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The US Patent and Trademark Office did the right thing yesterday and cancelled 6 federal trademark registrations of The NFL's Washington team, saying the name and logo were “disparaging to Native Americans.” The decision does not mean that Washington must change their name and logo but that they no longer control exclusive rights to them. The team’s attorney said Washington will appeal the decision.
From the trademark panel: “Respondent has introduced evidence that some in the Native American community do not find the term “Redskin” disparaging when it is used in connection with professional football. While this may reveal differing opinions within the community, it does not negate the opinions of those who find it disparaging. The ultimate decision is based on whether the evidence shows that a substantial composite of the Native American population found the term ‘Redskins’ to be disparaging when the respective registrations issued.”
While President Obama and half the members of the Senate have condemned the name, this is the first time an official government body has ruled the name offensive.
If the decision stands, others will be able to use the name and logos without compensation to the NFL and the team, which will essentially force them to make a change. Additionally, the NFL will likely support the change as they do not want to sully the league’s trademark, which appears adjacent to the team’s racist marks.
This ruling is a stunning setback for Dan Snyder, the team’s owner and for Roger Goodell, the league president. Snyder claimed the name “honored Native Americans”. Both should have taken the moral high ground and changed the name and logo before being publically embarrassed.
In a perverse way, this ruling, should it stand, will have a positive business impact for the league and brands, and to a lesser extent for the team itself. With the signing of Robert Griffin III, the Washington team, leapt from the doldrums in terms of market share to one of the top tier teams. While the name and logo are no longer protected, retailers still have the right to sell the products. Diehard Fans will come out in droves to grab a piece of history. I expect the old logoed product to sell extremely well in the final days.
Then, once the new logo and name are settled, retailers will have to replenish their shelves and fans will want to dress like the players on the field. When the New Jersey Nets became the Brooklyn Nets, sales of Nets merchandise grew exponentially. The NFL and the brands (in particular Nike, the primary apparel licensee) will benefit from these twin surges.
On an interesting side note, the Washington club itself will not see a big benefit from the new logo. Under their collective agreements, pro clubs (except the Dallas Cowboys) share the royalties from licensed products equally. Washington will only get 1/31st of the increased royalty payments.
Seems like poetic justice.


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HTC has now started rolling out the much-anticipated and eagerly-awaited Lollipop update to all Bell, SaskTel and WIND Mobile carrier-branded variants of its flagship smartphone, the One (M8), located in Canada. This upgrade transports the latest build of the Android operating system, together with a multitude of bug fixes and stability improvements.
Hit the break for the full changelog.
If Motorola has done one thing since its resurgence, it’s made the budget phone appealing. With OK specs that run Android decently, the Moto E has been an acclaimed phone in the sub-$150 tier. While the Moto E is roughly about nine months old, it appears that Motorola is already readying a sequel and luckily it’s popped up in a press-shot. The device does appear to be similar in builds to that of the Moto X and Moto G.
Samsung has just started rolling out the much-anticipated Lollipop update to all unlocked variants of the Galaxy Note 3 located in Russia. This upgrade transports the latest build of Android, together with a multitude of bug fixes and stability improvements.
If you’re in Europe and own an HTC One (M8), you might be getting something a little extra special today. HTC has started rolling the Android 5.0 Lollipop update today.
This is most likely only for unlocked (non carrier branded) devices. As one would expect, all carrier devices will have to go through an approval process so those devices probably won’t get the update for at least a month or two. That goes for the U.S. as well.
Did you get the update? Let us know in the comments.
LG wants you G3 owners to know that soon™, you too will have the latest flavor of Android in your pocket or purse. Or wherever you store it, I don’t judge…
This afternoon, LG posted the above image on its Twitter account, with the message: “Introducing Lollipop: a sweet treat for your #LGG3.”
Source: LG via Twitter
For those of you that have been patiently, and impatiently, waiting for the Lollipop update for your second generation Moto G, you’re in luck. Motorola announced today that the US variant of the second gen phone is receiving its update starting today. On top of the US version, both the first gen and second gen models in India are also seeing a roll out of said update. The update is the latest version of Lollipop (5.0.2) and while the India and US variants are specifically mentioned in the tweet, people in other regions are mentioning receiving the update.
There’s been a bit of a delay for the much-awaited Android 5.0 update for the HTC One M7, but if you’re tired of waiting, you can grab the update on the XDA Forums, courtesy of LlabTooFeR.
LG’s hit smartphone of 2013 has finally gotten its turn for a treat.
HTC’s Vice President of Product Management, Mo Versi, has taken to Twitter to announce that the Taiwanese company has just received approval from Google and is now rolling out the long-awaited Lollipop update to all Developer and Unlocked variants of the One (M8).
We have a full changelog for you after the break.
Keeping the promise it made back in October and to entice new customers, Xolo announced earlier today that it will begin pushing out the much-anticipated Android 5.0 Lollipop update to all unlocked variants of its first budget-friendly smartphone, the One, starting Friday, January 16.

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Comcast launched high-speed wireless data service in Chicago and Seattle, as Time Warner Cable began marketing its own version of the service in Dallas. Meanwhile, Clearwire -- which operates the WiMax networks that both cable operators are using -- kicked off its own retail operations in 10 additional U.S. markets.
Comcast now offers the service in Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Portland, Ore.; TWC was scheduled to launch in Dallas and North Carolina this week.
Clearwire on Tuesday announced that it has expanded retail operations and named local general managers for the Clear-branded service in 10 U.S. markets: Dallas/Ft. Worth; San Antonio and Austin, Texas; Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, N.C.; Chicago; Honolulu and Maui, Hawaii; and Seattle/Puget Sound.
Comcast and Time Warner Cable are investors in Clearwire, which is majority-owned by Sprint Nextel. Other backers include Bright House Networks, Intel and Google.
Last week, Clearwire announced that it raised an additional $920 million in debt, giving it an infusion of $2.8 billion in new capital this quarter to provide more than enough to fully fund its nationwide WiMax buildout.
Clearwire expects its 4G network to be available in more than 25 markets covering more than 30 million people by the end of 2009, and to reach for up to 120 million people by the end of 2010.
Chicago is the biggest of the new Clearwire markets, covering 1,700 square miles and approximately 6.6 million people, and in the Seattle/Puget Sound area the network covers more than 1,300 square miles and approximately 3.1 million people.
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In Texas, the service is available in 11 cities, covering more than 4,700 square miles and 8.5 million people. In North Carolina, the network now covers more than 2,000 square miles and covers nearly 3 million people. Clearwire's Hawaii network covers 800,000 of the 1.2 million people in the state more than 1,759 square miles on three islands: Oahu, Maui, and Lanai.
Comcast's High-Speed 2go service starts at $49.99, which includes 12-Mbps wired Internet service, a free Wi-Fi router and 4G service that provides download speeds up to 4 Mbps. More information on the operator's WiMax bundles is available at www.comcast.com/highspeed2go.
For its part, Time Warner Cable is offering Road Runner Mobile starting at $44.99 per month for current customers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area; TWC advertises Internet speeds up to 6 Mbps on the Clearwire network. The operator expects to launch service in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro, N.C., and Honolulu and Maui before the end of 2009, and in San Antonio and Austin in early 2010.
Clearwire's introductory pricing starts at $30 per month for the first six months. The company cites average mobile download speeds of 3 Mbps to 6 Mbps with "bursts over 10 Mbps" for its Clear service.
In several individual markets, Clearwire named general managers: Jeannie Weaver, Chicago; Daric Hollis, San Antonio; Doug Graybeal, Austin; Brian Carter, Puget Sound; Michael Nash, regional general manager for North Carolina; Curtis Heffelfinger, Charlotte, N.C.; Kyle Kennedy, Greensboro, N.C.; and Kevin Hopwood, Raleigh, N.C. In addition, Clearwire named Keith Kay regional director of sales for Clear in Texas.
Clearwire has been experimenting with WiMax-based mobile phones, starting in Portland, Ore. CEO Bill Morrow, in an interview this week with MocoNews, said the company expects WiMax-enabled mobile phones before Christmas 2010.


