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After a long, successful career as a hedge fund co-founder and partner, Gunner Winston was ready to retire. Then he discovered pot.
No, not the act of consuming the sticky icky, but rather the business side of a market everyone is predicting will explode once the recreational cannabis use is legalized in Los Angeles, Jan. 1, 2018.
While making some personal investments to keep himself occupied in his retirement, Winston started researching the burgeoning cannabis market and immediately saw the potential.
“When I first started researching the cannabis space, the first thing that came to mind was that, ‘this is a consumer product,’” he said. “Brands will manifest themselves in this space, but they really haven’t yet. What dosist created was something that'll allow you to have a conversation. It allows you to talk about cannabis with someone like your mom, your partner or your sister, because it looks like it could be sold in an Apple store. It’s really about helping introduce — or reintroduce — people to cannabis. I saw this as the opportunity to be a part of something completely transformational, and there aren’t really that many opportunities in life to do something like that.”
Just like that, Winston’s employment status went from retired to CEO of dosist. Founded in 2015, the company’s line of cannabis pens come in a sleek, visually appealing cartridge that delivers 2.25mg every time a user inhales, ensuring users don’t become too “overwhelmed” with the product.
“dosist does not talk about strains,” he said. “We have created formulations based on specific therapeutic needs. That's done through scientific analysis and using professional distillation from the cannabis plant to isolate CBD [Cannabidiol, a cannabinoid identified in cannabis], THC [a psychotropic cannabinoid] and the various terpenes into blends that are our own. For anxiety, there’s, ‘calm.’ For sleep, we have, ‘sleep.’ If someone is trying to manage their pain, we have a pen called, ‘relief,’ and for a feeling of euphoria, there’s ‘bliss.’”
There is, however, a catch. Because recreational cannabis isn’t legal until 2018, brands like dosist can only sell their products to licensed dispensaries, which can only be accessed by those with medical marijuana prescriptions. While the present inability to act as an e-commerce brand is certainly not ideal, Winston noted that it’s something the team plans to address as soon as they are legally able to do so.
“Right now, we are limited by our ability to do e-commerce,” he said. “We’d love for people on our website to be able to transact because it comes down to getting the patient what they want. Our goal is to be able to allow the patient to get what they need when they need it, and that is one of our priorities.”
While the company plans to aggressively scale its e-commerce operations come 2018, it plans on focusing on California — though it recently brought on a head of operations for Canada, which will legalize recreational marijuana use in July 2018.
“If you're a cultivator, if you grow product, you're obviously beholden to the land that you have now and/or can have in the future,” said Winston. “There’s opportunity in something like 30 different states in the U.S., Canada and we can export to every legal market in the world — including Germany and Australia, among others — but the challenge is that we’re not ready for those markets yet. In California, we have a market that we estimate eclipses many other industries nationally.”
With a date set in stone for the legalization of recreational marijuana use, all dosist can do for the time being is prepare, something cannabis proponents in the state have been doing for decades.
“If we take your eye off the ball, and don't give it proper attention, we’re not going to get what we consider to be our fair share,” said Winston. “Our goal is to be a dominant brand, and we want to serve as many patients as we can, and — in this state alone, more than any other — there's that opportunity. So, we have to be good here first. We're on the path, but we're not where we want to be. We're going to earn the right to grow, which means having the proper people, the proper infrastructure in place and the proper level of diligence.”


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Photo Gallery: 2012 Shelby GT500
We’re always up for more pictures of the Mustang, so we were happy to see that Ford has released several new images of the 2012 Shelby GT500. Not much has changed about the GT500 from 2011 when it received a new aluminum block engine that reduced the weight of the car by more than 100 pounds. However, the photos do show some of the new features of the Shelby including the optional leather Recaro seats as well as the adjustable steering system that be set to Standard, Sport and Comfort.
You can view all of the new photos below. Enjoy!
- Video: Ford takes the 2013 Shelby GT500 to the drag strip
- A look inside the 2013 Shelby GT500's 650 horsepower 5.8-liter supercharged V8
- New Product: JLT Super Big Air Intake for the 2010+ Shelby GT500
- Photo Gallery: 2013 Shelby GT500 in Red Candy
- Video: Durability testing the 2013 Shelby GT500 with Carroll Shelby
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Bill Brillinger sells marine supplies and sees to the provisioning of mega-yachts from his store on Wilmington Island, but he doesn’t own a boat.
He sold his 17-foot Boston Whaler to put money into his business, Marine Industry Supply Co., which has been located since February at 205G Johnny Mercer Blvd., next door to Byrd’s Martial Arts in the old Woo’s hardware building.
“I don’t have time for one,” said Bill, when I asked him about owning a boat.
He’s too busy running his store — which sells a wide selection of boating and fishing supplies ranging from paint and polishes to trailer parts and teak boards for decks — and managing the yacht chandlery side of his business.
The latter involves seeing to the needs of folks who own and operate big cruising boats, and Bill likens it to being “a concierge service for yachts.”
“Whatever they want, we get,” he said. “We can get anything to them at any time, anywhere in the world.”
He currently supplies six yachts — some privately owned and operated, others used for charter business — that range in length from 120 to 200 feet.
Bill, who turned 35 in mid-August, was born in Ocala, Fla.; spent his boyhood and teenage years in Sylva, N.C., and Vero Beach, Fla.; and earned a degree in finance and economics while attending the University of Tennessee. After graduating in 2001, Bill moved to south Florida and sold wholesale food for awhile before going to work for his father in Fort Lauderdale and learning the yacht chandlery business.
Seeking an atmosphere that was slower-paced and more easy-going than south Florida, he moved to our eastside islands in December 2009 and opened an office for his own chandlery service on Whitemarsh Island three months later. He also sold boating supplies out of a small space there.
Bill’s move to Wilmington Island has given him much more room for displaying his wares — 1,600 square feet — and has allowed him to carry a more expansive inventory.
He believes he’s found an excellent market for his goods — “people on the island who don’t want to leave it.”
As it turns out, Bill is one of those folks.
“This is my home until I’m dead,” he said of Wilmington. “I want this to be a community business — to be a part of where I live.”
“What I love about this,” Bill said of the retail part of his business, “is that people I don’t even know come in and spend half an hour talking to me.”
He’s assisted by his store manager, Tim Johnson, a lifelong resident of Wilmington who’s a certified boat mechanic.
Bill said he hopes to one day have
80 percent of his business devoted to retail, with the remainder involving yacht chandlery.
With that in mind, he’s planning to reconfigure the store in a way that will allow him to double the amount of inventory that’s on display.
“I hope we can start on that by the first of the year,” he said.
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Marine Industry Supply Co. is open
8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday
and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday.
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During last few days, we have heard and read different opinions about last Facebook news.
And people side with it and against it. Too many different versions about what has really happened:
have a look here at news.cnet.com, or at usatoday.com; popular hacker collective known as AntiSec, a few days ago has claimed to have revealed over 12 millions of ID Apple iOS Unique Device, or better UDID, plus their relative personal data. Security Breach.
Even worst is that AntiSec stole this information from FBI. Even if everything has been proved wrong, nothing is really the way it seems.


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It looks like the app update bug has bitten Google this week. The company has already rolled out a standalone Android Device Manager app, updated its Gmail for Android app and announced that desktop Gmail will now display images by default and that its mobile apps will do the same in early 2014. Now the company has started pushing updates for two more of its Android apps.
First up, Google's own Vic Gundotra and Jonathan Terleski have revealed a significant update to the Google+ for Android app. The update brings the app up to version 4.2.4 and, in addition to some unspecific bug fixes and performance improvements, it includes several new features for Plussers to play with. They include:
The second Google app to get a late week update is the Google Keyboard. This one includes some bug fixes and stability improvements, but perhaps more importantly, the update also allows users to switch the keyboard's color scheme. After installing the newest version of Google Keyboard, users will be able to choose between a KitKat-like white theme or a blue look that's reminiscent of Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean.
Both sound like nice little updates for users of the Google+ and Google Keyboard apps. Not only are there some legit improvements like bug fixes, performance improvements and new features, but Google has also thrown in some more "fun" tweaks like Google+'s snow and Google Keyboard's theme selections. As with most software updates, these will likely take some time to roll out to everyone, so be sure to keep an eye on the "My Apps" section of your Play Store app in the coming days. Don't forget to check in with us once you've updated and share your snowy G+ photos or your Google Keyboard color of choice!


