspect of AR-phone is that AR-phone has the ability to provide immersive e-shopping experience.
For instance, Wayfair's in-house AR app now compatible with Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro, allows shoppers to visualise furniture and décor in their homes at scale before making a purchase, tackling one of the largest barriers to online shopping -- the inability to get a good sense for a product's aesthetic, and how large or small the item is.
Besides that, it is believed to be a boon to visually-challenged people, as it can be used to give accurate navigation guidance when blind people find themselves in an uncharted place or a building premise. For instance, while shopping for groceries, the smartphone can take you directly to the shelf containing the product you are looking for.
Besides Zenfone AR, Asus also plans to launch the Zenfone 4 series and VR (Virtual Reality) head gears with built-in cameras, sensors and controllers in the second and third quarter of 2017, respectively, DigiTimes reported.


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Infant car seats; Graco good, Evenflo bad
I'm usually not one to raise a fuss over one of those stories you see on the news, you know the ones? The sort where the 6 p.m. news anchors ask with heightened eyebrows, "could your child's life be AT RISK?" and then cut to commercial. But this one has even me up in arms.
Update: Consumer Reports has made the unusual move of taking back its study, saying that "new information received Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ... raises a question about whether the tests accurately simulated that speed [of 38 mph]." While this is interesting, I find it odd to quibble over what may be one or two miles an hour of difference when we're talking the safety of our children! [end update]
Consumer Reports did a study of 12 infant car seat models. Instead of testing them in crashes at 30 mph, the speed that the U.S. government requires car seats to withstand, the magazine tested the seats (filled with baby-sized crash-test dummies, shivers) at 35 and 38 mph, the speeds at which most cars are crash-tested. The results were frightening; many car seats detached from their bases, and some were catapulted out of the base. Many seats would have "caused grave injuries."
Graco's SnugRide with EPS seat, $79.99 at Target, and the Baby Trend Flex-Loc, also $79.99, passed the test. The Evenflo Discovery, $49.99 at Target, did so poorly that Consumer Reports urged the CPCC to recall the seat. I've raved about this at length at my 'day job,' and you can see Consumer Reports for more detail.


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Xie and US Climate Envoy John Kerry have announced that.. "The two largest economies in the world have agreed to work together on emissions" says Kerry. With so many other announcements watered down and Australia blocking several agreements, this China-US agreement finally provides hope that we can limit the global warming, that is already near the Paris limit:
The relationship between seaweed and livestock has the potential to seriously reduce emissions in the agriculture sector. A possible Australian breakthrough!Research has shown that it only takes 1% of
dried seaweed mixed in to feed to disrupt methane production in
ruminants. The seaweed-infused feed can reduce methane emissions from
livestock by as much as 98 per cent.
Asparagopsis taxiformis, a red algae native to Australia,
reacts with vitamin B12 during digestion, effectively removing most of
the methane caused by the fermentation of plant matter in the animal’s
Compostable stretch kitchen wrap business Great Wrap has launched its Australian-made compostable catering wrap for businesses across the country.
Made from food waste, Great Wrap initially launched a domestic
Compostable Cling Wrap, but now provides a solution for commercial waste
challenges that is suitable for restaurants, grocers, delis, bakers and
The company also takes pre-orders for for pallet wrap.An easy solution for businesses to eliminate single-use plastics.https://www.innovationaus.com/great-wrap-launches-compostable-catering-wrap/?


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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Pasdec Holdings Bhd. bought a 30.8 percent stake in Johnson Controls Inc.’s CRH Africa to expand its business in the automotive industry, Business Day reported, citing Kevin Pather, chief executive officer of Pasdec’s local unit.
CRH Africa is 70 percent owned by Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls, the newspaper said. Pasdec bought the stake from a family trust for an undisclosed amount, the Johannesburg-based newspaper said.
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The cloud services giant is revolutionizing customer relations by helping companies integrate NFTs into their businesses.
- Salesforce has launched a new platform called Salesforce Web3, offering a suite of products to help businesses create, manage, and integrate NFTs and Web3 technologies.
- Companies such as Crown Royal, Mattel, and Scotch and Soda have already tested the platform, which focuses on driving personalization, community, and brand excitement.
- Salesforce Web3 addresses privacy concerns with consent tools and supports proof-of-stake chains like Ethereum and Polygon, making it a promising solution for the future of customer relations.
In a bold move, Salesforce, the global leader in customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, announced its expansion into non-fungible token (NFT) loyalty programs with the launch of Salesforce Web3. The platform will offer a suite of products designed to help businesses create, manage, and integrate NFTs and Web3 technologies into their operations.
According to the company, Salesforce Web3 is a game-changer that enables companies to build digital communities, create digital twins, and drive loyalty programs using unique digital assets like NFTs. Adam Caplan, Salesforce’s Senior Vice President of Emerging Technology, shared in a blog post the company’s enthusiasm for embracing Web3 and the possibilities it brings for businesses.
Salesforce Web3 encompasses an array of products, including Web3 Connect—an API integration that offers insight into the customer experience across both Web2 and Web3. The new platform also features NFT Management, which allows companies to create and monitor the success of their NFT collections and blockchain data directly through Salesforce.
Several high-profile companies, including Crown Royal, Mattel, and Scotch and Soda, have already tested Salesforce’s Web3 technology. The platform’s successful beta phase saw the execution of 275,000 transactions, signaling a bright future for the service.
Sven Gerjets, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Mattel, praised Salesforce Web3 for enhancing the company’s NFT collections and bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 systems. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff first hinted at the integration of blockchain technology in 2018, and now the company is making strides with collaborations such as the NFT collection release for the city of Miami, in partnership with Time magazine and Mastercard.
Salesforce Web3 is expected to benefit brands in retail, consumer goods, media, and fashion the most. While some companies still see NFTs primarily as revenue generators, the technology’s true potential lies in its ability to drive personalization, community, and brand excitement, according to Caplan. The platform’s focus on customer experience, rather than industry jargon, ensures that businesses can maximize the benefits of NFTs and Web3 without alienating their audiences.
Privacy and security have been taken into account with Salesforce Web3, which features consent of privacy tools that enable wallet owners to share as much or as little information as they desire. Caplan also highlighted the platform’s support for proof-of-stake chains, with most Salesforce customers using Ethereum or Polygon. To minimize friction for end consumers, some brands are even opting to cover gas fees associated with blockchain transactions.
Not all squeaky clean
The launch of Salesforce Web3 has not been without controversy. In 2022, more than 400 Salesforce employees signed a petition protesting the company’s NFT initiatives. However, the company has since established an Ethical Use Advisory Council and a Web3 Advisory Board to address concerns and guide its strategy. Partnerships with consulting firms such as Accenture, Deloitte Digital, AE Studio, Media Monks, TIME, and Vayner3 have also been forged to ensure the platform’s success.
Salesforce’s foray into NFTs and Web3 is a testament to the rapidly evolving digital landscape. As more businesses look to capitalize on the potential of unique digital assets and new technologies, Salesforce Web3 is poised to play a crucial role in shaping the future of customer relations.


