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As a shopping center, you could say Twin Lakes is older than the city of Wichita.
Jesse Chisholm, the early trader for whom the Chisholm Trail is named, established a post at the present location of Twin Lakes Shopping Center in 1864, six years before Wichita was incorporated. Chisholm used the site between the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers to cater to Native Americans and the U.S. Army.
When Twin Lakes Shopping Center opened nearly a century later, it was considered the city’s first suburban mall and premier shopping destination. Now, after decades of ups and downs, Twin Lakes and the adjoining area around 21st and Amidon seem to be bustling again, with an emphasis on food. Indeed, it’s the only intersection in the city with supermarkets on all four corners, in addition to numerous restaurants.
“I was up there the other day, and there’s a lot going on,” said Martha Clothier, who worked in the shopping center toward the end of its heyday in the late 1970s and early 80s.
The area didn’t originally feature lakes. The Twin Lakes — one on either side of Amidon — were formed by the pumping of sand from the earth to pave city streets, creating pits that filled with groundwater.
Plans for Twin Lakes Shopping Center were first announced in August 1963 when Lakeview Development Co. said it would build a shopping center at the southeast corner of 21st and Amidon, along with apartments on the shore of the lake just to the south. According to an article in the Wichita Eagle, the Ritchie Brothers construction company bought the property in 1946 and started pumping sand from it, deliberately leaving land around the resulting lake that could be developed.
Renters moved into the first 44 apartment units in the spring of 1965, and the shopping center opened that summer with 155,000 square feet of leasable space, enough for 30 shops. Sears and Hinkel’s were the first tenants to open their doors, followed by Safeway. That same year, construction started on Twin Lakes State Bank — now Southwest National Bank — across Woodrow Street from the shopping center.
The next year, Henry’s announced that it would build a $1 million store at Twin Lakes. Other popular stores in the mall included Charles Roberts, Orr’s, Cricket Alley, Colonial Ice Cream Parlor and Swiss Colony. A nightclub overlooked the lake.
In 1968, Twin Lakes Theatres I and II opened showing “The Odd Couple,” with Kansas-born Miss America Debra Barnes in attendance. It was the city’s first new indoor theater since the 1950s (and perhaps an indication that drive-in theaters were losing popularity). Three new buildings were added to the Twin Lakes apartment complex. Plans to expand Sears and the mall’s upper and lower levels were announced in 1970, and construction of Twin Lakes Office Park to the south of the center began two years later.
Most of the western Twin Lake disappeared in 1972 when a New Jersey company announced plans for the Marina Lakes shopping center, to be located at the southwest corner of 21st and Amidon. According to a newspaper article, a Texas dredging firm filled in the lake with sand pumped out of the Arkansas River. The developer paid the state two cents a ton for the sand. The westernmost portion of the lake was not filled in and is today bordered by the Marina Point and Pelican Point apartments. Woolco, a discount retail chain, opened as the new shopping center’s anchor in 1973. The center is now known as New Leaf Plaza, home to A-OK Pawnshop, Planet Fitness and more
Further development took place on the northwest corner of 21st and Amidon, where Elizabeth McLean, daughter-in-law of a former Wichita mayor, owned the property that became Sweetbriar Shopping Center. Building permits for were issued for it in 1966, and Mr. D’s supermarket opened there later that year.
The Twin Lakes area thrived as the city’s old downtown shopping district, which featured department stores such as Innes, Buck’s and Montgomery Ward, were in decline and the city’s west side was growing.
“Henry’s was probably the most popular store in Wichita at that time,” Clothier remembered. But she worked at and was partial to Charles Roberts, which she called a “really progressive, cool place. They had Le Creuset and Dansk (cookware) and stuff you didn’t really see in Wichita at the time.”
But the opening of Towne East Square in 1975 and Towne West Square in 1981 drew away many shoppers. Ritchie Enterprises sold its shopping center to a group of California investors in 1980, having done the same with the apartment complex the previous year.
Twin Lakes Apartments, which advertises itself as “Wichita’s best kept secret,” remains a favorite with tenants who appreciate views of the lake and its Eagle’s Nest Island. Meanwhile, commercial buildings at 21st and Amidon have seen many vacancies and comings and goings by businesses (not to mention sales, foreclosures and lawsuits) since Twin Lakes Shopping Center was the city’s newest, brightest retail spot. A 2020 newspaper reported the mall was being offered for sale for $5.1 million and was 64 percent occupied.
