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NEW YORK, US�-�Media OutReach�-�July 3, 2019 - With the rapid development of Bitcoin
and its bottom core blockchain technology, people have fancied the application
of blockchain digital currency, and many Internet giants around the world have
been on the road of cryptocurrency entrepreneurship. Since 2019, the MYPAY
created by the famous American engineer Mett Rayan has attracted wide attention
from the global media.
On June 26, 2019, US time, a huge
promotional photo of MYPAY was unveiled in Times Square in New York. The loud
slogan "Do not seek to change the world, only create more convenient
applications for life" lit up the NASDAQ screen.
The Times Square in New York is known
as the "crossroads of the world." Tens of millions of business elites
gather here every year. It is a veritable business core and a famous wealth
landmark in the world. Among them, the Nasdaq semi-cylindrical large screen is
one of the most striking landmarks. It is known as the "No.1 world screen" and
has always been the showcase of the world's top outstanding companies.
MYPAY is positioned to support multi-chain
fully decentralized wallets and is dedicated to building decentralized
blockchain banks as a tool for users to store digital assets, manage digital
assets and pay. Landing on the Nasdaq's big screen, it is seen as a symbol of
wealth and development potential, and has voiced the world, showing MYPAY's
determination to forge ahead in the field of digital cash payments and lead the
global payment market reform.
Mett Rayan is a famous American
engineer and founder of MYPAY. MettRayan has a strong background in stack
development, UI/UX and marketing. Mett Rayan has established several financial
applications for Fortune 50 financial companies, global non-profit
organizations' distributed systems and e-commerce markets. Mett Rayan is
involved in ethical hacking and has conducted in-depth research on the use of
cryptographic techniques and blockchain techniques in cryptocurrencies.
Mett Rayan believes that although
future payments have been the direction of digital currency since its
inception, due to the decentralization of the decentralized distributed
confirmation mechanism of the blockchain, the delay time of the data
synchronization network is too long, which makes it difficult for future
payment. The damage suffered has hindered the development of future payments.
Therefore, in the future digital cash payment application, whether real-time
transaction can be realized is the key to whether users can accept it on a
large scale. In the blockchain digital cash space, the DAPP wallet is a trend
and the only window for mobile customers to pay.
In 2018, Mett Rayan officially
entered the blockchain industry and established MYPAY to develop a double-chain
payment system for the difficulties of digital cash payment.
MYPAY focuses on six systems (wallet
system, payment system, settlement system, financial management system,
incubation system, credit system) and Equity Token (MPC) to achieve
multi-currency secure storage, fast cross-border consumption, and fast
cross-border settlement. , stable continuous income, STO + index trading, big
data credit promotion. It customizes payment and marketing solutions for food,
apparel, gaming, e-commerce, healthcare, accommodation, travel, financial
management and other industries. MYPAY wallet is rich in assets and insists on
expanding the types of digital currency. In addition to basic services,
customers who use MYPAY wallets can also enjoy quantitative wealth management
Mett Rayan said that MYPAY, as a
mobile application payment window, is committed to completely solving the
problem of blockchain network delay, achieving international off-site
peer-to-peer exchange, point-to-point fast exchange, currency transaction
diversion, and international merchants' fast payment. The landing of this
concept will promote the development of the entire blockchain industry and even
the payment market.
The person in charge said that MYPAY
has deposited more than 800 tokens and successfully launched the MYPAY wallet
and online alpha quantified transaction. Next, MYPAY will continue to develop
along the wallet ecosystem, such as blockchain mall, quality third-party DAPP
access, blockchain application finance, etc. It is expected that MYPAY Equity
Token will be launched in 2020 with double-chain payment. The system will also
be launched in 2020.
In the future development of the Internet, the
value of the Internet based on blockchain technology will replace the existing
information Internet, and the important position of digital currency in the
value Internet will gradually emerge. The appearance on the big screen of the
NASDAQ is a showcase of MYPAY's past achievements and the starting point for a
new journey. It may lead us into a new era of paying for life.


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The author is president of the Nebraska Retail Federation.
Nebraska merchants find themselves in a no-win situation.
It is a little-known fact that Nebraska retailers and restaurants, the primary collectors of sales tax, are forced to remit to the state over $8 million more in sales taxes annually than they collect on a net basis.
How can this be?
It is the result of the fees charged by credit-card companies when tax is added to a credit-card sale. The credit-card fee is charged on the total amount including tax, not just the sale itself.
Here’s how it works:
If I buy something in Omaha or Lincoln for $100, there will be $7 in sales tax. Depending on the contract with the credit-card processor that the business has negotiated, there will be a cost of between 9 and 21 cents to process the $7 tax. Using a moderate fee of 14 cents, the merchant will actually receive $6.86 in sales tax after paying the fee. The business then eats the 14-cent charge and remits $7 in sales taxes to the state.
The 14 cents on that single sale equates to at least $8.4 million each year statewide. That figure was not determined by the retail and restaurant industry but by the Legislative Fiscal Office.
This issue has not always been the case.
Prior to 2002, the State of Nebraska allowed those collecting sales taxes to retain an extremely small percentage of all of the tax collected to compensate for the cost of collection. Blaming tight budget times, most of that was taken away in 2002 with the idea that it could be restored when times were better.
State Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus has proposed a plan (Legislative Bill 333) that would substantially rectify the situation by reinstating the sales tax collection allowance at the level it was prior to 2002.
This glaring injustice could also be addressed by legislation forcing credit-card companies to process sales taxes with no fee. Although such legislation would face court challenges from the credit-card industry, it would recognize this issue and be a step in the right direction.
A national tax expert said recently in his testimony to the Legislature’s Revenue Committee that “the objective of tax policy is to behave like a pickpocket and not a mugger.”
Nebraska’s retailers and restaurants are getting mugged to the tune of $8.4 million each year. Some blame the credit-card companies, and some say it is the state’s responsibility to at least attempt to cover the cost of collecting the taxes.
Nebraska merchants just want the mugging to stop.

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- BSNL has launched Rs 251 Work from Home prepaid plan
- It’s a data-only plan with no calling and SMS benefits
- Users will get 70GB data for 28 days
India has witnessed a surge in internet usage during the novel pandemic and the resulting lockdown. Thanks to the work from home culture, several telecom operators have started offering dedicated work from home plans with data benefits. The only state-run telco in India has also followed suite and BSNL has launched several “Work from Home” prepaid plans.
Also read: BSNL Rs 199 prepaid plan launched with 2GB daily data and 30-days validity
The BSNL prepaid plans come in the denominations of Rs 56, Rs 151, and Rs 251, with the last one being the latest launch. These are data-only prepaid plans with validity up to 28 days. Currently, BSNL is the only telecom operator offering 70GB data for Rs 251. Here are all details of the latest plans from the state-run PSU.
BSNL Work from Home prepaid plan benefits
As mentioned before, all three new plans from the telecom operator are data-only work from home plans. This means that those recharging with these BSNL prepaid plans will not offer any calling or SMS benefits. Starting with the Rs 56 work from home prepaid plan, it offers 10GB data for 10 days without any daily limit.
Moving on to the Rs 151 prepaid plan, the users get 40GB data benefit, whereas the Rs 251 work from home plan offers 70GB data for the duration of the validity. Both Rs 151 and Rs 251 plans come with a validity of 28 days. BSNL is also offering Zing Music app subscription with these plans.
Coming to the competition, Jio also offers Rs 151 and Rs 251 work from home plans with 30GB and 50GB data benefits respectively. Jio offers a Rs 201 plan as well with 40GB data benefit. In comparison, Airtel and Vi are offering 50GB benefit with their work from home prepaid plans. Vi has a second Rs 351 work from home plan with 100GB data benefit.
BSNL is definitely ahead in terms of offering more data benefit but it’s restricted to 2G/3G network, in most parts of the country.


