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A Coral Gables-based company picked up a shopping center in Weston for $15.3 million, according to Broward County records.
Insumus Ferroviaros Inferca sold the nearly 5-acre site at 2210-2281 Weston Road to Waterway Ventures.
Tenants of Waterway Shoppes include International Finance Bank, Mallardi’s Tuscan Grill and Offerdahl’s Cafe Grill. The property last sold in November 2013 for an undisclosed amount, according to Broward County property records. It was built in 1999.
The buyer is tied to Fondo Atlas, an LLC that lists Jose Torbay and Dylan Fonseca as registered agents. Torbay was also listed as part of new ownership of a Coral Springs shopping center that sold for $27 million in February.
Principal Global Investors granted the buyer a $10.4 million mortgage, records show.
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Football fever is incomparable with any other sports in the matter of fan following around the world. With the kickstart of coming FIFA Football world cup on 14 June, fans are buckling up to make themselves prepare for one of the biggest sports events in the world. But an Indian couple even in their advanced years with age of 85 years and 76 years is giving complex to Football lovers around the world.
Couple Panalal Chatterjee (85) and Chetali Chatterjee (76) from Kolkata is planning to visit Russia in upcoming days. Both the people have gone through a tough time to maintain their passion for the football and watch the Football world cup from stands. To enjoy the live matches of FIFA world cup this couple cut down its personal expenditure in order to save money for buying tickets.
The first live match attended by this couple was of Spain World cup in 1982 and since then it became a passion for both of them. Before this, they used to watch the black and white telecast of the matches on their television. But they wanted to experience the live match of Football and the followed their dream. In an interview given to FIFA.com by the couple has said: “ After watching the brilliant performance by Diego Maradona during 1986 world cup, he felt like that he has God hand in front of my eye”.
According to the reports, This couple doesn’t have enough money to buy more than 3 tickets of live matches of FIFA world cup for which they have appealed to FIFA officials. However, they have not responded to the request yet.
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Smartphone manufacturer HTC may soon introduce a Smart Personal Assistant, like iPhone 4S’s Siri, for its Google Android running One series smartphones.
HTC teased about a ‘Top Secret’ project feature via its official account on the popular micro-blogging service – Twitter and Facebook. Though no details about the project is now available, but from the picture it can be guessed that HTC is talking about a voice assistant application.
Several clones of the Apple Siri’s voice recognition and virtual assistant service exist in the Google Play Store. But the handset makers are driven to create and offer a virtual digital assistant for their product.
Recently, LG introduced Quick Voice after Samsung announced the S-Voice feature with the Galaxy S III. All these voice commands driven personal virtual assistant services are set to compete with the Apple Siri.
Interestingly, the teaser came out just few days before the Google I/O Conference where Google is expected to show its self developed – Project Majel aka Assistant. Google has invested and enough research resources on natural language processing for the Project Majel. It would be interesting to see the arrival of HTC’s voice assistant service just alongside Google’s Assistant service.


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PARIS — Première Vision has good news for Europe’s top textile mills: Expect twice as many Americans this season when the show opens at the Villepinte exhibition halls just north of here.
“The number of preregistered Americans has literally exploded,” said Daniel Faure, who runs the event, Sept. 21-24. “I’m talking about an increase of 50 percent or more.”
With more English visitors also pre-registered, Faure said the season is shaping up swimmingly for Europe’s luxury textile industry. That’s a positive for European textile mills coping with increased competition from China and a strong euro.
“Europe’s textile industry may be hurting,” said Faure. “But those that remain are fighting like champions.”
To wit: Faure said the 35,000 buyers who visit PV would witness their creative resilience. “Wool weavers are particularly strong. There are wonderful tweeds. Sportswear mills have made incredible efforts. Products we’ve received to exhibit in the trend forum are remarkable.”
Faure reckons the increase in American visitors underscores a need for more special products.
“Retailers need more fashion, more fantasy, more difference,” he said. “When so much of the product mix is the same and so inexpensive, they can’t find any margins. They need something different, something special to boost the bottom line.
“The economy must also be getting better.”
In any case, PV is ready to accommodate visitors in style, with streamlined trend forums, clearer maps and an army of hostesses to answer questions. There will be a special exhibition of extraordinary fabrics, from the past to today. Twenty-five new mills will be on hand, bringing the total number of exhibitors to 727.
Meanwhile, Faure lauded recent synergies created between the concurrent textile and trimmings fairs at Villepinte: Indigo, Mod ’Amont and Expofil. “It’s a full panorama,” he said.
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The Bears have announced ticket prices for the 2013 season. Invoices are scheduled to be sent to season ticket holders beginning Wednesday with full payment due by Friday, April 5.
Price increases range from $3 to $10 for 90 percent of the seating bowl, with some United Club seats remaining flat. Lower-level mid-field seating price increases range from $15 to $30. The overall average increase for 2013 season tickets is 4.2 percent.
Non-club season ticket prices now range from $79 to $165 and account for approximately 85 percent of the seating at Soldier Field. United Club season tickets range from $265 to $540. Season ticket holders will continue to see a $25 per game savings for each regular season ticket as compared to the individual game price.
Season ticket holders have the option to make their payment online with a MasterCard (preferred card of the Chicago Bears), Visa or Discover credit card. Payments made by check will continue to be accepted as well. Season ticket holders can log into their account and utilize the online payment option on ChicagoBears.com.
The Bears' 2013 home schedule consists of games against the Lions, Packers, Vikings, Ravens, Bengals, Saints, Cowboys and Giants.


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Microsoft's top man in the UK, Neil Thompson, has said he reckons 3D gaming is too expensive and won't become mass market for some time yet.
According to After Dawn (opens in new tab), the exec whose company is just about the only gaming big hitter not to jump the 3D bandwagon yet, said: "If you look at the costs of entry into the living room and when that's going to become mass-market, we think the offering with Kinect and the natural user-interface we're bringing, that's a more compelling proposition for consumers over the coming years than maybe looking at 3D at this point."
Microsoft, which is rapidly developing a reputation for not exactly having its finger on the pulse of current trends (opens in new tab) in technology, might want to take a look at a recent survey (opens in new tab) conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association which would seem to suggest otherwise.
A poll conducted by the industry outfit found that, although interest in 3D gaming is strongest among early adopters and gaming enthusiasts, it also extends to the casual video game player as well.
Among avid game-players, 31 per cent said thay would be buying a 3D console within the next year and 27 per cent would be investing in a 3D capable display of some sort.
"The introduction of 3D into the gaming arena has the potential to reinvigorate the gaming market by adding greater realism and fostering a more social gaming experience," said Ben Arnold, CEA’s senior research analyst. "As interest grows and consumers become more comfortable with the technology, 3D is poised to become the preferred format for many gamers."
The research did, however, partially support Thompson's opinion with more than 60 per cent of respondents saying that the cost of 3D games, devices and accessories would be a major obstacle to the uptake of the technology among casual gamers.


