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Thursday, April 21, 2011
A major five-year construction project is now finally beginning along the LBJ Freeway. The project is supposed to help with all the highway traffic. But, before that happens, traffic along the 635 is going to get much worse. It is already bad to have to drive on LBJ Freeway along with the more than 500,000 other drivers each day. Hopefully, though this $2 billion dollar project will help relieve the crowded road. It will cost people for this added convenience. It will be paid for by raised taxes and then drivers who chose to take the new road will pay a toll. The cost of the toll has not been determined, but it is said that it will vary from 15 cents a mile in light traffic times to 55 cents a mile during peak driving times. This toll is supposed to help with the costs of building the roads. But it seems like once a toll is charged, it will never go away. The toll road in Dallas has been finished a long time, yet tolls are still charged. So I bet drivers will always have to pay for it. It is good for the economy though because it will employ workers for 5 years during construction and then employ some toll workers. Companies that make road building products will benefit from increased sales. Businesses that sell food will probably see an increase in sales as the construction workers will most likely buy food nearby their work site. After the project is complete, businesses along LBJ will benefit because it is projected that traffic will double in those areas.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
In an article about the new Trinity River suspension bridge various aspects of how the bridge got it's funding and the future plans for the bridge are discussed. The bridge project received a donation of $12 million dollars from Hunt Petroleum Company and the naming rights were awarded to their group. The overall cost of the project is estimated at $15 million dollars. Economically the bridge will most likely exceed the estimate. The bridge however offers the possibility, if used correctly, of bringing in funds to the city of Dallas for a long time to come. With added traffic to the area the city could use the bridge as a toll bridge which would create a continuous flow of income. The added accessibility to Dallas also will create a new flow of money. More people will possibly have incentive to go to the city because it's easier. The hypothetically larger number of people will generate a jump start into the recreational economy of Dallas. This new flow of money can possibly create jobs and help businesses grow. If there is success with the bridge adding to the flow of people to Dallas, investors will be driven to buy into new businesses opening with the new customer base.
In an article from August 2010 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, writer Bill Hanna claims that a tubing industry may open up along the Trinity River as early as this coming summer in 2011. A provisional trial run was made and the guinea pigs who did the test run were more than enthused about the possibility of a tubing industry being set up on the Trinity.
"New Braunfels-based Rockin' R River Rides, which provided some mesh bags and other equipment for Thursday's(July 2010), will make a fact-finding trip next week to explore the viability of setting up tubing along the Trinity."Keep in mind this article was from about a year ago, but the idea is a great possibility for the city of Fort Worth to create jobs. The tubing industry in the San Marcos/New Braunfels area has flourished and tons of tourists come every summer to float the river and have a great time. Why couldn't Fort Worth's Trinity serve as the same type of entertainment and revenue gainer? The first bump in the road is that people, at least in the Metroplex, view the Trinity as a dirty and polluted river not a prime float site. But if the popularity can exceed the assumptions we may see a major floating industry pop up in Fort Worth which can create a lot of revenue for the area. If tubing the Trinity takes off what effect would that have on the San Marcos/New Braunfels market?
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Masahiko Horio owns a company in Japan that makes zinc and aluminum widgets that are used in building cars. His parts are used by the huge automakers like Toyota, Honda and General Motors. In the days after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, Masahiko Horio knew he had to get his factory back online quickly. One missing link can stop production lines around the world. He also worried that if his production slowed, then the auto manufactures would look to competitors outside of Japan as alternate sources for these parts. His company managed to avoid tsunami damage because of its location up on a hill, but the earthquake and power shortages stopped the factory’s machines for two weeks. Then Horio faced another problem. The firm that finished and tested his parts was wiped out by the tsunami. He couldn’t ship his supplies out without them going through this quality control. When Horio went to visit this firm, nothing but the frame of the building remained. So Horio offered his equipment and space at his own factory to this firm. This was a good solution to a terrible problem. It is one way that two businessmen may survive the economic disaster that much of Japan has suffered.
The Nintendo Wii has been the top selling gaming console for the last few years, and they are planning on releasing a new model. An article from cnn.com takes a look at the speculation surrounding a Wii 2. Supposedly the new Wii would support HD gaming. Nintendo definitely needs to do something new and original to appeal to consumers. They claim that this new Wii is stronger than both the PS3 and the XBOX 360. With the release of the Kinect for the XBOX 360, Nintendo needs to do something to regain consumer interest. Nintendo needs to increase the demand for their product so that they can raise the price on their new system. The Wii's motion controls aren't really wowing anyone anymore and if they don't change, than they will be left behind. Also with this new system Nintendo needs to be stronger out of the gate with their game releases. When they released the Wii they just released games that appealed to adults and children. they completely forgot about their core audience, and that has hurt Nintendo in the long run. Little is known about this new Wii console, but if Nintendo can come up with something to wow the consumers, then there is no doubt that the console will sell well. Nintendo is a trusted name in video games and they are always very innovative with what they do. I fully expect this new Wii to increase interest in Nintendo and their games. Nintendo has been declining recently, but the release of a new console might be just what Nintendo needs to get back on top of the video game market.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
In an article from foxnews.com, the question for whether your five year old needs an iPad is discussed. For elementary schools in Maine, they certainly think so. It was a unanimous vote for the school officials that the young students should be outfitted with the iPad 2 by next year. It will end up costing the schools around $200,000 even with the $25 off each iPad that Apple has agreed to sell. But where is the school district receiving the funds for such a large purchase? The district is looking for a 5% budget increase and countless grants by the month of June. In my opinion this would a actually be money well spent in the school system. Although it is a significant amount of money, the integration of an iPad into a young students life could open up endless educational opportunities. By placing iPads in the hands of kindergartners they learn how to use technology to help learn in the classroom at a very young age. Also, other schools might begin to purchase iPads for their students and use them in the curriculum for teaching and research. At the moment when our public school systems are at their all time worst, it is nice to hear that not all schools are sacrificing their students education because of money. I hope that more schools will go down this path and do whatever it takes to maximize their students opportunities.
Monday, April 11, 2011
The question of what car is best for an inexperienced teenage driver is discussed in this article by the Wall Street Journal. The word on the street... get it.... is that parents need to forget pick-up trucks and subcompact cars when they are deciding on what to get their princess to drive. If you were wondering what subcompact is think Smart Car or Dodge Neon. The most important issue with teen drivers is their safety so the pick-up truck is too easy to roll in an accident and lets face it the Smart Car isn't all that smart when it rams into a Suburban and it's smashed like a bug on a shoe. So a bunch of people have decided that the safest cars are the compact cars, Toyota Camry, crossover type cars, Honda CRV, and believe it or not SUVs, like the Suburban that smashed our Smart Car earlier. Obviously the bigger the car the safer the driver, but also a larger car means more distractions. What does this mean for car buyers in the market? Will we see an increase in SUV sales and a decrease in subcompact car sales? How does the spike in gas prices affect the buying process for these parents?


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Berlin: Global sportswear maker Adidas announced that it has committed to using only recycled plastic by 2024.
The pledge to eliminate the use of “virgin” plastic includes polyester. Used in everything from t-shirts to sports bras, the material is popular in sportswear because it dries quickly and weighs little, reports CNN.
Adidas said on Monday that it would stop using virgin plastic in its offices, retail outlets, warehouses and distribution centres, a move that would save an estimated 40 tonnes of plastic per year, starting from 2018.
It also said its apparel line for the spring and summer of 2019 will contain around 4 per cent recycled polyester.
The German company is expecting a sharp increase in sales of its Parley shoes, which are made with plastic waste that has been intercepted before it reaches the ocean.
While still a small share of its global sales, Adidas expects purchases to jump to 5 million pairs this year compared to 1 million in 2017.
Adidas is the latest in a series of global companies that have pledged to reduce plastic use, CNN reported.
Coffee retail giant Starbucks plans to eliminate plastic straws from its stores, and McDonald’s is trialing a similar programme in the UK and Ireland.
Swedish furniture major Ikea is also phasing out single use plastic from its stores and restaurants.
Global use of plastic has increased 20-fold over the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years.
The material is cheap and versatile, but governments and consumers are increasingly aware of its huge environmental costs.
Research shows there will be more plastic than fish by weight in the world’s oceans by 2050.
On a global basis, only 14 per cent of plastic is collected for recycling.
NDTV – Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign lends support to the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). Helmed by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, the campaign aims to spread awareness about hygiene and sanitation, the importance of building toilets and making India open defecation free (ODF) by October 2019, a target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014. Over the years, the campaign has widened its scope to cover issues like air pollution, waste management, plastic ban, manual scavenging and menstrual hygiene. The campaign has also focused extensively on marine pollution, clean Ganga Project and rejuvenation of Yamuna, two of India’s major river bodies.