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Opportunities and challenges for manufacturers moving on Industry 4.0
What will it take to get manufacturers moving on 4.0? Professor Raj Roy, Head of Manufacturing at Cranfield University, argues that 2017 could be a significant year, and outlines the future major opportunities and challenges for the sector.
In December 2016, thinkers from industry, government and academia came together to map out the future at Cranfield’s Manufacturing 2075 conference. One of the main areas for discussion was the importance of the next few years in transforming the nature of manufacturing globally. The future is with networks of connected micro-factories, local manufacturing operations serving local regions of consumers. In this way the global map changes, with a more even spread of activity around the world and much higher levels of participation and sharing of resources.
The full article is available here.
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Prime Property Market To Revive In 2015
According to CBRE Thailand, competition within the Bangkok property market about high-end residential buildings in prime locations is expected to be intense due to intense incoming supply of new luxury condominium projects.
“In the past few years, there has been limited supply of luxury and super-luxury units. 2014 has seen a very limited number of new launches largely due to the political instability in the first half. 2015 will then see pent-up supply being launched in the market,” affirms the report by the real estate agency.
Many factors could actually explain this outlook for 2015:
- First of all, property buyers – foreigners or locals – are still very keen purchasing real estate in the CBD – Downtown area. Prices keep on rising but the demand remains here.
- A combination of both the economy of the Kingdom expected to bounce back in 2015 as well as a slight improvement expected in Europe and USA as well shall benefit to the prime market
- Moreover, stylish and luxurious projects being launched next year in prime areas are thought to be priced between THB200,000 and THB300,000 per sqm, as current land prices have reached 1M Baht per Sq.wah in ultimate prime locations including Wireless Road, Langsuan, and up to Thonglor.
But location is not enough to justify the price. To be considered as “luxurious”, condominiums would have to meet most of its meticulous buyers’ needs and requirements, especially in terms of features and facilities.
“The location must also correspond with the right target market and their requirements. Not every location is suited for a luxury product. Is also likely that re-sale prices of units in older buildings with good management in prime locations will increase substantially,” said Aliwassa Pathnadabutr, Managing Director at CBRE Thailand.


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16 June 2014
Join a fashionable cult
Fashionistas and budding designers, ready your needles - entries for Cult Couture are now open.
Now in its 13th year, Cult Couture is a runway show and fashion awards event celebrating creative and innovative fashion design in Aotearoa.
The 2014 theme, Fabrik Navigators has five categories: Recycled Revolution, Formally Yours, Flight of Fantasy, ‘I’dentity and Urbanesia.
Designer entries should be original pieces and students, graduates, emerging artists and designers are eligible to enter.
The total prize pool is $9,500 with the Supreme Award winner also winning a manufacturing contract with Equinox Apparel Ltd. to support their blossoming fashion career.
With last year’s record number of entries the bar has been set high for 2014 and this year’s judges, Doris de Pont (NZ Fashion Museum), Lindah Lepou (Pacific Couture Designer) and Dan Ahwa (Canvas Magazine, NZ Herald) will have their work cut out for them.
Visit www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz for more information on categories and how to submit your details.
• Friday 1 August – entries close
• Friday 21 November– runway and fashion awards


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The red-hot market for Chinese contemporary art continues to soar. At its autumn sale in Hong Kong, the international auction house Sotheby's set a sales record. Other sales at Sotheby's four-day auction, which also featured traditional Chinese art, ceramics, gemstones and watches, also exceeded expectations, as Claudia Blume reports from Hong Kong.
Fierce bidding in the packed auction hall in Hong Kong's convention center led to sales that far exceeded expectations.
Sotheby's auction of contemporary Chinese art raked in more than $42 million - the best result since modern art from China was first auctioned off three years ago. The highest price - $4 million - was paid for a painting by Yue Minjun, known for his cynical pictures of laughing people.
Evelyn Lin, head of Sotheby's Chinese contemporary art department, says the strong demand for modern art from China is mainly driven by Asian buyers.
"In the beginning a lot of people think it's a foreigner market but right now we can prove, and we can say right now actually this market belongs to Asia," she said. "We have very strong buyers from different countries - most likely Singapore, Indonesia, mainland China, even Taiwan. So this has become really, really [an] Asia market."
Lin says new, younger art collectors are particularly keen to buy contemporary art from China. She says investment in art is expanding because the regional economy is doing well and many people are convinced that the market for modern Chinese art has strong growth potential.
Some are skeptical that the boom will continue, however, such as this collector from Singapore.
"Many of them have gone up 10 to 30 fold so I think it's time to be a bit cautious. Anything that goes up 10 or 30 times, you got to be a bit cautious," she said.
While modern art stole the limelight, other sales at Sotheby's four-day auction, which ends on Tuesday, also exceeded expectations. A blue diamond, one of the rarest gems in the world, was sold for almost $8 million. That makes it the most expensive gemstone in the world, per carat, sold at an auction.
A sale of treasures from palaces of China's Qing dynasty, which ended a century ago, generated more than $41 million. An 18th century white jade seal sold for nearly $6 million, the highest price ever paid for white jade at auction.


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October 11 2013. MicroCare Corp marked its 30th anniversary with a companywide gathering of employees, vendors and friends at the Farmington Country Club in Farmington, CT. The evening was highlighted by a large display of products, advertisements and photographs dating back to the start of the business.
MicroCare was started in 1983 with one employee. It was originally located in Farmington, CT in a drafty trucking company warehouse. According to company president and founder Christopher A. Jones, the MicroCare plan was to sell aerosol-packaged cleaners into the “fast growing computer market, in a time when there were no cell phones and no computers”. MicroCare grew rapidly selling to the many hi-tech companies located in New England. It quickly built a reputation for excellent customer service and technical support.
Through the years, MicroCare has grown into a global business with over 100 products. Having long outgrown the drafty warehouse, the state-of-the-art MicroCare headquarters, R&D, and manufacturing facilities are now located in New Britain, CT. “We have come a long way” said Jones, “We now have nearly 50 full-time employees, hundreds of distributors, and warehouses in the USA, Europe and Asia”
From its unassuming start 30 years ago, MicroCare continues its strong commitment to outstanding customer service and technical support. In addition to the aerosol-packaged cleaners, MicroCare also markets precision cleaning fluids, specialty lubricants, and carrier fluids. All are essential in the manufacture and functionality of a wide variety of medical devices, printed circuit boards, industrial goods, aerospace components and communications equipment.


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Life Size Media DoNates support for third sector client
Life Size Media, the new creative campaign agency dedicated to promoting sustainable innovators, is offering its services free of charge to pioneering social enterprise The DoNation.
Founded in early 2010, Life Size Media has carved a niche in the creative industry market offering the complete range of communications services solely to the low-carbon, cleantech and sustainable development sectors.
Today, the agency has announced its commitment to always representing one stand-out client from the sector who would otherwise be unable to afford their services.
“Our campaigns our founded in the belief that good communication is integral to the successful development of any organisation, particularly for start-ups who need to get their story out there,” explained Life Size Media director Alisa Murphy.
“We knew that from our own experience, so it was always our intention to find a way to offer support to inspiring organisations that otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford it. I’m delighted that we’ve reached that stage so quickly and really looking forward to starting our campaign with The DoNation.”
The DoNation is an innovative new sponsorship platform that replaces cash with action. Anyone taking part in a challenging event, from a triathlon to a knit-a-thon, can register and invite their supporters to pledge DoActions ranging from eating less meat to installing solar panels.
The DoNation founder, Hermione Taylor said: “It’s fantastic that Life Size Media are able to offer us this pro-bono PR support, helping us take the inspiring stories of our Doers to the world. Their sector specific knowledge and passion makes them the ideal team for the task.”
As part of their ongoing social commitment, Life Size Media offer a 30% discount to charities and not-for-profit organisations at all times, ensuring their services are accessible to all those working towards a better future.


