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Starts September 14 at Takashimaya in Nihonbashi
The anime Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo known as Kochikame is coming back after eight years and has been creating a lot of buzz. In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the comic, a special exhibition called Kochikameten will be held at ‘Takashimaya’ (in Tokyo).
At ‘Kochikameten’, under the supervision of author Osamu Akimoto, specially chosen pieces of Kochikame art (from among more than three million pictures which were drawn for over 40 years of the serial), will be carefully selected and displayed. In addition, models and videos will also be on display. The Kochikame world will be presented in various forms at the venue. Don’t miss this because sales of Kochikame original goods have also been scheduled.
This exhibition will have special visual displays based on popular Kochikame episodes. One highlight is the CHARGE!! The Thrilling World of Kochikame! display which has been on parade during various festivals nationwide.
Touching Kochikame episodes will be presented at the ‘Touching and Dramatic Masterworks Selection’ corner. In addition, a model of the drawbridge from the masterpiece episode, ‘Open the Kachidoki Bridge! chapter from volume 71, the Kachidoki Bridge will be on display. This event will totally immerse you in the world of Kochikame.
The exhibition will be held from September 14 until September 26, 2016 at the Nihonbashi, Takashimaya, 8th floor hall. Kochikameten sequel information will be released later on the Kochikame and Weekly Shonen Jump official sites. Stay tuned.
Exhibition period : September 14 (Wed) to 26 (Mon), 2016
Admission times : 10:30 am to 7 pm (7:30 pm closing time)
※On the last day, final admission will be at 5:30 pm (6 pm closing time)
Admission fee : General Admission : 800 yen/University students and high school students : 600 yen/free for junior high school students and below
Venue : Nihonbashi, Takashimaya, 8th floor
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Those effortless-looking Instagram pictures you see of fashionable women are not-so-effortless.
At least, not for their husbands.
Because according to these men, “behind every cute girl on Instagram is a guy... and a brick wall.”
And that’s just one of the hilarious sound bites from a new video titled “Instagram Husband.”
The satirical PSA, created by Springfield-based The Mystery Hour, details the lengths husbands are forced to go to to snap the perfect pic of their wives. After just a day on YouTube, it has more than 1 million views.
“I’ve had to delete all the apps on my phone just to make more room for more photos,” Trey, a self-described Instagram Husband says.
“I’m basically a human selfie stick.”
The Mystery Hour is a late-night talk show that airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. on FOX-KRBK.
The staff behind the show even created a website for the poor fellows behind the iPhone camera.
“We take so long to get anywhere, because we’re taking pictures of our feet,” another husband says.
Take the advice of the creators behind “Instagram Husband”: Put down your wife’s phone, and come near for healing.

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Women Are Big Force in Car Sales
A MEDIA sales representative at a top-rated local radio station, Christine Anderson was used to closing major deals, so buying a new car wasn't anything special. But as Mrs. Anderson sat in the cramped little office, every time she tried to raise a question, the dealer would ignore her, turning instead to her husband, who was sitting in a corner quietly reading a magazine.
``I got so angry, I walked out of the place and bought that car somewhere else,'' even though the first dealer was offering the better price, Anderson recalls.
Women have become a big force in the new car market. But many in the auto industry still haven't figured out how to deal with that fact.
``Women are an increasingly important part of the car market,'' acknowledges Ford Motor Co. vice-president Robert Rewey.
As recently as 1980, women buyers accounted for just 36 percent of total passenger car sales, or about 3.3 million vehicles. By 1988, that soared to 47 percent of the market, or 4.9 million cars.
When it comes to what women want in a car and what they actually buy, there are some significant differences from men.
According to a report by the market research firm, J.D. Power & Associates, ``Women are the principal drivers (and buyers) of more lower priced vehicles,'' such as the subcompact Ford Escort. Women buy nearly eight out of 10 Nissan Pulsar NXs. Toyota officials note that 56 percent of their total sales are to women.
When asked to rank the features or characteristics they hope to find on a new car, men and women will typically list many of the same things, but in a different order.
Men go for performance, styling, and handling. At the top of most women's list are dependability and reliability, says Cathy Reps of Family Circle magazine. They are more concerned ``with the benefits for them and their family, rather than whether or not the car is turbocharged.''
About 37 percent of all women buyers fall into categories described as ``value seekers'' and ``budget minded.''
But as women become more affluent and increasingly comfortable with the idea of unfettered self-expression, more and more are choosing the sporty muscle cars that used to be the bastion of macho males. About one in five female drivers can be described as ``driving enthusiasts.''
Still, women account for only about 11 percent of those buying the Porsche 911, and 19 percent of all Corvette purchasers.
One of the fastest-growing niches among female buyers is the light-truck market. That's largely fueled by the surge in minivan sales, which will total roughly a million vehicles this year. But many women are also trading in their sedans and wagons for Broncos and Jeep sport-utility vehicles.
In 1974, women accounted for barely 6 percent of all Jeep sales. This year it will come close to 20 percent, according to Terri Hauptman, Jeep's merchandising manager for special programs.
``Today,'' Ms. Hauptman says, ``women aren't intimidated by what were once male bastions: going off-road, backpacking, white-water rafting, towing a boat.''
Despite the increasing importance of women in the market, the new car market is still a male-dominated bastion.
Some of the worst complaints center around the retail side of the business. Far too many dealers still tell potential female customers to go home and bring back their husbands. ``Neanderthal'' is how Kate Rand Lloyd, editor of Working Woman magazine, describes the attitude of most male car salesmen when dealing with women buyers.
Women are made to feel especially uncomfortable at the ``back end'' of the dealership, the service department. Yet women are more likely to take their cars in for preventive maintenance, and that is a potentially lucrative source of revenue for dealers who do the work properly and don't make women customers feel out of place, Mr. Rewey stresses.
``Women are very interested in knowing that the dealership can be counted on for a good service department,'' he says.
Meanwhile, Chevrolet recently spent $100,000 on surveys to identify ``Ms. American Car Buyer,'' a project that has influenced both design and marketing programs.
And speaking to a group of women magazine officials last year, Chrysler Motors Chairman Gerald Greenwald noted that ``only the company who wins the confidence of the woman car buyer will be a survivor in the fiercely competitive car wars.''


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To boost product and platform security, Google runs Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs) for Android, Play, Chrome, and web services. The company saw researcher payouts increase by $2 million in 2021 to $8.7 million.
Thanks to these incredible researchers, Vulnerability Reward Programs across Google continued to grow, and we are excited to report that in 2021 we awarded a record breaking $8,700,000 in vulnerability rewards – with researchers donating over $300,000 of their rewards to a charity of their choice.
The Chrome VRP again topped the list at $3,288,000 with $3.1 million going to browser-related bugs and $250,500 for Chrome OS. The top reward amount came in at $45,000 for Chrome OS, with 115 researchers rewarded in total.
Android was next at $2,935,244 in a stark jump from $1.74 million last year. The highest Android VRP payout in history went to an “exploit chain discovered in Android receiving a reward of $157,000.”
Google notes that nobody has yet to claim the $1.5 million Titan M Pixel security chip prize, while the company started the Android Chipset Security Reward Program (ACSRP) in 2021:
…a vulnerability reward program offered by Google in collaboration with manufacturers of certain popular Android chipsets. This private, invite-only program, provides reward and recognition for contributions of security researchers who invest their time and effort into helping make Android devices more secure. In 2021 the ACSRP paid out $296,000 for over 220 valid and unique security reports.
Other highlights last year:
- Play Security Reward Program paid out $550,000 in rewards
- Google Bug Hunters platform unites Android, Chrome, & other Vulnerability Rewards Programs
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The US plan to tax steel and aluminium imports may not hurt India’s exports much
The US plan to tax steel and aluminium imports may not hurt India’s exports much but it may prompt countries like China to divert a part of their supplies to India, raising chances of dumping here, industry and analysts said. Also, any ensuing trade war involving large players like China and the European Union that would seek to retaliate against the US curbs will potentially dent global trade growth and impact India as well, they said.
The government is already closely tracking US trade policies to gauge if the largest economy is going to impose curbs on products — including gems and jewellery, garments and textiles, and pharmaceuticals — where India has huge interest, a senior official told FE. It is also examining if the Trump administration’s move to impose a duty of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium imports is consistent with the US commitments under the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
India’s steel and iron supplies account for just 4% of its overall goods exports to the US and aluminium just over 1%. Nevertheless, the tax casts a shadow over India’s growing supplies of certain steel and aluminium products in recent years and also hurts its policy to diversify its markets. India’s iron and steel exports to the US jumped to $2,352 million in 2016-17, against $1,638 million in the previous year. Such exports to the US touched $1,319 million in the April-November period of the current fiscal, up almost 43% from a year earlier. India’s aluminium exports to the US rose over 80% to $358 million between April and November this fiscal, albeit on a small base.
Global trade in goods will continue growing above trend during the second quarter, the WTO’s quarterly outlook indicator showed last month. “The recovery of 2017 seems to be extending into the first quarter of 2018 at least, based on things like strong export orders, strong air freight and container shipping and other indicators. So it seems like there hasn’t been any slackening of momentum,” it said. The WTO has forecast overall growth in world goods trade will most likely be around 3.2%, compared with an estimated 3.6% in 2017.


