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Durango, Colorado-based Mountain Capital Partners today announced Willamette Pass, Oregon will join its collective of Western ski resorts through a joint venture with current owner Tim Wiper. Willamette Pass becomes the eighth ski resort to join MCP and its first in the Northwest. The company currently operates resorts in four Southwestern states as as well as a lift-served bike park in Texas. “For more than two decades, MCP has strengthened its position in the Southwest, acquiring, building, developing and successfully growing nine resorts in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Texas,” said MCP managing partner James Coleman. “While Willamette Pass Resort’s location introduces a new geographical region to the company, the skiing is fantastic and the opportunity to carry on the tradition of Willamette Pass made the decision an obvious one,” he continued. Willamette Pass will join the Power Pass family of season pass products and current resort leadership is expected to remain in place.
Willamette Pass features a fleet of four Riblet and CTEC chairlifts including Oregon’s first six pack. The mountain also has significant expansion potential in the fast-growing Pacific Northwest ski market. Mountain Capital Partners specializes in building and improving resorts through targeted capital improvements including new lifts and snowmaking. “MCP expects to bring meaningful upgrades to resort operations starting this winter,” said the company’s press release.
Founded in 1941, Willamette Pass offers guests access to 29 trails across 555 skiable acres. “Since this resort’s founding, this has been a family business and, together with our incredible staff, we’ve put in this work for one reason: our love for skiing,” said Tim Wiper, who has owned the resort with his family since 1982. “Mountain Capital Partners clearly shares our undeniable passion for this sport, and they are the right partner to not only lead Willamette Pass Resort into the future but also work together with us to carry on our remarkable legacy.”


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Bing can generate $2 billion in ad revenue for every percentage point of ‘search’ market share it adds
While Bing currently has about 9% of the online search market, Microsoft expects to generate $2 billion in additional ad revenue for every percentage point of market share it adds. For the fourth quarter of 2022, Google Search generated $42.6 billion in revenue, compared to “just” $3.2 billion for Microsoft’s search and news ad revenue. It’s a gap that Microsoft hopes to close and more.
During a press conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, CEO Satya Nadella said, “This technology is going to reshape just about every category of software.” ChatGPT is available on the Bing website for a limited number of users and will be ready for mobile users via the Bing app in the coming weeks. But before you get too excited, during the “limited preview phase” only predefined queries will be allowed. At a later date in the future, free-form queries will be answered.
Bing will use OpenAI’s most powerful Prometheus model which will use real-time web data from Bing. This means Bing’s chatbot will be able to give answers based on current events rather than posting answers limited to 2021 data. And with ChatGPT, Bing users will be able to get a summary of articles they read, write emails e-mails and translate them to reach more readers. Microsoft warns that ChatGPT, like most AI chatbots, is susceptible to giving incorrect information which it calls hallucination. The company says more user feedback will help reduce hallucinations.
Microsoft says AI-powered Bing won’t just serve links anymore. Instead, it will give users clear answers in plain language combining answers Bing has found on the web and from its data collection. On the Edge web browser, ChatGPT could be used to help users understand long and complex documents.
Google introduced its own conversational AI platform on Monday
There are a few downsides to this technology besides hallucinations. AI chatbots can create racist and unethical content, some content can be unpleasant for humans. And even when he writes about something that is patently untrue, he can convince people to believe the content.
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LG has launched another smartphone at a very affordable price and worthy price too. The LG L65 Dual may be launched from Rs12,000-13,000.
The specification are:-
The L65 Dual is obviously a dual SIM (GSM+GSM).
A 5MP rear camera and 0.3MP front camera.
It comes with a comfort display of 4.3 inches, WVGA(480×800) resolution. It has 221ppi screen.
It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 dual core 1.2Ghz processor.
The latest Android 4.4 KitKat is available.
It is a nice, simple and pretty device. Actually there are no such exciting features but it is comfortable for those who don’t use there device much.


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Lumen Naturals Asks Is Forskolin Weight Loss Science Being Ignored In Attacks On Celeb TV Doctor?
Peer Reviewed Science On Forskolin Being Ignored By Senate And Media
Senator Claire McCaskill, chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, accuses Dr. Oz of doing a disservice to his own television show by promoting these products, saying, "I don't get why you need to say this stuff when you know it's not true." She continues to ask, "When you have this amazing megaphone, why would you cheapen your show?"
However, viewers of Dr. Oz's show know that he doesn't expect his word to be taken as gospel. When he endorses a product, he will have other experts on the show to explain why they have proven effectiveness to promote natural weight loss.
For example, when Dr. Oz showcased natural Forskolin root extract, he invited to the show nationally recognized weight loss expert, Lisa Lynn, who claims Forskolin has helped her clients double their weight loss. Lisa featured one of her clients on the show that lost 20lbs in 4 months while taking Forskolin. So, how can Sen. McCaskill accuse Dr. Oz of knowing "it's not true"?
Adam Donahue, the founder of Lumen Naturals, one retail seller of Pure Forskolin 20% Standardized weight loss supplement, supports Dr. Oz's main objective. He says, "Let's remind ourselves of the real goal that Dr. Oz is aiming for, and that is to try to educate and help the American public deal with an obesity epidemic."
Also, entirely unaffiliated with Dr. Oz, Dr. James Meschino gives a detailed scientific breakdown on the natural benefits of Forskolin. Natural, yet still scientific.
In fact, not only are there several other doctors openly detailing the natural benefits of Forskolin, Forskolin has even been clinically studied and a peer reviewed paper has been published by NYU's Langone Medical Center, which suggests, forskolin extract might increase the rate of fat burning, thereby potentially enhancing weight loss.
Donahue wonders, is there a Fog of War blowing in on natural health supplements?
Dr. Oz frequently endorses natural supplements for weight loss and treatments for other common maladies, but Dr. Oz is also vocal about the dangers of GMOs, diet soda, preservatives and chemicals in food, the dangers of living with a weight problem, and he encourages Americans to improve their diet and lifestyle. Is this such a bad thing? Has anyone been hurt by his endorsement of natural dietary supplements? Is Dr. Oz really a dastardly villain?
Or is there something else afoot?
The damaging attack on the character of Dr. Oz for everyone in the public to view is alarming because he promotes only natural products that are by-in-large harmless. However, other weight loss supplements that aren't purely natural can be harmful. Take the popular orilstat, Xenical, which has been shown to have the potential to cause permanent liver and kidney damage, yet has been approved as safe by the FDA.
Could this be an orchestrated attack by Big Pharma and Monsanto to demonize anyone who dare speak about the toxins and poisons in the food supply and the incredible permanent dangers of prescription drugs?
When in doubt, follow the money.
Mike Adams, blogger for NaturalNews.com announced on June 18th that he had pieced together this puzzle. It turns out, unsurprisingly, that attack dog McCaskill has received over $146,000 in campaign contributions from one of the largest pharmaceutical retailers in North America, Express Scripts.
Adams claims additionally she also received $37,000 from Monsanto, as well as a slew of other bizarre donations from the largest and most notorious corporations in the USA, which Adams rightly describes as, a "serious conflict of interest."
Adam Donahue adds, "If you look at the products Dr. Oz has endorsed, such as Forskolin there are literally hundreds of people claiming that it is working for them to ignite their metabolism and help them lose weight. Anything that can do that in a natural way is exciting to me, and I think Dr. Oz should be applauded for his work, not demonized by a Senator who has a record of receiving donations from Big Pharma and Monsanto."
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IFA recognizes SQM’s sustainable work
The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) held its Annual Strategic Forum in Paris (Versailles), where it presented SQM with a gold medal in the category “Leadership in 2019”, demonstrating that the company’s sustainable work is in line with world-class standards.
For the first time ever, IFA awarded gold medals to 34 fertilizer producers for their leadership in safety, health and environmental matters, which is well aligned with the performance principles required by the international organization: safety, emissions and energy efficiency.
Frank Biot, SQM’s Potassium and Nitrate Senior Commercial Vice President, received the gold medal from IFA president, Mostafa Terrab. The SQM representative expressed his gratification for the award and confirmed that the company’s commitment to sustainable fertilizer production is how all work should be done.
Rakesh Kapur, past president of IFA, announced that each year from now on the association would recognize companies that had participated in all reference points such as plant safety, production emissions and energy efficiency through certificates validated by Protect & Sustain, which are recognized as IFA industry stewardship champions.
Each year the global fertilizer industry produces around 170 million tons of fertilizing nutrients that are used throughout the world to boost sustainable agricultural production.
Specialty Plant Nutrition:
SQM produces potassium nitrate with the world’s smallest carbon footprint. Via fertirrigation, soil and foliar applications, this fertilizer contributes the macro and micro elements necessary for boosting profitability in the farming business. Other benefits include being chlorine-free, water soluble and its quick absorption.
SQM’s potassium and nitrate reserves, know-how, vast distribution network and diversified customer base position the company as a leader in the business line.
The high demand for this product is driven by current land costs, water scarcity and a rise in high-quality crops.
The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) was founded in 1927 in London as the International Superphosphate Manufacturers Association. It is a nonprofit organization that represents the global fertilizer industry on issues related to the promotion of plant nutrients, improvement of the operating environment of the member companies and the collection and compilation of industry information. IFA members serve farmers everywhere as they meet the world’s growing food and bioenergy needs in a sustainable manner. The organization is based in Paris, France, and has 525 members in 85 countries. With about half of its membership based in developing countries, IFA member companies represent all activities related to the production, trade, transport and distribution of every type of fertilizer, their raw materials and intermediates.