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Recently, Beyoncé appeared in a new campaign for the luxury brand Tiffany & Co. celebrating individuality and self-acceptance, this time sans Jay-Z. It is called ‘Lose Yourself in Love.’ For this campaign’s ad, Bey is seen wearing a Tiffany HardWear necklace, which took over 40 hours to assemble! An accompanying film for this campaign will be out soon, sound-tracked by ‘Summer Renaissance’ off the 28-time Grammy award-winning artist’s latest album ‘RENAISSANCE.’ The film will feature choreography by Fatima Robinson.
Many artists have been the face of the luxury house, Tiffany & Co. Let’s take a look at some of them.
Beyoncé and JAY-Z
Last year, it was announced that Beyoncé and Jay-Z joined the list of new brand ambassadors for Tiffany & Co. with a new video campaign titled ‘About Love.’ The critically acclaimed album ‘RENAISSANCE’ singer Beyoncé even did a beautiful cover of ‘Moon River’ setting a romantic tone for the video. Legendary actress Audrey Hepburn performed the popular song for the 1961 film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s.’
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Both Bey and Jay-Z were sporting the company’s jewelry for the campaign, but what stood out was the Tiffany Diamond. In a historic move, Queen B was adorned with the 128.54 carat diamond, becoming the first black woman to wear it. Only three people had been given the opportunity to rock the Tiffany yellow diamonds before – Mary Whitehouse, Audrey Hepburn during the promo tour of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ and Lady Gaga who was seen wearing it during an appearance at the 2019 Academy Awards. This made the ‘CHURCH GIRL’ singer the fourth woman to wear it while her husband stunned in Jean Schlumberger’s Bird on a Rock brooch, reworked seen on the rapper as a pair of cuff links.
The couple’s work with the brand does a lot of good, with Tiffany & Co. pledging $2 million toward scholarship and internship programs for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), with over sixty students being awarded the scholarship until now.
American singer St. Vincent was announced as one of Tiffany’s faces in 2017. The musician whose real name is Anne Clark was part of the ‘There’s Only One’ campaign, which highlighted artists in their respective fields. Her latest song ‘Piggy’ dropped in July this year. The Grammy-winning artist’s debut album ‘Marry Me’ came in 2007, with the release of her latest album ‘The Nowhere Inn’ taking place last year.
The artist recorded a stripped-down version of The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love,’ which sound-tracked the campaign for Tiffany’s new fragrance. “I’m honored to work with the timeless and iconic @tiffanyandco on their new Fall campaign,” the singer wrote on her social media.
Singer and actress Janelle Monáe featured in the Tiffany & Co. Fall 2017 Campaign ‘There’s Only One.’ “I think that individuality and embracing the things that make you unique is important to humanity, for others around you who may be uncomfortable, with their uniqueness, to finally feel confident in just being just them, and understanding that they were made, you know, unique for a specific purpose,” says the Grammy-nominated artist who was a part of the campaign celebrating self-expression and individuality.
She is known to be one of the most authentic celebrities of current times. The ‘Dirty Computer’ singer has also starred in the movies ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Hidden Figures,’ and has also been cast in the upcoming film ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.’
Rosé has starred in two campaigns for Tiffany & Co. The first one for Tiffany Hardware came in 2021, while another Tiffany HardWear campaign this year launched a new rose gold bracelet and necklace. The Blackpink singer, who is also a Saint Laurent ambassador, said: “I’ve worn Tiffany jewelry since I was in high school. To be a part of such an iconic brand that has been a part of my life for a long time makes it that much more special to me. I’m very honored and excited.”
Tiffany & Co. recruited A$ap Ferg and ‘Maleficient’ star Elle Fanning to record a remake of the song ‘Moon River’ in partnership with Spotify. It was recorded for the luxury brand’s Believe in Dreams video campaign in 2018. “I come from Harlem, which is a long way from the famous Tiffany flagship on Fifth Avenue,” the rapper said as per Refinery29. “But because I went to the High School of Art and Design in Midtown, I’d have to walk past the Tiffany store every single day on my way home.”
“It was just years and years of me walking past Tiffany, never dreaming one day my face, my voice, and my lyrics would be part of their story,” A$AP Ferg added. “That’s a real dream, in real life.”
Lady Gaga was the face of Tiffany & Co. in 2017. The ad for the Tiffany HardWear campaign was aired before the star’s Super Bowl performance. It was the brand’s first-ever Super Bowl halftime ad! The singer rocked the 18k gold and sterling silver collection. It included a necklace, a bracelet and earrings.
Gaga shone on the red carpet of the 2019 Oscars ceremony wherein she was adorned with the 128-carat diamond on her necklace. She was nominated for two Academy Awards that night and took home one for ‘Best Original Song’ for ‘Shallow’ in the film ‘A Star is Born.’ Only Audrey Hepburn and Mary Whitehouse had worn it before the ‘A Star is Born’ actress. Now, Beyoncé has joined the club too.
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"Carbon (Dioxide) trading is now the fastest growing commodities market on earth.....And here’s the great thing about it. Unlike traditional commodities markets, which will eventually involve delivery to someone in physical form, the carbon (dioxide) market is based on lack of delivery of an invisible substance to no-one. Since the market revolves around creating carbon (dioxide) credits, or finding carbon (dioxide) reduction projects whose benefits can then be sold to those with a surplus of emissions, it is entirely intangible." (Telegraph)
This blog has been tracking the 'Global Warming Scam' for over ten years now. There are a very large number of articles being published in blogs and more in the MSM who are waking up to the fact the public refuse to be conned any more and are objecting to the 'green madness' of governments and the artificially high price of energy. This blog will now be concentrating on the major stories as we move to the pragmatic view of 'not if, but when' and how the situation is managed back to reality. To quote Professor Lindzen, "a lot of people are going to look pretty silly"
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Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Groceries to carry the cost of carbon tax, warn supermarkets
"FOOD prices are set to rise under the Federal Government's carbon tax, with some of the nation's largest food retailers expected to be hit with potential carbon bills of millions of dollars a year.A national survey of 500 food and grocery retailers also revealed 83 per cent intend to pass on the cost of a carbon price in higher prices, reports the Daily Telegraph."
ED: Carbon Tax = Window Tax, it's a tax for raising revenue.
Can your boss afford to pay another $100 million a year to Gillard?
Oh, and a tax on cows, sheep and chickens, too (Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun, Australia)


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Albania reported annual Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) inflation of 1.6% in January, the state statistics office Instat said. The monthly HICP inflation rate stood at 2.5% in January.
The biggest increase in prices in annual terms was in the transport sector, where prices rose by 3.3% year-on-year. Transport was followed by food and non-alcoholic beverages (up by 2.9%), recreation and culture (1.8%), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (1.3 %), and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (0.9%).
Modest y/y increases were also seen for furniture household goods and maintenance (0.5%), hotels, coffee-houses and restaurants (0.4%), and health and education (0.2% each).
On the other hand, prices of clothing and footwear and communications decreased by 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively during the month.
The rise in prices in monthly terms was primarily driven by the 6.1% increase in prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, followed by transport prices, up 2.2%. More modest increases were registered in a raft of other sectors.
However, there was a price decrease in monthly terms for recreation and culture, communications and clothing and footwear.


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Thursday Evening Soccer is again, and if you wish to know the right way to watch the Steelers vs. Browns on-line totally free, we’ve the main points on the place TNF has moved—and the right way to stream every recreation for no value.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns will face off on September 21, 2022, on the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio—the Browns’ hometown. In an interview with ESPN in September 2022, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ beginning quarterback, Mitch Trubisky, talked about how the 2022 NFL season feels just like the “subsequent alternative” for him. “I don’t find out about rebirth, nevertheless it’s positively, it’s the following alternative for me,” stated Trubisky, who is likely one of the Steelers’ 5 staff captains. “And I’m all the time waiting for see what I can proceed to get higher at.” He continued, “Proper now that is the following alternative, and I’m simply grateful to be on this place with this staff, and attempting to take full benefit of it.”
So the place can NFL followers stream the Steelers vs. Browns recreation? Learn on forward for the right way to watch the Steelers vs. Browns on-line totally free to see whether or not Pittsburgh or Cleveland comes out on prime.
When is the Steelers vs. Browns?
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Thursday Evening Soccer—typically abbreviated as TNF—was acquired by Amazon Prime Video in 2021 after the streaming service signed an 11-year, $13 billion deal to turn into the unique supplier for the occasion. “Stay sports activities proceed to be a recreation changer for Prime members,” Amazon Prime Vice President Jamil Ghani stated in a launch. on the time. “The worth Prime brings to members is now even higher with the launch of Thursday Evening Soccer on Prime Video. With these unique affords and experiences, Prime members rating massive financial savings and get even higher entry – all with a single membership.”
The deal makes Amazon Prime Video the primary streaming service to safe an unique nationwide broadcast package deal with the NFL. “‘Thursday Evening Soccer’ can be our first-ever digital package deal and we’re thrilled to completely companion with Amazon to carry our video games to extra followers on extra platforms. NFL soccer drives passionate viewers and Amazon will allow us to proceed to develop our fanbase in revolutionary and compelling methods,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodel stated in a press launch.
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What’s the Thursday Evening Soccer 2022 schedule?
Learn on for the Thursday Evening Soccer 2022 schedule to this point, together with which groups are enjoying by which video games and when they are going to be.
Week 2 – Thursday, September 15, 2022
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News articles about LG Display (NYSE:LPL) have trended somewhat negative recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. LG Display earned a news impact score of -0.02 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news headlines about the electronics maker an impact score of 46.3924045851524 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
Here are some of the headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:
- Is the Stock Safe to Invest? – LG Display Co Ltd (NYSE: LPL) – Alpha Beta Stock (alphabetastock.com)
- LG Display Co., Ltd. (LPL) – Analyst rating score stands at 1.50 – Nasdaq Fortune (press release) (nasdaqfortune.com)
- Investors Purchase Large Volume of Put Options on LG Display (LPL) (americanbankingnews.com)
- The Apple Inc. Foray Into MicroLED Is More Bark Than Bite – Investorplace.com (investorplace.com)
- Apple’s MicroLED Secret is Out: Will it Upset Display Makers? – Nasdaq (nasdaq.com)
Shares of LG Display stock traded down $0.34 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $12.44. The company had a trading volume of 94,083 shares, compared to its average volume of 808,199. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 0.90. The company has a market cap of $9,217.37, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 0.68. LG Display has a 1-year low of $12.44 and a 1-year high of $17.05.
LPL has been the topic of several research reports. Zacks Investment Research upgraded LG Display from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $15.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 27th. ValuEngine raised LG Display from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 15th. Morgan Stanley raised LG Display from an “underweight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 23rd. Finally, CLSA raised LG Display from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $15.50.
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LG Display Company Profile
LG Display Co, Ltd. manufactures thin-film transistor liquid crystal display, organic light emitting diode and other display panel technologies. The Company manufactures display panels in a range of sizes and specifications primarily for use in televisions, notebook computers, desktop monitors, tablet computers and various other applications, including mobile devices.
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When you get right down to it, Brazil and Houston aren't so different. For one, both have multicultural reputations—Brazil, after more than a century of worldwide immigration, is particularly diverse. And then there's the climate: predominantly tropical.
It's the latter that largely inspires Patricia Bonaldi—the Brazilian designer behind PatBo, the colorful, contemporary womenswear label she started in 2012—and most resonates with Southern shoppers.
"We are about colors and textures," Bonaldi told Houstonia. "It's nice to see that the client here, she loves this, [too]."
Last week, Bonaldi hosted a trunk show for her spring collection at Tootsies, which exclusively carries her line here. This was PatBo's second Tootsies show, but it was Bonaldi's first visit to Texas—"an honor," she said—and her first store appearance in the U.S.
"It's a big moment for me as a designer," she said. "And this store is amazing."
While Bonaldi has focused her recent efforts on penetrating the U.S. market, she's long been a household name in her native Brazil. She first opened a multi-brand store there in her hometown, Uberlândia, and eventually launched her own collection after constant requests for original designs. PatBo was born, defined by Bonaldi's trademark couture embroidery and intricate beading. Refusing to outsource the laborious detailing as demand grew, Bonaldi established an atelier in Uberlândia to teach local women the skill. In about nine years, she's put more than 400 hand-crafters through her school, and she's dedicated to helping provide upward economic mobility for women and the families they support.
"She's very humble, but ... she's incredibly empowering to all these local artisans that she's supporting," said Cara Chen, the New York-based vice president of PatBo. "Now that we're coming to the U.S. and we're expanding here, we're continuing to further those efforts of empowering more and more people in her hometown, which means everything to Patricia."
PatBo has a special relationship with Tootsies—hence Bonaldi's milestone appearance here—that began two years ago, shortly after PatBo opened its New York office. Then, Tootsies buyer Kyla Phung had a hunch Houstonians would connect with the fun, feminine brand with, at that point, little name recognition.
"She really stood behind it from the very beginning, so we look at her as one of our greatest partners for believing in us and helping us build this business," Chen said. "She had the vision before most."
Phung's instinct was correct, evidenced by PatBo's first Tootsies trunk show last year that saw a substantial turnout. "Women, without knowing the brand, just came in," Chen said, drawn to the flirty silhouettes, floral prints, and exquisite detailing. "We're so blown away that now we have a built-in audience that adores us, which is so wonderful. We doubled our efforts this year."
They did so not only by bringing Bonaldi out, but with an intimate dinner to celebrate the spring collection launch, hosted by fashion blogger Lyndsey Zorich of L. Avenue. With lush, overflowing greenery from Tomball's Bramble and Bee, the PatBo team transformed Tootsies' private back room into a physical manifestation of the brand's aesthetic, which Bonaldi describes as a translation of Brazil. "Not a caricature," she said, "but I try to bring the perfume of our country."
The response has been overwhelmingly positive. "We've heard this over and over today: 'I've never felt more beautiful,'" Chen said. "That's what we love about Texas women—they want to look beautiful."
Bonaldi wants to continue to grow her brand organically, and if her Houston reception is any indication, she's on track to do just that.
"This market is definitely one of the most important to us," Chen said. "The way Patricia designs and the women who live here, the way they respond, we feel like we're meant to be here."