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Yamaha took the covers of the 2012 WR450F off-roader and, low and behold, it’s an all-new machine! It’s been a while since the WR got a major overhaul, and it certainly got one this year. And we’re excited about it.
2012 WR450F features fuel-injection.
Starting with the chassis, the new WR has what Yamaha calls a “YZ250F-inspired” bilateral beam frame, and uses the same KYB SSS air/oil separate 48mm cartridge-type fork and KYB shock as the 2012 YZ250F. It also has a new headlight and all-new, slimmer YZ-style bodywork.
Fuel tank holds 2.1 gallons.
But the big news is that the WR450F is now fuel-injected, so now you can ride to the top of the mountain and back down without having to re-jet the carburetor or make adjustments.
The new WR450F uses a YZ250F-inspired chassis.
Power is delivered to the 18-inch rear wheel via a five-speed transmission.
It also features an enduro meter, tool-less airbox access, ProTaper handlebars, electric start, wave-type brake rotors, on-the-fly clutch adjuster and ultra-wide footpegs.
The WR450F is scheduled to be released in March, 2012, with a $8090, which is more than $400 more than the previous WR450F.
The WR250F is back, as well, but doesn’t take on the same new features as the new 450, but it still features many of the same components as its bigger brother.
The 2012 WR250F is virtually unchanged.
The WR250F carries a MSRP of $6890.
Both bikes are California green-sticker legal.
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First Nintendo Direct of 2022 set for this week
The first Nintendo Direct broadcast of 2022 will kick off later this week on February 9th/10th, depending on where you are in the world. For Aussies its a nice early Thursday morning.
The Direct will feature roughly 40 minutes of games launching in the first half of 2022.
With Pokémon Arceus Legends now released and Kirby and the Forgotten Land the only games dated for 2022, we need a ton of release dates.
Last February, we got a Nintendo Direct, and Splatoon 3 was revealed. Skyward Sword, Mario Golf Super Rush and Triangle Strategy were also announced. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and Star Wars Hunters were also announced, but we’re still waiting for them.
Here’s when the Nintendo Direct will broadcast in Australia and New Zealand;
- Perth, Australia Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 6:00 am AWST
- Adelaide, Australia Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 8:30 am ACDT
- Darwin, Australia Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 7:30 am ACST
- Brisbane, Australia Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 8:00 am AEST
- Sydney, Australia Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 9:00 am AEDT
- Melbourne, Australia Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 9:00 am AEDT
- Auckland, New Zealand Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 11:00 am NZDT
- Los Angeles, USA Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 2:00 pm PST
- Tokyo, Japan Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 7:00 am JST
- Central European Time, CET Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 11:00 pm CET
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Bohemian Hippy creative director, Lynn Jolly
“Veganpreneur” Lynn Jolly has launched the an independent and fully inclusive networking site for the vegan community, which will reinvest profits in supporting ethical projects in Scotland.
Bohemian Hippy provides a shop for vegan and animal rights branded merchandise and a platform for people to network, communicate, find friends and love; Lynn’s aim is to create an online home that people can be proud of.
It will also give an olive branch to vegetarians and non-vegans who would like to know more about the vegan lifestyle.
Lynn Jolly, Bohemian Hippy’s creative director, was born in Glasgow but brought up in Cheshire. She’s been a proud Scottish inhabitant for the past 28 years, campaigning for animal rights with movements such as Earthlings Experience Scotland and Animal Aid.
“Bohemian Hippy was formed to try to make the vegan lifestyle easier for vegans and also easier for people wishing to transition to veganism,” she said.
“It is important that people looking for people to connect with can do so with ease and feel part of a family where they can ask questions, arrange meet-ups, find love and friends with like-minded people who share their own values about peace, love, and compassion to all beings.“
The website - which has experienced thousands of hits from around the globe since its soft launch in November - already has its sights on expanding its services onto the European stage.
It will use profits to invest in campaign work and promoting the benefits of the vegan lifestyle.
Lynn now hopes her new website and her decades of experience will pave the way for a truly connected vegan community online.
“Bohemian Hippy is a website for vegans and activists and people interested in animal rights & veganism. To start with we will focus our efforts in the UK, but we hope to expand to Europe and internationally as we grow more popular.
“It is also a place for animal rights and vegan charities, groups, and businesses to promote themselves in any way they so desire.
“We serve people who are looking for love, friends, travel companions, gig buddies, resources, advice, support and also for people looking for merchandise to promote the animal rights and vegan message. This will include vegan athletes and bodybuilders who want to carry that message into the gym and other areas of fitness.
In a move which is a first for this community, the website will also provide a UK based directory of all things vegan.
From food and catering, clothing and footwear to Vegan B&B’s, tattoo artists, yoga teachers and online shops, Bohemian Hippy has it all covered.
The interactive platform will allow businesses to add their own details and raise their profile in front of the eyes of its members, and encourages people who have had positive experiences on and in vegan outlets to shout about it.
Lynn, who has spent the last year campaigning on a variety of vegan led campaigns, has now pledged to use profits from her new company to invest in worthwhile projects.
“We will also use monies already made to help fund a vegan animal sanctuary in central Scotland which a GoFundMe campaign has already been set up for.
“I genuinely feel there is a need for Bohemian Hippy because currently there really isn’t any UK based website out there serving all the areas that we will.
“There is also a huge need for a fully vegan animal sanctuary in central Scotland, a place animals can go to when they have been rescued from abuse and slaughter or when they’ve been found in vulnerable situations.
“This, in turn, will be a place that children, young people, and adults may visit and experience the true love and affection these beautiful animals have to offer, therefore learning that the only difference between these animals and the cats and dogs so many share their homes with, is indeed only human perception.“
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Is Facebook suppressing views of free posts?
I recently tried a little experiment. I paid Facebook $7 to promote my column to my friends using the company’s sponsored advertising tool.
To my surprise, I saw a 1,000 percent increase in the interaction on a link I posted, which had 130 likes and 30 reshares in just a few hours. It seems as if Facebook is not only promoting my links on news feeds when I pay for them, but also possibly suppressing the ones I do not pay for.
“Disruptions: As User Interaction on Facebook Drops, Sharing Comes at a Cost,” by Nick Bilton, New York Times.