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Arro Aims to Connect New Yorkers with Taxis
Aug 27, 2015, 10:20 AM by Eric M. Zeman
New York City taxicabs are testing an app called Arro that will allow people to hail taxis from their smartphone. Arro will provide people with the taxi driver's name and the number of the cab so it can be identified when it arrives. Similarly, the taxi driver will be given the name of the passenger through the app and the pickup location. The app stores credit card information and passengers can pay for the ride from their phone automatically when it is complete. Arro is being beta tested in about 7,000 cabs and will eventually expand to 13,000 of New York's 20,000 yellow and green taxis. The app is meant to help the taxi industry compete with Uber, which also allows people to hail rides from their smartphone. Arro partnered with Creative Mobile Technologies, which controls the electronic payment service and video screens in 65% of New York's taxis. Arro said it has an advantage over Uber in that it is natively hooked into most taxis' credit card payment terminals. Moreover, Arro will not charge surge pricing; passengers will only pay the metered fare. The full launch is expected to occur in the next few weeks. Arro's developers said they hope to expand the app to all NYC taxis and eventually to other cities.
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Apple has revealed the iPhone 14 series, with new features, improved specs, and new size options. In place of a Mini option, the iPhone 14 will come in the same 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screen size options as the Pro models.
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Apple today announced a major expansion of its Wallet app to support many new kinds of keys and cards, getting closer to the goal of fully replacing all of your physical wallet and keys. In addition to the previously-announced digital car key feature, Wallet will now support smart home front door locks, government ID cards — include US state driver's licenses — corporate ID cards, hotel keys, and theme park passes.
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Residents of Arizona and Georgia will soon be able to add a secure digital version of their driver's license or state ID to the Wallet app on their iPhone and/or Apple Watch. Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah have also announced plans to support Apple's implementation.
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Apple today announced iOS 16, the next version of its core software for iPhones. The new OS features a major revamp of the Lock Screen with new personalization, including font & color options, and widgets that are similar to complications on the Apple Watch.


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Rumor has it that a new game of Superman is being developed, and many advertise Batman arkham developer Rocksteady, as a successful studio working on a project. Now a new revelation has added fuel to this auditory fire.
A recent list of new game based on blue and red dressed superheroes called Superman: the best in the world was spotted on Gaming system requirementsThe website contains system requirements for upcoming games, and, although these are just rumors and are not confirmed, it is important to note that not only someone can post random information on the site. In addition, the site also Devil may cry 5 Specs a month before the game was officially announced, which adds some confidence in the latest listing for the new game Superman.
With Jeff Kayleigh, promising that at least 10 new games will be announced during the upcoming Games, many have suggested that this could be an ideal opportunity to unlock the new game of Superman.
According to rumors, the title also seems to suggest that players can play as members of the Justice League, and not just Supes, since in previous rumors it eluded. The name “World & Finnish” was also used in comics when Superman teamed up with Batman. Could this be a Superman / Arkham crossover that many hoped to see?
Previous games in the main role of "Man of Steel" ranged from boredom to just awful. I hope this new game, if the rumors prove to be true, will be a game that will finally give Krypton’s last son a chance to enlighten.
We have already touched on what we would like to see in the new game, starring Superman in a recent article. What would you like to see?


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Orbotix Raises $15.5M to Develop Next Generation of Toys
Orbotix remains on a roll, announcing today that it has closed a $15.5 million funding round that the company will use to continue developing the next generation of high-tech toys that bridge the physical and the digital worlds.
Orbotix is best known as the maker of Sphero, the robotic ball that can be controlled with an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet. The Boulder, CO-based company is a Techstars graduate and has raised a total of $32.6 million since going through the accelerator in 2010, chief operating officer Jim Booth said.
While Orbotix has sold hundreds of thousands of Spheros and introduced a faster version last year, Booth said the company has been looking to move beyond the ball and develop different products.
This fall Orbotix will release Ollie, a two-wheeled tube-shaped robot that the company introduced this January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (it was originally named 2B). Like Sphero, it will be controlled by iOS and Android devices and allow users to program its movements.
By the end of the year, Orbotix plans to have 35 games and more than 30 accessories available for purchase, a release from the company said.
The infusion of cash will help with the product launch, Booth said, but it primarily gives Orbotix the resources to execute on its long-term vision of becoming the leader in what the company calls “connected play.”
“Connected play lives at the intersection between a physical toy, an immersive game experience, and a greater, more meaningful social context, ” Orbotix CEO Paul Berberian said in today’s release. It requires companies to combine elements of consumer electronics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and robotic hardware when developing new products.
Orbotix board member and Foundry Group managing director Brad Feld explained the idea of connected play and connected toys earlier this year in a blog post, contrasting it with traditional toys and video games.
“It’s not a static toy, like kids have been playing with since the beginning of time. It’s not a game on a pane of glass like an iPhone or iPad,” Feld wrote. “It’s a dynamic toy that you can play with online, via your pane of glass, or in the real world, with friends, connected together online. And it gets upgraded continually, with new software and new games.”
Booth said connected play and connected toys are “an area retailers are looking to to show some new growth and some new life for the category.”
With the fundraising process out of the way, Orbotix now can focus on new product development, deepening its connections with retailers, and expanding into new markets, he said.
“We have a roadmap, and we have products that are in development right now. One of the things this funding gives us is a longer-range horizon,” Booth said. “When you’re a younger startup, you tend to execute toward a shorter horizon with shorter product plans. This gives us the ability to look a little further, to develop products a little deeper. That’s what we’re excited about, that we’re able to do that.”
Booth didn’t give details on what Orbotix is working on beyond Ollie.


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Over a year of dating, Hyun Bin has gained weight and Son Ye Jin has been praised for getting more and more beautiful!
The looks of Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin were noticed, especially after publicly dating.
The series of behind-the-scenes moments of Son Ye Jin quickly received attention from the online community, especially fans. Son Ye Jin is considered to be one of the beauties with the best natural beauty in the Korean entertainment industry.
However, looking at the latest series of behind-the-scenes moments, no one thinks that Son Ye Jin has turned 39. Even many people have commented that Son Ye Jin’s beauty is getting more and more beautiful and excellent. After more than a year of dating Hyun Bin. Son Ye Jin’s small face and flawless white skin make everyone admire.
Hyun Bin is said by fans to be gaining weight, maybe because Hyun Bin was fed too much by Son Ye Jin 😜🤣
Looking at Hyun Bin’s current appearance, many people praise Son Ye Jin. They all said that Son Ye Jin took good care of her boyfriend.


