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Minecraft PS Vita Edition 1.02 Patch Notes: New Bug Fix Stops Game From Crashing, Corrupting Save Files
A new patch for Minecraft: PS Vita Edition is rolling out across Europe and North America today, console developer 4J Studios announced, that will fix a handful of game-crashing and save-corrupting bugs.
The patch was announced last week, but is only going live today. The first fix is to prevent the game from crashing when a player saves a game after resetting the Nether. The patch before this one also fixed a couple of crashes and hangs, so hopefully the new port will start to run more reliably.
A couple of issues with save data have also been addressed. Selecting "Save and Exit" shortly after autosaving will no longer pose the threat of corrupting the game's save data. Players can also now transfer saves to and from the Vita version without worrying about forfeiting their entire inventory.
The 1.02 patch is also clearing up a couple of smaller issues. If you want to see the full patch notes, you can head over to the Minecraft Forum.
As a bonus announcement, 4J also revealed over Twitter that the free Halloween texture pack that released on Xbox this week has now made it to the PlayStation 3 version of the game ahead of schedule and just in time for the holiday.
Looks like the free #MinecraftPS3 Halloween Texture Pack has made it out for Halloween in North America! Spooky...
— 4J Spookios (@4JStudios) October 31, 2014


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The Marianas Visitors Authority joined representatives of 140 other international countries and regions and 47 prefectures of Japan at the JATA Tourism Expo 2016, Japan’s largest annual travel show, on Sept. 22-25, 2016.
The number of attendees increased 7 percent this year compared to last, exceeding 185,000 attendees. JATA Tourism Expo 2016 was held at Tokyo Big Sight and attracted national tourism agencies, airlines, hotels, travel agencies, cruise companies, other tourism professionals and the traveling public. The MVA joined other exhibitors in providing the latest tourism information to visitors and professional members of the travel trade. This year, over 42,000 attendees joined the event on the travel trade day on Sept. 23, while over 70,000 and 66,800 consumers joined the second and third days of the event, respectively.
“JATA Tourism Expo remains on the top of the MVA’s list of annual marketing shows in Japan, due to its wide popularity with the general public and travel trade representatives,” said MVA managing director Christopher A. Concepcion. “This fiscal year, we are looking forward to new strategies for reviving this critical market with the assistance of Access Japan, our new marketing and promotions representatives in Japan.”
At the MVA booth, representatives of the Northern Mariana Islands distributed promotional information, answered questions, and allowed attendees to participate in coconut oil making and crafting.
The event is organized by Japan Travel and Tourism Association and Japan Association of Travel Agents The JATA Tourism Expo is internationally recognized as one of the largest travel events in the world and presents Japan as a tourism nation to the world, further developing outbound, inbound, and domestic travel by bringing together the combined strengths of not only the tourism industry but all industries in Japan and its local communities. JATA Tourism Expo provides opportunities for travel professionals to exchange travel information and conduct effective business meetings, while inspiring consumers through the power of travel.
The JATA Tourism Expo 2017 was held from Sept. 21-24, 2016, in Tokyo. (MVA)

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The European Union's executive body says it wants to overhaul regulations governing chemicals throughout the 15-nation bloc, to improve safety on a wide variety of household goods. But the European chemical industry is complaining about the costs involved in the project, while environmental campaigners say the proposed measures do not go far enough.
The European Commission, which runs the EU's day-to-day affairs, says chemicals in everyday items like sofas, television sets and shampoos may cause asthma, infertility and a number of other ailments.
So it is proposing to test thousands of chemical products for health and environmental risks and wants manufacturers, instead of governments, to pay for and assume responsibility for such testing.
Under the plan, companies would have to register the properties of substances in their products with a central EU database over the next few years.
An EU law already requires new chemicals to undergo rigorous tests, but it does not apply to thousands of substances that were on the market before 1981.
The Commission's move comes amid growing concern among European consumers that such products as clothing, carpets and electronic devices - and even children's toys - contain chemicals that might cause cancer, respiratory difficulty or other health problems.
EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom calls the proposal groundbreaking and says it is aimed at protecting consumers.
"It means a balanced approach, because a modern society needs chemicals, but we want to know that we can handle the risks involved," she said.
Ms. Wallstrom says some chemicals will be classified as what she calls substances of high concern. They would require a special license.
Environmentalists and consumer groups say the thrust of the proposals is good but accuse the Commission of watering down its original plans to placate Europe's powerful chemical industry.
But industry lobbyists like Utz Tillman, who represents European chemical companies in Brussels, says the new proposals will not only cost too much money but also lead to a loss of jobs.
"It will have a negative impact on [all of] European industry, that's for sure, if we have such a kind of complicated system," said Utz Tillman.
The Commission's proposal must be approved by the European Parliament and by all of the EU's member governments before it can go into effect. In a telling move, EU leaders decided that industry ministers, and not environment ministers, should have the final say on how each country votes. The British, French and German governments last month warned the Commission against placing what they called an unnecessary burden on manufacturers. So the proposal faces a rough ride in the months ahead.


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Ferraris, Fiats, Maseratis, Lamborghinis Abarths, Bizzarrinis, De Tomasos, Innocentis, Morettis and Siatas are just a few of the classics that will star at Brooklands 28th Auto Italia day on 4 May.
Anyone arriving in a Latin-built car can become part of the event by parking in their model’s display area, while also having the opportunity to take to the Brooklands test hill and tackle Mercedes-Benz World’s handling circuit.
This year’s meet will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Bertone coupé, with 30 plots available for the model.
Reduced priced tickets can be bought from the Brooklands Museum shop website. Entry on the day costs £15 for adults, £14 for seniors and £6 for children (aged 5-16), while under 5s go free.


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WESTPORT, Conn. -- The fifth annual Slice of Saugatuck Festival in Westport will take dish up a variety of dishes on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. And it's all for a good cause, the Gillespie Center Food Pantry.
For $10 each, or $5 for kids 12 and under, participants can walk the neighborhood, hear eight bands and musicians at six venues, sample specialties from 25 restaurants and eateries and check out 21 merchants. And there’s plenty of close by free parking.
Matthew Mandell, president of the Westport-WestonChamber of Commerce, the event’s creator, recommends that visitors “sample Saugatuck’s food, choose your favorite restaurant and come back for Happy Hour and a great dinner after the festival.”
Railroad Place is one venue. The street will be closed off so participants can hang out, enjoy the Mill River Band and take in a dance exhibition.
There will be a beer garden, and participants can sample food and wine from six restaurants and look in on a half-dozen shops.
Walk over to the Black Duck. Look in on three retail establishments and hear three teenage bands battle it out to raise money for Toquet Hall, Westport’s teen center.
Continue to the Plaza, grab a taste from The Whelk, then a mouthful of Saugatuck Sweets’ ice cream. Watch paddleboard and kayak demonstrations at Downunder. Go across the street to sample from two other gourmet restaurants.
On to the Firehouse, where kids can check out one of Westport’s historic engines and hear firemen talk about home safety. In the same area, there are six more food sampling sites, including the new Parker Mansion and two more merchants.
At Bridge Square, there are four more eateries, a wine merchant and an interior designer called Jan Hiltz Designs. Dunville’s, Cuatro Hermanos and Roly Poly offer samples.
For kids, there is a climbing wall, an obstacle course, bouncy houses, Hula Hoops and a balloon bender.
Walk over to Luciano Park and take part in the Nerdy Derby and watch a drone fly over the park. Listen to Suzanne Sheridan, Outside Chance, Silver Steel and Jon Saxon play at venues around the Saugatuck neighborhood.
Pick up discount coupons and giveaways, get auction tips and look at the display of antique cars.
Mandell said the Chamber created Slice of Saugatuck to promote this resurgent neighborhood. “Today it attracts over 2,000 visitors to an annual event in a neighborhood that is home to more than 50 small, mostly locally owned businesses.”
Parking is on Riverside Avenue under 95 in the Railroad lot No. 5, right next to the new plaza.
For more information on Slice of Saugatuck or to see participants and view a map, click here . Tickets go on sale onsite only beginning at 1:50 p.m. on the day of the event.
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ATHENS, Alabama -- A thief posing as a Tuscaloosa woman, assisted by someone claiming to be a T-Mobile representative, managed to con two telephones valued at $1,416 from an Athens store by claiming she'd already paid for them, according to Chief Floyd Johnson.
The woman who entered the store to steal the phones used the identification of Tiffany Colleen Harris, 26, of Tuscaloosa. Harris was arrested in May but authorities later learned the suspect was using Harris' identification and charges of second-degree theft against Harris were dropped, Johnson said. Suspects in the December thefts are still being sought.
The woman posing as Harris went to the T-Mobile store in Athens and told the clerk she had purchased two cell phones online and the phones were not delivered, Johnson said. The woman had a statement showing the phones had been charged to her account. She told a manager she had talked with T-Mobile's customer service department and was told to pick up the phones.
Johnson said at about that time, someone identifying himself as a T-Mobile customer service department called the store and authorized the manager to give two phones to the woman. However, the manager was unsure of the circumstances and declined. Then, the manager received an email from what he thought was T-Mobile's customer service department, authorizing him to give the phones to the woman, which the manager did, Johnson said.
The manager gave the woman two Samsung phones valued at $1,416 but later realized he had been scammed.
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According to an industry report released on Tuesday, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Transmit exceeded South Korea’s Samsung Group in the first quarter of 2018, becoming the largest supplier in Africa. In the first quarter, Transmone accounted for 38% of Africa's market share, while Samsung's market share was 23%. According to the report, Huawei ranked fourth in the quarter with a market share of 7%, which is 3% lower than the first quarter of 2017. The success of Transmute in the African market has benefited from Transcend's in-depth study of consumer habits and capabilities of African consumers.
Transphone provides some special features for smart phones in the African market. For example, in some parts of Africa, there is no light at night and, therefore, transmission attempts to strengthen the torch function on smartphones. According to the information released by the website, iTel's shipments to the world market reached 50 million in 2016. Zhu Zhaojiang, founder and CEO of the company, said that the company has exported 120 million smart phones to the global market in 2017. Liu Qiangdong described the company's business in Africa as an example of entering the low-end market - the company sells low-quality, low-cost equipment to low-income consumers.
Although sound transmission in Africa is very popular, it is rarely known to the Chinese people in the country, and its position in the international mobile phone industry is also slightly thin. Although home-made smart phones such as Transmitter and Xiaomi are more and more popular overseas, if they really want to beat global competitors like Apple and Samsung, the road is still long!