There’s been growth as well. Cooks can now choose between Dillons, Aldi, Walmart and Super Del Centro supermarkets that flank the intersection. Diners have the option of five Mexican restaurants, Chinese take-out, American homestyle and at least nine fast-food joints, while cars in line for Starbucks snake through the Twin Lakes parking lot. You can get a haircut, prescription, cell phone, oil change, thrift shop outfit, storage space, gasoline and plenty more at the intersection. However, some residents are mourning the flattening of the neighborhood dive bar, Penny’s Caravan, to make room for a car wash, clean vehicles apparently being in more demand than cheap beer.


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Rachel Hilbert, Victoria’s Secret’s Latest Sexy Hire, Is A Total DIME
Hilbert will be taking over as the face of the VS PINK brand and couldn’t be happier as she tells Us Weekly, “It’s an honor to be working with such an amazing brand—and to follow in the footsteps of previous PINK models like Alessandra Ambrosio, Behati Prinsloo, and Elsa Hosk.”
So what do we know about this Rachel Hilbert? Well, she’s 20-years-old — born on March 14, 1995, is from Rochester, New York, stands 5-foot-10, has blue eyes, and can be found here on Twitter.
She also has an Instagram account where you can discover why we are very excited that Victoria’s Secret has decided to start featuring her.

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Tapping in growing untapped market: N2V Invests in Arabic E-commerce Platform Ecomeerce SEA
E-commerce was often a neglected sector in the Arab region by both investors and entrepreneurs, as factors such as payment systems were not a match to those in the west while others cited that the Arab user is not ready for e-commerce yet. But the success and acquisition of group buying website GoNabit by LivingSocial has proved that the sector is a real opportunity. Flash shopping site MarkaVIP makes around $60 million a year in sales from e-commerce. This proves that e-commerce time has come to the Arab world and that it is hot hot, Arab people are buying online and want to buy more. Investors should invest in the hot e-commerce startups. As this market I predict will become a multi billion dollar market.
N2V is seeing the trend as it announced that on 21st of May 2012 it made its first e-commerce investment in Saudi Arabia based Ecommerce SEA .
Ecommerce SEA is a company specialized in building and starting projects in the e-commerce space all over middle east. The company focuses on building online brands in the form of eShops and target different market segments. In addition, in the near future Ecommerce SEA is determined to contribute to the e-commerce eco-system by providing the end-users and business owners with e-commerce services.
“We offer services to revive the e-commerce in the region, and focus to be sustainable and provide added value to the end customer, whether a store owner or a regular shopper.” Says E-commerce Sea CEO Mazen AlDarrab.
Ecommerce SEA was founded by Mazen Aldarrab a young entrepreneur enthusiastic about growing electronic commerce in Arabia, and he sees the opportunity in creating missionary electronic commerce at the level of buyer and seller, and creating successful models and experiences that are unique in the field of e-commerce.
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Authentic turquoise jewelry online sale is Sunday from Pratt
Experiencing a different culture and shopping for fine jewelry doesn’t always involve physical travel and deep expense. Karin Koehn, owner of Market 54, a vendor craft and gift store at 209 S. Main in Pratt, has friends in Ruidoso, New Mexico, who along with some of their friends, make authentic Native American turquoise jewelry.
On Sunday, September 13, Koehn, along with business partner Karen Hampton, will host an online jewelry party featuring unique turquoise and silver pieces selling at discounted prices, and those interested in viewing and buying that sort of cultural item, won’t even have to leave their living rooms.
“I’ve always had a little bit of this handmade jewelry available here at the store,” Koehn said. “But this is the first time we will offer it in a Facebook Live event, and there will be some pieces that are just not going to be found elsewhere. This is not costume jewelry or copycat items. These are made by members of the Navaho and Zuni indian tribes, most of whom live in Gallup or Albuquerque, New Mexico.”
Koehn, who markets the new branch of turquoise jewelry sales in her store as The Copper Feather, said the way to verify if a piece of turquoise jewelry was authentic and made from natively-mined turquoise rock, or if it was fake, was to test it with a cotton ball moistened with fingernail polish remover.