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Fujitsu Technology Solutions has named European bank UniCredit as the first major customer for its PalmSecure authentication system, which is on display at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, this week.
Sony will sell off its holdings in mobile game firm DeNA for about US$440 million, the latest in a string of deals that could boost its bid for a profitable year.
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has laid out a new strategic and thematic direction for his company, saying that its goal will now be to help clients become "customer companies," with the end result being greater success.
In a 2012 customer survey conducted by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), 70 percent of respondents said they do not have a formal risk-appetite approach in place. "Seventeen percent said they have something in place that is actually working," conf...
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New legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators would nearly double the number of H-1B visas that companies can get each year to hire foreign high-skill workers, including technology employees.
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Jack’s Pets is ready to demolish an old Pizza Hut to make way for a new retail store in Beavercreek.
The Beavercreek Township-based pet supply retailer ground leased the land that houses a 2,200-square-foot building and plans to build a 5,000-square-foot building in its place at 3201 Dayton Xenia Road.
The company applied for a building permit, estimating the cost would be $500,000 to rebuild the new space in the Kroger Marketplace shopping center, according to the permit.
Scott Brenner, president of Jack’s Pets, said the new store should open in the spring.
Jack’s Pets, which operates online as Petsolutions.com, also is in the process of adding 30,000 square feet to its headquarters.
The current headquarters, located at 802 N. Orchard Lane, occupies 65,000 square feet. The office and warehouse expansion would make room for an additional 20 to 25 employees, growing the team to about 100 employees, Brenner said.
Jack’s Pets has 28 stores in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
This year the company opened two stores in Cincinnati, one in northern Kentucky and two in Columbus.
Brenner said the company has experienced double digit revenue growth over the past few years from its retail and e-commerce operations.
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In a further attempt to ensure that its transition from Ethereum blockchain is seamless, the renowned Tron Foundation has again burnt another set of tokens valued at 4,917,487,036.059613 TRX. These represent the former ERC20 which it previously used before changing to its current mainnet. This burning is necessary to avert possible confusion and ensures all Tronics migrate to the new mainnet.
ERC20 Tokens burning is The Fifth Time
It is on records that this current ERC20 tokens burning are the fifth of such. The latest mainnet of Tron which it is seeking to migrate fully to was commenced June 25, 2018. To this effect, new TRX were put in place which is usable on the new mainnet.
While producing new tokens, the Foundation has not stopped destroying old ones. And in doing these, a lot of public notices were released by the foundation to inform the public. In fact, Tron Foundation released in one of its blog posts that:
Currently, TRON mainnet runs smoothly, there are 1058 nodes around the world, block height: 2309162 (As of 18:45, September 12, SGT), token migration is still in progress, meanwhile TRON will keep Tronics informed, thank you for your support.
Tron’s Prices Go Up After Burn
Just some days after it burnt its old tokens, Tron’s coin has gained some 8.73% growth as it now sells at 0.020384. This gain in price has assisted Tron’s market capitalization to increase to $1.3 billion. As such, the blockchain currently occupies the 13th position on the list of the world’s largest digital currency based on data from CoinMarketCap.
Tron foundation keeps exploring novel ways of promoting its tokens which it hopes would make it come up with an economy that is smart and which operates solely on TRX tokens. It has greatly benefitted from its decision to allow uTorrent customers to be added to its mainnet. And for the fortune, many have seen Tron’s CEO, Justin Sun, as the best thing to have ever happened to the project.
More Partnerships on the Way
Not quite long ago, Tron reached a partnership agreement with “Crypto & Proud” which is a crypto lifestyle store. The agreement allows Tron to sell accessories and apparel to many of its crypto enthusiasts. From information gathered, the original crypto collections of Tron would soon be made available via the store.
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It's hard to find a big name in health care that had a worse 2013 than Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW). While the market's surged recently, Edwards's stock has plunged by more than 20%. Not only is this company facing sales of its innovative Sapien heart valve which look to fall below analyst expectations --it's also staring down competition that's eager to intrude on the U.S. market, where Edwards's Sapien currently is the only approved device of its type.
It's a desperate time for this hot name in medical devices, but is there a path for Edwards to rebound from its setbacks? The company this week won a big court case against competitor Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) over its rival's CoreValve device; Edwards is looking to keep its top opponent's device out of the U.S. market, which it's set to enter this year.
Is this too little, too late for Edwards, or can this stock mount a comeback? Find out in the video below, where Motley Fool contributor Dan Carroll takes you through all of the latest on Edwards Lifesciences's Sapien device -- and whether or not this innovative heart valve can spearhead a surprising surge in this struggling stock.


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By Oliver Clapin – Native and Social Coordinator
The concept of Snapchat (now with a new company name, Snap Inc.) was very simple – users share photos that disappear after one to 10 seconds. With an increasing number of people experiencing firsthand that what you post on social media can come back to haunt you, this self-deleting app quickly rose to become one of the biggest players in the social media landscape. Fast-forward to 2016 and Snapchat is eyeing off an IPO that will value it at as much as US$25 billion (Reuters). So should you be leveraging this platform in your brand’s digital strategy?
The audience on Snapchat
There’s no doubt that Snapchat has become one of the most popular social media platforms today. There are more than 150 million using it each day to share and engage with content, and the platform boasts more than 10 billion video views per day (Bloomberg) – overtaking Facebook’s meagre 8 billion daily video views.
It’s true that Snapchat is the social media platform of choice for the young, with 60 per cent of users under 25 years old. This young audience is highly engaged with the platform, as 64 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds with smartphones are active daily users. However, this is changing, with the number of users over 25 growing twice as fast as users under 25 (Wall Street Journal).
As the change in company name suggests, Snapchat is growing up, and in doing so the product has been growing. In June, Snapchat released its ad-tech program to Snap Inc. partners to serve three video ads per day in between users’ stories – a move that many see as part of Snapchat’s advertising push to reach $350 million in revenue this year (TechCrunch). It has pledged to limit the number of daily ads served to users in a move to avoid damaging the user experience.
With the new name comes a new mission – and thus Snap proclaimed that it wants to be a camera company. In September, it announced its first hardware product – Spectacles, which are essentially sunglasses with a built-in 115-degree-angle camera to record video that more closely matches our natural field of vision. On top of this, the app is looking to fill ‘stories’ with original video programming – threatening to evolve from a social media company into a media-powerhouse as a mobile-first TV platform.
Snapchat for business
So why Snapchat? Let’s look at some of the opportunities Snapchat presents to brands looking to add another tool to their arsenal.
Attract talent: With a large millennial audience on the platform, Snapchat can be used to attract new talent through behind-the-scenes content showcasing your company’s culture and values to the younger generation.
Leverage events: Your brand can achieve strong brand awareness and engagement using the platform at events. Using a custom Snapchat Geofilter, event-goers can select your filter if they are within the specified proximity. In effect this creates brand ambassadors, as users send out Snapchats to their followers with your branding. You can then increase the success of your target audience using your brand’s filter by cross-channel promotion.
Be authentic: Snapchat provides the opportunity for you to have a one-on-one engagement with your customers as you’re able to send snaps directly to individual followers. It is as real-time as social-media platforms get, which closes the disconnect between brands and their customers.
Connect with influencers: As the Aussie startup HiSmile found, the new breed of influencers who have found fame through social media platforms like Snapchat can offer a trusted opinion to your audience. In turn, this can grow your business whether it’s through promoting your products, raising brand awareness or sharing access to exclusive content.
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No brush, no scraper, and four inches of snow just chilling on your windshield is a bad combination.
So, Marcia Greene got creative.
Greene said, "This is my plastic bag. I didn't have a scraper in my car, so I just took my bread out my bag and just started wiping."
Her sister Maria wasn't much better off, using her handheld scraper like an ice-cream scooper to toss away the snow.
Maria said, "This is the south. We're not supposed to have snow in the south, but hey, it is what it is."
Marcia said next time she'll make sure to have a better option than a bag.
Marcia said, "Yes, most definitely. Maybe somebody will buy me one."
Well, that could be a problem.
The Walmart on Greenville Boulevard says their snow-removing supplies are depleted. Another Walmart on 10th Street is scraper-less, brush-less, even shovel-less.
Target also sold out of its scrapers and brushes on Tuesday. Stores like Lowe's don't even carry them.
Walmart says if we had a normal Eastern Carolina winter, they'd have actually been over stocked. This time around, multiple snow storms have left the store waiting for extra scrapers since January.


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GoAir on Monday announced its special low fare tickets starting Rs 1,313 for the travel period from November 5, 2018, to November 4, 2019.
As part of its 13th anniversary celebration, GoAir on Monday announced its special low fare tickets starting Rs 1,313 for the travel period from November 5, 2018, to November 4, 2019.
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The 13-day sale across all sectors starts from November 5, 2018, and customers can book tickets till November 18, 2018. Up to 13 lakh seats are available for sale at Rs 1,313 across all sectors. The offer can avail by booking tickets through GoAir website or app.
This offer is available across all routes that GoAir operates.
“We are proud to celebrate over a decade of service excellence and to commemorate these successful years in the domestic skies, we are offering 13 lakh seats across our network with special low fare offer," said Cornelis Vrieswijk, CEO, GoAir.
This milestone would not have been possible without the loyalty and support of millions of guests who have chosen to fly with GoAir, he said.
According to the company's website, the tickets during the sale period will be available on first come, first serve basis.
The tickets booked under the offer will be non-transferable and non- refundable. The carrier will also charge amount for additional baggage as per the normal baggage policy of the company.