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The key to Levi Strauss & Co.’s success is both authenticity and unpredictability, says Seth Ellison, LS&Co. executive vice president and president of Europe.
Following the release of the 2017 financial results for the company – which showed its strongest growth in more than a decade, with net revenues up by 13 percent in the U.S. and 20 percent in Europe – Seth sat down with Sportswear International to talk about what we’ve been doing right, and where we want to go in 2018.
“If you don’t continue to excite the customer you will lose them,” he said. “So we keep our foot on the gas. We will not be slowing down.”
Highlights from the Q&A session include:
Q: Seth, 2017 has been a successful year for Levi’s®. Why is that so?
Seth Ellison: The last few years Levi’s has been a sleeping giant and now we have joined our forces to accelerate our approach, getting the right team together and getting the business to move again … In short: we fought at all fronts. It was an interesting journey and we had great fun.
Q: Your traditional batwing logo shirt is ubiquitous. Why?
SE: Our aim was to create a stronger connection to the consumer. So we had to approach all three, those fans that are still with the brand, those who had been but left and those who never discovered Levi’s … So we went down to the bottom line and stuck to the relevant products, the jeans and the T-shirt … The batwing shirt shows both that we are proud of being a large brand but also that we are authentic and interesting.
Q: What iconic item comes next?
SE: At this moment the Olympics logo takes up space. But also our new print bar brings up new emblems as well as customized batwings. Our fans will create their own iconic motifs.
Q: How does a brand like Levi’s® keep up with the market changes without losing its heritage?
SE: It is all about playing big as a leader but playing small as an authentic brand. It is a good mixture of honesty and being unpredictable. And we truly believe that our consumers are smart. So they have an appreciation for community and responsibility. We organized around 20 music festivals last year but also several events to help refugees at many places. We did numerous collaborations, such as with Justin Timberlake and Jordan by Nike which was sold out within a few hours.
Q: So what is going to happen in 2018?
SE: Already now the momentum has continued. I can see the potential to increase categories like women’s. And also our geographic expansion will go on. We will develop divisions as for instance footwear and accessories. If you don’t continue to excite the customer you will lose them. So we keep our foot on the gas. We will not be slowing down.
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Yes, you’re correct. There are more vehicles flowing down the lanes nowadays.
J.D. Power Valuation Services reported in the latest edition of Guidelines that auction volume in February for units up to five years in age increased by 7.3 percent year-over-year.
As a result, analysts determined year-to-date wholesale volume is now 9.1 percent above the same point in 2018.
“So far this year the largest volume increases have been observed among SUV segments. This is a trend that will continue as more of these models are sold on the new side of the market,” analysts said in the report.
For example, J.D. Power Valuation Services shared that compact utility volume is up by 39 percent, and midsize utility volume is up 18 percent so far this year as compared to 2018.
In terms of volume share, analysts determined truck share grew to 51.2 percent, while car share softened to 48.8 percent.
“Used supply for units up to five years in age is expected to peak in 2019, before leveling off in 2020 and 2021,” J.D. Power Valuation Services projected. “The anticipated increase will be fueled by increases in off-lease volume.
“Retail, rental and commercial volumes are also expected to increase in 2019, however, not nearly to the same degree as off-lease volume,” analysts added.


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The adoption of smartphones is picking up in Latin America, shows this month’s State of the Mobile Web report from Opera Software. With more and more users picking up their phones to browse the internet, and start using their data plans, the trend is showing that their devices also are getting smarter.
Statistics gathered from the Opera Mini browsers show a clear trend in several Latin American countries that smartphones are becoming the new standard in the subcontinent.
The Opera Mini mobile web browser is available on both basic phones as well smartphones, and users in countries such as Puerto Rico and Chile are showing a clear switch to high-end phones with most of the top-ten list of popular devices used being smartphones.
Latin America is a large subcontinent, and very internationally minded when it comes to what websites users choose to visit. International social media sites are the most popular sites across the board among Opera Mini users, with fewer local sites than most other countries, such as countries in Africa.
To see what sites Latin American mobile internet users prefer, check out the interactive map in the State of the Mobile Web report here.
Growth of Opera Mini
In March 2014, there were over 273 million users of Opera mobile browsers, a growth in users of 10% from March 2013. The mobile browsers from Opera Software are represented on a wide range of devices from basic phones running Opera Mini to advanced smartphones with the innovative Opera Coast browser.
The users of Opera Mini viewed more than 178 billion pages in March 2014, an increase of 4% from the same period last year.
To read more about the latest mobile internet trends, please visit the State of the Mobile Web report here.


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Xiaomi has confirmed which phone models will be the first to receive the upgraded version of MIUI 12.5, and when.
We already know which will be the first Xiaomi mobiles to receive MIUI 12.5 Enhanced, the enhanced version of the latest installment of the brand’s operating system. whose deployment is scheduled to end on August 27.
For starters, Xiaomi will release the update to a total of 12 different devices, as the company itself has confirmed on its official forum.
12 Xiaomi phones that will get MIUI 12.5 Enhanced on August 27th
The “Enhanced” version of MIUI 12.5 is aimed at fixing a large number of known issues and adding performance and functional improvements in certain aspects of the system. It does not introduce new features or design changes but is an update focused exclusively on improving the user experience.
Today, Xiaomi has already started the rollout, and since last Saturday, February 14, at least 6 models have already begun to receive the update. By August 27th, all models should have been updated.
As for the list of phones that will receive MIUI 12.5 Enhanced first, it is possible to find the following:
- Xiaomi Mi MIX 4
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 11
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 10S
- Xiaomi Mi 10
Xiaomi Redmi K40
- Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro
- Xiaomi Redmi K30S Ultra
- Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro
The list, therefore, matches that of the list of models initially supported by the update that was published a few days ago.
It is worth mentioning that the update is aimed at the Chinese market since for now, Xiaomi has not shared its plans regarding the distribution of MIUI 12.5 Enhanced globally. Therefore, only those devices with a Chinese MIUI ROM installed will be able to upgrade to the enhanced version. At least initially.