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The recent attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare were part of a coordinated phishing campaign that compromised nearly 10,000 accounts across 130 organizations, according to insights from cybersecurity firm Group-IB.
The wave of cyberattacks mimicked the well-known identity and access management firm Okta to gain leverage for its social engineering ploys, leading Group-IB researchers to nickname it 0ktapus.
And it would appear that the 0ktapus has many tentacles, launching what Group-IB calls “sophisticated supply chain attacks” using 169 phishing domains that worked off of keywords such as “SSO”, “VPN”, “OKTA”, “MFA”, and “HELP.”
“From the victim’s point of view, the phishing site looks convincing as they are very similar to the legitimate authentication page they are used to seeing,” said Group-IB, adding that it has tipped off law enforcement bodies worldwide as well as notifying targeted organizations.
The stolen data haul tracked by Group-IB came to a considerable tally. Before being exposed, 0ktapus managed to steal 9,931 user credentials, including 3,129 records with emails, and 5,441 with multifactor authentication codes. This is thought to include the recent Twilio breach that exposed hundreds of Signal users’ phone numbers, and a similar attack on Cloudflare shortly before that.
Nearly all of the victims were Okta service users based in the US, and details of the suspected attacker or attackers have been shared in confidence with the authorities. The prime purpose of the attacks appears to have been to harvest identity credentials and two-factor authentication codes used by employees at the target organizations.
What remains unclear is how the cybercriminals behind 0ktapus obtained the victims’ email addresses and telephone numbers, though IB-Group believes they could have obtained the latter by targeting telecoms firms in a separate pre-emptive campaign. Nor is it clear at the time of writing whether this campaign was sponsored by a nation-state group or purely motivated by profit.
It started off small
Group-IB says it first cottoned on to the attacks as being part of a singular and highly orchestrated campaign in July after it investigated a phishing attack on one of its clients.
“The investigation revealed that these phishing attacks, as well as the incidents at Twilio and Cloudflare, were links in a chain,” said Group-IB. “A simple yet very effective single phishing campaign unprecedented in scale and reach that has been active since at least March.”
Subsequent surveillance of private communication channel Signal showed that “once the attackers compromised an organization, they were quickly able to pivot and launch subsequent supply chain attacks.”
Commenting on his team’s findings, senior threat intelligence analyst Roberto Martinez said that though showing evidence of high levels of organization, it could not be determined if the entire campaign was planned from the outset, or more the product of inspired opportunism.
“It is not yet clear if the attacks were planned end-to-end in advance or whether opportunistic actions were taken at each stage,” he said. “Regardless, the 0ktapus campaign has been incredibly successful, and the full scale of it may not be known for some time.”
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GLEN CARBON — Profile, a weight loss and nutrition company in Glen Carbon, is giving back this holiday season with donation drives for Scouting for Food and Toys for Tots.
The Boy Scouts of America Greater St. Louis Area Council’s Scouting for Food is an annual food drive to support agencies that provide food to those in need. This year was the Boy Scouts 36th year delivering custom-made grocery bags to local businesses and neighborhoods to collect canned goods. Profile was proud to be one of the Scouting for Food donation drop-off locations and their collected canned goods were donated to the Glen-Ed Food Pantry in Edwardsville.
“I am the proud father of an Eagle Scout myself, so I was really excited for Profile to be a part of the Boy Scouts’ Scouting for Food event. Having been a member of the Glen Carbon – Edwardsville community for over 34 years, I was grateful for the opportunity to support the Glen-Ed Food Pantry and the integral services they provide for local families especially during the holiday season,” said Kevin Hill, local owner of Profile.
The Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Program has been collecting and distributing toys for less fortunate children on Christmas since 1947. Profile is currently collecting unwrapped, new toys for Toys for Tots. People bringing in a toy to the store at 146 Jct Drive West in Glen Carbon will receive a free Profile Hot Cocoa or Peppermint Mocha drink mix.
The deadline for toy donations is Wednesday, Dec. 15. For store hours, visit: https://g.page/r/CRCxp4dX4-hEEBA.
“As a U.S. Navy Veteran, I am thrilled to be able to support the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program and for Profile to be a toy drop location," Hill said. "Every child deserves a joyful Christmas morning, and the work this program does helps make that possible.”
To learn more about Scouting for Food or Toys for Tots, visit https://stlbsa.org/scouting-for-food/ or https://www.toysfortots.org/. For more information on Profile’s one-on-one weight loss and nutrition coaching, visit: https://www.profileplan.com/.


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Massive Change At All Targets In New York Angers Customers
Target officials confirmed a change that aims to enhance your shopping experience. Many think the opposite.
Target is making changes to self-checkouts.
Target Limits Self-Checkout
Starting Sunday, March 17, Target will be rolling out what the company calls "Express Self-Checkout" which will limit how many items you're allowed to have to use self-checkout lanes.
Most of Target's 2,000 stores nationwide will have limits of 10 items or fewer.
"By having the option to pick self-checkout for a quick trip, or a traditional, staffed lane when their cart is full, guests who were surveyed told us the overall checkout experience was better," Target said in a statement.
Along with the change, the company says there will be more traditional lanes staffed by workers at all stores. Managers will have the option to open up some more self-checkout lanes during busy shopping times, officials say.
Change At Target Comes After Customer Survey, Pilot Test
During the COVID pandemic, shoppers enjoyed the contactless option self-checkouts offered. But Target says guests prefer the "convenience" of a check-out lane with a dedicated cashier.
Target piloted self-checkout limits of 10 items or fewer at about 200 stores during the fall with great results, according to the company.
"The result: Self-checkout was twice as fast at our pilot stores. too," Target stated.
However, while searching X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook I noticed countless posts of customers complaining about the new self-checkout limit at Target.


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By Christian Zibreg on Oct 5, 2015
Facebook is currently testing a brand new look for profile pages on mobile with a small number of iPhone users in the United Kingdom and California.
The upcoming mobile-friendly features were designed to bring Facebook profiles to life with videos, time-limited images, custom layouts and other new features coming soon to everyone, said Facebook. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Sep 21, 2015
Autoplay videos are everywhere these days and Facebook is no exception. I suppose an argument could be made that autoplay content provides a smoother user experience by removing the need to manually tap the play button.
But having videos load automatically as you scroll through your News Feed on Facebook might incur mobile data overage charges that outweigh any benefits. That a lot of users deem autoplay videos a total nuisance and distraction, played silently or not, isn’t helping either.
If you use Facebook’s mobile application, I’ve got some good news for you: autoplay videos in your News Feed can be easily turned off completely with just a few taps. Or, you could do as I do and set videos to autoplay on Wi-Fi only in order to avoid unwanted cellular charges. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Sep 20, 2015
One of the more annoying things about Facebook has got to be the diminished quality of photos and videos you upload to the service, be it via iOS’s Facebook integration integration or through the official mobile app for the iPhone and iPad, a free download in the App Store.
For whatever reason, Facebook’s mobile app defaults to low-resolution photo and video uploads, likely in an effort to minimize bandwidth usage in this digital age of capped cellular data.
Fortunately, there is an easy yet not immediately obvious way to configure Facebook for iPhone and iPad to record and upload videos and photos in glorious high-definition. Read More
By Cody Lee on Sep 15, 2015
Facebook is working on a ‘Dislike’ button, reports CNBC. CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the news himself during a public Q&A session on Tuesday. “People have asked about the ‘Dislike’ button for many years … and today is a special day, because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it and are very close to shipping a test of it.” Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Sep 11, 2015
Internet giant Google and the micro-blogging platform Twitter have joined forces as they gear up to launch their own take on Facebook’s quick-loading Instant Articles for mobile users, according to Peter Kafka and Mark Bergen of Re/code.
Launching this fall with a small group of publishers, these articles should appear on mobile phones almost instantaneously without the annoyingly long loading times. Read More
By Cody Lee on Aug 27, 2015
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that the social network passed a significant milestone this week. On August 24, more than 1 billion people used Facebook in a single day for the first time ever.
“When we talk about our financials, we use average numbers, but this is different,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post this afternoon. “On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family.” Read More
By Cody Lee on Aug 26, 2015
Facebook on Wednesday began testing a new digital assistant feature called ‘M.’ As explained by Facebook Messenger lead David Marcus, the feature, which lives inside Messenger, is powered by artificial intelligence that can complete tasks and find information on a user’s behalf.
The artificial intelligence is both trained and supervised by real live humans, and unlike other AI-based services available today, it can do things like purchase items and deliver gifts. Of course it can handle normal chores too, such as booking restaurants and logging appointments. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 25, 2015
Moments, a Facebook-made app that lets you “get the photos you didn’t take”, is no longer confined to the United States, thanks to a 2.0 update that went live in the App Store earlier this morning.
For starters, Moments is now available in a total of 34 different markets such as Japan, Russia, China, Germany and Italy, to name just a few.
The app also comes with an interesting new feature that appears to be borrowed from Google Photos, which automatically creates a movie from your photos, while providing bug fixes, performance improvements and improved upload performance. Read More
By Sébastien Page on Aug 24, 2015
Social Action is a new app that allows you to easily and quickly update your Facebook status or post to Twitter directly from your Apple Watch. Read More
By Cody Lee on Aug 11, 2015
Facebook is working on a standalone mobile news applications, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. The site says the app looks similar to Twitter, in that it will allow publications to blast short, 100 character push notifications to their “followers” when they have urgent news to share.
“Business Insider has reviewed screenshots of the new product and spoken to a source who has been playing around with the Facebook for Business platform.” The outlet believes the app is part of Facebook for Business, but different than the Facebook at Work initiative we saw last year. Read More
By Cody Lee on Aug 5, 2015
Facebook on Wednesday announced a new video streaming feature for its Facebook Mentions app called Live. The feature allows Mentions users, which is currently limited to “verified public figures using Pages,” to quickly and easily share live video.
With Live, Facebook’s Vadim Lavrusik explains, celebrities can take fans behind the scenes, host Q&As, share announcements and more. And the social network says that The Rock, singer Luke Bryan and many others have already signed on to participate. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 5, 2015
Before today, advertising on Instagram was mostly limited as media buyers had had to contact an Instagram sales representative directly. But things have just changed for the better (or worse, depending on your point of view) as Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, has officially switched on Instagram’s advertising application programming interface (API) to allow brands to buy ad slots on Instagram in a more automated fashion, Business Insider is reporting.
Because there’s a lot of pent-up demand for targeted ads on the popular mobile photography service, this major move practically spells an end to Instagram’s light ad experience as Instagram is poised to make big bucks by shoving more and more ads down users’ throat. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 14, 2015
Remember when Steve Jobs published an open letter calling for Adobe to kill off Flash and minced no words, saying Flash was “the number one reason Macs crash”? Five years later, the prospect for Adobe’s proprietary multimedia plugin is looking increasingly grim as opposition is mounting against Flash.
Early in the year, Google stopped using Flash on YouTube after rolling out an HTML5 video player. Last week, Facebook’s chief security officer slammed Flash on Twitter and now the non-profit organization Mozilla has added every version of Flash to Firefox browser’s default blocklist. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 14, 2015
Facebook is working on a personal digital assistant of its own, designed specifically for use with its popular Messenger mobile software.
Referred to internally as “Moneypenny” after Miss Moneypenny, a secretary to M in the James Bond films, it will reportedly allow Facebook Messenger users to perform tasks like checking the weather, buying products and more.
According to a report by The Information, hidden behind the paywall, one crucial difference will set apart the James Bond-inspired digital assistant from the likes of Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, Google’s Google Now, Amazon’s Echo and others: it will be human-powered. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 9, 2015
Facebook on Thursday introduced and updated set of controls letting you finally tell the service precisely what you want to see in your News Feed, as opposed to relying to Facebook’s mysterious algorithm which surfaces posts its servers think you want to see while demoting others it flagged as uninteresting.
The reworked controls now permit you to actively shape and improve your personalized News Feed experience.
You also get more control over what you see in your News Feed via a brand new ‘See First’ option designed to help you prioritize whose posts you don’t want to miss to ensure you’ll always find them at the top of your News Feed. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 9, 2015
Apple Music, Spotify, Rdio, Pandora and other popular music-streaming services could be faced with competition from Facebook as the popular social network is reportedly planning a streaming-music product of its own, Music Aally reported Thursday.
Facebook has been testing ad-supported native videos with a small group of media partners, but that was just a prelude to discussions with major labels about “getting into music” with a full-on subscription product. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jun 29, 2015
Facebook has been testing a new photo uploading experience in its mobile app with a limited number of users, TechCrunch reported Monday.
Facebook for iPhone and iPad now lets people optionally adorn their photos with text overlays, touch them up with quick color adjustments and make them more interesting with crazy photo stickers, all before uploading them to the service. The new photo uploader is not live for everyone yet, but we’ll keep you posted. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jun 24, 2015
You no longer need a Facebook account in order to exchange instant messages with your contacts through the Facebook Messenger service. By dropping the Facebook account requirement, the social network hopes to bring in even more people under the Messenger fold.
By last count, Messenger had 700 million active users, approaching the 800 million user base of WhatsApp, a wildly popular messaging service Facebook acquired for a staggering $19 billion. Read More
By Cody Lee on Jun 2, 2015
Tim Cook took time out of his busy schedule yesterday to talk about privacy with folks attending EPIC’s Champions of Freedom event in Washington. EPIC, a non-profit research center focused on emerging privacy issues, was honoring the CEO for his superior “corporate leadership.”
Cook addressed attendees via a remote video feed, and spoke about a number of topics regarding privacy, security and what they mean to Apple versus other Silicon Valley tech giants. TechCrunch has a transcription of the speech, and he takes quite a few jabs at Facebook and Google. Read More


