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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenactiv Innovations Inc. (OTCQB: OPHID) ("Kenactiv") a manufacturer of sustainable bio-based products and solutions for industry, business and consumers has announced a distribution agreement for its Organic Plant Health (OPH) line of professional grade lawn and garden care products with Monroe Hardware Company, Inc. headquartered in Monroe, NC. The agreement expands distribution of the OPH brand of organic-based and hybrid fertilizers and soil conditioners along the East Coast and coincides with the launch of new branding and packaging for OPH.
"This partnership with OPH and Kenactiv is a great opportunity for Monroe Hardware to bring value to our 2500 independent retailers and help them stay at the forefront of the lawn and garden market," said Keith Driscoll, Director of Purchasing, for Monroe Hardware. "We launched the line at our Spring Dealers' Market, and there was tremendous excitement surrounding OPH. It's a very timely addition to our offerings—retailers tell us consumers are looking for a path to great lawns and gardens, but are increasingly concerned with conventional products and the chemicals they contain. OPH offers proven results with less watering, less chemicals, and a great user experience."
Billy Styles, OPH division president, introduced the line at the Monroe event. "Independent retailers, such as Monroe's customers, are our ideal partners. They really get behind the OPH brand because they live in the communities they serve and know their customers are looking to change the way they grow things. Organic Plant Health products support soil health and provide long-term results and true plant health, without toxic chemicals that impact our communities and the planet."
The Organic Plant Health line offers complete solutions for residential and commercial turf and garden care. Twenty-three products are grouped to target the specific needs of soil, lawns, garden and flower, and tree and shrub health, as well as pest and disease control. They work to restore the natural balance of soil and strengthen plants' ability to access nutrients and hydration for better health and natural resilience to stress such as disease and pests. New packaging focuses on guiding the consumer to the right solution at the right time for their specific need. Detailed product use information supports desired outcomes and increases consumer confidence.
Organic Plant Health products will be available this spring through Monroe Hardware Company Inc. hardware and lawn and garden partners in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.
About Kenactiv Innovations Inc.
In addition to the Organic Plant Health brand, Kenactiv produces natural fiber based products used in packaging, textiles, automotive parts, oil drilling, plastic composites, agriculture and environmental management. By replacing petroleum based products and other, less sustainable, natural products with Kenactiv's line of products derived from kenaf, manufacturers can greatly reduce their carbon footprint, reduce costs and improve the performance of their products.
Kenaf is a rapidly renewable crop with an extremely favorable environmental footprint and applications in a broad range of industries. Kenactiv's innovative processes and technologies activate the tremendous power of kenaf to make many of the products the world relies on better while also reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing, distributing and disposing of them. The Company, headquartered in Scottsdale (AZ), was founded in 2008 in Snow Hill (NC) where it owns and operates a 160,000 square foot manufacturing facility.
About Monroe Hardware Distribution Company
Monroe Hardware has been successful since 1886 by continuing its original business principle of guaranteeing customer satisfaction. William Henry Belk, one of the founders of Monroe Hardware Company, was also the founder of the Belk department store chain that is now the largest group of family and management-owned department stores in the U.S. When he opened his first store in Monroe, NC, in 1888, Belk bought large quantities of goods, sold them at low mark-ups, and guaranteed customer satisfaction. His innovative ideas are still the primary business model at Belk and Monroe Hardware Company. Monroe Hardware serves 2500 hardware and garden center stores in the Southeast.
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Futafut provides digital and financial inclusion tools to underserved retailers and merchants along with medium & large-scale enterprises, delivering an end-to-end digitalized shopping experience.
“People previously not motivated towards online shopping are now using apps and other mechanics to get their daily and frequent needs delivered to their doorsteps. E-commerce and Quick commerce have catalyzed this change in how people buy retail goods,” said Nefer Sehgal, Director Futafut Services.
Working at a cost-effective, customer-focused q-commerce model, Futafut is offering various disruptive value propositions to the market and delivers the desired retail goods in an efficient manner.
“Futafut is going the extra mile to digitalize payments and reduce the use of cash. Futafut will not be offering cash on delivery option and all payments will be made using bank cards, accounts, and regulated wallets along with Asaan Mobile Account,” said Zarrar Sehgal, Co-chairman Pathfinder.
“With cashless transactions, the users need not worry about potential cash loss, theft, and financial crimes posed by cash-based transactions. With online security features like encryption and fraud monitoring, users’ account and personal information are kept safe,” said Arshad Qayyum, CEO Evantagesoft.
Digital payments enable Futafut to offer near real-time settlements for both merchants/retailers as well as riders to assure a rider gets paid the same day for their deliveries, and merchant/retailers are able to rotate their funds multiple times in a month, allowing them to grow and scale their business.
“Futafut marketplace is here to create an all-inclusive value chain, offering value and benefits to each player with an efficient and cost-effective business model that will allow sustainable and scalable growth,” added Imad Chishti, CEO Futafut.