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Google missed a small bug in its latest update to Google Photos, the latter of which disables the groundbreaking “magic eraser” option for GAFA phones.
Google launched a new generation of its phones in early fall, Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. Although both phones are huge strengths first and foremost, they still excel in one area: photography. The real strength of Google since it acquired HTC and released its first Pixel, this year again, the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro’s cameras are simply stunning. In addition to the undeniable optical properties, the Menlo Park phones have one feature that the whole world would envy: the magic eraser.
It is she who at the moment was reserved for paid and complex photo editing programs, such as Photoshop, suddenly appeared on Google phones. So they can remove unwanted elements from the photo, like passers-by for example. An amazing feature that has attracted more than one client. It has also been widely used by Google in its communications, as the discreet functionality of this new phone, which is able to combine its photometric properties with software size intelligence.
Disappearance should not continue
But after a good month of completely normal operation since the phone was launched, it appears that the magic eraser has suddenly left Google phones. In fact, testimonials from clients who no longer have the job have doubled in recent days. While Google for its part has confirmed that it knows where the problem came from, a corrective update is slow to appear, and customers of the most popular search engines are running out of patience.
As per the clarifications provided by the Menlo Park teams, it would be update 5.67 from Google Photos that would have affected the phone’s choice and would have made it unavailable. If you haven’t done the latter yet, it’s a good idea to wait a little longer for Google to fix the problem before running it on your phone. For its part, Google wanted to be reassuring to its customers, while ensuring that a new update arrives very soon.
If the issue should be resolved, it also appears to be affecting only a small portion of Google’s customer base. In fact, the number of testimonials from people who fell victim to this update is not much, and according to the Android Center, the concern does not ultimately affect many people. However, the sector media specialist let humor into the situation, stating in his article that “Google erases the Pixel 6’s magic eraser”.
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MIR3 to Donate Seven Weeks of Notification Net Proceeds To Japan Relief Efforts
More than 650,000 Important Customer Messages to Contribute to Donation
SAN DIEGO (March 29, 2011)―MIR3, Inc., the innovator of real-time Intelligent Notification™ and response technology, announced today that to support earthquake and tsunami efforts it will donate the net proceeds from all customer messages delivered to Japan from March 11 to April 29. The company deliberately chose a seven-week period because the number seven is culturally significant and is a symbol of good luck in Japan. Net proceeds collected will go to The American Red Cross, which is currently providing humanitarian aid to disaster victims in the form of food and supplies, medical and emotional support, and much more.
On March 11, MIR3 customers delivered more than 650,000 real-time, important messages worldwide in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, which will contribute to the company’s seven-week commitment. Customers in industries spanning insurance, consumer packaged goods, oil and gas, finance, medical and health services, IT, and transportation are using MIR3 notification technology to immediately reach, and also receive responses from, employees, customers and partners. In fact, March 11 marked one of the highest daily usages of the MIR3 platform in the last three years.
The company helped its customers deliver important messages to multiple communication devices during and after the disasters, including delivering:
- 346,000 emails
- 167,000 mobile, landline and TTY phone calls
- 137,000 SMS (text) messages
- 2,200 one- and two-way pager messages
- 1,100 faxes
- 291 BlackBerry PIN-to-PIN messages
MIR3 offers a two-way messaging platform that allows users, during urgent and non-urgent situations, to send notifications and receive responses over a wide range of devices including mobile phones, landlines, pagers, email, fax, Blackberry PIN-to-PIN and SMS. During last week’s catastrophe, MIR3 customers were able to use notifications to communicate about employee safety and business operations. Using MIR3 technology, message recipients were also able to respond—communicating they were safe, that they needed assistance, or about general, urgent business continuity issues.
“We’re saddened that this tragic event occurred, but thankful that our technology helped businesses communicate during this very difficult time.” stated Amir Moussavian, president and CEO, MIR3. “We know that our technology is used in all sorts of ways, but the thought that it may have helped ease the suffering of the people of Japan in some way is humbling.”
In the past three years, MIR3 has helped customers deliver more than 100 million important messages worldwide. The company’s solutions are used for business continuity and disaster recovery, emergency notification, IT alerting and critical business operations.
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For press inquiries, contact Audrey Sahl at 212-219-0321.
MIR3, Inc. is the leading developer of Intelligent Notification™ and response software, which helps organizations enhance communication abilities, protect assets, and increase operational efficiency. MIR3 technology enables advanced rapid, two-way mass communication for IT, business continuity, and enterprise operations for many of the Global FORTUNE 100 companies, as well as government entities, universities, and companies of all sizes in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit onsolve.com. Follow us on Twitter: @MIR3_Inc.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – When Facebook updates its storage hardware, the design goal is always “more.” That’s the case with Bryce Canyon, the new storage unit unveiled today at the 2017 Open Compute Summit.
With Bryce Canyon, Facebook has boosted the power and capacity of its storage unit, reworking the chassis to pack in 72 hard disk drives, 12 more than its predecessor Honey Badger unit.
Instead of Honey Badger’s design using four 1U trays of disks laid flat, the Bryce Canyon chassis resembles a tub, with hard drives inserted vertically into a 4U chassis. This allows Facebook to increase the density of its storage units, packing more data into each rack. That additional capacity, multiplied across racks and rows and data halls, helps the company get more mileage out of its vast data center infrastructure.
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McDONALD’S has been accused of “cultural appropriation” over its Jerk Chicken Sandwich.
But snowflake critics blasted the firm for cashing in on a “minority culture”.
One ranted on social media: “The more I think about it, the more I’m bothered by the McDonald’s ‘jerk chicken’ attempt. They don’t care to respect the culture.”
Another said: “Disrespect to the fullest. McDonald’s slapped a dead sauce on top of a crispy chicken and called it Jerk Chicken Sandwich — unreal.”
The new £4.39 sandwich has two strips of chicken in a crispy coating topped with spicy jerk sauce, bacon, pepper jack cheese, onion and lettuce.
The sauce is tomato paste, habanero chilli puree, spices, garlic, ginger and basil, according to the chain’s website.
The ingredients in a real Caribbean jerk marinade are allspice — a dried unripe berry of the South American native plant Pimenta dioica — and Scotch bonnet chilli peppers.
An angry social media user said: “How is this jerk? Cultural appropriation yet again.”
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A McDonald’s spokesman said: “Our Jerk Chicken Sandwich uses jerk seasoning in its spicy sauce.
"We make it clear that the sauce is the jerk component of the sandwich.”
It comes after TV chef Jamie Oliver faced claims of “appropriation” over his Punchy Jerk Rice product, which MP Dawn Butler called “not OK”.
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FLOODS TO SLASH GROWTH
MANILA, AUGUST 11, 2012 (MALAYA) Written by ANGELA CELIS and IRMA ISIP - Economists yesterday said that the recent floods will drag down growth for the third quarter in contrast to government officials’ claim that the impact will be minimal.
It will be “ Ondoy-like” according to UP economist Benjamin Diokno who said that while it is still too early to make an assessment of the damages caused by the strong rains this week, it is likely to be “massive.”
“While the loss of life was much less compared to Ondoy, the impact on the economy would be Ondoy-like,” Diokno said.
Cid Terosa, University of Asia and the Pacific economist said growth will be reduced by at least 0.1 percent due to damage to agriculture crops and work stoppage,” Terosa said.
He added that the calamity will exert upward pressure on inflation since it will raise food prices.
“With the increase in gasoline and petroleum prices, inflation this month could be higher than last month by 0.2 to 0.5 percent,” Terosa said.
Meantime Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said that the floods will have minimal impact on the exports sector.
The agency assured most of the country’s economic zones, save for Cavite in Rosario town, were not affected by the floods as they were located in flood-free zones especially those in Laguna and Batangas.
The Cavite ecozone, however, was flooded.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala also said impact on rice production will be limited since planting has just begun.
Lilia de Lima, director-general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, said no shipments were hampered.
The ecozones’ output account for about 80 percent of the country’s total exports.
Domingo said prices of goods have remained generally stable and within the suggested retail price and the supply of goods is adequate amidst the implementation of price control in areas under the state of calamity.
Diokno said that the areas that were hit by monsoon rains which eventually led to damaging floods account for about two-thirds of economic output.
The National Capital Region was one of the areas which suffered from the disaster, along with nearby provinces in Luzon.
“The loss in personal wealth is likely to be high, which could affect personal consumption,” Diokno said.
The former budget secretary added that recovery in the agriculture sector may be “protracted”, and the damages to existing public infrastructure may reduce net capital formation.
In a text message, Emmanuel Esguerra, Deputy Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), said that the agency is still in the process of obtaining information about the extent of damage brought by the recent floods.
“At the very least, the disruption in the supply of certain commodities will certainly have an effect on prices. By how much, we still have to assess as we get the information, Esguerra said.
The Aquino administration has a growth target of 5 to 6 percent this year.
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LANSING – Across the United States, people have been reporting receiving unsolicited packages containing seeds from China in the mail. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is warning residents who receive these packages not to open or plant the seeds.
The seeds are usually sent in white packages displaying Chinese lettering and the words “China Post,” according to a news release from MDARD. Most recipients say they did not order anything, and that the packaging was labeled as jewelry. Some recipients have reported ordering seeds on Amazon and receiving these seeds.


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The NPD Group has released the highly anticipated December 2017 and year in full 2017 reports, which show the growth of software and hardware video games sales in the US.
These reports combine a number of digital sales sources with physical sales to give an accurate representation of how the market is performing. In the UK there is an impression that sales are falling due to only physical sales being recorded, while the NPD Group is able to report an 11 percent year-on-year rise, excluding mobile app store sales.
In December 2017 the total spending for hardware, accessories, and video games rose by 10 percent to a total of $3.3 billion. Over the entire year of 2017 that rise is increased to 11 percent to a total of $14.6 billion across all sectors. Games sales specifically were up by 1 percent at $1.3 billion in December 2017, while over the entire year they were up by 4 percent at $6.7 billion. The total number of packaged video games physically sold at retailers rose to 314 in 2017 from 271 in 2016, a 16 percent increase.
The racing game genre saw the most growth over 2017 with a rise of 68 percent year-on-year, but the shooter genre is where the most revenue was generated over the course of the year. This is an accurate reflection of what the sales charts have been showing , with Star Wars: Battlefront 2 and Call of Duty: WW2 sitting at or around the top three since release.
The hardware market has seen growth of 28 percent year-on-year, thanks mostly to the launch of the Nintendo Switch despite the stock shortages experienced throughout 2017. Console software saw a rise of 6 percent, and accessories a rise of 2 percent over the same period. However, sales from Steam have dropped by 20 percent year-on-year, bringing a bittersweet note to this data.
The NPD Group stated that the sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are now at record setting pace in terms of sales. Over the first 50 months both consoles have been on sale the combined install base is larger than that of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by 18 percent, and larger than that of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox by 4 percent. Meanwhile Nintendo announced today that the Nintendo Switch has become the fastest selling console in US history selling 1.5 million units in December 2017, and a total of 4.8 million units in the US alone.
Accessories had a flat month in December 2017 with sales of $735 million. Over the full year however, accessories have grown by 2 percent at $3.2 billion, with Sony’s Dualshock 4 beng the most popular product.
The top ten best selling games of 2017 are as follows;
1. Call of Duty: WWII
2. NBA 2K18
3. Destiny 2 (PC digital sales not included)
4. Madden NFL 18
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (digital sales not included)
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
8. Star Wars: Battlefront II (PC digital sales not included)
9. Super Mario Odyssey (digital sales not included)
10. Mario Kart 8 (digital sales not included)