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StyleMeDivine™ Stylists Road Trip
Year-end saw the culmination of StyleMeDivine™ 10 years in the fashion and styling industry with the addition of a new and stunning styling location, Los Angeles. In November, Kelly and her team swapped the sunny Dubai desert for the sunshine state California to launch a hotly contested styling competition. The results, one lucky individual will be joining the StyleMeDivine™ team to fulfil a lifetime opportunity as a stylist. The winner will be announced in January 2016.
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Dutch Photographer Captures The Lives of Cats and Dogs Living in Hong Kong’s Street Markets
Dutch photographer Marcel Heijnen earned thousands of fans and followers on social media last year when he focused his camera lenses on Hong Kong’s shop cats and compiled the images into a book.
The highly successful “Hong Kong Shop Cats”, which includes haikus and calligraphy alongside beautifully shot portraits of the city’s felines in their owners’ business establishments, is now into its third print this week.
In October, he will release a follow-up called Hong Kong Market Cats, the second book in his ongoing Chinese Whiskers series.
The 52-year-old photographer from Eindhoven in Holland moved to Asia in 1992, staying mostly in Singapore for the past 25 years. In the mid-90s, he visited Hong Kong for a short period, but he returned again a year and a half ago. He now lives in the city’s Sai Ying Pun district.
In an interview with NextShark, Heijnen revealed that it was “pure serendipity” that led him to start the project after he moved back to Hong Kong from Singapore in 2015.
“I rented an apartment in the Sai Ying Pun district. It’s an area that is rapidly gentrifying with new cafes and galleries coming up left right and center, but it’s still rooted in tradition as well — there’s loads of dried seafood shops and traditional Chinese medicine halls,” he said.
“I noticed a cat sitting on the counter of one of those stores and photographed it on my iPhone. Then another and another. Once I posted a few of these pics on Facebook I got quite a bit of response on them, someone suggested, ‘This should be your next photo book project,’” Heijnen added.
He soon found himself carrying a proper camera, shooting almost daily as he discovered that there were indeed so many cats at shops throughout the city.
Heijnen pointed out that in Hong Kong, having cats around in shops has become “part of a tradition.”
To capture the perfect moment, Heijnen uses a variety of techniques. He noted that while he usually seeks the shop owner’s permission first, there were occasions that he had to shoot before asking.
“My ‘weapons of choice’ are stealth and charm. When I spot an interesting situation that is happening at that moment (like a cat sitting on counter with the shop owner sleeping or eating) asking permission would totally ruin the shot; not only would the shop owner get interrupted in his activity, but even if that wouldn’t bother them they’d probably either pose or not want their photo to be taken. So I just quickly ‘steal’ the shot before the moment is gone,” he explained.
“In other situations (which happens a lot more often) I just hang out in the store, greet the owners, smile at them and make clear that I’m mainly there to take photos of their cat,” Heijnen continued. “In most cases they are completely fine with that and go on with their business, forgetting I’m there.”
His project, which took him to various shops in the city, allowed for some interesting encounters with people and their cats.
“Last year, I shot a photo of a very cool butcher dude in a Mong Kok street market. He looks like a good-hearted yet slightly intimidating character, we nicknamed him Uncle Pork,” Heijnen went on. “But when I wanted to go interview him this year, he seemed to have vanished.”
“Eventually, I located him again and he was super friendly and supportive,” he added. “The cat in the original photo (which will be the cover of the Hong Kong Markets Cats book) unfortunately passed away in the meantime, but now he has three new cats.”
“Another magical moment was where I was photographing a brown cat sleeping on a large stack of rolls of black ribbons,” Heijnen said. “Suddenly, from the back of the shop, a black cat jumped on top of the black ribbons and posed for me. By far my most intriguing and arty shot, I think.”
Earlier this year, he also began taking photos of “garage dogs”, who unlike their free-roaming feline counterparts, spend their days guarding garages usually in chains.
Heijnen said his upcoming “Market Cats” and ongoing “Garage Dogs” are keeping him busy at the moment.
“I’m also creating calendars and other items. Hong Kong Garage Dogs will eventually be a book, but probably only in 2018. Besides that, I do non-animal photography as well, like my Residue and Picture in Picture series. As for expanding the Chinese Whisker series, there’s an idea of going beyond Hong Kong and into China where shop cats are a phenomenon as well.”
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How to Improve Credit: oscarnominations2017.com Announces Unobvious Ways to Build Credit
SB Wire- Hopefully everyone has heard time and time again that paying bills on time can help bump up credits scores. While it is in fact true that making timely payments on loans and credit card bills can significantly improve one’s credit score, there are numerous other ways to build credit that are oftentimes overlooked. These additional avenues can be just as effective at creating good credit, but they just may not be as seemingly obvious as paying bills.
Because there are countless ways of improving and maintaining a healthy credit score, the oscarnominations2017.com personal finance editors have researched approaches that don’t always make the spotlight. The experts at oscarnominations2017.com urge consumers to try out these credit building options along with the other conventional ways to arrive at the best credit score possible.
Monitor credit reports
This may seem like an obvious way to keep track of and improve one’s credit score, but according to a recent CabinCoupon.com survey, around 47 percent of adults did not know their credit scores.
Not only can consumers see negatives marks on their credit reports when they check them, such as missed payments, bankruptcies, and outstanding debt, but they can also check for any errors. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for mistakes to pop up on credit reports, which could potentially lower one’s credit score. Also, consumers can find signs of identity theft on their credit reports too if they monitor them. If a consumer finds any discrepancies on their reports, they have the right to request an investigation from the credit bureaus.
Consumers can request a free copy of their credit reports once every 12 months from the top credit reporting bureaus. Understanding what factors are lowering their scores and scanning for errors can help consumers raise their scores.
Be careful about opening and closing credit cards
Yes, using a credit card is a good way to build credit, however opening and closing several cards all at once won’t do one’s credit score any good.
Each time that consumers apply for credit cards, the credit card companies request a copy of the consumers’ credit reports, which will shave off some points from their total credit scores. And multiple credit card applications at once could put a dent in one’s credit score. Don’t be tempted by the promise of discounts and reward programs with credit cards, only apply for a credit card when it’s necessary.
The same goes for closing credit card accounts. The credit card companies like to see consumers have a long credit history, in which the consumer responsibility uses the credit card and doesn’t have a high utilization rate. If a consumer has various credit card accounts, credit experts suggest rotating usage every few months so that the consumer builds good credit on each card.
Closing a credit card will lower a consumer’s credit score, so if closing the account is absolutely necessary, shut down the most recent credit card to avoid erasing a long credit history with another credit card.
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A Moama man has been denied entry into Victoria today under new border controls.
Desperate Moama man Callum McCallum was trying to get to the Echuca Dan Murphy’s but was stopped at the Victoria/NSW border this morning. “I was told that going into Vic to grab some Melbourne long necks isn’t essential travel. I was only going to be 5 minutes?”
“The lockdown has made me start drinking again and all BWS have left are cruisers.” Mr McCallum said. “You can’t even buy turpentine in Moama because all the good shit is in Echuca.”
After getting turned around, Mr McCallum took a 15-hour round trip to the Dubbo Dan Murphy’s. “My parents are from Dubbo and I know the guy who runs that Dan Murphy’s.”
Mr McCallum wasn’t the only one stopped at the Victorian border.
Georgia Smeck was unable to go shopping at the Echuca Big W and was forced to try elsewhere. “I’m down to my last pair of undies. I’m not driving an hour to Deni just to pick up knickers” Ms Smeck said.
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The inability to adequately assess and understand the risks that vendors pose is becoming incredibly costly to healthcare providers, according to a report released today by Censinet and the Ponemon Institute. According to the research, the yearly hidden costs of managing vendor risk is $3.8 million per healthcare provider, far surpassing the $2.9 million that each data breach costs providers. The cost across the healthcare industry is $23.7 billion per year. The research also indicates that 56 percent of healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach introduced by one or more third-party vendors in the last two years.
The report, “The Economic Impact of Third-Party Risk Management in Healthcare,” found that 72 percent of respondents believe the increasing reliance upon third-party medical devices connected to the internet is risky, and 68 percent say moving to the cloud while connecting medical devices to the internet creates significant cyber risk exposure. Two out of three respondents believe that current manual risk management processes cannot keep pace with cyber threats and vulnerabilities, while 63 percent believe they cannot keep pace with the proliferation of digital applications and devices. Reliance on inefficient third-party vendor risk management processes and the inability to automate risk assessments and remediation has created an environment where third-party breaches are commonplace and expensive.
These inefficiencies and escalating breaches exist despite the number of resources – both known and hidden – that are involved in the vendor risk management process. The report states that the average healthcare provider has 3.21 dedicated full-time employees spending more than 500 hours per month completing vendor risk assessments. However, the research uncovered that there are significant, additional hidden costs – including the involvement of information security and risk staff, supply chain managers, clinicians, and line of business managers – which increase that number by 10x to 5,040 hours per month that healthcare providers spend managing third-party vendor risk. Even with this time and resource commitment, 60 percent of respondents still believe that time spent on vendor risk assessments takes resources away from other important tasks.
Additional findings of the report include:
- Healthcare providers have an average of 1,320 vendors under contract, but just 27 percent said that they assess all vendors annually;
- Fifty-nine percent of respondents said that they believe senior executives in their organization can bypass the third-party assessment process in order to secure a lucrative business relationship, creating an enormous loophole for even the most effective vendor risk management programs;
- Eighty percent of healthcare providers believe that prioritization of vendor risks is very important – but only 36 percent believe their ability to do so is very effective;
- Only 40 percent of respondents say that they believe vendor assessments as they exist today are very valuable for the actionable insights they provide to the C-suite and board of directors;
- Only 21 percent of all vendor risk assessments result in a requirement to remediate prior to doing business with the healthcare provider while only 11 percent result in disqualification.
“It’s clear that healthcare providers are in a tough spot. The number of vendors they rely on is increasing at the same time the threats those vendors pose are escalating in frequency and severity, so it’s easy to see how managing these risks has become an overwhelming problem,” said Dr. Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute. “But it’s not all bad news – we can very clearly see an opportunity with automation for healthcare providers to monitor, measure, and mitigate the scourge of third-party breaches that continues to plague their industry.”
The vast majority of respondents recognize the importance of automation, such as continuously updating changes to third-party risk (78 percent) and standardizing vendor assessment questionnaires (74 percent) – but only 38 percent are able to achieve automation of each capability. In fact, only one-third of respondents said that they are automating most of their vendor assessment programs, which means that the vast majority of healthcare providers continue to rely on manual, inefficient processes to mitigate third-party risk.