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One of the projects in the world of Bitcoin and digital currency that is currently getting a lot of attention is the Jaxx wallet service. Rather than sticking to one operating system and supporting a handful of devices, the Kryptokit team is working hard to create a universal Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet service for computer and mobile users around the world. Earlier today, the company announced the Jaxx beta wallet for iPad users, and interested parties should apply for an invite.
Jaxx Wallet For iPad is Invite-Only
As amazing as it is to see the Kryptokit team release one wallet after another for various operating systems, there are certain limits even they have to take into account. A little known fact is how Apple is not too keen on beta software products, and the company will limit the number of people who can obtain an official license for the Jaxx iPad wallet.
For those people who are interested in trying out this Ethereum and Bitcoin wallet solution on their iPad, sending an email to the Kryptokit team will get you on the list of possible candidates. No official details have been revealed as to how many people will be invited, or how the limited spots will be distributed. A first-come, first-serve basis seems to be the most fair method.
During this limited beta testing, users are invited to provide the Kryptokit team with any feedback on the Jaxx wallet. As this software has been thoroughly tested, bugs should be relatively uncommon, but it is always good to hear from a larger group of testers and see where future enhancements can be made.
This beta release marks the first tablet solution for Jaxx, and it is the very first wallet for Ethereum users on this medium. Most mobile wallets will work on a tablet as well, but they are not always optimized for the larger screen size. The Jaxx iPad wallet has been designed specifically for these types of devices and screen sizes, creating a seamless experience for digital currency enthusiasts.
As is the case with all other Jaxx releases so far, it is important to keep in mind this product is still in a beta stage. Users should not deposit large sums of money in their wallet, as the company will not be able to help if funds go missing or get stolen. Users are in full control of their Bitcoin and Ethereum balances at all times.
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Kathmandu: Fonepay, one of the payment networks in Nepal, has signed a a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LankaPay, Sri Lanka’s National Payment Network.
According to a press statement issued by Fonepay, agreement has been signed to collaborate on the strategic partnership to revolutionize the digital payment landscape by developing an interoperable digital payment system that enables users to transact seamlessly across the two countries.
The MOU was signed by Diwas Kumar Sapkota, CEO of Fonepay, and Channa de Silva, CEO of LankaPay.
“With the agreement, Sri Lankan Citizens while traveling to Nepal can make instant payments by QR to the various merchants of Fonepay Network by using the mobile application authorized by LankaPay. And Nepali Citizens traveling to Sri Lanka can do the same by using Fonepay authorized payment applications. All travelers, who are initially the users of either of the network’s applications, can make the cross-border payments across merchants of these two networks in an affordable and convenient manner,” reads the statement.
According to Sapkota, “This collaboration signifies our commitment to leveraging technology to unlock new opportunities, enhance financial inclusion, and create a thriving digital economy. By joining forces, Fonepay and LankaPay are paving the way for a brighter future, where innovation and interoperability propel the economic growth of our countries to new heights. This partnership is of vital importance to us. We will be serving not just Nepal, but one of our closest South Asian neighboring countries, Sri Lanka, also in helping make cross-border digital payments fast, secure, and easy.”
Likewise, Channa de Silva said, “We are thrilled to embark on this journey of interoperability with Fonepay, as it marks a significant milestone in our mission to revolutionize digital payments in our country. This strategic partnership reflects our shared vision of creating a seamless and inclusive payment ecosystem for our customers. By bridging the gaps between our respective platforms, we are opening up a world of possibilities and empowering individuals and businesses to transact effortlessly.”
Chairperson of Fonepay and President of F1soft, Biswas Dhakal, expressed his excitement in the closing remarks by stating, “This marks a historical step towards achieving interoperability in the digital payment space not only for Fonepay but for the entire country. The interoperability between Fonepay and LankaPay is not just about convenience; it is a catalyst for economic growth. We would like to thank the Central Bank of Nepal for the support in realizing our ambition to establish a cross-border payment network with Lankapay. We also urge the two governments to work on intensifying efforts to increase cross country tourism, trade and commerce now that we will have a foundation of interoperable payment systems between the two countries.”
Fonepay is a Payment System Operator facilitating inter-bank person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions through its interoperable network and mobile platforms. Fonepay is regulated by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) and was the first mobile payment network to be licensed by NRB as Payment System Operator (PSO).


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WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales took a surprising tumble in November, the government said Wednesday, starting the key holiday sales season on a sour note as the high-flying U.S. economy loses altitude.
The Commerce Department reported retail sales fell by 0.4 percent last month, to a seasonally adjusted $271.69 billion, after being flat in October. The drop surprised analysts, who expected sales to rise slightly.
The report and what so far appears to be a not-so-very-festive holiday season for retailers provide the latest evidence that the economy is slowing after its longest-ever streak of uninterrupted growth.
"The Grinch is not just playing in the movie theaters, he's playing the malls and the department stores everywhere," said economist Ken Mayland, of ClearView Economics.
Most of the weakness in November's retail sales came from a 2.2 percent drop in sales of new cars and light trucks, the biggest decline since July 1998. In October, auto sales fell by 1.0 percent. Excluding autos, retail sales rose by a modest 0.2 percent in November.
The drop is troubling to analysts because consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of gross domestic product, has been the driving force behind the economy's remarkable growth in recent years. But consumers are now spending more cautiously, analysts said.
It was the first time since April, when sales declined 0.5 percent, that stores posted weaker monthly business, all the more striking since it came at the opening of the traditional holiday sales season.
Economists blamed weakening consumer demand on a number of factors, including higher interest rates, which makes borrowing more expensive; volatility in the stock market, which takes a dent out of consumers' investment portfolios, and higher fuel prices, which means consumers have less to spend on other items.
At general merchandise stores, including department stores, sales fell by 0.2 percent in November, the biggest drop since May 1999. In October, sales rose 0.5 percent. Sales of all durable goods, items expected to last three or more years, decreased by 1.1 percent last month, following a 0.6 percent drop in October.