“If it turns blue or green when rubbed with a cotton ball that has been soaked in fingernail polish, then the piece is a fake,” Koehn said. “Also, the surface of the authentic turquoise might have a roughness to it, or even cracks. It starts out as a plain fossil-looking rock, with little holes and cracks in it. But once it is cleaned, shaped and polished, it just becomes a beautiful piece of native art.”
Koehn said there are laws that are supposed to protect the Native American turquoise art-makers, but some individuals, mostly Americans, have found ways around those rules and create their own type of fake jewelry for their own profit.
She also said most Native American-made jewelry is stamped with the artist’s name or nickname for further authentication.
“Sadly, many of the Native American arts, like jewelry making, are being lost, because the younger generation in their tribes have no interest in becoming jewelry makers. They are more interested in finding successful jobs in industry, business or health fields,” Koehn said. “The artists I work with are getting older and older, and there are fewer young people coming along to keep up the traditions.”
Koehn said her Market 54 Live jewelry party would feature pearl-stone bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and pendents in a wide variety of turquoise and silver designs.
“We have lined up different types from White Buffalo, Spiny Oyster and Kingman, to name a few,” she said. “I am keeping the prices between $20-$400 for this first show, because there are some that can be worth up to $40,000 (Squash Blossom) but we are not going there yet.”
With Hampton modeling the items and Koehn giving the descriptions, customers will be able to see how the turquoise jewelry looks before they make a purchase.
“We decided to do a live show because sometimes it is hard to determine the size, or how the item hangs just from still pictures,” Koehn said.
The Market 54 and The Copper Feather jewelry event may be accessed on Koehn’s Facebook page by that same name, with the Facebook Live sale starting at 7 p.m. Sept. 13.
“I hope this is the first of many such shows,” she said. “It gives my friends a new outlet for their hard work, and it gives all of us a chance to experience some cultural diversity and beauty here in Pratt.”


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The IMF cut its global growth outlook for 2019, 2020 and 2021 in its World Economic Outlook, January 2020, citing unfavorable surprises to economic activity in few developing markets.
For 2020 and 2021, the IMF changed downward its global growth prospective, mostly due to a sharper-than-expected decline in India and other EM countries, even despite the fact the Phase One trade deal was a significant support to the activity, which was bottoming out.
Recall, with trade tension widely affecting exports and investment volumes, the global economy grew by 2.9 percent in 2019, marking thus its slowest pace since the global crisis, despite central bank incentives that broadly buoyed global growth.
The IMF now sees a 3.3 percent growth in 2020, below its October estimates for 3.4 percent increase and also cut the 2021 forecast from the previous 3.6 percent, to 3.4 percent.
This lowering shows the IMF’s reassessment of economic outlook for a number of major EM, notably India, where local demand decelerated more sharply than markets had expected amid a decrease of credit and shock in the non-bank sector.
Moreover, the reassessment touched also Chile due to social anxiety and Mexico, due to a sluggish investment.


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As we celebrate Black History Month, we are shining a light on the people who make Detroit such a vibrant city. It’s a community rich in art, music, culture, style, and fashion. One woman is putting all of that together with her colorful graphic designs.
Quileen Adams, owner of Creative Hina Design, joined Live in the D host Tati Amare to talk about her collection of tributes to Detroit, particularly its music history.
Adams calls the collection “The City of Soul Detroit” because of the soulful sounds that originated in Detroit during the 1960s. She says she decided to blend a handful of successful artists with contemporary, modern, fresh graphics for younger and older generations. She says this collection is a way for her to express herself and give back to Detroit.
A lot of Adams’ designs start from sketches. She finds inspiration from music, nature, photography, old graphics, typography, and collaborating with other artists.
As a graduate from Wayne State University, her foundation comes from studying there, creating a portfolio and becoming a senior web designer for many years, before deciding to freelance.
Adams was also awarded by the Nest Revolving Maker Fund, supported by the Tory Burch Foundation, to make products for children with autism like her son. She says she is very excited about the upcoming collection.
To watch the full interview and get more information about her designs, watch the video above.