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This article originally appeared on PlanPhilly.
Amanda Dobbs’ brick house wasn’t always surrounded by piles of junked cars.
The Southwest Philadelphia home, which shares a fence with two auto repair shops, is where she grew up. The house was her grandmother’s and the family lived there for years before the auto shops moved in, bringing stacks of old vehicles and nasty fumes. She’s moved out at various points during her adult life, worried about her family’s safety — toxic chemicals, oils, a fire. But precarious finances keeps bringing her back to the one place where the family doesn’t have to pay rent. Despite her fears, she’s now raising her two sons there.
“It can’t possibly be healthy to have all these cars over here,” Dobbs said standing outside the Cobbs Creek Parkway house she shares with her 10-year-old and 5-month-old. “You look at the street, you see oil and all kind of auto fluids all over the place. I don’t let my children play out front at all.”
Auto-related businesses have taken over hundreds of lots in Dobb’s neighborhood, with owners retrofitting old houses, knocking down buildings and claiming vacant land to build garages or establish scrap yards. Many repair, maintain and dismantle cars — welding, painting and using toxic, flammable materials in close proximity to homes, religious spaces, daycares and schools. The scene isn’t one imagined or even legal under city zoning regulations, which outlaw such industrial uses in residential areas.
But year after year, auto shops flout rules intended to prevent fires and protect people and the environment from toxic fumes and fluids. Despite efforts to stop new shops from popping up, more continue to open via a land use process that allows owners to secure zoning variances with little scrutiny.
Ground zero is Elmwood in Southwest Philadelphia where land is cheap and residents don’t have money to bankroll legal challenges against the businesses.
On a single residential block of Upland Street, two new businesses are in the process of filing appeals to convert single-family homes into auto shops. A third auto shop recently got the green light to turn part of a residential lot into an auto shop that will operate across from occupied homes. The Court of Common Pleas overturned prior denials from city agencies to award the zoning variance and permit for industrial uses, including painting.
The neighborhood where these businesses fix cars battles high rates of poverty and asthma. Homeowners, the majority of whom are working-class people of color, say these shops lower property values, downgrading their primary financial asset.
The shops fixing cars next to the Dobbs family operate despite expired permits and zoning violations. Neighbors say they constantly block sidewalks, fix cars outside their fence, and park their cars on the street for months.
“I have to park my car all way around the corner, ok? Because they got all these cars lined up here … It’s no good,” said neighbor Angelia Williams.
Trash, tires and auto parts dumped in front of their homes fuel headaches. Dobbs said the city recently fined her for trash that was not hers. Fighting the city over another bill is the last thing she wants to do while taking care of a baby with reflux.
Williams’ mother, Jacqueline Scott, has lived on Cobbs Creek Parkway for 22 years.
She says the neighborhood has never been like this.
“I’m so ashamed to even bring anybody to my house,” Scott said.
How a home becomes an auto shop
Philadelphia’s zoning code prohibits auto repair shops and scrap yards in residential and some commercial districts because they are a hazard. These businesses rely on flammable and toxic chemicals — gasoline, diesel fuel, oil, transmission and brake fluids, and spray paint. Auto parts that contain mercury, lead, asbestos and other toxins are everywhere. If mismanaged, these contaminants can leak into the air, soil and waterways.
“Worse case scenario: there’s a fire — which could be catastrophic. I mean living next to a fire at a site like this is worse than living next to any coal-fired power plant,” said Russell Zerbo, an advocate with the Clean Air Council.
And fires happen. At least seven Philadelphia auto shops have lit up in flames over the last year, including the high-profile scrapyard fire that sent billows of smoke over Kensington.
But the risks haven’t stopped city zoning officials or judges from giving more than 100 auto-related businesses the zoning variances they need to open on Southwest Philly lots not intended for industrial uses, city records show.
One of these shops is Fasu’s Auto Repair. Foday Bill, who moved from Liberia to Philadelphia, manages the shop. He earns enough money there to support his family.
“It’s a good business … people always have to keep going, and you have to have your car fixed,” Bill said.
The city gave his bosses a zoning variance to operate the shop near homes eight years ago.
Bill says his shop complies with city codes.
“We’re licensed by the city of Philadelphia and we pay our required taxes. I always pass all my inspections,” Bill said.
But city records prove him wrong. His shop has failed multiple inspections and logged several open violations for working without permits and breaking zoning regulations. The city is currently pursuing a legal case against the property owners, listed as Keita Fasu and Owah Abraham Barleh.
PlanPhilly spoke with several other auto shop operators. All of them said they were operating legally and following regulation. But city records show their shops often failed inspections and violated city codes.
City Council tried to limit the number of auto shops moving into residential areas in 2013 with bills that changed the zoning designation of many industrial properties to ICMX — Industrial-Commercial Mixed-Use Zoning — and then revised that classification to explicitly prohibit auto-related uses.
The change didn’t affect auto shops already in operation but created an opportunity for nearby residents or business owners to object to auto shops expanding or opening in their neighborhoods. Under the new zoning, auto shops must go before the Zoning Board of Adjustments (ZBA), where neighbors can make a case to deny them permits or zoning variances.
The regulations haven’t worked the way City Council hoped, representatives of registered community organizations (RCOs) in the Southwest say.
Craig Melidosian, a member of a Republican 40th Ward RCO, says auto shop business owners intentionally buy residential real estate because it’s cheaper. They operate illegally until they’re caught, which could be years, and then try to get a zoning variance and a permit.
When affected neighbors find out about a public hearing and turn out to oppose a shop, they can sometimes convince the ZBA to deny a permit. But Melidosian says even when residents win at the ZBA, auto shop owners appeal the decision at the Court of Common Pleas and often get a judgement in their favor.
“They have lawyers,” Melidosian said. “They’ll go to ZBA, they’ll fight their case, if they lose in ZBA then they’ll appeal it.”
Melidosian says many times no one is at court to oppose the auto business — residents typically can’t afford to hire a lawyer and don’t have legal knowledge to represent themselves. So then when the judge looks at the case and sees no one opposing the business, the decision might differ from the one made by the ZBA.
“But when you’re a poor community like ours, it’s very hard to find attorneys who will represent us pro bono. We can’t afford $300 to $500 an hour for a litigator,” said Melidosian.
Zerbo says the cycle illustrates a flaw in the city’s approach to enforcing zoning codes.
“Why bother having residential zoning if you’re going to permit industrial activity. That’s the whole point of residential zoning — is to keep this kind of stuff out of neighborhoods where people are trying to live,” Zerbo said.
A city crackdown
Once businesses open, the task for city officials becomes keeping them safe and accountable to neighbors. That’s a challenge, says Licenses and Inspections Commissioner David Perri.
Perri said his agency’s goal is to get businesses to comply with regulation. But L&I has only 15 attorneys and limited time to take the more than 8,000 cases that cross the agency’s desk to court a year. A limited number of inspectors limits the number of violations that can be logged — neighbors can call 311 to complain about a property and that will trigger a site inspection. But a violation will only be given if an inspector catches the shop actively breaking a rule. Given those constraints, the agency began working with other city departments last summer to tackle the problem with a new collaborative strategy.
The effort’s name is the Southwest Philly Auto Project and it brings together the L&I, the Water Department, Air Management Services, Philadelphia Police Department, the Managing Director’s Office, Law Department, the Zero Waste and Litter initiative, the Streets Department and Councilman Kenyatta Johnson’s office.
“We started with L&I and the 12th Police District and… are now addressing this from every angle we can,” said Johnson.
Johnson said he shares the community’s frustrations.
“This is a multi-pronged issue, tensions are high, and we have been doing a lot of targeted work on zoning, permitting, and enforcement to crack down on the nuisance auto shops,” he said.
Perri said the strategy is paying off. Since last summer, city inspectors have visited 120 auto shops in the Southwest and found that 40% of them are not complying with city regulations.
L&I has issued 10 cease-operations orders, which means the business has to close until the violations are corrected. Just last week, another one was caught violating the cease operations and the city is the process of taking the owner to the Court of Common Pleas. About 40 new locations will be inspected in the next seven days, according to L&I.
“We haven’t taken our eye off of the prize here, which is to improve the quality of life for these neighbors. It’s just that it takes time,” Perri said. “Eventually, we’ll get to them all.”
‘How many more chop shops do we need?’
Back on Upland Street where three new auto shops are attempting to open, neighbors continue to fight. They say there are already ten auto related shops operating within two blocks.
“This is a small block and they want to bring more cars? How many more automobile chop shops do we need?,” said homeowner Tracey Gordon.
One of the businesses already on Upland is the shop where Foday Bill works.
“Neighbors will always complain, but they can not shut an auto body that is legally operating, they cannot stop us from operating,” Bill said. “This is a commercial land, I mean, we can do whatever we need, once we get a license to do it.”
PlanPhilly spoke with many residents who were afraid to speak on the record because of retaliation. But Gordon is too tired of all of this to stay silent. She has lived in Elmwood for 20 years. Ten of them, fighting against auto shops. She takes it personally and doesn’t understand why the city is not protecting her property.
“You see these chop shops coming and all these cars and it’s like … Why are all these cars here? It’s like … Why isn’t the city protecting us? Why?,” Gordon said.
The hearings for the new shops trying to open are coming up in May and June. Gordon and her neighbors will be there to try and stop them. This time, they hope their voices will make a difference.
Ryan Briggs contributed data analysis and visualization to this report.