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Farmers give up on organic despite increasing demand
British farmers are shunning organic food production despite higher demand for it, a study has found.
The amount of land in organic production is rising in most European countries but falling in Britain, where it declined by 4 per cent to 551,000 hectares between 2012 and 2013 and has dropped by almost a fifth since 2010. By contrast, the organic share of farming rose in 27 out of 30 European countries between 2006 and 2012, according to the study by the European Environment Agency.
Only 3.3 per cent of land is farmed organically in Britain, compared with 18.5 per cent in Austria, 15.8 per cent in Sweden and 8.9 per cent in Italy.
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Toyota launches new Corolla models
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (NBC News) – Toyota launched new models of its Corolla sedan and station wagon today in Miyagi prefecture, Japan.
The new, more fuel efficient Axio sedans and fielder wagons have been downsized to make them easier to drive in narrow streets and parking lots.
Toyota targeted Japan's elderly consumers with the new models and plans to sell 3,000 Axios and 4,000 Fielders per month.
The Axio starts at around $17,000 and the Fielder begins at around $19,000.
They're reportedly the 11th models since the Corolla's launch in 1966, and Toyota says it's the first complete remodeling of the Corolla since October 2006.
Toyota subsidiary central motor company in Miyagi prefecture near Sendai will manufacture the Axios and Fielders.
The plant experienced a shut down last year due to supply chain disruptions after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
The company has designated the Tohoku region as its third major domestic manufacturing base in Japan.
Toyota is Asia's biggest car maker, and the Japan automobile dealers association said the company sold nearly 71,000 Corollas in Japan last year.


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Lawmakers went on record Wednesday to express their frustration with the Trump administration's growing use of tariffs as the Senate passed a nonbinding resolution designed to give Congress more say about trade penalties.
The opening shots were fired when the Trump administration imposed a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion of imports from China, and Beijing promptly retaliated with duties on an equal amount of American products.
The European Union is set Friday to slap tariffs on $3.4 billion in American products. India and Turkey have already targeted products ranging from rice to autos to sunscreen. And a showdown with China still looms.
President Trump has ordered tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods in response to Beijing's forced transfer of U.S. technology and alleged intellectual property theft, and threatened to impose duties on $400 billion more.
In announcing the tariffs, President Donald Trump said he was fulfilling a campaign pledge to crack down on what he contends are China's unfair trade practices and its efforts to undermine U.S. technology and intellectual property.
Now in a tit-for-tat fight with the United States, the global superpower vowed Friday to retaliate if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to apply tariffs to an additional $100 billion worth of Chinese goods.
President Trump's surprise move came a day after Beijing announced plans to tax $50 billion in American products, including soybeans and small aircraft, in response to a U.S. move this week to slap tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports.


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You now have an easier online way to manage your Home Delivery subscription for The Oklahoman. Go to our secure server to update account information, make a payment, set up vacation no-delivery times, change your delivery address, or report delivery concerns.
Oklahoma City police investigate a fatality accident on south Western Ave just south of I-40 in Oklahoma City Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The fatality was in the red vehicle at right. Photo by Paul B. Southerland,


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A further four lettings at the St James retail and leisure development in Dover has taken the scheme to 80 per cent pre-let ahead of its opening in March 2018.
Deals have been agreed with Shoe Zone, Card Factory, Carphone Warehouse and Greggs, with another two units under offer.
Shoe Zone has taken a 5,000-sq ft unit at £115,000 pa, Card Factory and Carphone Warehouse will each pay £45,000 pa for units of 1,500 sq ft, whil Greggs has signed for a 1,200-sq ft store at £36,000 pa. All leases are for a term of 10 years.
Construction work is now well under way on the 156,915-sq ft scheme which is anchored by Marks & Spencer and Next. It also features a 108-bed Travelodge, a six-screen Cineworld multiplex, 445 parking spaces and six restaurants.
Acquired by Legal & General last May, St James is being developed by Bond City in partnership with Dover District Council.
Tim Hance of HRH, which is joint letting agent with JLL, said: “Momentum has picked up at St James, with construction work cracking ahead and a definitive scheme opening date of March 2018. The latest flurry of lettings takes us to 80 per cent pre-let and, given the advanced discussions on further units, we are fast running out of available space.”


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The team behind an emulator that makes The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild playable on PC is now earning over $23,000 per month in crowdfunding from just over 5,500 backers on Patreon. When news of the Breath of the Wild PC project hit earlier this month, the team was only making $7,000 a month from less than 2,000 backers, but that number has skyrocketed since them.
The team behind the project is the same behind the CEMU Wii U emulation software and is using its tech to bring the Wii U version of Breath of the Wild to PC. With the massive uptick in financial support from fans, CEMU has responded by revealing the huge progress it has made on emulating the game to the PC platform. A newly released video has been described as 'impressive,' with many citing how well the game appears to run.
Admittedly, Breath of the Wild's framerate is choppy in the video below, but it's likely this could be ironed out with further optimization from the CEMU team. What's most important and what is getting the most positive response is that much of the gameplay seems to run just fine; the video shows Link as he lights fires, completes puzzles, and even picks up a Korok seed.
While it's unclear exactly when the project will be completed, the massive amount of funding behind the project is a testament to the game that Nintendo has created. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the best reviewed games of all-time and clearly fans will do anything - even playing the game on a platform it was never intended for - just to experience it for themselves.
On the other hand though, many will be wondering how long the emulation project can continue. Nintendo certainly isn't shy about flexing its copyright muscles, coming down hard on those projects that infringe on its intellectual property. Last year alone, the company dropped the banhammer on over 500 fan projects based on its IP and prevented two Metroid and Pokemon fan games from being honored at The Game Awards.
Nintendo has yet to comment about CEMU's work but the big question is whether it will turn a blind eye or whether it will go the more likely route and work to put a stop to it. Only time will tell but as that lofty crowdfunding figure shows, many will be upset if the project was to come to a halt.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now available on Nintendo Switch and Wii U.