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NEW YORK, March 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- We The People (WTP), the world's only multichannel crowdfunding retail chain and creator support community, today announced that it is bringing its national tour, For Creators, By Creators (FCBC): From Crowdfunding to Global Launching, to New York City. Visit our event page to learn more details on the New York FCBC event and to register to attend.
WTP's mission is to connect U.S. startups, innovators, and the global markets. The FCBC tour is designed to provide networking opportunities for entrepreneurs and to help creators, who successfully crowdfunded a product idea, to launch globally. The FCBC event will be held at Civic Hall on April 25, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
"After tremendously successful events in Boston, St. Louis, and Las Vegas, we are thrilled to be able to bring our FCBC tour to the vibrant New York City creator community," said Jay Kang, CEO of WTP. "Our mission is to help creators bring their ideas to life because we are creators ourselves and we know the thrills and pitfalls of creating and distributing an exciting innovation on international markets."
There is no shortage of events for entrepreneurs in New York City, but FCBC is unlike any other. The event will include more than 100 of the most successful crowdfunded companies, experts and media to meet and mentor new creators seeking advice on funding, manufacturing, retail partnerships, and legal hurdles. Attendees can learn how to use crowdfunding to bring their ideas to scale fast.
In addition, five creators will have the opportunity to pitch their idea to the panel of experts, including a Guest Shark from Shark Tank, and get critiques, advice, or even funding. Finally, the FCBC event will include space to showcase exciting new products from local creators.
The forum will feature a couple of panel discussions, a networking dinner, and featured speakers and moderators including:
- Matt Higgins, Co-founder and CEO of RSE Ventures, a Guest Shark from Shark Tank
- John Fiorentino, Creator and Co-Founder, Gravity Blanket and Moon Pod
- Alice Chun, Co-Founder and CEO of Solight Design, Inc.
- Hanson Grant, Founder and CEO of Think Board
- Jacob Durham, Co-Founder, NOMATIC
- Melvin Poh, The Asian Entrepreneur & Cavendish Ventures
- Jon Richards, Co-Founder, NOMATIC
- Clarissa Redwine, Design and Technology Outreach Lead, Kickstarter
- Salvador Briggman, Published Writer and the Founder of the Popular Blog, CrowdCrux
- Arthur Limpens, Co-Founder, allocacoc
- Suzy Im, Vice President, TribalVision Worldwide
To date, WTP has brought more than 200 brands and more than a thousand products to the public via its brick-and-mortar and online stores, and it is engaging creators who want to take their brand global in two to three months in New York and around the U.S.
For more information about WTP, visit https://wtpstoreusa.com.
ABOUT WE THE PEOPLE
Established in 2016, We The People (WTP) is the world's only multichannel crowdfunding retail chain and community. Founded for creators by creators, Ryan Sim, Joel Liew, Nison Chan, and CEO Jay Kang, WTP has gone from 14 brands to more than 200 brands with multiple product lines, featured in six stores in Singapore, Malaysia and St. Louis, MO. In the U.S., consumers can purchase top crowdfunded products through wtpstoreusa.com.
Providing education, e-commerce, and brick-and-mortar retail space for crowdfunded entrepreneurs, WTP is quickly becoming the hub of innovation in Asia and around the world. With its goal to bring together the global creator community, WTP is expanding internationally to the United States, Australia, Spain, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
- Joshua Milne, PR Specialist, TribalVision, 617-501-1620, [email protected]
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Thousands of Snap Spectacles sit unsold in warehouse
Report suggests Snap's camera glasses aren't selling as well as many thought
Snap's Spectacles seemed a sensation when they launched last year, but a report suggests the company has hundreds of thousands of the camera-loaded smart glasses sitting unsold in a warehouse.
That's according to a report from The Information, which cited a pair of sources close to the company, and follows and contradicts CEO Evan Spiegel saying earlier this month that Snap had sold 150,000 Spectacles.
Spectacles are the first hardware from Snap, the company behind the Snapchat messaging app, and initially sold for $130 via vending machines, with the limited supply leading some keen Snapchat fans to snap them up on eBay for as much as $1,000. They're now available more widely, landing in the UK earlier this year for 130.
The wider availability doesn't appear to have helped shift more Spectacles, with sales slipping to 41,500 in the second quarter, according to Business Insider estimates, down from 64,000 in the first quarter. Those that have shipped may have been sold at a loss: another report claimed the hardware company that Snap bought before releasing Spectacles sold its version of smart glasses for more than $300.
Snap joins fellow tech firms making hardware missteps: Facebook and Amazon both tripped up releasing phones, while Google pulled its own smart glasses from sales, before rereleasing them as a business product.
Snap announced in January it was planning to extend its London office despite the challenges Brexit is raising for the local tech economy.
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11/07/2017: Snap shares fall below initial IPO price for the first time
Snap shares fell below their initial IPO price for the first time yesterday, dipping below the $17 share price.
As reported by Bloomberg, the stock closed down 1.1% at 16.99 on Monday and had slipped to 16.95 earlier in the day. At the time of publishing, the shares were priced at 16.99.
According to the Financial Times, Snap has traded lower as investors are worried about new shares entering the market at the end of July, when restrictions on insiders selling stock are lifted. There will be an additional one billion shares available, although not all are expected to be traded. However, considering only 180 million were sold in Snap's initial IPO, it may dilute the stock.
In its initial public offering back in March, Snap raised $3.4 billion, which propelled the company to a $24 billion valuation. It was the most valuable US tech IPO since Facebook floated its stock in 2012, but certain areas of the market were skeptical about the messaging app's potential for monetisation.
In May, Snap share value dropped by 20% after it reported slow growth in its first quarter, posting an adjusted loss of $188.2 million. Revenue was at $150 million, but net losses hit $2.2 billion.
Snapchat has faced intense competition from companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. These companies have launched Snapchat-esque features, which allow users to take a photo and send it to someone, or display it at the top of the app as a "story".
Commentators in the industry have compared the photo-messaging app to the ailing fortunes of Twitter, which has failed to deliver on investor expectations despite a huge IPO and a thriving user base.
Back in June, other tech companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook experienced losses in their share prices as the whole market took a tumble. US tech stocks fell by 4%, losing a total of $140 billion.
A study at the start of 2017 showed that a third of tech companies that have gone public in the last decade are now trading beneath their initial valuation. Analytics firm Geckoboard conducted the study and its findings suggested that Snap would not retain its value for long.
11/05/2017: Snap share value drops 20% after its first earnings report
Shares in Snap have sunk after it reported slow growth in its first quarter.
There was a 5% increase of users from 158 million in the previous quarter to 166 million in this quarter. This is two million less than expected but a 36% increase year on year. Shares dropped by just over 20% following the news.
Snap experienced an adjusted loss of $188.2 million, which was around $10 million higher than analysts expected it to be. Net loss rose from $104.6 million to $2.2 billion, which is thought to have been because of costs associated with the March IPO. Revenue was at $150 million, which was a 286% rise, but still short of the forecast by $9 million.
The BBC reported that in a conference call Evan Spiegel, co-founder and chief executive, said: "We still have a lot of work to do, but we are excited by the amount of progress we have made in such a short time."
When asked if he feared Snap would be crushed by Facebook, Spiegel replied: "You have to get comfortable with the fact that people are going to copy you if you make great stuff. Just because Yahoo has a search box, it doesn't mean they're Google."
Snap IPOed in March, which raised $3.4 billion and propelled the company to a $24 billion valuation. It was the most valuable US tech IPO since Facebook first floated its stock in 2012.
Despite this, certain areas of the market were skeptical about the ephemeral messaging app's potential for monetisation. Even though revenue had increased by nearly 700% the previous year, the company's net losses also increased to the tune of over $500 million.
Snapchat has faced stiff competition from companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. These companies launched Snapchat-esque features which allow users to take a photo and send it to someone, or display it at the top of the app as a "story".
Commentators have compared the photo-taking app to the ailing fortunes of Twitter which has failed to deliver on investor expectations despite a huge IPO and a thriving user base.
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88SPARES PRESS RELEASE
88Spares strengthens management team and enters into strategic alliance with Melchers Group to build a digital marketplace for machine consumables in the textile industry
Jakarta, October 15, 2019 – 88Spares aims to empower Indonesia and its people by bringing extra efficiency and effectiveness to the textile industry, one of the country’s oldest industries and, but a key driver of the sustainable growth and development of the nation’s future success to grow. The company envisions to be a change catalyst while serving as the digital marketplace supplying machine consumables for textile manufacturers and vendors supplying mainly machine consumables and maintenance services.
The company recently strengthened its management team and entered into a strategic partnership with the Melchers Group to accelerate its business development and bring even better services to its clients.
New management team:
“We believe better transparency and execution simplicity is the key to success for the Indonesian textile industry. We are enabling Indonesian textile producers to source their spare parts in better quality and at cheaper prices by connecting them directly to manufacturers around the world. We are enabling the Indonesian textile industry to become more lean and agile in their production”, says Hitoshi Hiyama, CEO of 88Spares.
Nicolas Helms, Managing Partner of the Melchers Group says, “We are excited to be partnering with 88Spares and supporting their innovative services to achieve a lasting impact in Indonesia and beyond. We believe 88Spares will significantly change the way textile producers in Indonesia source their products – starting with spare parts. 88Spares will become an invaluable part of the Indonesian textile production landscape.”
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The success of a major new Amazon Prime series could spell profit or doom for the studio.
The success of Amazon Prime Video’s new The Lord of the Rings series is going to affect the future of the streaming platform.
Amazon insiders speaking with Insider say that if the series fails it may spell a negative future for the company.
“The reason why it’s going to succeed is because the executives at Amazon need it to succeed. If it doesn’t succeed, there’s going to be a big question from Andy Jassy and the board. If we can’t take this piece of IP and make it successful, why is Amazon Studios even here? It has to succeed. There’s no option,” they said.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is one of the most expensive television shows in history. Amazon purchased the rights to produce it from the estate of Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien for $250 million in November 2017 and subsequently spent more than $1 billion to produce the five-season series.
Why it’s important
The streaming industry is in an awkward position at the moment as it is accruing some of its most impressive numbers ever despite financial issues and fierce competition.
As we previously reported, Americans are spending more time watching streaming content than cable content. Netflix has nearly 221 million subscribers. Disney+ has more than 152 million subscribers. Amazon Prime Video has over 77.3 million subscribers, and HBO Max has at least 76.8 million subscribers.
HBO Max recently celebrated their most successful premiere in history with their new fantasy series The House of the Dragon, a prequel to their critically and financially acclaimed series Game of Thrones.
The success came in the aftermath of the service firing 14% of its staff and canceling several major films like Batgirl and Scoop: Holiday Haunt.
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Streaming services are buckling under the pressure to deliver expensive and eye-catching content. If The Rings of Power does not deliver a sizable audience share, Amazon Prime could be the first major streaming service to be forced to restructure or cease productions on original content.