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Radiohead manager and former Chair of the Music Managers Forum Brian Message has used the launch of the Entertainment Retailers Association’s new manifesto to single out the secret deals concluded between content owners – in particular the major record labels and new digital services – for criticism. Pointing out that artistes and their management have the potential to be increasingly closer to the fan he added: “that economic chain isn’t without it’s challenges, as you probably know just as well as us; in fact, many of my colleagues would go as far as to say that it’s pretty well broken and needs fixing. For us, central to this structural failure is the NDA [Non Disclosure Agreement] culture that is now ingrained in the licensing of creator catalogues to retailers and digital services”. “The lack of transparency and the very real erosion of trust felt by many creators and managers in how the economic value chain now operates is an issue that the MMF and ERA needs to focus on together so we can add real value to our members”. He added “Since taking on my new role within MMF and having now met with whistle-blowers, lawmakers, artists, managers, label personnel, digital service providers, lawyers and litigators on all sides and pretty much everyone else in the chain, I’m now reasonably sure that whilst it takes two parties to sign an NDA, it’s the corporates owning the major labels that today drive this particular agenda”. This, Message suggests, is because secrecy enables the major rights owners to structure deals to their advantage, and to the disadvantage of other stakeholders in the recorded music sector including artists. He continued: “I understand how corporate bosses and their lawyers get to a place where they feel the catalogues they have amassed on behalf of their corporation are assets to leverage as they so wish. I get how they can justify their actions at a time of huge economic change for their businesses, but it becomes a problem for you and us when deal terms remove significant value from the economic value chain” and “When the price of getting a license from a licensor is a non-attributable fee and those fees add up to tens of millions of pounds, then not only is this an issue for creators, but licensees cannot spend that money converting fans to paid-for subscription services. Overhead contributions, technology fees, advances that can’t be recouped, unattributable advances, equity positions at the expense of streaming rates, the dropping of litigation to receive shares that then get sold and other such clever tactics distort the market and ultimately don’t allow it’s development for the benefit of everyone”.


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Mobile app trailblazers and former rivals Chikka and Wolfpac have merged. Chikka, whose flagship Chikka Text Messenger is installed in millions of computers and mobile devices around the world, will be the surviving entity.
“The resulting powerhouse now serves as an incubator for new technologies and innovation, producing telco-grade platforms and systems, and real value-added services for the new digital consumer, including corporate partners,” said Chito Bustamante, Chikka chief executive officer.
Until recently, the companies separately produced applications, platforms and services including apps — those popular communications utilities, productivity and marketing tools, references, media helpers, timesavers, and games downloaded by way of various smart phones and mobile devices.
The merger will form one of the largest web and mobile applications developers in the Philippines to cater to mobile internet communities demanding apps of high utility and high entertainment value – qualities ingrained in the two companies’ respective DNAs.
Wolfpac, founded in 1999, first cracked the Philippine mobile content industry wide open in 2001 with successive releases of games, such as the Tamagochi-inspired PetPals and the wildly popular Text2Millions, which started Filipinos thumb thumping for amusement.
Chikka, also with beginnings in 1999, launched Chikka Text Messenger. It is probably the world’s first commercially successful integration of web and mobile utilities.
Both companies had to develop, from scratch, the platforms on which their ground breaking applications were to run. They made it possible even in the early 2000s, that the ordinary Filipino’s cellular phone also be an entertainment device, an instant messenger, an email client, a wallet and more. Leading Philippine mobile network Smart Communications acquired Wolfpac in 2004, and Chikka in 2009.
“This unified Chikka and Wolfpac organization now has the highest concentration of crack as well as veteran talent in development and content creation in the Philippine mobile industry.”
“You can imagine what we can do today with wider access to data among consumers, with such technologies as smart phones, the Cloud, and with various developer networks,” Bustamante added.


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According to an E-Consultancy report, spend on search marketing in the UK is set to slow considerably over the coming year. The report (the annual ‘Search Engine Marketing Buyer’s Guide 2008) predicted that search spend will rise by 24% in 2008, down from 58% year on year growth in 2007 and 65 percent growth in 2006, which in laymens terms would equate to £2.75 billion ($4.9 billion) this year, up from a £2.2 billion ($3.9 billion) spend in 2007. The report predictions are based on the total amount spent on search engine marketing in the U.K., including media spend and money spent on agency services such as paid search management.
Chris Lake from E-Consultancy suggested that this slowdown was not merely down to the economic slow-down but also to a matured UK search market. The report stated:
“Although there is significant room for further growth in spending, the sector is now becoming more established and, as such, cannot keep on such a steep curve indefinitely,” whilst going on to say
“While there remains strong growth in the market, the upward trajectory of search has begun to flatten as the industry has become more mature, as has happened in the United States”.
According to the report the majority of the spend was earmarked for paid search (approximately £2.4 Billion or 88%), with organic search engine optimisation accounting for around a mere £330 million (circa 12%). It should however be noted that year on year SEO spend is expected to increase by 32% this year. That is hardly suprising in my opinion given the saturation of many of the paid search verticals, where cost per click can make entry to the market prohibitive to a certain extent. Whilst there are certain verticals within the organic framework that are certainly as saturated I personally feel there is significantly more growth within the sector, particularly given the greater integration of blended search within the search engine results themselves.


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BANGKOK — Wander through piles of two million books for heavily discounted reads from Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather” to Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, a regional sale that started in Malaysia, comes to Thailand for the first time next month with loads of English-language books discounted 60 percent to 80 percent, with most novels sold for 150 baht or less.
Love Hello Kitty? Never got around to reading those Michael Jackson and Steve Jobs biographies? Giant heaps of printed materials and more in a wide range of categories will be sold, from encyclopedias and unusual cookbooks to The Hunger Games box sets.
Don’t expect the latest publications, as most of the books qualify as “recent” at best.
Admission is free. All books are in English. Check out the selection online.
The first warehouse book sale was held in 2009 at Malaysia’s Selangor. It then spread across Malaysia and into Indonesia.
The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale runs Aug. 12 through Aug. 21 at Impact Convention Center’s Hall 9. The book fair will be open 10am to 10pm on Monday through Thursday, followed by a marathon 60-hour session from 10am on Friday to 10pm on Sunday.


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Travelers to Alaska are no longer required to provide a negative COVID-19 test
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For travelers dreaming of a trip to The Last Frontier, the rules have changed.
Alaska had one of the strictest entry requirements in the U.S. during the pandemic — but that changed over the weekend when its COVID-19 state of emergency expired.
Travelers to Alaska are no longer required to provide negative COVID-19 tests upon arrival, according to Governor Mike Dunleavy. He cited the arrival of coronavirus vaccines to the state as his reason for not extending the order.
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“From what we can see with each passing day, with more folks getting a vaccination, every day that goes by, we’re going to get closer and closer and closer to getting back to normal,” Dunleavy said on Sunday, according to KTUU in Alaska.
Commissioner Adam Crum said that without the emergency declaration, state airports no longer have the “authority to do the mandatory testing,” the Anchorage Daily News reported.
But travelers coming to Alaska are still encouraged to get tested for COVID-19.
“There’s still a virus. There’s still a lot of work to be done,” Gov. Dunleavy said. “But the emergency itself is behind us.”
Previously, all out-of-state visitors had to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival and submit test results to the Alaska Travel Portal. Travelers still awaiting results were required to quarantine until the results came back. Testing was initially $250 for nonresidents.
Airport tests for travelers who arrive without a COVID-19 test result will be able to enjoy testing upon arrival at the airport for free.
People are also still encouraged to wear masks in public, but the state does not have an official mask mandate.
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Of the myriad of things cramming California landfills, discarded carpets are taking up lots of space. About 400 million pounds are tossed each year, equating to 39 million gallons of oil, says the non-profit Carpet America Recovery Effort.
Could California do better? State lawmakers think so. Last tear they passed a law that requires a 5-cent per square yard assessment on carpet starting this July that will be used to encourage carpet recycling. The recovered carpet will be used, as it already is, in the manufacture of new carpet, in building materials, and in products for the consumer and automotive industries.
The assessment will be put on all carpets sold or shipped into California and will appear as a separate after-tax item on receipts as a way to raise awareness of recycling with consumers.
The law places few demands on carpet manufacturers — just that they participate in a “carpet stewardship program” and conduct consumer education. For better or worse, it’s consumers themselves who will make the law a success. Consumers will be the ones to make the choice to recycle rather than toss carpet into a garbage can. And shoppers will drive the market for recycled products that are made from recycled carpet.
Here’s hoping that happens. CARE maintains a list of carpet reclaimers in California, here. It’s not exhaustive (only two are in the Bay Area). Alternatively, Recology, the company that currently manages San Francisco’s recycling program will also accept carpets. with special pick-up or drop-off at the San Francisco collection site.
Thanks for publishing this important article. The California carpet stewardship program is being watched by many states and will expand if successful here. This has a huge potential to benefit the environment – Over 4 billion pounds of carpet is disposed in the U.S. Annually – 3.5% of all waste dispose. As carpet is petroleum-based, this wastes over 1.8 billion gallons of oil and causes an additional 40 million metric tons (carbon equivalent) of greenhouse gases to be emitted into the atmosphere. Consumers should know that all carpet recyclers are not equal. Many only recycle the face fiber, less than 20% of the carpet with the rest going to landfill. I’m with http://www.TheCarpetRecyclers.com in Oakland, we also process the carpet backing and harvest those resources for reuse. Thanks again for your article.
Are there options for recycling/reuse of carpet in Sonoma County?
I don’t know offhand, but check out the listing on http://www.TheCarpetRecyclers.com or call them. They seem most helpful!