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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment:
Inventions and incentives have fueled the those using voice over IP to battle the imposing inertia of landline incumbents, as well as the cellphone’s continued cannibalization of long distance. The list of disruptive newcomers is long: cable companies offer adapter boxes for analog phones; a variety of companies have extended Skype via solutions that are both tethered to the PC and that operate over WiFi networks; and recently, Ooma (which will be discussed more in a future column) has made the tempting offer of free domestic long distance for life with the purchase of its $400 Ooma hub, which delivers additional benefits such as web-based voicemail and the functionality of a second line without a second phone number.
Into this crowded field has jumped magicJack, the brainchild of Dan Barislow, who developed the “10-10-xxx” phone numbers that enabled consumers to bypass their long-distance carrier more than a decade before the first Skype icon emitted its ascending loading tone. About the size of a double-wide USB flash drive, magicJack has a standard phone jack on its back that allows you to plug in any standard touch-tone telephone handset from a leading-edge DECT phone to an old princess design.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that people investing in Dogecoin, the meme-coin cryptocurrency, should keep the custody of their ‘keys’, and ditch centralised exchanges like Binance and Robinhood.
Responding to a tweet by Bill Lee, an investor in Musk’s ventures, Musk agreed that until the wallet keys are in the user’s possession, they should not consider the holdings as “their own”.
Digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum or Dogecoin, are stored in something called a ‘wallet’, which can be accessed by using your ‘private key’—the crypto equivalent of a super-secure password— without which the crypto owner cannot access the currency.
“The core focus of the @MyDogeOfficial vision is to break the dependence on CEXs like Binance and Robinhood and let #shibes take custody of their own coins!” a Twitter user who goes by the username @MyDogeCTO said. MyDogeWallet, is a Dogecoin gateway Metaverse for breaking dependency on exchanges like Binance and Robinhood.
To this, Lee replied saying, “not your keys, not your crypto.” Musk backed Lee with his one-word response : “Exactly.”
The Tesla CEO wants people who own digital asset to own their own private keys rather than letting an exchange like Binance and Robinhood handle it. This is because hackers often target crypto exchanges to get possession of investors keys. For instance, centralised exchange Robinhood was earlier this month breached by an unauthorized third party.
Meanwhile, cases of breaches and fraud in the cryptocurrency market are pushing toward their highest count this year, a study released from Crypto Head revealed.
The same study noted that the average value of breach and fraud cases in 2021 comes in at $93.3 million. On average, the number of offenses grows 41 percent every year, it said. Further, wallets and exchange breaches are the most common type of attack in the crypto space, with 126 attacks recorded in the last ten years.


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Booking.com Reveals How Sport is Driving Fans' Travel Preferences in 2020
With UEFA EURO 2020™ coming up this summer, almost half (49%) of global sports fans would rather travel to watch their team live in 2020 than go on a family vacation
Over a quarter (26%) of global fans say they will spend less on their child’s or partner’s birthday presents than they would to travel to a major sporting event
Booking.com reports a surge in searches for accommodations in UEFA EURO 2020™ host cities, which suggests that fans desire to watch moments live
Searches for accommodation in host cities, during UEFA EURO 2020™, were 43% higher in January, in comparison to the same time last year
AMSTERDAM, 26th February 2020 – With a series of major sporting events across the globe this year, 2020 is set to be an incredible year for fans. In addition to 12 European cities hosting UEFA EURO 2020™, Australia will play home to the ICC T20 World Cups, while Japan will put on a major international sporting spectacle. With such an exciting sporting calendar on the horizon, fans from all corners of the world are prepared to do anything it takes to experience the action in person.
With a mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world, Booking.com, the Official Accommodation and Attractions Booking Partner of UEFA EURO 2020™, reveals just how far fans are willing to go to ensure they can support their favorite team live in the stadium and not miss out on key sporting moments.
Global sports fans go to extraordinary lengths to see their team live
Research conducted by Booking.com in 29 markets, among more than 19,000 football fans, shows that almost half (49%) of global fans would rather travel to watch their team live in 2020 than go on a family vacation*.
When it comes to priorities in life, planning and booking their sports trip is high on the list, with 43% of global sport fans saving money specifically to travel to see their team or favorite athlete play. Over a quarter (26%) confess that they are willing to spend less on their child’s or partner’s birthday presents than on traveling to a major sporting event.
Fans turn sporting bucket lists into reality
It has also been revealed that almost two thirds (63%) of global fans are desperate to travel to a sporting event, as they don’t want to risk missing out on a historic moment, whilst 73% state that they want to experience the atmosphere live in the stadium.