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Fruit and vegetables may reduce colorectal cancer risk
By Jimmy Downs
Saturday March 23, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A study in International Journal of Cancer suggests that eating lots of antioxidant-rich fruit and vegetables may prevent colorectal cancer.
Earlier research shows an association between eating foods with high fiber including fruit and vegetables and reduced risk of colorectal cancer.
The current study led by Dr Marta Rossi from Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri” in Milano, Italy found total dietary antioxidant capacity was associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer.
Antioxidants are commonly found in fruit and vegetables, rarely in meat and dairy products. The study suggests that eating fruit and vegetables can help prevent colorectal cancer, which should not be surprising.
The Italian case-control study was based on data from 1953 patients with incident histologically confirmed colorectal cancer including rectal cancer and colon cancer, and 4154 patients admitted to the same hospital for other diseases. Total antioxidant capacity was estimated using Italian food composition tables.
The researchers found total anntioxidant capacity was inversely correlated with colorectal cancer risk. Those who in the lowest quintile of total antioxidant capacity were about 30 percent more likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, compared with those in the highest quintile.
The seemingly preventative effect was more significant on rectal cancer than colon cancer.
The researchers said "This is the first case-control study indicating consistent inverse relations between dietary TAC and colorectal cancer risk."
The best way to prevent colorectal cancer is to eat a lot of high fiber vegetables and eat as less meat and dairy as possible.
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Gimme five! Kia’s quintuple of wins at News UK Motor Awards
Kia has made history by claiming an unprecedented five awards at the News UK Motor Awards 2022.
The all-new Kia Niro was named 'Small Crossover/SUV of the Year', as well as 'Car of the Year'.
These prizes come hot on the heels of the Niro scooping a hat-trick of accolades at the recent Carbuyer Awards, including being named Carbuyer's 'Car of the Year' for 2023.
Rob Gill, Motors Editor from News UK, commented: “Let's be clear. Winning Car of the Year is serious business. It has to be exceptional. It has to be the car that really does everything for everybody.”
The all-new Niro was launched in summer of 2022 with three different electrified powertrains available - self-charging hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and for the first time, fully electric (EV).
There really is something for everyone wishing to make the switch to electric driving.
Gill continued: “We thought the old Niro was good, but this new one is next level. Swanky interior, tech-rich, luxurious, comfy, big drink holders, buttons to warm and soothe your back, hugely satisfying. But you are not being punished for it by paying a premium price.
“Niro punches way ahead of the rest, and for that reason, it is the perfect choice as 2022 Car of the Year, as well as our Small SUV/Crossover of the Year.”
The Sportage wasn't to be outdone, also winning 'Best Family Car' and the 'Reader's Choice' award, as voted for by the readers of several News UK media titles, including The Sunday Times and Driving.co.uk.
These wins for the Sportage demonstrate its standing as a well-loved SUV for its overall practicality, stylish design, and compatibility when faced with tricky terrain.
The Sportage's Terrain Mode aids traction, stability, and control on uneven surfaces, bolstering its credentials as the ultimate utility vehicle.
Gill added: “Kia has thought of everything and everyone. Further proof that Kia is absolutely killing it right now is that the Sportage, the heartland do-it-all SUV, was crowned Family Car of the Year, as well as being voted as Readers' Car of the Year.”
Paul Philpott, President and CEO of Kia UK Limited, said: “To be named Manufacturer of the Year alone would have been an achievement in which we could take great pride, but to make history as the first manufacturer to win five accolades at these prestigious awards is an incredible honour.
“The all-new Niro and Sportage have proven themselves to be hugely popular among UK buyers since their respective launches earlier this year and are both among the top ten UK best-sellers so far this year.”
The all-new Niro and Sportage families have indeed sold well over 20,000 units each in 2022 to date. Discover for yourself why they are so popular today at Chapelhouse Kia!