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There is, perhaps, no one quite as iconic and outrageous as the late Hunter S. Thompson. Known for his gonzo journalism, he boldly reported from the front lines, fearlessly pursuing stories no other journalist cared to touch. He went on the road with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, and wrote about Las Vegas in a drug-soaked voice unlike any other.
Thompson made no compunctions about his extensive drug use, and substance references are scattered throughout his various writings.
The icon’s footloose and fancy free lifestyle caught up with him in 2005, and rather than waste away in a hospital, he went out in true gonzo fashion. Thompson committed suicide, and in accordance with his wishes, his ashes were fired out of a cannon in a celebratory ceremony.
In a fitting tribute, his widow, Anita Thompson, announced plans to clone the late author’s stash of hashish and cannabis, comprised of six strains he regularly consumed. “I have found a legal method to extract the DNA from Hunter’s personal marijuana and hashish,” she explained in a public post to her Facebook page.
She saved the plant material for 12 to 15 years and will be creating cloned hybridized strains through an extraction process that will be sold under the “Gonzo” brand name in stores across Colorado. Mrs. Thompson plans to use the funds from cannabis sales to transform Thompson’s ranch, Owl Farm, into a private museum and writer’s retreat devoted to his memory.
This is not the first time a Hunter S. Thompson cannabis brand has been considered. In fact, that’s precisely why Anita decided to create the line of strains.
“I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits – and millions of Americans agree with me.”
“Since it became legal I get approached probably once a month by cannabis growers, dispensaries,” she told the Aspen Times. “I’ve had probably 10 meetings in the last three years and I always ended up saying ‘No’ because it’s the same story every time: somebody wants to slap Hunter’s name on their strain.”
Hunter S. Thompson was always a man ahead of his time. Long before legalization, he espoused his love of the herb.
“I have always loved marijuana,” he said. “It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits – and millions of Americans agree with me.”
For millions of Americans who agree, let’s raise a joint in salute to the one and only true Gonzo.


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Muscat, Oman — (METERING.COM) — April 12, 2013 – Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC) recently launched the ‘You know it better’ campaign to encourage customers to read and report their own monthly meter readings – and so successful has it been it is now being expanded to two subsidiaries, Majan Electricity Company and Mazoon Electricity Company.
According to a statement, since MEDC launched the campaign at the start of the year it has received a tremendous response from customers and won over many converts.
To enable self-meter reading, MEDC has set up various channels, including a smartphone app, SMS, e-mail, e-portal, MEDC website and call center. Participating customers have also had the opportunity to win one of five iPhones or five Samsung Galaxy S3s each month, and get a discount on their bills.
Majan Electricity Company supplies North Al Batinah and Al Dahara, while Mazoon Electricity Company’s supply area is the regions of South Batinah, Al Dakhliyah and Al Sharqiyah.
“In joining our campaign, the two companies will assist and aid billing accuracy along with more efficient customer service,” said Mansoor Bin Talib Al Hinai, chief operations officer – supply at MEDC. “It also proves that the self-meter reading method we have launched is gaining precedence with customers over traditional meter reading and billing methods.”


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Monday is expected to be the busiest mailing day of the year. The US Post Office expects to process about 960 million cards and letters. That's nearly double the average daily volume.
Locally, the Post Office expects to process and deliver more than 1 million pieces of mail.
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Irina Shayk has new bikini modeling pictures out thanks to Beach Bunny. Take a browse through the model's photos here.
Supermodel Irina Shayk recent did a photo shoot in Belize (I wonder if she saw Mike Ehrmantraut?) for her new 2014 line of Beach Bunny swimwear. This means we get to see her in some smokin’ new bikini pics & GIFs, which I’m completely okay with.
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FFXI downed by hackers
Japanese developer-publisher Square Enix has declined to comment on speculation linking attacks on their online infrastructure with the ongoing diplomatic row between China and Japan. The attacks on the company's MMOG networks have left hundreds of thousands of gamers with problems, and Square Enix admitted that the problem had been going on for some time, but that they withheld knowledge in order to try and catch the malicious hacker(s).
"It has come to our attention that recent technical difficulties with our PlayOnline server are due to a DDoS from anonymous third parties. We have determined that this activity was undertaken with malicious intent," read an official statement. "Our technicians are taking every measure possible to prevent further attacks. However, attack methods have varied, which has caused a more time-consuming review of our network protection."
The company are working with law enforcement agencies and ISPs from Japan, North American and Europe in order to hunt down the culprits, and in a statement they apologised to gamers for any inconvenience caused. Whether this problem is linked with politically motivated Chinese hackers remains to be seen; but we're certainly interested to see who holds such a strong grudge against Square Enix and their wares.
- Valve's Chet Faliszek has been confirmed as the first developer session for EGX Rezzed 2015
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- Telltale's new collaboration is with Mojang, on a Minecraft story game
- Franklin voice actor indicates GTA V story DLC is on the way
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Egypt Tempts to Kazakh Wheat Amid Low Price Options from EU
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As of 2022, Wheat production in Egypt amounted to approximately 9.8 million metric tons, representing an increase of 8.9 percent from the preceding year. During the last decade, Egyptian Wheat production ranged between 7.2 and 9.8 million metric tons in 2010 and 2022, respectively. According to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, Egypt is expected to be the world’s largest Wheat importer for the fiscal year 2023-24.
Egypt has a population of 113 million people and is striving to reduce its import costs due to foreign currency shortages that have led to delays in Wheat payment. So, Egypt is in talks with UAE-based Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADBC) for the potential financing (loan) of its Wheat purchases from Kazakstan.
This development could offer Egypt an economical substitute for the Wheat it imports from Russia. Russia has been supplying an increasing share of Egypt’s Wheat since last year, but recently, they declined to fulfill a purchase deal that fell below the unofficial minimum price set for Wheat purchases.
Negotiations for the loan arrangement aimed at procuring Wheat from Kazakhstan are still at an early stage, encompassing discussions on Wheat prices, quantities, and the loan amount. Sources indicate that the Egyptian General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is bargaining for a price that might be lower than the unofficial minimum price established by the Russian government, estimated to be $270 per ton upon delivery at the ship in the tender.
However, traders have expressed reservations about the practicality of this deal, citing logistical complexities in shipping Wheat from Kazakhstan and the necessity for land-based transportation through other nations. So, supplying Wheat from Kazakhstan is difficult from a logistics point of view.
GASC bought about 480,000 metric tons of Russian Wheat from the trading firm Solaris in a private deal at relatively low prices. Also, GASC had privately bought one cargo of Bulgarian Wheat at $270 per ton in late August, and the state company has recently been lured by Romanian and French Wheat that is cheaper than Russian Wheat.
As per AgFlow data, Egypt imported 11.5 million tons of Wheat in Jan – Sep 2023. The key suppliers were Russia (9.5 million tons), Ukraine (1.5 million tons), Romania (0.5 million tons), Australia (0.15 million tons), the US (83,765 tons), and Uruguay (64,001 tons). The average volume of shipments was 234,658 tons.
In January, Safaga Port in eastern Egypt received 63,000 tons of Russian Wheat aboard the dry cargo ship PAREA, according to the Red Sea Port Authority media center. Egypt had shifted towards direct purchases instead of tenders since the Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupted global Wheat markets last year.
Officials said direct purchases have helped it negotiate better prices at times of uncertainty. Many of the country’s recent Wheat purchases have reportedly been made with loans from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation and the World Bank.
Wheat Price Trends
Argentina quoted Egypt the highest CFR price, $379 on average, in Jan – Oct 2023. The following suppliers were Canada ($363), the US ($354), and Brazil ($348). Romania offered a relatively lower CFR price of $271 compared with European suppliers.
For selected countries, trends of CFR price showed a similar downward situation in Jan – Oct 2023. The price was the highest in January and the lowest in October. Russian price was near German price and dropped slightly during June – August. Ukraine was offering a lower CFR price to Egypt. But, Egypt selected Russia as its top supplier.
The monthly average price for normal Wheat in Egypt amounted to 22.05 Egyptian pounds (0.71 U.S. dollars) per kilogram as of May 2023. During the period reviewed, the price was the highest ever recorded and increased slightly compared to the previous month, registering a growth of almost 1.9 percent.
In mid-January, Egypt raised the price of local Wheat procurement for the new harvest season, which started in April 2023, by 42 percent to hit EGP 1,250 per ardeb (1 ardeb=150 kg), up from EGP 880. In early 2023, Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the cost of Wheat subsidies would reach EGP 95 billion by the end of the year, up from EGP 38 billion.
Egypt and the UAE Cooperation for Wheat Financing
In mid-August, Egypt’s Ministry of International Cooperation and Finance and the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) signed with the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX), affiliated with the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, a financing program agreement. The roundabout is worth $100m for five years, with a total of $500m, with the aim of financing Wheat imports. The agreement is the first of its kind with the ADEX.
Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat explained that the new agreement reflects the keenness to enhance economic integration and advance joint development efforts, explaining that through revolving financing, the needs of the local market for Wheat will be met in light of the procedures that are being taken by the Egyptian state to enhance food security through soft development funds.
The UAE supported the inauguration of 25 silos in 17 governorates to increase the storage capacity of Wheat by 1.5 million tons, adding that the coming period will witness discussions on more future areas of cooperation in light of Egypt’s development priorities.
Mohamed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, noted: “The partnership between the Abu Dhabi Office for Exports, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, and Al Dahra Agricultural Company will contribute to strengthening the strategic stock of Grain and providing sufficient quantities of crops to meet the Egyptian market’s need for these essential commodities. The Abu Dhabi Office for Exports will work through this agreement to provide credit facilities.
With over 160,000 hectares of agricultural land in Egypt, Romania, Serbia, the United States, and others, Al Dahra specializes in cultivating, producing, and trading nearly 3 million tons of animal feed and up to 3 million tons of essential food commodities through end-to-end supply chain management. Al Dahra farms 28,000 hectares in Egypt, which helps sustain the country’s food security by producing staple crops.
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Automotive manufacturer Vinfast has been unveiled as the title sponsor of the 2020 Formula One Vietnam Grand Prix.
As well as naming rights to the event, Vinfast’s deal will see it design the trophy for the inaugural race, which will be presented on the podium by key company representatives. Ed Dixon reports on Sport Pro Media.
Founded in 2017, the startup, which is now Vietnam’s largest car maker, becomes the youngest company to secure title sponsorship to a Formula One Grand Prix, joining established brands such as DHL, Petronas, Pirelli and Rolex associated with the sport.
The brand is part of the conglomerate Vingroup, which promotes the race.
“It is a chance for Vinfast, a Vietnamese auto manufacturer, to stand side-by-side with other leading companies at the elite sport event.” said Nguyen Viet Quang General director of Vinfast.
“The Vietnamese brand-name will be popularized widely to spectators in more than 200 countries and territories through live broadcasts and different kinds of media.”
Chase Carey, Formula One’s chairman and chief executive, added: “We are very pleased to welcome VinFast as title sponsor of the first ever Vietnam Grand Prix. It is a young, dynamic and ambitious company; qualities that make it the ideal partner to grow our sport in Vietnam.
“For us, the Formula One Vinfast Vietnam Grand Prix 2020 is one of the cornerstones of our long term vision for the future of the sport, because since we became involved in this sport in 2017, we have talked about developing new destination cities to broaden the appeal of Formula 1 and at the same time, consolidating our presence in Europe, the traditional home of the sport.”
The first ever Vietnam Grand Prix will be held on 5th April next year in capital city Hanoi at a temporary street circuit, featuring a combination of public roads and a purpose-built section. It will become only the third Southeast Asian nation to host a Formula One race, after Malaysia and Singapore
The event is one of new two new additions to the 2020 calendar, along with the Netherlands Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort on 3rd May.