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Two new bars, an ice cream parlour and a fish and chip kitchen have all opened as part of a major revamp at the Motorpoint Arena.
Moving its catering and hospitality in-house for the first time, the live entertainment and sports venue decided to embark on a complete overhaul of its concourse with six new food and drink outlets.
Joining the existing eateries are:
Sweet Retreat, a tuck shop offering popcorn, candy floss, doughnuts, chocolate, sweets, ice cream and snacks
Fish & Chip Kitchen, selling a range of fish, pies and other chip shop favourites
Ice Cream Shop, a parlour with a range of flavours from Nottingham's own Dolcino
The Coffee House, selling specialist coffees and syrups, plus teas and hot chocolates along with warm doughnuts, fresh cakes and cookies
The Hideaway Bar, a boozer with an outdoor vibe offering a range of prosecco and Champagne
Quickserve Bar, a bar set back from the concourse and offering a speedier service for those just wanting a drink.
Other improvements made to the venue’s catering include a new discounted menu at the Encore Bar & Grill and the introduction of a new £3 a pint Panthers Pale Ale for people attending ice hockey matches.
Following customer feedback, the venue say they have added new items to the Sub Zero Café Bar menu in the National Ice Centre. The cafe's opening hours have also been extended with the bar now opening from 7am daily.
Concession hawkers have been employed to take food and drink directly to customers in the arena bowl during events.
The transition from working with a contractor to bringing the catering function in-house took eight months and included a recruitment drive which saw over 500 applications processed.
Sam Oldham, operations director at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham and National Ice Centre says: “Bringing our catering operation in-house is giving us the opportunity to maximise revenue in this area and deliver what our customers want.
"We’re delighted with the new catering units along the concourse and are excited to be able to offer a broader range of competitively priced food and drink options for our customers, whether they’re visiting the arena to watch a show or ice skating with friends in the National Ice Centre.”
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S2K Financial Holdings named Melissa Socci chief marketing officer of S2K Servicing, effective immediately.
“As the financial advice industry enters a new fiduciary era, the S2K organization is positioned to redefine financial product structuring and distribution with a priority placed on what best serves the retail investor,” said Neil Cohen, president of S2K Servicing, in a statement. “Melissa’s addition to our team enhances our mission to connect the highest caliber product sponsors and solutions with retail investors across the country through IBDs and RIAs.”
Recently, Socci served as senior vice president and head of marketing at LPL Financial, where she developed and implemented brand strategies to facilitate the growth of the Independent Broker-Dealer Registered Investment Advisor and financial institutions businesses of LPL, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.
S2K Financial Holdings is the holding company for S2K Financial, an independent wholesale broker-dealer, and S2K Servicing is an operations platform supporting the needs of institutional managers.
Prior to LPL Financial, Socci’s roles included senior marketing positions at UBS Wealth Management, Ryan Beck, Gruntal & Co. and Prudential Securities.
Socci’s hiring is part of an ongoing expansion at S2K, including the recent appointment of David Fred, formerly head of due diligence for Cetera Financial Group, as senior vice president of due diligence at S2K Servicing, as well as the addition of Brendan McLaughlin, Kurt Gunderson, Felix Vera and Michael Roman, to the S2K nationwide wholesaling group.
This expansion also includes the hiring of Megan Smith, who previously served as executive vice president and national accounts manager at KBS Capital Markets, as the S2K director of national accounts.


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On Friday, September 23rd, Google announced the rollout of Penguin 4.0. Penguin and Panda, Google’s innocuously-named spam-fighting algorithms, have been updated on an ongoing basis since April of 2012, when the first iteration of Penguin hit the Internet. However, the Penguin algorithm posed a serious problem for webmasters and website content generators because even if a site was flagged and the behind-the-scenes people got to work on correcting the problem immediately, sites would often have to wait for the next Penguin update to see their changes accurately reflected and rewarded in Google rankings, giving a given website’s competitors a potentially crippling advantage in the ongoing battle for first-page results.
Penguin 4.0, says Gary Illyes of the Google Search Ranking Team, will change all that. Penguin will not be updated as a bulk package anymore, but has been adapted to run in real-time as part of Google’s core internal process. The significant change from a user perspective is that as websites are updated, their rankings within Google will be as well because Penguin has been one of the KPIs determining how and where a website should appear in the rankings.
Another significant change is that Penguin is now “more granular,” meaning it looks at many aspects of a site rather than the gestalt whole. SearchEngineLand.com speculates that this means Penguin will be examining individual pages or possibly larger and smaller increments for indicators of black-hat webspam. Google has historically been very tight-lipped about what exactly its KPIs are, in an effort to keep webspam off top search results by preventing spammers from gaming the system. Because of this, what “more granular” really means from the back end and how it presents on the client-facing side are subjects of speculation and guesswork.
One thing that isn’t guesswork is that on Tuesday, September 13th, the webmaster and SEO communities were rocked by “significant” changes in page rankings, fueling already-rampant but hushed chatter about a possible upcoming update from Google. In a Tweet, Google’s John Mueller stated that “fluctuations in search are normal and a sign that our #algorithms & #engineers are working hard.” However, the sheer scale of the changes coupled with the denial only stoked the speculation to a fever pitch. Although Google says the fluctuations had nothing to do with the implementation of the new Penguin iteration, this seems unlikely given that Penguin is now hardwired into Google’s primary operating platform.
The upside of Penguin’s new incarnation as a part of Google’s internal system is that webmasters won’t have to wait for updates to spring their sites from “Google Jail.” The last major update to Penguin occurred on October 17th, 2014 and has since run only sporadically. For webmasters, this potentially meant agonizingly long delays while awaiting the time Penguin was run. In some cases, websites caught by the initial Penguin 3.0 run may have been waiting almost two years to achieve their new rankings, based upon improvements made to the site in the interim.
Google claims these delays will be a thing of the past, as will updates to the Penguin algorithm. Instead, Penguin will continue to crawl and index websites in real-time based on frequency. Thus, if Google “sees” your site more often, it is more likely to recrawl and reindex it on a regular basis than if it does not. Google also states that it will no longer confirm algorithm updates, as the Penguin algorithm’s new real-time functionality would render this unnecessary.
One other point of concern among webmasters is how the new Penguin rollout will affect web search engine queries. Historically, Penguin has affected an average of roughly 1.3% of all queries based on the following data presented by SearchEngineLand.com.
Penguin 1.0 rolled out on 24 Apr 2012 and affected roughly 3.1% of queries.
Penguin 1.1 released on 26 May 2012 and impacted less than 0.1% of queries.
Penguin 1.2 came out on 5 Oct 2012, affecting about 0.3% of queries.
Penguin 2.0 debuted on 22 May 2013, impacting 2.3% of queries.
Penguin 2.1 and 3.0, released on 4 Oct 13 and 17 Oct 14, respectively, each affected about 1% of queries.
However, with the new real-time version of Penguin, Google says it will not be possible to state with confidence what the actual impact of Penguin 4.0 will be, simply because updates will be ongoing and thus the percentages will be continuously changing.
One thing that remains certain is that Penguin will continue to reward white-hat SEO tactics such as delivering great, usable, well-written and easily readable content, optimizing speed and cross-platform functionality. Meanwhile, it is likely that black-hat tactics such as dodgy link-building, irrelevant keyword stuffing and spun content will be punished with greater losses in search engine rankings than ever before.
At Online Advantages, we make it our business to stay abreast of the latest developments in SEO and search engine advances to ensure we’re constantly delivering quality content that stays on the right side of Google’s, and other search engines’, rules and requirements. If you’re not sure if your site has been affected by Penguin, we’re offering a live Google Hangout to help you find out! Just email us at firstname.lastname@example.org or call us at (408) 645-7102 for more information on how to reserve your place. We’ll be covering topics like how to tell if your site has been pinged by Penguin and if so, what you can do about it to help get your site the placement and traffic it deserves, so Penguin won’t leave you out in the cold!
Now that Penguin 4.0 is live, it becomes more crucial than ever before to not gamble with the future of your site’s ranking. Let Matt Maglodi and Online Advantages show you how easy and affordable it can be to deliver excellent content that your clientele will get real value from and keep you higher in Google’s rankings than your competition.