Attending the UEFA European Championship™ is particularly aspirational for a number of global sport fans, with nearly one third (30%) firmly placing it on their bucket list as a sporting event they want to experience at least once in their lifetime.
In line with their utmost desire to be in the stadium to witness key moments live, it seems as though fans’ dreams of attending live matches may be turning into a reality. Booking.com reports that last month it saw a marked increase (43%) in searches for accommodations in UEFA EURO 2020™ host cities, with check in dates between 12 June - 12 July, when compared to the same time last year.**
Amongst all of the host cities, Bucharest, Baku and Bilbao experienced the largest surges, as searches grew over 150% for each, compared to last year.
And, when it comes to arranging travel plans for UEFA EURO 2020™, UK, Russian and German fans are showing signs of being the most organized, as they top the list of nationalities searching for accommodation in host cities.
Arjan Dijk, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Booking.com, said: “There’s no denying that sporting events are driving travel choices that individuals are making in a big way. With excitement sweeping the sporting world this year, especially around UEFA EURO 2020™, fans are desperate to be there in person and we are excited to help them experience these amazing moments live. It’s amazing to partner with UEFA™ to ensure that fans have the best experience while traveling to watch this epic tournament.”
Booking.com has a wide range of incredible places to stay to support any traveling fans’ needs! Visit Booking.com now or download the Booking app to book your next sports inspired stay.
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*Research commissioned by Booking.com and independently conducted among 19,392 football fans aged 18 or over in 29 markets (including c.900 each from Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Japan, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, US, UK, Colombia and Russia; and c.400 each from Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, Argentina, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico, Singapore, Israel, South Korea and Sweden). Fieldwork was undertaken between 8th August and 2nd September 2019
**The data analysts at Booking.com compared the amount of searches during the month January 2020 for participating cities during the time of the UEFA championship 2020 (12 June 2020 - 12 July 2020) with searches for the same weeks and destinations during January 2019.
Founded in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch startup to one of the world’s leading digital travel companies. Part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), Booking.com’s mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. By investing in the technology that helps take the friction out of travel, Booking.com seamlessly connects millions of travelers with memorable experiences, a range of transportation options and incredible places to stay - from homes to hotels and much more. As one of the world’s largest travel marketplaces for both established brands and entrepreneurs of all sizes, Booking.com enables properties all over the world to reach a global audience and grow their businesses. Booking.com is available in 43 languages and offers more than 28 million total reported accommodation listings, including more than 6.2 million listings alone of homes, apartments and other unique places to stay. No matter where you want to go or what you want to do, Booking.com makes it easy and backs it all up with 24/7 customer support.


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Instead of building on Netburst, Intel went to the Pentium M architecture, using it as a foundation to launch what would become Conroe, known more commonly as the Core Duo line. So while Intel might have replaced Centrino chips with its Ultrabook marketing initiative, Intel's laptop chips still owe an architectural debt to the Pentium M from 2003.
While Intel brought out a new chip architecture in Banias, the firm also spared no effort in touting its WiFi connectivity chips that hooked up to a new Northbridge chipset, all of which together made up a Centrino system. Intel's PC OEM partners had to use all three components in order to label a laptop a Centrino laptop, a marketing ploy that Intel is still trying to pull off - with significantly less success - in its Ultrabook branding effort recently.
In 2003 Intel wasn't the first company to produce WiFi chipsets and the 11Mbit/s 802.11b WiFi standard was well established. However what Intel did was to take WiFi connectivity from something that usually meant plugging in a PCMCIA card and put it into the laptop, an altogether more attractive option for users.
Intel even tried its best to sell the notion of WiFi connectivity on its 2003 Cebit stand, with representatives walking around with laptops showing off web and email without any wires. While Intel's demonstration worked fine on its stand, this reporter remembers vividly that the rest of Cebit's Messe fairgrounds lacked the necessary WiFi infrastructure to take advantage of Intel's WiFi evangelism.
Nevertheless, Intel spent millions promoting Centrino laptops and without a doubt that helped accelerate the deployment of WiFi networks in public areas as consumers bought Centrino machines.