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Samsung has showcased a new mobile phone prototype with a foldable OLED display at FPD 2008 expo in Japan.
The prototype, which is not expected to be released in the mainstream mobile phone market anytime soon, has been on display at Samsung's booth to operate and its foldable OLED display was shown to open and close automatically.
The device has an internal 2.5-inch display that folds into half and reveals a smaller external one. According to specifications provided at the show, the un-named prototype device has an internal WQVGA display with a resolution of 480 x 272 RGB that can display 16M (8bit) colors, a luminance of 200 cd/m2 and an impressive contrast of 100,000:1. The panel is just 0.5mm thick and its lifetime is rated at 20,000 hours.
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Major Investors Want Apple To Stop Smartphone Addiction Among Kids
On Monday, two investors sent Apple an open letter stating that they want to see the tech giant doing more to prevent smartphone addiction among children.
The New York-based Jana Partners LLC and the California-based Teachers’ Retirement System have brought their concerns about the negative impact devices and social media are having on the youth to Apple.
“There is a developing consensus around the world including Silicon Valley that the potential long-term consequences of new technologies need to be factored in at the outset, and no company can outsource that responsibility,”
They suggested that Apple should offer a variety of choices and tools to help children fight smartphone addiction, which they believe will help Apple and its shareholders in the future. Some of the proposals suggested to Apple were to establish an expert committee including child development specialists, offer Apple’s vast information to researchers, and enhance mobile device software so parents can better protect their children’s health.
The letter also cited various surveys and studies on how large amounts of time on smartphones can cause negative affects on children’s mental and physical health such as a decreased ability to focus on educational tasks, distractions by digital technologies in the classroom, and a higher risk of suicide and depression.
Also, teens who spend 5 or more hours a day (versus less than 1) on electronic devices are 51% more likely to get less than 7 hours of sleep (versus the recommended 9). Sleep deprivation is linked to long-term issues like weight gain and high blood pressure.[iv]
A study by UCLA researchers showed that after 5 days at a device-free outdoor camp, children performed far better on tests for empathy than a control group.[v]
According to an American Psychological Association (APA) survey of over 3,500 U.S. parents, 58% say they worry about the influence of social media on their child’s physical and mental health, 48% say that regulating their child’s screen time is a “constant battle,” and 58% say they feel like their child is “attached” to their phone or tablet
To read the entire letter, you can head here.
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Tesco has reported that pre-tax profits plunged 19.7% to £825m in its latest full-year results, despite UK like-for-like sales increasing by 7.7% to £39.4bn in the period.
It comes as the group said the pandemic had “far-reaching” impacts on its operations, as it incurred Covid-related costs of £892m, largely attributed to safeguarding its customers and employees, primarily through higher payroll costs.
The group also forgoed £535m in business rates relief during the period, further impacting its profit.
Nonetheless, UK online sales rose 77% to £6.3bn in the period, whilst the number of weekly delivery slots doubled over the year to 1.5 million as Tesco continued to gain customers “from all key competitors”.
Revenue (inc. fuel) fell marginally by 0.4% to £57.9bn from £58.1bn as stores remained open during lockdown.
Ken Murphy, chief executive, commented that while the pandemic is not yet over, the supermarket brand is “well-placed to build on the momentum in the business”.
He said: “We have doubled the size of our online business and through Clubcard, we’re building a digital customer platform. Sustainability is now an integral part of our business strategy and we’re doubling down on our efforts to reach net zero.
“We believe we can create significant further value for them and every stakeholder in our business by continuing to focus on value, loyalty and convenience for customers, underpinned by strong capital discipline.”


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Programmatic advertising is growing and evolving rapidly. One recent report from IDC and The Trade Desk projects that programmatic will constitute 13% of spending in linear TV advertising by 2019, growing from $50 million in 2014 to $11.4 billion in 2019.
Even with the rapid adoption of TVE and OTT, and the growing penetration of video on demand services like Netflix and Hulu, linear television offers the largest quantity of valuable impressions for advertisers looking to programmatically target audiences with video. This fact isn’t lost on the major agency holding companies—all of whom have advanced TV groups looking for programmatic solutions for linear TV.
It also is driving major ad tech development roadmaps at leading demand side providers on the digital side. TubeMogul, The Trade Desk, Tremor Video and One by AOL, just to name a few, are in the late stages of launching multi-screen programmatic video solutions.
On the supply side, the industry is seeing new partnerships daily between MVPDs, cable networks and broadcasters and supply side platforms and ad tech firms.
Significant challenges still exist. The backbone of linear television is largely built on old technology and relies on measurement and reporting systems that model impressions for planning and as-run data. Things are changing quickly.
How do the major players in the digital programmatic industry efficiently ingest the valuable audience impressions from linear TV? In the short term, it’s likely a patchwork of new and old technology that leverages existing measurement and reporting systems. In the long-term it will require replacing outdated copy distribution networks and slow reporting infrastructure. The future also needs to accommodate campaign planning, ad delivery, optimization and real-time reporting across all devices and platforms.
Here are five things that the industry can tackle today to pave the way for programmatic in the future, and accelerate adoption of programmatic today:
1. Change the linear television advertising currency from GRPs and spots to audiences and impressions – Efficiently reaching audiences is perhaps the greatest value of programmatic. Traditional media planning pushes advertisers to programs that have the highest ratings and reach. Programmatic finds those same audiences more efficiently in different dayparts and in different programs. To realize the biggest benefits of programmatic, buyers need to think differently about how they plan.
2. Integration with traffic and billing systems to provide real time visibility of available inventory and improve reporting – If we’re going to ask media planners and buyers to leverage programmatic platforms to reach audiences in new places, we need to be willing to provide them with better data points to analyze the success of their campaigns, and optimize their buys. That technology and data simply does not exist in today’s linear TV world. Simple integrations, and a few rule changes on the supply side, could provide planners and buyers with valuable information that would accelerate adoption of programmatic television.
3. Integration with agency planning systems – Rather than disrupt the existing media planning environment with new tools and platforms, the industry would benefit in the short-term through integration with existing platforms like Strata and Media Ocean.
4. More transparency and visibility – Much of the skepticism in the marketplace comes from a lack of transparency and visibility. Lack of visibility is creating fear of channel conflict on the supply side. And, lack of transparency of inventory and reporting is creating doubt on the demand side. Creating more comfort through transparency and visibility will advance adoption on both the supply and demand side.
5. Better measurement of audiences – The industry is still wanting for a cross-screen, cross-platform measurement platform. As video across all screens, and on demand at any time, becomes the standard, the industry needs to settle on a better way to plan and measure those campaigns. Hopefully, the merger of comScore-Rentrak as well as Nielsen response to the merger will lead to better cross screen measurement.
Derek Mattsson is President of programmatic advertising company placemedia, a subsidiary of Viamedia. He was co-founder and CEO of Utah based Vehix.com, acquired by Comcast, and also served as regional vice president for AT&T Media Services.


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The scariest thing about ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft is the chance you take of getting into a car with a driver who is going to harass, stalk or maybe even murder you. Well, Google doesn't seem to give a damn about that fear, as a new report explains that not only is the search giant developing its own ride-hailing app, it also doesn't really have a plan to screen drivers.
According to a Wall Street Journal report yesterday (August 30), Google started a pilot program for a ride-hailing app using its Waze navigation tool. The service has been operating near Google's California headquarters since May, and the company plans to roll it out to all San Francisco users this fall.
The big red flag hidden in this report is that Google "doesn’t plan to vet drivers … instead relying on user reviews to weed out problem drivers." To which I ask: Why? So it can hire all of the folks that can't pass other companies' screening processes, and place us in their questionable hands?
Who cares if users have terrible, frightening experiences? Google will solve it later. You have to wonder who in Google HQ saw this plan and thought "this is fine."
Waze drivers will be just like those at the wheel of Uber and Lyft rides, as they are not employees of the company, which basically makes them strangers to everyone involved. So if you want the most risk involved with your next ride, Waze seems like it will be the way.
The Journal claims that Waze is currently looking to undercut all of its competitors, offering riders rates that seem to be capped at 54 cents per mile, (typically in San Francisco, Lyft is $1.16 per mile and Uber is $1.30 per mile). The service will reportedly "connect riders with drivers who are already headed in the same direction," which sounds similar to the carpool options offered by Uber and Lyft.
We've reached out to Google to comment, and will update this story if we receive a response.


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Accelerating Value and Impact to Strengthen Competitive Position — Send2Press press release
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 2, 2021 (NEWSWIRE) — Olea Kiosks®, Inc., a visionary provider of innovative self-service kiosk solutions, today announced the growth of its leadership team to include sales management and strategic business development. The company has expanded the role of Rusty Gaynes to Director of Sales, Alliances and Strategic Partnerships and promoted Daniel Olea to Director of Strategy and Business Development.
PHOTO CAPTION: (L-R) Daniel Olea and Rusty Gaynes.
Rusty started with Olea in July of 2020 creating the alliances and strategic partnerships program and he will continue to oversee all aspects of the partnership ecosystem including the creation of innovative partner offerings and go-to-market strategies. Expansion of his duties includes leading the sales team to deliver against revenue goals. Rusty will also be instrumental in helping to identify and remove obstacles that impact sales productivity as the company further develops its inside sales and operational processes.
As the fourth generation in the business, Daniel has spent almost four years as an account executive with the company, and each year demonstrated growth. With a strong understanding of strategic initiatives, he will lead the company in its development of long-term growth plans. With his detailed analysis and recognition of emerging trends, in this role, Daniel will drive business development activities as well as continue to enhance corporate strategy.
“With the announcement of our recent manufacturing expansion, it was also time to align the rest of the organization to ensure we have the focus necessary for the future,” said Olea Kiosks Inc. CEO Frank Olea. “As I transition some of my duties to both Rusty and Daniel, this will serve as a great accelerator for our team in helping us grow our value and impact as we strengthen our competitive position in the marketplace,” explained Frank Olea, CEO.
About Olea Kiosks®, Inc.
Olea Kiosks Inc., is a self-service kiosk solution provider for the attractions and entertainment, healthcare and hospitality industries. Its technologically advanced, in-house manufacturing, design, and innovation have made it an industry leader. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, customers include The Habit Burger Grill, Kaiser Permanente, Empire State Building, Universal Studios, EVO Entertainment, Scientific Games, and Subway.
For more information, visit https://www.olea.com/.
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Frank Olea — For the first time in the 45+ year history of Olea Kiosks we have put someone other than an Olea in charge of the sales team. Rusty Gaynes is going to be a huge help in our growth strategy by allowing me more time to work on the future of Kiosks and Self-Service. And Daniel Olea has really proven himself to be a very strategic thinker pulling us in new directions much like I did when I took us out of the Exhibit business and into Kiosks almost 30 years ago. Press release on these two below.
New team members, expanded factory space, what’s next???