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Polaris Minerals Corporation: Mineral Extraction for Construction Material in North America
Marco Romero founded Polaris Minerals Corporation (Polaris) in 2000 as a construction aggregates owner with majority ownership in three growing quarry operations and distribution locations across western North America. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Polaris holds 88 percent ownership in the Orca Sand and Gravel Quarry on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island; 70 percent ownership of the Eagle Rock Quarry Project, roughly 15 miles south of Port Alberni, British Columbia. Additionally, the company is 70 percent owner of the Richmond Terminal in California, utilized to receive and distribute Orca products to customers across the state. The business has also gained rights to a second location in Long Beach, Calif., which Polaris intends to develop for better distribution access for the Los Angeles market.
Herb Wilson, president and CEO of Polaris, currently leads the business, with Romero still active as a director at the company. Wilson explains that the company’s structure is what sets Polaris apart from other materials providers. “Romero founded this business to find sources of construction aggregate such as crushed rock, sand and gravel used to manufacture asphalt,” he says. “In coastal California, a lot of the resources for this material have completely run out. It has also become impossible to get permits in many of these locations. With deposits exhausted it is very difficult to find a replacement source. We examined the West Coast to find the next generation of replacement sources and British Columbia was pretty promising.”
“Romero had a very practical approach,” Wilson continues. “He did not want to go out and find a deposit only to end up fighting the courts over the rights to work it. So he developed a partnership with the ‘Namgis First Nation. We work with them to extract materials at Orca Sand and Gravel Quarry and they have 12 percent ownership of the operation. With Eagle Rock Quarry, the remaining 30 percent interest is divided between the Hupacasath and Ucluelet First Nations.” The partnership has been mutually beneficial, giving Polaris access to the land while also providing revenue into the three nations who control the land.
“Our company has been held as a strong model of how to work with and construct agreements with First Nations,”Wilson adds. “Half of our employees are of First Nation. With 50 employees, we have a very efficient production unit. Orca is one of the 10 largest quarries in Canada and we did between three and four million tons in sales this year. It all leaves in 80,000-ton loading vessel owned by Canada Steamships. The process is efficient as we are only 25 miles from San Francisco. We are the only supplier that enters the five terminals there that receive aggregates.”
Polaris materials have been used in several major projects over the last few years. “Our products make up the foundation of the new Bay Bridge in San Francisco as well as the siding of the Golden Gate Bridge,” Wilson elaborates. “Our aggregate is in Trump Tower and Casino. The first contracts for paving the Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu ran trials with Polaris materials with exceptionally good results. Our aggregate is being used on new highway tunnels from Oakland, Calif., through the hills.”
Fighting the Downturn
Polaris’ structure and high quality products have kept the business stable throughout the recession. The collapse of the market, change in currency values and growing transportation costs all had detrimental effects on the aggregate business. “The Canadian dollar is stronger while the value of U.S. currency has gone down,” Wilson explains. “Our production costs are in Canadian dollars, but we sell to businesses in America. With what has happened to world oil prices has also presented challenges. Shipping rates have skyrocketed with fuel surcharges.”
Access to materials and the quality of produced aggregate have kept Polaris in the game. “We produce the highest quality of sand and gravel you can buy,” Wilson explains. “That is helpful when you are fighting a very difficult and competitive market. Our materials are used in prestigious products with consistent market value as well, despite the fact that the demand for our product in California fell by 50 percent between 2006 and 2011. Fortunately we are seeing the beginning of the recovery in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is our largest market.”
As the market makes a comeback, Polaris is set up to continue growth. “In five years of production, we won three provincial safety awards,” Wilson adds. “That aspect is very important to the local community. The other major industry in our area is logging, which has a high accident rate.” The company’s safety record eases minds, but it also helps to reduce down time and lost overhead while increasing the appeal for dedicated employees. Polaris Minerals Corporation maintains a positive, mutually beneficial relationship with its partners in business while providing a solution to the demand from the construction market just to the south.


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Just Growth is a new programme launched on July 13 by the Real Farming Trust, which will provide a combination of technical support, grant and loan funding to new community owned, food growing and value adding enterprises.
Clare Hurrel of FEA said at the 13th July Launch that Just Growth was about environmental and socially just growth, and had grown out of the A Team Challenge as a pilot. Just Growth aims to protect the environment, increase people’s control over food growing, enable more people to eat better food and will support food enterprises run and owned by communities. It will provide started up finance, help existing food business to expand and diversify, or develop a new aspect to its businesses and support other projects connected to the community-farming sector. Normally a CBS or CIC /co-op structure will be suggested, with project planning clarity about how finance will be invested, and FEA will ask about how the project can be replicated , and the social benefits evaluated
The timetable: applications are open from 13 July to 30 September. 1-9 October selection of projects 10 October 29 February Assessment, fundraising etc., from30 September 2016 loans and grants to be drawn down… TBC


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ON24 (NYSE: ONTF) today announced that Yoshiyuki Ueda has joined the company as country manager of Japan. He is responsible for developing strategic customer relationships in Japan, helping companies transform their go-to-market approaches, and meeting customers’ digital-first imperatives throughout the region.
Ueda brings extensive digital experience to ON24 at a time when digital adoption is accelerating across Asia-Pacific.1 Leading Japanese companies such as Expedia, Fujitsu, and Hitachi Asia are using the ON24 Digital Experience Platform to power interactive, data-rich digital experiences that drive business growth.
“Japanese businesses of all sizes are transforming how they reach and engage customers using digital,” said Sharat Sharan, founder, president, and CEO of ON24. “We’re excited to welcome Yoshiyuki to the ON24 team as we expand our presence in Japan and help companies succeed in the era of digital engagement.”


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Today, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has finally decided to make its next Android-based flagship smartphone official, in the form of HTC One M8.
The handset has made headlines since last year, when it was known only as HTC M8, but one thing about it hasn’t been unveiled until today: its name.
It will land on shelves as HTC One M8 and should provide users with a great experience when compared to its predecessor, when it comes both to hardware and software, it seems.
For those who missed previous leaks on the phone, we should note that it will land on shelves with a 5-inch touchscreen display capable of delivering a full HD resolution, while being powered by a Snapdragon 801 processor.
Moreover, the handset sports 2GB of RAM inside, along with 32GB of internal memory, which is paired with a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes, something that HTC One didn’t have.
On the back, HTC One M8 features two cameras (4.1 UltraPixel + 2MP depth cameras), complemented by a 5-megapixel camera on the front, great for making video calls while on the go.
According to HTC, the device is capable of capturing better photos in all light conditions, while also enabling users to manually change all kinds of camera settings. Dual camera mode was also included, along with slow motion video capturing and more.
Moreover, the handset features a 2600mAh battery, which should deliver 40 percent longer usage time when compared to last year’s HTC One.
The phone will arrive on shelves with the usual set of connectivity capabilities packed inside, including LTE, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, and NFC, as well as with a built-in GPS receiver.
Additionally, it sports an IR Blaster, along with BoomSound technology, so that users enjoy great audio as well. The phone measures 146.3 x 70.6 x 9.35mm and weighs 160 grams.
HTC One M8 also arrives with a nice set of software improvements packed inside, as part of the Sense 6.0 user interface, such as an updated HTC BlinkFeed and a new HTC Gallery app for finding photos easier than before.
Additionally, HTC has confirmed that its BlinkFeed software has been opened to developers so that they could bring their applications closer to users this way. Apparently, Foursquare and Fitbit have already adopted it.
The new HTC One M8 will become available for purchase as soon as today, just after the launch event ends, the Taiwanese mobile phone maker also announced.
The handset will be available in the United States online through wireless carriers such as AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, as well as via various retailers, including Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart. It is also set to be available in stores in the US and Canada before April 10.
Also starting today, users in the UK can grab the phone through various retailers and carriers. Carphone Warehouse has already confirmed plans to make it available to its users starting March 25.
According to HTC, the new smartphone will be available at 240 carriers in over 100 countries before the end of April. The company has also said that Sense 6.0 will become available for HTC One, One mini, and One max in the coming months.


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On Feb. 27 it was announced that the Japanese automobile giant Toyota is preparing to build a new energy vehicle (NEV) plant with an annual capacity of 200,000 units in the Chinese city of Tianjin. The is said to be investing 8.5 billion yuan in the project.
This is so far the company’s second expansion of its new energy production capacity after the 2018 NEV plant transformation project with Tianjin TEDA Group.
It is reported that the new plant will cover a total area of 1.97 million square meters. In the future, the facility is expected to produce electric vehicles jointly developed by Toyota and the Chinese EV manufacturer BYD. With the support of BYD, Toyota is predicted to be able to achieve mass production of multiple new energy models and complete its sales targets.
“Considering the current production capacity of Toyota and the agreement reached by Toyota and BYD last year to establish a joint venture research and development company, this new plant is likely to be prepared for the future production of pure electric vehicles jointly developed by Toyota and BYD,” unspecified industrial sources told the Chinese tech media outlet 36Kr. BYD responded to reporters that “everything is subject to official announcements”.
“Toyota will adjust its production capacity in China, including new energy vehicles, according to market demand,” told Toyota China representatives to the Chinese media Cailian Press.