Centrino offered Intel a new way of doing business. It was no longer a matter of just selling a chip like the Pentium in 1993, but a way of bundling silicon parts together and making use of Intel's branding to force the PC OEMs to buy more than just one Intel chip. With Centrino Intel scored a long term marketing victory, as AMD was never able to gain a big presence in the laptop market.
Perhaps the best testament to Intel's lasting success with Centrino is how closely its recent Ultrabook campaign mirrors that of its 2003 initiative. The firm is effectively prescribing a set of components to OEMs in order to gain Ultrabook certification, and it is investing hundreds of millions in advertising the Ultrabook brand.
Thanks to Centrino and now Ultrabooks, Intel has become a PC system builder without actually getting its hands dirty and putting all the parts together. For consumers, Centrino assembled a clutch of core components under a single brand name that they could understand without having to follow the information technology press, which is an impressive achievement for a company that makes components that most users can't see or touch.
Now 10 years on, Intel's Centrino still remains a successful technology marketing template for other hardware vendors to sell multiple components and present a uniform baseline standard to consumers. µ
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Onions and potatoes aren’t the most glamorous produce commodities.
They have their own weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture market report, and you wonder if that’s because the government decided to create a subcategory for nonglamorous commodities, and someone piped up with “How about onions and potatoes?”
And yet, if you’ve been following the onion and spud markets and industries the past few years, you’d think they were top candidates for their own soap opera or reality TV show — something, you know, kind of glamorous.
It’s now spring 2012, and here we go again. Another interesting chapter in the ongoing drama, albeit untelevised.
Let’s start with onions, whose roller coaster-like price curve has amazed me frequently in the past.
I reported recently on how shippers were confident that sweet onion prices would pick up this spring after a very sluggish winter.
One reason is Texas, which should begin shipping in volume in April. Retailers are excited about reports of expected good quality and size.
But the main reason Texas markets will likely be stronger is that onion acreage in the state is expected to be about 30% lower than last year, Don Ed Holmes, owner of Weslaco, Texas-based The Onion House, told me.
That big number sent me scurrying for other numbers.
About 4.14 million cwt. of onions shipped out of Texas in the spring of 2011, at an average price of $14.70 per cwt., according to the USDA.
That price seemed awfully low, so I checked prices from the year before. Sure enough, in spring 2010, the average hundredweight of Texas onions brought $50.20.
You read that right: fifty and change, or more than three times the 2011 price.
Not surprisingly, Texas spring production in 2010 was just 2.67 million cwt., far below the 2011 total.
Like I said, kind of a soap opera. Holmes even gave me an idea for a possible title.
“After the good year in 2010, everybody was chasing that dog last year,” Holmes said, talking about the big uptick in acreage and subsequent big dive in price.
Coming up next on ABC, “Chasing That Dog: The Sweet Onion Market Saga.”
And make sure you tune in tomorrow for “Spud Markets 2012: Back to the Future?”
The creation of United Potato Growers of America and its state-level affiliates did a good job for several years of lowering acreage and boosting long-sluggish markets.
Then yields went through the roof in 2009, and markets started to sink again.
But the yo-yo did what yo-yos do, and the 2010-11 season turned out to be one for the record books.
For long chunks of that season, prices for 50-pound cartons of russets flirted with or broke through the $20 ceiling.
Some shippers told me they had never seen prices so high for so long.
Alas, this is the potato market soap opera we’re talking about, so you can guess what happened in 2011-12. Production shot up 5% from the year before, and markets found their way south of $10 once again.
That’s not the end of the story, though.
While fresh volumes have been high and demand sluggish, french fry, dehy and other processing markets have started running out.
Everyone knows how much we all love fries. As a result, the Processing Giant has started stalking the fresh sheds, gobbling up everything in sight.
“It could send things spiraling out of control a little bit,” Kevin Stanger, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Wada Farms, told me.
“We don’t need $6 markets, but we also don’t need $30 markets. At $6 you’re losing your shirt, at $30 you’re shutting down demand.”
So there you have it. Just a couple more routine chapters in the lowly lives of the pedestrian potato and onion.
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Abbey Road Studios 'up for sale'
London's iconic Abbey Road recording studios have reportedly been put up for sale by embattled music group EMI.
EMI's private equity parent Terra Firma is said to be hoping a sale of the studios - made famous by the eponymous Beatles album and zebra crossing cover shot - could raise tens of millions of pounds.