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June 4th, 2009 - Barbara Feiner
On Tuesday, I shared the CDC’s top fruit and vegetable picks for the month. These produce choices are selected based on easy availability; the list no way implies they are the only fruit and veggie picks that should find their way to your plate.
At my neighborhood farmers’ market, vendors’ organic and locally grown offerings are incredibly beautiful, fresh and colorful. In the summer, I stock up on many seasonal fruits and vegetables that didn’t make the CDC’s list: Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, garlic, leeks, peas, blackberries, apricots, watermelons and cherries, to name some favorites. Also available are gorgeous flowers, delicious almonds and hazelnuts, freshly popped kettle corn and artisan breads.
If you haven’t visited your local farmers’ market for some time, you’re really missing out on an opportunity to see just-picked produce that’s much tastier than supermarket fare. Take advantage of the summer’s bounty. You’ll thank me!
Click here to find a farmers’ market near you.
Read More:Farmers’ Market Finds
May 28th, 2009 - Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese
Bananas, squash, sunflowers and other fruits and vegetables just got a little safer. The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer tolerate any carbofuran pesticide residue on foods.
Carbofuran may or may not be harmful to humans, but a single granule of the chemical can kill an adult bird.
The EPA has moved to ban all pesticide residues on food, so the mandate on carbofuran will also involve crops grown outside of the United States.
In addition to bananas, squash and sunflowers, other fruits and vegetables, including wheat, raisins, rice, grapes, melon, pumpkin, peppers and even coffee beans, will now be carbofuran residue-free.
Prior to this, the EPA tried to cancel the pesticide’s registration in 2006. This would have stopped its use in the U.S., but the manufacturer lobbied the zany Bush Administration for help. Go figure!
The main driver behind the EPA’s ban of carbofuran is the potential risks to pregnant mothers and their developing children.
Via The Daily Green.
Read More:Carbofuran Pesticide Gets the Axe…
April 23rd, 2009 - Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese
Organic foods are great, especially fruits and vegetables, but let’s face it. Buying them is more expensive. Just go to the supermarket, you’ll see. More often than not organics are pricier than the normal produce.
You can guess why. Maybe organic farms aren’t as big as conventional farms, so that drives cost up. I don’t know.
A new study in the Agronomy Journal aims to figure out if organic farming techniques can actually be as profitable as conventional agriculture practices:
“In our study we found that diversified systems were more profitable than monocropping,” explains Joshua Posner, University of Wisconsin.
With feed grade premiums the organic systems were more profitable than the Midwestern standards of continuous corn, no-till corn and soybeans, and intensively managed alfalfa.
Rotational grazing of dairy heifers was as profitable as the organic systems. And to our surprise, including risk premiums into the evaluation did not change the ranking of the systems. This study indicates that governmental policy that supports mono-culture systems is outdated and support should be shifted to programs that promote crop rotations and organic farming practices.
In related news, other reports have claimed current organic food standards may put people at risk and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture pre-sliced organic fruits and veggies cannot be given to school children because they are considered processed foods.
Read More:Can Organic Farming Be As Profitable As Conventional Farming?
April 3rd, 2009 - Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese
In the 1800s the second president of the United States John Adams, planted the very first garden at the White House, so that he and his family could enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables. Then in the 1940s Eleanor Roosevelt brought it back, calling them “Victory Gardens” to support the war effort during World War II, but soon after the garden was scrapped again.
But current First Lady Michelle Obama recently broke ground for the new the “first garden” that will grow a bunch of different fruits, vegetables and herbs to be harvested and used in the White House kitchen. Expect no beets. President Obama thinks they’re icky.
Now, for a brief history on the most power garden in the world, check out this uplifting video The Garden of Eatin’: A Short History of America’s Garden.
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March 4th, 2009 - Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese
It’s going to take time, but slowly our country is getting greener. And last month, Kathleen Merrigan was nominated as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture for the United States Department of Agriculture and will work under current Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
Merrigan, an assistant professor at Tufts University, is a staunch advocate of organic food and previously served as a board member and chair of the of The Organic Center’s Science and Technical Advisory Council, an organization devoted to the conversion of farming to organic methods and environmental compassion.
Her appointment triggers excitement amongst organic foodies. As chair of the Technical Advisory Council, Merrigan advised universities and researchers throughout the United States on the benefits of organic agriculture and products; via CureZone.
At Tufts, she was involved with numerous eco-friendly endeavors, such as the Garden-based Learning Initiative, Green Roof Collaborative, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, and the Food Agriculture Organization Organic Research Proposal. Congrats and good luck Kathleen!
In related news, two U.S. senators are petitioning USDA chief Tom Vilsack to amend legislation prohibiting local farm from supplying schools with fresh fruits and vegetables.
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When the tech giant Amazon rolled out its Amazon Go stores, the company was on the verge of changing traditional retail as it did with the E-commerce space.
These stores allow customers to pick up items and they don't have to go to a cashier, instead, they are charged automatically for the items they leave with.
However, the first Amazon Go stores in Seattle, Chicago, and San Francisco were delayed in 2017 because the company struggled with having more than 20 people inside.
According to a recent report from the "Wall Street Journal," the store's technology has trouble in "bigger spaces with higher ceilings and more products.”
But that isn't stopping Amazon from developing larger spaces with more products and the company has started testing in “a larger space formatted like a big store," as "WSJ" reports.
Watch the recent episode of The Barron Report above to learn more about the Amazon Go stores and how these cashier-less stores are changing the retail space forever.
The company has said that it isn't going to use this technology at Whole Foods, the organic grocery chain it acquired in June 2017.
But could that have changed after the success of Amazon Go stores?
Read more about Amazon potentially expanding the size of its Amazon Go stores at “The Verge” now.
Nonetheless, Amazon has aggressive plans to roll out up to 3,000 of cashier-less stores by 2021.
But these stores aren't just a threat to grocery stores and convenience stores. Many of the cashier-less Amazon Go stores offer grab-and-go food options and these stores have become the most popular during the workweek, especially at lunchtime. This means these stores are taking away the restaurant business.
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SAGINAW, MI — Stretching Black Friday sales forward into Thanksgiving Day paid off for numerous retailers in the Great Lakes Bay Region.Barb Behmlander, Bay City Mall general manager, said retailers at the mall, which opened at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, saw good crowds and the Bay City 8 theater located at the mall was packed.
“Traffic on Thursday was up significantly as expected with customers coming out in the early evening to shop off dinner,” Behmlander said in an email to The Bay City Times. “As anticipated, customer traffic after midnight was down (compared) to 2012 however things picked back up after 8 a.m. and there was a steady flow throughout Saturday and Sunday.”Saginaw Township’s Fashion Square Mall and the Midland Mall also opened at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, though not all stores inside the three malls opened at that time.
ABC Warehouse, with locations in Saginaw Township and Bay City, was among the retailers that opened on Thanksgiving Day for the first time. But others, including DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and Cabela’s Outpost, said no to Thanksgiving Day sales.
Kmart stores, open for a 41-hour stretch from 6 a.m. Thursday till 11 p.m. Friday, had longer Thanksgiving Day hours than most.
Daryl Blackhurst, general manager at Kmart, located at 4001 N. Euclid, in Bay City, said Thursday and Black Friday both were busy days for the store.
“We actually did very well compared to last year. Very pleased with the outcome,” he said. “Thursday (Thanksgiving) is becoming a very strong shopping day anymore."
He said TVs and notebooks were among this year’s hot sellers.
Though Blackhurst said sales at the Bay City Kmart store for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday were about even, Tom Carlson, store manager at Saginaw Township’s Kmart, located at 5105 Gratiot, said Friday was better.
“Black Friday is always busier than Thanksgiving,” he said, noting that hot sellers at the Saginaw Township store included TVs, tablets and toys.
Midland Mall General Manager Dan Irvin said mall tenants reported a “very positive turnout.”
“Sales were definitely up this year over last year, and two of our tenants have reported they’ve had record days,” he said.
Irvin said the mall, home to 59 small shops and 6 anchor tenants, including JCPenney, Barnes & Noble Booksellers & Cafe, and Younkers, opened at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, four hours earlier than last year’s midnight opening.
“I think it was necessary to open at 8 because the big boxes were opening at 8,” he said.
Irvin said the Midland Mall experienced a lull from about 2:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Friday, but traffic and sales picked up after that.
“(We) want to thank the community for a successful shopping weekend,” he said.
According to a shopping analytics firm called ShopperTrak, shoppers visited more stores and spent more money on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday than they did last year on those days.
ShopperTrak estimates brick-and-mortar shopper traffic on Thursday and Friday increased 2.8 percent, to more than 1.07 billion store visits, when compared to Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday last year.
Retail sales also increased by 2.3 percent, as shoppers spent an estimated total of $12.3 billion across the two days, according to a ShopperTrak news release.
However, brick-and-mortar traffic for Black Friday alone fell 11.4 percent and retail sales that day also decreased by 13.2 percent, when compared to last year, ShopperTrak reports.
“The Black Friday shopping experience is changing with more shoppers choosing to go out on Thanksgiving Day,” Bill Martin, ShopperTrak founder, said in a prepared statement. “Consumers increasingly research products online before entering stores. When they arrive, customers know exactly what they want to buy – retailers now need to make their experience a satisfying one.”
The weekend after Thanksgiving, widely regarded as the busiest shopping weekend for big box stores, is among the year’s busiest for Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, as well.
Vice President Carla Bronner Spletzer said the weekend went smoothly.
“It went very well and the weather cooperated wonderfully, too, so that always helps,” she said, noting that business was comparable to that of the weekend after Thanksgiving last year.
Bronner’s, located at 25 Christmas Lane, was open on Black Friday and through the weekend, but closed on Thanksgiving.
“Black Friday is a very busy day, but, actually, the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend is even busier for us,” she said. “I think a lot of the people are out the night of Thanksgiving and early in the morning on Friday getting all the super duper deals … so we tend to get a little bit busier a little bit later in the day, and Saturday they’re ready to go shopping full force again.”
Dawn Hamberg of Vicksburg was one "Gray Thursday" and Black Friday shopper who didn't stop.
Hamberg was shopping at Bronner's mid-morning Friday, Nov. 29, where she found an ornament with a tractor on it for her grandson. She
said she had been out shopping with family since 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving and didn't plan to go home till Friday evening.
“We do the all-night Black Friday shopping,” she told The Saginaw News while browsing at Bronner's.
Select stores at the Birch Run Premium Outlets, located at 12240 S. Beyer, opened at 8 p.m. Thursday, among them Adidas, Harry & David, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Eddie Bauer, J. Crew, Toys R Us Express and Carters. Other stores opened at 9, 10 and 11 p.m. that day.
Lindsay Carpenter, director of marketing for Birch Run Premium Outlets, said crowds filled stores on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
"We are very pleased that this year’s earlier and staggered store openings reduced stress and parking congestion of years past to enhance the shopping experience for large crowds of shoppers," she said in a statement.
Birch Run Premium Outlets does not release any specific numbers, but Carpenter said the outlets saw heavy foot traffic and company officials are pleased with this year’s turnout on both Black Friday and Thanksgiving.— Heather Jordan covers business for MLive/The Saginaw News/The Bay City Times. She can be reached at 989-450-2652 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook.


