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Headline Stuff Week 5: Stroll Down Memory LaneBy cheatmaster 09:34 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 Comments
This week has been a bit boring – at least compared to the exciting events at the discontinue of January in some of the recent years. We spdiscontinue a lot of time looking forward (the latest tech, leaked upcoming devices) but we've decided that once a week we'll see back to see how far we've come.
Apple iPad announced, is iPod touch on steroids
Undoubtedly the most vital event to happen in this week through the years was the Apple iPad announcement from 2010.
The tablet started a craze that's still going strong four years later and has seen and has provoked a response from just about every manufacturer out there. It's specs see really laughable now - which is just another proof of how far the market has gone in four short years.
Meet the dual SIM General Mobile DSTL1 based on Android
The T-Mobile G1, fondly remembered as the first Android phone on the market, had been available for just a few months (in launched October 2008) when the first dual-SIM Android was announced.
Made by a small known brand General Mobile, the DSTL1 was to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress that year. You might not think much of the phone now, but it started a long line of multi-SIM Androids.
It wasn’t the first dual-SIM smartphone, the Windows Mobile-running HKC W1000 beat it by nearly a year, but Android's relation with dual-SIM has remained strong, while the other OSes today stick to one at a time.
In certain markets that's a huge advantage and just about every Android phone maker has a dual-SIM phone. There are 487 devices in our database, ranging from entry-level to flagship. There's even dual-SIM phablets (and the "phablet" didn’t exist back in 2009, a 5+ inch device would have been called a tablet since it was "huge").
Anyway, despite voice, text and data prices falling, dual-SIM devices still have a place. And thanks to pioneers like the GM DSTL1, you're not limited to dual-SIM feature phones but can have all the conveniences of a modern smartphone.
Acer create a step on the smartphone market at MWC 2009
Speaking of smartphones, news broke out of another exciting smartphone development to hit the Mobile World Congress 2009 – Acer is entering the ring. The company had recently bought E-Ten Glofiish, maker of Windows Mobile handsets, and was eager to put it to work.
Acer followed through on its promises to unveil a smartphone in late 2008 or early 2009 and brought four Windows Mobile-powered smartphones ("PocketPCs" in the lingo of the day), including a dual-SIM smartphone. But that's a tale for another week.
Anyway, Acer hasn’t had the explosive success of other Chinese brands with its Android-powered smartphones. However, the company is still deeply involved with Android and it's the budget-friendly Iconia tablets that acquire the most attention. It did score some wins on the Android phone front too, like the first smartphone to record 4K video, the Liquid S2.
5 megapixel Nokia 6700 classic comes with GPS and Nokia Maps
Smartphones were an awkward thing back then, it was Nokia's Series 40 that ruled the world. The Finnish company had the 6xxx line of phones that are fondly remembered as thin, premium devices with rock-solid battery life and practically indestructible bodies.
The Nokia 6700 was the last of its kind – a lust-worthy candy bar phone with a quality metal body – and it brought some advanced functionality, not the least of which was a built-in GPS receiver and navigation software by Nokia.
This was before the company offered free navigation on all its smartphones, mind you. Funnily enough, that happed a year later, almost to the day. The faith of Nokia's maps eventually took them to the recent platform – Windows Phone – where it's still the primary mapping services. And for Nokia-made WP handsets, the voice-guided navigation is still free.
Another curious note we made back then was that the 6700 included a WebKit-based Nokia browser. The rendering engine is now more associated with iOS and Android (though Google forked it), but it has run on feature phones too. Also, it featured Flash Light 3, a stripped down version of a technology now defunct on smartphones.
And don't foracquire the 5MP capturing camera – it produced some of the best-quality shots we had seen from a phone and was a benchimprint for 5MP shooters, even if the video recording capabilities were nothing special (Video Graphics Array (VGA) @ 15fps).
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MicroBotox is having a moment. Sometimes referred to as ‘Baby BOTOX’, this term is used to describe the injection of multiple microdroplets of diluted toxin (BOTOX, Dysport, Xeomin) into the deeper skin layer or into the superficial layer of muscles.
“We already know that Botox, when injected into facial muscles, takes away frown lines, crow’s feet, and other wrinkles. But when injected in tiny amounts throughout the face, known as microbotox, or intradermal botox, this technique targets the superficial layers of your skin, reducing acne, pore size, oil production, and sweating. The skin becomes more refined, tighter, smoother, free of excess oil and sweat,” says Chicago dermatologist Jef
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Having a great body after having kids, used to be all about hard work and no carbs, but those days are so over. Thanks to an explosion in new fat reducing technology, slimmer hips, flatter tummies and shapelier curves are within every woman’s grasp.
And we are not talking about surgery either. The new generation of body contouring technologies are minimally invasive, and they are catching on. There were 180,000 non-surgical fat reduction treatments were performed in 2017, up almost 220% since 2012, according the latest statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
None of these are substitutes for eating a clean, healthy diet and getting regular exercise,
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ZO Skin Health, Inc. cut the (signature shimmering royal blue) ribbon on their new showroom in New York City’s posh Soho shopping district with brand enthusiasts, physicians, top ‘skinfluencers’ and of course, Dr. & Mrs. Zein Obagi on-hand for the celebration. (Mrs. Obagi also has flawless skin, surprise, surprise…).
The festive mood was further elevated as the brand was recently named one of the top 5 skin care brands by dermatologists by Allure magazine, citing Dr. Obagi’s three decades of prowess in reversing pigmentation and promoting optimal skin health for life.
A natural extension for the doctor-dispensed skin brand now available around the world in ov
A is for the A Method, a new pre- and post-procedure skincare line from Tina Alster, MD the founding director of the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery and Clinical Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
The A Method’s Post-Care System accompanies non-invasive office procedures such as microneedling, nonablative laser skin treatments, and chemical peels. The at-home regimen boosts clinical results and its simplicity enhances patient compliance which is critical to any skincare plan.
The A Method™ Post-Care System includes:
Cleanse Gentle Daily Wash
Soothe HC Healing Moisturizer
Protect SPF 30 Mineral Sunscreen
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Ford Automobiles Come Under Fire
July 21, 2015
A Ford design flaw found in the Ford Explorer can cause carbon monoxide to leak into the cabin while the SUV is in motion, a New Jersey couple claims. In a May 2015 lawsuit filed in Monmouth County Superior Court, since removed to New Jersey federal court by Ford, the American car maker is accused of knowing about the issue for years but failing to remedy it. The couple has asked a federal judge to certify their case as a class action, covering all New Jersey residents who bought or leased a Ford Explorer, a Ford Edge or a Lincoln MKX manufactured between 2011 and 2015.
Shortly after entering into their lease of a 2014 Ford Explorer, the New Jersey couple reported back to their dealer an odor of exhaust fumes in the passenger cabin. Their dealer denied the existence of a carbon monoxide problem, as did Ford. According to the complaint; however, Ford appeared to acknowledge in two service safety bulletins – issued in 2012 and 2014 – that a pervasive exhaust odor was apparent in certain Ford vehicles.
In a series of tests conducted in March 2015 with the aid of a smoke generation machine, the couple claims their 2014 Ford Explorer – pressurized, and at rest – filled with smoke. The couple also conducted tests while driving at various speeds, and allege that the results conclusively demonstrate that the rear air conditioning system of their SUV picks up gas entering the rear ejector valve, which is in turn blown into the cabin as recirculated air. Similar lawsuits have been filed against Ford in Florida, Texas, New York and California.
Carbon monoxide poisoning is serious. An odorless, invisible gas, the toxic fumes can cause asphyxiation and death in a matter of minutes. The New Jersey couple’s complaint alleges Ford violated the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Warranty Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, as well as committed breach of warranties, both implied and express.
Ford Owners May Be at Risk Warn Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyers at Galfand Berger
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The month of October continues to advance and, at the moment, the Cupertino company has not announced any events for the coming weeks, so time is running out and everything indicates that the next iPad could finally be announced through press releases . Now, when? That’s what we’re talking about in this post.
iPadOS 16 gives clues about the launch of the new iPad
The new version of the software dedicated to the iPad is about to be officially launched for all users, in fact, iPadOS 16.1 is already in its fifth beta and, according to the latest rumors, Apple’s plans go through release the final and official version in the week of October 24that is, there are less than two weeks left to enjoy it.
This date gives many clues about the hypothetical launch of the new iPad, specifically the basic iPad and the two new iPad Pro models that will arrive in 2022. As you already know, the new iPads will arrive with iPadOS 16.1, in a very similar movement to what Apple usually does with the iPhone and its corresponding versions of iOS.
Therefore, taking this premise into account, it is most likely that those from Cupertino will launch next week, through different press releases, the different iPad models that we have mentioned, so that its reservation is on Friday 21 and its official launch a week laterie Friday October 28 with iPadOS 16.1 fresh out of the oven.
However, the possibility that Apple can hold an event is not ruled out yet, yes, if it does, the announcement would have to be imminent, with a deadline of Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. That is why you have to be very aware of any of the rumors or news that may come out these days about these movements.
What products is Apple going to launch this October?
This is another of the great questions that many users ask themselves, since although there are products that we can practically confirm that they will see the light of day in the coming weeks, there are others that remain a great unknown, especially considering the great possibility that Apple will not hold an event. However, below we leave you the list with the products that, predictably, will be seen soon on the Apple website.
- 10th generation iPad.
- 11-inch iPad Pro with M2 chip.
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro with M2 chip.
- Mac mini with M2 chip and M2 Pro.
- iMac with M2 chip.
- 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max chip.
- 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max chip.
These are the products that, almost certainly, should be a reality in the coming weeks. Now, there is a list of possible news that Apple could have well hidden to release at an event or through a press release. These are the long-awaited 27-inch iMacalso know as iMacProand of course, the computer that, par excellence, has always been Apple’s most powerful, that is, the mac pro which by the way, we must remember that Apple said that it had to be updated in one of the last events.