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By comparison, Symbian stands at 4 percent while Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Apple's iPhone all come in with an even lower share of new mobile threats and variants over the quarter. However, much of Android's gain in the mobile threat scene can be contributed to PremiumSMS, a popular family of malware that generates profit through premium SMS sending practices, which saw 21 new variants in the past year.
"Every quarter, malware authors bring forth new threat families and variants to lure more victims and to update on the existing ones," the report noted said.
"As for the other platforms," such as BlackBerry, iOS, and Windows Mobile, "they may see some threats popping up once in a while. But most likely, the threats are intended for multiple platforms similar to the case of FinSpy."
FinSpy and other FinFisher intrusion tools are a range of controversial malware tools, created by the private industry and first documented by Wikileaks, which are often installed on devices and machines at the behest of governments and intelligence agencies. It can be used to monitor all communications in and out of a device and can capture video, audio, and other personal information on the device.
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Looking the figures, Android's leap in mobile threat variants received per quarter has risen between the two final quarters of 2012. In this case, the increase can be mostly attributed to an uptick in premium SMS-based mobile variants as well as Android's large market share in the mobile space, though not particularly due to any recent spike in Android uptake.
Conversely, for Symbian, the sudden drop from 21 percent to 4 percent can be attributed to the decline in Symbian market share. Over the past two years, Symbian's share has declined rapidly — in line with Nokia's wishes — in favor of Windows Phone, which has yet to make a splash in in the mobile market share pool.
"As old Symbian handsets continue to be replaced by those with other operating systems, especially Android, Symbian malware dies off and will probably go extinct in 2013," said F-Secure security advisor Sean Sullivan. "The numbers are starkly reversed from 2010, when Symbian malware accounted for 62 percent of threats and Android just 11 percent."
Between 2011 and 2012, the number of attacks targeting Android have increased in line with the increasing focus by malware writers and hackers to target the mobile space. While in 2011 there were 195 mobile malware families and variants, in 2012 that increased by one third to 301 familes and variants.
While side-by-side, these figures may not be representative of market share figures, it does reflect which kind of devices seem to be on the market today. While iPhones are increasingly popular in the enterprise, many consumer devices are Android-based.
It's worth mentioning that while F-Secure's underlying message is "buy our mobile software," the report makes some interesting points, particularly for the enterprise, which may be weighing the cheaper Android options in favor of other, more expensive devices, for instance.
The iPhone may be the device of choice, according to recent Gartner figures, though bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies at work are seeing more Android-based phones enter the workplace. This ultimately means that CIOs and IT managers have to accommodate such devices at work by offering security-based policies and restrictions.
But there's only so much these policies can do. Mitigation is one thing, but actively exploiting even the most basic functionality in these phones, such as SMS text messaging, can still rack up the bills while generating a small fortune for the malware writers.


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BMW readying iX2 EV, launch in late 2023
BMW aims to be a significant player in the global electric car market, and for that, the Bavarian auto giant is working on a range of EVs. One of the upcoming models from the German luxury car brand is the BMW iX2, which the company confirmed at its annual conference. This will come as a pure electric iteration of the redesigned BMW X2. The OEM has also confirmed that the all-new iX2 will arrive in the market along with the redesigned iX later this year.
BMW has been testing the iX2 EV for quite some time, but this is the first time the automaker has officially confirmed this. While the upcoming electric car's design is yet to be revealed, it could have significant styling similarities to the redesigned X2.
Also Read : Volkswagen ID. 2all concept EV breaks cover; previews people's electric car
The BMW iX2 would likely share all of its mechanicals with the iX1, which is already on sale in several markets. The BMW iX1 xDrive 30 has dual electric motors that churn out 313 hp of peak power and 494 Nm of peak torque. The iX1 can run up to 438 km range on a single charge, owing to a 66.5 kWh battery pack. BMW claim the iX1 can sprint 0-100 kmph in 5.7 seconds at a top speed of 180 kmph. We can also expect similar figures for the upcoming BMW iX2, if not identical.
The automaker has further revealed that the iX2 will be built at the same factory alongside its fossil-fuel-powered sibling X2, while sharing the plant with the X1 and iX1 in Regensburg, Germany. It will go on sale at the end of 2023, with deliveries starting in Europe in early 2024.
BMW has not revealed any detail about the potential pricing of the upcoming iX2 EV. However, as the X2 comes at a premium over the X1, expect the iX2 to follow a similar pricing strategy in relation to the iX1.
Meanwhile, alongside confirming the development of the iX2, BMW has also stated that the i5 will debut alongside the new 5-Series sedan in October this year. The automaker further revealed that the upcoming i5 would have a high-performance M version and a long-roof Touring wagon iteration alongside the standard sedan.