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A rebranding effort by Jones Knowles Richie aims to make the Malaysian brand stand out on shelves.
12 months out from the Tokyo Olympics, we take a look at how the Games are affecting Japan’s advertising market — and ask which brands stand to make the most from the sports extravaganza.
Australian Hearing becomes Hearing Australia in a change orchestrated by Landor.
OMD, Essence, Iris, Adludio, Jellyfish, TSLA, Bates CHI, TBWA Media Arts Lab, Sweetshop, FCB Kuala Lumpur, Go Communications, APMR and more, in our weekly collection of people moves and account news.
Six months into her new job as global CEO of IAS, Lisa Utzschneider is rolling out new offerings swiftly in a bid to push the pace, but says she still sleeps well at night.
Brands selling home appliances, personal care and comfort food earned higher affinity from Hong Kong consumers in this year's top 100 ranking. We asked in-market experts to analyse some of the moves.
Hong Kong's favourite local brands tend to be a bit long in the tooth.
Hong Kong people want their identity and culture to be recognised. But given differing viewpoints among mainland consumers, that can be a tricky tightrope act for brands.
As FMCG growth slows, marketers in Hong Kong face a populace that's not reluctant to switch brands if they see a good reason to do so.
Digital marketers welcome the move, but say it won't make waves in the industry.
The VP of marketing at Moët Hennessy Diageo on using experiential marketing to build brand advocacy in a market where Chinese spirits still dominate.
New client-officer role to be taken on by current SEA CEO Nicolas Menat.
TOP OF THE CHARTS: R3’s latest study highlights martech as the driver behind industry M&A, and points to a big drop in China activity.
The ANA has identified numerous challenges internal shop leaders are facing today.
APAC ranks as the poorest global region in terms of overall improvement for women entrepreneurs over the past two years, according to a report from Dell and IHS Markit.
From drone racing to the mass participation sports that are on the rise in Asia, sporting rulebooks are being thrown out across the board. Here's why brands should follow suit.
A chat with the company's CEO Alessandro Bogliolo on Tiffany's upcoming Shanghai exhibition, the trade war, and the brand’s overall strategies in China.
Emotive, Publicis Groupe, Rakuten, Flare Communications, M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, Bloomberg, Publicis Sapient, Amplify, MG Motor, Ada, Lewis and more, in our weekly collection of people moves and account news.
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Medilink member DHC Innovations Ltd and patron Birmingham City University (BCU) new venture after introductions at Medilink WM virtual coffee morning. Staffordshire based family run DHC Innovations Ltd, inventors of the award-winning Optishield, were looking to update and enhance their website and social media platforms. Through Medilink introductions, DHC Innovations Ltd decided to apply for BCU’s […]
Medilink patron Birmingham City Univerity (BCU) has been awarded £173,000 from a new government package, funding projects across the globe to support communities hit by the coronavirus. The money awarded will be used to boost trauma and emergency nursing in Zambia.
BCU is offering Medilink’s SME businesses an opportunity for a paid internship during July. This would involve one of our recent 2020 graduates working towards a brief of a small project for up to 20 hours per week over a four weeks.
Medilink patron, Birmingham City University has made a seven-point pledge to its students, detailing how it plans to return to face-to-face teaching from September.
Birmingham City University is partnering with experts and specialists in the region to provide a series of free webinars, covering topics from social media support to health and wellbeing for businesses during COVID 19.
Medilink WM patron Birmingham City University is developing the world’s first digital safety certificate to protect suppliers and consumers from risks associated with COVID-19.
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Medilink West Midlands Patron, Birmingham City University has landed £3.4 million funding to create the new technological centre which will be based at its STEAMhouse facility in Birmingham’s Digbeth district.


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Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Nov 8 (ANI): The consumers are feeling the heat of soaring vegetable prices in Varanasi today.
Patna (Bihar) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): The recent floods in Patna and other parts of Bihar have damaged vegetable crops leading to a hike in the prices of vegetables in the region.
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Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): People here breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the prices of vegetables reduced in most parts of the state after heavy rainfall stopped.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Vegetable prices in Hyderabad, Telangana are increasing drastically as heavy rains have damaged crops and caused a supply shortage, local vendors say.
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Vegetable prices have doubled here due to a shortage in supply caused by heavy rains and floods in some parts of the country.
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Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Vegetable prices have shot up this month in Nashik as the supply was disrupted due to floods in major cultivating regions on Friday.
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Chandigarh, Ludhiana, [India] July 17 (ANI): The common man is bearing the brunt of the increased wholesale prices of vegetables in India.
New Delhi (India), July 13 (ANI): The latest jump in Consumer Price Index is pinching consumers due to increasing prices of vegetables and fruits in the market.
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 30 (ANI): With a skyrocketting hike in vegetable prices, vendors and customers are suffering vehemently.
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Vendors and customers are unhappy with the increase in the prices of vegetables in the market.
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New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): The Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Monday came in at 2.36 percent for the month of July, as against a market estimate of around two percent.
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Wholesale inflation eased to 3.57 percent in September as food articles, led by vegetables, witnessed softening of prices.


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Ford Motor Company weathered the recent economic storm better than any other American car manufacturer, and now they are ramping up their international expansion plans. Ford recently announced its aims to launch a line of low-cost, small-sized vehicles in India over the next three years. Their long-term vision is to turn India into a hub for manufacturing and supply for the entire Asia-Pacific and African region, and close the gap between Ford and their international rivals. Ford feels it has been neglecting this region, even though India is Asia’s third-largest economy. They haven’t been positioning themselves well in the small car market, which encompasses 70% of all automotive sales on the crowded streets of India. Michael Boneham, the president of Ford India recently told Reuters to expect a major change from Ford, and a focus on the fleet of small cars India has been clamoring for.
Ford launched their India branch back in 1995, but were overtaken when Hyundai Motor of South Korea entered the market the very next year and set their sights on the small car sector. Ford continued to push a more American-style on Indian consumers, but the oversized, pricey cars were unable to compete. Hyundai’s India branch sold over 600,000 cars last year, beating Ford by more than five times.The perspective has now shifted towards giving India’s families what they’re looking for. As India’s economy grows, most car shoppers are middle-class, reliant on loans and trade-ins of inexpensive motorcycles to afford a new car purchase. Given the country’s passion for smaller vehicles, other companies have taken advantage to remake India into the sub-compact capital of the world. Nissan Motor of Japan, who first began selling in India in 2005, exported more than 60,000 of their Micra sub-compacts to India last year. That’s a full 80% of their economy car’s total production.
To put it in perspective, Ford produced and exported 30,000 new cars from India last year. That’s one-fifth of their total production. They expect production to increase significantly this year, and look to bring the total number of markets served by their Indian production hub up to fifty. Basically, every car they make in India they will be producing with the global market foremost in their vision.
Ford currently employs 5,000 workers at their plant in Chengalpattu, a 350-acre factory just an hour south of Chennai. The factory has been dubbed “India’s Detroit”, and enjoys government incentives and a young, educated work force. Fully 80% of their employees hold diplomas in engineering, an astounding number, especially when you take into consideration that their median age is only 27. They’re also saving money by using local products. Indian steel saves them approximately $100 per car manufactured, and local products now make up 85% of the Figo, one of their most popular sub-compact models.
And their work in India is only beginning. Ford is planning a new $1 billion facility in 2014, one they expect to churn out nearly a quarter of a million cars each year. This will allow them to expand to twelve distinct Indian models, the majority of which will be these sub-compact passenger vehicles. More and more car manufacturers are looking towards India for their next wave of expansion, while Ford is already in prime position to take advantage of the massive current demand. So if you head to Mumbai and need to rent a car from Enterprise car hire, don’t be surprised if it’s a tiny, brand new American car.