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Global fashion brand Superdry recently produced a hyper-localised shoot in New Zealand for their spring campaign, partnering with music sensations Stan Walker, Hollie Smith, Mitch James, and Theia.
Rather than featuring models, Superdry opted to show solidarity for an industry that was hit equally as hard by COVID restrictions, the music and entertainment industry. “By showcasing the best of local music, at the most iconic of music landmarks, the campaign demonstrates that music and fashion are intertwined by nature and as such, celebrates the best of Australia and New Zealand culture”, says Matthew Lozzie, Superdry Marketing Manager for Australia and New Zealand.
With New Zealand being a strong performing market for the retailer, Superdry’s production of localised campaign shoots further cements its relevance with its New Zealand customers, as well as the ability to amplify its concurrent global campaigns in a meaningful and impactful way. Similar campaigns have been shot in Sydney and Melbourne.
And the New Zealand consumer is a high consumer of Superdry for a number of reasons. Lozzie notes that “New Zealand offers the perfect landscape for Superdry to showcase its range – from show wear to swim wear, active wear to daily wear”.
He goes on to say that with the brand’s “connection to both European design and Japanese influence, this offers a new way to look at fashion for Kiwis”.
The current Superdry campaign was shot in some of the most renowned music establishments in Auckland, and also pays homage to the country’s very first recording studio, Stebbing Records.
Musician Theia says of the campaign, I love the concept – Superdry championing local NZ and AU musicians and capturing them in the spaces that they inhabit. One of the locations for the Auckland artists was Whammy Bar on K Road. It’s an iconic venue, which I’ve played at a few times and seen some of the best shows of my life there. Whammy and K Road are quintessential Aotearoa music.”
Stan Walker got involved with the campaign because of the connection between culture and clothing, “fashion that acknowledges the past whilst being so from the future. For me Superdry is a brilliant mix of Americana and Japanese pop art.”
And of course, the role fashion plays in Stan Walker’s successful career is pivotal, “The digital age and YouTube mean people experience music as MUCH with their eyes as their ears. Nothing expresses music better than fashion. I am always so proud to build into anything I am wearing something that speaks of my Māori culture.”
Globally, Superdry is using these localised campaigns across platforms such as TikTok and WeChat to create digital content sensations across evolving media, targeting a Gen Z audience. This is a new move for the brand, which has historically focused on retail expansion for their growth strategy. Utilising the hashtag #BEICONIC, this move towards local digital communities has seen its presence expand greatly.
And while COVID-19 has presented a challenging time for retail across the world, Superdry has been able to pivot and adapt as a digital first brand, particularly when traditional brick and mortar stores have been closed due to worldwide lockdowns.


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Since the return of in-store retail, each day begins at Sweetwater Paper & Home with owner Robin Consani hefting out a large sidewalk sign that tells potential customers her shop is open.
Then as she returns inside her business she locks the door behind her.
It may sound counter intuitive to both welcome guests and lock them out. But as customers return downtown — and now seemingly in droves from counties outside the area — Consani wants to make sure the rules of her store are clear before anyone steps inside.
A post on the door outlines expectations inside in the name of health and safety. Primarily: masks must be worn by those who want to enter.
“It’s gone extremely well,” Consani said. “What little money I might have lost by the few people walking away is going to be more than made up by the people appreciating it.”
The open doors of retailers, restaurants and tasting rooms are drawing customers back to businesses. So much so that guests are ignoring the nonessential travel limitations still in place in most counties. Many are coming from the Tri-Cities, where counties have not yet advanced out of the Phase 1 restrictions of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Safe Start reopening.
While the majority of visitors and local customers are exercising prudent guidelines, the influx of people has some business operators grappling between economic restoration and public health concerns.
“It’s a Catch-22,” said Public House 124 co-owner Matthew Price-Huntington. “You want the business but you also want to maintain a safe and healthy working environment for staff, for customers and for our families.”
On Wednesday, Public House had nearly 155 meal covers, he marveled. That’s a high number for the middle of the week, especially with limited capacity.
“Normally I know the names of 80% of the people in here. I didn’t recognize most of the people,” he said.
Price-Huntington said the business has maneuvered strategically to try to offer the hospitality for which it is known while following the guidelines required by the state.
Maintaining 6-foot distances, for instance, may be more difficult at night when guests have had drinks and are feeling social. So Public House switched its hours to add lunch service not previously offered. Rather than stay open late, the business closes around 8 p.m.
Price-Huntington would like guests to wear face masks when they’re not eating, but it isn’t mandatory. He wishes it was.
“Do you know how much easier that would be?” he posed.
Now he must keep a watchful eye to make sure guests are maintaining the distances required by the state. Masks would help create another layer of safety, he said.
While some organizations, such as the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation, are taking a stronger stance with their messages on masks by asking guests downtown to wear them, there is no countywide proclamation or directive for them at this point.
“Businesses can establish that rule at their door if they’d like,” Commissioner Todd Kimball said Thursday during the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Town Hall webinar series on Phase 3 openings.
Most businesses already have anecdotes of guests who have made known their opposing feelings on masks. The polarization is challenging as operators try to meet the demands set forth for them by the state and while case counts rise.
Walla Walla has 16 active cases with one person hospitalized as of this morning. The Benton-Franklin Health District reports 76 people are hospitalized in the Tri-Cities area with confirmed COVID-19 or its symptoms.
Kathryn Witherington, executive director of the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation, said businesses need support from local leaders in their coronavirus guidelines as they try to make up for three months of lost income with customers filling downtown.
“I don’t want to actively discourage visitors, but I want to make sure when they do come they respect guidelines,” she said.
Masks are a new habit that may become more acceptable for some as they’re normalized in our culture, she said.
On Thursday, Time & Direction Wines founder and winemaker Steve Wells posted new guidelines for his Colville Street tasting room on social media. Among them: the requirement of face masks at the boutique tasting room when not seated at a table. He will not accommodate groups greater than five people even at separate tables.
“Allowing groups of more than five people is directly contrary to the state of Washington’s Safe Start plan, and I will not allow it to be deviated from,” he wrote. “I want my business to remain open after three months of being closed, so I am following everything that I need to do to remain open.”
Furthermore, those living in counties not yet advanced to Phase 2 are asked not to visit the tasting room, or for that matter Walla Walla, Wells wrote.
“Your county is still not allowing nonessential travel, and while most of us believe wine is essential, there is a reason why your county has not been allowed to move into the next phase.”
Wells is not alone. Designated marketing organization Visit Walla Walla has tried to encourage potential visitors to consider traveling to the community when the time is right.
“Travelers from outside of the immediate area are discouraged from visiting Walla Walla County during Phase 2, and are reminded by the Washington state secretary of health that ‘staying home is still safest,’ and to ‘stay local’ when venturing out,” the organization’s site says. “Visit Walla Walla looks forward to welcoming guests from outside the area once non-essential is not only permissible in Walla Walla County, but also in the traveler’s county of origin.”
The decision to abstain from promoting economic prosperity through tourism — the organization’s mission — was difficult, said Justin Yax, partner and public relations manager for Visit Walla Walla’s Bend-based contract marketing firm DVA Advertising & Public Relations.
“But it is one that Visit Walla Walla has chosen to follow from both a moral and ethical perspective,” Yax said,
Getting back to business for those in hospitality has been a blessing, said Saffron Mediterranean Kitchen co-owner Island Ainsworth. It’s also more work than it was before the pandemic in terms of maintaining guidelines.
When she can’t serve guests the way they’d like, the interactions are emotionally exhausting.
“This is how it always starts out: ‘I know the rules say only five people,’” Ainsworth said.
The rest of the sentence can be filled with an array of requests for exceptions — anniversaries, birthdays, the occasion of a vacation after three months at home.
No one relates to the constraints of distance more than she does, she said.
“I am a hugger. Everyone who knows me knows I hug,” she said.
But she worries about the number of people coming from out of town and the number of people opposed to wearing masks while not eating or wanting to break from the state guidelines.
“I’m not taking away your rights. I’m asking you to be courteous and wear a mask when you’re walking through a common area in my business.
“I have hand sanitizer. I’m wiping things down constantly. How much of what I’m doing is in vain if people come in willy-nilly? It’s kind of heart-breaking.”