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Pre-Roll ads. Can’t live with them, can’t watch a video without them. We’ve seen quite a few brands play about with the format and now Burger join in the hatred with you, albeit with 64 of their very own.
Viewers are more likely to watch a mid roll video ad, particularly if they are engaged with the original video content, then they are a pre roll ad. Post roll ads fare even worse. Viewers also have very little patience for slow loading videos and video ads, particularly sports fans who are 5 x more likely to abandon before a slow video loaded.
Huge numbers of viewers skip the pre-roll ads every time they come across them. However, a new video advertising campaign from a UK charity wants you to take a few seconds to see how much of an opportunity you are willing to give an ex-offender at his job interview.
Did you know that the long awaited Lil Bub documentary was now on YouTube, or how Australian police are using pre-roll advertising to find missing persons? Are you a YouTuber that thinks they can offer something to other YouTubers? Catch up with the weekly news here on ReelSEO.
Viewers of online content are more likely to use their smartphones or tablets in the evening during the latter part of the week than any other time says a new report from Tubemogul. While this makes sense, it’s interesting to see how iOS users are turning to their iPads rather than their iPhones during this time.
While at the ReelSEO Video Marketing Summit, we got three TrueView advertising tips from Digital Media Marketing Consultant Julie Perry. Admittedly, one is kind of sneaky and awesome in its brilliance. And the two others? Well, they’re good too.
Our next-to-last panel at the ReelSEO Video Marketing Summit was “Best Practices to Optimize the Video Advertising Opportunity,” and we had experts from TubeMogul, Google, Essence, and Mediasmith telling us all about the best practices when it comes to advertising in online video.
Skippable pre-roll ads can be controversial. Are they delivering advertisers what they want? Are people smacking these things down like the outdated overlays? We’ve seen a few content creators and advertisers find creative ways to work with skippable ads. The Belgium Suicide Prevention hotline is the latest.
Here are five reasons why interactive pre-rolls (Polite Pre-Roll, Ad Selectors, and In-Stream Takeovers) are redefining what video can achieve and why advertisers should continue to adopt these units.
The U.S. Digital Video Benchmark 2012 Report from Adobe takes an in-depth look at how video content encourages strong viewer engagement and how mobile devices are becoming an essential part of the viewer experience.


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Beijing and Shanghai have given no indication of whether the bans will be lifted.
Other bike-rental companies are considering raising prices, as warmer weather brings a likely rebound in trip numbers.
Discarded bikes are languishing after the rental-bike boom went bust due to high retrieval costs.
Foshan will require Mobike, ofo, and other bike rental companies to hand over users blacklisted for bad parking.
Cheetah Global has come out with freshly-minted statistics on the state of the bike rental economy in the world. Public bicycles were first started in Europe but have seen their biggest success in the East starting from China’s dockless bike systems ofo and Mobike. According to the global distribution of active users gathered by Cheetah […]
Despite the rumors and speculation surrounding a possible merger between Mobile and ofo, Mobike co-founder and CEO Davis Wang has made it clear again at TheYearAhead Summit that a “merger is not an option for the company,” local media is reporting. Similarly, ofo founder and CEO Dai Wei also expressed previously that the company would not […]
ofo raises $866 million in latest funding round led by Alibaba
Mobike, a major Chinese bike-rental company, has just placed their first batch of bikes in the capital of the United States as part of its ambitious global expansion plan. Closely following its largest rival ofo’s footprint, Mobike chose Washington D.C. as the first city in America to start running its business, whereas ofo just a month ago […]
Bluegogo is going bust. Staff from the bicycle rental company broke the news yesterday that the company is dissolving and salary payments will be delayed until February 10, 2018. TechNode’s Chinese sister site has confirmed that the salaries are indeed delayed and that the company is in a poor state (in Chinese). Even more shocking is that […]
Crowds of people descend on the Coolqi bike hire scheme’s head office in Tongzhou to get their deposits back as Coolqi founder and CEO Gao Weiwei (高唯伟) tells our sister site that the company is not bankrupt, but that he has been removed as CEO (in Chinese). The company’s WeChat payments have been frozen and it is […]


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Filming for Fast 8 is really starting to heat up! And we mean that literally. Earlier this week, we showed you one of the super hot stunts recently filmed for the production. Today, the Fast 8 crew has released a new behind-the-scenes clip of how that stunt, which they call “Zombie Cars”, was actually created using movie magic (and a half a dozen cars falling from the sky).
In this particular stunt, the crew sets up high above the rest of the filming location which is littered with 30 to 40 smashed, piled up cars on top of sophisticated pyrotechnics. Using cranes and precision measurements, the team hurls the cars, described by Special Effects Supervisor J.D. Schwalm as 3,000 pound lawn darts, straight off of the side of an abandoned parking structure. The whole effect looks crazy cool, especially when the stunt men and women are added into the scene where the cars are falling.
Check it out:
We can certainly say that the new Fast 8 will be explosive! Fast 8 is scheduled to race into theaters on April 14, 2017 and, later this summer, you can catch the original Fast and the Furious film, for a limited amount of time, at a theater near you.
A karaoke obsessed, craft beer enthusiast and lover of all things pop culture, Denise enjoys all facets of entertainment from Broadway to box office blockbusters. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, concerts (lots and lots of concerts), volunteering, reading and playing with her rescue kitten, Samantha (who rescued who, right?).