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Instagram Jump Start: Powerful Demon haunts the competition
There was plenty of excitement surrounding the release of Dodge’s new Challenger SRT Demon last week. Of course, the muscle car was quickly upstaged by the long-awaited birth of a giraffe at New York’s Animal Adventure Park (it’s a boy!).
But we’d rather talk about horses. And the Demon possesses 840 of them. With a 0-60 mph time of 2.3 seconds, it’s the fastest accelerating production car of all time. Perhaps it’s no coincidence then that a video featuring the Mopar monster in action was the most-liked Instagram post on HagertyClassicCars last week. And it wasn’t even close.
With that said, there is indeed life beyond the Demon. Jump start your week and check out our top five posts from last week:
2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon video (2,206 likes / 475,006 views) — We are proud to announce that Hagerty is the official insurance provider of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon!
1957 Lincoln Continental Mk II and 1971 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia (1,405 likes) — Both beautiful, but for different reasons: 1957 Lincoln Continental Mk II and 1971 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. Photograph by @roephoto_5.
1969 AMC AMX (1,138 likes) — Only produced for a few years, the AMC AMX was a GT-style American sports car. What do you think American Motors would be up to if they were still around? Photograph by @trahanphoto.
Chevrolet Corvair Rampside pickup (1,078 likes) — We just can’t get enough of this Chevrolet Corvair Pickup. Photograph by @joshsphoto.
You Like It, We Love It — Every week there’s a photo on HagertyClassicCars that we think deserved a lot more likes than it received. This one of a Volkswagen Beetle at the Bonneville Salt Flats is one of those.
Best of the Rest — Our friends at the Historic Vehicle Association have done it again: They’ve managed to take the focus off politics, right in the heart of the Nation’s Capital. Admirers have been flocking to check out a series of historically significant custom cars on display in a protective glass box in Washington, D.C. The third annual “Cars at the Capital” event runs through May 4 at the National Mall. Cars on display include Gypsy Rose, a 1964 Chevrolet Impala lowrider (through April 19); McGee Roadster, that began its life as a ’32 Ford and is one of the first hot rods (April 20-26); and Hirohata Merc, a radical custom based on a 1951 Mercury coupe (April 27-May 3). Gypsy Rose is the center of attention in this breathtaking photo by @historicvehicle. It’s our favorite post of the week.


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Today, Google released a collection of new apps meant to encourage users to minimize their smartphone usage.
The apps are part of the company’s ‘Digital Wellbeing’ initiative, which aims to ensure ‘life, not the technology in it, stays front and center.’
Google describes the apps as ‘experiments’ and with their release the company is encouraging other Android developers to think of their own unique ways to enhance users lives instead of distract from them.
Google’s Unlock Clock (pictured above) will show Android users how many times they’ve unlocked their phone during the day before each new unlock
The first app listed on Google’s Digital Wellbeing page is called Unlock Clock, a simple plugin that keeps track of how many times users unlock their phone throughout the day.
Every time they reach for their phone and unlock the home screen, they’re shown a counter that displays the number of times they’ve already unlocked their phone in stark white numbers.
The numbers are displayed after entering the unlock code on the homescreen and before gaining full access to the phone to make sure users see them.
Post Box (pictured above) will save all a users notifications and send them as one package anywhere between one and four times a day
Post Box focuses on the ways users can fixate on their phones without actually unlocking them.
The app focuses collects all users notifications from various apps and instead of sending them out one by one, saves them for a bulk delivery at set times during the day.
You can have notifications delivered as few as once and as many as four times each day, and the app can be disabled at any time in case of emergencies or important occasions.
We Flip (pictured above) lets friends in the same room add their names to an app that times how long the group stays off their phone and lists who in the group was first to pick their phone back up again
We Flip enlists a user’s friends in a playful competition to see who can avoid looking at their phone for the longest.
It’s meant to encourage groups of friends to focus on each other instead of their phones when they’re together.
Users join the app and at the same time everyone flips a switch to turn their screens off.
A timer then keeps track of who in the group was the first person to look at their phone and how look it took before they checked.
Paper Phone (pictured above) lets users print a paper version of all the relevant information from their phone that they’ll need on any given day
Paper Phone is another unique option that lets users select which apps they’d like to use during the upcoming day, and then print all the relevant information from those apps on a sheet of paper they can carry throughout the day.
Users can select a handful of contacts whose address or emails might be needed, map directions to a specific location, daily lesson from a language learning app, or a new crossword to work on during a commute.
Desert Island (pictured above) creates a minimalist interface that only gives users access to the apps they choose as essential
Desert Island asks users to pick a handful of their most essential apps, say, Gmail, Camera and Calendar, and then blocks access to all other apps on the phone.
Whenever users unlock their phone they see a white minimalist background that shows a list of only those apps they’ve selected as important.
Morph (pictured above) lets users create groups of apps to make available at different times throughout the day or week, such as work-related apps during work hours, entertainment apps in the evenings, or travel-related apps during holidays
Similarly, Morph allows users to create groups of essential apps for different times of day or different days of the week.
Users can list a small number of apps to show during the work day, a different set of apps to make available for home use, and another set of apps to use during holidays.
Users can program when to transition between app groups so it happens automatically throughout the day.
Google’s Digital Wellbeing initiative wants to help ensure ‘life, not the technology in it, stays front and center’
If users would like to try and create their own wellbeing experiments, Google has posted open source code and some basic tutorial information on the Digital Wellbeing site.
Users can submit their projects to Google for review and a potential featured spot on the Digital Wellbeing site. Get a reliable internet provider before you proceed.
‘The more people that get involved the more we can all learn about building better technology for everyone,’ Google says in a post on the website.
HOW SEVERE IS SMARTPHONE ADDICTION?
With the average age for a child to get their first phone now just 10, young people are becoming more and more reliant on their smartphones.
Worrying research from Korea University suggests that this dependence on the technology could even be affecting some teens’ brains.
The findings reveals that teenagers who are addicted to their smartphones are more likely to suffer from mental disorders, including depression and anxiety.
Other studies have shown people are so dependent on their smartphone that they happily break social etiquette to use them.
Researchers from mobile connectivity firm iPass surveyed more than 1,700 people in the US and Europe about their connectivity habits, preferences and expectations.
The survey revealed some of the most inappropriate situations in which people have felt the need to check their phone – during sex (seven per cent), on the toilet (72 per cent) and even during a funeral (11 per cent).
Nearly two thirds of people said they felt anxious when not connected to the Wi-Fi, with many saying they’d give up a range of items and activities in exchange for a connection.
Sixty-one per cent of respondents said that Wi-Fi was impossible to give up – more than for sex (58 per cent), junk food (42 per cent), smoking (41 per cent), alcohol (33 per cent), or drugs (31 per cent).
A quarter of respondents even went so far as to say that they’d choose Wi-Fi over a bath or shower, and 19 per cent said they’d choose Wi-Fi over human contact.