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If everything goes as planned, this week will be the busiest for initial public offerings since 2000.
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Last week's $7.8 billion settlement is really just one small step.
By Aaron Levitt
A short time ago, BP (BP) reported pretty decent earnings (minus its refining unit), and many analysts and pundits hinted at a potential turnaround for the company. The integrated energy major, whose 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and created one of the worst oil spills in recent history, has been fighting a tough battle since that tragedy.
Poor earnings, legal overhang, a dwindling dividend and public backlash have hampered the company's prospects in the nearly two years since the spill. While the recent improved earnings certainly took away one of the major problems, BP's huge liability issues were still cause for concern for investors.
Experts discuss the recent comments on jobs and the economy by Fed chairman Bernanke.
Zacks experts discuss Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's recent comments on jobs and the economy. Bernanke appears to be now leaving the door open for a third round of quantitative easing, or QE3.
Don't count on consumers to keep spending as much.
As consumers and investors have begun to feel better about the economy and the labor market in particular, one of the hottest sectors in the stock market has been consumer discretionary.
Since the beginning of December, the SPDR Select Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) has staged a 12% rally. Consumers and investors alike have been in a much better mood, and this is evident in the consumer confidence reports. In February, the Consumer Confidence indicator jumped to 70.8 from 61.5 in January, which was the strongest reading since February 2011.
Fundamental gains, a bullish chart and support from Warren Buffett suggest that things are finally lining up for the bank.
It’s time to look for buy opportunities. The market's road to new all-time highs could still have significant bumps along the way. But the trend up is definitely in place.
And we now have a surprising new buy recommendation: Bank of America (BAC), a stock I honestly thought I would never buy. For years, it looked like it was too big to produce any appreciable growth in its share price or market share. And the company has really taken big hits in its public reputation. But things have really changed.
The iPad maker could face a lawsuit over e-book prices. The fast-food company's same-store sales rise 7.5%, less than analysts expected.
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The Justice Department has warned Apple (AAPL) and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Several of the parties have held talks to settle the antitrust case and head off a court battle, the people told the newspaper. A successful settlement could potentially lead to cheaper e-books for consumers. The five publishers facing a potential suit are CBS' (CBS) Simon & Schuster; Lagardere's Hachette Book Group; Pearson's (PSO) Penguin Group (USA); Macmillan, a unit of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH; and HarperCollins Publishers, a unit of News Corp. (NWSA). Apple unveiled a new version of its iPad tablet on Wednesday.
McDonald's (MCD) said Thursday that February global comparable-store sales rose 7.5%, less than the 7.7% analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected. U.S. same-store sales jumped 11%, "supported by strong customer demand for Chicken McBites, classic core favorites including Filet-O-Fish, signature beverage offerings, and McDonald's breakfast line-up," the company said.
The 2009 merger that created the leading tool maker is still paying bottom-line dividends, even as the US housing recovery looms as a bullish catalyst.
By Igor Greenwald, MoneyShow.com
Investors waiting for the stock market to come in to get a second crack at some of the 24 percentage points racked up since the October low could be waiting a while.
But if and when they do decide to jump in, they should hope for timing half as good as that displayed by hand-tools leader StanleyWorks when it snapped up the power-tool maker Black & Decker in the fall of 2009.
Two words in politics truly scare financial markets: Ron Paul.
Trying to predict how financial markets will respond to politics is a mug's game, especially when it's still impossible to tell who's going to challenge President Obama as the Republican Party's presidential candidate.
Republicans portray themselves as the party devoted to free markets and unrestrained capitalism, and any market-shaking comments in debate forums or political ads will likely be more prevalent in the final race, rather than the Republican primary battle.
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Have something to say about McDonald's? You might just get a discount.
American Express (AXP) and Twitter have teamed up to offer discounts when American Express cardholders send advertising messages to their Twitter followers.
It's a pretty clever idea. The companies can create a small army of advertising minions at very little cost. And Twitter users feel like they're getting a deal as well. The only people getting the short end of the stick are the Twitter followers who get subjected to all the shilling.
When promising stocks revive and the economy helps them, there's a lot of opportunity.
By Rob DeFrancesco, Tech Stock Prospector
There was a lot of caution heading into the fiscal first-quarter earnings report from F5 Networks (FFIV).
As it turned out, that caution was unwarranted. The company delivered on both the top and bottom lines. Per-share earnings of $1.03 beat the consensus estimate by two cents, and revenue rose 19.9% to $322.4 million, above the consensus estimate of $319.1 million and the guidance range of $315 million to $320 million.
Wednesday's rebound is not unexpected, but this likely oversold bounce should lead to a deeper correction -- and more buying opportunities.
By Tom Aspray, MoneyShow.com
Since Dec. 21, 2011, the S&P 500 had not touched its 20-day exponential moving average (EMA) until Tuesday, when it closed almost 1% below it. ETFs like the Spyder Trust (SPY) gapped below their 20-day EMAs.
As I said last week, the sharp decline in the Russell 2000 Advance/Decline (A/D) line sends a strong warning that investors should not get caught up in the euphoria at current levels. The market internals were very weak on Tuesday, and they have confirmed the deterioration evident over the past few weeks.
Western Gas Partners has seen double-digit gains in a matter of months.
The music service is losing money, but it could be reaping the benefits of the growth of mobile.
The stock was down 24% in the late afternoon to $10.85 -- well below the $16 price from its June initial public offering.
Pandora was one of the highest-profile tech IPOs of 2011 but one of the hardest to call. It uses algorithms to custom-pick songs and artists for users. Its service is free with advertisements or $36 per year on a premium basis.
Yelp is already running into trouble, and the investors who jumped in right after the IPO are hurting.
It's happening again, the big losses on the big dot-coms. If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out, because I know I have clearly failed at my mission to get people not to buy at the red-hot aftermarket "deals."
The latest? Yelp (YELP). The stock flew right out of the chute last Friday and now it is plummeting, and those who bought in the aftermarket have no idea what they own or why they own it ... other than it was hot.
The retailer will shutter at least 180 locations through 2015 and turn its focus to online growth and international expansion.
The retailer will close at least 180 more underperforming stores through 2015 as their leases expire. It might even buy out the leases in other cases, executive Eric Cerny said Wednesday at an investing conference.
The company's U.S. store count was down to 946 at the end of January. So taking 180 more out of the mix is about a 20% reduction. That's pretty significant.
The new incarnation of the tablet is slick, but that's only the beginning of why the company's stock is great.
By Jeff Reeves
Apple (AAPL) was the center of attention Wednesday -- isn’t it always? -- at a press event in San Francisco. Consumer electronics fans were eagerly awaiting iPad release news, especially the date that the new tablet will be available.
They weren’t disappointed. The new iPad will include a host of features, including a slick new display, HD video recording and voice dictation.
But for investors, this in-demand gadget is only one tiny reason you should snap up this excellent investment for your portfolio. Here are five reasons Apple is better than ever:
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Cause Marketing: Wind Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera Launches a New Campaign
A recent report from The Globe and Mail details Wind’s newest charitable effort — a $100,000 donation to be chosen by five public figures (who will also provide a 10-minute phone call to a lucky Wind subscriber) as well as six more $100,000 donations to be given to charities determined by an online vote. Lacavera also shares his views on 21st century business that make him such an in-demand speaker.
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As an upstart in an industry dominated by rich incumbents – Wind says it has “north of a quarter-million” subscribers, while the three main national carriers each has more than eight million – the company must do what it can to grab people’s attention. “In today’s world, advertising is not having the same impact it used to have,” Mr. Lacavera explained during an interview after the event. “It is about cause marketing, it is about social innovation, and it is a lot more about PR.”Read more about keynote speaker Anthony Lacavera
“I think you’re going to see more and more of this happening. The idea of trying to tell people, ‘Buy my product for this price, with product guarantees’ – that’s no longer selling people.”