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The future of Michael Kors looks uncertain. According to Reuters, shares’ have plummeted by around 15%! Other analysts reviews show slightly different data, but all of them agree on the fact that profits are falling and the future looks bleak. Is this the end of “affordable luxury”, and the demise of Michael Kors?
One main reason for the drop in Kors’ numbers is the reduced traffic trends in suburban shopping malls (Financial Times). Although this has affected other retailers, the impact on Kors has been higher, reducing its profits by 2.4% compared to last year. It is interesting to point out that the recent recession has hit both the American and European markets hard, but the Asian market has been largely unaffected, evidenced by the fact that in the last 9 months of 2016, it increased its turnover to 87.4% (Modaes).
Another factor contributing to Kors’ poor performance has been the big promotion campaign they’ve undertaken, they have dramatically reduced their average selling prices. Not only this, but shopping habits have transitioned to “cheaper cross-body bags and small leather goods” (Reuters), displacing their previous best selling iconic $300 bag.
Consequently, the company is trying to work their way back to the top: they have extended their portfolio to dresses and menswear and are building a stronger online business presence. However, their alternative future may prove more interesting. LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy), the French luxury good conglomerate may acquire Michael Kors for $10,000 million, making each share $50.5 worth, 3 dollars more expensive than their actual value. The acquisition is being discussed at the moment. Michael Kors will be under the same house of Dior, Givenchy, Loewe and many others.
Nevertheless, according to research conducted in October 2016, Leeds is the top choice in the UK for growing brands, where Kors is included. The opening of Trinity in 2013 and now Victoria Gate offers a good environment for these retailers (The Yorkshire Evening Post). Around campus we could see the cross-body Michael Kors bags in different colours including a jazzy light blue. However, Kors has found a very strong competitor; there is strong trend between Leeds students carrying the Herschel bags in its different forms: from the plain black bag to the bigger rucksack with straps. Leeds’s students have made their choice, but it is just fashion or has Kors indeed lost his presence?
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Free trade and prosperity are goals that Mexicans are now yearning for. The reasons are clear. Few nations with such explosive economic potential and privileged geographical position have suffered so much under a regime of protectionism, import substitution, and overwhelming state intervention in economic life. In Mexico the 1980s are characterized as a “lost decade.” A NAFTA promises prosperity based on sustained and stable economic growth. It is regarded as a fundamental key to a new and better decade.
The economic and institutional conditions necessary for creation of a NAFTA already exist. Three‐way trade among the three countries last year topped $225 billion. The United States signed a free‐trade agreement with Canada in 1989 and has its first‐ and third‐largest trading partners north and south of its borders. And as a result of trade liberalization in Mexico, trade has tripled between Mexico and the United States since 1986, and U.S. exports to Mexico doubled in the same period.
Furthermore, the United States is, by far, Mexico’s most important trading partner. More than 70 percent of Mexican imports come from the United States, and more than 60 percent of Mexican exports flow into the United States. Also, 65 percent of total foreign investment in Mexico derives from the United States. The recent wave of significant market‐oriented reform has prepared Mexico to seek integration with the U.S. economy.
Such an unquestionably beneficial opportunity for a brighter commercial and economic future should meet with no rational opposition. Nonetheless, prominent spokesmen for organized labor and environmental organizations have conducted a vocal campaign against a NAFTA, in general, and free trade with Mexico, in particular–making highly emotive claims that a NAFTA would bring massive job losses in the United States and increased child labor atrocities and ecological disasters in Mexico.


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Nintendo plans to launch its next-generation NX game console sometime in 2016, and its supply chain manufacturing partners will begin initial test production in October, according to a report published by Digitimes. Mass production won't begin until next May or June, with a rumored July console launch, the article claims.
The NX is said to be a home console, but additional details have been extremely scarce. We know that gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto won't be involved much - and Nintendo is worried Sony and Microsoft would steal ideas from its new console.
In addition, Nintendo wants to be prepared to ship around 20 million units during the first year of release, which would be an extremely strong product launch. Since launching in 2012, the Wii U has shipped about 9.5 million units worldwide - and looks like it will become the poorest selling console in Nintendo's history.
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SoftBank and Toyota today announced that they will be forming a joint venture to create autonomous vehicles that can provide a variety of smart mobility services, including self-driving vehicles which deliver robot-made meals.
The new venture will be called MONET (a portmanteau of the words “mobility network”) and will combine Toyota’s infrastructure for connected vehicles with data collected from SoftBank’s Internet of Things platform.
The result, according to the press release, will be:
“By the second half of the 2020s, MONET plans to roll out Autono-MaaS (autonomous mobility as a service) businesses using e-Palette, Toyota’s dedicated battery electric vehicle for mobility services that can be used for various purposes, including mobility, logistics, and sales. Possibilities include demand-focused just-in-time mobility services, such as meal deliveries vehicle where food is prepared while on the move, hospital shuttles where onboard medical examinations can be performed, mobile offices, and many more. MONET also intends to roll out these businesses in Japan with an eye to future expansion on the global market.”
Toyota announced its e-Palette autonomous vehicle platform at CES earlier this year. The idea behind e-Palette is to create a customizeable, self-driving vehicle that can be anything from a mobile pizza oven to shoe store on-the-go.
As The Wall Street Journal writes, MONET could provide mobile meals and medical services to Japan’s aging population, though it would by no means be limited to strictly that. In fact, SoftBank may already have the building blocks in place for much of what MONET wants to do.
This past summer, SoftBank was rumored to be investing $750 million in Zume, the Bay Area company that uses massive amounts of data to accurately predict pizza deliveries. Zume also happens to have a fleet of oven-equipped vans which ensure piping hot pizza on delivery. (Something that could come in handy for e-Palettes as well.)


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The government has approved the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme worth Rs 6,238 crore for air conditioners, LED lights sectors on April 7. Reportedly, the companies engaged in the manufacturing of ACs and LED lights will benefit by 4-6% increment on sales of goods manufactured in India for five years. The nationwide scheme will increase domestic manufacturing, said the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.
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Tractor manufacturing giant Sonalika tractors reported sharp growth in their annual sales after selling 1,39,526 units in the FY21 with a 41.6% growth in the domestic market. Reportedly, about 13,093 tractors were sold in March 2021 which is triple the number sold in March 2020, registering a 135% growth in their Rotavator business. Elated by the success, Deepak Mittal, MD, Sonalika Group thanked his team and distributors.