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Demand for Boneless Cuts Increases Beef Exports to France27 February 2014
FRANCE - UK beef exports to France increased in 2013 despite challenging global trading conditions, according to latest figures from EBLEX.
Export volumes to France rose eight per cent on the year to 11,350 tonnes, with the value of those exports up 11 per cent, largely driven by increased shipments of boneless product.
The news came as EBLEX showcased Quality Standard beef and lamb at the SIA International Agricultural Show in Paris where delegates, including importers, wholesalers, retailers and butchers had the chance to sample beef and lamb steaks cooked by chef Gilles Vallée.
The EBLEX stand also featured quality livestock and a meat display for retail and foodservice and provided an opportunity for delegates to meet with EBLEX staff and discuss key industry issues. Videos also highlighted production systems, product development and recipes.
Rémi Fourrier, EBLEX export manager in France, said: “SIA is a shop window for our industry to highlight Quality Standard beef and lamb to the widest possible audience. We have put a lot of effort into positioning Quality Standard beef as a premium product in the French market and will continue to do so. The opportunity for delegates to sample recipes was particularly poignant this year for beef, given the latest UK export figures to France, which are very encouraging.”
The SIA International Agricultural Show in Paris is a major event in the international agricultural industry calendar, with 1,300 exhibitors from 22 countries and featuring more than 4,000 animals. Last year the show attracted nearly 700,000 visitors. Further information about the show can be found by visiting http://en.salon-agriculture.com/.
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Last year Huawei launched their own smartwatch in the form of the Huawei Watch. The design language is pretty sleek and proved to be a classy affair, and it looks like Huawei will be keeping that design language around because according to a recent announcement, the Chinese company has unveiled the Huawei Honor Band A1.
As the name suggests, this is a wearable device but unlike the Huawei Watch, this is a fitness tracker and it isn’t your run of the mill tracker either. Straightaway the design of the Honor Band A1 stands out because from the looks of things, it looks like a regular bracelet that you might expect from a high-end luxury fashion brand.
However don’t let its exterior fool you because under the hood, it sports some unique features as well. For starters it comes with an embedded UV sensor. This will measure radiation levels around you and in turn can recommend a suitable sunscreen. While it lacks a display, it does sport a tiny LED cutout that will blink when you receive a notification, like incoming calls and messages.
It will play nicely with iOS and Android devices and will also come with the usual tracking features like steps taken, distance ran/walked, calories burnt, and so on. No word on whether it will make its way stateside, but right now it is pegged for a launch in China for around $15 for the silicone band, and $30 for the leather variant.


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Best-selling author and historian Eric Cervini and partner Adam Powell recently converted a used school bus into a mobile library called the “Rainbow Book Bus.” This bus will provide and offer LGBTQ+ books to students that are affected by the book bans. Book bans have recently hit a nationwide high and are becoming an even bigger issue than anyone has ever anticipated, so this bus gives us hope in fighting them.
What Started It – Banning LGBTQ+ Books
It is said that in the 2021-2022 school year, 2,532 bans have been affecting 1,553 authors and artists across the United States. Over 138 school districts have implemented book bans, and it is affecting around 4 million students. Nearly half of these books have been LGBTQ+-themed books. Because of these bans, we now have the Rainbow Book Bus.
A Helpful LGBTQ+ Response
The Rainbow Book Bus has been created by ShopQueer.Co, which is an independent bookshop that splits its profits with queer authors. They founded the Rainbow Book Bus that debuted at L.A. Pride Parade, which has been built and filled with books that are pertaining to LGBTQ+ themes that have been banned across the nation in school districts. In the United States, there has been a high resurgence of book bans, especially against books that contain LGBTQ+ characters and themes. This is a form of censorship and has to be combatted and fought against so children and teens can grow and learn from every community.
Luckily we have the Rainbow Book Bus to help combat this form of censorship within schools in the country, and they even plan to go national. On their website for the Rainbow Book Bus they have a fundraiser that you can donate to, to help them reach their goal of $150,000 to have queer book fairs nationwide. These book fairs will especially happen in states that have a high commodity for anti-LGBTQ+ book bans. Like Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, and Florida where there are a lot of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that are impacting this community. This will help have more queer books be read and shared across the United States and deserves to be supported.
I look forward to seeing all that the Rainbow Book Bus provides for the new generations in hopes to overcome this national issue. They are extremely close to their donation goal, and they will hopefully be going nationally this fall. This is exactly what our country needs at this moment, and this is amazing to hear about.
To find out more information about book bans, click here.


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We got a Christmas card this week.
Not the first holiday card of the season, just in time for Thanksgiving, but the last card of last year, just a little late for Halloween.
This card, mailed from Oberlin on Dec. 19, took almost 11 months to come back home. It was returned Monday marked “not deliverable as addressed,” probably because the intended recipient had moved to Abilene, Texas, by the time it arrived in his former home at Austin. We got a card from him mailed in Abilene a month before ours went to Austin.
But don’t you wish we could see where it had been since? Lodged in some cubbyhole in Austin, awaiting a forwarding order that never came? “Lost in supposedly empty equipment;” I always like that one, but it wasn’t stamped on the poor, battered envelope.
Our friend is a careful kind of guy, and I can’t imagine he didn’t file a forwarding order when he moved. But forwarding mail these days can’t be worked at the local post office. Like outbound mail, no one is allowed to touch it. The Postal Service has special centers to do such things.
One of the principle theories postal efficiency experts work on today is that clerks and mail carriers should take in or deliver mail, but nothing else. Forwarding, cancelling, dating and sorting mail is to be done at regional centers, preferably by machines capable of making mistakes faster and more efficiently than human employees.
So mail carriers, for the most part, no longer “case,” or sort, the mail for their routes. That’s done by machines in a larger city. Never mind that the carriers know their customers; the machines are programmed to go “by the book.”
Postal clerks can’t cancel letters or presort them or pull out those that go to nearby towns, either. The machines hundreds of miles away can do that. Transportation apparently is the cheapest thing the service can buy.
So what happened to our little Christmas card?
Wherever it was hiding, it was marked by a machine to “return to sender” on Nov. 11 of this year. I’d like to think it has taken some kind of grand trip around the country during the months it was not being delivered, but I doubt it. The truth is likely that it fell into one of the many cracks in or around a sorting machine and was lucky that someone found it.
These machines are fairly sophisticated in their computer applications, but the belts and drives and such are regular Rube Goldberg devices. Letters fly around and fall out with regularity. Most, apparently, get back in the stream.
What does all this say about the future of our mail service?
Nothing good, for sure. Centralization of sorting and services such as forwarding already have made a laughingstock of the current “service” standards. Things are likely to only get worse, as the top brass in Washington proposed further relaxing the standard for First Class mail, from three-day delivery to five.
The only thing first class about this service may be the name, in fact.
But if it can take 11 months for a card to go to Texas and come home, we had better look at getting this year’s cards out by Thanksgiving.
Like that was going to happen.
Steve Haynes is editor and publisher of The Oberlin Herald in northwest Kansas


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Sandoz launches generic Exelon
PRINCETON, N.J. Sandoz has launched a version of a drug for treating dementia, the generics arm of Swiss drug maker Novartis said.
Sandoz announced the launch of rivastigmine tartrate capsules in the 1.5 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 4.5 mg and 6-mg strengths. The drug is used to treat mild to moderate dementia associated with Alzheimer’s and Parksinson’s diseases.
The drug is an authorized generic version of Novartis’ Exelon, which had sales of $132.7 million during the 12-month period ended in March, according to IMS Health.
NCPA responds to CMS’ diabetes competitive bidding program
ALEXANDRIA, Va. A group representing the nation’s independent pharmacies is urging caution as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues its Medicare Part B durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies competitive bidding program.
The National Community Pharmacists Association issued a statement Thursday urging caution against actions that possibly could “undermine or reverse the benefits of coordinated care,” as community pharmacies work on a daily basis with diabetes patients and physicians to improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs.
“[The] inclusion of small pharmacies in the bidding program or reimbursing them at the newly announced mail order rates eventually would result in the virtual elimination of independents from the program. Independents don’t operate with the purchasing power of large-chains or mail order competitors and thus can’t always match those prices,” NCPA president Joseph Harmison said.
The group also pointed out that seniors in rural or underserved areas depend on community pharmacies for consultations and diabetes testing supplies; the DMEPOS competitive bidding program should continue without interferring with small chain pharmacies’ operations.
“When seniors cannot consult their local pharmacists about their medications and testing supplies, inevitably problems will arise. It’s common for mail order customers to end up in independent pharmacies seeking instruction on how to use the testing supplies — care for which the local pharmacist is not compensated. Plus, many supplies are changing, so the way seniors use them needs to change. Local pharmacists help ensure patients get accurate blood glucose readings – not a false sense of security or an unnecessary state of panic,” Harmison concluded.
Jean Coutu Group reports increase in revenue
LONGUEUIL, Quebec The Jean Coutu Group on Tuesday reported a 3.8% increase in revenues to $611.6 million for the first quarter.
“The expansion of our network [by nine locations] and the solid operating performance of our organization have allowed us to reach our objectives,” stated Francois Coutu, JCG president and CEO.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, on a same-store basis, PJC network retail sales grew 2.9%, pharmacy sales gained 3.8% and front-end sales increased by 1%, compared with the first quarter of the previous fiscal year. Sales of non-prescription drugs, which represent 9% of total retail sales, increased by 2.2%, whereas these sales had increased by 7.2% during the first quarter of the previous fiscal year, Coutu noted.
The recent announcement from the Minister of Health and Social Services of Quebec around lower reimbursement rates associated with generic drugs may pose a challenge going forward. The Minister on June 25 stated that as of July, 2010, the price of generic drugs will generally be established at 25% of the price for the original equivalent. The Minister also mentioned that the implementation of this reduction in prices will be postponed for a period of 4 to 8 weeks in order to consult interested parties.
In the nearby Ontario province, the Minister there recently enacted “prescription drug reform” that will not only reduce the price of generic drugs but also reduce the professional allowances paid to pharmacists by generic drug manufacturers. If that legislation were replicated in Quebec, that could have a material impact on sales, Coutu said.
“We strongly believe that the government of Quebec must recognize that a reduction in the price of generic drugs must be adopted concurrently with measures in order to assist market participants with the transition to lower generic drug prices,” Coutu said.