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New York Asian art auctions span bronze antiquities to contemporary art
By Chris Michaud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rare bronzes, contemporary masterpieces, museum-quality furniture and antiquities dating back more than 3,000 years are among thousands of art objects hitting the auction block in New York next week during Christie's and Sotheby's Asia week sales.
The four days of auctions, estimated to take in anywhere from $74 million to $106 million, begin on Tuesday with Sotheby's sales of contemporary Indian art and Chinese ceramics and art, and Christie's Indian and Southeast Asian sale, which includes some of its higher-priced works.
The semi-annual sales of Asian works of art have become an important driver in the global market, with strong activity in recent years. But a recent report found art spending by Chinese collectors fell 24 percent last year because of slowing economic growth and a lack of availability of top-quality works.
"Just as we've seen in the overall market, we're seeing a focus on quality" within Asian art collecting, Christie's international director of Asian art, Hugo Weihe, told Reuters.
"And there's a deeper level of scholarship now, so we have been selective in what we offer," he said.
This season, Christie's has more extensive offerings, with eight sales over four days expected to take in between $44 million and $62 million. Sotheby's four auctions over three days should total from $30 million to $44 million.
Among highlights is a towering, Tibetan bronze figure of a bodhisattva from around the ninth or 10th century that reaches nearly 4 feet and is expected to fetch about $2.5 million at Christie's.
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Marketing data services firm NetProspex raises $13M Series C
NetProspex, the Waltham-based maker of an online platform for marketing data management called Workbench, announced Tuesday it raised $13 million in Series C funding.
The funding was led by Boston-based private equity firm Spring Lake Equity Partners and will be used for innovating products and boosting sales and marketing efforts, according to a release.
The company's total funding to date is $27 million. Also participating in the round was Edison Ventures of New Jersey.
“Marketing data management is becoming a requirement for growth-oriented companies and revenue-focused marketing organizations,” said CEO Michael Bird in a statement. “We are thrilled to have the backing of Spring Lake Equity Partners and the continued support from Edison Ventures. We have big plans to expand our footprint and to continue to help companies realize the tremendous impact great data can have in driving revenue.”
The company's Workbench product is a cloud-based service tool that aims to supply accurate data to marketing automation tools.
Founded in 2006, the company had previously focused on crowdsourcing business contacts and "cleaning" the contacts using technology and phone call verification — resulting in verified email addresses and phone numbers of customer leads.
NetProspex is also backed by funding from American City Business Journals, parent company of the Boston Business Journal.
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Just after dark on a recent Friday, Gabriela Plascencia and Pedro Castillo stepped into En Que María, a second-story smoke shop just off the rapidly developing, bar- and restaurant-lined Boulevard Hidalgo in downtown Hermosillo.
“What’s up? What are you looking for?” co-owner Javier Vivían asked.
“A grinder,” Plascencia said, referring to the tool used by marijuana smokers to break down pot into finer, easier to smoke pieces. From a display counter packed with rolling papers and other paraphernalia, Vivían pulled out a large, magnetic model they liked.
“Can I pay with a card?” Castillo asked.
But before settling up, Plascencia wanted to show her companion the store’s sizable collection of artisanal pipes, bongs and bubblers.
They marveled at an intricate rooster-shaped bong, which shared shelf space with dozens of other eye-catching, mostly made-in-Mexico pieces: everything from hand-painted ceramic pipes crafted to resemble vibrant, mythical creatures known as alebrijes to — perhaps unsurprisingly — a pickle paying homage to the Adult Swim cartoon hit "Rick and Morty."
“You have coffee cups that are also bongs?” Castillo asked, almost incredulously.
“We have several different kinds,” En Que María’s other co-owner Alejandra Rosas responded.
But ultimately, it was a translucent pink flamingo that won Plascencia over.
Though just two small, adjoining rooms, En Que María is a surprisingly exhaustive resource for Hermosillo marijuana smokers.
“Muchas cosas caben en un jarrito sabiéndolo acomodar,” Vivían said, riffing off a common refrain meaning that you can fit a lot into small spaces if you know how to organize.
But for the time being there’s no legal space for marijuana itself at the store, though Vivían and his business partner and girlfriend Rosas hope that soon changes.
A Historic Day
In late June, Mexico’s Supreme Court met in virtual session and, with an 8-3 vote, declared Mexican laws prohibiting recreational use of marijuana unconstitutional.
“Today is a historic day for freedom,” Court President Arturo Zaldívar declared after the vote.
But the ruling's impacts fall far short of the broad legalization advocates have long demanded, and which the court itself has urged the national Legislature to undertake for several years.
“Uffffff, well yes, it’s pretty complicated,” said Julio Salazar, a senior attorney with Mexico United Against Crime, which advocates for legalization and has been involved in national marijuana litigation, when asked to describe pot’s legal status after the court’s decision.
The principal impact of the ruling is to make it easier for Mexicans to get a use permit from federal health authorities. But while the court ordered them to develop protocols for applicants to enjoy this now protected right, like seed acquisition, Salazar said a clear, legal means of acquiring marijuana has yet to be established.
The ruling also does not clear the way to legal marijuana sales, according to a court summary. National reform measures that would have done that failed earlier this year, just the latest instance of the Legislature failing to meet court-imposed deadlines.
“It’s still not clear if that’s going to be a priority issue,” he said of the new Congress, set to start work next month.
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also raised doubts about the prospects, saying shortly after the ruling that he considered the selling of marijuana immoral. He also floated the possibility of trying to reverse the ruling’s effects if they prove harmful.
For Rosas and Vivían, En Que Maria’s co-owners, the slow pace of change has been frustrating.
“It’s a fact that people consume marijuana,” Rosas said. “It would be really cool to have those rules, something to regulate us, and give us the confidence of knowing what we’re consuming.”
As soon as a legal path opens, Rosas said she and Vivían “would love” to start selling. And they see their shop, one of several that have opened recently in Hermosillo, as a way to get a foot in the door of the lucrative market they believe will eventually come.
But they also see it as a place where customers and the simply curious can come and talk comfortably and candidly about marijuana, which Rosas said they try to foster with the very deliberate “chill” vibe of the store: nice lighting, comfortable seats, the just-right music volume.
They hope those sorts of conversations could start to weaken the taboos that exist around marijuana, especially in a state with a conservative reputation like Sonora.
The Flamingo Will Wait
In the end, Castillo and Plascencia just bought the grinder, along with some rolling papers. They were on foot, and worried the glass flamingo bong could get damaged.
“The flamingo will be waiting for you here,” Vivían told them as they headed back out into the pleasant Hermosillo summer evening.
Down on the street, both said they hope legalization comes soon, and that users and the country as a whole would benefit.
“We’re in a moment where we’re transitioning,” Plascencia said about attitudes in Mexico toward marijuana, a process she thinks stores like En Que Maria can push along. And she wishes them well.