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Spotify announced today that it acquired Betty Labs, the creators of Locker Room, a live audio app focused on sports fans. “This acquisition builds on our work to create the future formats of audio and will accelerate Spotify’s entry into the live audio space,” says the company in a press release.
“Creators and fans have been asking for live formats on Spotify, and we’re excited that soon, we’ll make them available to hundreds of millions of listeners and millions of creators on our platform,” said Gustav Söderström, chief research & development Officer at Spotify. “The world already turns to us for music, podcasts, and other unique audio experiences, and this new live audio experience is a powerful complement that will enhance and extend the on-demand experience we provide today.”
Spotify says that in the coming months, it will evolve and expand Locker Room into an “enhanced live audio experience for a wider range of creators and fans” offering “a range of sports, music, and cultural programming, as well as a host of interactive features that enables creators to connect with audiences in real-time.”
Spotify isn’t the only one trying to compete with Clubhouse. Twitter is almost ready to launch its Spaces feature, which lets users chat using their voices on the platform. Instagram, on the other hand, launched the ability to add more people to a video-live. Facebook has been reported as working in a Clubhouse competitor as well.
Now we have to wait to see what the Locker Room app acquisition will mean for Spotify and the industry. The company will launch its HiFi subscription tier later this year.
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Byrd Cookie Company recently announced a landmark $4 million expansion of its corporate headquarters in Savannah, GA. The family-owned company will add 10,000 square feet of space, significantly increase production capacity and create more than 50 new jobs in Chatham County.
“We have been at maximum capacity on our existing oven line for well over a year now, which limits our sales opportunities,” said Byrd Cookie Company CEO Stephanie Lindley, who is the fourth generation of the Byrd family to lead the company since its founding in 1924. “The new line will increase our baking capacity by five times our current output, which will allow us to secure additional large contracts and to grow even more strategically.”
Renovations are currently underway at the former Exchange Tavern outparcel building located at 6710 Waters Ave., which will serve as the new home for the company’s flagship retail store and corporate offices. Byrd employees will move into the renovated building in January 2018. The new 170-foot cookie line and production equipment will be installed in the company’s current corporate headquarters in February 2018, with full production on the new line expected to be in place by early March 2018.
“I feel a tremendous responsibility to make solid, long-term decisions that benefit our current employees while positioning the next generation of family owners for even greater success in the future,” said Lindley. “This type of financial investment takes planning and thoughtful consideration and reflects our strong commitment to Savannah.”
Byrd Cookie Company, which currently bakes more than 145 million cookies a year, was offered an aggressive incentive package to relocate to Missouri, but the Savannah Economic Development Authority lobbied to keep this family-owned company in Savannah.
“SEDA is a terrific silent warrior for the Savannah area,” Lindley said. “They rolled up their sleeves and put forth some very creative offers that we just couldn’t refuse in order to keep Byrd and our expansion here in beautiful Savannah, Georgia. I’m deeply grateful for their support and encouragement.”
Byrd Cookie Company currently produces more than three tons of cookies daily in 16 bite-sized flavors, including Key Lime Cooler, Georgia Peach, Scotch Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip and Salted Caramel. The company’s iconic Key Lime Cooler is the first cookie to win Dessert of the Year top honors at the Fancy Food Show. Byrd’s best-selling savory items include Benne Wafers, Cheddar Crisps and Cheddar Pecan Biscuits.


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Costa Rica's coffee harvest is estimated at a record million bags, up from the million bags in because of the expected normal up year in the production cycle, coupled with beginning output from an expanded area planted several years ago and the expectation of continued good weather.
Costa Rica's Coffee Program Office has undertaken efforts to improve cr0p quality. The office is also conducting trials with rust — resistant varieties in case rust becomes a problem for the country.
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Algeria – In order to find a solution to the crisis that afflicted the automotive sector in Algeria, four (04) car manufacturers have expressed their interest in entering the Algerian market. Dzair Daily gives you more details in the following lines.
Several years have passed until the automotive sector in Algeria plunged into an unprecedented crisis! Indeed, after the suspension of the import of cars and the closure of assembly plants, the Algerian market witnessed a significant increase in car prices. In order to put an end to this situation, four (04) car manufacturers said that they are ready to settle in Algeria.
So, if you want to know more, just read the full version of this new edition dated July 21, 2022. In fact, buying a car has become an unattainable dream for the majority of Algerian citizens. To tell the truth, the current situation also worries the Algerian Association of Car Dealers in Algeria.
In detail, dealers are under tremendous pressure from the major car brands they represent. Moreover, they estimate that the Algerian market needs 1.3 million cars to face the crisis. While the file for importing new cars remains pending, the responsible authorities are planning to restart the car assembly business.
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In fact, the responsible authorities provide strict regulations regarding the activity of selling new cars by dealers. This is to protect customers from car dealers who carry out the business of importing and marketing new vehicles in a chaotic manner.


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the St. Paul, Minn., provider of personalized printed materials, promotional products and more, reported first-quarter net income fell 22% on 5.6% lower revenue. Earnings were $27.3 million, or 53 cents a share, compared with $35.2 million, or 68 cents, in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell to $381.2 million from $403.8 million. Weakness in small-business services plus investments in growth initiatives hurt profit, partly offset by cost controls, Deluxe said in a statement on Thursday. Gross-profit margin narrowed to 61.7% from 63%. The company estimated earnings at 60 cents to 64 cents for the second quarter and $3 to $3.15 for the year. Revenue is pegged at $374 million to $384 million for the second period and $1.56 billion to $1.59 billion for all of 2008.


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Unsafe kids' clothes found at Rochester thrift shops
Five Monroe County thrift shops were among 46 such stores across New York state ordered by the state to stop selling children's clothing with drawstrings at the neck.
According to a statement Tuesday from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the local shops sent "cease and desist" letters are:
• ABVI-Clinton Goodwill, Rochester.
• Matthew's Closet, Rochester.
• The Salvation Army stores on East Ridge Road and Elmridge Center Drive.
• Volunteers of America, Rochester.
The shops were told to stop selling the items and to remove them from their shops. Schneiderman said the stores received the letters earlier this month and have agreed to comply with the order. They could face fines if they don't comply.
Under a 2003 state law, retailers are prohibited from selling children's clothing that has a drawstring at the neck long enough to strangle a child. Such drawstrings are permitted at the bottom of a shirt or as a belt. The law specifies that "no toggles, knots or attachments can be placed at the ends of drawstrings other than a standard metal or plastic sheath covering."
According to Schneiderman, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found that between 1985 and 2011, there were 26 deaths and 58 injuries related to the drawstrings on children's apparel.
The items most often associated with drawstrings are sweat shirts and sweat pants and skirts.
According to the statement, Schneiderman's inspectors surveyed local businesses regarding the drawstring restriction and found that thrift shops "continue to offer these dangerous items for sale."
In July, the AG's office visited 51 thrift shops across the state. Forty-six were found to be selling one or more of the banned items. Thirteen of those were operated by The Salvation Army and 10 by Goodwill Industries.
Dottie Bloss, an employee at Matthew's Closet, which is a Roman Catholic ministry serving the poor, said the store had only one hooded sweat shirt with the banned drawstring when the AG inspectors came. The inspectors took the one item with them, she said. The cease-and-desist letter came later.
"We are training our volunteers how to abide by the law,'' Bloss said.
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Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) will quickly shut down knowledge transfers from PUBG Mobile. Krafton, the sport’s writer, made the announcement concerning the information switch coverage for gamers who had performed Livik map in PUBG Mobile on Friday. According to it, transfers will likely be shut down after December 31 this yr. Ever since its launch, BGMI allowed its customers to switch their knowledge from PUBG Mobile through Facebook and Twitter, on condition that gamers used the identical social media accounts for PUBG Mobile. Battlegrounds Mobile India earlier disabled logins with Facebook accounts from November 5.
Krafton on December 2 announced the discontinuation of knowledge transfers from PUBG Mobile to Battlegrounds Mobile India through a submit on the corporate website. In order to make sure a extra easy gameplay for gamers who had used PUBG Mobile Normdic Map: Livik (“Prior App”) earlier than, Battlegrounds Mobile India (“New App”) will switch a number of the knowledge from the Prior App account to the New App”, Krafton said. Players have time until December 31 to import their PUBG Mobile data.
India banned PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite in September 2020. The game was then resurrected in the form of Battlegrounds Mobile India or BGMI in July this year. The game allowed players to carry over their progress and data from PUBG Mobile. Those who used their Facebook or Twitter accounts to log in to PUBG Mobile were allowed to use the same accounts in Battlegrounds Mobile India earlier to transfer data to the new game.
Recently, Battlegrounds Mobile India announced that all logins with Facebook accounts in the embedded browser of Android devices will be disabled from November 5. This change was announced by BGMI due to a policy update in the Facebook SDK (software development kit). Now, players with the Facebook app installed on their smartphone are able to login through their Facebook account. This is applicable for data transfers as well. For Twitter, Web logins will work.