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The Next Big Wave in the Internet Will Happen at Cell Sites —
It’s a really tough time to be a wireless provider. Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are getting squeezed by challenges that are steadily eroding the profitability of the wireless services they deliver, and those challenges will only get worse. The demand for bandwidth is rising at a rate that they can barely keep up with, while the backhaul costs associated with delivering that content is mounting with each GB of data those wireless devices utilize. To make things even worse, there is strong downward pressure on what MNOs can charge customers. This situation is the result of major trends in the wireless market that are not going away.
One by one, the major providers have each rolled out unlimited data plans in order to “keep up with the Joneses,” and that has put their revenue-per-GB metrics in a death spiral as mobile devices devour more and more content. Twelve months ago, the average revenue per user (ARPU) was $8.80 per GB per month; that revenue has dropped to less than $2.00 per GB. In business school, they would charitably call this “unfavorable market conditions.” And the pressures will only intensify given the projections for even higher bandwidth demands and continued price competition among wireless providers.
The situation is tough and getting tougher for MNOs, but the good news is that those challenges are creating a major opportunity for the wireless tower industry. That is because the solution to what is ailing MNOs — not to mention content providers, consumers, and enterprise end users — will be solved at the base of thousands of cell towers.
The pressures on MNOs are not just a temporary bump in the market. Mobile traffic is projected to increase up to 8 times over the next 2-4 years. If we look at only consumer appetite alone, it is being driven by more and more users who utilize their iPhone or Galaxy not simply as their phone, but as their TV and their primary computing device. That means that LTE networks must deliver:
• The latest binge-worthy show on Netflix or HBO.
• The big game on Sunday night.
• The latest funny cat videos that have gone viral.
• The Facebook Live feed of that distant cousin’s bar mitzvah.
• Access to the biggest shopping sites and online computing services.
• Not to mention all the targeted advertising that gets delivered along with that.
The backhaul costs associated with that consumer demand, combined with data for enterprise wireless devices like Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, is getting higher every month. And those requirements would grow in multiples as MNOs grapple with the data demands of:
• Self-driving cars that will rely on wireless networks.
• Virtual/augmented reality applications that consumers will use on their phones.
• Billions of IoT devices as more companies transition from pilot projects to large-scale deployments.
• And applications that are yet to emerge.
As consumers and enterprise customers want to access more and more of that on LTE mobile devices, it costs more and more for MNOs to deliver that from the centralized data center infrastructure that exists today. This is all contributing to the very uncertain future for MNOs that ISE magazine has been analyzing. (See “Preparing Now for an Uncertain Future” at https://isemag.com/2017/11/preparing-now-for-an-uncertain-future/.) Many of those same pressures exist on content providers as well: Consumers expect to watch Game of Thrones anytime, anywhere, to figure out what those ice dragons are about. And football fans expect to watch the Patriots-Ravens game live without buffering issues.
Then, the enterprise customers expect their IoT sensor network deployments to have LTE access on demand for the real-time connectivity that the networks are designed around. The latency that is inherent to centralized data center infrastructure is a recipe for end-user dissatisfaction. Latency is unavoidable when a data packet needs to travel thousands of miles, over multiple hops, through a long line of switches and gateways — each adding milliseconds of delay that add up to a frustrating experience for consumers and poor performance for enterprise devices that rely on low-latency connectivity. For MNOs like AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, and for content providers like Google/YouTube, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, Akamai, and others, the current network infrastructure doesn’t work.
Let’s Get Closer
As I mentioned above, the solution is at the mobile edge provided by cell towers across the US and around the world. Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a term that most readers of ISE magazine have likely heard, but many do not realize that cell towers are the only infrastructure that makes sense as a foundation for deploying edge computing on a large scale. MEC is about moving content closer to end users in ways that reduce backhaul costs, reduce latency, increase end-user satisfaction, and other very good things. There are differing models for how to do it, but the only model that makes sense and that solves the challenges above in a comprehensive way involves cell towers as a centerpiece.
If you want to get as close as possible to end users and their mobile devices, what better place to do that then the exact location where their LTE signal first connects with a tower. If you put what an end user wants at the tower rather than housing it in some big central database thousands of miles away:
Wouldn’t latency be nearly eliminated?
Wouldn’t they have a dramatically better user experience?
Wouldn’t it eliminate backhaul costs?
Wouldn’t it solve many of the problems that MNOs, content companies, and end users, are experiencing?
The answer is yes, yes, yes, and yes. These sites have fiber connectivity, power, end-user proximity, and physical space, to deploy content and computing services as close as possible to end users. When people talk about “the edge,” they should think about cell towers because wireless networks can’t get any closer to mobile devices.
So how do you put micro data centers at those sites? Wireless providers and content providers have 2 options:
Option 1. Build out their own capital-intensive, geographically-massive, risk-filled construction initiatives. Understanding they lack the resources and expertise to successfully deploy hundreds of sites.
Option 2. Or have a third party do it in a way that eliminates the capital expense and risk using a shared, colocation-style network-neutral data center environment.
The latter approach is the only one that makes sense financially and technically. It is already happening. EdgeMicro, for example, is in the process of implementing hundreds of these micro data center deployments in markets where the pain points are the most intense for end users, MNOs, and content providers. This represents a major new era for computing that is just as significant as the wireless revolution, and, once again, cell towers are at the center of this tech transformation.
In fact, our belief is that the cell tower industry has THE key ingredients for opening the door to this next big wave of the Internet. It’s a very good time to be in the wireless industry, because we will be making the future a reality with projects that transform cell towers into the central nervous system for Mobile Edge Computing worldwide.


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Just as you don’t have to be a teen to read Teen Vogue, you don’t have to be 13 to 19 to enroll in Teen Vogue’s upcoming Fashion University, a three-day New York event, Oct. 19 to 21, designed for young women who aspire to a career in the fashion industry.
And you don’t have to go to New York to participate, as several of the sessions scheduled for Oct. 20, can be “attended” via webinar.
(Actually, the webinar option is the only one available now anyway, as all 525 available slots are filled in Hudson Hall, Fashion University’s Manhattan lecture venue.)
Instructors at this year’s sessions include Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Amy Astley, Vogue editor Grace Coddington, celebrity designer Nicole Richie, above, and celebrated designers Peter Som, Erin Fetherston, below top, Christian Siriano, Rachel Roy, Phillip Lim, below bottom, Olivier Theyskens and Chris Benz.
Cost of auditing the stylish courses is $24.95 if you sign up for the webcast package before Oct. 13. It’s $34.95 after Oct. 13.
The webinars can be viewed live or downloaded and viewed on demand at your leisure.
Go to http://fora.tv/conference/teen_vogue_fashion_university_2012 to register.
Full details on the event can be found at teenvoguefashionuniversity.com.
See you at school!
Teen Vogue, the pocket-sized little sister to big mama American Vogue, is hosting its three-day Fashion University at New York City’s Hudson Theater, Oct. 21 to 23.
Fashion U is an educational program open for young women interested in pursuing a career in the fashion industry.
Teen Vogue wrangles up a number of top designers, editors and entrepreneurs to share their expertise in the fashion biz with the 500 women who sign up for the program.
This year’s keynote speaker is Michael Kors.
Also participating in Fashion U are designers Alexander Wang, Proenza Schouler, Peter Som and Jason Wu.
Unfortunately, for those of you out there who might be interested in hopping onto a plane or subway and heading back to class Teen Vogue’s Fashion University, all 500 places in the “classroom” are taken.
However, one can still participate via a series of all-day webinar sessions this Saturday, Oct. 22 that begin at 9:45 a.m. (EDT).
You’ll be able to audit (hear and view) six seminars live, including the Kors keynote, and will have access to the seminars later on an on-demand basis if you can’t sit in front of your computer screen all day.
Cost for participating in the online version of Fashion U is $34.95.
Go to fashionu.fora.tv to register.
For complete details about Teen Vogue’s Fashion University, visit teenvoguefashionu.com.


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The outbreak of coronavirus in recent weeks could have consequences for the container market in 2020.
According to analyst firm Alphaliner, the virus outbreak means that growth in containers handled goes down 0.7 percent this year compared to previous expectations.
Reasons such as an extension of the Chinese New Year and an "ad hoc emergency measure" to reduce spread of the virus factors into the analyst firm's assessment. In Chinese ports, including Hong Kong, the analyst firm expects to see volumes drop by more than 6 million teu.
"(...) data collected on weekly container vessel calls at key Chinese ports already shows a reduction of over 20 percent since 20 January," reports Alphaliner, though adding that the full effect the virus outbreak has had on volumes will not be fully measurable until the ports publish their numbers for the first quarter.
In a comment to ShippingWatch, Korea's HMM says that a short-term impact can be expected:
"It is expected that there will be concerns of a short-term drop in trade volume due to the delayed return of workers, the temporary suspension of production facilities and the delayed normalization of the supply chain following the extension of the Chinese New Year holiday. However, as for the long-term impact, it appears too early to predict and we should wait and see."
Several shipping companies have reacted by further voiding sailings in February, which has lowered volumes.
The trend in long-distance transport is expected to continue until mid-March, which could have a negative impact on the recovery of cargo volumes even after the Chinese New Year.
"Carriers nevertheless continue normal cargo loading and unloading at all Chinese ports, except at the river port of Wuhan, where operations have been suspended since the city was locked down by the Chinese government on 23 January," writes Alphaliner.
The port in Wuhan handled 1.7 million teu in 2019, which accounts for 0.6 percent of the combined volumes going through Chinese ports.
"Substantial impact on the maritime industry"
The coronavirus outbreak originates in Wuhan, China. In recent weeks, the virus has spread to several countries around the world, while China, among other places, has shut down cities and has extended the Chinese New Year in an effort to keep people at home.
Latest reports indicate that more than 490 people have died from the virus, according to Reuters.
The virus is not only impacting container throughput in the maritime industry, adds Alphaliner.
"(...) the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, which led to a spreading of the infectious disease into other parts of China, starts to have a substantial impact on the maritime industry," writes the firm.
The industrial production is hit, and this impacts export volumes, while canceled flights to the country cause problems for crew changes, and Alphaliner also points to severe staff "shortages" at many of China's busiest yards.
"Shipyards in the cities and provinces of Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Fujiang and Anhui will only open from 10 February, rather than on 3 February as originally planned," writes Alphaliner:
"This will not only affect deliveries of vessel newbuildings, but it will contribute to the chaos that the current scrubber-retrofit frenzy has caused."
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New Zealand Car of the Year announced
The Subaru Forester has been named as the New Zealand Car of the Year for 2018.
The family friendly SUV was chosen from a shortlist of 10 new vehicles by the NZ Motoring Writers Guild, an independent organisation comprised of motoring journalists from a variety of media outlets and regions across the country - including Stuff Motoring's David Linklater, Damien O'Carroll, Richard Bosselman and Rob Maetzig.
The Forester is the first Subaru to claim the accolade (now in its 31st year) and also only the second SUV to take the prize. The first was last year's winner, the Skoda's Kodiaq.
Guild president Richard Edwards noted that voting was very close, but it was clear that the Forester is the kind of vehicle Kiwi buyers now want.
"It offers the durability and functionality Kiwi families desire, also now implementing next generation safety technology. And in starting at $39,990 it is truly affordable for new car buyers."
NZCOTY convener David Thomson says Subaru has kept the Forester true to its go-anywhere roots.
"On gravel or even unpaved roads, the new Forester is – by lifestyle SUV standards – exceptionally accomplished and surefooted."
Guild vice president Richard Bosselman said the latest model's cutting-edge safety technology deserves attention.
"Traditional toughness and real-deal ability keeps Forester sweet with loyalists, genuine cutting-edge safety and assists deserve attention from a whole new audience."
Forester is Subaru's strongest seller globally.
Other finalists this year were the BMW X3, Holden Commodore, Hyundai Kona, Kia Stinger, Mercedes-Benz A-class, Skoda Karoq, Toyota Camry and a pair of Volvos, the XC40 and XC60.
The award was presented on TVNZ's Seven Sharp current affairs programme last night.