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The Arab Fashion Council has signed a partnership memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Dubai Health Authority to enable the fashion industry creatives to find ways to combat COVID-19 through an initiative called #thread4cause.
As part of #thread4cause, the Arab Fashion Council has set up an ‘emergency designer network’ of Arab designers and companies to use their skills and production facilities to make PPE (personal protection equipment) for the UAE healthcare network to protect against COVID-19. Contributing members have started producing surgical masks, isolation gowns and hoodies as well as locally made sanitisers at their facilities.
Production of PPE and other essential sanitisation goods is being done in full compliance with the specifications and standards approved or applicable by the Dubai Health Authority.
“The Dubai Health Authority is proud to endorse the Arab Fashion Council’s initiative which highlights the strength of Made-in-UAE and proves how Dubai is taking a leading role and all measures to provide safety to its citizens and residents,” stated the Dubai Health Authority.
“We are in this together, and we will be out of it together. #thread4cause is a very inspiring and heartwarming initiative that demonstrates how the fashion industry goes beyond showcasing a beautiful collection and extends its talent power in supporting the community in times of need. We are very proud and grateful of our Arab Fashion Industry members who are committed to giving back to their community and joining hands in such a creative force,” said Jacob Abrian, founder and CEO, Arab Fashion Council.
#Thread4Cause is a call-to-action initiative open to every Arab company in the fashion industry enabling them to show their love to their community. Companies who wish to enroll can submit their application through the Arab Fashion Council’s website.
Also watch: Arab Fashion Council launches #thread4cause
“Dubai-based designer of Egyptian origin, Marmar Halim, is one of the first Arab brands to adhere to the initiative set by the Arab Fashion Council and showcased a very professional capacity to go beyond creativity in producing Personal Protection Equipment in quality and quantity of millions of surgical masks which proves the potency of the Arab Fashion Industry, thus making the AFC vision in building a creative economy closer to reality and pave the way into local self-satisfaction production within the highest standards,” added Mohammed Aqra, chief strategy officer, Arab Fashion Council.
To ensure the legitimacy of the produced PPE, the Arab Fashion Council enables on its website a tracking system to verify the products using artificial intelligence technology. The system will show a green checkmark after receiving approval on the safety of the products from the Dubai Health Authority.


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Organic specialist Bridges Produce has partnered with a cranberry packer.
Portland, Ore.-based Bridges’ deal with Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Quebec-based Fruit d’Or adds fresh and dried organic cranberries to Bridges’ product roster, according to a Bridges news release.
“We are thrilled to be working with professional growers with such high-quality fruit,” Ben Johnson, Bridges’ president, said in the release.
Bridges will be Fruit d’Or’s exclusive fresh-market partner in the U.S. Bridges is expected to market fresh d’Or cranberries from early October through December.
Bridges will market Fruit d’Or cranberries in bulk, 8-ounce bags and 7.5-ounce clamshells.
In addition to fresh product, Bridges will market Fruit d’Or’s dried organic cranberries, cranberries sweetened with apple juice and mixed berries which are available in 4-ounce bags and 12-ounce tubs year-round.


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Laško, 08 July (STA) - The supervisors of brewery Pivovarna Laško were informed by the management board on Tuesday about ongoing desinvestment in the Laško group and the start of a search for a stretegic investor willing to provide at least EUR 75m in fresh capital.
The capital increase is envisaged in the debt restructuring deal signed with the banks, the company said in a press release.
The Laško group generated EUR 76m in sales revenue in the first five months this year, which is EUR 8m or nearly 10% less than in same period last year. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization reached EUR 14.7m, the supervisors were told.
Laško CEO Dušan Zorko said after last week's AGM that he expects an appropriate investor will be found and that "all the criteria" will be considered in the selection process.
Zorko hopes that the next assembly meeting dealing with this can already be called before the end of the year.
The daily Dnevnik has reported that interest in Pivovarna Laško has been expressed by Turkey's Efes Pilsen, the Israeli brewery group Tempo Beer Industries, the North-American Molson Coors group, the world's second biggest brewer SABMiler, Denmark's Carlsberg, Heineken from the Netherlands, and the Belgian-Brazilian AB InBev.