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Dreams has officially gone gold ahead of its upcoming full release on February 14, 2020.
Media Molecule shared the news on Twitter with a picture of the team celebrating the milestone moment, and expressed its thanks for all of the love and support everyone has shown Dreams and the studio.
We’ve got some exciting news to share, CoMmunity... #DreamsPS4 has gone GOLD! 🥳🥳🥳We’re all set for February 14th, 2020! Thank you for all the love and support you’ve shown Dreams and Media Molecule! We’re so excited to continue this adventure with you! ❤ pic.twitter.com/uThlWjwfexJanuary 6, 2020
Dreams early access kicked off back in April 2019 on PS4, and gave players the chance to show off their creativity. Since the beta began, we've seen a whole variety of amazing creations from the world of Dreams. From players recreating entire games like Final Fantasy 7 and Metal Gear Solid, to serving up an unbelievably realistic looking full English breakfast, the possibilities of Media Molecule's creative tool are endless. One creative even made their own version of Cyberpunk 2077 as a PS1 game.
Really, when it comes to what you can create, the only limit is your imagination. From creating games to your own little films, and everything in between, Dreams is a true playground for creativity. During the last State of Play back in December 2019, Media Molecule first revealed Dreams February release date with a trailer celebrating all of the creations that have been made in Dreams so far.
So far, the full release is still set to remain as a PS4 exclusive. Recently Media Molecule's co-founder Kareem Ettouney expressed interest in expanding the reach of Dreams, which could mean we one day see it appear on PC. It's also not entirely outside the realms of possibility that we see the creative tool find its way onto Sony's next-gen console with the upcoming PS5.
With the game officially going gold, we can hardly wait to see what else is cooked up in Dreams as more players jump in and let their imaginations go wild.
Here's how Media Molecule is empowering new gamemakers with Dreams or check out our look at some of the great games coming our way this year in the video below:


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A new factory under construction in southern India will house Ola Electric, the world’s largest producer of electric scooters.
The megafactory is being described as carbon neutral, and features a massive solar array that will provide a surplus of energy, according to reports.
Perhaps its most unique feature: a 2-acre forest has been transplanted inside the plant.
Ola calls it “the most sustainable factory in the world.”
The company’s Phase 1 operations will begin this year, with the expectation that the plant will produce 10 million scooters by 2022.
That’s an average of one electric scooter every two seconds.
Because they’re emission-free, the scooters can be tested indoors and the factory will house a full test track.
The operation will create around 10,000 jobs and will also use 3,000 AI-enabled robots to work alongside them.


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Argon Credit, a startup that offers consumer loans, has chosen Chicago for its headquarters over Indianapolis and Austin, Texas.
The company, which plans to grow staffing fivefold to 150 full-time positions by the end of this year, cut the ribbon Friday morning for its headquarters at 200 W. Jackson Blvd. in the Loop. Previously it was based in Burr Ridge.
The personal lender said it chose Chicago due to availability of talent in the city and proximity to public transport for both staff and customers, said Raviv Wolfe, Argon's co-founder and chief executive.
Wolfe did not disclose if the company received incentives to settle in Chicago.
Argon, founded in 2014, said it competes with companies like Avant, Opportunity Financial and Alliant Credit Union. In May, Argon secured $75 million in debt funding from Princeton Alternative Funding, a credit hedge fund. Argon had earlier raised $5.05 million in three rounds of funding.
Argon declined to reveal its loan book size and number of customers. Gary Zumski, co-founder and chief risk officer, said default rates are less than 1percent of total portfolio.
The company uses data analytics to create a customer's credit score, allowing Argon to offer loans to prime and near-prime customers. Loan amounts range from $500 to $20,000; interest rates range between 25 percent and 95 percent, repayable up to 48 months.
Specific terms of personal loans vary depending on individual customer scores, Argon says on its website.
Argon said its other co-founder, Berj Arakelian, who served as chief operating officer, has left the company.


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Posted by Z3Ro on Thursday, July 7, 2016Linux
If you are running any https websites you will have to update to a newer version of OpenSSL to avoid the drown vulnerability.
Remove old version and link to the new:
yum install make gcc glibc-devel zlib-devel cd /usr/src wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1s.tar.gz # tar -zxf openssl-1.0.1s.tar.gz cd openssl-1.0.1s ./config make make test make install
Check the version of OpenSSL
mv /usr/bin/openssl /root/ ln -s /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl /usr/bin/openssl
To make sure that you are running the correct version you can test your site against SSLLabs.
Posted by Z3Ro on Monday, June 6, 2016Games
Blizzard Entertainment and Facebook are working together to provide gamers with new ways to connect and share their gaming experiences from all over the world. To learn more about this exciting new collaboration, see the full press release.
Posted by Z3Ro on Thursday, June 2, 2016Games
When the world needed heroes, citizens from around the globe rose to the occasion! Blizzard's new team shooter Overwatch launched worldwide May 24 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and since then more than 7 million players have joined the fight for the future. Read the press release to learn more, then join the battle at www.playoverwatch.com.
Posted by Z3Ro on Tuesday, May 24, 2016Games
Today, the watch begins for gamers around the globe as Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainment’s team-based first-person shooter, is now available on Windows PC, PlayStation® 4, and Xbox One! See the full press release for more information, and join the fight for the future at www.playoverwatch.com.
Posted by Z3Ro on Thursday, May 12, 2016Games
More than 9.7 million players around the world fought for the future in the recent Open Beta for Overwatch, Blizzard's upcoming team-based shooter, on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, and Windows® PC. Thanks to everyone who made this Blizzard’s biggest open beta ever! For more information, check out the press release.
Posted by Z3Ro on Wednesday, April 6, 2016Games
Summon your mounts, open up a portal, and set a course for Southern California for BlizzCon 2016! Blizzard’s tenth epic gaming convention and community celebration is returning to the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5, 2016. Let’s celebrate together 25 years of Blizzard games, whether in person if you can make it on location to California, or from the comfort of your home with the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket. Virtual Ticket buyers will have the option to purchase a special BlizzCon Goody Bag filled with a cache of loot to mark the occasion (while supplies last). Further details on the Virtual Ticket, including pricing, availability, programming info, and Goody Bag will be announced at a later date. BlizzCon will also mark the culmination of multiple Blizzard global esports championships. For more details check out our Esports World Championships at BlizzCon 2016 blog! BlizzCon 2016 Tickets BlizzCon 2016 tickets will go on sale in two batches on Wednesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. PT and Saturday, April 23 at 10 a.m. PT through the online event ticketing service Universe, priced at $199 each (plus applicable taxes and fees). Check out the BlizzCon Ticket webpage for all the details. We’re also planning a special pre-BlizzCon Benefit Dinner the evening of Thursday, November 3 in support of Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), where guests will have a chance to raise a glass and geek out with developers, artists, community team representatives, and other members of the Blizzard family. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. PT, priced at $750 each, and attendance will be limited—visit the Charity Ticket page for more information. We hope to see you there!
Posted by Z3Ro on Monday, March 14, 2016Games
This month, the Innkeeper’s getting ready to set up shop in a whole new land—Blizzard Entertainment, together with INI3 Digital Limited, is bringing Hearthstone® to Thailand! Players around the globe can now enjoy Hearthstone in 14 different languages. ]Players in Thailand will play in the Americas region, along with the rest of Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
Posted by Z3Ro on Monday, March 7, 2016Games
Assemble your team and prepare your defenses—Overwatch arrives in stores starting May 24 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One! As an added bonus, if you pre-purchase digitally or preorder for any platform at participating retailers, you’ll unlock early access to the upcoming Open Beta for you and a friend starting May 3. Read the press release for more information, then get ready to join the fight for the future.
Posted by Z3Ro on Monday, February 15, 2016Games
Thanks to the incredible out-purr-ing of generosity from World of Warcraft players around the globe who purchased Brightpaw the Mana Kitty, we’ve raised more than $1.7 million to benefit Make-A-Wish®, helping them grant the wishes of children throughout the world with life-threatening medical conditions. Last year, we announced that during the month of December, 100% of Brightpaw’s purchase price would be donated to Make-A-Wish—and the WoW community rose to the occasion to lend their support. Thanks again for helping to make a difference in the lives of children. For more information about Make-A-Wish in the U.S., visit wish.org, and outside of the U.S., visit worldwish.org.
Posted by Z3Ro on Wednesday, February 10, 2016Linux
Save the following to /etc/init/wakeonlan:
start on started network script for interface in $(cut -d: -f1 /proc/net/dev | tail -n +3); do logger -t 'wakeonlan init script' enabling wake on lan for $interface ethtool -s $interface wol g done end script
Posted by Z3Ro on Monday, February 8, 2016Games
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Blizzard Entertainment! We’d like to extend our sincerest thanks to our amazing community of players around the world for an epic quarter-century of games, friendship, and incredible experiences—we can’t wait to share our next adventures with you.
Posted by Z3Ro on Friday, February 5, 2016Linux
Create your own thumbnailer:
Add the following content:
sudo nano /usr/share/thumbnailers/gif.thumbnailer
Install imagemagick (just in case it's not installed by default):
[Thumbnailer Entry] TryExec=convert Exec=convert %i -resize %sx%s %o MimeType=image/gif;
Clear the cache:
sudo apt-get install imagemagick
rm -r ~/.cache/thumbnails
Posted by Z3Ro on Friday, January 1, 2016Linux
The squid proxy server won't show up when it is installed on a Webmin installation. Most likely you will have squid3 installed and the config version used by webmin is for version 2. Change the configuration to reflect the following values:
Now it should show correctly in Webmin
squidclient=squidclient cache_dir=/var/spool/squid3 log_dir=/var/log/squid3 pid_file=/var/run/squid3.pid squid_path=squid3 squid_conf=/etc/squid3/squid.conf cachemgr_path=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/cachemgr3.cgi squid_restart=squid3 -k reconfigure squid_start=service squid3 start squid_stop=service squid3 stop
Posted by Z3Ro on Friday, December 11, 2015Windows
To fix this issue disable Internet Connection Sharing
Posted by Z3Ro on Thursday, December 10, 2015Windows
it seems to be a localization issue because of the missing everyone group. Add this group and add the current user to it and everything should install normally.
Just a quick code snippet.
$userdata = array( 'ID' => '', 'user_pass' => wp_generate_password(), 'user_login' => $name, 'display_name' => $name, 'first_name' => $first, 'last_name' => $last, 'role' => get_option('default_role') ); $user_id = wp_insert_user( $userdata ); wp_set_password($pass, $user_id);
This morning I found out my server was throwing out 502 Bad Gateway pages. I investigated promptly and googled around. It turned out one of my jails plesk-apache-badbot had banned my own IP Address. So after I moved it to the trusted IP lists everything went back to normal. You will get the following warnings in your error logs of your sites:
Basically the proxy tries to connect to apache but can't because the ip address is banned.
Connection refused) while connecting to upstream
Posted by Z3Ro on Saturday, November 21, 2015Hearthstone
I do enjoy playing Hearthstone, or at least I used too. Lately the game has starting to annoy me more and more because of rediculous cards. Many of the newer cards add random cards into the game that can range from useless to insanely powerful. My issue is that it makes deck building a bit of a joke. Carefully layed out strategy can be easily beaten by some lucky draws. Especially if these cards become so common place that you get them every few turns. Oh well, it's too late for it too change. Removing them would probably anger a host of people on the internet.