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That is the question Shakespeare lovers will be pondering upon the release of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare this month. Audio Partners is publishing the 98-CD, $600 set of all 38 Shakespeare plays—the first time the canon has been offered as a unit. Each recorded play is fully dramatized, performed by nearly 400 British actors, most of whom are Royal Shakespeare Company members. Players include Ciaran Hinds, Joseph Fiennes, Jennifer Ehle, Rupert Graves and Sir John Gielgud. The plays contain original music, as well.
Back in the early 1990s, the Arkangel series was the brainchild of Brits Tom Treadwell, a university professor who specialized in Elizabethan drama, Bill Shepherd, a film and TV producer, and Clive Brill, a former BBC director/producer. This trio developed the series in London for their company, Arkangel Productions, as a companion to the Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
The Arkangel series has been a standout throughout its development. Cassettes of the Arkangel recordings have previously been available in the U.S. at retail—sold individually—from Penguin Audiobooks. Penguin will no longer be involved with the series. Going forward, Audio Partners will offer the cassettes (stock transferred from Penguin) through its Audio Editions mail-order catalogue; the new CD set will be distributed to the institutional market via a sales force at BBC Audio America as well as through Baker and Taylor. Audio Editions will handle all sales to the trade.
Though it's definitely a high-ticket item, Grady Hesters, Audio Partners CEO, believes there is a market for it, albeit a specialized one. "We are working with booksellers and providing them with materials to help them hand-sell the set to the customers they think will enjoy it." Audio Partners has prepared a preview CD and a brochure that booksellers can give away or mail (in an Audio Partners envelope) to key customers. "We believe that independents can lead the way on this," he commented. As for the chains, Hesters noted that Borders has taken a few copies and that Amazon plans to do promotion for the project.


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SEWARD, Alaska (KTUU) - COVID-19 has presented major challenges to small businesses in Alaska, but one Seward couple has found a way to make the most of the situation by creating a new business.
Levi Rangel runs Alaska Dream Charters in Seward, but this summer he’s not just fishing.
“We were forced to look out there to see what was available for cleaning and sanitation of your vessel to protect our passengers, but not just them, our families, ourselves and our friends,” Rangel said.
Rangel acquired an atomizer sprayer and a license to purchase a cleaning chemical that can kill the virus that causes COVID-19, among other diseases.
The additional deep cleaning COVID-19 requires would have taken at least another hour cleaning the boat by hand, but with the system he has now Rangel says he can clean his boat in five minutes.
“We originally developed it for ourselves for use on our boats, and quickly realized it’s something that has so many applications that can help so many small business owners,” Rangel said.
The company, AK Extreme Micro-Clean, has already cleaned Seward tour busses, restaurants, and day care centers as far away as Wasilla.
“It’s taking a lot of stress off business owners because just like myself, they were looking at it going ‘how am I going to really accomplish my work that I’m doing,’ because we already have enough on our plate. But to add the additional cleaning every day, hourly on all those touch points, daily on on the big stuff, it takes a lot of time,” Rangel said.
Right now the business is just Rangel and his wife, but he says he has capacity to expand and more employees lined up to work.
“It’s not my passion, but it’s something that was born out of necessity,” Rangel said. “With it we’ve kind of developed the attitude of we want to do our part to not only combat this virus, but to help our friends, our neighbors and the state of Alaska stay open for business.”
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Put an end to the waves of trash at Manila Bay by volunteering for this cleanup
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Aug 20, 2018
Metro Manila once again fell victim to harsh rains and devastating floods last week with Typhoon Karding and the habagat. Photos and videos of the effects of the typhoon made the rounds online and sparked several much-needed discussions—from the reality of Filipino resiliency, to government disaster preparedness, to the real, first-hand effects of plastic pollution.
Waves of garbage are crashing onto shoes in the Philippines pic.twitter.com/zkC03iBR0P
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 14, 2018
To help address this widespread waste problem, Greenpeace Philippines is organizing a Manila Bay cleanup and plastic waste audit this Sept. 14.
The cleanup and plastic brand audit aims to not only rid the area of waste, it also serves as “research” into what the biggest contributors of plastic waste are in the area. In a previous cleanup and brand audit done at Freedom Island in Parañaque City, Nestle, Unilever, and Indonesian company PT Torabika Mayora were found to be the three brands that contributed the most to plastic waste in the area.
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Paris-based fashion designer Arthur Lhermitte only wanted to raise €150 ($236) for his Kickstarter project over the course of 20 days. But after 18 days, he’s smashed that target thousands of times over and is set to pocket nearly $30,000.
And while the raise amount itself is impressive, it becomes doubly so when considering the unusual nature of Lhermitte’s product. Rather than funding a snappy new tech product or innovative new board game, the designer is instead asking users to pony up for tiny, 9mm thick, leather circles.
No, they’re not tiny microphones or GPS tracking dots; these leather circles are designed to be placed on your laptop in order to totally black out your webcam.
As crazy as it might sound, the practice of putting a piece of tape or dab of blu-tack over laptop webcams and microphones has become increasingly commonplace in recent times, as users become more and more concerned about potential breaches of their privacy.
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The concern isn’t rooted in some Orwellian concept of constant government surveillance (although …); users are more concerned about malicious software or compromised websites surreptitiously enabling their webcams and filming them. Then, depending on how compromising the footage is, hackers could hold people to ransom using the footage, demanding thousands in payment lest they release it to the public — and the victim’s friends and family.
Even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly covers his laptop’s vulnerables.
Mark Zuckerberg's laptop microphone and webcam taped over pic.twitter.com/y6ppzI50b7
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) April 10, 2018
Now thanks to Lhermitte, those amongst us seeking for a fancier way to cover our webcams can rejoice, as finally there’s an appropriately bougie solution to our privacy concerns. No longer do we have to stoop to the levels of peasants by using a common-or-garden scrap of blu-tack, or corner of duct tape. Quick, someone let Zuck know!
Despite its mild ridiculousness, Lhermitte’s ‘Quickstarter’ has absolutely obliterated its funding target by around 11,200%. Users can back it for as low as $8, which gets you a selection of seven different colour leather sticky dots.
But if you want real high fashion, $16 can get you seven dots in limited edition snake-skin leather.
Lhermitte runs Striiipes, a Paris-based fashion house that is known for its tongue-in-cheek, and at times unusual, leather fashion goods. The idea for the webcam covers came to him after trying to devise a way to better use the leather offcuts from his products that would otherwise go to waste.
So if you’re looking for a stylish, cheap, and hack-proof way to protect your privacy online, look no further. I guess.