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Dan Yoest Insurance Agency, Washington, recently acquired Steamboat Insurance. Along with acquiring the client base, the agency now has three new agents. In front, from left, are Jerry Carlyle, new sales agent; Dan Yoest, co-owner; and Darren Carlyle, new customer service agent. In back, from left, are Stacey Briggs, new commercial customer service representative; Katherine Rutsch, personal service agent; Guin Yoest, co-owner; Joyce Mills, office manager; and Diann Smith, personal lines sales agent. Not shown is Bill Stallmann, commercial sales agent. Missourian Photo.
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The new year brought changes to two Washington businesses with Dan Yoest Insurance Agency acquiring Steamboat Insurance Group.
Guin Yoest, who owns Dan Yoest Insuance Agency with her husband, Dan, explained that both companies were looking to focus on their core businesses.
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Let's cut right to the chase. HTC and its partner TPCast want to chop all the cables connecting Vive headsets to host PCs. The companies announced an add-on to allow for tether-free operation of HTC Vive headsets at Alibaba's Shopping Festival in Shenzhen, China. In a phone interview with UploadVR, an HTC spokesman said the add-on would "greatly improve" the VR experiences with the Vive and made "no noticeable difference" with respect to latency. The included headset-mounted battery pack is said to provide enough power for about 90 minutes of use. A larger battery intended for for stowage in a shirt pocket will be offered in the future.
The tether-free kit should help provide room-scale VR experiences with no risk of tripping over headset cables, and could substantially increase the appeal and safety of using multiple headsets in a shared space. This enhancement can also help the Vive compete against the already-wireless VR experiences provided by mobile devices like Samsung's Gear VR and Google's DayDream VR platforms. The availability of wireless kits for high-end VR headsets likely also jeopardizes the emerging category of "VR backpack" computer systems like the MSI VR One we reported on earlier this morning.
HTC is accepting pre-orders for the TPCast Vive wireless kit (pre-release version) on its Chinese website. The device costs ¥1500, the equivalent of $220. According to UploadVR, individuals around the globe can pre-order the tether-free kit from China and pay for shipping, but buyers who provide a serial number from their Vive headset will receive preferential treatment in the order fulfillment queue.
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In its fifth year, the Harvest Art Market at Silver Maples of Chelsea, offers a “market mix” or fall harvest of art on Oct. 6 from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Plus, there’s also a giant bake sale that begins at 10 a.m. until the yummy items are all gone and you can enjoy music by Arbor Woodwind Quartet from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. while shopping at the market.
Shawn Personke, director of activities and public relations for Silver Maples, says the show is neither “too ‘fine-artsy;’ nor too ‘crafty’.
“We’ve found that both our artists and our customers really appreciate interesting, hand-made items from artisans such as potter Cheryl Green, wood carver Colin Mehaffey, and silk/paper artist Joyce Nass,” she said in a press release.
The art items are varied, well made, and well-priced and the show is organized by the Silver Maples Art Committee, she said.
“We’re excited to welcome back several of our “regulars,” including Susan Falcone, who specializes in capturing the beauty of wild life and Celtic icons through a technique called glazing,” Personke said, adding, “Jan Sevde, a beekeeper who uses beeswax to make soaps, candles, and other items, and Wendy St. Antoine’s Bittersweet Farm Antiques, a cool mix of antiques and hand painted folk art,” will also be there.
New this year is Judy Irwin, a potter, who specializes in functional and pretty pottery, such as coffee mugs, bowls, platters, casseroles, berry bowls, plus vases, planters and lanterns.
“Creating something out of clay on the potter’s wheel is like magic to me,” Irwin said in a press release. “As a beginner, the clay becomes whatever it wants to be. As you become more skilled at throwing you can create anything you want, the possibilities are endless.”
Wood carver Colin Mehaffey is also new to the show with Victorian Santa, St. Patrick, pumpkin, and Uncle Sam statues.
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With the switch work-from-home and learn-from-home lifestyles, shoppers also turned to decorative pillows and candles to enhance their workspaces and purchased more thermal curtains and weighted blankets for comfort.
The fact that many shoppers shifted to online ordering and bought more hand sanitizer, comfort food and disposable dishes in the past year isn’t surprising, as consumers radically changed their lifestyles. Although some pandemic-related behaviors are obvious and well documented, new insights from Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer reveal impacts on other categories.
In food and beverage, the move to work-from-home and learn-from-home lifestyles affected shoppers’ food choices. In a recently-released trend review, Meijer reports that shoppers stocked up on produce items like potatoes, tomatoes and apples in bagged quantities. While they often bought in bulk to feed more people in a more economical way, consumers also sought a new form of convenience; Meijer stores saw a dramatic increase in grab-and-go and easy meal offerings for families to eat together at home and a surge in disposable dishes, food storage and baking paper.
Ongoing changes in home and work life reinvigorated other retail categories as well. To combat boredom, customers bought new game hardware and accessories, board games and puzzles for inside entertainment and more bikes, pools and grills for outside recreation. Sales of fishing poles and gear spiked 60% at Meijer during the past year.
As shoppers sought to improve health and wellbeing in the midst of a global health crisis, they also opted for white goods with antimicrobial properties to ensure clean spaces and purchased more fitness items like yoga mats, exercise straps, curl bars and hand weights, which became hot sellers at the start of the pandemic with more than a 300% increase in demand at Meijer.
With the switch work-from-home and learn-from-home lifestyles, shoppers also turned to decorative pillows and candles to enhance their workspaces and purchased more thermal curtains and weighted blankets for comfort. Although work from home is expected to eventually transition, Meijer anticipates the double-digit growth of bedrest pillows to continue this year.
Meijer reports other changes in food purchases in the wake of the pandemic. Meijer Express locations, which saw an expected decrease in gas sales due to less commuting, became destinations for customers seeking quick trips as shutdowns reduced retailer hours. In addition to late-night snacks and beverages, 24-hour Meijer Express locations saw double digit growth in firewood and propane sales for backyard gatherings and camping trips.
Peter Whitsett, EVP of merchandising and marketing at Meijer, says that going forward, the company expects more changes and a greater need for flexibility in providing solutions to shoppers. "As communities have begun to re-open, we're continuing to find new ways to be flexible as customers reshape their shopping habits for the warmer weather of a new year,” he remarks.
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Meijer operates 256 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. The company is No. 19 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer's 2020 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America.