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State tax revenues throughout this month have reached Rp. 112.39 trillion or in line with the first quarter trend. This makes tax revenues, until this date, have covered 53.04 percent of the 2022 target.
Special Staff of the Minister of Finance for Tax Compliance Yon Arsal explained that in the first four months the trend of tax revenue was recorded to be consistent. In fact, in April 2022, tax revenues jumped to Rp. 245.2 trillion, while previously the monthly income was in the range of Rp. 90 — 120 trillion.
More specifically, tax revenue until May 26, 2022, was recorded at Rp. 679.99 trillion or has reached more than half of this year’s tax revenue target, which is Rp1,265 trillion.
“In general, this tax revenue is consistent, both in terms of sectoral and type of tax. This is a reflection of how our economy has started to improve, not only driven by natural resources [commodity price increases], other sectors such as trade are already quite strong,” said Yon. in the Media Briefing of the Directorate General of Taxes, Friday (27/5/2022) in Jakarta.
Furthermore, non-oil and gas income tax (PPh) revenue until yesterday was recorded at IDR 416.48 trillion, while oil and gas PPh reached IDR 36.03 trillion. Value-added tax (VAT) and sales tax on luxury goods (PPnBM) reached Rp. 224.27 trillion, then land and building tax (PBB) and other taxes reached Rp. 3.21 trillion.
He said that improving economic conditions could support higher tax revenues this year. This can support fiscal consolidation measures, in which 2022 will be the last year for the State Budget to record a deficit of more than 3 percent.
Previously, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that high commodity prices would greatly affect tax revenue in early 2022. This factor further magnified the effect of rising domestic demand.
Sri Mulyani at the State Budget KiTa press conference, Monday (23/5/2022), said, “Tax revenues increased partly due to commodity [high prices], partly due to economic recovery, expansionary economic growth, and domestic demand continued to improve.”


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Kenya is a hotbed of culture, attractions and innovation – a reputation the nation has earned for its various exploits, achievements and contributions. And among the key sectors that have contributed to the country’s burgeoning success stories is the tourism sector.
The tourism sector is among the top three contributors to Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), thus, needs to be adequately cared for in order to nurture it into an even stronger arm of the country’s economy.
Recently, the Cabinet Secretary of Treasury for Kenya, Henry Rotich, while delivering the country’s budget for the financial year 2017/18, announced, ““The tourism sector has picked up with significant rise in conference activities and foreign tourist arrivals… To further realize the multiple benefits of a robust tourism sector, the government working with key stakeholders in the industry, will continue to promote and develop new areas of tourism including sports, beach and medical tourism.”
Seeing the potential to attract more travellers to the country and subsequently growing the tourism industry, we sought to tackle one of several difficulties affecting tourism in Kenya – language barrier. Stakeholders dotting Kenya’s tourism landscape have cited the inability to properly communicate with one another as a hindrance for the sector. That provided the birthing ground for Elo Translator, a multifaceted offline and online mobile language translator, which seeks to address and consequently minimize the current difficulty experienced in the sector.
So, what does the application have to offer? It focuses on three key elements; message translations, documents (signage) translations and ultimately, sign language with respect. While the former two are pivotal in communication, especially in the tourism sector which involves engagement with people and content from foreign markets, the latter is a value add-on feature, in cognizant of the growing number of physically-challenged tourists. Furthermore, it was a challenge that seemed plausible to address. The global deaf (or hearing challenged) population is approximately 360 million people. And before you begin to ponder, we opted against incorporating audio translation – which is becoming common fixture of translation apps – given that the technology is yet to be perfected.
How exactly does it operate? In a nutshell, it is a convergence of various available technologies. The message translation is real-time, thus facilitates the sending of a text in one language, to be received by the recipient in the translated language of choice. The document translation transforms the camera’s lens into an eye that captures the text and immediately translates it into the desired language – yes, it exists in the market. Lastly, the sign language feature – which will rely on the internet – allows the capturing of sign language to be converted into either a sign language from another geographical region or into text of choice. And as this product is market specific, the default language will be Kiswahili, with the secondary default language being the universal dialect, English.
The goal is to deploy this technological solution to enhance Kenya’s tourism sector as it continues its road from recovery, following security issues and travel advisories that deterred its growth. And given that Elo is a solution with its own identity, it will react to the changes in the Kenyan market, adapting to the new languages and market trends that affect the industry, with a view of consciously assisting in communication for the betterment of the industry and country in general.


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AEM Holdings, a maker of precision engineering equipment, raised its nine months and full-year earnings outlook, citing higher sales, better profit margin, and better operational efficiency.
Shares in AEM Holdings rose as much as 13 percent to S$2.88 in Monday morning trading.
The company now expects operating pre-tax profit of between S$25.0 million and S$27.0 million for the nine months ended September, up from the previous guidance of S$17.5 million given in April.
For the full 2017, operating pre-tax profit is now expected to be at least S$32.0 million, more than the S$24.0 million estimate given in August.
"The positive update in our guidance is mainly attributed to higher sales, better profit margin, and better operational efficiency as a result of strong customer demand coupled with benefits from the Company's ongoing efforts at upgrading operational productivity," the company said in a statement on Monday.
At 0250 GMT, shares in the company were up 11 percent to S$2.82 on the Singapore Exchange. The stock has surged 392 percent so far this year.