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High Court seeks centre reply on surcharge on debit, credit card payments
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Centre and RBI on a plea against the “illegal” surcharge levied on transactions done through debit and credit cards across the country while no such charge is imposed on cash payments.
A bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to Ministry of Finance and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directing them to file an affidavit before August 19 on the plea which also sought direction to frame guidelines so as to prevent “unlawful” and “discriminatory” surcharge being levied on debit and credit card transactions.
Advocate Amit Sahni, in his PIL, had said the “unlawful, unequal and arbitrary treatment is visible on the payment of petrol charges through credit and debit cards”.
The petitioner had also said the ministry and RBI are “responsible for making rules/guidelines and for monitoring banks across the country”.
He mentioned in his PIL that levying surcharge is not only illegal and discriminatory but it also promotes circulation of black money in cash.
“The petitioner has noticed that illegal, unequal and arbitrary treatment is seen across the country on transactions being done through credit and debit cards by levying surcharge at the rate of 2.5 per cent or more, while such surcharge is not levied when the payment of such transaction is done by making cash payment in that regard…,” the plea stated.
It further said India is one of the most cash-intensive economies in the world and there is urgent need to incentivise credit or debit card transactions and dis-incentivise cash transactions.


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NEW YORK: February 10, 2016. Results from a GT Nexus survey of 250 U.S.-based senior supply chain executives suggest manufacturers expect major supply chain challenges from factors beyond their control in 2016.
While meeting ever-changing customer demand is deemed a priority, GT Nexus said the data suggests most respondents are focused on cost-cutting while 76 percent operate without a Chief Supply Chain officer.
More than a quarter (27 percent) of those surveyed said keeping up with customer demands is their company’s number one supply chain challenge, while 12 percent said it is dealing with the high level of risk in global markets.
Asked what would have the most notable supply chain impact in the future, 29 percent of respondents cited currency fluctuations and geopolitical risk, 14 percent said labor strikes, and eight percent cited the Trans Pacific Partnership.
When asked which technology they believed would most heavily impact their supply chain this year, 13 percent said advanced analytics, 11 percent said the Internet of Things and 9.0 percent cited 3D printing.
Over 40 percent of respondents said their most important supply chain goal this year is to reduce costs.
“It’s clear in the report that manufacturers expect to face major supply chain challenges in 2016 stemming from external factors beyond their control,” commented Greg Kefer, GT Nexus vice president Corporate Marketing: “The data suggests their execution roadmap may be misguided, being focused more on cost cutting, for example, than more mission-critical things like having a senior supply chain leader in place.
"With almost half of manufacturers reporting a disruption that impacted business in the past 12 months, this gap in strategic direction to address broader supply chain agility is a concern,” he added.


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To adjust to looming guidelines that ban tech giants from favoring their very own companies, Google has been testing new look search outcomes for flights, trains, lodges, eating places, and merchandise in Europe. The EU’s Digital Markets Act is meant to assist smaller corporations get extra visitors from Google, however critiques service Yelp says that when it examined Google’s design tweaks with customers it had the alternative impact—making folks much less prone to click on by to Yelp or one other Google competitor.
The outcomes, which Yelp shared with European regulators in December and WIRED this month, put some numerical backing behind complaints from Google rivals in journey, purchasing, and hospitality that its efforts to adjust to the DMA are inadequate—and doubtlessly extra dangerous than the established order. Yelp and hundreds of others have been demanding that the EU maintain a agency line in opposition to the enormous corporations together with Apple and Amazon which are topic to what’s broadly thought-about the world’s strictest antitrust legislation, violations of which may draw fines of as much as 10 p.c of worldwide annual gross sales.
“All of the gatekeepers try to carry on so long as potential to the established order and make the brand new world unattractive,” says Richard Stables, CEO of purchasing comparability web site Kelkoo, which is sad with how Google has tweaked purchasing outcomes to adjust to the DMA. “That’s actually the sport plan.”
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Ironton Estates, a Fairway Management senior community located in Ironton, Missouri, recently had their annual Christmas Party.
At the party, residents enjoyed each other’s company while celebrating the holiday. Ironton Estates property manager, Tina Zangara, gave gift bags to all of the residents whether they were in attendance or not. Desi’s Diner, a local business, even donated some of the items for the bags! The gift bags were packaged in a reusable FWM bag and included: a FWM tumbler, an ornament, candy, a pocket calendar, toiletries, food and a Christmas card with a $10 Dollar General gift card.
The event ended with a holiday raffle for a food item or a puzzle book!


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The Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD), the most widely recognised provider of technical education in the brewing industry, has launched a brand new self-assessed and on demand technical course – Dry Hopping.
Hop champion announced at the 2023 hop awards
Champion Hop Announced for the IBD British Hop Competition 2023
Hawkins Farming Ltd. has won the prestigious ‘Overall Champion’ award for their sample of Harlequin hop in the 2023 IBD British Hop Competition.
The Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD) is pleased to announce that Hawkins Farming Ltd. has won the prestigious ‘Overall Champion’ award for their sample of Harlequin hop in the 2023 IBD British Hop Competition.
Sarah Hawkins, hop grower and owner of The Farm, Bosbury, near Ledbury in Herefordshire, and farm manager Matt Bailey received the award at the ceremony on Friday 19th January at Renegade Brewery in Berkshire.
The 2023 British Hop Competition, organised and judged by the IBD Southern Section, saw 166 hop samples from a range of varieties. The standard of entry was extremely good and the judges were pleased to see such a high level of presentation and pick quality across all six categories, which were judged back in November by an expert group of leading brewers. The ‘Overall Champion’ was announced from the six category winners at the Berkshire awards ceremony.
On receiving the award, Sarah Hawkins said, “We are absolutely thrilled to once again secure this prestigious award. Winning is testament to the dedication and hard work of everyone at Hawkins Farming Ltd, and it brings us immense joy and pride, especially for Matt and his exceptional team, who have invested an incredible amount of hard work and effort into cultivating these beautiful hops.”
“As a brewer and lover of cask beer, it was a great honour to be asked to brew a beer with this year’s champion hop.” Will Twomey, Head Brewer from Renegade Brewery in Berkshire, had brewed a small batch of beer with the winning hops to celebrate the occasion and the beer was enjoyed by the brewers and growers attending the ceremony.
The Institute of Brewing & Distilling launches a new interactive online technical course for Hispanic-American distilling professionals.
El Institute of Brewing and Distilling lanza un nuevo curso técnico interactivo en línea para profesionales hispanoamericanos de la destilación.


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Brokerages expect Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) to post $380.64 million in sales for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research.
Four analysts have made estimates for Dolby Laboratories’ earnings. The highest sales estimate is $383.32 million and the lowest is $378.14 million.
Dolby Laboratories reported sales of $338.26 million in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year-over-year growth rate of 12.5%. The company is expected to report its next earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th.


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Goldman: Stalling Jobs Market May Foreshadow Recession
A deteriorating jobs market may set off a vicious cycle that drags the economy from sluggish expansion back into an outright recession, according to economists at Goldman Sachs.
The government will report the numbers tomorrow, and the U.S. economy is forecast to have tacked on 57,000 jobs last month, helping the unemployment rate hold steady at 9.2% on the heels of a dismal June when the economy added less than 20,000 jobs.
However, a bout of disappointing economic data released recently has begun to prompt questions about the risk of recession, Goldman said in a note to clients, and has led some market participants to brace for a downside surprise.
Indeed, the investment bank estimates that if the jobless rate unexpectedly climbs 0.1 percentage point to 9.3% in July, and remains unchanged or increases in August, the economy has either entered recession already, or will do so within six months.
The finding relies on what Goldman calls a statistical regularity, meaning it is more of a rule of thumb than a complex statistical model. Starting after the end of the Second World War, a 0.3% to 0.4% increase from the recent trough in the three-month average unemployment rate foreshadowed an economy that has not been in recession for 18-months falling into recession within a six-month period 63% of the time. The increase as of June was 0.17%.
This phenomenon is due to an economic snowball effect: higher unemployment leads to lower household income, which, in turn, reduces consumer spending, causing even more deterioration in the labor markets.