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For many people (and we’re among them), Budweiser won the last Super Bowl commercial competition with its heartwarming tale of a puppy and one of the beer brand’s iconic Clydesdale horses.
The minute-long ad racked up the most YouTube views of any other Super Bowl spot, which are now well over 50 million. Building on that success, Budweiser has brought back a yellow lab for its latest hit ad, a PSA against drunk driving.
Here’s the ad, which has brought in 10.8 million views in four days:
Budweiser produced the digital-only ad with Momentum Worldwide as part of its “Global Be(er) Responsible” day against drunk driving last Friday.
Budweiser says that the ad is targeted at 21-27 year-olds who share content with friends on social media. It’s trending under “#FriendsAreWaiting.”
The feel-good message of responsible drinking is great PR, the online-only distribution is cost-effective, and the quick story of a guy who loves his dog is a great distraction at work. Everybody wins.
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The newly opened Bluebell Eatery in Yellowknife is being well-received in a city that loves its variety of ethnic food.
The owners three — Gaurav Arora, Sandeep Rai, and Harmilanjot Singh — chose the name of their restaurant carefully and thoughtfully to portray the offerings on their menu - Asian, Chinese and Indian dishes, to be garnished with colourful, edible flowers, as the name Bluebell suggests.
The interior design further emphasizes their idea of incorporating flowers into the overall theme, said co-owner Arora.
“We are decorated with flowers — we have flowers on the wall and also on the ceiling as well,” Arora said.
“It definitely makes the restaurant unique compared to other restaurants in Yellowknife,” he added of the all-encompassing floral ambiance.
But while the restaurant is enjoying the sweet smell of success with its offerings of such dishes as Potato Passion Burger, Marinara Basil and Butter Chicken Platter, the edible petals that were to further brighten the food and enlighten the patrons have been temporarily left in gardens afar.
“We wanted to provide all the dishes with some kind of presentation like flowers, and we had a contract with a supplier of the flowers, but unfortunately we did not get the permit to serve the flowers on the food because all the flowers would come with some kind of chemicals,” Arora said.
Not deterred and looking for a solution to the predicament, the trio soon was in contact with Janet Dean, executive director of the Territorial Agrifood Association to discuss the unexpected issue.
Dean said such an occurrence is overall very timely right now in the NWT, as the association is trying to grow its sector to enable it to provide more local produce to restaurants and to retailers.
“Edible flowers are a perfect example of that and the problem (the restaurant owners) are having is ordering from a commercial florist,” Dean said.
“Their flowers are not food-grade flowers and so that means at some point in the processing chain, those flowers may have been treated with a preservative or soaked in a preservative or have an additive that is not considered a food grade.”
This means that although a flower may be deemed edible in the wild, once it is in the commercial floristry system, it is not, she said.
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There are, however, edible fresh flower wholesalers, Dean said, adding that if the restaurant was in a larger centre such as Edmonton, Vancouver or Ottawa, they would have easy access to the product.
Because the flowers would have to be shipped North, however, it would be costly and freshness could not be guaranteed.
Dean said this is where the Agrifood Association has stepped up to encourage local growers to grow edible flowers.
“It’s not the season to start, but certainly this summer we can talk to our NWT growers. And I think our growers would be excited to have another retail outlet.
“And I think the other thing is, I’m talking to some of our growers to see about maybe doing hydroponic smaller flowers in the meantime. They can be started any time of the year,” Dean said.
“But definitely we are trying to get systems in place because it is such a unique fun thing to do. And you know, Yellowknife needs creativity in our food establishments, so we want to support them in everything that they’re trying to do.”
During this week’s Territorial Agri-food Conference being held in Yellowknife, Dean said she was going to ask the question of whether anyone in the growing sector would be ready and able to take on such a project and start growing flowers right away.
“You know, if somebody wanted to start their own business, just doing edible flowers, I think they’d have a viable business.”
Dean said the food sector is not comprised of individual participants, but instead a collaboration of “restaurants, retailers, farmers, and growers who can work together” to make the agriculture sector stronger in the North.
So while the future looks rosy for the Bluebell Eatery to have flowers garnish their menu selections, for now, Arora said customers are enjoying the ambiance and their array of lunch and dinner selections all the same.
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Vol. XCI No. 15
Jan. 24, 2020
Taal Volcano begins to build up for a powerful return, according to the latest PHIVOLCS advisory, maintaining volcano alert level 4, a week and a few days after the first sign of activity.
Perhaps the most striking part of the past few days is the meteoric rise of N95 mask prices, which has negatively affected the residents that have easy access to the N95 masks. tWS believes that simply telling retailers to refrain from unreasonably pricing N95 masks will be ineffective. Immediate placement of suggested retail prices (SRPs) will solve this, and future problems.
Netizens have blasted numerous businesses and resellers who have bought these masks for their original price and jacked it up by 500% thus gathering enough of a stir, which prompted DTI to send monitoring teams in affected areas of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, and Metro Manila.
Returning reports from the teams had the prices of N95 masks selling for as much as P200; and surgical masks at P4, which further torched unscrupulous individuals and businesses. DTI then warned against overpricing with the threat of appropriate administrative and criminal charges.
There are also reports of fake, and also overpriced N95 masks as early as two days after the first volcanic activity. It began proliferating when stores ran out of masks due to panic buying, which triggered a price freeze for basic commodities and protective gear — and profits were made with supplies of the counterfeit N95s. These masks were found to be thinner than the original N95s that are designed to be thick.
Republic Act 7581 or the Price Act of 1992, makes sure that the supply and price of basic commodities are stabilized, especially during times of emergency. More than a dozen volcanic events have occurred, some of them internationally known, like the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. As to why masks have not been classified as either basic nor prime good is beyond tWS, but we are glad that DTI and DOH have recommended its inclusion in the list of basic and prime goods.
tWS knows that desperation in crisis is a normal response, but actions like this which jeopardize the lives of many are downright despicable. In times of crisis, taking advantage of the hardship of our fellow countrymen should be condemned, and is a concept not welcome in these times of difficulty.


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Denmark-based UV Medico has made a distribution partnership in Asia to expand the reach of its far-UVC disinfection product
UV Medico has announced a new partnership with Delta Pyramax as the distributor for the Hong Kong and Macao regions.
UV Medico is a company that uses far-UVC light to prevent viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens from affecting society. As a result, the company has launched the first non-harmful filtered far-UVC lamp on the market, UV222.
Delta Pyramax was founded in 1982 with the idea of improving human living and working environments through worldwide sourcing. They were committed to provide the highest quality, technology and affordable products to their customers. For 30 years, this has been, and it is still today, the fundamental principle of the company.
Delta's extensive experience as supplier of leading products in the market covers a broad splay of industries, such as Fire and Smoke Protection, Energy Saving, HVAC, Water Treatment and Air Cleaning Systems. In addition, the team counts with outstanding sales representatives to provide the best customer support.
Delta Pyramax is a member of Hong Kong Registered Ventilation Contractors Association since 1992, The Fire Protection Association since 1994, and The Hong Kong Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association Ltd. since 2002.
"We are thrilled to count with Delta Pyramax to supply our products to Hong Kong and Macao markets. Their team members are extremely talented and motivated to leverage our collaboration to improve air quality and hygiene conditions in different environments," said Anders Samuelsen, CEO of UV Medico.


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CGTrader, one of the world’s largest 3D model repositories, launched back in 2011. The company, which is now backed by funding from Intel Capital, has taken advantage of their positioning within the 3D model marketplace, to expand their scope into 3D printing. By leveraging their popularity among designers, they have been able to swiftly capture market share in the growing 3D printing industry.
Today, CGTrader unveiled new tools, which will enable designers as well as brands, to take advantage of the lucrative opportunities within the 3D printing space. One of the biggest concerns of 3D model designers, who are looking to sell their designs to customers that wish to print them out, is intellectual property theft. Many design repositories allow buyers to download the design directly to their PC. At that point, there is no telling what they will do with it. Unscrupulous buyers could edit the design, and resell it as their own, perhaps leading to lost opportunities for the original creator. Where there is no control, there is usually no market. This is where CGTrader has stepped in. They have partnered with one of the worlds top licensing and security providers, Authentise, whose technology is changing the way 3D models are sold and shared.
Authentise uses a system which sends 3D model files directly to the buyer’s 3D printer. It can only be printed out from the printer, meaning no editing, copying, or reselling can take place.
“With this update, we are solving the most pressing problems limiting the growth of quality 3D content in the market – namely licensing and 3D printing challenges.” stated Marius Kalytis, CEO of CGTrader.
Authentise, who has been a growing force within the IP secuirty market, is only one of the companies working with CGTrader on this rather large update. In addition, CGTrader has teamed up with Sculpteo, a 3D printing service provider. Sculpteo is known for their high quality, quickly delivered 3D prints to customers around the globe. What this partnership does, is open up 3D printing to virtually everyone, whether they own a printer or not. Any 3D model design purchased at the CGTrader marketplace can now be sent to Sculpteo, to be 3D printed, and then delivered to your doorstep within days.
“3D printing is rapidly entering everyday lives and will transform multiple industries over the coming decade. CGTrader.com marketplace aims to empower creative individuals to monetize their designs and thereby attract more high-quality designs to the market, giving the buyers a very clear use case for their printer.” said Kalytis.
As the market for 3D printed goods expands, CGTrader certainly looks to be in a very strong position to realize that growth, along with the market. The ability to ensure designers that their designs are safe from IP theft goes a long way in attracting high-quality pieces of work. Discuss these changes to CGTrader at the CGTrader 3D printing forum thread.
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|Samsung buys Harman for $8 billion|
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Samsung has announced that it has acquired Harman, the company behind over 20 brands including audio companies AKG, JBL and Harman/Kardon, as well as a suite of connected car technologies.
Although you're probably more familiar with Harman for their audio brands, the company earns around two thirds of its revenues from automotive-related segments where it produces telematics, security and 'embedded infotainment' solutions.
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Dickies has officially announced the launch of this year’s bid to find Britain’s top workers and, ultimately, the UK Worker of the Year.
In association with Suzuki the 2013 UK Worker of the Year competition will see one winner taking home a Suzuki Swift car or, if they prefer, a Suzuki bike.
This will mark the fourth year of the competition presented by the legendary workwear company, which seeks to recognise and reward excellence in the British workforce.
Quentin Willson, TV presenter and consumer and motoring champion said: “Worker of the Year is now a major UK workplace award and I’m really proud to have been a supporter and judge from the very beginning. It’s great that past winners tell us the competition changes lives.”
Maurice Morton, Sales & Marketing Director at Dickies added: “Given the on-going uncertainty that the country faces economically, a feel-good initiative of this type is more important than ever, to remind our nation’s work force that they have much to be proud of and look forward to.”
UK Worker of the Year is a free to enter competition and is open to anyone who works in the UK aged 17 or over. The winner of UK Worker of the Year 2013 will be announced at the Gala event, which will be held at the Madejski Stadium in Reading in October.