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The emergence of IT phones and other digital technologies has significantly increased communication and collaboration between people and organizations.
Manasquan, NJ — (ReleaseWire) — 07/14/2022 — With an increased level of communication and globalization, the demand for IT phone services is increasing day by day. Advanced technologies have improved connections with people with the same app everywhere. The most common of these technologies is the mobile phone.
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The advanced IT phone in Brick and Lakewood, New Jersey, is equipped with the latest technology, allowing it to provide the best possible service to its customers. R-19 Cloud-Based Phone Systems takes pride in servicing its customers throughout the process.
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Customer satisfaction is their top priority. Not only do they ensure the installation of the phone system, but they also train the customer on how to use the phone system and web portal. The goal is to ensure that the customers are comfortable and confident with their new phone technology.
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Foodborne Illness Attorney Bill Marler, who represented hundreds of victims in the Jack in the Box E. coli food poisoning case in the 1990s, and played a key role in getting USDA to outlaw the most virulent strains of the pathogen in meat, is now taking aim at Salmonella.
On January 19, Marler filed a petition with USDA — as he did regarding E. coli a decade ago — asking it to agree with his legal, scientific and moral arguments to ban dozens of Salmonella strains from meat.
In response, USDA stated that the request is being considered as a rulemaking petition under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(e)), USDA' s administrative regulations (7 CFR 1.28), and FSIS's regulations on petitions (9 CFR part 392). The petition “requesting that FSIS issue an interpretive rule to declare certain Salmonella serotypes to be per se adulterants in meat and poultry products” has been posted to the Federal Register where comments can be made and viewed.
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“USDA’s data shows that about 1 in every 10 chicken breasts, drumsticks or wings that consumers purchase is probably contaminated with salmonella, which largely comes from fecal matter getting on meat during slaughter.
“ ‘When I tell people that chicken manufacturers can knowingly and legally sell something that can kill you, they don’t believe me,’ Marler said in an interview. People are equally surprised, he said, to learn that the federal government ‘stamps meat USDA certified, all along knowing that it could be contaminated with cow or chicken’ feces.
“If the USDA approves the petition, the department would have far-reaching power to recall or seize meat for a variety of salmonella strains. It could also pull its inspectors from wayward meat plants, effectively shutting them down, a move that could cost big operations millions of dollars a day.
“The meat industry opposes banning salmonella, saying the technology needed to prevent and eliminate the contamination has not yet been developed. It also argues that meat prices would rise for consumers.”
Read the full article at Marlerbog.com.
Read or comment on the petition at regulations.gov.


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Feelunique, the UK-based online premium beauty retailer, has linked up with global product sourcing platform RangeMe to support its product buying teams. RangeMe debuted in 2014 but launched in the UK only last year.
Next and Boohoo Group are making major moves in the own-brand affordable beauty arena and that makes good commercial sense, GlobalData said this week, as it predicted the online market will be worth £6.6bn by 2025.
Sephora is boosting its digital business. After buying UK e-tailer Feelunique and landing on Zalando, the prestige perfumery chain has appointed Marc Abergel to the newly created post of global chief digital officer.
LVMH’s premium beauty operation Sephora has confirmed the widely expected acquisition of Feelunique. It has signed a deal with Palamon Capital Partners and other shareholders to take over the UK-based beauty e-tailer.
Rising sales but falling profits were a feature of Space NK's latest financial year. But analysts were impressed with its overall performance as it made the most of opportunities both in stores and online.


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Joe Belfiore, Microsoft's corporate VP of the operating systems group, took to the Build 2015 stage to go over new Windows 10 features.
The new LG G4 appears to be a worthy upgrade to the last model, but check out our chart for how it stacks up with other top-of-the-line smartphones.
Dads have little in the way of free time, but with the right console or gaming rig, a brief vacation from reality is only moments away.
Without apps, the Apple Watch is nothing more than a glorified timepiece. Here are Apple's included apps, plus a selection of 14 third-party options we think are worth checking out now.
In the bitter battle to be your live-streaming option of choice, Meerkat is going for a first-mover advantage to nab users and keep them put.
At its Build conference today, the company showed ways developers can make add-ons for Office 365, as major companies such as LinkedIn and Uber are already doing.
Our first impressions of opening up a fresh new Apple Watch 38mm, which arrived in the mail this morning.
Blizzard's combat strategy card game has been a hit on desktops and tablets, but now you'll be able to take it anywhere you go.
The school year is over and it's time to celebrate. Get your grad the right gaming system and hottest games to play over the summer.
Along with the update to Mac OS X Yosemite, Apple released iOS 8.3 adding new characters to the emoji keyboard along with several fixes and performance improvements.


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While it seems like the craft boom has tapered off a bit, beer is still one of the world’s most popular beverages of leisure — and that means people are still trying to figure out new and interesting ways to deliver it to customers. The latest comes from Japanese brand, Kirin, and it’s called the Home Tap.
The system actually comes in two parts. First, there’s a design award-winning minimalist kegerator, created by Yota Kakuda Design — which looks almost more like a piece of art than a functional home fixture. Inside it, you’ll find a handsome 1L bottle (designed by Shogo Kishino for 6D) which features a unique oxygen permeation-blocking coating to keep the beer inside as fresh as if it came straight from a brewery tap. The kicker, of course, is the second part of the system: each month, a new bottle of beer will be delivered to kegerator owners for the price of roughly $69. Demand for the system is so high, however, over 15,000 people are already on the waiting list. The good news is that Kirin is working on making sure they can answer the demand.


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Same-day delivery from 76 Costco warehouses across Canada
Partnership between Instacart and Costco
Instacart and Costco announced the companies have partnered to launch same-day delivery from 76 Costco warehouses across Canada. Following a successful two-month pilot in select Ontario warehouses, the nationwide collaboration brings Costco's selection of groceries, pantry staples and household essentials directly from the store to the customer's door in as fast as two hours.
Consumers in Canada can now shop from Costco's assortment on the Instacart marketplace with or without a Costco membership. The companies have also launched Costco's new Canadian member-only website featuring member benefits and access to same-day delivery via Instacart.
“Grocery delivery has become essential for millions, and we're proud to make same-day delivery from Costco available to even more Canadians. Now, through the Instacart marketplace and Costco's new member website, families across Canada can get the groceries and goods they need, delivered to their door in a matter of hours,” said Andrew Nodes, Vice President of Retail, Instacart.
“Instacart delivery will help us serve more families than ever before and we see this new offering as a great complement to our 2-Day Grocery Delivery service that launched in 2018,” said Pierre Riel, Senior Vice President and Country Manager, Costco Wholesale Canada.


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Get all the latest news and my view on the exiting world of beekeeping
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
The golden nectar - a source of relaxation and good health
This nice article tells the story of Marcel Renn who like most other beekeepers loves his hobby and has found it to be a good investment in his own health as well.
One sweet deal Harvesting honey brings beekeeper good health, relaxation (Salisbury Post)
The sign alongside the cash drop reads, "Honey money." And Marcel Renn said anyone who buys a jar of the sweet stuff is making an investment in good health.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Honey War - Beekeeping for fun
Eivind Mork has made a beekeeping board game that is "losely based on real honeybees and beekeeping, and you will find some of the same problems and solutions that real beekeepers faces.". Other than downloading the game all you need "is a pair of scissors, a glue stick and a color printer". I have not tried this game myself, but it looks great!
You can download the game on this page.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Varroa mite - the fight continues
Here's another bee story from New Zealand, this time about the fight to eradicate the varroa mite from the South Island. The estimated cost is at $6 millon - $12 million!
|More testing for varroa mite|
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -
... If the mite establishes in the South Island it could have a harmful effect on the beekeeping industry, and catastrophic effects for South Island agriculture as ...
Pictorial Reference Guide of Stinging Insects
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
New Zealand opens up for competition II
As I wrote the other day New Zealand has opened up for honey from other countries after a 50 year import ban.
Shane Ardern, a National Party Biosecurity Spokesman, calls it "criminal to go ahead with this.." as this Press Release tells.
|Ardern calls for biosecurity shake-up|
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand -
... “I disagree that we should just give up on keeping our country free of pests. “The beekeeping industry is facing many challenges and their success in ...
Monday, July 17, 2006
Once a beekeeper..
A lot of beekeepers lost thier bee hives when hurricane Katrina wrecked everything on is path last year. This article tells the story about the Prells who started all over after having lost most of thier hives.
Honey proves thicker than water (2theadvocate.com)
PEARL RIVER -- Beekeepers Art and Margaret Prell tried to prepare as best they could before Hurricane Katrina struck last year. They traveled to Plaquemines Parish and tied their hives together in hopes that the wind wouldn’t do too much damage.
Friday, July 14, 2006
New Zealand opens up for competition
In my opnion competition is a good thing, but I can understand if some people are worried about new threats like the varroa mite.
|50-year import ban on Australian honey lifted|
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand -
... The National Beekeepers' Association (NBA) has previously warned that cheap imported honey will threaten the viability of beekeeping and pollinating export ...
Londoners love beekeeping
|Urban beekeeping all the buzz in England|
... James Hamill owns a honey shop in south London, and told the newspaper he has 200 bookings for his beekeeping courses this summer with three-quarters from ...