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Farmers are facing increased input costs when sowing crops this spring. This is an obstacle affecting how farmers approach their businesses and could mean higher food prices in the future.
Professor Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, says fertilizer costs have risen significantly.
“These important inputs for farmers are on average about US $ 1,500 per ton, five times more than they were 12 months ago. Farmers need fertilizer to produce their crops, The market is dominated by a small number of highly diverse multinational companies that supply and manage products to artificially raise fertilizer prices, some of which are in Canada, “Charlebois said in an email. rice field.
He said supply chain challenges pushed up fertilizer prices, while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not only raised prices, but also made it difficult for Canadian farmers to obtain fertilizer.
“Many farmers pay tariffs on fertilizers, sometimes 35 percent. [such as imports from Russia].. Recently, additional charges have been added. In fact, some farmers even buy without knowing what the price will be if they decide to commit. “
A 35% tariff was applied to Russian fertilizer imports.
Many grassland farmers survived the drought last year, but even those who did not face higher costs of fuel for seeds, fertilizers, chemical sprays, and agricultural machinery. Farmers save money with sprays and fertilizers, or maintain standard input levels at costs that can be rewarded if commodity prices are high enough, despite potential reduced yields. You need to choose whether to do it.
Kent Lowen, a farmer near Brandon, Manitoba, said timely purchases helped avoid rising costs.
“I had already booked the chemicals in February, when there was a low supply chatter,” Lowen said.
“I’m staying at the same fertilizer level to grow barley and rapeseed. Perhaps I’ll get the amount of compensation I need.”
Near Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan, Bensetler noticed high prices for herbicides glyphosate and fertilizer nitrogen.
“Glyphosate has doubled in price when available. Nitrogen is much more than doubled. But both wheat and flax have doubled, and something like mustard was 6 a year ago. It’s been up to 7 times. It’s a wild time to be a farmer, “Settler said.
“We are applying less fertilizer because of the drought. If it rains in June, we will try to put more effort into monetization at a higher price. Cost and availability. Due to lack of sex, we are reducing the amount of glyphosate used. “
Michael Harden states that he will reduce the use of fertilizer on farms near Rockglen, Saskatchewan.
“The shortage and the minimum amount of fertilizer add enormous costs to the input. No matter what happens, the yield will be low,” Harden said.
“I bought it last fall. We got most of what we wanted, but we weren’t crazy about it because of the cost. If it’s not too expensive, we’ll use more.”
Todd Lewis, the second vice president of the Canadian Agricultural Federation (CFA), said difficult challenges for producers are seeking solutions. His organization is “extremely concerned” about rising fertilizer costs and the availability of fertilizers and other important inputs needed to support Canada’s food production in the coming years. I did.
In a statement emailed to Epoch, Lewis said, “Despite the high commodity prices, soaring food production and supply chain disruptions caused by the Ukrainian conflict put a lot of pressure on margins and farmers. Has brought about significant uncertainty and variability that is difficult to manage. ” Times.
“The CFA will work closely with the government to raise these concerns and work with farmers to find solutions to current accessibility concerns for these products, as well as to mitigate future challenges. Emphasizes the importance of addressing long-term concerns. “
Fuel costs to fuel inflation
At all indexes Oil price Since December 1, 2021, rising fuel prices are both direct and indirect reasons for increased spending on farms and are the costs that are passed on to consumers.
“Fuel costs are affecting the economy as a whole, including food, and we expect food inflation to continue to rise for the rest of the year,” said Charles bois.
Barry Prentice, a professor of supply chain management at the University of Winnipeg, agrees that rising fuel prices will drive inflation.
“Part of the reason the recession eased was that oil prices fell to zero. When oil prices rise, it’s like taxing everything to slow the economy, but we do. What I have now is the strange situation of rising prices. [while] Everyone wants to get more for what they sell and do, including wages, “Plenty explained.
“Interest rates are skyrocketing with inflation and I think there is a real risk of what is called stagflation. [in the 1970s] Growth has stopped and inflation has occurred. Therefore, the pandemic was like an uncontrolled experiment. What if I turn off the economy and try to turn it on again? “


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The chairman of Firestone Inc., which was acquired by a Japanese tiremaker a year ago, predicts that more major U.S. companies will be involved in international mergers soon.
``But not just for the reasons usually cited,`` says John J. Nevin, adding that the purchase of his firm by Bridgestone Corp. last May has
``worked very well.``
The growing number of American companies being bought by foreign firms in recent years often is attributed to the weaker dollar, which has cut their cost of U.S. takeovers. Many overseas concerns, moreover, want to establish production footholds in the vast U.S. market.
But Nevin also sees a faster trend toward the formation or expansion of global companies in the automotive, electronics and other key fields. Though attention has focused on Japanese firms buying U.S. companies, he points out that many American concerns are investing in or buying European firms before the Common Market countries drop trade barriers among themselves in 1992.
Nevin looks on the Firestone-Bridgestone combination as a
``partnership,`` or a ``merger of equals,`` rather than a takeover. There was very little overlap, he says. Firestone was strong in North America, Latin America and Europe. Bridgestone`s biggest markets were in Asia, though it had entered the U.S. truck tire field.
Firestone`s operations and employment have changed little in the last year, he says. Nevin had slimmed the company down in the early 1980s, when he closed or sold 10 of Firestone`s 17 plants. In November, the firms said they plan to invest more than $1 billion in new North American tire operations in the next three years.
A few years ago, Nevin talked about retiring at 62 and becoming a college professor. He`s at that age now, but he has no plans to quit.
``They`ve asked me to stay on,`` he says of Bridgestone. ``I want to see this thing through.``
BUSY SIGNAL FROM MOTOROLA
A flurry of prospective customers called dealers in response to Motorola Inc.`s recent announcement of a new pocket-size cellular telephone, only to be told that the phones aren`t available.
``I think they were trying to hype interest in the phones,`` one dealer says.
James Bernhart, Motorola`s distribution manager, says the firm expects to make deliveries in six weeks on orders received directly from companies or individuals. But telephone companies and their agents and dealers will set their own delivery times, he adds.
A spokesman for Ameritech Mobile Communications says it hopes to have about a dozen phones available in May and two dozen in June, but no large quantities ``until at least in September. So we don`t plan any promotion until then,`` he says.
The new unit weighs about 10 1/2 ounces compared with 28 ounces for portable phones now sold. It will retail initially for just under $3,000.
CHINA WANTS COMPUTERS
It might be logical to think that China, with more than 1 billion people, would be more interested in creating jobs than replacing them with computers. ``They`re at the stage that we were years ago,`` says Ed Kridakorn, vice president and head of computer operations at Whitman Corp. He will join a delegation of information systems experts going to China next week.
The group will meet with Chinese business, educational and government leaders on the 15-day visit sponsored by People to People International, a
``citizen ambassador program`` founded by President Dwight Eisenhower.
Kridakorn says, China ``has a pretty primitive application`` of computers. Its national airline, for instance, doesn`t have a sophisticated reservation system, he notes. One of the group`s scheduled visits is with leaders of Shanghai, who would like a computer system to help cope with its population of more than 12 million.
BUSINESS BEAT: The Greater North Michigan Avenue Association is advertising for an executive director to succeed Nelson Forrest, who has headed the group for 38 years. But Forrest says he is only planning to go into ``semi-retirement. I`ll be around here to help out.``
- Almost 95 percent of the applicants accepted for the evening MBA program at Northwestern University`s Kellogg Graduate School of Management decided to enter the spring program, up from 80 percent a year ago. Vennie Lyons, director of the managers program, thinks a Business Week article last fall listing the Kellogg school as No. 1 had something to do with the increase.
COMING AND GOING: Richard S. Williamson, former assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, has rejoined Mayer, Brown & Platt as a partner in its Chicago office . . . Barry K. Spiker joined the Change Management Services division of Andersen Consulting . . . Mary Pat Mirus was named vice president and director of human resources for IRMCO Properties and Management Corp.


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- Jackie Noblett
The latest symbol of the local recession’s depth just may be the lonely cubicle no one wants.
Used furniture dealers are gearing up for what they anticipate will be a flood of calls from struggling companies looking to rid their offices of no longer needed chairs, desks and cabinets to raise cash, expedite potential moves and purge the metal and fabric mementos of better times.
“With all of the layoffs, I think there will be a big wave of companies trying to divest their assets,” said Marc Poirier, owner of Peartree Office Furniture in Framingham. He has seen a steady flow of calls from businesses to buy their furniture and expects the real wave to surge early next year.
The market for office furniture, new or used, is weak, meaning resellers are forced to be selective of what they take in and how much they can pay for it.
“The problem is that usually there aren’t enough buyers. Any reseller has to take into account what they can sell and storage costs,” said Jim McAnn, vice president of sales at Brooks Interiors Inc. in Wilmington.
The recession already has taken a toll on local businesses in the form of surging bankruptcy filings and tens of thousands of layoffs this year. Not long after, the businesses involved, often in the process of moving, look to get rid of excess baggage.
Doing so can save a firm thousands of dollars in moving costs or help avoid expensive fees for not vacating a space in the allotted time.
But managers are often quite surprised when they find out how much those Herman Miller chairs are worth.
A glut of used furniture locally, combined with weak demand both here and in other markets and the overall low resale value on the assets, means companies can expect to get pennies on the dollar for their unwanted goods.
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Scandinavia's largest bank has taken an important step toward letting its customers use their mobile phones to bank and invest in stocks.
Stockholm-based Svenska Handelsbanken AB last week began sending its financial advisers and selected customers stock market information on bank-provided Nokia Corp. smart phones. Handelsbanken plans to add account inquiries, bill payment, stock trading, and funds transfers to the service when it is made available to all of the bank's customers early next year. The system uses the Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP, industry standard.
"If you thought the Internet made an impact on the world, just wait until WAP services, like this one from Handelsbanken, become widespread," said Lars O. Gronstedt, executive vice president at the $115 billion-asset bank. "You can only attract so many people to (personal computers), but wireless is regarded as almost limitless."
The announcement is yet another sign that the wireless delivery of financial services, though still in an early stage of development, is picking up steam.
Also last week, Bank of America Corp. began providing banking services to Internet customers in California who have a Palm VII handheld organizer from Palm Computing Inc., a 3Com Corp. company. Meanwhile, Bank of Montreal and its U.S. subsidiary, Harris Bank of Chicago, have been testing banking services via mobile phones and Palm Pilots.
These institutions follow a number of U.S. brokerages that have introduced wireless trading. Fidelity Investments has offered wireless trading since last October through interactive pagers and more recently Palm VII organizers. Discover Brokerage, DLJdirect Inc., and Dreyfus Brokerage Services are among others offering wireless trading.
Sweden and its neighboring countries appear especially ripe for consumer adoption of wireless services, according to industry analysts.
More than 60% of people in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden carry cell phones, according to International Data Corp. of Framingham, Mass. That compares with fewer than 30% in the United States. The region also boasts high levels of Internet use, according to IDC.
People in Sweden are already familiar with using mobile phones to communicate with their financial institutions. Using a character-based messaging system similar to e-mail, they can check account balances and make other inquiries, said Matthew Nordan, an analyst at Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass.
The WAP standard will let banks do more than just answer queries, he said.
"It provides a more interactive user interface and lets banks take existing Web applications and reformat them for cell phones," he said.
The Handelsbanken system relies on software from International Business Machines Corp. to translate information into a condensed form that can be used by the limited displays of mobile phones.
The bank has not yet determined pricing for next year's rollout.