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VANCOUVER — At first glance, CryptoKitties are googly-eyed virtual cats that come in an array of fanciful forms — from fluffy ninjas, to feline-duck hybrids.
But don’t underestimate these collectible critters, because some CryptoKitties have commanded six figures on the virtual market, and the B.C.-based company behind the project says it’s attracted more than US$12 million in investments.
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And depending on whom you ask, the blockchain-based game is either a sign of where the digital economy is heading, or just another crypto-craze fuelled by the internet’s cat obsession.
For Vancouver-based developer Axiom Zen, it all began with a simple idea, said CryptoKitties communications director Bryce Bladon.
“Let’s put cats on the blockchain,” Bladon recalled a fellow CryptoKitties co-founder saying.
And that, more or less, is what they did.
The result is a virtual game that CryptoKitties, which spun off into its own company in March, has compared to breedable Beanie Babies on the blockchain — collectibles that can be bought, sold and “sired” on the Ethereum network.


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Why it matters: Have you used a payment card at one of convenience store Wawa's outlets or gas stations this year? If so, you could have had your data stolen, after the company discovered information-skimming malware on its servers.
Wawa revealed that the malware hit its payment-processing system on March 4 but wasn't discovered until December 10. It was contained by December 12. The company added that potentially all in-store payment terminals and fuel dispensers at Wawa locations were affected, though the infection never posed a risk to its ATM machines.
As payment cards passed through Wawa's Point-of-Sale (PoS) system, the malware collected credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates, and cardholder names. It didn't access debit card PINs, credit card CVV2 numbers, or driver license data used to verify age-restricted purchases.
The company says that it is not aware of any unauthorized use of any payment card data as a result of this incident and that the malware no longer poses a risk to Wawa customers. It is also offering free credit monitoring and identify theft protection to anyone whose information may have been compromised.
Wawa's announcement comes just a week after Visa issued a second security alert---the first was in November---warning North American merchants that cybercrime groups were targeting gas pump PoS systems using data-stealing malware. The pumps use older technology that reads data from a card's magnetic stripe, which is sent unencrypted to the gas station's network, at which point criminals can intercept it.
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Sporeshift Mushrooms Caught Selling Illegal Mushroom Spawn
Posted on 31 December 2020 | Terry Hitchcock | 1 Comment
Taylor McConnell of Sporeshift mushrooms has been caught selling illegal spawn on Trademe after our undercover PI purchased it. The spawn labeled as "Blue Oyster" DNA came back as an undescribed new to science species of Pleurotus SP. MPI declined to comment stating the matter is still under investigation.
The spawn has since been pulled from Trademe and the Sporeshift mushrooms website after government officials contacted Sporeshift mushrooms. If anyone should know the importance of getting DNA done it should be Taylor Mcconnell. Mcconnell started a failed givealittle to try and import a blue oyster mushroom back in June 2019. But it would have been stopped in its tracks when applying to plant imports for a license. Taylor McConnell stated that he would need extra costs for lab testing and Identification in NZ on the givealittle page.
Shockingly and very mysteriously that exact mushroom turned up for sale on TradeMe under the Sporeshift mushroom brand without any formal identification. This means somehow that exact mushroom that McConnell failed a givealittle for was illegally imported into NZ.
One grower Rochelle Alagar who also grew this illegal mushroom in The Mushroom House in Wellington has gone public saying "it came from a Chinese market in Hamelton" that would be extremely unlikely as the Asian version is a completely different species and this one is linked to the USA.
The private investigator who ordered the spawn was shocked that it did not arrive without more than 5% colonization.
Actual picture of the mushroom spawn (if you can call it that?) sent from Sporshift mushrooms.
It took over a month for the whole bag to be fully colonized and "usable"
The private investigator was extremely surprised that he paid $13.50 for freight and the item came in a bag that only cost $4.50 freight. The invoice did not mention postage and handling just freight. This could be breaking the consumer guarantees act. A formal complaint will be made when NZ is back to normal. Consumer complaints are treated seriously and under the consumer guarantees act the commerce commission takes the party you complained about to court for you.
But it does not end there, it is against the terms and conditions of Trademe to sell illegal goods on TradeMe. We reached out to Trademe and a Trademe representative said "if any member was caught selling illegal goods all their Trademe accounts would be removed and the owner would be barred from opening any further accounts"
The whole case is still waiting to be heard at the environmental court the EPA Once their ruling is in the private investigator will complain to both the commerce commission and Trademe.
In the future, I will also be pushing to MPI strict regulations to prevent this from happening again like anyone selling mushrooms or growing them for sale must have DNA verification of species. You would think any person with the slightest piece of common sense would seek DNA. The end result could only end up in killing someone.
Undescribed species like the one mentioned could have the ability to devastate native forests or ruin the horticulture industry. Some Oyster mushrooms parasite on living trees this is why the King oyster mushroom will never be allowed in NZ.
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In an attempt to regain shoppers’ confidence, Target is offering a 10 percent discount in all of its stores this Saturday and Sunday.
The chain said that customers who made purchases using their cards at its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 may have been exposed.
Checking your credit and debit card statements often and using cash whenever possible are just two ways to help keep the thieves away.
The Secret Service says it is investigating a credit- and debit-card data theft at Target stores.
Black Friday turned into Bad Friday for multiple shoppers across the country, including those at several stores in the Tri-State Area.
Thousands of die hard shoppers ran through the doors at Macy’s Herald Square store which opened on Thanksgiving for the first time in its 155 year history.
While many other consumers will simply avoid holiday crowds at shopping malls or even wait until Cyber Monday, retail stores across the nation will be buzzing with activity on the day after Thanksgiving. The following are five of the best American cities for Black Friday deals.
The incident happened at a Target store on Horseblock Road in Medford around 4:15 p.m. on Oct. 10.
Timberlake issued a tweet around 7 p.m. Wednesday, inviting fans to the now-closed indie-rock club Maxwell’s at Washington and Eleventh Streets, saying the first 150 people would be allowed in for a one-song performance.
Keddy Oliver is charged with two counts of third-degree robbery and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Everyone longs for summer, barbecues, and cookouts. Whatever your specialty, there are grilling gadgets galore to make the job easier and even more fun.
Police on Wednesday said they were searching for three women who stole electronics from a Target store on Staten Island, and concealed their theft by stuffing the items in a file cabinet that they legitimately bought.
Shoppers at a Target store in Brooklyn say a label that listed the color of a plus-size dress as “manatee gray” was insulting. The label for the same dress in smaller sizes described it as “dark heather gray.”
Surveillance cameras captured images of the so-called “Black Friday bandits,” who police said terrorized employees and got away with tens of thousands of dollars in cash.
Some Black Friday bandits were on the run Sunday night, after storming into a Target store in New Jersey with masks and guns and terrorizing some employees.