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LANSING, MI -- Michigan towns are seeing vacant storefronts renovated, job rolls boosted and perpetually diminishing budgets suddenly injected with newfound marijuana money.
More than $42 million tax dollars from Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry are expected to be doled out to 163 counties, cities, villages and townships this week, according to the state Treasurer’s Office.
“This means each eligible municipality and county will receive more than $56,400 for every licensed retail store and microbusiness located within its jurisdiction,” the state Treasury said.
The amount comes from nearly $175 million collected from a 10% excise tax tacked on to all recreational marijuana sales in fiscal year 2021 -- Oct. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021 -- as well as application and licensing fees. The total is almost quadruple the $45.7 collected the year prior. Only about 7% of Michigan’s 1,777 cities, townships and villages have opted to allow recreational marijuana sales.
Bangor Township Supervisor Glenn Rowley said it was “really scary” when his Bay County community of about 14,000 residents became among the first in Michigan to greenlight recreational marijuana sales before the market went live in December 2019.
Bangor Township with 12 recreational marijuana shops in fiscal year 2021 is set to receive $677,000, a 19% boost to the community’s budget, based on 2020 figures. That’s nearly $50 per resident.
“You probably have 30% of the people that are in favor of this, love it, want one on every corner; 30% that say absolutely not, I don’t want this anywhere -- it’s drugs -- and you’ve got that 40% who are just kind of, hey, let’s sit back and see how this works out,” Rowley said. “I’m hoping those 40% are now saying this was a good idea ... I haven’t really seen any negative impact.”
There have been complaints about traffic surrounding some of the more popular operations, but the influx of drug activity and crime that naysayers feared never came to be, Rowley said.
The money in budget-strapped Bangor Township will go to offset costs of road repairs, a $600,000 firetruck purchased last year and the cost of policing, the supervisor said.
Communities and counties that allowed marijuana retail locations will split 30% of the total tax capture, including 15% to local municipalities and 15% to counties, prorated on the number of retail establishments they’ve licensed to operate.
The payouts aren’t just going to large marijuana friendly communities, like Ann Arbor, which is set to receive $1.4 million after licensing 25 retail stores. They’re also impacting many smaller communities that were bold enough to embrace the industry early on.
For instance, the 2,000-resident Village of Kalkaska, where seven retail shops operated in 2021, is slated to receive $395,000, nearly $200 per resident.
“I’ve had conversations with fellow municipalities that were on the fence, and in a lot of them I hear, ‘Hey, I really wish we would have done this,’” Rowley said. “It was a tough decision. We were diving into the unknown, hoping that we made the right, educated decision.
“Looking at the benefits we’re getting from it, I wholeheartedly say we did the right thing.”
In Calhoun County’s Emmett Township, where there were 11 recreational marijuana shops operating in 2021, the community of just under 12,000 residents expects to received $667,000, an amount that Supervisor Debra Belles said will go far to offset ever-increasing public safety costs and restore services that have slowly evaporated over time.
“I’ve toured a handful of them and they’ve taken a lot of our blighted buildings and made them really nice,” Belles said, referencing a Common Citizen dispensary which now operates in a renovated building on a plot of land where an empty Hot ‘n Now fast food restaurant stood vacant for years. “It’s now a beautiful building,” she said.
About $30 million in recreational marijuana excise tax and fee revenues comes off the top to pay for administration costs and mandated clinical trials related to medicinal marijuana use. Local municipalities and county governments receive 15% each of what remains, and 70% is split between statewide school and road funds.
“Aside from the more than $42.2 million in disbursements to municipalities and counties, $49.3 million was sent to the School Aid Fund for K-12 education and another $49.3 million to the Michigan Transportation Fund,” according to the state Treasury Office said.
In recent months, recreational marijuana sales have been on pace to reach $1.5 billion over the next year with more than 400 retail shops in existence.
“It’s rewarding to see that the agency’s balanced regulatory approach is effectively protecting consumers while still allowing Michigan businesses to grow and thrive,” said Marijuana Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo. “The funding provided directly to local governments – and the thousands of jobs created across the state – show that Michigan is leading the way in the cannabis industry.”
More on MLive:
Recreational marijuana tax disbursements from last year
Regulators consider notifying customers if marijuana ever failed testing
Recall reversal allows businesses to sell unsafe weed
Cannabis snacks available in Whitemore lake
Growing pains in Michigan marijuana industry
How Michigan marijuana became $2 billion industry
Marijuana recall blamed for 18 health complaints
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Taxes will affect shipments from foreign stores.
The Ministry of Finance undertook the legalization of the market of postal shipments. This will write a separate bill, which will soon present to the public and the market. And though the final version of the document is under consideration of the Cabinet, the Ministry of Finance has already announced the main points of the bill. To date, the state allows Ukrainians to be ordered abroad goods valued at not more than 150 euros without additional tax payments. The limit around which raged a lot of the scandals did not touch. But officials suggested to limit the amount of such duty free purchases to three per month.
So, for the fourth parcel from Aliexpress and other overseas stores will have to pay tax at 20%. And so that nothing is missed, when the fiscal service will set up a special information system. It will track how many purchases were made or that the recipient. Identification of recipients will be engaged in the customs or postal service. How to collate the data — haven’t decided yet. Checking can make on the passport or identification code as the data of the passport can change. Which option will choose the officials, it will be clear in the final draft law.
The project will also allow once a month to import goods hand Luggage or Luggage without taxation in the amount of 300 euros. But only on the condition that the traveler was outside of Ukraine is not less than a day. Such artisanal and import operations it carries out not more often than once in 5 days. If you do not observe the rule of “24 hours”, comes into force is another restriction: every day can be imported tax-free goods for no more than 50 euros.
Packages slow down
However, at least to inspect the parcel, the customs officers have the right, without limitation, the current number of customs officials is enough to inspection not more than 5% of shipments. And for mail and Express parcels, the percentage is even less, experts say. So, to inspect the parcels is unlikely to be often. However, it is possible that upon receipt of operational information from “well-wishers”, for example, a large batch of smartphones, the parcel will expand. And the speed of delivery of orders may be affected.
“Legally the actions of customs will be the same, that before, after such a bill. Will only change the speed of now each package will have to double check how many times before that imported the recipient and not whether it is passed the allowed limit. This will mean that recipients will have to wait weeks for customs clearance,” — said the President of “Ukr-China Komunikeyshn” Vyacheslav Lysenko.
The Ministry of Finance assure that the to control the number of parcels will not be implemented on the border, so as not to create queues and delays, and the country courier services through a request in GFS. Officials argue that innovation should not affect ordinary citizens, noting that three purchases per month “personal needs” should be enough for all. While the daily import goods without paying VAT and duties are mostly grey importers with the aim of obtaining profits.
According to a study conducted by GfK, the Ukrainians are getting from abroad on average 10-13 packages per year. Average order value is only 1292 UAH. That is, the limit is much higher than the real consumption. And abuse by grey importers every year depriving the Treasury of billions of hryvnia.
Therefore, it is expected that increasing the transparency of import of goods into Ukraine will create positive conditions for the conclusion of a very large number of imported goods out of the shadows that will fill the budget at the expense of customs payments.
The law will outsmart
Lawyers say that leaves open the question of implementation of innovations and exceptions corruption points from the GFS. “During the recent lowering of the threshold of taxation of goods delivered from abroad, as it was believed that it will affect the buyers of expensive products and the small businesses which bring goods in small batches, but it only resulted in the introduction of schemes for the fragmentation of consignments of imported goods dishonest entrepreneurs without payment of required tax payments”, — said the lawyer of law firm “Misechko and Partners” Julia Demidenko.
Experts see potential ways around the legislative initiative of the Ministry of Finance. For example, nothing prevents to specify a different recipient. So as not to exceed the designated limits of a parcel are to different people on different documents.
“Of course, to whom little is 36 duty-free parcels per year, can “connect” to family members, friends and colleagues to use their limits. But in any case, abuse is when you import through the mail will be in much smaller amounts. Eliminate them could only complete abolition of privileges”, — told one of participants of the market.
Besides, to implement this scheme in the case of more or less large shops that deliver goods in the form of “packages”, it will be harder. Although they find ways to circumvent the restrictions. “Many stores are carrying their goods in the “gray”, but it strongly lobbied for this law, that people gave them competition. Although at the moment people act within the law, shops are not” — said Lysenko.
In General, as shown by research of GfK, shopping on the Ukrainian sites with delivery from abroad made up 7% of all online purchases. In fact, it is the marketplace of the Ukrainian venues, when the goods are delivery from European warehouses under the allowance. And the share of such sales is growing rapidly.
in may 2017 the Ukrainian customs no longer pass the parcel with the goods bought in foreign online stores. “New mail” then complained about mass inspections of international shipments. In Gospitalniy service then explained that audits are conducted only at the request of owners or their representatives and customs officers do not pass the counterfeit goods.
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Internet giants Amazon and Google both reported significant revenue increases in the past quarter. Search giant Google revealed in its first public earnings report that revenues more than doubled over the year to US$805.9m and web retail player Amazon.com reported revenues of US$1.4bn. However, a less than bullish outlook has resulted in Amazon’s stock falling 8pc since last night.
Google, which only floated in recent months, revealed its first public financial results last night. Revenue jumped 105pc to US$805.9m from US$393.9m a year earlier. Google said before the debut of its stock that it would not issue financial forecasts, and it said so again last night.
Google and rival Yahoo each get a significant portion of their revenue from web search advertisements, a lucrative market that has been quickly adopted by people looking to sell goods or find business leads online. The company employs some 150 people in Dublin selling the concept to Europe.
Meanwhile, web retail player Amazon.com reported that revenue rose to US$1.46bn from US$1.13bn, driven by a 52pc increase in international sales and strong growth in its electronics and other merchandise segment.
The company’s quarterly profit met the average analyst forecast but its outlook for 2005 implied a forecast for a drop in sales growth from near 30pc in 2004 to a range of between 6pc and 22pc in 2005, prompting its stock to decline 8pc in overnight trading.
In recent months, siliconrepublic.com reported that Ireland is competing against Luxembourg for a lucrative 250-job project in which Amazon is planning to locate its European business operations. Amazon has been looking at opportunities to establish a customer support and technical centre in either Dublin or Cork or both and has been weighing up a number of options in terms of data centres and office facilities.
However, Dublin boasts the main concentration of internet data centres in Ireland. Siliconrepublic.com learned that at least five internet data centre providers in Dublin have been asked to furnish the internet giant with written proposals.
According to sources, Amazon is in two minds about its overall decision, which will be weighted by matters of Vat and technical excellence.
Luxembourg has the lowest Vat rate in the European Union at 11pc, and choosing that country would mean that because EU Vat on online sales applies to the source of the product Amazon would be able to sell books, CDs and DVDs at lower rates.
However, because of Ireland’s perceived technology prowess and the fact that Dublin has one of the largest concentrations of data centres in Europe, Amazon.com would be basing its decision on technical excellence and security of online purchases.
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Hackers used malware to access credit and debit card information from Chipotle Mexican Grill customers in Northeast Ohio and across the country in March and April, the company said Friday on its website.
The company advised customers that the breach occurred between March 24 and April 18.
It said it has been working with leading cyber security firms, law enforcement and the payment card networks to determine the scope of the data breach.
Chipotle said the malware searched for track data (which sometimes has cardholder name in addition to card number, expiration date, and internal verification code) accessed from the magnetic stripe of payment cards.
The company advised customers to check their payment card statements for any unauthorized activity and immediately report any suspicious charges to the card issuer.
Chipotle said the malware has been removed and that it reported the incident April 25.
Further information is available at www.chipotle.com/security or by calling 888-738-0534


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KION Battery Systems (KBS), the joint venture between industrial truck maker KION Group and battery manufacturer BMZ Holding, has started production of lithium-ion batteries in Germany.
KBS will initially make 48-volt and 80-volt batteries for counterbalanced trucks with 24-volt batteries for smaller warehouse equipment to be added later.
Launched last year, KBS established a production facility in Karlstein am Main, the headquarters of the BMZ group of companies, to make batteries for the EMEA region.
The 4,000 square meter production hall will produce more than 12,000 batteries of the KION Group brands annually on two new production lines. There is also administration, research and storage areas.
Since production launched, KBS is focusing on expanding capacity and developing new battery systems.
KION already offers customers all drive technologies, from combustion engines to lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries to fuel cells.
A KBS statement read: “The lithium-ion battery has a very special advantage in electromobility. In contrast to the classic lead-acid battery, it does not have to be changed due to the short charging times and interim charging options.
“In addition, the development of the lithium-ion battery has made enormous progress in recent years. It is already an interesting, economical alternative in all areas of application of forklifts, especially in intensive shift work – even in heavy equipment for transporting large loads.”
Both companies each hold 50% of the JV with equal rights.