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Thank you for coming to see our presentation at MUTEK.jp VR Salon!
The DVERSE Inc. CEO Shogo Numakura recently participated in a panel discussion under the theme of “The Future of VR Creation” at the VR Salon within MUTEK.jp. The panel included thought leaders from the Japanese VR community including LIFESTYLE Inc. and Psychic VR.
The panel discussion took place at Miraikan from 13:00-14:15 on Saturday, November 4th. Visit the Mutek.jp website for more details.
DVERSE Inc. CEO Shogo Numakura will be speaking as part of a panel discussion under the theme of “The Future of VR Creation” at the VR Salon within MUTEK.jp. The panel will include thought leaders from the Japanese VR community including LIFESTYLE Inc. and Psychic VR.
The panel discussion will take place at Miraikan from 13:00-14:15 on Saturday, November 4th. Visit the Mutek.jp website for more details.
MUTEK.jp VR Salon 2017
As part of the free day-time program MUTEK.JP brings the first edition of the VR Salon to Tokyo. The VR Salon offers various activities to the public and professionals interested in exploring the medium of Virtual (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR). The activities include two panels on the future of VR creation and the Japanese VR industry in a global context, workshops on VR Creation as well as a VR exhibition addressed to the general public.
The VR Salon was originally developed by MUTEK and it’s partners in Montreal in order to bring together artists, developers, VR producers and professionals to share their experiences and build bridges to other creative digital disciplines. Through introducing new audiences to the new world of VR, AR and MR, the VR Salon further seeks to accelerate the process of adoption of these new media.
All activities of the day time program are held at Miraikan – The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation and are free of charge.
Date: Saturday November 4th, 2017
Location: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)


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Cooler GELID Silent Spirit friends with Socket LGA1366
January 12, 2009, 6:39 pm
The company GELID Solutions announced the release of a special set of anchorage for the implementation of the compatibility of its debut CPU cooler Silent Spirit connector Socket LGA1366. As reported in the published an official press release, this set joins the above kuleru the same manner as provided in conjunction with the attachment to the socket Socket LGA775. Thus, users who already had time to acquire a Silent Spirit, can easily adapt the cooling system to effectively lower the temperature of a family of chips Intel Core i7 microarchitecture for Nehalem. Buy GELID Socket LGA1366 Mounting Kit, you can now for $ 5.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Following an oversubscribed Kickstarter campaign smart home company Zuli (http://www.zuli.io/) today announced a $1.65 million seed round of funding to enable the company to bring their first product, the Zuli Smartplug, to market. Participating in the round were prominent venture capitalists and industry veterans including Menlo Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Logitech, DeNA, XG Ventures, FreedomPop CEO Stephen Stokols, and Hossein Eslambolchi, former CTO of AT&T. Zuli also announced it has established a close development partnership with design firm Astro Studios, designers of the Nike FuelBand and Xbox 360.
"Zuli's technology has the potential to fundamentally change the experience in our homes," said Mark Seigel of Menlo Ventures. "We see them setting a new bar and playing a major role in driving the smart home industry forward."
Inspired by the vision that your home could be aware of your presence and respond accordingly, the Zuli Smartplug leverages the company's proprietary Bluetooth Low Energy mesh network and iBeacon technology to make your home contextual. And, with Zuli's smartphone app users can control, monitor and create custom proximity-based experiences for their lights, devices and appliances based on what room they're in.
With a minimum of three Zuli Smartplugs and your smartphone in your pocket, the system will know whether you're in the bedroom, living room, bathroom or kitchen and respond accordingly – automating your preferences, while ensuring the lowest possible energy consumption. Zuli eliminates the need for mechanical timers, dimmers, motion sensors or a complicated and costly installation by giving you a touch-less way to have your own "Bill Gates smart home."
"Zuli's sole focus is to create a simpler, more enjoyable home experience, by enabling your home to adjust to where you are and what you like," said Zuli CEO and co-founder Taylor Umphreys. "With Zuli Smartplugs, come home to have the lamps brighten to an ambient level, while your heater starts and music fades simply by walking in to the room. Save energy and set your Zuli Smartplugs to shut off appliances when you leave the room – all without ever taking your phone out of your pocket."
In addition to creating a personalized home experience, Zuli also allows users to monitor energy consumption directly from the app, providing insights on electricity-usage patterns by device and allowing consumers to become more conscious and efficient in their usage.
Batch one of Zuli's Smartplugs are sold out. Starting today you can now reserve your spot for batch two at www.zuli.io.
Zuli (http://www.zuli.io/) is enabling the personalized smart home with a Bluetooth Low Energy Smartplug that responds and adapts to you, by recognizing your precise location, identity, and specific preferences. Zuli was conceived by co-founders Taylor Umphreys, CEO; Sid Bhargava, CTO; and Ben Chang, VP of Operations, who were inspired to create a simpler, more intelligent smart home experience for their every day lives. The company is backed by leading investors, including Menlo Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Logitech, FreedomPop CEO Stephen Stokols and former AT&T CTO Hossein Eslambolchi. Zuli is headquartered in San Francisco.
Media Contact for Zuli:
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Bullet holes in J. Alexander's restaurant declared official tourist attraction.
Part-time J.Alexander's Hostess, Tiffany Krabill, is tired of customers asking to be seated in the infamous booth number 16. The Norwood City Council has solved Tiffany's problem by declaring the bullet holes in J. Alexander’s the first official tourist attraction in Norwood. The popular restaurant agreed to display the booth where a non-fatal shooting occurred last winter. Restaurant officials say the four-person leather booth will be accompanied by explanatory signage and heavy lighting to properly display the now famous puncture holes.
- This article republished by popular demand
- Cincinnati Zoo sells Baby Giraffe naming rights to P&G
- Drunks vote on new Ohio DUI license plate designs
- Pharmaceutical company steals crystal meth to manufacture Sudafed
- Consumers already forming line for cheaper, upgraded next generation iPad
- Cincinnati parking meter #13724 inducted into Parking Meter Hall of Fame


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Cybersecurity is a Team Sport
Our first Center of Excellence and Co-Innovation focusing on cybersecurity and privacy will open in Milan in 2020, bringing together public and private sector experts to research unique solutions.
Customers Deserve Transparency to Manage Risk
Regardless of how they are found, all vulnerabilities are investigated and publicly reported per our policies.
Laying the Foundation to Secure Critical Infrastructure
With the rising wave of global Digitization, Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are demanding more network connectivity and creating greater opportunity for scalable internet-based attacks. It’s more critical now than ever that the foundational building blocks of Industrial and Automation Control Systems (IACS) incorporate capabilities that can withstand today’s internet threats.
The Role of Transparency in our Digital Economy
It’s no surprise the world is going digital. With this transition comes the opportunity for economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness but also the risk of cyber-attacks for monetary...
Security as a Strategic Imperative
In the digital era, every company is considered a technology company. Whether you provide electricity, banking or public transportation, you are increasingly dependent upon the internet and network connectively. If...
Podcast: Preparing Today for Tomorrow’s Cyber Threats
For many countries around the world, October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, when participating governments and private industry sponsor advocacy campaigns to promote cyber awareness, and provide the information and...
Tackling the Threat Landscape with Innovative Partnerships
As countries digitize to expand economic growth, promote a secure environment for investment, job creation and global competitiveness, cyber attackers are also seeing the monetary and political opportunity to exploit digital expansion and its data to their advantage. The dynamic threat landscape is not a challenge to be solved by one organization, one product, or […]
Automating Explicit Trust
We’ve talked about the market transition from implicit to explicit trust. It’s not enough to go on the word of an individual or the reputation of a vendor, customers are demanding explicit trust. Explicit trust is trust that is earned, not assumed. In other words, our customers are demanding evidence to confirm trust. I am […]
The Network’s Role in Securing the IoT
Over the past few weeks, I’ve blogged about the importance of having a holistic security strategy for the Internet of Things (IoT). Now is the time to really amp up security and privacy by design at the endpoint device level. Everyone has a role to play. We know that enterprises are struggling to secure their […]