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By timothy from Slashdot's heat-death-of-the-universe-comes-to-mind department
Lucas123 writes: Several key technologies are coming to market in the next three years that will ensure data storage will not only keep up with but exceed demand. Heat-assisted magnetic recording and bit-patterned media promise to increase hard drive capacity initially by 40% and later by 10-fold, or as Seagate's marketing proclaims: 20TB hard drives by 2020. At the same time, resistive RAM technologies, such as Intel/Micron's 3D XPoint, promise storage-class memory that's 1,000 times faster and more resilient than today's NAND flash, but it will be expensive — at first. Meanwhile, NAND flash makers have created roadmaps for 3D NAND technology that will grow to more than 100 layers in the next two to three generations, increasing performance and capacity while ultimately lowering costs to that of hard drives."Very soon flash will be cheaper than rotating media," said Siva Sivaram, executive vice president of memory at SanDisk.Read Replies (0)
By timothy from Slashdot's perfect-for-piracy department
shutdown -p now writes: Microsoft has released the first public preview of RTVS (R Tools for Visual Studio), an extension for Visual Studio that adds support for the R (GNU S) programming language. The product is open source, and while most of the code is under the MIT license, some components are GPLv2, in accordance with the R license.
That's not the first time this week (or this year) that Microsoft's open source efforts have been front-page news; with its new role in the Eclipse Foundation, too, the company's angling toward being one of the largest open source companies around, even if that's a small part of its business model.
Update: 03/09 19:03 GMT by T : Speaking of which: reader Salgak1 writes with his first submission, linking the Register's report that Microsoft has released a Debian-based Linux distro, called SONIC. "It is optimized for network switching, and apparently is a localized version of the
"Azure Cloud Switch" released into the Azure cloud hosting system. Question is, is it just another Microsoft "Embrace, Extend. Extinguish" strategy in action?"Read Replies (0)
By timothy from Slashdot's there-would-be-this-car-that-would-drive-itself department
SmartAboutThings writes: We've just been given a glimpse of what the future of motoring could look like, with BMW showing off its latest concept car, and it's self-driving. The Vision Next 100 was unveiled on Monday, at a ceremony celebrating BMW's 100th birthday, at Munich's Olympic Hall. This comes just a few days after BMW made official its intentions of competing with Google to build software for Self-Driving cars. The Vision Next 100 has two driving modes, a driver mode and an autonomous mode, or 'ease' as its known. In driver mode the car operates mostly like cars do now, except the BMW indicates the ideal driving line and speed, but when the car is set to autonomous mode the steering wheel retracts and the two front seats turn to face each other. Perfect for two people to have a chat, and if it's only you in the car, put your feet up and relax.Read Replies (0)


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Madison Avenue is placing new importance on the Oscars.
ABC has sold out its advertising inventory for its March 2 broadcast of the Academy Awards, according to media buyers and other people familiar with negotiations for the event, and has been seeking what appear to be record prices. Ad buyers said the network has sought between $1.8 million and $1.9 million for a 30-second ad berth for the kudocast hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.
Those figures would establish a new benchmark for Oscar ad coin. For this year’s telecast, ABC sought between $1.65 million and $1.8 million for a 30-second commercial. The previous high price for a commercial slot in the broadcast is $1.82 million in 2008. After that year, a recession and ratings stumbles tamped down demand for the glitzy showcase, which commanded only around $1.3 million for a 30-second slot in 2009.
Demand by advertisers for the event has been growing in the past two years. ABC worked until just before Christmas in 2012 to sell out inventory for the 2013 broadcast. But the 2014 appears to have hit the sell out point a few weeks ago, according to one person familiar with the pace of sales. ABC declined to make executives available for comment. The 2012 telecast generated around $82.1 million in ad spending, according to Kantar Media.
Even though ratings for the Oscarcast tend to ebb and flow according the box office power of best-picture nominees, the Academy Awards appear to be benefiting from the new power marketers accord to live events such as the Super Bowl and other sports broadcasts. At a time when viewers have dozens of video choices from TVs, video game consoles, mobile devices and streaming-video sites, the number of events that can offer sponsors a large, unified audience are dwindling.
What’s more, viewers equipped with digital video recorders can’t zap past the commercials in a live show – a dynamic which lends the event more appeal. And the social media frenzy that erupts around big-ticket live telecasts such as the Super Bowl and awards shows adds an entirely new dimension for marketers.
Like the NFL does with the Super Bowl, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences limits the amount of advertising allowed to run with the Oscars broadcast. The show averages between nine and 10 minutes of national ad messages per hour, according to Kantar. By contrast, the Grammy Awards have run with as much 14 minutes per hour.
Ratings may be giving the ad price for the show a boost. This year’s Oscars, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, attracted an average viewership of 40.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen,an increase of about 3% from the 39.3 million who tuned in to see Billy Crystal host in 2012. More telling: The 2013 event notched a 20% increase among viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, the demographic most coveted by advertisers and a likely factor in the rise in ad costs for 2014.
Whether or not the ad prices stay at current levels remains to be seen, and is probably still dependent on the nominations mix in any given year. When the top movies nominated are arty films aimed at older audiences, viewership typically slumps. When the nominees for best films are blockbusters, the ratings increase.
In 1998, for example, approximately 55 million viewers tuned in to see the crowd-pleasing “Titanic” win Best Picture. Yet in 2003, when “Chicago” won the top honor, only 33 million watched. Oscar ratings hit a new low in 2008, when just 32 million tuned in to see “No Country For Old Men” win the big prize, down from about 38.9 million the year before.
To help combat the problem, the Acad has allowed for a wider field for best-pic candidates, offering room to as many as 10 nominees.
There is some speculation that Hyundai Motor – which has been the exclusive auto sponsor of the Oscars since 2009 – may have dropped out of the event, according to one person familiar with the situation. A spokesman for the automaker did not respond to an email seeking comment. Other prominent Oscars sponsors in recent years have included J.C. Penney, Coca-Cola, American Express and McDonald’s.