EMI has been touting for interested buyers to acquire the studios at number 3 Abbey Road in St John's Wood, according to the Financial Times.
The group bought the property for £100,000 in 1929, transforming it into world famous studios that have hosted artists as diverse as composer Sir Edward Elgar, who recorded Land Of Hope And Glory with the London Symphony Orchestra there in 1931, to Pink Floyd and Blur.
The Beatles used Abbey Road for 90 per cent of their recordings, naming their final album after the studios in 1969.
However, recent recording advances and cheaper overseas studio facilities have added competitive pressure to Abbey Road and a sale of the studios would raise much needed cash for its struggling owner.
EMI - which counts Robbie Williams and Coldplay among its artists - posted a £1.75 billion loss for the year to March 2009 in accounts earlier this month.
It is not clear if the sale plans would also include the Abbey Road brand as well as the property.


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And we thought the last bag was expensive! Olsen twins trump $39k backpack with new $55k version co-designed by Damien Hirst
Just two months ago, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's $39,000 alligator skin backpack sold out at Barneys. Now the design duo for The Row have gone one step further, releasing a $55,000 backpack adorned with prescription pills.
The bag is a collaboration between British artist Damien Hirst, whose paintings have sold for more than $3million, and the Olsen twins' label, The Row.
Created out of black patent leather from Nile crocodiles, the five-figure backpack is one of 12 being sold on behalf of Just One Eye, which include plain and polka-dotted versions also.
Five figure Christmas gift? Ashely and Mary-Kate Olsen, the design duo for their label, The Row, have released a $55,000 crocodile skin backpack adorned with prescription pills
Just One Eye co-founder Paola Russo said in a statement: 'We are longtime admirers of both Damien and The Row’s work, and our main focus here is to nurture work between artists working in different mediums.
'We couldn’t have dreamed of a better way to debut this series of partnerships.
Signed by the artist himself, each backpack 'blurs the line between high art and high fashion' according to Just One Eye, and features eye-popping embellishments like Mr Hirst’s signature spots.
High art and high fashion: The crocodile skin bag is a collaboration between the Olsen twins' label, The Row, and artist Damien Hirst (right), whose paintings have sold for more than $3million
A portion of the proceeds will go to UNICEF, however the donation amount is 'at Damien's discretion,' a representative told Refinery 29.
It is definitely the most expensive handbag the twins have released since they established their brand in 2006, and launched their handbag line in 2011.
The pairs' python over-the-shoulder handbags retail for $5,100, and a plain leather bag will set you back between $2,000 and $3,000.
Artistic inspiration: Signed by the artist himself, each
backpack features eye-popping embellishments like Mr Hirst’s
signature spots, pictured here being viewed by prince William (left)
At the launch of their handbag collection last year, Ashley Olsen noted the success of their original $39,000 backpack.
She told WWD: 'It was the first thing that sold off the shelf.'
She added that the reason may actually be thanks to the unstable economic climate.
She explained: 'During our last economic crisis in the U.S., the only thing that went up was Hermès.'
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Akki continues to be with Cola
Action king Akshay Kumar's glory is increasing over the years and endorsers does not want to lose him at any cost. He has been endorsing Thumbs Up for four years and will continue to do so. The Cola company has renewed their contact with him.
A source reveals, "Action has always been Akki's forte and the Thumbs Up commercials use that point to maximum advantage. Presently, the creative team is discussing the look and feel of the next commercial to be shot in the coming few weeks. In the last series of commercials for the company, he had done parker. For the latest one, Akki plans to take the action in the commercials to another level."
The source further adds, "The renewal marks Akshay's fourth year with the brand. In an era when most cola companies keep changing the brand ambassador frequently, Akki has been bringing in laurels for this particular brand. Before Akki, Salman was the face of the product, but with him, the marketing team of the brand never got the desired effect."
Akki has brought huge profit and splendor to the company in last four years and they believe that he will further increase their sale in near future too.


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Traces of horse DNA have been found in beef products made at a food factory near Bristol. A bolognese sauce made by Greencore of Bradley Stoke for Asda has been removed from supermarket shelves.
The company says the meat was supplied by a firm in Ireland and "it's extremely concerned that quality may have been affected". As concern increases, family butchers report growing demand for locally-sourced fresh meat. Bob Constantine reports.