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MENLO PARK — While the city’s projected $2.9 million budget deficit has bibliophiles bemoaning likely library cuts, a local bookstore that narrowly avoided bankruptcy last year appears to be thriving.
Five months after public outcry, 23 investors and a renegotiated lease got Kepler’s back in bustling business, the store has launched an aggressive marketing campaign to retain community support, despite Menlo Park’s bleak economic outlook.
“We need to establish an amnesia-prevention plan,” said Clark Kepler, owner of the 50-year-old establishment.
Taking a page from public radio, Kepler’s has amassed more than 1,000 dues-paying members and 200 volunteers, who help keep staffing costs down for the reinstated author events and book clubs. Next, the store must revamp its Web site and diversify merchandise, said Anne Banta, chief marketing officer.
Literature, history and science books have traditionally been the store’s “bread and butter,” but more profits can be made from games and other gifts, she explained.
“The (customers are) coming here because they want to get their kid something other than the traditional Barbie gift,” she said, adding that customers have requested merchandise related to travel, cooking and gardening.
Kepler’s will seek greater returns on author visits — they cost the store about $1,000 in advertising and other expenses, Banta noted — by focusing on best-selling authors and themed events. In April, Kepler’s will launch a travel-themed series partnered with a San Mateo travel agency; this summer, “Grassroots Tuesdays” will introduce a slate of new authors every week.
Banta aims to hold six sales outside the store this year, hoping to cultivate a customer base from Sunnyvale to San Mateo. Local schools have expressed interest in holding book fairs and ordering summer reading selections, she said.
Kepler’s fiscal year runs from March to February. Factoring in the store’s September closure and rent renegotiation, Kepler said he’d be happy to break even this year, then begin turning a profit.
As for Menlo Park’s budget woes,Kepler complained the city’s inflated dot-com-era rents and subsequent El Camino Real vacancies contributed to his store’s struggles, and suggested city officials develop strategies to encourage independent businesses that contribute most to the tax base.
He approves of proposals to build mixed-use housing developments on the large lots vacated by auto dealers, but he worries their retail components will only bring more chain establishments.
“Anything that allows for people to live in the community would be useful, but I’d like to see that it’s not a cookie-cutter kind of thing,” he said.
The Menlo Park resident said he does not support the recommended library budget cuts, which may force the library to close Sundays but said his store has already begun filling the void.
“Libraries, in my opinion, are not really community centers. They’re a place for information, but they’re not a place where people go to meet and socialize and shop,” he said. “That’s what we can offer.”
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At 7:30 p.m. today, Kepler’s is hosting a visit from Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68.”
Kepler’s is at 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. For more information, visit http://www.keplers.com.
Staff writer Nicole Neroulias can be reached at (650) 306-2427 or email@example.com.


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Noord chef-owner Joncarl Lachman’s new Dutch-style restaurant, Winkel, opened on Monday, May 27 in the Gayborhood.
Winkel — which translates to “little shop” in Dutch — is doing weekday breakfast and lunch service in addition to a prix-fixe brunch on weekends. The menu is headed up by chef de cuisine Dan Rodriguez (formerly of Noord and High Street on Market).
The weekday breakfast menu includes a wide array of omelettes and pancakes, while the lunch offerings include sandwiches and salads (many varieties of which are Dutch, like a traditional Huzaren Salade and a herring salad). Weekend diners can choose from a three-egg omelette, various forms of frittata, deep-fried strawberry-almond bread pudding french toast, and other decadent dishes, all at a fixed price and accompanied by a drink (coffee, tea, or juice) and bread from Noord sous chef and baker Jonnathan Yacashin.
The restaurant is located at 1119 Locust Street, in the space once occupied by More Than Just Ice Cream, an ice cream and dessert shop that closed in September of 2018 after a 43-year run in the area. According to philly.com, Lachman and his husband Bob Moysan renovated the 70-seater space to include an open kitchen. They’re only using half of what was once devoted to More Than Just Ice Cream for Winkel — in the other half they will be opening a shop called WinkelBroodjeBag, selling Rival Bros. coffee and pastries, to open in several weeks.
Winkel told Eater Philly he was inspired to open a new restaurant in the Gayborhood after spending a lot of time there in his younger years. The self-described “native Philadelphian” says it’s “great to be back in the ’hood.”
The opening of Winkel comes several months after Lachman announced his departure from his other breakfast location, the Dutch, in Pennsport.
STATUS: Winkel is currently open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends.


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Just over a year ago Dubai-based hospitality firm JA Resorts & Hotels announced the appointment of Anthony Ross as its new chief executive. As the company continues its expansion, Breaking Travel News here chats with Ross about his ambitions for the role
Dubai-based hospitality firm JA Resorts & Hotels has announced the appointment of Anthony Ross as the company’s new chief executive. Ross, an Australian hotelier and corporate strategist, joins JA Resorts & Hotels from Indonesian-based Aryaduta Hotel Group where he was chief executive.
JA Resorts & Hotels has announced the appointment of Thomas Grundner as group director of sales and marketing. Grundner joins JA Resorts & Hotels from Millennium where he was vice president of sales and marketing.
Picking up the trophy for Indian Ocean’s Leading Hotel Suite for the Royal Island Suite @ JA Manafaru, Maldives, Breaking Travel News here chats with general manager William Harley-Fleming.
David Thomson, chief operating officer, JA Resorts & Hotels, talks to Breaking Travel News about the company’s plans for its operation in Dubai, while also casting a look at its growing international portfolio.
JA Resorts & Hotels has revealed the sleek new look for JA Hatta Fort Hotel following an extensive renovation project, retaining its Arabian roots yet wonderfully updated with a 21st century look.
David Thomson, chief operating officer, JA Resorts & Hotels, Dubai talks to Breaking Travel News at Arabian Travel Market about the group’s victories at the World Travel Awards, plans for a new resort in Sri Lanka and the success of the Dubai hospitality market.
David Thomson, chief operating officer, JA Resorts & Hotels here talks to Breaking Travel News about the brand’s expansion in Sri Lanka. With the new property taking share, he here brings editor Chris O’Toole up to date with the project.
Fredrik Reinisch, regional manager, JA Resorts & Hotels speaks to Breaking Travel News at the World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2015, hosted by Kempinski Seychelles Resort.
The Arabian Hotel Investment Conference held in Dubai gave Breaking Travel News the opportunity to talk to key players about their development pipeline. In this edition Phil Blizzard talks to William Harley-Fleming, Director of Hospitality Projects about their forthcoming hotel in Sri Lanka.
Torsten Obermann, general manager, JA Oasis Beach Tower speaking to Breaking Travel News at the Four Seasons Resort Dubai following the World Travel Awards Middle East 2015.


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By 2030, the global economy could double in size, and India and China will swell to represent around 40% of global middle-class consumption, up from less than 10% in 2010. This will significantly alter the composition of global diets.
NET CEREALS TRADE (DEVELOPING COUNTRIES)
The global economy could double, yet developing countries will rely even more heavily on food imports (14% of total consumption) and be exposed to import price surges above the 10-60% price increases already expected (based on 2000 levels).
Global water demand will increase more than 50%, with agriculture alone requiring more than what can be sustained to feed the world even before domestic and industrial needs are met.


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In the second half of September, Apple has risen to third place in sales of smartphones in Russia, surpassing the Chinese Xiaomi. Experts attribute the success of the American company with the release of the new iPhone.
Apple has gone from three leaders in sales of smartphones in may, but now, after the release of new smartphones, back on a suspended pedestal, the newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to the employees of the two companies — partners of the vendor. According to them, the shares of Apple and Xiaomi are almost equal.
First and second place in Russia is smartphones Huawei/Honor and Samsung. At the same time, Apple took the first place in sales of smartphones in the money, surpassing Samsung in September.
The newspaper learned that the first weekend sales of the new iPhone was sold 37 million smartphones in the 11th generation. Next week, the retailers sold about 34 thousand. And iPhone sales 11 were at least twice higher than the iPhone Xs. Data for sales growth confirmed all major retailers.
Project Manager Content Review Sergey Polovnikov explained the sales growth that Apple has released to date and relevant smartphone. It is estimated that until the end of 2019 will be sold to 200 thousand iPhone 11 all modifications. General Director Telecom Daily Denis Kuskov noticed that increased demand was aided by the fact that at the same time entered the market three models.
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Restaurants in Beijing continue to suspend dine-in service after May Day holidays
By Li Hao, Published: 2022-05-05 15:37:41
Restaurants have continued to ban dine-in services in Beijing as of Thursday, the first working day after May Day holidays, as the capital city endeavors to contain recent COVID-19 resurgence.
Staff in restaurants are still providing fresh-cooked meals to residents. Restaurants display their cuisines outdoors to attract customers. To cooperate with current epidemic control measures, some restaurants run WeChat groups to make it more convenient for customers to order online besides the normal way of using food delivery platforms. (Photos: Li Hao/GT)


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227w ago - In the latest Edge magazine, John Carmack of iD Software states that the Xbox 360 version of RAGE just about matches the 60fps framerate of the PC version, while the PS3 only runs the game at around 20-30fps at this stage in development.
To quote: "The 360 version matches the PC's 60 fps," Carmack told Edge. "But the textures on many surfaces currently flick visibly between resolutions as you move toward and away from them, while the PS3's framrate runs at just 20-30fps.
"The PS3 lags a little bit behind in terms of getting the performance out of it. The rasteriser is just a little bit slower - no two ways about that.
"The RSX is slower than what we have in the 360. The CPU is about the same, but the 360 makes it easier to split things off, and that's what a lot of the work has been, splitting it all into jobs on the PS3."
However, iD Software still intends to release all three versions at 60fps and they're confident they can achieve this:
"Everything is designed as a 60 hertz game. We expect this to be 60 hertz on every supported platform," Carmack added.
"The work remaining is getting it locked so there's never a dropped frame or a tear, but we're confident that...
274w ago - Don Mattrick, senior vice-president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, has said he expects the XBox 360 to secure second place in the current generation console war.
"We will sell more consoles this generation than Sony," Mattrick told Business Week.
He made the comments as Microsoft announced it was slashing the price of all three of its Xbox 360 models in the US, having recently done so in Japan also. As a result of the move, the entry level Xbox 360 Arcade is now priced at $199, making it the cheapest of the current generation of consoles on the market.
However, Mattrick said he was less confident of the Xbox 360 catching this generation's current market leader, Nintendo's Wii.
"I'm not at a point where I can say we're going to beat Nintendo," he said.