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Aprilia has uncovered the costs for the much-anticipated RS457 for the worldwide business sectors and this is what’s in store when sent off in India.
One of the most expected bike dispatches is the Aprilia RS457, which made its worldwide presentation a couple of months back and furthermore during the Indian GP. Being a passage level contribution, the RS457 will contend with the KTM RC 390 and the as of late uncovered Kawasaki Ninja 500, which will before long come to India.
Aprilia RS457 estimating
With lovers all over the planet enthusiastically anticipating to report the valuing for the RS457, the Italian producer has at last declared them for the worldwide business sectors. The new RS457 will cost Rs 5.66 lakh ($6,799) for the Kaleidoscopic Dim and Opalescent Light tones, while the Dashing Stripes adaptation will cost Rs 5.74 lakh ($6,899).
In Canada, the Aprilia RS457 costs Rs 4.71 lakh (C$7,799) for the Kaleidoscopic Dull and Opalescent Light tones, while the bike wearing the Hustling Stripes will cost Rs 4.83 lakh (C$7,999). The costs might appear to be high, in any case, given the way that the Aprilia RS457 will be made in India, we can expect a lower estimating contrasted with the US and Canada.
RS457 motor determinations
The Aprilia RS457 is controlled by a 457cc, fluid cooled, equal twin motor that makes 47bhp with the assistance of a six-speed gearbox. The cruiser gets USD forks, 17-inch wheels, circle brakes at the two finishes, footing control, a quickshifter, and a TFT run among others.
The Bike’s essential rival in India, the KTM RC 390 gets all the abovementioned, including switchable ABS. Notwithstanding, with an update soon coming, the RC 390 could get customizable suspension, however will likewise get the new 399cc single-chamber motor as the 390 Duke, which makes 45.3bhp and 39Nm of force.


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Blue Water Desalination is expanding its global reach through the appointment of two new dealers in Europe.
Sales, installation and service of Blue Water Desalination watermakers, equipment and accessories can be performed in Italy by Technical Dream, and in the Netherlands and Belgium by BTST Marine Equipment.
"At BTST we are proud to be a member of the Blue Water distribution network,” Bas Thijssen of BTST Marine Equipment said in a statement. “Chris Rollins and his team have developed five lines of well-designed, high-quality and the most user-friendly reverse osmosis systems available. Next to that, Blue Water continues to expand their portfolio with the recent Clear Mate and Tank Mate systems.”
"We have worked with other brands for watermakers, and after many years in the business we know the BWD products are sure to be appreciated by Italian Nautica,” Technical Dream's Gianfranco Stumpo said.
“Additionally at this time, BWD can provide world-class products such as the Legend LX watermaker, which is unique in the world for performance. Finally, we are sure that with the great experience of BWD on watermakers we can satisfy our shipyards."


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As consumers continue to seek options for a quick pick-me-up, full-sized energy drinks have been on a long growth trajectory. The energy drink market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.2% to reach $86 billion by 2026, according to Allied Market Research. Although energy shots are predicted to grow at a similar compound annual growth rate of 7.2%, Research and Markets only expects the category to reach $56.67 billion by 2026.
While beverages present a potentially larger growth opportunity for 5-hour Energy, the company will have to face some of the industry’s beverage titans in order to carve out some space for full-sized drinks on shelves. Competition includes the long-standing category dominators of Red Bull, with 41.7% of dollar share at U.S. retail stores, and Monster, which has 31%, according to 2020 IRI stats.
Other players have also gotten into the space. PepsiCo introduced a morning-time energy beverage called Mtn Dew Rise Energy to complement its entrenched Rockstar line. The beverage giant is also the exclusive distributor of Bang Energy until October 2023. Molson Coors Beverage launched ZOA, a nonalcoholic energy drink made with better-for-you, natural ingredients through an exclusive distribution deal. And Keurig Dr Pepper is distributing Runa Clean Energy. There are also a host of startup brands in this space that are vying for consumer attention.
5-hour Energy Beverage appears to be focused only on energy, touting taste as its differentiating factor. CEO and Founder Manoj Bhargava said in a statement the company’s new carbonated beverage “has a refreshing, lighter taste compared to Red Bull and Monster.”
Consumers are also looking for more than energy in their beverages. In response, manufacturers in the category are adding a host of different better-for-you qualities including vitamins and antioxidants to provide immune support and mental clarity.
Still, 5-hour Energy Beverage will benefit from energy drinks’ drift under the catch-all title of “functional beverages.” According to a 2020 survey by Brightfield Group’s Evergi platform, energy drinks were the most popular functional beverages, purchased by 15% of consumers in a three-month period.
As health and wellness continue to influence consumer purchasing behaviors, the U.S. energy drink sector is likely to remain one of the strongest performers in the nonalcoholic space. But innovation will be key for new entrants into this category. If 5-hour Energy can build on the cachet it has developed in the energy shot space and cultivate a healthy reputation based on taste and a clean formulation, the company may find an opportunity for success in the crowded energy drink category.


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Costco (COST 0.12%) has retaken the top spot among grocery stores and big-box retailers in an annual Market Force Information survey of Americans' favorite places to get gas. The warehouse club had fallen behind BJ's in 2016 after coming in first in 2015 by a large margin, according to Market Force. In 2017, Costco took back the No. 1 spot while Wal-Mart's (WMT -0.68%) Sam's Club came in second, BJ's dropped to a tie for third with Kroger, Wal-Mart itself took fourth, and Safeway came in fifth.
Over 11,000 consumers took part in the annual survey that ranks gas stations in two categories: (1)
traditional gas stations and convenience stores and (2) grocery stores and big-box retailers with gas pumps. Returning to No. 1 in its category was good news for Costco, but not everything Market Force found was positive for the warehouse club chain.
Traditional gas stations still rule
While Costco tops the grocery and big-box category, people still prefer to buy their gas at conventional stations, even though their prices tend to be higher (especially when you factor in loyalty rewards), according to Market Force. "For their most recent trip to the pump, 71% of drivers visited a gas station compared to 29% who visited a grocer, warehouse club or big-box retailer," according to Market Force. "Other key influencers in choosing a fueling stop are good lighting, fuel quality and payment options."
Among traditional gas stations, QuikTrip ranked as America's favorite, beating last year's winner, the similarly named Kwik Trip, which fell to fifth place. Cumberland Farms came in second, while Sheetz placed third, and Wawa was ranked fourth.
What are consumers looking for?
While 77% of consumers ranked price as the most important factor when it comes to picking a place to fill up, that was not the only issue that concerned them. Security, fuel quality, easy ways to pay, and ease of entry/exit, were all named as contributing factors to making their gas station choice by over 40% of the 11,000 people surveyed.
Costco may have taken the overall title in its category, but it did not receive top marks in all criteria. Market Force noted that the warehouse club chain "led in most them," but tied with Safeway for last in ease of getting in and out and was alone at the bottom when it came to cleaning supply availability, a category that was considered important by less than 6% of those surveyed.
Second place Sam's club scored top marks in ease of getting in and out, tied with its sister brand Wal-Mart, while the warehouse club chain ranked second on its own to Costco for fuel quality, price, pump speed, and appearance. Grocery and big-box chains had low overall marks when it came to speed of payment authorization, probably due to the extra time needed to process loyalty cards, according to Market Force.
What does this mean?
While Costco members may be joining the club in part because of its gas stations, fill-up stops do not generally lead to added visits to the actual stores, according to this data. "Only 19% said they made an additional retail purchase when they last filled up at a grocer or big-box store, and, of those, most purchased from BJ's," wrote Market Force.
However, cheaper gas clearly drives customer loyalty, especially when already low prices are enhanced with cash back from rewards credit cards or programs like Costco's Executive Membership, which offers 2% back on purchases up to $750 back a year.
To hold onto its top rating, Costco may have to address the ease of getting into and out of its gas stations. That may be a challenge for existing locations since the warehouse club generally offers one-way traffic at its stations, which are often inside its parking lots rather than directly off the street.
Still, this is a win for Costco, which has clearly overcome its shortcoming by offering low prices, and easy-to-use (if not easy to enter and exit) stations. Going forward, that should remain a reason consumers join or renew their memberships with the warehouse club.