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For now iPhone 8 Plus owners should watch their phones for signs of swelling when charging just to be safe until we know more.
The "standard" (that's what you are going to be branded as people) iPhone 8 and 8 Plus models seem to be priced well.
Besides the facial recognition, the iPhone X has the same features that the iPhone 8 has. "I want to thank everyone".
Amazon.in, MyJio, Jio.com and JioStore are also offering the same buyback offer. Apple's tenth anniversary edition of the iPhone, the iPhone X, will be available at a starting price of Rs 89,000 from November 3, along with China and the US.
At the event Reliance Jio introduced 70% buyback offer on newApple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. While Apple is still trying to work out a deal in New Delhi that would have them manufacturing all of their top iPhones in the future, we're learning today that their Indian partner Reliance Industries may be able to give the new iPhones a boost in sales with an interesting deal for locals. "We think you will love the new glass and aluminium designs with wireless charging and new retina HD displays. iPhone 8 has the smartest, most powerful chip ever in a smartphone, the A11 bionic, designed by Apple", said Cook.
There are a couple of conditions. The organization will likewise dispatch a restrictive tax get ready for the two Apple cell phones.
You have to go for a Jio's Rs 799 per month plan then you must spend Rs. 9588 for recharging goal. The plan offers 90GB 4G data per month.
Flipkart too has an offer on buybacks. However, users would have to use the Jio SIM card to avail of this scheme and will be required to pay the company's monthly plan of ₹799 for one year. But there's more from Flipkart.
Reliance Jio has taken this iPhone 8 and 8plus launch to woo high-profile customers, offering some of the best offers as Jio is known for.
Apple claims that the battery backup on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus will last for the same duration as on the 7 and 7 Plus. The iPhone 8 Plus, on the other hand, is priced at Rs 73,000 and Rs 86,000 for the 64GB and 256GB variants respectively.
What's important here is Apple's partnership with Reliance Jio, that has come up with some impressive launch day offers to Jio subscribers.
iPhone 8 features a 12 Megapixel iSight rear camera with Quad LED True Tone flash and Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). The e-tailer has the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus models on offer in all the options and is offering up to Rs 12,000 off on exchange with an additional Rs 3,000 off as a part of its special offers. It is to be noted that the Citi Credit Card offer is valid only on September 29.
According to this report, Otto Warmbier presented some minor signs on his body, but nothing that indicated a torture. Warmbier was released in June after 17 months in North Korean custody and died in a USA hospital a few days later.
One said refunds to those concerned about the anthem protests were only offered to subscribers with certain offers or plans. Trump said players who kneel or sit are "disrespecting the flag", called them "sons of b--" and said they should be fired.
Reconciliation is a disaster but as you know it ends on Friday. "The slogan doesn't cut it for me anymore", O'Brien said. Trump also said he would work with Democrats to improve the healthcare system, according to a Politico report .
Travellers around the world are facing major delays at airports after computer check-in systems crashed. Passengers are seen waiting to check in for flights at London's Heathrow airport in this file pic.
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Louis, which went 5-14 against the Cubs , missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2007-08. Jason Heyward has showed up against his former team this season, notching an RBI in his last four games against them.
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Whatever figure Trump decides on will be significantly lower than the number of refugees the Obama administration admitted in. Across the world there were 22.5 million refugees past year , according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Amazon introduced a bevy of new Echo devices today, but there's also a new product for folks looking for a new set-top box. Are you going to buy this new Amazon Fire TV? Alexa is now available by updating the Amazon Music app for iOS or Android.
Outside of the hall where the event was held, roughly 100 students and faculty members protested Sessions' presence on campus. But the freedom of every individual player is paramount under the Constitution, it's protected, and we have to protect it.
UKIP chooses Henry Bolton as new party leader
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Sri Lanka bat first against Pakistan as Haris Sohail debuts
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HSBC said it would cut up to 8,000 British jobs and rebrand its UK retail banking unit, which it could sell in response to new rules stating such businesses must be separate from investment banking in order to protect customers. HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver said on Tuesday that between 7,000 and 8,000 jobs, or about […]
HSBC said it would cut up to 8,000 British jobs and rebrand its UK retail banking unit, which it could sell in response to new rules stating such businesses must be separate from investment banking in order to protect customers.
HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver said on Tuesday that between 7,000 and 8,000 jobs, or about one in six of its staff, would be cut by “natural attrition.” He said staff turnover in the business was about 3,000 a year.
Industry sources have said the business, which is being relocated to Birmingham, central England, could be re-branded under the Midland banner and spun off.
Gulliver said the group could not make a decision on whether to keep the business until it knew whether regulators would allow HSBC to continue to have a say in its future strategy, such as dividend policy.
Britain’s financial regulator is continuing to consult with banks about the changes. Its rules requiring banks to separate their retail operations from riskier investment activities are due to be implemented on Jan. 1, 2019.
“We will need to see how the PRA (Prudential Regulation Authority) looks at the implementation of the legislation,” Gulliver told investors in a strategy update.
“The question for us will be around our ability to control the dividend coming from the ring-fenced bank and to make sure that the strategy of the ring-fenced bank is complimentary to the strategy of the group,” he said.
HSBC, whose other brands include First Direct and M&S Bank, said in March that it would base its British retail and commercial banking business in Birmingham in central England.
The group’s British roots stem from that city after it bought Midland Bank in 1992 and subsequently moved headquarters to London from Hong Kong in 1993.
Gulliver said the bank would consult with staff and customers over the next few months on the future name of the business. Midland has been seen as a front-runner, according to industry sources.
“We will operate with a different brand name. We haven’t decided what that brand name will be and we’re going to consult customers and our own staff over the next few months to decide what we might call this bank,” Gulliver said.
HSBC also set out 11 criteria it will use to evaluate whether to move its headquarters out of London to Asia, likely Hong Kong.
London mayor Boris Johnson urged the bank not to move.
“This is why I urge people not to bash banks. They are huge employers in our city,” he said on LBC radio.