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Facebook Now Offers 360-degree Videos
Called 360 Video, this latest Facebook media feature is sure to boost adoption of virtual reality among its members. When you hold your phone up and rotate it 360 degrees, the 360-degree video spins as you move, which shows you every angle of every scene. Users can upload their own 360-degree videos, too. At the launch, publishers such as Star Wars, GoPro, Discovery, VICE and others will start posting their 360-degree videos. Members using Facebook on desktop and Android will see immersive 360-degree videos within days. iOS users, on the other hand, need to wait just a bit: according to Facebook, the feature will be available on iOS devices in the coming months.
“In the future, imagine watching 360 (degree) videos of a friend’s vacation to a small village in France or a festival in Brazil — you’ll be able to look around and experience it as if you were there,” wrote Maher Saba, engineering director of video at Facebook on the company’s website. That is, provided the friend has proper video equipment to create a 360-degree movie.
Analysts say the move suggests that Facebook may one day incorporate virtual reality business Oculus VR into the social network. It can be recalled that Facebook purchased Oculus VR for $2.3 billion last year.
Oculus said it will sell its virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift, next year. By offering 360-degree videos now on Facebook, it allows the social network to test what works or doesn’t on this immersive type of video, said Rob Enderle, with advisory services firm Enderle Group.“Often the problem with virtual reality… is you don’t have the content when the hardware arrives,” Enderle said. “Facebook is moving to get content when the hardware arrives.”
Filming 360-degree videos hasn’t been widespread among consumers, because few cameras capture it, analysts said. One camera that has 360-degree video capability, the Ricoh Theta S, sells for about $350.
“More than likely, people will want to see professionally produced content at least in the beginning,” said Brian Blau, a research director with Gartner.
Facebook has been expanding its video efforts, with more than 4 billion video views each day. The company has launches short films based on characters from the popular vampire series “Twilight,” and some YouTube stars are using the social network to promote their videos.
Facebook worked together with Oculus to construct its News Feed that would accept 360-degree videos. The format could allow for immersive videos to be shared and give Facebook’s members a taste of virtual reality.
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Medical Cannabis is one of the Most Promising Industries
It seems like a dream to some: medical cannabis finally gaining momentum across the United States. While we do not quite live in the ideal setting where medical cannabis is fully permitted throughout the entire country, progress has certainly been made over the last decade.
Today, more people than ever before are taking medical cannabis seriously. Startups and firms all across the country are scrambling to capitalize on what could prove to be a major economical boom throughout the entire industry. In fact, the medical marijuana space is expanding even faster than the dot-com era of the late 1990s.
So, what’s in store for the future? Let’s take a brief look.
Billions – with a ‘B’
Coincidentally, there is plenty of green (cash) to be found within this green (medical cannabis) industry. The projected market value of the space is expected to soar past $21 billion by the year 2021.
With so much potential, it’s no surprise that people are flooding into the market, vying for any opportunity they can in order to exponentially increase their investment. But, what makes today different then ten years ago? Simple: more than half of the US states have currently legalized medical marijuana as a form of treatment.
Now that it is clear the country’s state governments are beginning to wake up and recognize cannabis as a treatment option, the time has come for business professionals and entrepreneurs alike to venture into uncharted waters.
Due to the unprecedented growth the cannabis industry has experienced, there is no template for business operations, logistics, or processes; people are learning as they go. However, there are still many obstacles that must be overcome, such as abiding by convoluted state regulations.
Due to the shadow of uncertainty that enshrouds the operational aspect of the medical cannabis industry, many people are reluctant to invest in firms and startups, and even less are willing to try and find success themselves.
As time goes on, we will witness the future standard for the medical cannabis industry molded right before our eyes, paving the way for others to enter the space.
Increased Quality of Life
As more money, effort, and time are put into the medical cannabis industry, more medical breakthroughs will occur. As research continues, medical professionals will be able to provide patients with better, more effective methods of treatment.
The United States is currently experiencing widespread addiction to opioids, which has resulted in many people who are prescribed painkillers abusing them, particularly NFL players, who are banned by the league from using medical marijuana. With medical marijuana as a viable alternative, those who are currently prescribed expensive opioids will be able to alleviate their symptoms with a more curative alternative.
The medical cannabis industry has a level of potential that rivals that of the Internet when it was first introduced. One thing is for certain: the future of medical cannabis is bright; it’s just a matter of getting to it.
The medical cannabis industry is quickly becoming a solid investment. Furthermore, investing in the space helps advance medical technologies that could benefit countless patients. To learn more about the services First Harvest Financial offers, visit http://www.firstharvestfinancial.com