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TAIPEI, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In the recent 4K gaming monitor race, GIGABYTE was off to a great start with the AORUS FV43U, the world’s first 4K tactical gaming monitor that supports HDMI 2.1. With its perfect mix of 4K image quality, esports-grade refresh rate, HDMI 2.1 standard, and many other top-notch specs, the coveted displays immediately attracted massive attention since the announcement and sold out on the first day of the launch on Newegg. The FV43U was also praised by Tom’s Hardware, the world-renowned tech media, and received Editor’s Choice Award for its class-leading performance in the gaming department, calling it the King of the 43-Inch Class.
Riding the FV43U’s popularity and hot sales record, GIGABYTE continues its triumphant run, launching two other 4K gaming monitors with the HDMI 2.1 support as well. The 32-inch AORUS FI32U and the 48-inch AORUS FO48U are arriving shortly. In addition to the advanced hardware specs, these two 4K displays offer the perfect mix of resolution and size that PC and new-gen console gamers have long been waiting for when seeking a 4K gaming monitor.
Being one of the fastest, most responsive 4K gaming monitors, the FI32U focuses on PC gamers who are rocking top-shelf graphics cards, like an RTX 3080 to make smooth 4K gaming a reality. This 32-inch monitor is currently the only 4K gaming monitor hitting the market now that packs in HDMI 2.1 and SuperSpeed IPS up to 144Hz/1ms GTG, guaranteeing buttery smooth 4K gaming in beautiful colors and contrast at the same time.
Targeting the new-gen console players, the big-sized FO48U is the world’s first 48-inch gaming monitor featuring a premium OLED panel. Devices like PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X can take full advantage of its HDMI 2.1 bandwidth to unleash the latest 4K/120Hz gaming performance. The FO48U is also equipped with the soundbar-caliber Space Audio to further immerse gamers in their favorite gaming worlds.
4K Pro Gaming On. For more details about the GIGABYTE AORUS 4K display lineup and their strong gaming feature sets, please visit: https://www.aorus.com/monitors/4k


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One of the fastest-growing sectors in tech, mobile apps are a Wall Street darling. Newbies are jockeying to be the next Twitter.» Read More
Congressional testimony this week by U.S. officials and previous estimates create some doubt about what a Syria operation could cost and even who might for pay for it.
This is a link to a Bankrate.com story.
Nearly all Americans do work-related tasks in their personal time, and more than one-third work more than 10 hours off-the clock every week, a new survey reveals.
For many brand devotees, wearing a designer's clothing or accessories isn't enough. To outfit these fans, designers debuted cosmetics in time for Fashion Week.
Aussie teen who has built an online following by leaking pictures of upcoming Apple products has done it again, showing off the latest iPhone ahead of its expected launch next week.
Tailgating has evolved since its early days and now there are a number of devices on the market that will take your burgers and beers to the next level.
Investors are still buying into promises of juiced up returns. The largest hedge fund firms in the Americas kept adding assets in the first half of the year.
In this preview of Friday's jobs report, CNBC's Rick Santelli is wondering if we'll see any improvement in so-called good jobs?
The jobless rate for older workers is far below the national average. But if an older worker loses a job, the duration that person will stay unemployed is typically much longer.
The two sides were trading blame, rather than blood vials, over hGH. The banned substance is far harder to detect than steroids.
Campbell Soup says it will start offering K-cup soup packs that can be made with Green Mountain's single-serve coffee machines.
An airline has launched a new "flying nanny" service to provide in-flight child care to passengers. The Today Show reports.
As he enters his 14th NFL season, three-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady of the New England Patriots told CNBC that he strives to get better with age.
There's a government program that can force a farmer to hand over nearly half of his or her annual crop without getting paid for it. It's raisins.
A Florida family who spends their time together hunting for treasure hauled up an estimated $300,000 worth of gold from an historic wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean.
As we welcome autumn, we also welcome new gadgetry. Here are some must-have gadgets for the upcoming season, TODAY reports.
More disgruntled workers are challenging the unpaid internship's fairness and legality. NBCNews.com reports.
In recent months, SAC's portfolio managers have been talking in earnest, both with management and among themselves, about how converting to a so-called family office would work.
Home prices are trending higher in part due to fewer distressed properties for sale, as rates climb on expectations the Fed will taper investments in mortgage-backed securities.
If you don't like your new boss, it may not be your fault. Gen Y is moving into management in a big way, and a new survey finds a rough transition.


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Botswana, Namibia invest USD75m in WACS
TELECOMS| June 1, 2012, 9:29 a.m.
By John Churu, Gaborone, Botswana
The two governments of Botswana and Namibia have invested USD75 million in the West Africa Cable System (WACS) that went live two weeks ago.
The recent deployment of WACS by Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks began in 2009. According to a Trade Marks Southern Africa website, the partners in the Namibian landing station at Swakopmund, which Telecom Namibia successfully completed on 8 February 2011, include Telecom Namibia, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) and MTC.
“The total project cost is about USD750 million. Namibia and Botswana have co-invested USD75 million and own 10% of the WACS project,” Telecom Namibia said. As the WACS landing party, Telecom Namibia will own, operate and maintain the cable landing station, but the other telecoms will have access to the facility. They will be able to ‘co-locate’ their services at the collocation facilities prepared at Hage Heights in Swakopmund.
Telecom Namibia’s Managing Director, Frans Ndoroma, said: “WACS will boost Telecom Namibia’s lead in providing telecommunications services to residential and business customers, as well as Internet Service Providers, carriers and multi-national corporations”.
He said Telecom Namibia would use WACS to improve its coverage, service resiliency and cable diversity while offering the full suite of its services, including high-speed Internet access and value-added IP services. “The demand for high-speed Internet connection is high and reliable delivery is vital for today’s data, Internet connectivity, e-commerce and voice communications,” he added.
In Botswana, the BTC chief executive officer Paul Taylor said: “WACS has enhanced Botswana’s international connectivity by providing the nation with high quality reliable Internet accessibility. Broadband access is no longer a privilege but a right to be enjoyed by all citizens. We are confident that through WACS, internet speed and connectivity will increase considerably and tariffs will drop significantly, making Internet services available to many of our citizens.”
“MTC’s involvement in WACS is a long-term one that will secure long-term capacity for the country. The investment is especially critical in view of the MTC’s plans to roll out 4G and MTC looks forward to transforming to taking full advantage of WACS and translating it into technology that will improve people’s lives,” said Miguel Geraldes, Managing Director of MTC.
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Currently there are eight Chinese 300mm-diameter silicon IC fabs in operation as 2016 comes to a close. Chinese IC fab capacity now accounts for approximately 7% of worldwide 300mm capacity, as reported by VLSIresearch in a recent edition of its Critical Subsystems report (https://www.vlsiresearch.com/public/csubs/). This will expand rapidly, as ten are now under construction and two more have been announced. China’s 300mm fabs are located in ten cities.
“Total Chinese capacity is expected to be around 13 million by end 2018,” said John West of VLSI Research. Worldwide 300mm wafer fabrication capacity will exceed 85 million wafers per year in 2018, putting China in control of 15% of worldwide 300mm capacity in 2018. While new Chinese fabs have yet to prove they can produce leading edge silicon ICs with high yields, it should be only a matter of time before they prove they stand among the world’s great semiconductor production regions.
West recently presented a China market outlook for semiconductors, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), and critical subsystems at the recent Critical Materials Council (CMC) Seminar (http:cmcfabs.org/seminars) held in Shanghai. At the same event, representatives from Intel and TI discussed supply-chain dynamics in China, and Secretary General Ingrid Shi of the Integrated Circuit Materials Industry Technology Innovative Alliance (ICMITIA) presented on “The China Materials Supply Consortium and China’s 5 Year Technology Plan.”
The 2016 CMC Seminar also saw a presentation of China’s first semiconductor-grade 300mm silicon wafer supplier: the recently unveiled Zing Semiconductor (www.zingsemi.com). Founder and CEO Richard Chang, co-founder of SMIC, has assembled a team and funding to start creating wafers in the Pudong region of Shanghai. He showed a photo of his company’s first 300mm silicon boule at the event.
[DISCLOSURE: Ed Korczynski is also Marketing Director for TECHCET CA, an advisor firm that administers the Critical Materials Council and CMC events.]
Kudos to Dr. Larry J. Hornbeck, the extended team at Texas Instruments (TI) that has worked on Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) technology, and to the TI executives who continued to fund the R&D through years of initial investment losses. Hornbeck has been awarded an Academy Award® of Merit (Oscar® statuette) for his contribution to revolutionizing how motion pictures are created, distributed, and viewed using DMD technology (branded as the DLP® chip for DLP Cinema® display technology from TI).
The technology now powers more than eight out of 10 digital movie theatre screens globally. Produced with different resolutions and packages, DLP chips also see use in personal electronics, industrial, and automotive markets. The present good-times with DMD are enjoyed only because TI was willing to make a major long-term bet on this novel way to modulate pixel-arrays, which required building the most complex Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) the world had ever seen.
Development of the DLP chip began in TI’s Central Research Laboratories in 1977 when Hornbeck first created an array of “deformable mirrors” controlled with analog circuits. In 1987 he invented the DMD, and TI invested in developing multiple money-losing generations of the technology over the next 12 years. Finally, in 1999 the first full-length motion picture was shown with DLP Cinema technology, and since then TI claims that the technology has been installed in more than 118,000 theaters around the globe. We understand that TI now makes a nice profit from each chip.
“It’s wonderful to be recognized by the Academy. Following the initial inventions that defined the core technology, I was fortunate to work with a team of brilliant Texas Instruments engineers to turn the first DMD into a disruptive innovation,” said Hornbeck, who has 34 U.S. patents for his groundbreaking work in DMD technology. “Clearly, the early and continuing development of innovative digital cinema technologies by the DLP Cinema team created a definitive advancement in the motion picture industry beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.”