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Matt Prior: Has Alpine peaked already?
A110: first of many new Alpines? It remains to be seen
Our man asks if departing executives highlight problems at Alpine; plus, he questions if electric car demand is about to take off
Could it be, we wondered, the start of something big?
When Alpine launched the A110 last year, they talked of bespoke retailers and making “the lightest cars in whatever class we’re in”. It all seemed a lot of trouble to go to if Alpine was only going to create a single model.
Sure, a convertible and a faster version of the A110 were, and surely remain, in Alpine’s plan too. But beyond that, was this just the first launch of many? Could Alpine be for Renault what Mini is to BMW?
Hmm. This week, Alpine boss Michael van der Sande is leaving, to replace John Edwards at Jaguar Land Rover’s SVO division. Meanwhile, Alpine chief engineer David Twohig has moved to electric car start-up Byton.
Maybe that’s simply because they’re so in demand – what with having created a brilliant new car – that they had offers they couldn’t refuse. I just hope it’s not because there’s too little in Alpine’s plans to keep them there.
The E1’s tech and construction have been surpassed by the i3, although not by as much as you’d think, but what struck me is how long those electric seeds have taken to sprout. Even if a decent charging infrastructure was available, it’s still far from clear to me that people want electric cars in vast quantities.
The most exciting new products come about when people make something we never knew we wanted – digital cameras, the compact disc, the microwave – and we soon wonder how we managed without them. They offer something tangible we’ve never had. Poor air quality and climate change will keep pushing electric cars but, if we’d really wanted them, wouldn’t we all have them already?
We were shocked to learn that friend and colleague Henry Hope-Frost had been killed in a traffic accident on his motorbike earlier this month. Formerly a writer at Autosport, latterly a permanent fixture on Goodwood’s commentary team, Henry was brilliant company and called his motorsport addiction an “incurable and debilitating fever”. His love of the sport – his love of life – was infectious.
Henry, 47, leaves a wife and three young sons, whose loss must be incalculable. He was wonderful, encyclopaedic, kind, curious, enthusiastic, hilarious. A mutual friend said to me the other day: “I used to hear Henry on the phone to his children, and think: ‘That’s how I want to talk to my kids.’”
Many of us will know others besides Henry who have perished on two wheels, or who have been more fortunate but still pretty unfortunate. Even Henry had ‘a massive shunt’ (as he’d put it) on his bike two decades ago.
As a result, another mutual friend has decided to give up riding and I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t considered the same. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll ride less. Certainly, I’ve promised to ride more carefully than ever. Every time I do, I’ll remember one of the most brilliant people I’ve ever known.
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E-gads! If you actually bought all the new technology touted for small business today, you'd go broke before you had it all out of the box. Our advice: Keep one hand firmly clasped on your wallet and clip out this nonshopping list of products to avoid.
Voice Technology: Yes, we'll dictate letters to our PCs. But don't throw out your keyboard, says Aberdeen Group's Dave Hofferberth. When it comes to spreadsheets and other formatted tasks, it will always be simpler to type in your data.
Wireless LANs: Pitched as a simple way to create a Local Area Network, they're too slow for most small companies. You'll need more bandwith as you grow, says Yankee Group's Michael Lauricella, and that means staying wired.
Voice via DSL: Predictions of 10 lines over a pair of copper wires sound good, but they're just that--predictions, Lauricella says. As a practical matter, DSL providers aren't ready to completely replace your phone company.
Video telephony: The picture phone was the future at the 1965 World's Fair. It will still be the future in 2009, sniffs Kneko Burney, a small business technology analyst at Cahner's InStat Group.
Two-way satellite links: Predictions that orbital systems will soon sweep away land-based Web access aren't well-grounded. Don't expect two-way high-speed links till the new decade's end, says Jupiter Communications' Joe Laszlo.


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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday invalidated parts of Maine's law barring Internet tobacco sales to minors.
In a unanimous decision, the court said Maine cannot impose a regulatory scheme on transportation companies delivering tobacco products directly to consumers. The justices said federal transportation law blocks the states from doing so.
The ruling could provide the impetus for the transportation industry to get out from under state laws regulating cigarette deliveries in the Internet age.
"Despite the importance of the public health objective, we cannot agree" with Maine's approach, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote.
Breyer wrote that federal law "says nothing about a public health exception" enabling state regulation.
Federal law bars states from regulating prices, routes or services of shipping companies.
Because of Maine's regulation, companies will have to offer tobacco delivery services "that differ significantly" from what the market might dictate, Breyer wrote.
Thirty-one states besides Maine have cigarette delivery laws targeting the problem of underage smokers.
Maine's law requires delivery companies to intercept packages from unlicensed tobacco sellers and to verify the age of buyers, hitting delivery companies with huge additional costs, the industry says.
Maine passed the law to ensure state tax collections and to keep cigarettes out of the hands of youths under the age of 18.
The state of Maine argued that federal law does not pre-empt state regulation for public health and safety. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston disagreed, rejecting Maine's argument that the federal law trumps state law only when it comes to traditional economic regulation of carriers.
The Bush administration sided with the delivery companies, declaring that when Congress deregulated the transportation industry, it determined that states should not step in to fill the void.
Congress deregulated truckers to put them on the same competitive footing with the deregulated airline industry.
The delivery companies are fighting Maine's law at the same time the industry's biggest players have stopped shipping cigarettes directly to consumers from illegal Internet sellers. The largest companies agreed to do so in the face of an aggressive campaign by the state of New York.
The ruling against Maine's law could enable the industry to argue that similar laws in other states are invalid. The decision could clear the way for companies to challenge the New York law and the agreements.
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COVID rules, getting members to wear masks challenge fitness centers
DENTON — Gyms and fitness centers are combating the coronavirus with different strategies, with some taking a more proactive approach while others are challenged to get members to abide by mask and social distancing rules.
Because gyms are deemed high-risk locations by the Maryland Department of Health, Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive orders on COVID limit fitness centers to 50% capacity and requires mask-wearing at all times unless there is a health risk to the wearer.
Enforcing those rules underscores the difficulties of managing a gym during a pandemic — members come to shake loose and work out, and slapping rules and restrictions on them in the one place patrons want to feel healthy and clean has become increasingly conflictive.
Hearthstone Health + Fitness in Easton, for example, touts itself as one of the cleanest and safest fitness centers on the Eastern Shore during the pandemic, with six-foot cleaning between equipment, employees dedicated to cleaning the facility and mask enforcement.
“We went overboard on allowing people to be very socially distanced and physically distant,” said owner Martha Tuthill. “We purchased sanitizer that’s literally between every two pieces of equipment. You can’t go six feet without bumping into a bottle of hand-sanitizer.”
Other fitness centers find they are frequently having to remind members of mask and social distancing rules.
An anonymous complaint was filed to MDH about the Caroline County Family YMCA in Denton in November, said Jennifer Gill, the vice president for the YMCA of Chesapeake.
“The (Caroline County) Health Department did a visit and found that we were meeting all protocols,” she said. “We are absolutely committed to making sure people are following protocol. Not only to keep our staff safe, but as a not-for-profit organization, we need to be open and meeting protocol and keeping people safe is the only way to do that.”
Like with other fitness centers across the Shore and country, mask-wearing has been a challenge to enforce at the YMCA’s 11…


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New York City Shoppers, enticed by heavy discounts and armed with rebate checks, spent more freely in June, helping to lift many retailers' sales, according to the Associated Press.
As the nation's retailers reported June sales figures on Thursday, discounters and wholesale club operators including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. reported better-than-expected figures as consumers limited purchases mainly to groceries and other necessities.
The reports showed that some rebate money made its way to apparel stores such as Children's Place Retail Stores Inc., although generally sales at mall-based apparel stores, including Limited Brands Inc., Gap Inc., and Wet Seal Inc., remained sluggish.
Wal-Mart reported a robust 5.8% gain in same-store sales, saying economic stimulus checks helped lift overall customer traffic. The results exclude fuel sales. Wal-Mart noted strong gains in grocery, entertainment and health-and-wellness items and added that warmer weather helped sales in such categories as apparel and toys.
Target Corp. reported a 0.4% gain in same-store sales, while Costco reported a strong 9% gain in same-store sales.
BJ's said its June same-store sales soared 14.5% as sales of both merchandise and gasoline rose sharply.
Some clothing chains appeared to get some relief from the rebate money. Women's apparel retailer Cato Corp. said same-store sales rose 4% in June.
Children's Place Retail Stores said same-stores sales rose 16% in June. However, Limited posted a 9% decline in same-store sales.
Gap reported a 7% decline in same-store sales, while Wet Seal had a 2.9% decrease in same-store sales.