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Ford Motor (NYSE: F) is ready to spend USD2 Billion to revamp operations and shut down automobile manufacturing in India amid CEO Jim Farley’s new turnaround plan. Manufacturing of automobiles on the market in India is ready to cease instantly, resulting in the termination of hundreds of staff.
Ford India has recorded over USD2 Billion in losses all through the final decade and lowered its enterprise worth by round USD800 Million in 2019. Farley said that he’ll now not be investing in marginal markets that don’t contribute a major return. Moreover, in January the automaker revealed it will halt manufacturing in Brazil, taking a USD4.1 Billion cost. Farley has now positioned most of his focus in China, the world’s main auto market.
“We’re taking tough however essential actions to ship a sustainably worthwhile enterprise longer-term and allocate our capital to develop and create worth in the precise areas,” Farley mentioned in a press release. “Regardless of investing considerably in India, Ford has amassed greater than $2 billion of working losses over the previous 10 years and demand for brand new automobiles has been a lot weaker than forecast.”
However, India will stay Ford’s second-largest salaried workforce worldwide. The automaker revealed it’s set to develop a “Enterprise Options” group, of 11,000 staff, to work on engineering, know-how and enterprise operations. Amid Farley’s Ford+ turnaround plan, the corporate hopes to achieve an 8% adjusted revenue margin earlier than curiosity and taxes in 2023.


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Few things capture the essence of summer as well as a fair, and there is no fair in Ohio quite like the State Fair. It’s already been underway for almost a week and there’s still several days left to enjoy. In fact, the Big Blue Crew is On the Road today in Columbus to be a part of this awesome event.
There will always be the fair classics to enjoy- everything from Butter Cows to Funnel Cakes, but the Ohio State Fair is bringing several new features to the fairgrounds this year. Today on the Morning Thing Marcy and Hunter shared some of these new special items to keep an eye out for when you head to the State Fair this year.
There are countless food vendors at the State Fair, but new this year are specialties including (but by no means limited to) Apple Fries, Buckeye Funnel Cake, Chocolate Candy Bar Shish Kebab, Deep Fried Mini Gummy Burgers, Flaming Hot Cheeto Corn Dogs, Puckering Pickle Popsicles, Pulled Pork and Chicken Sundaes, Sriracha Peanut Butter Crunch Donuts, and even Cucumber Lemonade.
What is a fair without rides? This year’s State Fair includes several new rides. The new Fast Trax slide has 55 steps to the top and is 200 feet long. The brand new, brightly colored 108-foot high Ferris wheel offers a relaxing ride with a great view. Another great view is at the new Mega Drop Tower- briefly that is, because the bird’s eye view is followed by a 120 foot drop.
These are just a few of the new foods and new rides at the fair. You’ll have to go to Columbus and experience it all yourself! The fair is going on right now until August 4th. For more information, visit OhioStateFair.com.
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Microsoft: Motorola Is Infringing Seven Patents With Its Androids
After the Google-Motorola deal has gone public, the phone maker is facing its first problems: Microsoft is accusing Motorola of infringing seven of its patents (among which ways to sync e-mail, calendars and contacts; schedule meetings; notify applications of changes in signal strength and battery power).
Redmond asked ITC to block from import certain Motorola phones, including the Droid 2, Droid X, Cliq XT, Devour, Backflip and Charm. “Motorola is infringing our patents and we are confident that the ITC will rule in our favor”, said David Howard, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for litigation.
Motorola is considering Microsoft’s move to be a “patent attack business strategy” through Jennifer Erickson, a spokeswoman for the company. While the ITC has to complete its investigation by March 5, Judge Theodore Essex is scheduled to release his findings on November 4.
Google acquired Motorola Mobility mostly because it wanted to gain access to the phone maker’s patent portfolio in order to defend itself (and its OEMs) in lawsuits.


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K Mohan, MD, Ebro Armaturen India
Kiran Diwanji, President at Qu Con Inc.
The global economy downturn and more multinational players’ foray into Indian shores make the PVC industry happening as well as competitive too
The Indian market for pumps, valves and compressors (PVC) has been traditionally dominated by international companies while a few locally triumphed companies like Ebro Armaturen India Pvt. Ltd. and Qu-Con Inc. are creating waves in the industry. These PVC manufacturers are niche focused and cater to specific demand from end users. Let’s find out what are their views on the current industry, opportunities and challenges.
The current industry scenarioThe current industry looks like the ideal ground for survival for the fittest. Most of the industries are facing liquidity crunch and new projects are on hold. To cap it off, more and more multinational companies are setting up operations in India, making intense competition. In general, the PVC industry is facing a challenging time.
“Despite the fact that valves and pumps are projected as ‘must’ product for almost all industry, the demand is in decline,” Kiran Diwanji, President, Qu-Con Inc., expressed his concerns. “Even end users prefer repairing or upgrading existing valves and pumps, rather than going for purchase of new equipment.”
He further added, “Valves and pumps, however, with special feature like zero leakage or higher efficiency will still have good demand as these features save money.”On the contrary, K Mohan, Managing Director, Ebro Armaturen India Pvt. Ltd., was more optimistic. He said, “Indian process industry is poised for steep growth in coming years. There will be exponential demand for pumps, valves and accessories. The industry also needs to produce quality products with a view to maintain clean environment.”
Growth drivers for the industryUntil the global economy comes back to the high-growth trajectory, the growth of the industry seems in distance.
“The growth in demand is related to overall economic growth of the country which in turn is quite dependant on political stability and the government policies,” echoed Mr. Mohan.
The global economy downturn surely affecting the demand and it looks it’ll continue to be down for some time.
The demand and supply of PVCIt seems the industry is divided with the idea of demand and supply ratio.
While speaking on the demand-supply issue, Mr. Mohan remarked, “We feel that there is enough demand, but there are not too many quality manufacturers who can supply the valves and pumps at par with European companies. With the result, still we are looking at cost-effective options thereby diluting the end demand on product performance.”
Whereas Mr. Diwanji said, “Demand would be in decline, but the supply would be plentiful. The manufacture would be slowed down due to diminutive market.”
Technology innovationsNo significant new technology has come up over the last few years. Of course, multinationals are investing enough to target the burgeoning Indian markets, but the technology innovations will take some time to be implemented.
However, it seems it’s not that true for valves. Mr. Mohan emphasised, “We are producing specialised valves for handling powders and abrasive fluids as well as developed actuators which consume less energy thus making them environment friendly.”
In general, the PVC industry is facing a challenging time. However, India is blessed with technically skilled and less expensive manpower. As the global economic slowdown is forcing global companies to look at India as a viable destination for business, Indian PVC industry seems following the right path.
K Mohan, MD, Ebro Armaturen India