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- Softbank posted a profit on its Vision Fund investment in the second quarter of the fiscal year, but posted another quarterly loss.
- The company attributed the Vision Fund gain to a gain on the sale of a stake in the chipmaker arm to a subsidiary of Softbank.
- This offsets the decline in the value of SoftBank’s investments in companies such as Chinese artificial intelligence firm Sentime.
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is pictured here during an earnings presentation in 2019.
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Softbank posted a profit on its Vision Fund investment in the second quarter of the fiscal year, but posted another quarterly loss.
Here’s how SoftBank did in the September quarter against LSEG estimates:
- Net sales: 1.67 trillion Japanese yen ($11 billion) vs. 1.6 trillion yen expected
- Net loss: 931.1 billion yen ($6.2 billion) vs. expected loss of 114.1 billion yen
In the first half of SoftBank’s fiscal year, it posted a loss of 1.41 trillion ($9.3 billion). That compares with a profit of 3 trillion yen in the same period last year. Softbank said the yen hurt the company as it has more US dollar-denominated loans.
SoftBank’s Vision Fund posted an investment gain of 21.3 billion yen, its second-quarter earnings. The company attributed the gain to the sale of a stake in the chip designer arm to a subsidiary of SoftBank.
This offset a decline in the value of SoftBank-invested companies such as Chinese artificial intelligence company Senstime.
SoftBank’s flagship technology investment arm had a tough time in the fiscal year ended in March. YEar, posted a loss of around $32 billion. The reason was a slump in tech stock prices and a sour decline in some of SoftBank’s bets in China.
In the June quarter, the Vision Fund posted its first investment gain in five consecutive quarters, again showing early signs of growth. This coincided with a recovery in tech stock prices.
Last year, SoftBank’s top founder Masayoshi Son indicated the company would go into “defense” mode, slowing its investment pace and becoming more cautious. In June, Sun flagged the switch to “crime” mode, expressing his excitement about the potential of artificial intelligence technology.
The chip designer arm went public in the US in the second quarter of SoftBank’s fiscal year. The company acquired Arm in 2016 for about $32 billion. Arm’s initial public offering was over $50 billion.
Arm On Wednesday reported its first set of results since its IPO, posting a year-over-year rise in revenue for the September quarter. However, the semiconductor company provided guidance for the December quarter that disappointed investors.
Correction: The title of this article has been updated to reflect this A quarterly loss of $6.2 billion.


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Wells Fargo customers experienced issues with accessing online or mobile banking as well as other banking services nationwide, after a fire happened at a bank data center in Minnesota. Wells Fargo on Thursday blamed the technical issues on smoke, which was “detected following routine maintenance.” It is unknown how many Wells Fargo customers have been impacted, but the fire at the unspecified location has caused reported outages to Wells Fargo’s mobile banking app as well as its online banking portal. Business news outlet CNBC reported that the incident happened at a data center in Minnesota at around 5 a.m. CST and was under control starting at 9 a.m. Twitter complaints about Wells Fargo being down were nationwide, particularly in the parts of the country where Wells has a large presence, like the South, California and the East Coast. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo is Minnesota’s second-largest bank by deposits. … [Read more...] about Fire in Minnesota data center hampers some Wells Fargo customer online accounts
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India Data Center Market Growth Forecast and Industry AnalysisAdoption of converged and hyper-converged infrastructure will add more revenues to the India data center market Large datacenter deployments will lead to the growth of DCIM solutions in the India data center market”— Harry, Sr ConsultantCHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The India data center market is expected to reach values of approximately $4 billion by 2024, growing at CAGR of around 9% during 2018-2024. The market research report also offers market share analysis in terms of power capacity (MW) and area (square feet). Major cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad are witnessing high investments of local and international operators in the Indian market. The increasing construction of hyperscale facilities with the power capacity of over 50 MW will fuel the need for innovative infrastructure in the market over the next few years.The India data center market is driven by … [Read more...] about Data Center Market in India
Redfin surprised a few people Friday afternoon when it filed for an initial public offering, but inside the standard boilerplate of risk factors was something even more surprising: Redfin’s entire site is hosted within a single Seattle data center. From the filing: Our website is hosted at a single facility in Seattle, Washington. We do not currently have a back-up web hosting facility in a different geographic area. Should this facility experience outages or downtimes for any reason, including a natural disaster or some other event, such as human error, fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, physical or electronic break-ins, terrorist attacks, acts of war, and similar events, we could suffer a significant interruption of our website and mobile application, which would harm our business. In addition, our website and mobile application could be interrupted even if this facility experiences temporary outages, which could also negatively affect our services and harm … [Read more...] about Why is Redfin running its site from a single data center without a backup facility?
Global Data Center Generator Market Analysis and OverviewThe global data center generator market is estimated to reach revenues of around $5 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of more than 5% during 2017-2023 Caterpillar, Cummins, Euro-Diesel, Generac Power System, Hitec Power Protection, KOHLER (SDMO), Rolls Royce Power , Systems AG (MTU On Site Energy), Yanmar Group (HIMOINSA) are the leading players.”— Harry, Sr ConsultantCHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, January 8, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Arizton's market report offers analysis on market size & forecast, market share, industry trends, growth drivers, and vendor analysis. The market research report on global data center generator market offers market share analysis in terms of power capacity (MW) during the forecast period. The market study also includes insights on segmentation by generator capacity (<1 MW, 1MW – 2MW, and >2MW), by systems (diesel generators and DRUPS systems), by tier standards (Tier I … [Read more...] about Data Center Generator Market
What just happened? Locations of Amazon's hidden data centers have been put on full display by Wikileaks. Being the only cloud provider authorized to store classified government data, Amazon has been very careful of not disclosing where or how exactly it runs its operations. As the largest provider of cloud services, Amazon currently operates around 34 percent of the world's cloud infrastructure. Oddly enough though, you will not see too many data centers with Amazon branding on them. Playing host to both classified and unclassified government data, Amazon discloses as little as possible about where their hardware is and how it all integrates. Until now, only a small number of data centers have been confirmed to have ties to Amazon Web Services. Wikileaks has decided to publish the addresses and select operating details for over one hundred data centers. A documented entitled Amazon Atlas dates back to 2015 showing locations that span fifteen cities across nine countries. Instead of … [Read more...] about Wikileaks dumps Amazon data center locations for all to see


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Ford Motor Co. claimed it was the best-selling automaker in the U.S. for the third consecutive month in November, a streak it hasn't achieved since 1974, as it reported a 5.9% year-over-year sales boost for the month.
The Dearborn automaker on Thursday said it sold 158,793 vehicles in the U.S. last month, with gains across its key segments. Truck sales were up 4.6%, SUV sales grew 20.8% and sales of Ford's burgeoning lineup of all-electric and hybrid vehicles increased 153.6% over last November.
"On the strength of Mustang Mach-E, Ford delivered record electrified vehicle sales, growing more than three times faster than the overall segment," Andrew Frick, Ford's vice president of sales for the U.S. and Canada, said in a statement. "Retail sales were up 4.5% over a year ago, with SUVs having a best-ever November sales performance on record sales of our all-new Bronco family. We expect growth to continue, thanks to adding an additional 74,000 new vehicle orders in November."
Overall, the industry saw something of a slump in November amid the lingering semiconductor chip shortage that has constrained new-vehicle inventories. Cox Automotive reported that last's sales month pace of approximately 13 million was "significantly lower" than November 2020's pace of 15.9 million sales.
"The chip shortage continues to constrain new-vehicle availability, and this November was no exception. The market is very uneven right now, with some brands, and products, facing greater shortage than others, notably Toyota and Subaru, which reported significant sales drops last month due to tight inventory," Cox said in an update Thursday.
"Meanwhile, Ford inventory has improved since summer, and with the new Bronco in market now and a better supply of pickups, including the new Maverick, the Blue Oval soundly beat the industry average last month and delivered a year-over-year sales increase. It's a market of haves and have-nots."
Ford's share of the electrified vehicle market grew to 10%, up from 5.4% last year, according to the automaker. Overall, it sold 11,116 electrified vehicles, attributing the boost to strong sales of Mach-E, its first all-electric vehicle, and the hybrid version of the F-150 pickup, which had 4,767 sales.
With General Motors Co. extending downtime at its Chevrolet Bolt plant in Oakland County into next year, Ford Motor Co.'s electric vehicles are poised to outsell GM's for 2021, depending on how December shakes out.
Although Tesla Inc. and Volkswagen AG remain the top two sellers of electric vehicles in the United States, GM and Ford are revving to be market leaders, they say.
GM on Thursday said it notified the 1,181 employees at its assembly plant in Lake Orion that it will extend downtime there through the week of Jan. 24 "to continue prioritizing recall repairs," spokesman Dan Flores said in a statement. Production halted the week of Aug. 23 when the Detroit automaker recalled every Bolt ever produced for a defect in the LG Energy Solution-produced batteries that had a potential for fire risk. It previously said production would be down through December.