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I've been watching Sony do just about everything right in regards to the consumer and what the consumer wants for awhile now. It is paying off. Sony is back in profit last quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast, fueled by stronger demand for its PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, personal computers and televisions.
Sony said that it booked a net profit of 25.7 billion yen, or $294 million at current exchange rates, for the April-June quarter. Quite a turnaround from a 37.1 billion yen loss a year earlier. Revenue grew 3.8% to 1.66 trillion yen.
From everything that I have seen, we can expect that trend to continue.


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The surge of sustainable business in Europe is not merely a trend, but a significant shift towards a greener and more responsible way of conducting business. Amid global environmental challenges, European enterprises are taking remarkable strides in integrating sustainability at the core of their operations. This article delves into the environmental regulations guiding this shift, the benefits reaped from adopting green practices, and the exemplary case studies of eco-friendly European companies leading the sustainable charge.
European Green Regulations
The European Union (EU) has been at the forefront of establishing stringent environmental regulations aimed at promoting sustainable business practices. These regulations foster a conducive environment for businesses to operate responsibly and contribute to broader sustainability goals. Among the key regulations are the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan, which collectively aim at reducing carbon emissions, promoting recycling, and encouraging the sustainable use of resources.
Impact on Business Operations
The regulatory framework in Europe significantly impacts how businesses operate. Complying with these regulations not only minimizes the environmental footprint but also opens avenues for innovation and new market opportunities. However, the transition demands an initial investment in greener technologies and practices, which may pose a challenge for some enterprises.
Benefits of Sustainability in Business
Adopting sustainable practices offers a plethora of benefits that extend beyond mere compliance with regulations. These include reduced operational costs, enhanced brand reputation, and a competitive edge in the market. Moreover, sustainability initiatives often lead to innovation, as companies seek new methods to reduce their environmental impact while maintaining efficiency and profitability.
Long-term Financial Gains
While the initial transition towards sustainable operations may incur costs, the long-term financial benefits are substantial. Companies investing in eco-friendly practices often witness reduced utility bills, minimized waste disposal costs, and eligibility for green tax incentives.
Eco-Friendly European Companies
Europe hosts a myriad of companies that have wholeheartedly embraced sustainability. Companies like IKEA, Unilever, and Siemens are noteworthy examples, each with unique approaches to reducing their environmental footprint.
Case Study: Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan
Unilever, a multinational consumer goods company, has been a forerunner in sustainable business practices with its ambitious Sustainable Living Plan. This initiative aims at halving the environmental footprint of its products by 2030 while improving the social impact.
Challenges and Tradeoffs
The road to sustainability is laden with challenges, particularly for businesses accustomed to traditional operational methods. Balancing the trade-offs between initial investments, long-term gains, and sustainable practices necessitates a robust strategy and a willingness to adapt.
Strategic Consideration of Environmental Impact
Companies venturing into sustainable practices must consider the implications of their decisions on various environmental aspects, ensuring a holistic approach to sustainability.
Europe’s journey towards sustainable business practices is an inspiring venture for global enterprises. The blend of stringent regulations, benefits of sustainability, and exemplary corporate initiatives provides a blueprint for responsible business operations.
What did you think about the sustainable Business practices we mentioned?
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us via our form!


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A handy trick of Google Assistant is its ability to cast content from various video services to any nearby Chromecast device. For a while, HBO supported Google Assistant integration, but with the debut of HBO Max, that casting option has not only disappeared, but there’s no replacement yet.
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You can now cast your favorite HBO Now shows using Google Home
Just days ago, Google officially brought YouTube TV casting support to the Google Home. It now appears as though HBO Now is getting added to the list of services that can be cast. Here’s how to link your HBO Now account to your Google Home…
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Update: The HBO Now APK with Chromecast support is now available to download. It should be rolling out over the next several hours on the Play Store.
Yes, it’s true. Following the service’s introduction on Android and some of Amazon’s platforms a few weeks ago, Google has announced today that HBO is now rolling out support for Chromecast as well. expand full story
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HBO NOW comes to Android and Fire tablets, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick soon
Update: The app is now available on the Play Store. Link below.
At long last, HBO is bringing HBO NOW, which first launched first on the Apple TV, to Android.
Additionally, Amazon has today announced that the online-only service is now available on the company’s line of Fire tablets, and that NOW will be making its way to the Amazon Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick very soon.
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Topping off the Google I/O keynote, Sundar Pichai announced that HBO NOW for Android is coming to the Google Play Store. expand full story


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More job boosts to come, says Kenny
Ireland can look forward to more jobs boosts like the creation of 450 roles by internet auction website eBay, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has declared.
The US online company will begin hiring immediately for the new positions - which will be mainly in customer service - at its offices in Dundalk, Co Louth.
The "high quality" posts, which are in addition to the 1,000 new jobs announced by its subsidiary PayPal last year, will be filled over the next three years.
Mr Kenny said it was an "exceptional" development for the country, and the north east in particular.
"The fact that global technology leaders like eBay and PayPal are expanding their operations here shows that we have the local talent pool, infrastructure and business environment to attract high quality investments," he said.
The Taoiseach said the vote of confidence in the Irish economy would be backed up by further investment in the wake of the bank debt deal struck with the European Central Bank last week.
"The markets would have factored in what it assumed was the borrowing requirements for the country over the next 10 years," he said. The fact that this agreement has been reached has meant they now look at Ireland as having to borrow 20 billion euro less than was assumed over the next 20 years. That strengthens our reputation internationally, already reflected in a number of ratings agencies."
Mr Kenny said the reaction to the promissory notes deal had been "quite extraordinary" and restored Ireland's international reputation in terms of its seriousness about dealing with economic problems.
Ebay and PayPal already employ 2,300 people in Ireland, at operations in Blanchardstown, west Dublin, and at the Dundalk Business Campus.
Gary Hagel, senior director with eBay, said the company would be taking on people with a wide range of skills, adding: "Hiring starts immediately and we expect to have some of these new people working with our customers from as early as May this year."


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There a lot of perks of being
in the Jenner/Kardashian circle, but the perks get even
bigger when your sister’s baby daddy is Kanye West.
Kylie Jenner was spotted wearing
a rare pair of the ’Air Yeezy 2 Red Octobers’.
The sneaker was released earlier this month and sold out in about 10 minutes.
Yeezy taught her well…


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August Alsina has dealt with a lot. From family tragedies to personal health issue, the artist has seen it all. However, he didn’t let that get in the way of his passion for music.
On June 18th, Alsina announced via Instagram this his documentary “The Rise of August Alsina” would be available to stream on YouTube. The documentary is meant to show Alsina’s personal life and his journey as an artist. Alsina also announced that his album “The Product III: State of Emergency” would be released on June 26th.
“The Product III: State of Emergency” highlights all the things in the documentary but in a musical way. With features like Darrel Walls, Tink, Yo Gotti, and Juicy J, the album has a very diversified sound.
“The Product III: State of Emergency” is available on all streaming platforms and definitely deserves a listen.