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Nevada is looking to a brand new industry to boost economic growth – indoor agriculture.
Many experts view indoor food cultivation – using methods such as hydroponics and aeroponics – as a significant emerging industry, necessary to feed the world’s growing population. And the industry is wide open – it’s so small in the US that the Department of Agriculture doesn’t even bother to keep records on that category.
For Nevada, it could smooth out swings in its vital tourism industry. And it could also feed the 40 million tourists it hosts each year, instead of sending $2 billion out of the state to import vegetables, fruit and other food.
State officials are actively wooing at least 10 agricultural businesses with tax incentives to locate in Nevada, reports the Associated Press.
At the state’s first indoor agriculture conference this year, 250 scientists, farmers and entrepreneurs coalesced around the industry. And Nevada’s Governor is visiting Israel next month – the leader in non-traditional farming techniques.
How will the world feed a growing population in the future as water resources dwindle and the soil is exhausted? Indoor cultivation is the answer, Navin Twarakavi, a soil scientist at Nevada’s Desert Research Institute, told Associated Press. "It is not an economic option, it’s a necessity."
When food is produced indoors, the water needed is just 7-15% of traditional farming, he says, which is crucial for water-scarce Nevada. "Water is so stressed in southern Nevada that literally every drop is being fought for," Twarakavi told Associated Press.
Although only 40 acres of indoor crops are currently grown in Nevada, they demonstrate the variety of crops that could be produced this way.
Nevada-based Hydro Greens, for example, grows herbs and greens including basil, arugula and chives using hydroponic methods at a 30,000 square foot greenhouse located less than an hour from the Las Vegas Strip.
This photo shows one of the flats used to grow microgreens.
Windset Farms’ hydroponics greenhouse grows premium cocktail cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers.
Indoor agriculture has been slow to take off because of the expense of sophisticated climate control systems. Greenhouses can be energy intensive, requiring artificial lighting and air conditioning to create optimal growing conditions. But advances in LED lighting and renewable energy are making it much more cost-effective. And indoor farms don’t have to worry about frosts and pests.
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Nokia (NYSE:NOK) continued to fight against Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the struggle to define standard for nano-SIM cards, arguing that Apple does not own the patents to back up its proposal.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute will vote on the rival proposals Thursday. Nokia's plan is backed by both Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM). The ETSI requires that any patents needed for a new standard must be licensed under so-called fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
According to Florian Mueller of the popular Foss Patents blog, Apple has submitted a proposal that would give the other handset makers royalty-free licenses to any Apple patents for its nano-SIM design, as long as Apple's proposal is adopted as a standard and that all other patent holders accept the same terms.
Nokia blasted that proposal, though, arguing Apple cannot possibly back it up. "We are not aware of any Apple intellectual property which it considers essential to its nano-SIM proposal," a Nokia spokesperson told IDG News Service. "In light of this, Apple's proposal for royalty-free licensing seems no more than an attempt to devalue the intellectual property of others."
Apple declined to comment, according to IDG.
Apple submitted a request to the ETSI in May 2011 to standardize its nano-SIM design, which would allow companies to free up more internal space in devices for other functions. Last year, AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) CEO Ralph de la Vega said that making the SIM card smaller "is a no-brainer" and he believes that it will happen. France Telecom CEO Stephane Richard made similar comments as well, and said that the European telco was working with Apple on standardizing a smaller SIM card that balances operators' needs for security and authentication with Apple's desire to free up more internal space in the iPhone.
- see this IDG News Service article
- see this Foss Patents post
- see this The Verge article
Report: Apple battles Motorola, Nokia and RIM over SIM card specs
AT&T's de la Vega says making a smaller SIM card is a 'no brainer'
France Telecom Orange wrestles Apple over e-SIMs, App Store
Apple seeks to shrink size of micro-SIM card


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LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — It might look like just an old, wooden cabin, but the rustic building on Route 1 is hiding an invigorating secret: bags and bags of coffee beans that have been imported to the coast of Maine from growers in exotic lands like Colombia, Brazil and Ethiopia.
John Ostrand, the longtime coffee buyer who recently opened the Green Tree Coffee & Tea retail store and office building next door, knows his beans. His father was a buyer for Folgers Coffee, and he started working in the coffee business in 1979 in New York City, then went to Central America to work for coffee exporters 10 years later.
Now, Ostrand buys beans directly from the growers in what’s called the “green trade” and sells gourmet whole beans, roast, ground and flavored coffee to customers all over the country. Coffee is one of the most-traded commodities in the world after oil, Ostrand said, and it is a fascinating business.
“I was drawn to coffee,” Ostrand said. “Coffee’s not boring. It has a lot of dynamics and factors that are always changing the business model.”
The hunt for good coffee beans has taken Ostrand to some exotic locales. He moved to New Orleans from Costa Rica and there began Green Tree Coffee & Tea in 2002, mostly selling roasted, packaged coffee for the hotel market.
Even before Hurricane Katrina and its resulting devastation hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, Ostrand and his wife, Sara Ruffin, had decided to relocate north.
“There’s a fair amount of crime in New Orleans,” he said. “You hop out of Central America and go to New Orleans. It doesn’t necessarily get safer, and Maine is safer … We decided it would be nice to have a calmer life.”
Although their New Orleans home wasn’t badly damaged in the hurricane, the coffee stock was. A million pounds of coffee beans stored near the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward were “wiped out,” Ostrand said.
Otherwise, he said he has a relatively good Katrina story.
The couple’s Garden District home was located two feet above sea level. Though water gurgled out of the drains — “It was kind of freaky,” he said — the house itself was OK. Outside the doors, that wasn’t the case.
“It got pretty chaotic really quick,” Ostrand said. “The direness set in pretty quickly.”
They stayed for three weeks, helping to save neighborhood dogs until the police told people they had to leave.
“Katrina pushed me out of New Orleans, for sure,” he said. “It was the last straw.”
Now, part of the business is located in Slidell, La., and part in Lincolnville. Four employees work in each location, he said, but Maine hosts the organization’s only retail shop.
“We got lucky with this little spot,” he said. “When I saw it, I knew I wanted it. It was exactly what I was looking for.”
Every couple of days, coffee roaster and retail manager Abby Dwinnells roasts about 100 pounds of beans in the back of the remodeled antiques shop just south of Lincolnville Beach. The shop opened in February, and already it has garnered the attention of a “fair amount” of locals, Ostrand said.
The company’s signature Coastal Maine and Dog Friendly blends are available to buy at the retail shop and at a few other locations in the Belfast area, including the Purple Baboon and Harrigan’s Seafood Market. The company donates $1 a bag toward one of two charities — the Mobile Greyhound Adoption Center in Mobile, Ala., or the Coastal Mountains Land Trust in Camden.
Kristen Lindquist of the Coastal Mountains Land Trust said that her nonprofit organization is very appreciative of being singled out for support by the company — especially because the donated dollars are unrestricted, which allows them to be used where they’re most needed.
“We’re incredibly grateful and really honored,” Lindquist said. “They came to us with this idea, and we’re grateful that they wanted to support us in a really creative way.”
The land trust also is proud to be associated with such a quality local product, she said.
“They could have chosen to do this for anyone. They really recognize the value of what we do in this area and went out of their way to support it,” she said. “It’s no casual thing on their part to do this for us.”
Ostrand said he’s also interested in taking care of the land where the coffee beans are grown and the farmers who grow them. He carries a lot of shade-grown coffee, and much of the beans he imports are certified by the Rainforest Alliance and are organically grown.
“I believe in paying the farmer a fair price for the product,” he said.
He travels twice a year to buy coffee or to attend coffee conventions, and when he’s in Maine he’s closely connected to the market. On a recent day, a scrolling ticker on his computer screen showed the changing prices of coffee and other commodities. The phone rang, and Ostrand chatted for a few moments with the caller — and smiled when he hung up.
“I just sold 4,000 pounds of coffee in a 30-second phone call,” he said. “It’s a very fluid business. There’s always something going on.”
Green Tree Coffee & Tea is at 2456 Atlantic Highway in Lincolnville, just south of Lincolnville Beach. For information, call 706-7908 or visit www.greentreecoffee.com.