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Sony Corp. is planning a digital event to showcase games for its next-generation PlayStation 5 that may take place as early as next week, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The virtual event could be held June 3, though some people also cautioned that plans have been in flux and that the date may change. Other PlayStation 5 events may follow in the coming weeks and months, and Sony is not expected to reveal every essential detail on the console during its first presentation.
A Sony spokesperson declined to comment.
The Japanese tech giant has only let out a trickle of information on the PlayStation 5, which the company says is still planned for release this holiday season, despite the Covid-19 pandemic that has damped its promotional plans. Fans have been eager to hear about the lineup of video games that will launch alongside the console and those that will be revealed later.
Sony’s biggest rival, Microsoft Corp., has put out regular streams and updates about the upcoming Xbox Series X, which is also planned for release this fall. Most video game publishers’ announcement plans have been disrupted by the pandemic, which has led many to replace planned live press conferences with pre-recorded presentations.


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Sweet, spicy and savory flavors team up in this week’s Health-e-Recipe for Sesame Salmon.
Salmon ranks high among fish with the most omega-3 fatty acids, healthy fats found to be heart healthy. Omega-3s are also being studied for their potential to prevent breast cancer, making this recipe timely for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Albacore tuna, sardines and trout also have plenty of omega-3s, as do walnuts and leafy greens.
Wild-caught Pacific salmon is a good choice and rated on seafood watch lists to be among the least likely to contain toxins from pollutants. In this recipe, we add fresh ginger and garlic – both rich in anti-inflammatory and cancer-fighting phytochemicals. Sesame seeds, too, contain healthy monounsaturated fats.
Good pairings for this delicious entrée are carrots sliced into match-stick pieces and steamed snow peas or spinach.
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The research is pretty clear that staying a healthy weight lowers postmenopausal women’s risk of breast cancer. Now a new study suggests that regularly eating a diet high in the foods that help you stay at that healthy weight – fruits, vegetables and other plant foods – may by itself lower risk of breast cancer.
The link to lower risk was most pronounced for tumors that are not fueled by hormones. These breast cancers are less common, but more challenging to treat.
The study was published yesterday in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Going into the study, researchers looked to get away from individual foods and nutrients and focus on dietary pattern, which looks at the overall types of foods we regularly eat. Almost 100,000 women answered questionnaires about what they ate, along with genetic and other risk factors. Five dietary patterns emerged:
1) plant based: lots of fruits and vegetables
2) high-protein, high-fat: lots of meat, eggs, butter and fried foods
3) high carbohydrate: lots of pasta, bread and convenience foods
4) ethnic: lots of legumes, soy-based foods, rice and dark green leafy vegetables
5) salad and wine: high in lettuce with low-fat dressing, fish, wine, coffee and tea Continue reading
Research already shows that physical activity reduces the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Now a new study attempting to better understand this link has found that walking for an hour a day reduces a woman’s risk, regardless of your weight, estrogen use or other factors linked with increased risk.
The study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
As previous research has shown, this study found that more activity offers more protection for postmenopausal breast cancer.
For the study, researchers gathered data from almost 74,000 women who were ages 50 to 74 when they enrolled 19 to 20 years ago. At the start, the women answered questions about their activity habits, weight, hormone use and other risk factors. They updated the information periodically until the study ended in 2009. By that time, 4,760 women were diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Liquid-based server cooling package released locally
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IT infrastructure provider, Rittal, has announced the availability of its Liquid Cooling Package (LCP) Plus in the Australian market.
Ideal for high density server environments, LCP Plus was released yesterday.
Used for liquid-based server cooling, LCP Plus provides consistent and even distribution of chilled air in front of the 19" level, high airflow rates to meet data centre standards and provision for a cooling performance of up to 30 kW.
The LCP also possesses its own regulation system, which can be integrated into a monitoring network via a Computer Multi Control Top Concept (CMC-TC).
Users benefit from comprehensive safety features and remote access over an IP network.
Local customers include the NSW Department of Commerce and the Department of Defence.
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"Cooling and energy efficiency solutions such as this LCP will continue to form a pivotal part in our product strategy which also includes rack, power, security, monitoring and remote management," Roberts said.
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Apple has seemingly confirmed the longstanding rumours of a new iPhone and iPad coming this month. The company will be hosting a press event on March 21 where it is expected to unveil new hardware and software updates as it refreshes its products.
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A report has claimed that Apple's iPad Mini 4 will be a substantial upgrade over the Mini 3 and will be based around the Air 2. It also reveals that Apple could be working on three different iPad lines this year across the Mini, Air and upcoming Pro.
Facebook is apparently working on creating its own digital assistant. Unlike Siri, Cortana or anything else, "Moneypenny" will not be focused on productivity but rather something else entirely: shopping.
Apple may be gearing up to refresh its ageing iPod line-up early next week. The Shuffle, Nano and Touch are all set for an update and re-release in new colours with the Touch getting improved hardware and support for the Apple Music streaming service.
Recently there has been another outburst of silliness from the 'birther' crowd, some of whom suspect, others of whom insist, that Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii and is not eligible to be President of the United States. What is behind this?
What happens when a drug den is operating in your neighbourhood? The rumour mill may be going strong but where are the police? The police aren't often hanging out on the street so they may be completely unaware of the problem.


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Have you been to Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur recently? What are your impressions?
Bukit Bintang is well-known as one of the favorite shopping and entertainment spots in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley. Any tourist that comes to Malaysia would first like to visit or walk around at this famous touristic area.
However, the beauty of Bukit Bintang as a whole has been “smashed” when you go along the road nearby. The places all along the road have become the “dirtiest” with a lot of trash, beggars and homeless people.
Many prostitutes are seen roaming around in front of massage shops and cheap hotels along the road. Many immigrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and China along with hundreds of jobless Arabs and African men were seen hanging around especially in the evening near Bukt Bintang area and Jalan Alor nearby.
The ugliest and most disappointing scene which Malaysia World News (MWN) reporter saw was the rubbish scattering all over the place near Bukit Bintang and at Jalan Alor while rows of beggars with children were seen begging from the tourists.
A taxi driver commented that “Bukit Bintang is no longer as it was before; even the food there is no longer cheap nor delicious.”
“We tried to sit and eat at the atmospheric air-conditioned seafood restaurant and hawker stall, but to our disappointment the food there is so expensive and yet not tasty,” similarly said a tourist. –Malaysia World News


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Some things unique to Costco have disappeared from warehouses amid the pandemic. Though COVID-19 vaccination centers are popping up, photo centers are gone for good. And while food courts are still open inside each warehouse, there’s no seating and smaller offerings. (Thankfully, Costco’s Beloved Food Samples are Back—But With a Major Twist.)
Good news: More items are finally coming back to the menu! Without further ado, here are five things returning to Costco food courts soon. And to find out what you shouldn’t buy in the warehouse itself, don’t miss the Costco Foods You Should Always Avoid, According to Nutritionists.
There are few things better than a fresh cone or cup of ice cream from the Costco food court to celebrate a successful shopping trip, and we haven’t been able to taste a victory as sweet as this in while. Thankfully, it’s one of the items making a comeback soon, according to CNN.