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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass along with local law enforcement officials on Thursday announced the formation of a new task force to crack down on retail thefts amid a recent spate of smash-and-grab robberies across the Los Angeles area.
During a press conference, local leaders revealed the task force went into effect Wednesday night.
The task force includes 22 assigned full-time investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Glendale Police Department Burbank Police Department, Beverly Hills Police Department, Santa Monica Police Department, and California Highway Patrol, as well as federal partners.
There will also be prosecutors embedded into this task force from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, LA City Attorney's Office, and the California Attorney General's Office.
- After 3 'flash mob' robberies in LA County in one week, officials seek answers
- Brazen mob ransacks YSL store at Americana in Glendale
- Canoga Park Nordstrom raided by 'flash mob' of 30-plus people
The task force will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will respond to all incidents and follow up on leads with a full scope of investigative resources, officials said.
It is currently based in the San Fernando Valley, where authorities said the majority of crimes have taken place, in addition to the west region of Los Angeles.
Bass emphasized that if "someone commits a crime, we'll catch you."
Gov. Gavin Newsom has since directed the CHP to triple its resources in Los Angeles to help the city crack down on organized retail crime.
"The state is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to crack down on organized crime and when our local partners need further assistance, we’re ready with a helping hand. The CHP is the proven leader in tackling organized retail theft and through this expanded partnership the agency will further assist the city in doing its job to keep Angelenos and their businesses safe," he said.
A Los Angeles Nordstrom store was ransacked by a mob of more than 30 people over the weekend, with the suspects getting away with nearly $100,000 worth of handbags and clothes.
On Aug. 8, a mob of thieves was seen on video as they fled a Yves Saint Laurent store in Glendale, in broad daylight, getting away with armloads of merchandise worth an estimated $300,000.
Authorities said not only will they be cracking down on suspected robbers, but other individuals who may aid in these crimes, such as getaway drivers, those harboring suspects, and those who buy or sell stolen merchandise.
Officials also addressed the impact of the zero-bail policy, saying they will look at all chargeable offenses as robberies.
"Each of these acts takes away from our piece of mind or our sense of our security when we want to go out and do shopping in retail communities," LAPD Deputy Chief Blake Chow said during the press conference in City Hall. "The Los Angeles Police Department will not tolerate these acts. We will not stand by idly while these acts continue."


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• Bitcoin trading volume has surged to $40 billion, a significant increase from the previous record set in May.
• Blockchain.com recently announced it would be cutting its staff due to the current struggles in the cryptocurrency market.
• Bitcoin derivatives market volumes have shown encouraging signs of recovery after 2022 downturn.
Bitcoin Trading Volume Surges
The bitcoin market is currently experiencing a surge in trading volume, reaching $40 billion in the past 24 hours. This is a significant increase from the previous record of $34 billion set in May of this year. With this increased activity, it is important to consider the future of Bitcoin prices and where they may be headed next.
Blockchain Cuts Staff
Blockchain.com, one of the leading crypto companies, has recently announced that it will be cutting its staff due to the current struggles in the cryptocurrency market. The company has been facing a difficult time with its operations as many investors have been pulling out of the market and prices have dropped significantly. Blockchain.com, a digital currency company, has announced the layoff of around 150 employees which accounts for 25% of its staff. The current bear market in digital currencies, which started in 2022, has taken its toll on many companies. It doesn’t appear this trend will end soon and the company is just one of the victims.
Bitcoin Derivatives Market Volumes Show Recovery
Within recent weeks, Blockchain.com has joined a list of other cryptocurrency-centric companies that had to resort to laying off staff due to the financial effects of the pandemic. Recently, Coinbase, one of the most well-known digital currency exchanges, announced cutting down its workforce by about 1,000 people to reduce its operational expenditure by 25% in the coming months. In 2022, Bitcoin experienced a prolonged bear market resulting in a 60% drop in its price and a rapid decrease in bitcoin futures and options volumes; however last November saw an encouraging sign showing recovery within these markets despite ongoing volatility within crypto markets at large..
Price Predictions For BTC
With traders increasing their positions within cryptocurrencies once more it’s important to consider what impact this could have on Bitcoin pricing over upcoming months or years ahead — if any at all? Will we see an uptrend or bullish momentum develop or are we simply witnessing another period of sideways consolidation? Many analysts are predicting different outcomes for Bitcoin with some claiming prices could reach as high as $200k before 2024 while others suggest that BTC may take longer before hitting such highs again — possibly taking up until 2027-2028 instead; only time will tell who’s predictions turn out accurate!
Overall there appears no clear indication yet which way Bitcoin’s price may go over upcoming months given so much uncertainty still present within global markets at large — though increased trading volume certainly suggests more investors are becoming interested once more and putting their money into crypto assets once again! As always it’s best practice not to invest more than you can afford; do your own research and make sure you understand risk associated with investing before doing so!


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Are we ready for technology to get under the skin??
By Olatunji Ayomide
6 months ago
- Top Stories
On 1 August 2017, workers at Three Square Market, a Wisconsin-based company specializing in vending machines, lined up in the office cafeteria to be implanted with microchips. One after the other, they held out a hand to a local tattoo artist who pushed a rice-grain sized implant into the flesh between the thumb and forefinger. The 41 employees who opted into the procedure received complimentary t-shirts that read “I Got Chipped”.
This wholesale implant event, organized by company management, dovetailed with Three Square Market’s longer-term vision of a cashless payment system for their vending machines – workplace snacks purchased with a flick of the wrist. And the televised “chipping party” proved to be a savvy marketing tactic, the story picked up by media outlets from Moscow to Sydney.
But not all of the attention was positive. After the event, comments on Three Square Market’s Facebook page urged employees to quit. The company’s Google reviews page was inundated with one-star ratings. And Christian groups – convinced that the implants fufilled an end-of-days prophecy where people are branded with “the mark of the beast” – accused the company of being the antichrist.
Jowan Österlund, a Swedish tattooist and body piercing specialist whose company Biohax provided Three Square Market with the microchips, watched with interest.
For Österlund, microchip implants were not radical or even novel. He had lived with one for years and had implanted hundreds of other young, tech-savvy Swedes. For this community, the chip signified a seamless integration of biology and technology. They used the implants to gain access to their co-working spaces, pay for gym memberships, and even ride the train. With Biohax, Österlund was hoping to introduce this concept to a global market.
Three Square Market was a test case, the first company in the US to offer implants to employees on a public stage. But the highly charged reaction, which linked the devices not only to pernicious surveillance but to a vision of tech-apocalypse, raised a question that Österlund is still grappling with: is the world ready to get chipped?
This experiment has so far happened in a wealthy country, among very digitally savvy people, and while having a chip may play out nicely for well-educated people in some part of the world who are part of a digital hub, I question how this will play out for, say, a worker in a warehouse.[NewsNaira]
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Kellogg (NYSE:K) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 16th, RTT News reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of 0.54 per share on Thursday, March 15th. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 2nd.
Kellogg has raised its dividend by an average of 3.7% annually over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 13 consecutive years. Kellogg has a dividend payout ratio of 53.6% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect Kellogg to earn $4.74 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.16 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 45.6%.
Shares of Kellogg (NYSE K) opened at $68.54 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.52. The company has a market cap of $23,600.81, a P/E ratio of 18.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.47. Kellogg has a twelve month low of $58.76 and a twelve month high of $75.31.
Kellogg declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, December 15th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.50 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.
In other news, major shareholder Kellogg W. K. Foundation Trust sold 78,606 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.14, for a total value of $5,120,394.84. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, major shareholder Kellogg W. K. Foundation Trust sold 180,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.53, for a total transaction of $12,155,400.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.
Several equities analysts have commented on K shares. Piper Jaffray Companies reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $77.00 price objective (up previously from $72.00) on shares of Kellogg in a research report on Thursday, February 15th. Barclays reiterated a “sell” rating and set a $69.00 price objective on shares of Kellogg in a research report on Sunday, February 11th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Kellogg from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 9th. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Kellogg from $66.00 to $69.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 9th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Kellogg from $91.00 to $87.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 9th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $73.50.
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Ignite Tournaments, a play-to-earn esports event organizer, said that it has raised $10 million (£ 7.5 million) in capital from investors to expand the company’s infrastructure and operations.
“The world’s first mobile play-to-earn esports tournament and streaming platform,” according to Ignite Tournaments. A $3 million (£2.3 million) seed round concluded in December 2021 and a $7 million (£5.3 million) strategic round closed in February 2022 make up the total investment.
Ignite Tournaments is a company that specializes in building platforms for competitive play-to-earn gaming. The startup claims that it can turn “any mobile game into a play-to-earn game,” and that competitions will be held in the future to take advantage of this. The competition prizes are distributed in the form of cryptocurrency and NFTs.
Animoca Brands, a well-known investor in the esports-blockchain industry, led the investment in February, with Infinity Ventures Crypto and Moon Holdings Fund.
“We are positive on Ignite Tournaments,” said Thomas Vu, a partner at Moon Holdings Fund and the former Head of Creative and Franchise at Riot Games. I always thought that a ‘plug-and-play’ tournament would benefit gamers when I was leading numerous strategic projects at Riot Games.
“It was only a matter of time before someone built such a platform.” I’m excited to see what Krystal and Tony have created, and I’m excited to help them with both play-to-earn and traditional gaming.”
Ignite Tournaments has also just teamed up with Crypto Gaming United, a metaverse-focused gaming guild. The two businesses announced that they would collaborate to build “player-owned tournaments” in the metaverse as part of their cooperation.
“Animoca Brands has developed its success by investing in and working with projects with strong fundamentals both in and beyond of the gaming industry,” said Robby Yung, CEO of North American Operations for Animoca Brands. We’re excited to both invest in and investigate merging our games with Ignite Tournaments in this fascinating context.”
Esports Insider says: Play-to-earn esports is a relatively new concept that is steadily gaining traction. Still, if Ignite Tournaments can deliver on its big claim of being able to turn any mobile game into a play-to-earn game, it may be huge for the mobile esports ecosystem. For the time being, we’ll have to wait and see.