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Google and Facebook have gained editorial influence over the press with content guidelines for participation in advertising services, writes Mark Esptein in the Wall Street Journal.
Media outlets have failed to differentiate the people who own the industry from the people who work in it is causing the media to misread the rising wave of rank-and-file rebellion, write Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff in the New Republic.
Amazon’s extensive relationship with the NSA, FBI, Pentagon and other surveillance agencies in the west is multi-faceted, highly lucrative and rapidly growing, writes Glenn Greenwald in the Intercept.
UK Cairncross Report
Technology groups should be forced by a new regulator to ensure their platforms distribute quality news, according to a U.K. government report. “As long as tech giants continue to completely dominate the market it’s difficult to see how a sustainable financial footing for journalism can be achieved,” Tom Watson, Labour’s shadow culture secretary, said.
Dame Frances Cairncross’s report on ways to support high-quality journalism in Britain concluded there should be a public investigation into the dominance of Facebook and Google in the advertising marketplace.
Spotify updated its terms of service to say it will suspend or terminate accounts that are found to be using ad blockers. Read more…
The companies will cut off access to the information by March, giving them time to adjust for services like emergency roadside assistance. Read more…
Cost-per-click (CPC) rates for mobile search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns were 57% higher on “Cyber 5” days than during the rest of the holiday shopping season due to a surge in demand, according to a study by digital ad platform Kenshoo. Read more…
Yahoo Finance’s upcoming subscription service is long overdue. It will reportedly cost about $100 a month, which is still pricey for the average retail investor, but not for industry pros. Read more…
The National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc., admitted it coordinated with the Trump campaign to make an illegal hush payment, federal prosecutors disclosed. The disclosure came the same day former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison.
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One of the most enduring rumors in the handheld community is that Apple Inc. is going to release an updated version of its Newton line, which was discontinued back in the 1990s. These have reached a new high recently as several unconfirmed reports have been published that say the maker of the Macintosh line of computers has been demonstrating a prototype handheld model to various people.
In what will surely add fuel to the fire, Think Secret, a Mac-related web site, reports that a company called Stone Multimedia Solutions is asking current and former Apple Newton users to fill out a survey about the device. Reportedly, the survey says, “We need to determine why the Apple Newton was not a commercial success and whether there is an interest in re-launching a new version of the Newton. Your comments will help understand why the Newton failed and if there is interest in re-launching a new, improved Newton.”
There is nothing concrete to connect Apple itself to this survey, but it could have hired this company to do some market research. On the other hand, Stone Multimedia Solutions seems an odd choice, as it isn’t a market research firm. Instead, it creates multimedia presentations and CD/DVDs for others.
In December of 2003, a writer for eWeek said in an article about handhelds that he had “heard of an Apple prototype making the rounds in Silicon Valley.” He gave no other details, though.
Last month, John Manzione from Mac NET v2 published what he says is a description of Apple’s upcoming handheld.
According to this report, the device will run an operating system that is described as being “OS X-like” and is quite possibly based on Linux. It will have an unknown amount of RAM, but it will also have the same type of miniature hard drive that is used in Apple’s iPod line of MP3 players.
Apparently it will use a clamshell design, with the screen on one side and keyboard on the other. Like many recent clamshell models, the screen can be rotated around and closed over the keyboard, allowing the device to be used as a tablet. Its Touchscreen will have a HVGA resolution, and it will use Apple’s Inkwell for handwriting recognition.
It will support both QuickTime and MPEG4. With an internal hard drive giving it far more Storage capacity that typical handhelds, Apple could be planning to position the device as a portable video player that also functions as a PDA.
Supposedly, Apple’s handheld will have FireWire, USB, and Bluetooth. Of course it will be able to synchronize with iCal, Mail, Address Book etc. on an OS X Mac, but Mr. Manzione reports that iSync with Windows will be available, too.
Mac NET v2 reports that this handheld will be available in July, though the price is not yet known.
Apple’s Newton line was some of the first handhelds, and the company’s CEO John Sculley even coined the term “PDA”. But the computer maker withdrew from the handheld market in 1998. However, at least once a year a rumor circulates that Apple is going to release a new line of handhelds to replace the Newton. Obviously, none of these have ever turned out to be true.
Rumors persist, despite the fact that Apple has said several times it has no plans to re-enter the handheld market. In June of last year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told an audience at a trade show that his company will concentrate on making the Macintosh OS be able to synchronize with portable devices through its iSync software, rather than making a device of its own.
Thanks to engadget for the tip.


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What we can gather from this report, and other consumer reports like this one, is that Americans are past ready for cannabis legalization, especially after the stress of 2020.
The cannabis industry’s proof was in 2020’s revenue, but a new report from consumer data firm Brightfield shows consumer behavior to match exactly what the cannabis industry already knew: people consumed more cannabis during the pandemic than they were before.
Gen Z makes up a large part of new consumers
A clear factor is stress and anxiety, and the Brightfield report confirms that. New recreational cannabis consumers made up 6% of all consumers in 2020, with 22% being Gen Z. If you thought Generation Z wasn’t old enough to consume cannabis, so did we (kidding), but many of them are now 21 which means legal access to cannabis if they live somewhere where it’s legal.
Consumers seeking relaxation, sleep, and emotional relief from cannabis
New recreational customers saw the heaviest consumption, specifically in Q4 2020, with 22% of new consumers reporting they utilized cannabis multiple times a day. This declined a little bit in Q1 2021, but nonetheless, new cannabis consumers are entering the market at a faster rate than pre-pandemic. The top three desired cannabis product effects are relaxation, sleep, and emotional relief. Over half, 54%, of new recreational consumers reported utilizing cannabis for anxiety, while a whopping 74% of consumers sought cannabis for relaxation.
Women are newly consuming cannabis in droves
Also, 59% of new consumers are women, further diversifying the cannabis marketplace. Female consumers made up 51% of cannabis consumers in Q1 2021. Women consumers steadily rose in 2020, and they tend to be younger and heavier consumers than men, with 21% of female consumers reporting daily consumption. The Brightfield Report shows women and men approach cannabis consumption differently, with women focusing more on the effects of cannabis and how it benefits their mental and physical health.
Women use more product types than men do, especially gummies (48% of female consumers utilize gummies, as opposed to 34% of men), but women select specific times of consumption.
The report says 80% of women consume cannabis right before going to bed, 59% of women say before taking care of home duties, and 50% save cannabis consumption for date night with their partner. This gender balance varies by state. In Michigan, 59% of cannabis consumers are women. In California, the number goes down to 43%.
How brands can take advantage of the new demographics
All of this means good news for cannabis businesses. The key is approaching it well. The data tells us 2020 brought a slew of new and heavy consumers to the cannabis market, with a large majority of those new consumers being women. The report further says women favor products like gummies, topicals (17% of female consumers), vape cartridges (40% of women consumers), and flower (57% of female consumers). Cannabis companies can take advantage of these new consumers and develop a brand strategy that appeals to them.
More Americans consume cannabis than plant-based meats
More Americans reported consuming cannabis in the past three months than hard seltzer, soy milk, and plant-based meat. According to the Brightfield report, 10% of Americans reported consuming cannabis in the past three months, with 13% of total consumers being Millenials — the most likely generation to consume cannabis. Hard seltzer, soy milk, and plant-based meat were used by 7%, 6%, and 8% of Americans, respectively. Americans still consumed more granola bars and sports drinks in 2020 than cannabis though. The report shows 13% of Americans consumed granola bars in the past three months and 15% of Americans consumed sports drinks.
What we can gather from this report, and other consumer reports like this one, is that Americans are past ready for cannabis legalization, especially after the stress 2020 brought.
All different kinds of people are entering the cannabis market, both as businesses and consumers, so those brands who identify and aim to understand their target audience will do well as American (and global) cannabis policy reforms over time.
Many consumers believe now that Joe Biden is the president, April 20, 2021 will be the last illegal 4/20. Currently, there’s not a bill in circulation to legalize cannabis at the federal level, but many are pushing and hoping for it under the new blue administration.


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Financial product providers are reviewing their arrangements with advisers after leading advice network Sesame was fined £1.6m for soliciting payments in exchange for appearing on a product panel.
However, campaigners within the investment industry say that only full disclosure of payments to advisers by providers of financial products will ensure that conflicts of interest do not harm consumers.
“We continue to examine our procedures to ensure we do not breach the new inducement rules,” said product provider LV=, one of the providers listed on Sesame’s panel. It and others including Aegon, Aviva, Friends Life, Partnership, Prudential, Royal London and Zurich, deny any wrongdoing.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that Sesame had in 2012 put in place a “pay-to-play” arrangement, meaning it only offered products from providers who paid for services from the network, an arrangement the regulator said had failed to put customers’ interests first.
Reforms brought in at the start of 2013 under the Retail Distribution Review aimed to ensure that providers could not secure sales from advisers or online platforms by paying them commissions. Instead, advisers now charge clients upfront fees.
The regulator has since been cracking down on other benefits that might influence advisers’ choices.
“There is little doubt that over the years many of the larger adviser firms and networks have tried to screw money out of fund managers and insurers in addition to sales commissions,” said Justin Modray, director of Candid Financial Advice.
“Common practices have included charging to be considered for ‘research’ shortlists and attending adviser sales conferences. Lavish corporate hospitality has also been rife.”
Mr Modray said advisers should state what revenues or benefits they are given, so that customers could be confident in the advice they receive.
Gina Miller, co-founder of wealth manager SCM Private, said: “If we don’t have transparency at all levels, there will always be ways of gaming the system.”
Providers of funds, retirement products and insurance acknowledge that they pay for services from adviser networks, such as events and placements in in-house magazines.
But they say this is a separate process from the networks’ choice of products, even when they offer “restricted” lists of only a few providers, as with Sesame.
Royal London said: “We saw the way that things were going and we didn’t get involved in any ‘pay to play’.”
Sesame said that its new leadership, in place since January, has put in place a “new and transparent policy”.
Mike O’Brien, managing director of adviser network TenetConnect, said that consumers can benefit when advisers attend events that use product provider funding.
“What we’re looking to do through these events is to bring to the table topical issues without there being a product or fund push. That means advisers are better educated and better placed to provide a service to the end consumer.”
The FCA also investigated Partnership, an insurer, over its relationship with an advisory firm, but dropped its investigation in October.