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Moline-based Deere & Co. saw green in its fiscal first quarter, but still failed to meet Wall Street expectations.
Deere earnings fall short
The heavy-equipment maker said Tuesday its net income was $56.4 million, or 24 cents per diluted share, up 50% from the year-earlier period. Worldwide sales were $2.68 billion, up from $2.34 billion a year ago. Deere credits new-product introductions for the growth, but says the agricultural, construction and commercial and consumer equipment markets are facing downturns.
Analysts had expected earnings per diluted share of 27 cents, according to First Call/Thomson Financial.
In a statement, Chairman and CEO Robert W. Lane said, "Despite market conditions that are proving to be both challenging and highly competitive, we're confident the company remains on track for achieving improved results this year."
The company expects 10% and 9% revenue increases in its fiscal second quarter and full-year 2001, respectively.
Shares of Deere stock were trading at $41.92 late Tuesday, up from their $41.25 opening but below a 52-week high of $49.63.


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Mumbai: India’s largest textile maker Alok Industries expects its cotton consumption to rise more than 10% in the current fiscal year, faster than the economy, even though polyester will drive most of its growth, the firm’s finance head said.
“We are betting on polyester to drive our growth in future as cotton, being a natural commodity, is difficult to produce in the requisite number,” chief financial officer Sunil Khandelwal told Reuters in an interview.
The company, which has nearly 2% of the fragmented $75 billion domestic textile market, consumes around 100,000 tonnes of cotton a year to produce nearly 80,000 tonnes of yarn.
It plans to expand polyester manufacturing capacity to 1,400 tonnes per day by December 2011 from 550 tonnes per day now, making it second to Reliance Industries in the sector, a report by rating agency CRISIL showed.
As a result, its polyester sales should jump to 45% of total revenues in the current fiscal year to March 2012 from around 32% in the previous fiscal year, when total revenues were Rs6,388 crore ($1.39 billion).
Polyester will have cost advantages over cotton in the next few years as India will not have a surplus of the natural fibre and imports will certainly add to manufacturing costs, he said.
Alok Industries is targeting an overall sales growth of 35% in this fiscal year.
“There are no signs of a slowdown ... Our order book is full for the next two to three months. Orders are coming everyday,” Khandelwal said.
India’s Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) has revised in October its forecast for stocks at the start of the next season to 5.25 million bales from 2.75 million bales, on slower consumption by mills and higher output.
“I think cotton output in the next season could touch 34 million bales on higher acreage and better irrigation facilities,” Khandelwal said.
That compares with average expectations of 35.7 million bales in a Reuters poll of eight traders this month, and above the lowest 33 million bales estimate.
India, the world’s second-largest producer and exporter of cotton, had output of about 32.5 million bales in the year to 30 September 2010. It sells to China, the world’s biggest importer, and other Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam.
India’s cotton exports have grown 11% on a compound annual basis in the last 25 years in value terms to reach $25 billion in the 2010-11 fiscal year.
In 2010-11, India supplied about 1.08 million tonnes to global demand which is about 7.7 million tonnes, US Department of Agriculture data showed.
The government has kept a tight rein on exports to protect domestic mills but earlier this year it removed restrictions for the season ending in September after requests from traders and farmers who saw supply outstripping demand and prices falling.
But domestic textile makers have opposed the move, saying that it would result in an increase in input costs.
Cotton prices in India hit a record high of Rs61,700 per candy of 356 kg each in March, as drought in China and floods in Pakistan and Australia created a global shortage, pushing prices to records in overseas markets as well.
But a bumper harvest in Latin America improved supplies and prices have since more than halved globally and at home.
As a result, India’s mills have changed strategy and instead of keeping stocks for 6-9 months, they are buying for a much shorter period, Khandelwal said.


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Asus has announced the launch of its latest gaming smartphone, the ROG Phone 7, which is set to hit the markets of India, the US, and Taiwan on April 13. The company has been a prominent player in the gaming smartphone market, and the ROG Phone 7 is expected to take the segment to new heights with its advanced features and capabilities.
The upcoming smartphone is expected to come with a host of upgrades over its predecessor, the ROG Phone 5. The device is rumored to be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 888 SoC, which is a significant upgrade in terms of performance and power efficiency. The phone is also expected to feature a high-refresh-rate display and a larger battery capacity for extended gaming sessions.
Asus has been known for its innovative and futuristic designs, and the ROG Phone 7 is expected to be no exception. The phone is rumored to come with a sleek and stylish design, with an improved cooling system that will help prevent overheating during intense gaming sessions.
The company has been actively teasing the phone’s launch on social media platforms, building up excitement and anticipation among fans and gaming enthusiasts. The simultaneous launch in three major markets signifies the company’s commitment to expanding its global presence and catering to the needs of gamers worldwide.
Asus has a reputation for producing high-quality gaming products, and the ROG Phone 7 is expected to be no exception. With the increasing popularity of mobile gaming, the phone is expected to compete with other gaming-focused smartphones like the Razer Phone, Black Shark, and Red Magic.


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August 15, 2016
The fashion community is embracing one of Pantone's 2016 colors—the soft pink called rose quartz—and carrying the trend into 2017. Referred to as Tumblr pink in the industry, the soft shade has been adopted by marketers for Calvin Klein, Acne, and popular beauty brand Glossier. Style setters tell Fashionista that the colors appeal right now is connected with its gender neutrality—unlike hot pink, it's a pink that men can embrace. Also known as salmon or blush, this softer, gentler shade is part of a bigger trend called "quietude," that is gaining traction according to international color trend forecaster Mark Woodman: "Lightness, sheerness, layering of these soft grey and off whites—it's a reaction to the endless stress, screaming politicians, and technology...I see a pink even softer and quieter than rose quartz coming up in 2017."
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In 2014 Glasgow will play host to the 20th Commonwealth Games, showcasing 17 sports including Athletics, Cycling, Netball and Rugby, across 11 days ac
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The Karbonn A11+ has surfaced without an official statement in sight, but that hasn’t stopped e-retailers such as Snapdeal and Saholic from stashing it.
Just last week that Karbonn introduced two Android ICS-driven smartphones dubbed Smart A1 Star and A5 Star.
The Karbonn A11+ features a a 4.7-inch capacitive touch panel with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, 1GHz dual core processor, Android 4.0, a 3.2MP rear camera can with an LED flash, a VGA secondary camera, 512MB memory expandable to 32 GB and 512 MB RAM.
Saholic has put the A11+ smartphone on sale at a price of Rs 5,849, while Snapdeal is selling it at a relatively lesser amount of Rs 5,790. White and black are the two hues in which the device has been made available through both e-retailers.


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The meltdown of Silicon Valley tech jobs accelerated Tuesday, as Intel announced 12,000 job cuts worldwide and a plan to dump product lines, despite reporting higher profits.
Intel Corporation (INTC: NASDAQ) reported that first quarter net income rose 2.7 percent to $2.05 billion, and sales climbed 7.2 percent to $13.7 billion. The earnings were 14 percent higher than expected, and the sales were in line with expectations.
But during what was anticipated to be an upbeat earnings call, new President Murthy Renduchintala, brought in from Qualcomm in late November, announced he was presenting a plan to CEO Brian Krzanich to slash employment by 11 percent and give CFO Stacy Smith direct control of manufacturing, sales, and operations.
Krzanich immediately followed up with an email to employees stating, “These are not changes I take lightly. We are saying goodbye to colleagues who have played an important role in Intel’s success.”
Although Intel expects to take about a $1.2 billion restructuring write-off for the layoffs this quarter, the move will save $750 million in expenses this year and generate estimated annual savings of $1.4 billion by the middle of 2017, according to SiliconValley.com.
Breitbart News predicts Intel is restructuring its Client Computing Group to exit stand-alone central processing units (CPUs) for personal computers (PCs) and fully embrace its disruptive 3D XPoint memory technology, which combines huge storage-class memory and a processor into a single device. The compact high-bandwidth package will eliminate the need for standalone dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips.
Intel believes that PCs will all but disappear because 3D XPoint smartphones will pack more than enough computing power and energy efficiency for 90 percent of users’ tasks.
Microsoft (MSFT: NASDAQ) has developed cloud-based “Continuum” so display and input can seamlessly flow across a variety of devices. The coming Windows-based “Phone Computer” may be an existential threat to Apple’s iPhone business and student user loyalty.
Breitbart News has been reporting a string of mass layoffs hitting Silicon Valley technology companies since the first of the year. With growth slowing, big private equity player Morgan Stanley marked down the value of its private equity stakes in tech by 32 percent on Feb. 26.
According to Wall Street analyst Chris Martenson, Silicon Valley is about to suffer a wave of mass layoffs that could be “worse today than back in 2008/9.”
During the Great Recession, laid-off Silicon Valley tech workers could seamlessly transition to other companies that continued to invest heavily in expanding research and development.
But Martenson emphasizes that in the current job market for tech workers, there is “no ready stable of up-and-comers with similar potential to power through a recession.” He believes that the task “those laid-off to find open positions elsewhere will likely be more similar to the 2000 tech bubble burst.”
As a former Silicon Valley worker back then, Martenson remembers being amazed at “how fast [Highway] 101 changed from a crawling bumper-to-bumper experience to an uncrowded freeway. The number of jobs (and thus commuters) that vaporized quickly was astonishing.”