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Austin Fashion Week Event: Millie and Mox
Keeping along with the current success of this year’s Fashion Week, the Steiner Ranch children’s boutique Millie and Mox threw quite the shindig on Sunday night. Sounds of Norah Jones-esque music filled the fairytale space, as guests enjoyed warm cups of tea, bubbly glasses of champagne and enough bite-sized desserts to keep all kids and adults happy.
Theresa Kopecky of Tess and Co, which is sold across the U.S., was the featured designer of the night, as she launched a new collection in her company, Tess Tots.
“Right now, we just have Marshall, who is a year and four months, but we want lots and lots of kids,” Kopecky said of her and her husband/business partner. “I’ve been experimenting on him since infancy and even named our bubble romper “The Marshall.”
Kopecky tries on all of her designs, moving around in them for a day to see how they will work, while her son and his friends do the same for the new children’s line.
“We’re trying to create a new ways of living – a ‘Tess’ way of living – with love and family and happiness and optimism,” the designer said. “My husband is a business dreamer and planner, so all together, just us three, we form this company that’s about more than just clothes.”
Millie and Mox has been thinking about Fashion Week since they started their buying last April, especially since they try to host events once a month anyway. With their vintage toys, modern twists and playful designs, working with Kopecky seemed like a good match.
“I wanted to do something with meaning, not just throwing an event together,” Millie and Mox owner Angela Hession said. “I saw Tess’ stuff, and I liked it – very retro – and here we are! And for Mother’s Day, we think we’re going to do mimosas and massages, something for mom.”
As one of seven children, Hession grew up in Ireland, which helped inspire the concept of her store. That idea was furthered by the birth of her four-and-a-half-year-old son, Arann-Ryan.
“I had worked for Mayor Giuliani in New York, but after we moved to Austin, I wanted to do something that wouldn’t take me away from Arann-Ryan too much,” said the owner, on opening a boutique. “And he’s all about imagination and creating worlds, and in Ireland, we didn’t have many toys, so we, too, had to build forts and such. I knew I wanted this store to be organic, very Austin.”
While parents browse the racks of 50’s-styled dresses and cutely-cut shorts, children can play inside a huge tree house or ride on vintage cars and airplanes. They better be careful, though, as sometimes Arann-Ryan doesn’t let other kids in “his” tree house!
Fernada Fezina, the store’s manager, had her own clothing line before Millie and Mox opened in August but decided to partner with Hession to help each other grow. They also help support local designers by selling their items in the boutique – even some from right in Steiner Ranch. Mostly, though, they buy from overseas.
“We look for what’s never been seen, and if it’s unique, we’ll buy it,” Feznia said. “I have two little boys, and Angela has a boy, so we’re really good at choosing boy designs, but with girls, we’re like, ‘Uh, this is cute, but we’re not sure!’ When it comes to fashion, though, it doesn’t matter if it’s kids or women, we just bring what’s cute and fun. We treat all ages the same, because if you’re fashion-forward, it’s all serious business!”
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The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has expressed fears of a continued rise in inflation owing to fuel and electricity price increases, among other non-food factors.
This is coming against expectations that the country’s inflation would enjoy a downward trajectory following a bumper yield anticipated during the harvesting period.
However, since December last year, headline inflation has been on an upward trajectory and closed at 9.4 percent at the end of March 2021, the highest recorded figure since April 2020.
But headline inflation eased to 9.2 percent in April.
An April Economic Review, which MCCCI has published, notes that, since December last year, non-food inflation has continued to be on an upward trajectory and closed at 7.0 percent in April 2021 compared to 6.9 percent recorded in March 2021.
“The increase in the price of manufactured goods is notably on account of the increase in transportation costs caused by the recent upward adjustment in domestic fuel prices and adjustment of electricity prices. The lagging effects of which are exerting upward pressures on headline inflation.
“Overall, there exist in the economy significant inflationary threats emanating from non-food inflation due to lagging effects of upward adjustment in fuel and electricity prices and the possible effects of seigniorage caused by fiscal dominance as the government tries to find ways to finance the expenditure needs brought by the pandemic, ceteris paribus,” the review reads.
The sentiments are shared by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) which, during its second Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting at the end of April this year, revised upwards inflation projections for 2021 to average 8.4 percent from 7.6 percent projected during the January MPC meeting.
The committee noted that inflation rose to an average of 8.5 percent in the first quarter of 2021 from 7.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020.
It further held that the increase was driven by non-food inflation, which accelerated to 6.3 percent in the first quarter from 4.6 percent in the last quarter of 2020.
“Meanwhile, inflation forecasts suggest an elevated inflation path in the period ahead compared to the first 2021 MPC forecasting round. The revision has, among other things, considered the impact of the lagged effects of the upward adjustments of fuel prices implemented on 9th March 2021 and the anticipated continued depreciation of the Kwacha,” RBM’s recent Monetary Policy Public Report reads.
The central bank has a medium-term inflation rate objective of 5 percent with a symmetric band of 2 percentage points, such that all efforts are primarily geared towards attaining this objective.
In a recent interview, Finance Minister Felix Mlusu declined to highlight the government’s plans for containing inflation, saying they would be explained in the 2021/22 national budget he is set to present to Parliament today.


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During the TGS presentation Kojima also revealed details on the latest Metal Gear Solid Collection. It's a clothing line.
Michael Martin is a freelance writer from Seattle who is hopelessly addicted to pop culture t-shirts. Send help on Twitter.
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The most prevalent Social networking giant Facebook’s is spreading its wings wide in global mobile ad market share and is expected to eat into tech major Google’s share.
In 2013, Facebook and Google together consolidated their places at the top of the market, accounted for over 66 per cent of the global mobile ad, that rose over two-fold to $17.96 billion, compared to 2012.
In 2012, only 11 per cent of Facebook’s net ad revenues worldwide came from mobile but last year, that figure jumped to 45.1 per cent. If Facebook continues in the same pace then no doubt it will soon hit Google. Continue reading →
The growth in technology is always fascinating. It’s heard that Google is now planning to launch Nexus 9 Tablet with an 8.9 -inch screen instead of earlier said rumours about Nexus 8 with an Intel Bay Trail-T chipset, reports Digitimes. The previous versions of Nexus tablet have come up with 7 inch display, but now
Google is finally moving to a bigger display for its budget tablet. The other hawkers are trialing to come up with different sizes, already Samsung has come up with extra-large, 12.2-inchNote Pro and Tab Pro devices, while Asus is reportedly working on a 13.3″ tablet based on an Intel chipset and a dual-boot setup. Continue reading →
There are various objects to see in the huge collection of 360° pictures that is Google street view.
To this now you are able to attach Tom Daley’s trunks.
A latest number of photos captured inside the London Olympic Aquatics Centre include a complete 360 of the viewpoint on top of the 10-meter diving board at the place Daley achieved his individual bronze at the 2012 Games. Continue reading →
Google goes on its price toward a home gaming system with a new acquisition.
Rumours of an impending that Google is likely to jump into the home video game console market with a set-top box. Based on Pando Daily, Google has simply snapped up a gaming organisation called “Green Throttle Games”, the trader of a Android gaming controller.
Green Throttle was developed by many more popular players in the modern technology world. The founder of the organisation is Charles Huang, who even co-founded RedOctane ( creator of the Guitar Hero sequence ). The additional 2 key staff members were Matt Crowley and Karl Townsend, each of them long standing Palm employees. Green Throttle mysteriously close down in November of this past year, however judging by the profile of LinkedIn timelines of Crowley and Townsend, the Google acquisition was the purpose of the closure. As Continue reading →


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It is starting to sound like Microsoft are going to make some huge announcements at this years E3. Ex-Nintendo boss, David Gosen, has been speaking to MCV about the fantastic suprises that Microsoft has instore for us.
Well actually he hasn’t said anything, just that he doesn’t want to ruin the suprises.
It also doesn’t look like the fantastic suprise is going to be the Xbox 360 Wii remote as he goes on to say
We know it is all about simplicity in the mass market. We can do that without a controller – we can do that with today’s controller
But it does sound like it’s going to be something related to casual gamingâ€¦ Apart from that we are expecting announcements in regards to Gear 2, Forza 3, New Bungie Title, 360 Singstar competitor, Alan Wake 2 and Fable 2.
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