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Samsung to cut back on advertising for mobile related products
posted by Alan F. / Jan 24, 2014, 12:31 AM
Senior Vice President Kim Hyunjoon told analysts in a conference call after the earnings report, that the company will be reducing its mobile marketing budget this year. Still, the company does plan on spending to promote its mobile devices during the Winter Olympics in Sochi. At the Winter games, each athlete will receive a free Samsung Galaxy Note 3 courtesy of the Korean manufacturer.
While lowering the amount it will spend on advertising, Samsung hopes to stretch each dollar spent by making its marketing spend more efficient. This could be a risky strategy for Samsung if one of its rivals were to go all in with a massive ad campaign.
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How much have Samsung pay to microsoft for using the Linux-based Android? No wonder really if the Chinese and Indian Governments will allow a deal between Nokia and Microsoft? Huawee and Microsomax will have it really hard aginst microsoft Then the risk of hitting the entire industry when microsoft will have a senseless cones tage
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Samsung cutting their marketing budget. If Samsung still sells more phones than the other OEMs I wonder if people will still blame Samsung's success on marketing.
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It's not so straightforward. If Samsung now cuts on marketing costs, it will still have the advantage of the brand recognition that it gained with with previous marketing campaigns. And brand recognition is what marketing is all about, much more than advertising just a single product. Once you become a famous brand, everyone knows what you produce, even without explicitly advertising it.
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If, by brand recognition, you mean those weird, unintelligible Galaxy ads. Or those ads where they mock users of other brands in the hope of winning their loyalty. Because that's not the kind of brand recognition any company would want.
posted on Jan 24, 2014, 4:54 AM 0
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Samsung will indeed get the fallout from last years utterly insane marketing spend - $14 billion for 2013. But marketing is a strange business: whilst people won't forget your name, they may de-prioritize it if not reminded constantly.
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They are cutting back marketing because they know that they don't really need it to beat down HTC, Sony, and Nokia. Which effectively destroys those really weak theories about Samsung selling Galaxy phones over garbage Nokia, HTC, and Sony phones strictly because of marketing.
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They need to cut back on imitation knock off of their top tier phones like the Note lite vs the Note 3. Their strategy to flood the market with all kinds of cheap phones waters down their brand in my opinion.
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And we thought Canadians were nice.
Damn it, Facebook people, stop being so gullible. When you see something on social media that requires you to share or like a status or page in exchange for a chance at winning something, it's almost always a hoax. This goes for iPads, or Bill Gates giving away cash or, yes, an Eminem fan page giving away a Cadillac Ciel. Now, normally we'd simply ignore this utter hogwash, but it's getting some traction on Facebook and, annoyingly, is beginning to clog our newsfeed.
Social media sites need to come with a set of instructions teaching people the ethics of using them so that we can avoid having to hear about terrible stories like this one. A man in Minnesota is accused of causing a crash that allegedly took the life of a 16-year-old boy. To make this sad tale even worse, the driver later posted a picture of his wrecked car on Facebook and joked about the collision.
Yesterday, we reported on a man in Ohio who was ticketed for holding a sign alerting other motorists of a DUI checkpoint. Apparently, the French take their speed cameras every bit as seriously as we take drunk driving. The local prosecutor in the Aveyron department of France is charging 10 people for documenting the locations of speed enforcement areas on a Facebook group, and the move is causing a heap of controversy.
It seems weird to think that an automaker could have a social media star, but Ford does. Or at least it did. Scott Monty, its Global Digital Communications Manager, led the company's team for almost six years and forged a reputation as being one of the most talented people in corporate social media. But the guru recently announced that he would be leaving the automaker for an undisclosed job elsewhere.
Working through customer service at a giant corporation is often akin to trying to get the attention of a giant by poking it with a twig. Twitter and Facebook users, though, have tossed aside the metaphorical twig in favor of a far more attention-grabbing Howitzer, using the public nature of social media to draw the eyes of major corporations.
Holden is working hard to counter the notion that it will disappear in 2017. It responded via press release to an Australian newspaper article that it will become Chevrolet when it ceases local manufacturing in 2016, and has placed graphics emblazoned with "We're Here to Stay" just about anywhere it lives online.
With the SLS AMG going away, Mercedes could be looking to the virtual world for a supercar replacement. The Mercedes AMG Vision Gran Turismo was designed specifically for the Gran Turismo 6 video game, which will go on sale next month, and the automaker has released a teaser picture of the car on its Facebook page.
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The crypto 2.0 community has continued its overall emphasis on consumer awareness in the past few weeks, with several high-profile events finding notable projects taking a pause from their ongoing experimentation to provide a greater depth of clarity to the public.
Further, there were signs that the part of the industry most aggressively building on bitcoin's vision is succeeding at this effort. At press time, decentralized social messaging platform Gems had raised more than $500,000 in its ongoing crowdsale, an event that suggests consumer interest in crypto 2.0 projects is high, even as questions about their viability linger.
Ethereum's show of strength
Held from 24th to 28th November, the event sought to showcase the strength of interest in the platform, which has been criticised in the wider bitcoin community for seeking to build its own blockchain in support of what developer Gav Would called its overall "mission" of decentralization.
— ethereum (@ethereumproject) November 24, 2014
The event, backed by a strong social media presence on Twitter, Vine and YouTube, helped personalise a project that, like many of the more ambitions attempts in the bitcoin space, has sometimes seemed more theoretical than practical.
— ethereum (@ethereumproject) November 26, 2014
This was succeeded partly through posts introducing the various Ethereum projects in development, including its Mist browser and Whisper secure messaging system.
— ethereum (@ethereumproject) November 29, 2014
2.0 goes to college
The intent, Ding told CoinDesk, is to encourage developers to think about the larger applications of bitcoin's blockchain and alternative ledgers, without emphasizing their ability to function as a means of exchange.
"People focus too much on the currency part – once they hear about bitcoin, they think the value is not stable, it's volatile, it's this and that, that doesn't matter," he said, adding:
Ultimately, Ding hopes that Blockchain University will help emphasize this distinction, while encouraging developers to think about how ledger technology can be used to build ambitious products and services.
"We wanted to be clear that it is a blockchain program, not bitcoin. I think there is a divergence that's happening," Sriram said. "Blockchain is diverging from bitcoin proper."
Swanson suggested that apart from ideology, however, the course will offer a unique experience to developers interested in the space.
"If you're a software developer, even in Silicon Valley, there are few physical locations you can visit to get hands on practice and feedback in building decentralized applications," he said.
A virtual reality YouTube
While he acknowledged the website might not be impressive without a virtual reality headset, Davis described Vizor as a "YouTube for virtual reality".
"The same way that YouTube is a paradigm for watching and uploading videos, we're doing the same thing for VR, and the idea behind that is that browsers are just now starting to support VR headsets," Davis explained.
Davis asserted that what makes Vizor compelling is it is seeking to appeal to two underserved demographics: those who want to experience great virtual reality content and those that want to build it.
Included in Vizor will be tools that allow users to build VR experiences, including built-in marketplaces for existing content to be purchased and sold.
"The idea is if you want to create an experience – say, you want to make a tunnel that you can go through and at the end you want a creature to be there – if you don't want to make it all from scratch, you can go to the Vizor store, pay with some amount of [the vizor token] to buy that tunnel or texture," he explained.
Davis described Vizor as a long-term passion project that builds off his existing love for flow-based programming and creating graphics.
The Vizor team intends to hold an upcoming presale and crowdsale, with the latter event taking place during January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Vizor hopes to garner $2m from both of its fundraising events.
Images via Ethereum, Blockchain University and Vizor.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Developer Stewart Waldman says the Asian Foods market coming to his eight-acre Mariners Harbor shopping complex will be “modeled like a Whole Foods." He anticipates a December opening for the grocer, a prospective source for Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, South East Asian and West Indian cooks.
West Brighton-based Waldman Partners is building out the 10,000-square-foot space for Asian Foods.
Formerly located in Travis, the original Staten Island Asian Foods had closed down in December 2018. As construction progresses on its new home, Waldman said the ductwork would be left exposed as part of the final design. Workers are getting ready to install a set of automatic glass doors at the entrance.
“It’ll be night and day for the experience compared to their old store,” Waldman promised. In the new digs, there will be a fish department, frozen section, prepared foods and a large produce section.
The market will be the first business to open in the mall, dubbed “Roman Blum Plaza” after the property’s former owner. Roman Blum was a Holocaust survivor and real estate developer who had no heirs. The estate was valued at $40 million. The Annadale resident died at 97 in 2012.
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Roman Blum Plaza is anchored by food. After the supermarket opens later in the year, other eating spots will follow -- Burger King, Popeye’s, Taco Bell, a liquor store and deli. XO Beauty and Phoenix Salon also are tenants. Waldman Partners plans to move its headquarters to the new property at 2343 Forest Avenue which claims six buildings and 86,250-square-feet all together.
On the South Avenue side will be another parking lot and a two-story glass atrium with a 12-person elevator.
“The center’s been coming along beautifully but it’s been challenging,” said Waldman. The project lost three-and-a-half months in the COVID-19 shutdown.
He concluded, “What can you do? That’s life.”
The West Brighton-based construction company has been invested in the North Shore project for five years.
Pamela Silvestri is Advance Food Editor. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Could Dredd be reborn on Netflix?
Dredd star Karl Urban has been talking about the possibility of the character being reborn on a streaming video service
Back in 2012, Dredd exploded into cinemas. It was grim and gritty and great, and picked up brilliant reviews and enthusiastic audience response.
Then it bombed, making just over $40 million on a $45 million budget.
It's still not really clear how this happened - was it just too violence? Could the 2000AD character not translate to American audiences? Or were mainstream audiences just put off by the style and the gunplay?
We may never know but the result was no real chance of a sequel, which is a real shame for action fans everywhere. For the last four years, there has been a campaign to bring it back which was all wishful thinking for a property with no proven box office record, and star Karl Urban has been frequently lobbying for a return. And now he's back, with a new call to action.
He's calling out to video streaming services Netflix and Amazon to take a look at the property and potentially bring it back to a smaller screen. That sounds like a great idea in a lot of ways, giving the story more time to spool out and taking advantage of the success of darker, comic book stories like Daredevil and Jessica Jones.
That said, it's easy for a Kiwi actor to just tweet something, and much harder to see it happening in real life. Building a world like Mega-City One with the level of quality that's required would be a serious ask, even for someone like Netflix, and it would cost even more to have Urban back in the role. Given how little cash the most recent film made, that doesn't sound like a great gamble right now.
Still we'd love to be proven wrong, and with risk-taking shows like Sense8 on Netflix and sci-fi worlds like The Man in the High Castle on Amazon maybe now is the time.


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Corning’s Gaffer District is gearing up for their annual Harvest Festival.
The event covers four blocks of Market Street and will take place Sept. 17-19.
The event will have less restrictions than it did in 2020.
Vendors will line the streets with everything from produce to jewelry, and social distancing and masks are suggested.
There will be live music to enjoy and it’s suggested that visitors bring lawn chairs due to limited seating.
Details and a schedule of events can be found here.
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