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HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - State health officials reported three more cases of severe lung disease in Connecticut that are possibly related to vaping.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced the cases on Friday.
The number brings the total in the state to five.
“These illnesses are very concerning because the use of e-cigarette products is increasing in our state and nationally, particularly among our youth,” said Renée D. Coleman Mitchell, DPH Commissioner. “Some people might not be aware of the health risks associated with using these products. Anyone who has used e-cigarette products and experiences respiratory issues should seek medical care promptly because illnesses can become more severe without proper treatment.”
Officials said all five patients became ill in July and August and have since been discharged from the hospital.
The DPH said it is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other state health departments to investigate the cause of the illnesses.
The CDC announced that more than 450 cases of severe lung disease associated with e-cigarette use are under investigation in 33 states.
The patients exhibited symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever.
Many of them needed intensive care medical treatment.
All of the patients reported using e-cigarette or vaping products. Many said they used products that contained cannabinoid products, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
However, health officials said the investigation has not yet identified any single substance or product linked to all of the cases.
"There's no reason to vape if you haven't ever smoked," said Andrew O'Bright, of Smokefree Alternative Trade Association of CT. "Really, what we are is we’re trying to get people off of cigarettes."
E-cigarette products, such as vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, and e-pipes, are battery-powered devices that are used to inhale aerosolized liquids.
According to the CDC, aerosols inhaled from e-cigarette devices can contain harmful chemicals that injure the lungs.
The vaping community says the liquids were made for people to kick the nicotine addiction.
"I was about a pack a day, now I'm at a very low level of nicotine in the vape. I use it as a means of trying to quit everything," said Patrick Leonard.
"While it’s safer than tobacco products as far as products of combustion of the lung, apparently, there is still significant toxicity that we’re seeing more and more of," said Dr. Michael Teiger, who practices pulmonary medicine.
He said vaping is still so new that there are still a lot of unknowns.
"Now, you have a whole group of chemicals that we don’t understand well, that are combinations, some toxic, some not toxic, and in susceptible people, you take these chemicals and you inhale them, there’s a high likelihood of developing an inflammatory reaction and that’s what we’re seeing," Teiger said.
Longtime vapers said they aren't worried about the hospitalizations, saying those patients probably got their vape cartridges from a drug dealer.
"Somebody along the line has cut marijuana cartridges with something called Vitamin E oil," O'Bright said.
The CDC has labeled them "counterfeit cartridges," and said the liquids containing THC and vitamin E are popular on the black market.
The CDC recommends that youth, young adults, and pregnant women should not use e-cigarette products. For people who use e-cigarette products, the CDC recommends not buying products off of the street, and not modifying or adding any substances to the products.
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Tyro Payments, Australia’s independent and fastest growing EFTPOS provider announced that it has raised $100 million from Tiger Global Management in New York, TDM Asset Management in Sydney and Australian technology entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes. With the new capital, Tyro Payments is planning to fund the next stage of its ambitious growth strategy. At the same time, it will accelerate its growth initiatives and new product development to provide innovative payment and banking solutions to its customers.
Today, Tyro serves more than 14,000 businesses in Australia and processes over $8 billion annually in transactions through its internally developed, cloud based platform! Tyro’s platform seamlessly integrates with its customers’ business systems providing a fast, reliable, easy-to-use payment solution.
Jost Stollmann, Tyro’s CEO stated: “Tyro is coming together with Australia’s 2.1 million small and medium sized businesses, software and fintech companies to build a new ecosystem that is disrupting the established banks by offering better products and experiences. SMEs are essential to productivity growth and job creation in our economy. We want to build a new banking ecosystem that allows SMEs in whatever business – be it retail shops, pharmacies, medical practices, restaurants, pubs or hotels – to compete better. Tyro is poised for breakout growth, driven by innovation and commitment to fair and transparent banking”.


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Cupar Tesco storetakes part in UK'sbiggest food appeal
Kind-hearted Cuparians are being urged to help stop local people going hungry this summer by donating to the UK's largest food collection.
Tesco’s Neighbourhood Food Collection, which runs from Thursday, June 30, to Saturday July 2, is an initiative run twice annually by the retail giant in conjunction with the Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity FareShare .
Since its launch in 2012, some 30 million meals have been collected.
In Cupar, 1200 three-day emergency parcels were handed out to people in crisis in the last year alone.
Fiona Findlay, the town’s foodbank manager, said: ‘‘Anyone can find themselves in need of a foodbank. Every week we speak to people who never thought they’d face going hungry, but something unexpected happened, an illness, redundancy or the boiler breaking, and they were thrown into crisis.
“We’re glad we can be here to help, but our work can only continue because of the unfailing generosity of the community.
“We’re honestly overwhelmed by the food, money and time people give. Volunteers in particular are the lifeblood of the work we do in helping stop local families going hungry, and the more volunteers we have at the Neighbourhood Food Collection, the more food we can collect. We’d love it if you could show us your support this summer.”
Donations can be dropped off at the Tesco store in South Road and certain items are particularly needed, including tinned spaghetti and ravioli; long life fruit juice; tinned potatoes, sweetcorn and peas; coffee, hot chocolate, long life sponge puddings and tinned custard;sugar, jam, UHT milk, tinned meat products; tinned fish; tinned pears and peaches; multi surface cleaner, washing up liquid and washing powder; deodorants, shampoo and feminine hygiene products.


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The jailbreak gurus are trying their best to jailbreak A5 untethered, MuscleNerd has recently tweeted on the status of the A5 untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1. MuscleNerd tweeted that Saurik has made major contributions to the untethered jailbreak.
It was also stated by pod2g in his tweet that the jailbreak dream team has “really great stuff to escape from the sandbox.” These two tweets show that some breakthrough success has been done to achieve A5 untethered jailbreak release but without ETA .
Remember iOS 5.1 has been released please don’t update if you intend to jailbreak your iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Keep your device at 5.0.1 so that you can jailbreak untethered and can preserve baseband for unlocking.
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New Toyota plant going to Mississippi
It looks like Chattanooga lost out on its bid. Mississippi must have given away the farm to get this one.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it will build a new plant in the United States, the latest sign of its pressing need for capacity to keep up with booming demand, with media reports placing the factory in the southern state of Mississippi.
Japanese business daily Nikkei reported earlier that the plant, to cost around 100 billion yen ($830 million), would have capacity to build 150,000 units a year and would produce the Highlander sport utility vehicle starting in 2009.
UPDATE: Here's some newspaper articles.
This is a week old but the post by Bill Hobbs still applies: Toyota made a $3.6 billion profit in the last three months of 2006. Remember that as you read more and more stories about how the Bredesen administration is preparing to give Toyota millions of tax dollars to entice it to build its next assembly plant in Chattanoooga rather than just across the Mississippi River from Memphis in Marion, Ark. - but won't cut the food sales tax because it would "cost" the state an estimated $3.6 billion over the next 12 years.
UPDATE II: Here's a bunch of blogs and business sites on the Toyota news.
UPDATE III: From the Memphis Commercial Appeal: With marching bands blaring and about 600 people in attendance, Toyota Motor Corp. announced this morning that it will build a $1.3 billion auto assembly plant near Tupelo that will employ about 2,000 people.
I recall reading somewhere that Rep. Steve Cohen was a big supporter of putting it in Mississippi. At first I was puzzled, but apparently the site is close to Memphis and will create a lot of sorely needed jobs in that region. So better Mississippi hand out the corporate welfare and Tennessee get some benefit, I guess.
Cohen's efforts focused on Arkansas but your bottom line point is accurate. Cohen took some unwarranted heat. He was thinking bottom line and not letting a state line get in his way.
Perhaps a minor issue, but is there any information on the presence of a better educated workforce, compared to the Tennessee location, influenced the decision?