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Browning has held many executive sales and marketing positions within the automotive industry. He was recently tasked with managing the national sales team for all of the Volkswagen Group brands. Now, Browning will be a driving force behind the automakers push to become a leading brand in the United States.
VW Group recently invested $1 billion dollars in a new Chattanooga assembly plant and is also planning a large marketing campaign to rally sales around the redesigned Volkswagen Jetta. The target sales goal for 2018 is 200,000 Audi models and 800,000 Volkswagen models – high goals, indeed.
Congratulations to Mr. Browning and the Volkswagen Group.
Jonathan Browning will direct U.S. growth strategy for transition to volume brand
Herndon, Va. (Sept. 13, 2010) - Volkswagen Group of America announced today that Jonathan Browning, 51, has been named President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America effective October 1, 2010. He is currently responsible for the global directing of the Volkswagen Group's National Sales Companies (NSC).
"Volkswagen will play an even stronger role in the important U.S. market going forward, said Christian Klingler, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG for Sales. "Jonathan Browning is an acknowledged expert on this market, its customers and its sales structures."
Jonathan Browning succeeds Stefan Jacoby, who has left the company. Browning has held numerous executive sales and marketing posts worldwide at General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor Company. He was vice president of European sales, service and marketing at the GM Group from 2001 to 2008, and simultaneously chairman of Vauxhall Motors from 2006 to 2008, becoming GM vice president of global sales, service and marketing in 2008. Browning worked for the Ford Group from 1997 to 2001, first as executive director of marketing for Ford Europe and then as the global managing director of Jaguar. He moved to the Volkswagen Group in June 2010.
"The U.S. will always be one of the largest and most important markets for automobiles," said Klingler, adding that this affords the Volkswagen Group significant growth opportunities. Klingler also reiterated the target to sell 200,000 Audi brand models and 800,000 Volkswagen brand models in 2018. "Volkswagen and Audi will become leading brands in the U.S."
Volkswagen Group is investing one billion dollars in the new Chattanooga plant, will be launching a unique marketing offensive in the U.S. and recently celebrated the world premier of the Jetta in New York's Times Square. According to Klingler: "The Group's board and top management fully support this market and its customers."


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Payments by credit/debit cards constituted 61 percent of total e-commerce volume in the country, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said.
The international community must act in tandem to prevent a major food shortage that will disproportionately hurt developing countries.
Animal rights activists are calling for the East African country to ban the slaughter of donkeys for Chinese medicine. The practice which has soared in recent years is decimating populations of the animal in Africa.
The Flanders government in Belgium said stunning animals was more humane, banning ritually slaughtered animal meat. Now, Muslims and Jews have to drive hours-long journeys to find the meat they want.
The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on March 29, but there is no full exit deal and Britain’s ruling party is split over Prime Minister Theresa May’s “Chequers” plan to largely accept a “common rulebook” over goods.
An Australian consumer body took Heinz to court in 2016 over packaging claims that Shredz products, which contain fruit pastes, purees and concentrate, are healthy and nutritious for young children.
Analysts have been speculating that Nestle could exit the US confectionary business which is not in line with its stated strategy of becoming more health and nutrition-focused.
A controversy surrounding the Trust which holds voting rights in Hershey could allow Mondelez to push ahead with its bid to buyout the company.
Droughts in Asia threaten to cut rice output and boost global prices
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GST impact: Indian Motorcycle cuts prices of 3 models by up to Rs2.21 lakh
New Delhi: American cult bike brand Indian Motorcycle on Friday reduced prices of three of its models in India by up to Rs2.21 lakh after the goods and services tax (GST) implementation.
Polaris India, which sells the brand in the country, said the price reduction in the three models—Indian Scout, Indian Dark Horse and Indian Chief Classic—ranges between 9% and 12%.
The post GST price of Indian Scout model will be Rs12.99 lakh as against Rs14.75 lakh earlier, a reduction of 12%, the company said in a statement.
Similarly, the Indian Dark Horse model will now be tagged at Rs21.25 lakh, down 9% from Rs23.4 lakh before. The Indian Chief Classic model will cost Rs21.99 lakh in the GST era, down 9% from Rs24.2 lakh earlier, it added.
Indian Motorcycle sells a total of nine models in India. Other two-wheeler manufacturers TVS Motor Company, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Royal Enfield, Yamaha and Suzuki Motorcycle have already cut prices to pass on GST benefits to consumers.
Likewise, passenger vehicles makers Nissan, Skoda, Isuzu Motors, Tata Motors, Renault, Mahindra & Mahindra, Honda Cars India, Ford, Maruti Suzuki, Toyota Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi have also cut prices of their vehicles in India following implementation of GST on 1 July.
- Industry seeks cut in petrol, diesel excise duty as oil prices zoom
- Oil prices gain near $72 as US, China reach trade truce
- Govt considering steps to keep petrol, diesel prices in check: Dharmendra Pradhan
- India’s rural consumption surges in boost for FMCG firms
- Govt may allow data resale in boost to public WiFi plan


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IBM Blockchain Revolution: Computing Christmas Master Talk
The Christmas master talk provided a thought-provoking insight into the transformational impact and potential of this technology including a whistle-stop tour of Blockchain business networks and links for the IBM Hyperledger toolkit.
Bitcoin continued its rollercoaster ride in December 2017, hitting a new high above $17,000 after the recent surge of billions of dollars being invested in Bitcoin, with a total market value of $268bn.
Colin Page, Master IT Architect from IBM and Floren De Teresa of Bitbond Ltd delivered an insightful master talk on the topical subject of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology on Friday 8th of December at Canterbury Christ Church University, attended by many.
The domain bitcoin.org was first registered on 18 August 2008, later in the year a link to a paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to a cryptography mailing list. Satoshi invented a new method for a using a peer-to-peer network to generate what was described as "a system for electronic transactions without relying on trust". 25 large banks collapsed during 2008 and another 140 failed during the extended financial crises of 2009. Coincidentally perhaps, but not to some keen observers as the bitcoin project was timed to offer an alternative to a generalized bank-run and financial system collapse.
In January 2009, the bitcoin network came into existence with the release of the first open source Bitcoin client and the issuance of the first bitcoins, with Satoshi Nakamoto mining the first block of bitcoins ever (known as the genesis block), which had a reward of 50 bitcoins. Embedded in the coin-base of this block was the text:
Floren De Teresa of Bitbond said:
“We want you to think about Bitcoin as a computer application and Blockchain as an operating system on which it runs. Our open world wide web and the entire system of cash payments and assets transfers is about to be launched into one of the most important transformations of our time. We call this the Blockchain Revolution.”
So, in the middle of the worst hacking epidemic since the start of the online age, we are going to show a technology that is ideal for restoring security and trust to our networks. This revolutionary software technology is the Blockchain.
In this new world that we are building today, we could say that the blockchain is the capital of trust. IBM has taken all that is good and valuable about the Blockchain “operating system” and improved it so that it can be used for business networks and provide a new level of security for creating trusted peer-to-peer networks that could change the way we do business and behave online.
Reza Mousoli, Director of Stakeholder Engagement said:
"Our special thanks to Colin Page and Dominic Day from IBM and to Ron Argent from Cognition Foundry and Floren De Teresa from Bitbond Ltd. We are exploring ways to work with IBM for the University’s brand new Engineering centre and KM EDGE Hub”


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Ask.com is also in the process of creating two search results pages that will be served up whenever people enter the queries "Ask privacy" or simply "Privacy" in the search engine. These pages will contain information and links related to online privacy in general and to Ask.com policies in particular.
In addition to distributing its statement as a press release and as an official blog posting, Ask.com is sending it to privacy organizations and advocates and to the California attorney general's office.
"No one required that we take any of these steps. We took a look at our webpages, and realized we could make some key improvements when it came to privacy links on our service. It's simply the right thing to do for the information and awareness of our users," the statement reads.
Thus, Ask.com's decision is a good one, but not an earth-shaking move that is out of the ordinary, Meeks said. "Ask.com is falling in line with industry standards," he said.
Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, one of the 14 organizations that signed the letter, welcomed Ask.com's decision to adopt a policy that is "consistent with those of most online businesses."
Other groups signing the letter included the ACLU of Northern California, the Center for Digital Democracy, the Consumer Federation of California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the World Privacy Forum.
Last week, California State Assemblyman Joel Anderson, a Republican from San Diego, turned up the heat on the issue, telling Google in a letter that it is "in clear violation" of the California Privacy Protection Act of 2003.
Google didn't immediately reply to a request for comment on Wednesday, but in the past has said that it doesn't want to put the privacy link on its home page because the link would be unnecessary clutter in the famously minimalist page.