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OSCALA, Florida - Federal agents have arrested a Florida man accused of planning to bomb several east coast Target stores, with the hope of getting rich.
Mark Barnett, 48, is accused of filling empty pasta and cereal bar boxes with gunpowder and an ignition source, which he allegedly hoped to place on store shelves.
Authorities reportedly found those same homemade bomb materials in Barnett's shed behind his home.
Federal documents state Barnett hoped ten explosions in ten Target stores from Florida to New York would cause Target's stock to drop so he could buy cheap shares, then eventually sell when values rose again.
Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives got involved when the person Barnett allegedly recruited to plant the bombs instead contacted authorities.
Agents set up a sting operation and reportedly got recorded phone conversations between that person and Barnett.
Documents state Barnett warned his believed accomplice to be careful because the bombs could "take your hand off," though authorities say they were strong enough to kill a person.
Investigators say Barnett also gave the person gas money and gloves.
According to WESH News, Barnett is a convicted sex offender, so neighbors say they were not surprised by his arrest.
"That boggles my mind. My wife, since she does 90 percent of our shopping, could've picked up one of those packages. It's scary, it's worrisome," neighbor Phillip Hendricks told a reporter.
Target released a statement, praising law enforcement for apprehending the suspect.
Barnett is being held without bail in the Marion County jail. If convicted, he could spend ten years in prison.


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New federal rules for water heaters will mean higher price tag
March 31, 2015 12:00 AM
Now, the cost to buy and install a typical water heater is about $900.
By Jill Harkins / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
New federal regulations for the efficiency of water heaters go into effect April 16 and will lead to higher replacement prices for homeowners but possibly long-term utility bill savings.
The Department of Energy’s National Appliance Energy Conservation Act sets higher energy-factor requirements designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions “equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of about 33.8 million automobiles,” according to the department’s website.
Water heaters bought after the standards go into effect will be slightly larger than current models because they have more insulation and redesigned internal parts and thus will have a purchase price about 35 percent higher.
Now, the cost to buy and install a typical water heater is about $900, though this can vary widely depending on water storage capacity and whether natural gas or electricity powers the heater.
A comparable new model and installation will cost about $1,250, said John L. Sullivan of Sullivan Plumbing, Heating and Cooling, based in East McKeesport.
But additional installation costs could arise if the new model, because of its bigger size, doesn’t fit into the old heater’s space.
And even though the new models are larger, they will hold slightly less water, Mr. Sullivan said, because some of the space is taken up by additional insulation.
Mark Cooper of the American Federation of Consumers and information from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy assure consumers that they will recoup the extra cost through cheaper utility bills within two to 10 years of purchasing the heater, depending on its size and energy source.
According to Mr. Sullivan, most homeowners in the Pittsburgh region have 40-gallon gas-fired water heaters. When those need to be replaced, the Department of Energy estimates that consumers will recoup the extra cost through reduced energy bills in two years.
Heating water accounts for about 18 percent of energy consumption in households, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
That cost is not evident in a gas or electric bill, Mr. Cooper said, so “manufacturers don’t have a big incentive to maximize efficiency.”
The new standards compel manufacturers to address that wasted energy, he said.
Manufacturers and plumbing and heating services will be permitted to sell existing overstock of old models past April 16.
Mr. Sullivan predicts that overstock will be gone within two months, so he suggests that consumers buy soon if they want to avoid the cost of the more energy-efficient heaters.
Tankless water heaters are an option for those who don’t want to make room for the bulkier new appliances.
Tankless heaters don’t have water storage containers, but instead heat water on demand, so hot water never runs out.
Because they are already more efficient than heaters that use tanks, the new standards do not apply to them.
They cost about three times more than regular heaters, but, according to Mr. Sullivan, last about three times longer than the average lifetime of eight to 10 years for heaters that use tanks.
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The French indie studio Midgar Studio looks for gamers support by launching a crowdfunding campaign for its JRPG project, both a tribute to the genre and a modern vision of it.
After one year in development, Edge of Eternity is launched today in the crowdfunding adventure on Kickstarter. The game offers to renew with a gameplay centered on Active Time Battle (ATB) and advanced characters customization. But it also introduces some western influences like a non-linear story and a branching scenario, open worlds and an original weapons evolution system.
“Thanks to Kickstarter, we want to raise the attention of the JRPG fans but also have the opportunity to present our project to a larger audience”, says Jérémy Zeler-Maury, Midgar Studio founder and Game Designer on Edge of Eternity. “With their support, we could reinforce our team and have the resources we need to achieve all our ideas and the ones gamers will suggest us all along the game development. ”
In addition to its enthusiasm and energy, the team at Midgar Studio can count on the prestigious partnership with Yasunori Mitsuda, announced earlier this week. The famous Japanese composer (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Kid Icarus…) is one of the most important goals of the crowdfunding campaign.
Edge of Eternity will be on Kickstarter for 35 days and you may find it over here.