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What you need to know
- Samsung recently rolled out the One UI 5 beta to the Galaxy S22 series, issuing two updates for users that want to try the software out.
- The company has extended the beta to the Galaxy S21 series, starting with users in South Korea and the U.K.
- The beta includes a number of enhancements and new features that users can expect in the stable build.
- Samsung is expected to launch stable One UI 5 later this year, along with other Android OEMs.
It's only been a few weeks since Samsung launched the One UI 5 (Android 13) beta for its flagship Galaxy S22 series. However, reports indicate that the company is already extending the beta program to Galaxy S21 owners in some countries.
This update gives users a taste of Android 13 and includes a bevy of features and enhancements for Samsung devices. That includes a tweaked notification shade, an expanded color pallet for UI theming, per-app language settings and notification permissions, improvements for privacy, security, and accessibility, and much more.
A second beta build was recently launched for the Galaxy S22 series with additional features such as a smart suggestions widget. This also kicked off the program in the U.K. and India for the S22 series. It's expected that there shouldn't be much difference in software between the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S22, so users can likely expect a similar experience.
According to SamMobile, the U.K. update features build G99xBXXU5ZVHE and comes in at nearly 2GB. Knowing Samsung, the program should extend to other regions shortly.
To enroll in the beta, open the Samsung Members app and find the associated banner or navigate to the Notices section (bell icon). After registering your device, head over to the software update section in the phone settings, and the update should be waiting for you.
Keep in mind that this is beta software, so there are likely to be bugs. It's not exactly recommended that you install the beta on your daily driver, so try at your own risk.
Stable Android 13 is expected to start arriving on Galaxy smartphones later this year, but until then, we expect Samsung will expand its beta program to more of its best Android phones in the coming weeks.
The Galaxy S22 is Samsung's latest standard flagship, offering a simple design, great specs, and very capable cameras. It comes in several different colorways, including the new Bora Purple, and is among the first Galaxy phones to have access to the Android 13 beta.
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At the Ecommerce Club London Working Lunch on 28th March: New Trends in Search Marketing: Successes and failures we had some great discussions, lead by Andy Headington, CEO of ADIDO, who talked us through new marketing trends, and new ideas for increasing ROI.
An increasing number of overseas consumers searched for UK retailers in the last three months of 2016, according to the latest BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor.
Snapchat has just revealed universal search in a redesign – addressing one of the biggest challenges for users, building a following.
Google is expanding its search and advertising businesses, with the announcement of a series of hardware and software applications that will help the search giant build out its services for brand.
Google is launching an interactive experience In fashion and home decoration, allowing consumers to ‘shop the look’.
eBay.co.uk and Amazon.co.uk continue to lead the top 25 online retailers, with the majority of traffic still coming from mobile (with 2.5 per cent coming from social) and Google remaining the most popular search engine.
The latest figures from the BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor Q1 2016 show total retail search volumes grew 52 per cent in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter a year ago.
GWI’s cross-device data on internet behaviors shows that using a search engine is still the most popular online activity; some 92 per cent reported doing this in Q4 2015, with the figures remaining high across all age, gender, income and region breaks.
Following its recent separation from eBay, eBay Enterprise Marketing Solutions announced the acquisition of performance digital agency Digital Net Agency.
Pinterest has launched visual search, allowing its users to highlight images and search for similar styles and colours in pictures and pins.


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Bitcoin has been tagged the 8th wonder of the world, and many people were caught off-guard by the rise of this cryptocurrency. What would you say of any commodity, asset, or innovation that turned $56,000 investment into $1,100,000 in 12 months? To think this happened to many people in 2017 is almost unbelievable.
The rise of crypto billionaires and millionaires in the past year is all attributable to the debut made by cryptos in world markets. As might be expected, the initial shock to the system of established global framework led to resentment. As the aura of Bitcoin failed to fade, many global finance players, like Goldman Sachs, joined the party.
The concerns raised by all and sundry were not completely unfounded as some salient points came to the fore. Many wondered if this was another Golden Tulip bubble or a Ponzi scheme that was well packaged. Since Bitcoin challenged the status quo of global finance, it was expected that sparks would fly.
As the Bitcoin price surge continued towards the end of 2017, many institutions thought of it as a business threat. Other better-discerning stakeholders have found a way to accommodate the rise of Bitcoin in their business strategy. Here are a few pointers that explain why Bitcoin passes the fraud test:
Bitcoin runs on a protocol that is decentralized. In simple words, anyone on earth can access it without hidden layers. The very first publication on Bitcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto was submitted to the community of cryptography researchers for their input.
Before anything can be branded a fraud, it means the concept underlying it cannot be easily understood. By extension, a semblance of esoteric insight has to be at play. Here is what a fraud actually means:
“Act or course of deception, an intentional concealment, omission, or perversion of truth, to:
(1) Gain unlawful or unfair advantage,
(2) Induce another to part with some valuable item or surrender a legal right, or
(3) Inflict injury in some manner. Willful fraud is a criminal offense which calls for severe penalties, and its prosecution and punishment (like that of a murder) is not bound by the statute of limitations.”- Businessdictionary
Bitcoin passes the economic and financial intellectual test of what constitutes a fraud from the above definition. There is no concealment as to what has to be done for Bitcoin to be mined. The processes are stated, and the governing protocols are subject to public scrutiny without a shadow of a doubt.
The initial doubts and uproar that assailed Bitcoin as the market price hit new highs were traceable to identifiable parties. Business interests lay at the heart of the fiery storm that arose around the globe. Many institutions feared the following and the public had no idea of these motivations:
- Loss of market
- Eroded selling points
- A shift in consumer focus
- Loss of control over a sphere of influence
- Inadequate capacity to accommodate change, etc.
It is clear that the decentralization of input and processing of the Blockchain is paradoxical for any fraudulent intent.
It is Reducible for Transaction Purposes
Bitcoin is reducible for transaction measurement, and no one would say at any time that there was a loss of value due to irreducibility. If a transaction has a value of 0.0000005BTC, you can be sure that the Blockchain recognizes it for processing purposes. Relative to fiat money, Bitcoin value is a reflection of market forces.
Such clear and predictable transaction support shows there was no fraudulent intent built into the Bitcoin algorithm. No matter how big or small the transaction value is, it can be correctly computed and accommodated for processing. Clearly, far more recognition needs to be given to Bitcoin than what exists at present.
Many fiat currencies used around the globe are pegged at the divisibility by 100, and this means that you can have 1 cent, 10 cents, and 100 cents. There is no currency that has less than 1 cent in use in everyday life. Bitcoin presents the smallest divisible amount possible that makes it more flexible than fiat money.
It is Limited in Supply
Unless a change in algorithm occurs for Bitcoin at some point, the supply is fixed at 21,000,000 as shown in this coinmarketcap image:
The clear and concise data that is made available by the Bitcoin community removes any fraud coloration. Any interested party in the workings of Bitcoin can follow technical updates and protocol update suggestions on the GitHub page.
There are no underhand dealings that can be pointed at when it comes to evaluating how Bitcoin works. Criticism and highlighting of the shortcomings of Bitcoin have been an ongoing debate that is open-source driven. Even Central Banks fail to let the public in when policies are debated for implementation.
It Provides Real-Life Use Cases
The relevance of Bitcoin would have been a basis to see it as a fraud if it had no real-life uses. The Bitcoin Blockchain gave the world the first insight on how the Blockchain works. Far from becoming a single-use innovation, the world is now alive to the reality of the Blockchain innovation.
Bitcoin demonstrated the capacity to become a global medium of exchange beyond national boundaries. Today, a Tokyo merchant can exchange services or goods with a buyer in South America without a foreign exchange conversion angle. As Bitcoin has proven to be convertible, widely accepted and durable, its utility has grown.
Today, many interest groups are reviewing what they can do with Bitcoin, and there is no end to this just yet.
It is Evolving
Rather than crumbling under the fraud slur, Bitcoin is evolving at least to modest expectations. There are several fronts of approach to improve its efficiency and usage. The global Tech powerhouse, Microsoft recently validated a protocol that can improve Bitcoin’s transaction efficiency.
There is no way that Tech giants would lend their name to a fraud knowing that their corporate image could plummet. From logical reasoning, the Bitcoin revolution offers more pluses for humanity than minuses. This standpoint points out that Bitcoin is misunderstood in several segments of society.
As long as interest groups feel threatened by an innovation, there would be slurs, calumny campaigns, and outright prejudice. “Truth can be covered but not for long” according to a sage.
It is Community-Driven
Bitcoin is community-driven, and this fact is in the public glare. There is not an individual that can be said to have the fortunes of Bitcoin tied to personal whims. The lead innovator of Bitcoin known as Satoshi gave up the cryptocurrency and its governance long ago to make it objective.
Building Bitcoin into such a community-driven platform was as a result of the foresight of its innovators. There is no way to easily defeat a community if they are not building on a fraud. This is what the story of Bitcoin shows to date.
One of the criticisms against Bitcoin has been the rigidity of rule-change or amendments to its protocols. The model of its governance shows that consensus will always precede any changes that will be made to its algorithm. This measure itself is a guard against fraud in the operations or modification of how Bitcoin works.
It is Wrapped in Transparency
The transparency of Bitcoin is mind-blowing. While in its early days some regulators pointed to it as a function of the dark web, it is now clear that it is not. All transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain can be seen publicly.
When individuals open Bitcoin accounts there is a digital signature that points to who owns what and the origins of each Bitcoin wallet address. The clarification that Bitcoin is not anonymous in function and design has gradually rolled away the allegations of anonymity against it.
Some supporters of Bitcoin have pointed out of late that national currencies have values that are determined by fiat. Bitcoin has a value that is subject to the laws of demand and supply. In effect, Bitcoin is more transparent relative to fiat money. As the mechanism of Bitcoin is understood, many people are able to see it as transparent.
The Bitcoin Blockchain is Auditable
Before anything can be audited, it means there must be records to work with. The vital inputs, outputs, and outcomes have to be available along with their component units for a review to be done. Bitcoin passes the audit test as every transaction chain persists on the Blockchain.
The audibility of Bitcoin and its Blockchain is a huge plus that its proponents can point at when necessary. Despite the scope of Bitcoin transactions carried out, the unique identity that underlies every transaction promotes its integrity.
The hash which results when a transaction is completed is evidence of a process that adhered to a logical procedure. In other words, how the hash resulted, its initiation, and all contributory parties can be easily identified on the Blockchain.
Our world is witnessing an explosion of changes in the digital sphere that is clearly exponential. Bitcoin represents an era of modern-day innovation that is transparent and evolving for the good of mankind. Bitcoin is certainly not the greatest fraud of the 21st century!
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Samsung revamped its User Interface with the launch of its new One UI and it was incorporated in various Galaxy smartphone models launched in 2019 and later, Samsung also introduced One UI in its smartwatch lineup. Now, new reports suggest that Samsung will introduce One UI 2.0 with Android Q and the unannounced Galaxy S11 smartphone will get One UI 2.1 update.
Samsung’s One UI 2.0 which is set to make its debut with Android Q update comes after One UI 1.0 which debuted with Android Pie and One UI 1.1 which was introduced with the Galaxy S10 Series. While there is not much information regarding the new features that One UI 2.0 will bring, it is expected to include Digital Wellbeing improvements that Google announced at the I/O 2019 earlier this year.
The update is also expected to include Live Caption feature, Smart Reply for notifications, Focus mode which is designed to help users focus without distraction and other core Android Q features.
Samsung Galaxy S11 is said to debut with One UI 2.1 update and the company is expected to launch Android Q update soon and might also add more features to the One UI 2.0. We should know more information in the coming months.