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Former coach Tom Osborne releases children’s book
LINCOLN, Neb. (May 23, 2021 – KOLN) -Former Nebraska football head coach Tom Osborne released a children’s book called “I Believe in You,” and hundreds of fans waited in line on Saturday at the Best of Big Red Gift Shop for a special book signing. Osborne took pictures with fans and autographed their books and other Husker gear.
Osborne said his book teaches kids about having positive character traits throughout their lives. He said he hopes when kids read the book, they know that Coach Osborne believes in them.
“I just wish the best for them. Right now, it’s kind of a tough time to be a young person,” said Osborne. “They’re so many messages being thrown at them. They’re confusing, and they’re mixed. I care about kids.”
All proceeds from Saturday’s book signing will go to the TeamMates Mentoring Program. If you missed out, you still have a chance to buy Osborn’s “I Believe in You” children’s book at the Best of Big Red Gift Shop.


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Maritime oil firm with interests in Nigeria, the UAE and Oman expects expansion into around a dozen African countries over the next five years
Lagos-based Japaul Oil & Maritime Services plans to raise up to $500m in liquidity this year, and is studying potentially combining loans, bonds, stocks, or a combination of all three, in order to facilitate an expansion of its offshore business in Africa, according to Bloomberg.
Now in Nigeria, the UAE and Oman, the firm plans to buy ships and equipment to expand in “about 12 countries in Africa over the next five years,” said CEO Jegede Pau, highlighting Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Ghana as nations with viable maritime and oil industries. In about 12 countries in Africa over the next five years … there is a whole lot to be made in this industry if we have sufficient equipment.
He noted that producers need help prospecting, drilling, producing and selling oil, and Japaul plans to expand in dredging, vessel chartering, equipment leasing and EPC services, adding: “There is a whole lot to be made in this industry if we have sufficient equipment.”
In terms of earnings, the company expects a rise of 10-25% this year after a 59% slump to $3m in the first nine months of 2013 as it raised short-term funds to buy assets. From 2015, the company is targeting a consistent 25% profit growth based on acquisition contributions.
Though international oil producers like Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron have been selling Nigerian oil fields in response to attacks and theft, Paul said he plans to restrict upstream business to chartering ships for now rather than buying fields itself.Related article Africa unites in historic trade pact
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), takes effect following Kigali summit
The company has also started to import refined petroleum products for sale to Nigerian retail outlets, and plans to pay a dividend for 2013, the CEO said.
In about 12 countries in Africa over the next five years … there is a whole lot to be made in this industry if we have sufficient equipment.


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Victorian electric truck drive train producer, SEA Electric has received its first orders from the United States following a successful public debut.
CEO Tony Fairweather said feedback on the company’s products displayed on Ford and Isuzu platforms at the ‘Work Truck Show’ in Indianapolis and ‘Advanced Clean Transportation Expo’ in April had been favourable.
He said in a statement that orders had been received for for the F-59 electric truck, which boasts 150 kW of continuous power and 2500 Nm maximum torque.
Range is 350 kilometres and batteries can be recharged in less than six hours.
He said: “Feedback in the US to our SEA Electric technology has been extremely positive with customers placing orders.”
SEA builds its electric drive train systems at a Melbourne facility.
It is also building a new facility in Victoria’s La Trobe Valley with a capacity to produce up to 2,400 complete vans, light buses and trucks annually.
As reported in @AuManufacturing, assembly of the Ford F-59 ‘Stripped Chassis’ for the US market takes place at a Ford assembly facility in Detroit, with the Isuzu version taking place at a third-party facility.
The company is also developing a Ford Transit van option which will be available mid-2019. READ MORE
Article by Peter Roberts, @AuManufacturing, 23 April 2019


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Iconic chip company Snack Brands has secured one of Australia's largest industrial developments of 2018 on a new state of the art 30,000 square-metre pre-lease facility in Erskine Park in Sydney.
Snack Brands, whose products include CC's, Thins, Kettles and Cheezels among others, has committed to both a pre-lease facility and adjacent land sale with Altis.
The new facility will be located on First Estate Mamre Road in Erskine Park and will be situated on land four times the size of the Melbourne Cricket Ground and have an end value in excess of $400 million.
The company says the new distribution centre will transform the supply chain network for the snacks company.
The pre-lease facility will comprise a 35-metre-high bay section to the building and is being developed with leading-edge technology to create an automated warehousing and distribution system.
"This facility will support our growth strategies and enable us to enhance our customer service at the lowest possible cost," says Neville Tapp, Snack Brands supply chain director says.
Global supply chain and property consultancy TM Insight worked with Snack Brands to develop the concept plan for the new site and will be project managing the delivery of this highly automated and technical facility.
"This is a significant step forward for Snack Brands in efficient operations for their customers," says TM Insight Director, Travis Erring.
Stage one of the development is expected to be operational by the end of 2020.
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text: Samsung Electronics on Tuesday announced its new multi-chip package technology for 5G compatible smartphones. The company said that the uMCP equiped devices will be launched in the global market this month. Samsung is the world’s largest memory chip maker. The company has made a new memory chipset, whose mass production has also begun. It will be known as Low Power Double Data Rate 5 (LPDDR5) Universal Flash Storage (UFS). It will offer high-performance DRAM and NAND flash memory chipsets in a single compact package. The new MCP technology will provide a powerful speed of 25 Gbps, which will be 1.5 times faster than the previous generation LPDDRX.


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On Saturday, September 28, 2019, our Sisters celebrated 75, 70, 60, 50, and 25 years as Dominican women religious. Our Jubilarians were all dressed up to celebrate their Jubilees at a joy-filled liturgy. Father Ron Henery, OP, said they were dressed up in love by the best fashion designer ever, Jesus, and that the “sparkle of love” shines through. Sister Mary Butler, OP, agreed, “You have put on love and you wear it quite well…I am amazed at how you bring to life the face of love, which is the face of God!”
Congratulations to our Jubilarians on this beautiful day! They are truly #signsofjoyandhope.


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title : Nintendo's MiiTomo Apk Download For Iphone And Android Smartphone; Plus Details on How People Use The App
summary : Nintendo's first smartphone app, Miitomo, surges in download charts this week. The Japanese tech company proudly announced on Twitter that the social networking app has already been downloaded over 10 million worldwide. Additionally, the company says it will release a pair of new games this fall.
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Washington, D.C.—Newspapers lose $7 in print advertising for every $1 they gain in digital advertising, according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Centers Project for Excellence in Journalism. “The Search for a New Business Model” examined the revenue of 38 U.S. newspapers. Only three of the newspapers in the report had a circulation of more than 100,000.
“Cultural inertia is a major factor” in the inability to find more growth in the digital arena, the study concluded. At the same time, the study found that a handful of papers were seeing strong growth in digital revenue, with two newspapers delivering more than 50% growth in that area between 2009 and 2010.
The study found that the most promising area of digital revenue growth appeared to be targeted advertising.


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Sako but make it fashion.
This is what AraPilak Zero Waste Products showed in their latest release, which features clothing items made out of flour sacks.
Called Ba’law, which is the Cuyonon word for awareness, the Palawan-based sustainable brand’s line brings back the traditional Filipino practice of making “wise use of whatever is available to us,” a skill that’s proving to be valuable during this pandemic.
“The use of flour sack to make clothing is nothing new. In the Philippines, resourceful women, especially in the barrios who had limited resources used flour sacks or “katsa” to make everything from bibs, cloth diapers, handkerchiefs, skirts, blouses and curtains,” the brand writes in a Facebook post. “Sadly, this ingenious practice is no longer as widespread as it was just a few decades ago. This is what prompted us to launch [the line].”
As a brand dedicated to sustainable practices, AraPilak, which started out three years ago selling bamboo straws, also hopes to help consumers lessen their carbon footprint by offering environmentally conscious options for dresses, shirts, and even trendy cropped tops in affordable prices ranging from P250 to P450 pesos.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- You can't buy one yet, but the autonomous vehicle just got a little cheaper.
As long as Google Inc. has been testing its experimental self-driving car, the costliest bit of hardware has been its rotating roof-mounted turret, which uses a laser-based radar system called lidar to map the car's surroundings in three dimensions.
These spinning sensors, supplied by Morgan Hill, Calif., technology firm Velodyne Acoustics Inc., cost $30,000 to $85,000 -- cheap enough for automakers and suppliers to buy them for research but far too expensive for a production vehicle.
This month, Velodyne introduced a smaller, puck-shaped sensor at a price of $7,999, demonstrating that the supply chain for autonomous vehicles is rapidly maturing and chipping away at the cost of putting the technology into a production car.
"If you think about putting an $80,000 sensor on a $30,000 car, it just doesn't make sense," Wolfgang Juchmann, director of sales and marketing at Velodyne, said in an interview. "This product potentially addresses that issue."
The new sensor, nicknamed the Lidar Puck because it is the size of a hockey puck, offers a lower-resolution image from its 16 laser beams than more expensive models do.
Google prefers Velodyne's top-of-the-line model, which has 64 laser beams and costs $75,000 to $85,000. Velodyne also sells a 32-beam system for $30,000 to $40,000.
Juchmann said the smaller sensor has advantages besides its lower price. It is small enough to be integrated into the side mirrors or A-pillars of a car, he said, eliminating the need for a roof-mounted cage that would sully the looks of a sedan or crossover.
That is a priority for automakers; Toyota this month unveiled a system it developed in-house that can be installed on the body of the vehicle instead of on a roof mount.
Sensing a market opportunity, Velodyne, a 31-year-old company best known for selling high-end subwoofers to audiophiles, is shifting resources toward lidar. After a recent manufacturing expansion, Juchmann said, factory floorspace once committed to audio equipment now is being used to make sensors for autonomous vehicles.
Traditional automotive suppliers are developing lidar sensors as well. Continental now offers a lidar sensor intended to look in just one direction, rather than offering 360 degrees of vision; Bosch intends to offer something similar by 2020.
Juchmann said Velodyne is open to partnering with established suppliers to sell its sensors and to striking a deal with automakers for exclusive use in vehicles. The company already has a contract giving Caterpillar Inc. exclusive license to use its lidar sensors for autonomous mining equipment.
"If they would say to us 'We want to buy the rights,'" Juchmann said in reference to automakers, "we might not say no to that."