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PokerBaazi has transformed its existing app with new updates, the new app can be downloaded from the official website. The app, following its predecessor and other gaming apps from the parent group Baazi Games with new updated features the brand aims to focus on the audience and engage them with their new offerings, and to elevate the excitement of the users towards the game of poker.
PokerBaazi app already has already garnered user base of 2 million, and with the new app launch, the engagement rate is expected to spike up by 30per cent.
Here are the new features that has been introduced:
The all-new PokerBaazi app brings in brand new tech innovation – focusing on delivering a better design and user interface. Through the new app, players can now enjoy playing online poker with just one hand.
Introduced Intuitive AI system, which will help users to not spend time on navigation any longer and can focus on their game
The new app also has winner tab features that will allow players to go through the winner’s profile and share updates on a real-time basis related to the match won
The design and user interface overhaul introduces a stack of new features such as next-gen graphics, minimal design language, high-res gaming, haptic feedback, state segregation and navigational cards
Advanced opponent stats and player career stats offer players a chance to learn from past performances and provide them with an opportunity to take their game to the next level
With the introduction of an integrated payments system, pokerbaazi.com has delivered on its promise of creating a smooth and seamless user experience for poker patrons
- The Smoother UI/UX design has also allowed the team to incorporate features such as faster navigation, category filtering, scrolling, notification system and tournament detail visualisation making the entire gaming experience faster and smoother for the users.
- PokerBaazi’s technological advancements have also allowed the team to improve upon important performance-related features such as reduced battery consumption, automatic app updates and lower RAM consumptions.
Expressing his views on the launch of the new application, Baazi Games founder and CEO Navkiran Singh said “The new PokerBaazi app is a dream come true product for us. Since 2014, our endeavor has been to be at par with the best poker apps in the world. We have been working towards building the new app for the last 18 months and would like to express our gratitude towards the entire team whose hard work and intelligence can be reflected in the finished product. This app is a result of dedicated work from home by our technical team. Additionally, the rollout of the app also opens a new window of opportunity for us as a brand. Through the new app, our aim is to highlight the Skill factor that makes the sport an enjoyable and exciting journey keeping the players at the edge of their seats always.”
Talking about the technological advances, Baazi Games co-founder and CPO Avneet Rana said “Online gaming is a fast-growing industry in the country, and we see this as an opportunity at PokerBaazi.com to innovate and provide our users with an enriching experience that will further grow and streamline the online poker playing base in India. In the new normal world especially, people spend more time online and are bound to play for a longer duration. It thus becomes extremely important for us to provide them with an interface that supports them seamlessly making the entire experience more fun while introducing them to the duty of responsible gaming. The new app has been developed with the help of a new tech stack that introduces the players to a new level of design and navigation and has been devised to improve the game in terms of speed and visual detail. Features like improved automatic updates and reduced battery consumption have also been keyed in for better performance.”


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I've never understood why the US insists on these Rube Goldberg methods of voting, using electronic devices that can be so easily rigged or otherwise circumvented. Paper ballots do the trick for the rest of the planet, with nary a hanging chad in sight.
I take note that Rube Goldberg methods of execution seem prevalent in the States as well.
from the currently-a-shocking-resistance-to-unfulfilled-potential dept.
Ian Lamont writes "Last year, there was a lot of hopeful discussion surrounding an initiative to have the consumer electronics industry standardize their products on a USB-based universal power adapter devised by Green Plug. Eight months later, the effort has stalled. The reason: manufacturers have balked from using Green Plug's technology. '... Gadget makers seem to have no compelling financial incentive to adopt Green Plug's technology. It would require them to add Green Plug's chip, or similar hardware and software, into every phone, camera, or music player they build, making them more expensive and more complicated to build. Another stumbling block for manufacturers: A universal power supply would kill the market for replacement power supplies. Manufacturers sell these at a steep markup price to customers who lose or break the original one that came with the device, and aren't tech-savvy enough to procure a low-cost generic replacement.' Green Plug is now trying to drum up public outcry through a (slow) website, but the number of supportive comments and votes remains relatively low."
Black Rabbit writes: Social-media pioneer LiveJournal is the latest company to announce a round of layoffs, trimming down its employee head count in its San Francisco and Moscow offices.
A statement from the company came after a rumor on gossip blog Gawker suggested that a shocking number of LiveJournal employees--20 out of 28--had been cut. LiveJournal clarified that it was "about a dozen" cuts, amounting to about a fifth of the company.
"LiveJournal Inc.'s headquarters, technical operations (and servers), legal, administration, and the customer service teams will remain in the United States," the release explained. "LiveJournal's global product development and design will now be coordinated out of its Moscow office. The pooling of resources between the U.S. and Russia will allow the company to build a stronger business model, well positioned to guarantee the long-term success of LiveJournal."
Full story here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132684-36.html


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Anthony Albanese will propose regulations to promote the use of electric vehicles, but he will not institute a ban on diesel and petrol automobiles.
The Labor Party expects that by 2030, 89 percent of new car sales will be electric as part of its strategy to combat global warming.
The new administration will also make it easier for drivers to charge electric vehicles by adding hundreds of new charging stations, allowing them to drive long distances with ease.
Although the upfront cost of buying an electric vehicle deters a lot of potential consumers, they are far less expensive to run than petrol cars and will save customers money in the long run.
Mr Albanese intends to have 3.8 million electric cars on the road by 2030 by making them more affordable and convenient.
A nationwide electric vehicle policy is part of Labor’s climate agenda.
Electric automobiles will be free from a 5% import tariff, lowering the cost of a $40,000 vehicle by $2,000 on average.
They will also be exempt from the fringe benefits tax, which will encourage employers to provide electric vehicles to their workers.
For a $50,000 car, the difference may save you up to $8,700.
The tax cut will take effect on July 1st of this year and will be reassessed every three years thereafter.


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Here we go again – another ‘company’ moving into the education arena to provide access to ‘content’ and/or house shared resources. This time it’s Amazon.
Amazon has unveiled it’s shiny new offering – an online education service for teachers called Amazon Inspire .
It’s all about the market territory really, under the guise of support. Aggregated repositories have been around for ‘like forever’ in the digital realm, and have come in many guises. But the biggest always have dollars attached to them for the providing company – creating brand allegiance. Or am I being too cynical? Who knows.
In the school market, however, Amazon is competing not just with rival tech companies but also with established digital education companies and ed tech start-ups. A number of popular platforms already offer instructional materials for teachers. Among them are tes.com, a site based in London with more than eight million users worldwide, and teacherspayteachers.com, a site based in Manhattan that more than two million teachers use regularly.
The New York Times clearly explains:
Called Amazon Inspire, the education site has features that may seem familiar to frequent Amazon shoppers. Search bar at the top of the page? Check. User reviews? Check. Star ratings for each product? Check.
By starting out with a free resources service for teachers, Amazon is establishing a foothold that could expand into a one-stop shopping marketplace — not just for paid learning materials, but for schools’ wider academic and institutional software needs, said Tory Patterson, co-founder of Owl Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in ed tech start-ups. Amazon is joining other tech industry giants in a push to expand the use of technology in the public schools.
Even so, ed tech industry analysts said the growing market for digital educational materials, which Amazon is entering, is likely to prove much more valuable over time than the school computer market.
Already, nursery through high schools in the United States spend more than $8.3 billion annually on educational software and digital content, according to estimates from the Software and Information Industry Association, a trade group. That spending could grow significantly as school districts that now buy physical textbooks, assessment tests, professional development resources for teachers and administrative materials shift to digital systems.
Don’t worry – not on offer for Australia as yet, so no hard hitting decisions to be made (chortle).
They’re calling out to teachers and institutions to request early access. But is there any content there already that Amazon has invested time/money – or is it just going to be a swap shop?
Forget it. There are better places on offer!
I’m quite sure that time, thought and quality people are needed. That’s why our own home-grown ABC Splash provides such a fabulous resource, with great stuff for teachers, as well as great resources and games for students. Visit ABC SPLASH – don’t miss out on the gorgeous site managed by my inspiring colleague @AnnabelAstbury.
Image: flickr photo shared by mikekatzif under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC-ND ) license