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Toyota To Increase Tacoma Production
With the mid-size pickup truck segment being reinvigorated by new entries, including the Chevrolet Colorado, Toyota announced that it plans to increase Tacoma production by 60,000 units in 2018. That would allow the brand to reaffirm the model's place in the sales race, while bringing the fight to the two leading entries in the mid-size pickup truck segment: The Chevrolet Colorado and the GMC Canyon.
The increase in production will take place at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC) plant. Currently the plant produces about 100,000 Tacomas and truck beds each year, which means that this initiative will represent a 60% percent increase in overall productivity at the facility. Toyota has come up with several ways to meet this goal; they announced that the hiring of 400 additional employees for the site, as well as an investment of $150 million into an expansion for the plant for the additional equipment and materials that will be needed.
"Demand for trucks has grown exponentially," Jim Lentz, CEO for Toyota Motor North America, said. "By leveraging our manufacturing facility's availability and expertise, we can be nimbler and better adjust to marketing needs in a just-in-time manner. We appreciate the efforts of our team members in San Antonio and Baja California plants who continue to deliver not only more volume for our dealers and customers, but the highest quality trucks day in and day out."
In addition to meeting the overall increase in demand, this measure could be a broader play designed to try and steal sales away from the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. Before the arrival of these two models, the segment was relatively small with the Tacoma and the Nissan Frontier having the sales pie largely to themselves. Since then, the Tacoma has lost ground to the Colorado and is gradually being left in the dust by the technology and engine options that the Colorado offers to prospective buyers. This can be seen in its sales figures, with Toyota selling nearly 127,000 Tacomas to buyers in the United States. While this is an impressive figure, long term success against the Colorado required more inventory to be pumped out of the plants, which in turn could allow the truck to slowly regain the initiative against its American rivals. Production is split between TMMBC and the company's main truck plant, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX), in San Antonio, with the latter plant also being responsible for production of the bigger Tundra half-ton pickup truck.
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NEW YORK — The last time Sony and Microsoft came out with new video game consoles, there was no iPad, the iPhone was months away and “FarmVille” and “Angry Birds” had yet to be conjured up.
The PlayStation 4, which launches Friday, and the Xbox One, which goes on sale next week, face a much-changed gaming and entertainment landscape than their predecessors. As Sony and Microsoft spar this holiday season over who has the brawnier machine and more enticing online features, hardcore gamers are all but certain to fall for the shiny, powerful new consoles. But what's less clear is how the gadgets will compete for the attention of people who now look to their tablets, smartphones and other devices for entertainment.
“It's turning out that these consoles, in fighting each other for the love of the hardcore gamer, run the risk of failing to capture people in their homes,” says James McQuivey, an analyst with Forrester Research.
Both Microsoft and Sony position their gaming systems as entertainment devices meant to take over the living room. The Xbox 360 started streaming movies from Netflix in 2008 and the PlayStation 3, which already served as a Blu-ray player, soon followed, along with a bevy of other entertainment options. Experts wondered whether gaming systems would soon replace cable set-top boxes.
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I have written before about the trash that washes up on our beaches continuously out at Glover’s Reef. It’s endless. There are times of year when it’s worse, but not only does it wash up daily, but the overall volume has definitely increased as the years have progressed. We have been based out of Glover’s Reef since 1991 (!)
We pay people to pick it up, we con our guests (particularly when there’s a trip with lots of kids) to help pick it up by staging big competitions (with fabulous prizes, of course). After the award ceremony, I always give a little speech about the health of the oceans, and suggest everyone might choose to not buy bottled water, or get food in plastic take out containers.
One thing I never think to mention is the single use grocery bag. They are particularly harmful to sea creatures, and get tangled up in the coral, harming them also. I just came across this article that has made my day. Three months ago California banned the use of these bags! Statewide!!! California is the first state in the U.S. to ban single-use plastic shopping bags.
What great news! It’s a tiny part of the world, and won’t likely affect our island way down in Belize…. but it’s a start. Here’s a fervent hope that other states and also other nations follow.


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The Mac Mini Is Three Years Old ⇥ macstadium.com
It’s been three years since the current Mac mini was released on Oct 16, 2014. “All About That Bass” was the number one song in the land. Four hundred million humans have been born since that day and have never known a new Mac mini. My daughter is one of them. She already walks and talks and just moved to her big-girl bed. Three years is a long time.
It’s a very long time. At the time that Stucki published this post — on Monday, the third birthday of the current-generation Mac Mini — the last we had heard about the product came from Phil Schiller at the Mac Pro press briefing in April:
The Mac Mini remains a product in our lineup, but nothing more to say about it today.
Yesterday, though, Tim Cook responded to a MacRumors reader’s email:
While it is not time to share any details, we do plan for Mac mini to be an important part of our product line going forward.
That statement isn’t entirely confidence-inspiring for me. I don’t think Cook is lying or exaggerating the role that he feels the Mac Mini may have in the future, but it’s such a vague remark for a product in such dire need of an update. The best you can say about his reply is that it’s an admission that the Mini isn’t dead.
The Mac lineup — particularly the desktop Mac lineup — feels stagnant. It feels like they’re stuck in a place where they want to re-envision those products but haven’t been able to deliver those updates in a timely fashion. What I don’t understand is their inability or reluctance to ship spec bump updates on a regular basis: prior to this summer’s iMac update, its most recent update shipped in October 2015; prior to the October 2014 Mac Mini update, its most recent was in 2012.
Spec bumps are not as splashy or as exciting as introducing a new model; they don’t afford Apple the opportunity to think about ways that the product could change to better meet customers’ needs. But, over the past few years, you’ve likely noticed a growing concern across the web that Apple doesn’t care about the Mac any more. I doubt that sentiment would be as significant or as pervasive if Apple were providing spec bump updates along the way.
Also, for what it’s worth, I think it’s difficult to justify charging the as-new price on a Mac that hasn’t been updated in three years. Not from a sales perspective, mind you, but from an ethics perspective — Macs aren’t houses, for example, and 2014 was a long time ago in technology terms.