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Now Google will help you find a job
Millions of young people have lost their jobs amid the Coronavirus crisis. While the employment of millions of people has been lost. Online job search is growing rapidly at such times. (Online Job Search) If you are also looking for a job, Google’s job search app Kormo Jobs launched in India can help you a lot. Google has now launched this job searching app in India after Bangladesh and Indonesia. The app was launched last year but now Google has made the app available across the country rather than rebranding it.
Google’s Cormo Jobs is an Android based app that is also available on Google Play Store.
On this app you will find job options in different categories according to your skill. If you want to take advantage of this app, first go to Google Play Store and download the Cormo app. Then register yourself with some information. After this you can find a job according to your skill. According to Google, the app also has job seekers as well as people connected to the business. There are currently over 20 lakh verified jobs available on the app.
The company claims that food delivery platforms Zomato and Danjo have recruited through this app. Bickey Russell, Cormo Jobs’ regional manager and operations lead, said the Coro crisis is changing people’s job search behavior. We will continue to invest in this with new facilities and jobs. So that users can take full advantage of the feature.
Cormo Jobs in India will clash with LinkedIn. Which is currently the largest professional job networking platform in India. Apart from this, Cormo Jobs will also compete with Shine.com, Monster and Naukri.com.
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Battery technology developer Sion Power announced yesterday that it brought on board a $50 million equity investment from German chemicals giant BASF S.E., for its lithium-sulfur storage.
Arizona-based Sion Power, a spin-off from the Brookhaven National Laboratories, is developing lithium-sulfur-based batteries intended for electric and plug-in electric vehicles.
The company has been working on the battery close to 20 years since its incorporation as Moltech in 1994. It changed its name to Sion Power in 2002.
The companies believe lithium-sulfur batteries could extend the driving range of electric vehicles, saying the battery’s unique chemistry can hold 50 percent more power than any existing battery technology out in the market, while remaining light-weight.
A 600-pound lithium-ion battery pack, today’s leading EV battery technology, can hold 30 kilowatt-hours of power and drive a Toyota RAV4 EV for 94 miles.
A lithium-sulfur battery pack weighing only 426 pounds can hold 70 kWh and drive the same car for 226 miles, according to Sion.
But the technology is not without caveats. Sulfur is known to be a poor conductor and binds to lithium ions, eventually forming polysulfides that block charging and discharging. According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this can render the battery unusable after only a few dozen charging cycles,
Before the investment, BASF inked a technology development agreement with Sion in 2009.
Sion also won a $5 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy in 2010 to make a lithium-sulfur battery that can last more than 300 miles between charges. In 2009, it got a grant of $800,000 from the Department of Energy for a three-year project to work on new electrolytes for lithium-sulfur batteries.
In 2010, the United States Army’s QinetiQ Zephyr broke the world record for the longest unmanned flight using Sion battery packs. – Oliver M. Bayani


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The new store being built by Apple along the Chicago River is shaping up to be one of the company’s most expensive new locations of 2017.
Apple’s store on the iconic “Magnificent Mile” is being mostly built underground at 401 N. Michigan Ave., but Apple wants the plaza-level entrance to be absolutely fabulous, so it’s going to cost more than $60 million.
Apple is planning to open a magnificent new flagship store in the heart of Chicago, according to a new report that claims the iPhone maker has zeroed in on 401 N. Michigan Ave. Apple already has one retail store on Michigan Avenue, but supposedly plans to shut down that one and move a half-mile south to the southern tip of the Magnificent Mile.
CHICAGO — It didn’t matter that Mel Torgusen had already ordered her Apple Watch at 2 a.m.
She still had to be at the Apple Store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile at 10 sharp — just to touch one.
“Ever since the announcement, I’ve been counting down the days,” said Torgusen, standing at one of a dozen stations the store had set up for prospective buyers to try the watch. “I’m an Apple person and I didn’t need to try it on to know I’d want one.”
A steady stream of the curious and devoted filed into the store Friday for the big Apple Watch preview. There were about 20 people who had signed up for the early appointments lined up outside the store when the doors opened. Others who did not schedule appointments for a personal tour went past a showcase of watches, then quickly registered for private showings.


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Quoting employees at the three companies, Kommersant reports that negotiations are under way, with one saying they include content purchasing and the shareholding participation in the platform.
It also quotes Olga Paskina, CEO of National Media Group (NMG), as saying that the company is discussing the possibility of launching More.TV “as an industrial B2C platform”.
She added that the VOD market in Russia is growing by 40% a year, while J’son & Partners have estimated its value at R24 billion (€321.4 million) in 2018.
The prospect of launching a joint online video platform, described as a “Russian Hulu”, has been on the agenda in Russia for some time.
As previously reported by Broadband TV News, More.TV was eventually announced by NMG and CTC Media in June 2018 and is now expected to launch later this year.


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Ammo, Inc. plans to open a manufacturing plant in Manitowoc, Wis., to expand production. The 185,000-square-foot facility is expected to open on Sept. 22, and the company, which currently employs over 300 people in Manitowoc, plans to add another 100 employees over the next year, reports SGB Media.
Mayor Justin Nickels and other state and local officials will attend the opening with Ammo’s Chairman and CEO, Fred Wagenhals, the company’s senior management team, Ammo Board members, including Rusty Wallace and Richard Childress, who are also members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
“We are pleased to bring online and on time our world-class manufacturing plant, representing the art of the possible in ammunition and munition components manufacturing. This crown jewel and best-in-class plant will allow our growing Manitowoc team members to work in a technologically advanced and comfortable environment that more than triples our current manufacturing footprint, deploying cutting-edge on-site R&D, ballistics and range facilities,” said Wagenhals.
”Our new plant was strategically designed to support profound increases in leverage, efficiencies and cost-controls across our entire product portfolio, all coming together to support an incremental increase in loaded ammunition production projected to take us to a billion rounds of production in due course.”
Ammo, Inc. is the owner of GunBroker.com, the online marketplace for firearms and shooting sports and a vertically-integrated producer of ammunition and components.


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Rural Health care is one of the biggest challenges that India is facing today. India is a densely populated country where a large number of people live without access to basic education and primary health facilities.
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Aar-em entered into the manufacturing of Solar LED Streetlight.
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Aar-em Electronics Pvt. Ltd. is a Pune based manufacturer of the well known CHAMPION brand of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Champion is a very strong brand in the corporate and consumer space.