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of the following companies made notable moves in the U.S. stock market Thursday:
Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
shares rose 7.6% after Keybanc Capital Markets hiked from hold to buy the maker of metals used in electronics.
shares advanced 23% after the oil-services firm said it had a contract from Petroleos Mexicanos worth more than $110 million.
Gerber Scientific Inc.
shares jumped 14.6% after the automation-equipment provider reported higher first-quarter revenue.
shares rose 6.6% after BB&T Capital Markets hiked from hold to buy the maker of railway cars.
shares climbed 15.3% after the manufacturer of parts for jet engines hiked its 2010 outlook after quarterly earnings beat Wall Street forecasts.
Jo-Ann Stores Inc.
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On Thursday, Germany’s Deutsche Kreditbank AG announced it has teamed up with FinReach to launch a new chatbot called Herbie. The company described Herbie as a customer assistant based on artificial intelligence that will accompany interested parties online on their way to a private loan. While sharing more details about Herbie, CEO of FinReach, Sascha Dewald stated:
“The special feature of Herbie is that he guides the course of the conversation on the basis of specific questions and recognizes a relevant product interest in real time. This is different from classic chatbots. In the first stage of development, he focuses on users who are interested in consumer credit or would like to receive more information. What was important was the close cooperation with the DKB, which supported us as a partner, in particular in the development of dialogues. “In addition, the development team made sure that visitors to the DKB website remain anonymous and that Herbie offers its dialogue Discreetly submitted: The assistant appears at the bottom right of the screen, instead of being asked to take over large parts of the display like traditional chatbots.”
Dewald noted that Herbie may be operated as intuitively as WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. The bot also understands colloquial language and will oversee mistakes in spelling and grammar. He added that if the customer is satisfied with the quality of the information that Herbie provides, the chat forwards the customer directly into the application for a loan.


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- At CES, Hyundai and Uber announced a collaboration to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial rideshare network
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Hyundai Motor Company and Uber announced a collaboration to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial rideshare network. And the companies also unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at CES as well.
Hyundai is the first automotive company to join Uber’s Elevate initiative, which is bringing automotive-scale manufacturing capability and a track record of mass-producing electric vehicles. The air vehicle concept Hyundai released was developed in part through Uber’s open design process — which is a NASA-inspired approach that drives innovation by publicly releasing vehicle design concepts so any company can use them to innovate their air taxi models and engineering technologies.
Through the partnership, Hyundai is going to produce and deploy the air vehicles while Uber will provide airspace support services, connections to ground transportation, and customer interfaces through an aerial rideshare network. And both parties are collaborating on infrastructure concepts for supporting take-off and landing for the new class of vehicles.
“Our vision of Urban Air Mobility will transform the concept of urban transportation,” said Jaiwon Shin, EVP and Head of Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Division. “We expect UAM to vitalize urban communities and provide more quality time to people. We are confident that Uber Elevate is the right partner to make this innovative product readily available to as many customers as possible.”
As the companies prepared for the announcement, Hyundai worked with Uber Elevate to develop a PAV (Personal Air Vehicle) model called S-A1, which utilizes innovative design processes to optimize electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for aerial ridesharing purposes.
Uber’s Elevate initiative based the process on NASA’s approach of putting design concepts out publicly to inspire innovation from multiple companies by spurring the development of common research models to investigate novel aerodynamic concepts and catalyzing industry progress in wing design, noise, aerodynamics, and simulation verification.
“Hyundai is our first vehicle partner with experience of manufacturing passenger cars on a global scale. We believe Hyundai has the potential to build Uber Air vehicles at rates unseen in the current aerospace industry, producing high quality, reliable aircraft at high volumes to drive down passenger costs per trip. Combining Hyundai’s manufacturing muscle with Uber’s technology platform represents a giant leap forward for launching a vibrant air taxi network in the coming years,” added Eric Allison, head of Elevate at Uber.
The Hyundai S-A1 model revealed at CES reflects previous eVTOL designs Uber Elevate has released in the following ways:
– It was designed for a cruising speed up to 180 miles/hr, a cruising altitude of around 1,000-2,000 feet (300 – 600 mt) above ground, and to fly trips up to 60 miles
– The Hyundai vehicle will be 100% electric, utilizing distributed electric propulsion, and during peak hours will require about five to seven minutes for recharging
Hyundai’s electric aircraft leverages distributed electric propulsion, powering multiple rotors and propellers around the airframe to increase safety by decreasing any single point of failure. And by having several smaller rotors, it also reduces noise relative to large rotor helicopters with combustion engines. This model was built to take off vertically, transition to wing-borne lift in cruise, and then transition back to vertical flight to land. This vehicle will be piloted initially but will become autonomous over time.
The cabin was also built with 4 passenger seats so riders can board and disembark easily while avoiding the middle seat. And it also has enough space for a personal bag or backpack.
Uber’s Elevate division has a goal of flight demonstrations in 2020 followed by commercial availability to riders in 2023.
Uber has partnerships in place with several manufacturers including Hyundai, Aurora Flight Sciences (subsidiary of Boeing), Bell, Embraer, Joby Aviation, Pipistrel Aircraft, Karem Aircraft and Jaunt Air Mobility. And Uber also signed two Space Act Agreements with NASA one for the development of new Unmanned Traffic Management concepts and Unmanned Aerial Systems and another to explore concepts and technologies for Urban Air Mobility.
In terms of cost, Uber is projecting that an electric vehicle will travel at a speed up to 200mph and eventually after several years in a market, an Uber Elevate ride will cost as much as an UberX trip of the same distance.


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Bitcoin will be worth $500,000 in five years, according to Ark Invest's Cathie Wood. In addition to this, her confidence in Ether has increased and the firm will likely invest 40% in it, while 60% in Bitcoin.
Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood expects Bitcoin to rise to $500,000 in five years. The investor who specializes in disruptive innovation spoke at the annual SALT conference on September 13 and was interviewed by CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, making very bullish statements about Tesla, semiconductors, and cryptocurrencies.
Wood said her firm is convinced that companies will continue to diversify their money and will invest in something like Bitcoin. This will lead to a rapid rise in its price, and in five years will be ten times higher than today, reaching $500,000.
"If we're right and companies continue to diversify their cash into something like Bitcoin, and institutional investors start allocating 5% of their funds, we believe that the price will be ten-fold of where it is today. So instead of $45,000, over $500,000."
The famous investor said that if she could only own one cryptocurrency, she would choose Bitcoin by default because some countries now consider it legal tender.
In addition to Bitcoin, Wood also talked about the potential of Ether. "Ether, however, is seeing an explosion in developer activity thanks to NFTs and DeFi," she said. "I'm fascinated with what's going on in DeFi, which is collapsing the cost of the infrastructure for financial services in a way that I know that the traditional financial industry does not appreciate right now," Wood continued, referring to recent changes in the Ethereum network, and the release of update 2.0.
In this regard, Ark's confidence in Ether has grown significantly, so the company will most likely invest 40% in it, while 60% in Bitcoin. "Our confidence in Ether has gone up dramatically as we've seen the beginning of this transition—from proof of work to proof of stake. We'd still probably do 60% Bitcoin, 40% Ether."
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The Indian telcos are following the rules laid down by the government very strictly. This is the reason they are not engaging with the Chinese telecom gear vendors anymore. Huawei and ZTE, two companies which have been the regular technology partners for the Indian telcos for decades, are now being ignored by the telcos due to security concerns.
A source told ET Telecom that Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, is only engaging with Chinese companies for help with maintenance and replacement orders. But there are no more new contracts on offer for Huawei and ZTE now. This rules the Chinese vendors out of the 5G ecosystem of India.
Vodafone Idea Also Not Working With Chinese Vendors on New Projects Anymore
Ravinder Takkar, CEO of Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator, told ET last week that Vi has put its engagement on hold with the Chinese suppliers because of the government policies and issues.
Neither of the Chinese companies has been able to make it to the ‘Trusted Vendors’ list of the government. Rajesh Pant, India’s national cybersecurity coordinator, told the publication that Huawei and ZTE have not yet completed paperwork for meeting the criteria of being a trusted vendor in the country.
The Indian government came down heavily on the Chinese network gear providers once border tensions with China increased in 2020. This has pushed the revenues and growth of European telecom gear vendors, including Ericsson and Nokia in India.
Nokia and Ericsson are going to get a large pie of India’s 5G network equipment orders. Companies such as Samsung are also expected to be a part of India’s 5G ecosystem, but on a relatively lesser scale as compared to Nokia and Ericsson.
Huawei and ZTE have been ousted from many major markets, not just India. Multiple European nations, Canada, the United States, and more have no plans of allowing Huawei and ZTE in their market for now.