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35. Trade liabilities
Trade liabilities declined by €421 million, from €3,993 million to €3,572 million.
The previous year’s figures include €490 million attributable to METRO China.
Currency effects increased trade payables by €52 million, which mainly resulted from the Russian rouble (€23 million), the Turkish lira (€18 million) and the Ukrainian hryvnia (€14 million). The increase after currency effects amounts to €17 million and is predominantly attributable to modified payment terms and increased purchasing volumes in a number of different countries.


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MANILA, Philippines - Facebook, reportedly the world's most successful social media platform, is the top ranking smartphone application (app) in Southeast Asia, according to a study released by Nielsen.
Based on the Southeast Asia Top 10 Smartphone Apps, Facebook was found to be the most engaging smartphone app in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, and was ranked No. 2 in Thailand behind the popular Japanese messaging app called LINE.
Other popular apps included Google Play Store, YouTube, LINE and Candy Crush Saga, all of which appeared on the top 10 rankings in all four markets in Southeast Asia.
The ranking was based on the Nielsen Informate Mobile Insights covering the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
"The importance and influence of apps within today's highly competitive mobile market has soared in recent years," said Sagar Phadke of Nielsen's Telecom and Technology Practice in Southeast Asia, North Asia and Pacific. "Smartphone users in Asia are highly engaged in apps usage, and the app user base in Asia is growing rapidly, presenting huge opportunities for brand marketers to leverage apps to build lasting connections with consumers."
In the Philippines, the Top 10 apps are (in order): Facebook, Google Play Store, YouTube, Candy Crush Saga, Viber, WeChat, LINE, Google Search, Skype and Facebook Messenger.
The Nielsen study also showed that smartphone owners in Southeast Asia spend around three-quarters of an hour on average per day using apps. Apps usage is most prevalent in Malaysia at 66 minutes per day, followed by Thailand at 46 minutes per day; the Philippines at 41 minutes; and Indonesia at 40 minutes.


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Seafood Producers Cooperative was featured in PBS Frontline’s in-depth investigation of seafood. You can stream it at the link below.
SPC owner Lance Preston and his Seaboy are featured prominently in the intro–roughly at the 2:20 to 3-minute mark.
Please share away with friends and family. I think it’s a pretty fair look at the reality of the seafood industry.
At the one-hour 2-minute mark, they get to Alaska and you’ll see our plant and other owner/fishermen.


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While Blizzard might only be one company, their games have created an extremely loyal and huge following and community to the point where the company sees fit for it to launch their own event on an annual basis – BlizzCon. Now the good news is that BlizzCon 2014 has been announced and it will be taking place on the 7-8th of November 2014 in Anaheim, California.
The first batch of BlizzCon tickets will be sold on the 7th of May while the next batch will go on sale on the 10th of May. The tickets cost $200 plus taxes and fees, and for those who want to do their bid for charity, there will be pre-BlizzCon dinner tickets that will be sold for $750, with all proceeds going towards the Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
Blizzard has also announced that they will be selling virtual tickets like they did the previous year, making it ideal for those who cannot attend either because they don’t have the money or live in a different state or country. Blizzard has not revealed what sort of goodies gamers can look forward to if they attend either in-person or online, but we expect those details will be shared at a later date.
There’s also no telling what Blizzard will announce this year because typically at BlizzCon, Blizzard tends to announce new games. Given that the Diablo 3 expansion was only recently released, we can scratch that off the list. The World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor has also been announced, leaving us with the next StarCraft 2 expansion, Legacy of the Void, as a distinct possibility.
Blizzard could also announce release dates for games like Heroes of the Storm and while it might be wishful thinking, perhaps Blizzard might even share details about their next-gen MMO codenamed “Titan” or “Overwatch”. So, who’s planning on attending the event?


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Have you ever wondered what exactly human use of the Internet looks like? With its Map of the Internet app, Cogeco Peer 1 can provide users with a tangible, 3D visualization of the world’s networks and how they connect to one another.
The Toronto-based company announced today the updated version of Map of the Internet that includes internet data up to 2017, as well as predictions as to what the internet will look like in the future, and an option to go back and see what it looked like during milestone moments such as the launch of Wikipedia.
The app is designed as a free educational tool for iOS and Android. Users can explore where tech giants like Google and Facebook are located, as well as where internet service providers (ISPs), Internet exchange points, universities, and other organizations that route traffic online are.
“Map of the Internet will help people all over the world build awareness and further their knowledge of the structure of the internet and how it works,” said Craig Tavares, director of product innovation and technology at Cogeco Peer 1 in a release.
With Map of the Internet, users can also perform a traceroute to a node from your network, search for companies or domains, tap on nodes to learn more about them, and switch between geographic or hierarchical maps.
“Users can travel in time and journey back and forth through the internet’s highlights. Developers and students everywhere are encouraged to continue leveraging the open source platform and using its data to explore every node that connects websites around the world.”
Map of the Internet is available now on iOS and Android for free.


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Nanotech Energy, the company co-founded by Professor Richard Kaner, is named CES 2022 Innovation Award Winner as the only producer of non-flammable, graphene-based batteries.
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world’s largest technology tradeshow. Nanotech Energy’s award-winning batteries utilize the non-flammable electrolyte technology that Professor Richard Kaner and his former graduate students Dr. Brian McVerry and Dr. Maher El-Kady patented. A UCLA distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and of materials science and engineering, Kaner holds the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Materials Innovation.
Nanotech Energy was formed in 2014 by Kaner and Dr. Maher El-Kady, UCLA assistant researcher of chemistry and biochemistry, along with physician-entrepreneur Dr. Jack Kavanaugh, with the goal of moving their cutting-edge research on graphene-based energy storage devices from the laboratory to the marketplace.
The company’s Organolyte™ graphene-based batteries (pictured left) are considerably safer and higher performing than the industry-standard, highly-flammable lithium-ion batteries that power consumer electronics and electric vehicles, but can suddenly catch fire or explode. (This is a reason that lithium-ion batteries cannot be shipped through the U.S. mail!). The non-flammable electrolyte that provides the batteries’ safety properties was developed by Silq Technologies Corporation and exclusively licensed to Nanotech Energy. The Graphene-Organolyte™ batteries can be completely personalized to fit any form factor or container. The non-flammable batteries can be utilized to run electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and other technology and machines that will become electrified. In contrast to conventional lithium-ion batteries, Nanotech’s batteries work under extreme weather conditions whether in high heat or below freezing.
“Battery storage has yet to reach its potential -— until now,” said Kavanaugh in a press release. “Unlike traditional battery packs that pose serious fire risks, Nanotech Energy’s non-flammable lithium-ion batteries are intrinsically safe and environmentally-friendly, which we believe will inspire more industries to switch from gas to electric.”
Nanotech’s non-flammable lithium-ion batteries are set to be manufactured at a newly announced 517-acre production establishment in Storey County, Nevada, which is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, email@example.com.


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New Delhi: State-owned Corporation Bank on Saturday launched Mudra, or Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency, card for small enterprises, based on the RuPay platform.
The card was launched by Financial Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia at Mangalore.
The Pradhan Mantri Mudra scheme aims to fund the unfunded and formalise the informal under non-farm micro units in manufacturing, trading and services with affordable credit up to Rs 10 lakh.
The bank is the first to launch the Mudra card, Corporation Bank said in a statement.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra scheme, three loan schemes are offered to entrepreneurs based on their capacity to repay.
The 'Shishu' scheme provides loan up to Rs 50,000. A loan amount of up to Rs 5 lakh will be lent under 'Kishore' scheme and under the 'Tarun' scheme, loan up to Rs 10 lakh will be offered.
As a part of the Digital India programme, the bank also launched a high-tech paperless point of sales (PoS) terminal and the 'Remit to India' portal for inward remittance by NRIs.