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Little Tikes has enjoyed a year of brand growth thanks to a partnership with Asda.
The toy property began to expand into areas outside of ‘outdoor play’ with Asda’s exclusive DTR on infant pre-school toys, which features an extensive range of over 100 product lines.
The firm states that sales across 300 Asda stores have far exceeded expectations, with ASDA’s market share growing from 6.9 per cent to 7.3 per cent YTD.
Last month saw the launch of Little Tikes t-shirts, which have already sold out online.
Little Tikes also embarked on a global partnership with Diono for travel accessories spanning strollers, high chairs and car seats.
“Little Tikes has been producing trusted and award-winning toys for many years, providing fun for children and parents alike," said Little Tikes international marketing and licensing director, Rachael Springett.
"We’re delighted to be working with strategic partners such as Asda to successfully grow our offering beyond toys by bringing our core values and quality to a range of exciting new categories.”
TLC, the firm leading the brand extension, is now looking to roll the Little Tikes brand into apparel, accessories, health, beauty, home and gifting


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued their final report on the deadly outbreak “traced to soft, raw milk cheese from Vulto Creamery of Walton, NY,” officially ending the outbreak. In total, eight people were confirmed with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes, and all of them required hospitalization.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued their final report on the deadly outbreak “traced to soft, raw milk cheese from Vulto Creamery of Walton, NY,” officially ending the outbreak. In total, eight people were confirmed with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes, and all of them required hospitalization. Of the eight infected, one was a newborn baby, and two victims actually died as a result of the infection. According to Food Safety News, “the most recent victim became ill on March 13,” just days after Vulto Creamery issued their nationwide recall.
For those who haven’t been following this particular situation, the popular cheese company issued a national recall on many of its cheeses due to a Listeria outbreak that claimed two lives. What cheeses were included in the recall? Well, eight kinds of cheese in total were recalled, including:
- Blue Blais
- Walton Umber
The company’s recall was nationwide because their raw milk cheeses were distributed across the country, primarily to “retail locations in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States, California, Chicago, Portland, OR, and Washington D.C.” While the cheeses were recalled because of potential contamination, testing results from the FDA and the “New York Department of Agriculture and Markets identified contamination in the Ouleout product.” According to the CDC, the particular strain of listeria found in the Ouleout cheese product “matched the strain isolated from six ill people, including two who died, as well as a listeria strain confirmed in an open package of Vulto cheese from a victim’s home.”
The big problem that some see with this final report is that “infected people may not develop symptoms until weeks from now.” According to the CDC, “it can take up to 70 days for symptoms of Listeria infection to develop.” So anyone who ate the contaminated cheese before the recall was issued in early March might not fall ill until July.
Despite this, though, some officials say the regular updates have to end at some point. Bill Marler, a Seattle attorney representing the families of the two outbreak victims who died, said that “it is not unusual for the CDC to issue a final report on an outbreak before all confirmed cases are counted.” He added, “they have to draw a line and stop doing updates. But for the victims and their families, it’s never really over.”


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Buzz: Memories Filling Station, Soma, Wildbird update
Three business updates:
Memories Filling Station opens today
Memories Filling Station is slated to open today in Dale in the old brick fire station at W9698 State 96, next to Wally's Still. It's an antiques and refurbished antiques shop owned by two Hortonville residents and sisters-in-law, Cindy Reimer and Vicki Lautenschlager.
Building renovation will come down to the wire, and if the shop is not fully ready today, it will at minimum have a sampling of goods for customers to see and buy, said Reimer.
The sisters-in-law turned their passion for antiques into a business last year.
"We started at the antique mall (near the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute) in October to test the waters," said Reimer. "That booth is able to sustain itself, but there's not enough room for the bigger items. We thought we'd take it a step further and open a store."
The shop will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. It is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Reimer said they expect some customers will walk over from their landlord's restaurant, Wally's Still, at lunch and during the early dinner rush. "They get really busy, so if people have to wait, we built a walkway and they can come over and shop while they wait."
More information: See Facebook or call 920-710-9069.
Soma Intimates to open
Soma Intimates opens Saturday in the Fox River Mall. The boutique will sell lingerie, loungewear, perfume and body cream for women. It carries bra sizes from 32A to 44G and offers free fittings.
During its grand opening event May 22, the company will donate 10 percent of net sales to the American Heart Association. That day, it will give the first 25 people in line gift cards of amounts from $10 to $100, and have additional giveaways throughout the day. All customers can get an in-store 20 percent discount for the first month.
Soma currently operates more than 280 boutiques around the country, and is a division of Chico's FAS Inc., which also operates Chico's and White House Black Market stores. For more information, see soma.com.
Wildbird & Backyard changed hands
Wildbird & Backyard has the same nest and same floc
k of employees, but new owners now rule the roost.
Sue and Dave Tebo bought the business May 1.
The store, which bills itself as "the largest wild bird specialty store in Northeast Wisconsin," is at 680 N. Westhill Blvd., across the street from Woodman's in Grand Chute. It stocks proprietary blends of seeds, feeders, houses, birdbaths and garden décor.
"We love the store. We were customers for many years. It seemed like a good fit at the right time," said Sue Tebo, operating partner, on why they bought the place.
Wildbird & Backyard had been owned and operated by Mike and Pat Wagner for 15 years, and Mike Wagner will stay on as a part-time employee. The shop will keep the website, wildbirdbackyard.com, and loyalty program, and will honor prior gift cards.
— Maureen Wallenfang: 920-993-1000, ext. 287, or firstname.lastname@example.org; on Twitter @wallenfang


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Show Car Could Signal New Nürburgring Effort
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Mopar recently released the first picture of its 2015 Dodge Viper ACR Concept car—destined for a SEMA debut on November 4 in Las Vegas—so let the rumor-mongering begin right here: Could this car be the first hint of an upcoming production model that will look to crack the 7-minute mark at the Nürburgring?
And what better way could there be for the 2015 Dodge Viper to earn back some performance credibility, boost awareness and perhaps even goose sales, then to break the 7:00 mark at the Nürburgring, where it already has a nice track record of success?
It's also worth noting that any mention of a powertrain is suspiciously absent from the press materials for the 2015 Dodge Viper ACR concept. Could that be because engineers are still trying to fit a supercharged, 707-hp Hellcat HEMI beneath its hood?
The car certainly lives up to its ACR "American Club Racer" reputation in other respects, highlighted by a functional, wind-tunnel-test carbon-fiber aero kit, the obligatoryset of Brembo-backed high-performance brakes, and a stripped-down, driver-centric cabin.
Oh, and on the topic of stripped-down cabins, the 2015 Dodge Viper's nest will hatch a new entry version when sales start in the first quarter of next year, with that car offering less standard content than its 2014 counterpart, but with 20 more horsepower and a $15,000 drop in pricing, to $84,995.


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The internet shutdown in the East African country Uganda has affected businesses, government agencies, and organizations negatively. This is due to the restrictions to conduct business through e-commerce.
The shutdown commenced on the Eve of the election where the government cited security reasons.
The executive director of the Uganda Bankers Association, Mr. Wilbrod Owor said the impact of the shutdown can only be measured with an audit. He further states that the banking sector’s focus is restoring the various payment channels and all member services.
SafeBoda director and co-founder, Ricky Thompson disclosed that the internet shutdown froze the company business operations. The SafeBoda app which is used to order rides, buy airtime and deliver packages was affected.
According to him,
“We could not make transactions, people could not access the app, and Zoom meetings were put on hold so I would term the shutdown as an attack on the economy,”
He further emphasizes how much has been lost by disclosing that the transportation company has a community of 22,000 riders, each earning about Shs30,000 and Shs50,000 every day.
Similarly, the online shopping store Jumia Uganda had its operations shut down.
According to Mr. Ron Kawamara, the Jumia-Uganda managing director, cash reconciliation was difficult because of its reliance on the internet, and consumers were affected by being unable to order food, groceries, and medicine.
As a result of the Internet blackout, it was estimated that Shs666 billion was lost on a daily.


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A brand new cruise terminal for Port Canaveral in Florida could be coming in 2019 along as it is approved.
Cruise Ships could begin docking in Playa Del Carmen in 2019 due to pier expansions and possible funding.
Port Everglades which is located on the Florida East Coast is investing more than $100 Million into renovating a cruise terminal for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises.
It's just another busy day in Port Canaveral, Florida in a new video posted online including cruise ships from Carnival, NCL and Disney.
At least four of the victims of Friday's tragic shooting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport were arriving for a cruise
In this live stream, we'll be able to enjoy a busy day at PortMiami as some mega cruise ships depart for the Caribbean and beyond.