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Can I bring food to Outside Lands? Nearly every music festival prevents you from bringing in your own food, but at Outside Lands this is 100% allowed. You can bring in snacks, sandwiches, or anything else you want for food – just make sure it’s not in a glass container.
Will Outside Lands happen 2021? It was the music announcement heard all around the Bay Area: Outside Lands is back for 2021. It’s bringing all its glory back to Golden Gate Park during Halloween weekend (October 29 – 31, 2021).
Is VIP worth it at Outside Lands? The main perks of Outside Lands VIP passes are more personal space, private VIP areas, VIP entrance, and a special entrance into Outside Lands. The VIP passes offer a solid value and good array of perks. If you can afford it, the Outside Lands VIP passes are worth it.
Is outside lands a good festival? For over 10 years, the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival has made quite a name for itself as one of the most beloved San Francisco music festivals. This unique music and art festival features a wide variety of musical talents, art installations, and of course good times!
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Can I bring food to Outside Lands? – Related Questions
Who puts on Outside Lands?
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is a music festival held annually in San Francisco, California, United States, at Golden Gate Park. The festival is produced by Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly Presents, and Starr Hill Presents.
How fast does Outside Lands sell out?
Outside Lands Festival sells out in 2 hours despite technical glitches.
Does Outside Lands have payment plan?
We’ve extended our layaway plan deadline for Outside Lands 2021 passes by an additional month. After the initial $99 down, the next payment is now due on February 5th instead of January 5th. For those who have already made their down payment, you have one more month before your next installment!
Does Outside Lands sell single day tickets?
The three-day general admission and VIP tickets have already sold out for the music festival.
Will festivals go ahead in 2021?
Organisers announced they were postponing from 2021 having “explored the possibility of moving the festival later in the year”, which they found was not going to be possible. “We are now in the process of making some big plans for a triumphant return next year,” they added.
Are Outside Lands tickets refundable?
Your refund will be issued to your original method of payment within 30 days following the April 17 deadline. This applies to authorized sales through our official ticketing partner Front Gate Tickets only. We cannot guarantee the policies of third party sellers.
Where is the entrance to Outside Lands?
Entering the Festival
All entrances are accessible. There is a designated ADA entrance at 36th and JFK. The access tent is just inside this entrance, here you will find accessibility information and can request a golf cart shuttle. The entrance at 36th and JFK Drive has a limited amount of accessible parking.
How much were Outside Lands tickets 2019?
Outside Lands Tickets Cost – $360 GA.
Will there be a rolling Loud 2020?
Rolling Loud 2020 will unfortunately not be able to go ahead as planned due to the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. The next edition will take place February 12-14, 2021, with the same lineup.
Will there be Coachella 2021?
After canceling for the past two years, Southern California’s marquee music festivals Coachella and Stagecoach are a go for 2022. The events will occur back-to-back in April, promoter Goldenvoice announced on Tuesday. Coachella 2021 dates were announced for April 9-11, 2021 and April 16 – 18, 2021.
How much is Coachella Tickets?
Coachella Ticket Prices
Coachella’s general admission tier one tickets will cost $449, tier two tickets will cost $474, and tier three tickets will cost $499. VIP tier one tickets will cost $929, tier two tickets will cost $999, and tier three $1,049.
Will NASS festival be Cancelled 2021?
NASS Festival has announced that its 2021 event will not be going ahead, with organisers worried about changing COVID-19 restrictions.
Is Latitude going ahead 2021?
Organisers of Latitude have announced the festival will go ahead next month, as part of the government’s series of test events. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said his department was “working flat out to find a way to get festivals back up and running safely”.
Is creamfields going ahead 2021?
Creamfields: 26- – CONFIRMED
The dance music festival, which takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend, is full steam ahead- with organisers confirming it has now sold out in “record-breaking time”.
Is Vividseats legit?
Is Vivid Seats legit? Yes. Vivid Seats is a trusted and reliable way to buy and sell tickets. It is a legitimate company that facilities hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ticket sales each year.
Is SeatGeek legitimate?
Is SeatGeek legit? SeatGeek is a legitimate way to compare and purchase tickets from different vendors and venues. The company has transparent pricing and includes fees in the upfront cost, which makes it easy to understand exactly how much a ticket costs when comparing prices.
How many stages are there in outside lands?
Outside Lands 2021 started with over 60 musical acts and art installations in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Now Outside Lands clocks in about 40-60,000 people a day across many stages: Lands End Stage, Twin Peaks Stage, Sutro Stage, Panhandle Stage, and Presido stage.
How much do rolling loud tickets cost 2021?
How Much Are Rolling Loud New York 2021 Tickets and Passes. On the primary market 3-Day GA passes are $399+ fees, 3-Day GA+ passes are $549+ fees, 3-Day VIP passes are $849+ fees, 3-Day VIP + Munchie Pack passes are $1,049+ fees. Fees on the primary market are anywhere from $100 to $150 per ticket.
Will rolling Loud 2021 happen?
Rolling Loud Miami 2021 Lineup and Basic Info
First off, the event will be taking place over three days, from July 23rd to 25th at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Is Coachella VIP worth it?
For me, it is not worth it. I’ve been to nearly 20 different music festivals and Coachella’s VIP offerings is one of the worst. It’s great the VIP area is by the Coachella stage where the biggest acts play, but I wish it was closer given the passes are nearly three times as expensive.
Is Coachella sold 2022?
INDIO, Calif. Pre-sale tickets went up for sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Other tickets went up for at 2 p.m. At 2:16 p.m., Goldenvoice announced on social media that all the tickets were sold out.


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NPD Group reveals foodservice delivery sees extensive growth; drive-thru traffic plummets
Real growth continues to be hard to come by for the foodservice industry. In fact, overall customer traffic was flat through the first quarter of 2016, according to The NPD Group, a market research firm covering the foodservice industry. Revenues and customer traffic may be inching along, but one area growing at breakneck speed is labor costs.Read more...
The National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show has come and gone to much fanfare. From what I saw and read, the participation was phenomenal. We were able to bring our full consulting team from all of our offices and even made time to break some bread together. This year, I also participated in a panel discussion that explored unit economics and was moderated by Steve Romaniello, managing director of Roark Capital.Read more...
Restaurant sales in June were slower than in May. A new report looks for foodservice to grow 3.33 percent in the next 5 years. A C-store chain says it will open at least 600 locations in the next few years. Taco Bell expands their Cantina concept. These stories and a whole lot more This Week In Foodservice.Read more...
While many chains continue to downsize their footprints, 57-year-old Straw Hat Pizza takes the opposite route. A new prototype features bigger stores with a contemporary look and feel, a bigger, more diverse menu, and in-restaurant Tower 27 frozen yogurt stations — a whole new self-serve branded "concept within a concept" that's helping to drive incremental sales growth.
"We went from an average of 2,000 to 3,000 square feet in the old units to 4,000 to 5,000 square feet in the new prototype. And we completely re-did our décor," says president Jonathan Fornaci. "It's much more upscale, with earth tones and leather. At the same time, we kept to our core values, which are very family- and community-focused." All Straw Hats include a roughly 200-sq.-ft. arcade room for kids, and all new units have TVs throughout, both on the walls and at the booths."
Fornaci says that the new prototype has lower opening costs — $100,000 to $250,000 — compared to the old units, which ran $350,000 to $500,000. Some of the biggest savings have been realized in décor and equipment, which franchisees are encouraged to buy used.
On the menu, Straw Hat's signature pizzas are now joined by a "grill" menu, including burgers and other grilled sandwiches, steaks, seafood and made-to-order pasta dishes. The change has broadened the chain's appeal, boosting traffic and repeat visits. Tower 27, so far implemented in seven stores and being rolled out in all new units going forward, adds a fun, self-serve dessert option and builds sales between traditional meal periods. "Pizza is still 60 percent of our total revenue, and always will be our core and our signature, but the changes we're making are about offering diversity and different options for both adults and families."