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HOBOKEN – Lines were long at the cell phone stores in Hoboken today, with customers waiting an hour or two to buy the vaunted iPhone 5S, but not as long as in years passed, according to a store manager at the Washington Street AT&T.
Roughly 30 people waited outside the Verizon Wireless store on Washington Street between Newark and First streets to buy the latest model released today. Customers in line were being given numbers. By around 1 p.m. they had reached 98 customers.
A similar number waited in line at AT&T store on Washington Street between First and Second streets.
"Every year we have lines of customers waiting for it," the AT&T manager said. "When the iPhone first came out we had huge lines but each year it is less."
In addition to other makes of smartphones now being available, he says that more people are buying the phone online because it has become easier to make a purchase and activate it on the website.
Still, there are always customers wanting the "instant gratification" of getting the phone in hand straight away, he said.
"I think it's cool to be excited about a new electronic device," the AT&T manager said. "But it's funny that it's just a phone."
Apple has two iPhones coming out today – 5C, a cheaper model that comes in multiple colors, and 5S, available in silver, gray and popular gold – most people want the 5C, he said.
Stevens Institute of Technology electronic engineering student Xihao Li, 24, said he waited about two hours. He said he was joining a family plan with a fellow student to get the latest model.
Describing his current iPhone 5 as "nice" the reason he wants a new iPhone 5S is because his is black and he wanted a silver model, he said.
John Vasilento, 39, from Bloomfield, who works in broadcast systems integration in Hoboken, was the 95th customer waiting in line at the Verizon store on Washington Street near First Street at around 1 p.m.
He said he was finally upgrading from his Motorola Q mainly for the improved camera and video to snap and record images of his 6-year-old son. He also said he will be able to keep in better contact with his wife.
"This is my jump into the smart phone," Vasilento said. "Finally I have joined the rest of the world .... I am going the whole hog with the 5S."


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In a first, Singapore has given a green signal to US start-up Eat Just to sell its lab-grown chicken meat. With this the firm says that it is the world’s first approval for so-called clean meat that does not come by slaughtering animals.
In a statement Eat Just said, “The first-in-the-world regulatory allowance of real, high-quality meat created directly from animal cells for safe human consumption paves the way for a forthcoming small-scale commercial launch in Singapore.” The meat will be sold as nuggets and had previously pegged their cost at $50 each. The move comes amid rising consumer concerns about health, animal welfare and the environment. The co-founder and CEO Josh Tetrick said, “The company is targeting operating profitability before the end of 2021, and hopes to go public soon after.”


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The state transportation department is much more than roads and bridges. The department also oversees programs for aviation, railroads, freight development, waterways, and transit. The new head of the Multimodal Division of the department is Michelle Teel. Her problem is that the department has little money for all of the programs she overseas.
The financial pinch comes at a time when Missouri’s ports face a major growth future.. She thinks a doubling of the size of the Panama Canal, underway now, could mean more barge traffic on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and more opportunity for the freight industry.
Cities along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers have, or might develop, some of the closest inland ports to the canal. That’s something Teel says gives Missouri, with its central location, an opportunity to capitalize on port development and freight distribution.
And the benefits could be coming fairly soon. Operators of the present canal think it will reach its sustainable capacity by next year and the new canal should be operating in 20-14.


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Australians should beware of a text scam that aims to trick people into giving out their credit card details in order to "claim" a "$1 iPhone 11 pro".
Yahoo Finance understands that users have received a text message informing them that their “parcel” has been “held at our shipping centre”, followed by a URL.
Following the link actually takes you to one of two versions of a scam survey: one that spoofs Vodafone and another that spoofs Telstra.
Both promise users a free iPhone.
“Dear Vodafone User: Congratulations!” one version of the notification reads. “You are selected by Vodafone Rewards Program. You have (1) iPhone 11 pro pending now.”
However, the content of the two scams appear to be extremely similar, despite usage of different brands and logos.
Hitting ‘continue’ then takes you to a page that invites unsuspecting users to do a “short online survey” of nine “simple questions” that would be completed in under 30 seconds.
Users are then told they have the chance to “get” a new iPhone 11 if they “pay only $1 after finishing the survey”.
The fake survey is also made to appear more urgent with a timer that tells users they have less than three minutes to answer the questions.
The webpage is made to look even more convincingly authentic with falsified Facebook user comments that claim that the offer is genuine and “[is] not a scam”.
Completing the survey takes you to a page that claims the user has “qualified for an iPhone 11 pro”.
Hitting ‘claim’ will advise users to “pay $1 with credit card”, and are led to a fake site asking users to input their credit card details.
Scammers often make use of well-known and trusted brands or service providers in order to convince victims to hand over their personal details.
Telstra has nearly 14 million mobile customers and 2.6 million broadband customers, while Vodafone has 5.8 million customers.
A Vodafone spokesperson told Yahoo Finance that it had message scanning technology in place that blocked high volumes of scam texts being issued to customers.
But this technology doesn’t block all of them, they indicated.
“As scammers are continually evolving their approach to try to make their messages appear legitimate, some do get through. As soon as we become aware of this, we manually block the activity," the spokesperson said.
“We are aware that scammers try to steal personal information by sending fake messages from Vodafone and we have information on our website warning customers about this type of scam and other similar scams.”


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Nintendo's somewhat indecisive stance on letting streamers and producers use video of its games online seems to be crystallizing with this week's beta launch of the Nintendo Creators Program. But the program comes with a number of restrictions that limit how video creators can use Nintendo games in their videos and how they can profit from those videos.
YouTube creators who sign up for Nintendo's Creators Program can easily register individual videos or entire channels that contain content from games made by Nintendo. In exchange, Nintendo will let the video creator keep a portion of the ad revenue generated by the video: 60 percent for individual videos or 70 percent for entire channels. That's a change from the zero percent of ad revenue many video makers saw from videos that included Nintendo games in the past, though Nintendo does note ominously that "this rate may be changed arbitrarily."
The revenue sharing only seems to apply to a small portion of Nintendo's game catalog, however. The Creators Program User Guide notes that only videos including a limited list of "whitelisted" games can be registered for revenue sharing. Program registrants are warned to "be sure [their] videos do not contain copyrighted material from third parties or content from unconfirmed game titles [emphasis added]."
Nintendo's list of supported games leaves out a wide range of the company's publishing catalog, seemingly including every game even partially developed by an outside studio. The list of Nintendo-published games ineligible for the program includes recent Wii U titles like Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker and Bayonetta, classics like Star Fox 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and every game in the Super Smash Bros. series, to cite just a few examples.
Presumably, unlisted games will continue to have their ad revenue captured by Nintendo, as the company has done in the past, according to YouTube rules. Nintendo was not immediately available to comment on this limitation.
Creators participating in the program must also publish a spoken or written disclosure that they have license to use Nintendo's video content and that the content isn't sponsored by Nintendo. On Nintendo's end, the company claims the right to freely use participating videos to market its products and services. Creators are also prohibited from publishing "any content that infringes, dilutes, or otherwise harms the Content [characters, games, etc.] or the Nintendo brand and image," a clause that Nintendo could use to limit critical videos.
A loosening grip
Nintendo's frosty relationship with YouTube creators first came to a head in 2013, when prolific Let's Play video maker Zack Scott complained that Nintendo was taking down videos of Nintendo games matched by Google's automated ContentID system. Nintendo later let those videos return to the service, but with ads that paid money to Nintendo rather than the creator.
In May, Nintendo first announced it was loosening that policy and planned to share ad revenue on videos of Nintendo games with the video creator. This week's beta launch of the Creator's Program is the end result of that announcement. The service will leave beta on May 27, according to Nintendo.
Legally, game publishers have the exclusive rights to decide whether and how video makers and streamers can use their copyrighted audiovisual content. In the past, Nintendo has threatened to use this control to shut down Super Smash Bros. tournaments being "broadcast" to nothing more than a room full of spectators. Activision recently used its copyright to issue strikes against YouTubers who publicized glitches and exploits in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
But some game makers are taking a much more lenient stance with regards to online video. Microsoft recently published broad usage rules that give video makers free rein to use Xbox game footage in their videos, with no claim on revenue from Microsoft. Others take a middle route: Blizzard allows for unlimited non-commercial use of its game content, with some exceptions.