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Zothecula writes: Because battery technology hasn’t developed as quickly as the electronic devices they power, a greater and greater percentage of the volume of these devices is taken up by the batteries needed to keep them running. Now a team of researchers working at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) has created the world’s smallest battery, and although the tiny battery won’t be powering next year’s mobile phones, it has already provided insights into how batteries work and should enable the development of smaller and more efficient batteries in the future.
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German technology provider Wirecard has launched an app allowing European retailers to accept Alipay QR code mobile payments from Chinese tourists. “Retailers will soon be able to download the Scan Alipay iOS app from the app store,” Wirecard says. “An Android version will follow in the course of this year. The app will be taken up predominantly by catering establishments and clothing retailers.” Wirecard began rolling out support for Alipay mobile payments across Europe in December 2015. In June 2016 it was reported that Alipay is in talks to negotiate a 25% stake in Wirecard.
- Apple Pay launches in Norway
- Beijing metro looks to biometrics to speed up payments at turnstiles
- Bankwest wins new customers with NFC payments ring
- Paytm integrates games, TV, sports and news into its mobile wallet app
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Macdonald Hotels reports it is entering a “new era” after securing a new five-year, £299 million banking facility from Lloyds Banking Group.
The company notes in a statement in lieu of accounts being filed with Companies House, operating profits for the year to March 28, 2013, rose eight per cent to £14.9 million (2012: £13.8 million) on group turnover of £138.6 million (2012: £139.5 million).
Macdonald Hotels has booked a £6.1 million overall loss for the year (2012: £1.92 million profit) despite group profits increasing 69 per cent to £3.3 million.
Full-year results were impacted by £4.3 million in exceptional bank charges and asset impairment charges of £5.2 million.
The total group net debt position for the 2013 year has not been given, though the figure given at the 2012 year end was £318.3 million.
Macdonald Hotels notes in the current financial year to March 2014, sales and profits from its hotels division are up five per cent and and seven per cent respectively, driven primarily by a four percentage point growth in occupancy.
Chief executive David Guile said: “Having reported last year an increase in both like for like hotel and resort sales and profit (which excludes residential trading), I have to give credit to our loyal and hard-working staff that I am able to report the same again for the year to 28 March 2013 with a five per cent increase in hotel and resort operating profit to £14.7m from a marginal increase in turnover to £138.6m, the latter reflecting an increase in both commercial and conference sales.
“The result was rate driven by an increase in our average room rate of four per cent combined with cost efficiencies resulting in a higher conversion of our sales to profit.
“Our results have been underpinned by our continued commitment to enhancing the quality of our service to our customers and the quality of our product which have once again been recognised with the award of the AA Hotel Group of the Year 2013/14.”


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Blast Baseball Named the Official Bat Sensor Technology of Major League Baseball
- Blast Motion becomes official bat sensor for Major League Baseball
- Multi-year deal will enable advanced swing analytics
- Blast Motion to be featured at SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game
Blast Motion, an industry innovator focused on advanced sensor-based motion capture, swing analysis, and 360-degree game improvement solutions, today announced a multi-year deal that makes Blast Baseball the Official Bat Sensor Technology of Major League Baseball. As part of this agreement, Blast Baseball technology will be available for organizational developmental use by MLB teams, featured at the 2016 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on July 10 (7pm ET on MLB Network and MLB.com), integrated into select television broadcasts, used by youth athletes at the USA Baseball National Training Complex at Thomas Brooks Park in Cary, NC, and will soon be available for purchase via the official MLB.com/shop.
“We’ve created a seamless user experience that’s portable, affordable, and easy to use,” said Roger Weingarth, Blast Motion President and COO. “We’re excited to be partnering with MLB to advance the game of baseball and bring professional-grade technology to athletes of all skillsets. It’s going to be fun watching technology enable a new generation of athletes.”


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DirectorsTalk Interviews has published a news story about our Liquid Euro pairing.
The piece goes into detail about what the Euro pairing means for ETN and what it’ll mean for our plans to establish ETN ecosystems across the world.
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Otso Cycles has developed a carbon fork that offers more tire clearance than any other gravel fork currently on the market, the company claims.
- Gravel gear from this year’s Dirty Kanza
- FOX AX gravel suspension fork first ride review
- Wolf Tooth Components launches Otso Cycles
The Hiili fork is the first product from Otso’s new component brand Lithic and according to Otso, the Hiili can accommodate up to a 29×2.1in tire.
The Hiili fork measures in at 400mm from the axle to the crown, has 47mm of offset and uses a 15mm thru-axle. It also uses the road direct mount brake standard.
“Drop-bar bikes are getting more capable every day, and riders are taking them to rougher places, so short travel forks are starting to gain acceptance,” said Chris Fisher, head of operations for Otso.
The new fork will ship on the company’s Warakin gravel bike and will also be available for after-market purchase.
In addition to offering the full carbon Hiili fork, prospective Warakin buyers can upgrade to the Lauf Grit for $350 or the Fox AX for $650.
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In an attempt to make their consumer experience a more intimate one, Nike will no longer be selling their shoes through Amazon.
Their Nike-Amazon partnership was brought about in 2017 to help decrease the number of fake sneakers that were being sold to customers through third-party vendors on the site. But just two years later, Nike has made the decision to no longer sell the Nike brand, including shoes and apparel, on the marketplace.
In a statement to Bloomberg Nike said, "As part of Nike's focus on elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships, we have made the decision to complete our current pilot with Amazon Retail. We will continue to invest in strong, distinctive partnerships for Nike with other retailers and platforms to seamlessly serve our consumers globally."
According to Complex, Nike's presence on the marketplace didn't greatly effect the number of counterfeit products and third-party sellers actually received more product reviews than Nike.


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We’ve decided, 2016 Acura RDX is our favorite personal ‘everyday’ driver. Hey, RDX is fun to drive!
Since about halfway through the 2015 calendar year, the Hellcat Challenger and Charger have been sold out and lots of people have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the 2016 model year Hellcat ca
While Ford Motor Company will have a spread of customized vehicles at the 2015 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, the mighty Mustang will surely be the most popular vehicle on display.
The latest recall from Toyota is one of the company’s largest ever. The recall hits the company’s most popular models and many other models as well.
The 2015 Subaru WRX STI had another big win at Pacific Forest Rally in Merritt, B.C. this weekend, winning their third of four Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) events of this season.
Subaru Australia will be getting 300 of the range-topping performance 2016 Forester tS models that are tuned by Subaru Tecnica International (STI) according to Motoring.au.
When the Chrysler Group offered up their first teaser images of vehicles coming to the 2015 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, the American performance world was set ablaze with the prospect of an all-wheel d
For automotive journalists and Acura fans alike, the reinvent of Acura NSX has been an emotional roller coaster of whens and what ifs.
Late last week we brought you information on the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Red Line Series that would make its concept debut at the upcoming 2015 SEMA Show and today, we get a good look at two more of
This week Lexus began to make the company’s top-selling ES 350 sedan in Kentucky. The plant is not new to TMS America, the U.S. corporation that makes Toyotas and Lexus cars and trucks.
LeRoy Dennison read and responded to a recent Torque News story.
Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), the parent company of Subaru automobiles, will free up much-needed production space at their Gunma factory in Japan for the 2017 Subaru WRX/STI.
Subaru has come a long way since they introduced the new Subaru 1000 compact two-door car at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965.
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Brooklyn’s famously filthy canal is getting cleaned up. New construction is coming to the area. And not everyone is happy.
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