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Consumer sentiments have soured a bit in recent times. And, the gap between sentiments of the rich and the poor has widened in significant ways.
The Index of Consumer Sentiments (ICS) shrunk by 0.9 per cent in December 2022 after having declined by 1.7 per cent in November. The ICS has therefore shed 2.6 per cent after its festive season peak in October 2022.
Regular observers of consumer sentiment indices may note that the November ICS has been revised from a fall of 0.2 per cent estimated earlier to a much steeper fall of 1.7 per cent. Also, the October estimate has been revised from a 4.6 per cent increase in the ICS to a better 6.1 per cent increase. These are revisions that happen at the end of every Wave of CMIE’s Consumer Pyramids Household Survey. Revisions are usually small. This time they were larger than usual.
The fall in consumer sentiments during November and December has been across rural and urban regions and across perceptions regarding current well-being and also regarding future expectations. The cumulative fall over these two months was steeper in urban regions (-3.5 per cent) compared to rural regions (-2.2 per cent). And, the fall in perception on the current economic well-being was sharper (-6.6 per cent) compared to future expectations (-1.1 per cent). Pessimism continues to remain pervasive, but Indians retain some hope on their future.
Consumer sentiments continue to remain lower than their pre-pandemic levels. It remains one of the few indicators of the Indian economy that has not recovered fully, yet. This is seen in CMIE’s Index of Consumer Sentiments and also in RBI’s Consumer Confidence Index. Consumer sentiments, or confidence, are important because they reflect the propensity of households to spend, and household spending contributes to well over half of India’s GDP. Private final consumption expenditure (PFCE), which comprises largely, though not entirely, the spending by households, accounts for 57 per cent of India’s GDP.
This poses a conundrum. How does the PFCE continue to grow even as consumer sentiments remain subdued? PFCE, in 2021-22 was 1.4 per cent higher than its level in 2019-20, but the ICS was down by a massive 46 per cent. This divergent trend is seen continuing into 2022-23.
Part of the answer to that lies in the disparity in the recovery of the ICS of households of different income groups. Sentiments of richer households are recovering better than the sentiments of poorer households. No income group has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, yet. So, the conundrum still holds. The disparities only explain part of the mystery. We study the consumer sentiments of five income groups with the following annual incomes the lowest earn less than Rs.100,000 (i.e. roughly PPP USD 3.2 per person) ; the lower middle-income group earns between Rs.100,000 and Rs.200,000 (PPP USD 3.6-6.3 pp) ; the middle-income group earns between Rs.200,000 and Rs.500,000 (PPP USD 6.3-15.8 pp); the upper middle-income group earns between Rs.500,000 and Rs.1 million (PPP USD 5.8-31.7 pp) and the rich earn more than Rs.1 million (PPP USD 31.7 pp).
Post the festive season, i.e. between October and December 2022, the ICS for the lowest fell by 2 per cent while that for the rich jumped up by 9.2 per cent. While this is stark, it is based on the two far ends of the income spectrum where monthly estimates tend to get a bit volatile because of the reduced sample. Therefore, when it comes to income groups, we prefer to study the four-month moving average which effectively uses the full sample of the CPHS and the estimates are far more robust.
The first finding we report from this transformed series is that the gap in consumer sentiments between the richest and the poorest income groups has narrowed in the last six months because sentiments of the poorest have accelerated. They increased by 31.5 per cent compared to the 15.8 per cent increase in 4-month moving average in the ICS of the rich.
The gap between the rich and the poor is significant when we compare the sentiments of those that earn annually between Rs.100,000 and Rs.200,000 and those that earn between Rs.500,000 and Rs.1 million. The latter (upper middle classes) have seen their consumer sentiments soar by 39 per cent since May 2022. On the other hand, sentiments of the former (lower middle class households) rose by only 21 per cent.
The upper middle-class households have displayed the fastest increase in consumer sentiments. This group comprises over 20 million households. It is likely that the PFCE growth we see is largely located among them. The lower middle-income bracket comprises of a much larger 140 million households. Their sentiments have also improved, by 21 per cent between May and December 2022. In May 2022, both groups had similar ICS levels. By December 2022, ICS of the upper middle class households was 18 per cent higher than the ICS of the lower middle income group of households. Disparities have increased.


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In addition, KMMG has completed the hiring process for nearly 1,000 new team members in preparation for the addition of a third shift – which begins later this month – bringing the total number of jobs created at the plant to more than 3,000.
"The success of the West Point, Georgia plant is the result of the dedication of our team members and the world-class quality that goes into each vehicle we build, and the increased volume and addition of new team members is further evidence of our commitment to the U.S. and local economies," said Byung Mo Ahn, group president and CEO of Kia Motors America and KMMG.
"Kia is experiencing unprecedented growth in the U.S., led by the best-selling Sorento, and with demand for the critically acclaimed Optima currently outpacing supply we are proud to add the popular sedan as the second Kia vehicle on the production line," he added.
Representing an additional $100 million investment by Kia Motors in the $1 billion West Point facility, the projects underway at the plant include:
- A second 5,400-ton transfer press is being installed in the stamping shop(
- Additional robots are being added to the welding shop(
- The size of the paint shop is being increased to accommodate the complexities involved with producing a third model (
- The production line is being extended within the existing facilities and new equipment will be installed inside the general assembly shop(
- The railroad spur is being expanded to efficiently handle the additional volume(
- More than 500 additional parking spaces are being added in the team member parking area


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Kanye announced his partnership with the Gap on Twitter and The New York Times revealed that it’s a 10-year deal that will see him serving as creative director.
Kanye will be designing “modern, elevated basics for men, women and kids at accessible price points,” according to the article. The new collection will hit stores in 2021, with Gap hoping to generate $1 billion in annual sales within five years, with the possibility of renewing the deal happening at this juncture. Gap will reportedly pay royalties and potential equity to Kanye, which will be tied to sales.
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On Thursday, Sept. 6 from 6 to 7 p.m., the Menomonie Market Food Co-op will host the first annual Fund Our Foodshed Grant Review Open House. The event is free and open to the public.
The open house style event will feature storytelling from five local farms awarded grant funds from the co-op’s first annual Fund Our Foodshed Grant program. Funds for the program were raised by co-op customers through a round-up at the register program during the month of April 2018. The program is a testament to the power of what a group of people can do when focused on a goal. Co-op customers rounded-up their purchases to the nearest dollar. With the average round-up donation of 45 cents and more than 6,000 individual round-ups, co-op customers raised $3,250 for the grant pool.
The community will learn first-hand how and why the program came to life and hear stories from each of the five farms about their projects and the impact these projects have on their operations. And attendees will enjoy samples of foods made with products from each of the five farms.
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“Part of the mission of Menomonie Market is to strengthen our local food system and help create a thriving, healthy community. This grant program is a big leap in that direction and is powerful because it harnesses the power of community,” says General Manager Crystal Halvorson. “Grant money donated from both the co-op and co-op customers directly supports production of the high quality, unique, and nutritious food that our community demands. And it helps newer Chippewa Valley farmers stabilize their operations.”
Founded 45 years ago, the community-owned Menomonie Market Food Co-op offers a full service grocery, daily deli and hot bar, community classes, affordable products, and knowledgeable, friendly service to everyone. Learn more at www.mmfc.coop


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DoubleClick announced two appointments: Janice L. Carter was named business development director of its Los Angeles office. Previously, Ms. Carter was business development director at Software Entrepreneurs Forum of Silicon Valley. Jeffrey D. Kiker was named business development associate at the company's New York headquarters; he will build and manage the Health, Sports/Leisure and News affinity groups. Most recently, Mr. Kiker was account supervisor/interactive products planner at Dentsu USA's Renegade Marketing Group.
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Auto Workers Strike Against General Motors
On Monday, nearly 50,000 workers at the large American car maker General Motors (GM) went on strike. In a strike, workers protest by stopping work. The GM protests are organized by a workers’ group known as the UAW (United Auto Workers).
The UAW began the strike for several reasons. GM has closed some of its US factories and cut many jobs. Though GM made about $8 billion in profit last year, it has moved some factories to countries where workers get paid less.
The UAW wants GM to keep its factories open and not cut jobs. They also don’t like the way the company treats temporary workers, who are paid far less. Some “temporary” workers have been at the company for years.
Already the strike is having an effect. Two GM factories in Canada have been closed because they couldn’t keep running without the parts they normally get from GM’s US factories.
Blackface Photos of Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau
On Wednesday, a photo came out showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with his face painted so that his skin appeared brown. This is often called “blackface” or “brownface”. At best, blackface is considered very disrespectful. At worst, it’s considered racist – suggesting that some people are not as good as others simply because of the color of their skin.
Mr. Trudeau apologized right away for the photo, which was taken at a party in 2001 when Mr. Trudeau was a teacher at a private school. But soon, other examples of Mr. Trudeau in blackface came out.
Canada will hold a vote for the country’s leadership in October, and the news has had a big impact on the election. In the past, Mr. Trudeau has worked hard for the rights of people of all colors. Now many are questioning what Mr. Trudeau truly believes.
It’s too early to tell how the news may affect the election.
No Aliens and Very Few People
“Area 51” is a name commonly used for a secret US Air Force base in Lincoln County, Nevada. Though little is known about what happens at Area 51, it’s believed to be a place for testing new aircraft and weapons.
But because Area 51 is so secret, some people have developed their own ideas about what happens there. One unusual but popular idea is that the US government uses the base to study or meet with aliens – creatures from other planets.
As a joke, someone recently suggested that thousands of people should “storm” Area 51 to find out what really happens there. The idea was that if lots of people came, the Air Force would be unable to stop them all. Over 2 million people signed up on social media, saying they were going.
But on Friday, only around 75 people actually showed up. After a while, most of them left and went back to two nearby music concerts that had been set up for the visitors. There were no reports of aliens.