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Is this the end of supermodels? PrettyLittleThing debuts its first virtual star to ‘bridge the gap between Metaverse and real life’ – but some claim it promotes ‘unrealistic beauty standards’
- PrettyLittleThing has debuted their first virtual model on their clothing website
- UK-based retailer is aiming to bridge the gap between Metaverse and real life
- Social media users have been asked to suggest names for the virtual model
- Critics argue the character will make more unrealistic beauty standards
PrettyLittleThing has debuted its first virtual character who will model clothes on the fast fashion giant’s website.
The social media-led fashion brand, based in the UK, announced via Instagram and Twitter that it’s welcomed a new member to the ‘PLT family’ in the form of its first virtual model.
PrettyLittleThing explained that the ‘virtual girl’, who marks the start of the label’s journey into the Metaverse, will ‘evolve’ and ‘show a range of emotions to truly react with the PLT customer’, according to the brand.
Social media users have been quick to suggest names for the virtual model in the hopes of winning the chance to also be turned into a character, but critics argue the concept will create more unrealistic beauty standards.
Another commenter added: ‘Please can you just pay people to be model instead of replacing them with virtual ones to lower your costs and increase your margins.’
PrettyLittleThing has revealed their first virtual model (pictured) who marks the start of their journey into the Metaverse
PrettyLittleThing has plans for their virtual model (pictured) to constantly evolve and show emotions that will be relatable to shoppers
PrettyLittleThing is known for working with models and influencers from across the globe, with Samantha Rayner, Kaela Tavares, Ashleigh Menin among stars.
Celebrity ambassadors have also included Molly-Mar, Karrueche and Demi Rose.
However, the retailer claims that as a ‘reactive’ brand it has always listened to customers’ requests to provide innovative and progressive content and the new ‘virtual girl’ will bridge the gap between Metaverse and real life.
Toni Hayden who is the Creative Director at PrettyLittleThing explained the aspirations for the character.
She said: ‘We want to make our girl as relatable and real to our customers as possible. We will build her lifestyle based off our customers interests, likes and dislikes.
‘A true ambassador for the brand. She will have ways about her that will be unique to only her and we look forward to developing her capabilities over the coming months allowing our customers to learn a lot more about her and what’s to come as we enter into the Metaverse.’
PrettyLittleThing’s virtual model is currently modelling a size eight bodycon dress on its website, which has racked up more than 300 views from shoppers
The brand announced on Instagram that they are giving the opportunity to turn a follower into a virtual model
CEO Umar Kamani shared the announcment on his personal Instagram account, writing: ‘So excited to be taking @prettylittlething into the metaverse. We launched our first ever virtual model today! You can shop her looks on PrettyLittleThing.com & have the chance to name her on our socials! Welcome to a new world..’
PrettyLittleThing has asked social media followers to name the newly-created model as part of a competition.
The entrant whose proposed name is chosen will also win the chance to be turned into another virtual model featured on site.
Announcing the competition on Instagram, the brand wrote: ‘The future awaits… Introducing the newest member of the PLT family & our very first VIRTUAL MODEL. We need your help to name our new girl. Comment names below for your chance to be turned into your very own virtual model’
One person commented: ‘Omg this is so cool’
Suggesting a name, another wrote: ‘She looks like a ‘Princess to me’
A stream of Instagram users have shared name suggestions, such as ‘Princess’, ‘Bella’ and ‘Kiarah’
Critics have argued using virtual models will create more unrealistic beauty standards, while arguing they prefer to see clothes on humans
However, others haven’t welcomed the concept and claim that they would prefer if the brand used only human models.
‘Please can you just pay people to be model instead of replacing them with virtual ones to lower your costs and increase your margins,’ one said.
Another added: ‘So PhotoShop was bad enough for ‘perfecting’ people and making people feel s*** for not looking a certain way.
‘Now you’re making the perfect virtual model people instead. You’re creating more unrealistic standards for girls to try compare themselves to, virtual or not’
A third wrote: ‘I’d rather see the clothes on a human lol’
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1.) A pro-Putin demonstrator at a rally in Moscow was interviewed by the Times and said he had taken to the streets because ...
A) "I just like the way the president looks without his shirt off."
B) "Takin' It To The Streets was not only his favorite Doobie Brothers song; it was also his hobby."
C) "I've looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul."
D) "I don't have a clue why I'm here. It's for television."
2.) The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended a nationwide ban on what?
A) Truck Nutz
B) Using a cellphone, in any way, while driving
C) The Pontiac Aztek
D) That thing where you hold your hand out the window and make little waves
3.) To create some fellowship and good feeling, the United States Senate held its first ever what?
A) Sleepover at Chuck Schumer's
B) Three-legged race
C) Drum circle
D) Secret Santa gift exchange
4.) According to the New York Post, Yankee superstar Derek Jeter gives all of his romantic partners what, as he bids them farewell?
A) Alex Rodriguez's cellphone number
B) Tips on their batting stance
C) A basket of signed sports memorabilia
D) A $25 Home Depot gift card
5.) The New York Times ran a feature this week about a crisis threatening to unravel the fabric of America ... what is it?
A) Faulty mothballs
B) A shortage of new reality shows
C) People bringing store-bought goods to bake sales
D) The deepening rift between Hoda Kotb and Kathy Lee Gifford
6.) It's been a big week in science. Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider say they may have found the so-called God particle, and one computer scientist came up with a new method of finding what?
B) The meaning of life
C) Someone to kiss on New Year's Eve
D) His one missing sock
7.) Brazilian heroes have designed a device that prevents what from happening during a drunken night on the town?
A) Embarrassing photos
B) Embarrassing pickup lines
C) Embarrassing anecdotes
D) Embarrassing wedgies
8.) For nerdy parents of nerdy kids, a shop on Etsy is selling a line of dolls modeled after whom?
A) Famous writers
B) U.S. surgeons general
C) Popular YouTube cats
D) Hedge fund managers
9.) There's a hip new trend among American teenage girls ... according to researchers, they're deliberately giving themselves what?
B) Speech impediments
C) Muffin tops
1.) Answer, D: "I don't have a clue why I'm here. It's for television." Time magazine revised its cover story declaring "The Protester" the Person of the Year to say, "Except for that guy."
2.) Answer, B: Using a cellphone, in any way, while driving. They say any cellphone use, from texting to talking via a headset, is as dangerous as driving drunk. The drivers of America responded saying the only way the NTSB will get their phones is to pry them from their cold dead hands, which ironically, is how a lot of people get their new phones.
3.) Answer, D: Secret Santa gift exchange. Sixty-one senators participated, exchanging gifts worth $10 or less. With an odd number participating, one senator had to be left out, and of course it was once again Joe Lieberman.
4.) Answer, C: A basket of signed sports memorabilia. The Post was tipped off to the practice by a woman who spent a second night with Jeter and was offended to receive the same basket of signed swag. As a returning customer, she expected an upgrade.
5.) Answer, C: People bringing store-bought goods to bake sales. The food blogging community is all up in arms over people bringing snacks from the store to bake sales. It's mostly upscale parents who do it — because nothing says, "I'm too busy buying and selling people like you to bake you a damned snickerdoodle" like two dozen Hostess Sno Balls.
6.) Answer, A: Waldo. In a write-up on stackoverflow.com, a computer scientist used the imaging software Mathematica to come up with an algorithm that can find Waldo in any image. This development will have serious implications for U.S. surveillance ops if terrorists ever start wearing stripey sweaters and red stocking caps.
7.) Answer, B: Embarrassing pickup lines. The Norte Photoblocker is a beer cozy that doubles as photo deflector. Set it on a nearby surface and it detects camera flashes and fires back, flooding photos with a bright white light. Unfortunately, it does not serve as a "he'll do for tonight" blocker.
8.) Answer, A: Famous writers. Uneek Doll Designs, on Etsy.com, supplies craft dolls in the likeness of writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Judy Blume and Sappho. Steer clear of the Sylvia Plath doll, however; she's great at first, but then she gets moody.
9.) Answer, B: Speech impediments. "Vocal Fry," as it's called, was considered a speech disorder until Kesha and Britney Spears popularized it in their music. Linguists describe it as a low creaky vibration that happens when you try to go lower than your natural range. Fathers describe it as "yet another reason why I can't understand a word my teenager is saying to me."


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Natural ingredients manufacturer Kancor Ingredients Ltd. is celebrating 50 years in business by embarking on a major expansion.
A selection of products from Crussh Fit Food & Juice Bars will be launching into over 300 Sainsbury’s stores across the UK from 6 January, following the success of its retail range debut in 61 Sainsbury’s convenience stores in London in 2019.
Premium alcohol supplier Sasma BV has begun construction of its new headquarters, which will allow the Dutch trading company to grow and expand its leading position in the alcohol industry.
Flavour and fragrances company, Givaudan, has opened the new extension to its Nantong manufacturing facility that will support liquid flavour production for beverages, dairy and sweet goods.
Gourmet snack provider, Made for Drink, will be expanding into the aisles of 500+ Sainbury’s stores, 300+ Waitrose stores and the entire Cook estate from 1 December 2019.