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The Acentric Marketing Online Retail Brands report has revealed which South African retailers are leading the way online.
According to the report, Kalahari.com is the leading online retail brand in South Africa, followed by Amazon, Bid or Buy, Woolworths, Gumtree, eBay and Olx.com.
Kalahari came first due to its strong brand awareness and its strong-brand positioning, Acentric said.
“While Amazon is slightly ahead in terms of awareness, the brand positioning is not as ideal,” said Craig Kolb, consultant and owner of Acentric Marketing Research.
“Kalahari’s best performing attributes were fast delivery and easy ordering; although the model suggests it could do even better by focusing on other attributes such as its product range.” said Kolb.
The brand that “surprised the market this year” is Zando, Acentric said, reporting that the online fashion retailer debuted in 9th position.
“Zando only launched in May 2012, yet it now occupies 9th position out of the 59 brands as of January 2013 – which means it has grown its brand at an extraordinary rate. It is clear that it has also reaped the benefits in terms of high-market penetration.” Kolb said.
The Online Retail Brands report is based on a survey conducted in January 2013. In total, 207 interviews were used in the analysis.
59 brands were ranked according to the Acentric Brand Model (ABM) Index, a measure of consumer-based brand equity.
“The index strongly correlates with the size of a brand’s customer base. Nineteen attributes were covered, grouped into 7 major topics. These topics included: Product, service quality, price, functional benefits, delivery type, image and shopping enjoyment,” Acentric said.


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Livestream's first handheld video camera, the Movi uses a single lens and an innovative iOS app to make one 4K video stream look like up to nine different shots. You can select close-ups and different cuts easily, resulting in surprisingly slick-looking footage.
On The Wrap this week Amazon unveils a new Prime Air drone, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announce a huge charitable donation and Nokia builds an expensive video camera.
Nokia's Ozo video camera has eight lenses and microphones to record 360-degree, immersive video.
Sony's new AX43 camcorder shoots in 4K video with impressive image stabilization for $1,000.
At NAB in Las Vegas Sony debuted its Alpha 7S interchangeable lens camera that can shoot 4K video.
At this week's IFA 2013 electronics show in Berlin, both Sony and Panasonic were showing consumer-level 4K camcorders. Sony's is coming in October but the Panasonic model is still a prototype.
Aerial videography company DJI introduced a new stabilization mechanism for its Phantom quadricopter that allows it to capture professional video. 2


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One plus for the technology giant Google, is that the Android operation system maker in the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit is how that decision could affect a federal antitrust investigation into Google, according to an analyst. Google is currently being investigated by the FCC (Federal Trade Commission) over some very broad antitrust claims, including Google’s potential to lock down its search and other applications on smartphones and anything that runs or will run an Android Operating System. The firm is trying to negotiate with European regulators on some different ways to change its various practices in search to make the market a lot more competitive. It’d be interesting to see the search market more competitive, seeing Microsoft’s Bing and Google’s Google fight for the top would be something interesting to see.
Now that the jury has officially determined that Apple has some very exclusive rights to some very key technologies on the smartphone, the Federal Trade Commission might rethink its position on Google’s dominance when it comes to mobile search — a part of the agency’s investigation, according to some different reports coming from the Wall Street Journal.
“Apple’s patent victory on Friday has the potential to raise the cost of Android devices or perhaps even give Apple exclusive use of certain features or designs of handsets. The Obama Administration has been active promoting tech sector competition and has particularly focused on the risk that patent lawsuits present for mobile Internet competition,” said Paul Gallant, an analyst at Guggenheim Partners research in D.C.
“So we think the prospect of Apple becoming even stronger in mobile – along with Verizon’s recent effort to rein in the power of Android and Apple by pushing Windows Mobile – should reduce the chance of the FTC deciding to impose new limits on Google’s Android business,” Gallant said.
The European Union and the Federal Trade Commission are both supposedly ready to settle with Google instead of suing the firm, Gallant and some other analysts have said. The European Union is expected to announce their settlement as early as September, which is only a week or two away and the Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce their settlement by the end of the year.
All that said, this is lawsuit is really turning out to be really good on the Google side of things. Still, while Samsung losing was by no means a good thing, it is nice to at least see some good coming out of the lawsuit on the Android side of things.
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Stylish Kicks with a Message
Taoheed Bayo (B.S. ‘20), a U of M student from Nigeria, recently turned his hand to shoe design.
Taoheed Bayo (B.S. ‘20), a U of M student from Nigeria, recently turned his hand to shoe design and created a pair of custom sneakers for Nike he called “Afro-Yutes.” (Yute is a slang term for youth.)
Bayo, who will graduate this spring, is studying mathematics and actuarial science at the University, while also working as a part-time model. He entered an essay contest called Nike By You x Cultivator, which asked entrants to describe what message they would share with the world through the medium of designing a pair of shoes. Part of Bayo’s winning entry read, “Africa is the centre of the world, we are no third world. The yute are now equipped to fight the alien system that plagued our ancestors. … We are ambassadors of our origins and people, so whether we like it or not, it is our inherent duty to change the narrative.”
One of 37 guest designers selected to actually create a pair of sneakers, Bayo chose a color palette he felt represented both Africa and the Nigerian flag, and Nike created the shoes to help him tell his story.
“It was the right story to back up the design,” Bayo says. “It was a story that we all know and that resonates with every African and Black American.”
Bayo plans to travel to New York this summer to test out a professional modeling career for at least a few months. “It’s all about storytelling,” he says of his plans. “I want to share a story and be an ambassador of my color and race.”


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A flurry of news on Monday, suggests some pretty exciting and wild updates could be on the way in the Autumn. From HomePod updates to new chip designs and more, there is a lot to unpack.
Resurrecting the HomePod ‘Biggie’
As reported by Mark Gurman in the latest edition of Power On, Apple is planning to bring back the full-size HomePod in the near future. While it won’t be identical, it’s likely to have a similar size and form factor and offer comparable sound quality. As with its smaller sibling, the HomePod mini, the device is thought to use an Apple Watch chip. In this case, a yet-to-be-announced ‘S8’ chip.
The HomePod, code-named B620, will run the same S8 chip coming to the watches and will be closer to the original HomePod in terms of size and audio performance rather than a new HomePod mini. The new HomePod will have an updated display on top and there’s even been some talk of multi-touch functionality.Mark Gurman
The AppleTLDR take
The HomePod was an incredible sound experience. But it came to market too late and at the wrong price point. Now that more people have experienced and warmed to the HomePod range thanks to the affordable HomePod mini, it could be the perfect time for a HomePod revival. The beam-forming, adaptive audio experience of the OG HomePod was on another level. Not that the mini is a bad experience. But it can’t deliver the range, depth and clarity of the full-size HomePod.
M2 Pro to be based on 3nm tech
Digitimes and Mark Gurman both expect the M2 Pro chip to be based on TSMC’s 3nm technology. It’s also likely that the M2 Max (itself a larger die variant of the Pro line of Apple Silicon) will be based on 3nm if this reporting is accurate. This would be an unusual deviation from the precedent set by the M1 line given that M2 in the new MacBook Air remains a 5nm chip.
The M1 series uses a scalable architecture. Each successive variant is based on the same underpinning technology. The M1 Pro increased the CPU and GPU core count. The M1 Max increased the GPU count yet further, added support for more unified memory and added additional media encoders. And the M1 Ultra pairs two M1 Max chips together. In each case, the 5nm technology and general architecture remained the same across the line.
If Apple does deviate with M2 Pro, it would make it far more difficult to predict future updates to Apple’s custom silicon.
iPhone 14 ready for assembly
In further reporting from Digitimes, components for the iPhone 14 line are shipping in volume to assembly partners. Components are reportedly arriving in bulk at Foxconn, Pegatron and other assembly partners. That’s unsurprising given that we’re likely around 2 and a half months from launch. Unless of course, Apple delays the launch due to the ongoing semiconductor crisis.
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FASHION chain M&Co is to close 47 stores and axe 380 jobs as part of a major restructuring it said will secure the company’s long-term future.
The high-street chain said it will continue to operate with 218 stores and 2,200 employees after completing a restructuring, having hired Deloitte as administrators in April.
The retailer said it believes its reduced network of stores, focused on local high streets, will strengthen its position, “with the coronavirus outbreak reducing appetites to travel longer distances on public transport”.
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Radiate Athletics customers can seek refunds for defective shirts
By Paul Muschick
Apr 27, 2017 at 9:46 AM
Lehigh Valley area residents may be among those entitled to refunds under a state settlement with a suburban Philadelphia sports apparel business. But you'll have to act quickly to file a claim.
Radiate Athletics of West Chester recently settled a lawsuit that the attorney general's office filed in 2015. The lawsuit was filed after customers complained they paid for Radiate shirts through crowdfunding website Kickstarter, but didn't receive them or received defective shirts that were not as advertised, the attorney general's office said in a news release.
Under the settlement, Radiate is required to deliver shirts to about 1,600 customers who didn't get them. It must pay $2,437 in restitution to customers who received defective shirts. A $10,000 fine also was levied.
The attorney general's office said it is aware of one person from Allentown who paid for a shirt they didn't receive. It is looking for other affected customers to come forward. The deadline to file a complaint to be considered for restitution is June 2.
Complaints can be filed at 800-441-2555 or www.attorneygeneral.gov.