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Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has just released a brand new trailer, tonight they’ll debut an all-new demo video showcasing key gameplay elements from the eagerly-awaited METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN. Those who are attending this year’s gamescom will also be able to experience the game’s ‘A Hero’s Way’ mission via a fully playable demo.
With the epic fifth installment of the stealth-action series released on September 1st, the new gameplay video will show all-new footage related to the Mother Base aspect of the game. The specially-created video will detail building options and unique customization elements. The video will also explain the game’s multi-player FOB (Forward Operating Base) feature, wherein users can establish additional bases around the globe to manage captured resources – and demonstrate for the first time – how users can infiltrate other players’ FOB bases to steal resources as well.
The new trailer gives a full overview of the ground-breaking game, and shows key aspects of the gameplay and its varied characters and scenarios.
The new demo video highlights the strategic heart to METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN. The game itself spans a huge, open world setting and greatly expands the series’ famed sneaking elements. Likewise, a host of new characters – both allies and enemies – tell a story driven by revenge as franchise protagonist Big Boss enters a series of battlefields following the deaths of his colleagues. METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN is brought to vivid life with realistic weather patterns and day/night cycles. Thus, players can adapt their tactics to match the changing environment, creating an intuitive and non-linear gameplay experience.
The demo video will be released this evening at 20:00 CET and shown throughout the duration of the five-day event. It can be viewed via the official METAL GEAR SOLID website: www.konami.jp/mgs5/
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN will be released on September 1st. Gamescom will be held in Cologne from August 5th-9th.


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When the PS3 Slim debuted earlier this week, the immediate takeaway from the reveal was that the redesigned console was 33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and consumes 34 percent less power.
Buyers will also be paying less and getting more, with the $100 drop to $299 and the hard drive getting bumped from 80 GB to 120 GB.
Inside, however, there was also another shrink job at play. According to the IDG News Service, the new PS3 Slim utilizes a Cell Broadband Engine CPU manufactured using a 45-nm process.
The outgoing, larger models of PlayStation 3 use a 65-nm Cell/B.E., and the original launch units (which had the PS2 backwards compatibility) run the hottest with the 90-nm chips.
While IBM confirmed that the Cell chip had indeed undergone a process shrink, Nvidia hasn't spoke out on whether or not the RSX graphics chip in the PS3 is now made using a more advanced process.
Either way, the 45-nm Cell processor helps to explain a decent amount of the power savings.
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The decline in prices for used cardboard comes in the wake of a slump in demand from South East Asia and India and now price falls in Europe, amid increasing concerns about energy costs and gas supplies.
Views from waste paper businesses generally are that the situation is not a “market crash” but more of a “big softening in demand” caused by high mill stocks and cost concerns. This is rippling down the supply chain causing price falls, a lack of orders – as well as postponed and cancelled orders – and new enquiries at lower prices.
One UK expert said: “The honeymoon period of the post-Covid boom is coming to an end. Prices up to the £170 level for cardboard are not sustainable and now we are seeing this market correction. Consequently, with prices softening some mills are reluctant to place orders in a falling market.”
Another noted that a possible saving grace for the market is that “lower generation levels of used material will help to stop a crash but they won’t prevent a softening”. Another recycler agreed, saying that “arisings are dropping very fast ahead of the holiday period”.
Market views on pricing levels are generally that the value of used cardboard has now fallen below the £140 per tonne mark and is heading towards £130 and could go even lower. There are typically at least two grades of used cardboard described in various ways – 90/10 and 95/5; standard/high grades or inspection/non-inspection – but overall there has been a narrowing of the differential between the two over the past year.
A lot of attention is being paid to demand from the European Continent where demand in recent month has kept prices high, in contrast to slightly lower prices in deep sea markets. Mills in the Netherlands, Germany and Austria are all reducing their prices paid for used cardboard and at the same time cutting some orders. There is also talk of some mills increasing their claims on material, “unjustly” according to a few exporters.
For Germany a big question remains over gas supplies and whether Russia will reinstate supplies via the Nordstream 1 pipeline after a maintenance period concludes on 21 July. If it remains closed and should German mills face official restrictions on whether they can operate, Germany’s mills and their customers might opt to buy in finished reels from other parts of Europe and even from South East Asia so boosting the rest of the market.
What we’re seeing is this general softening in South East Asian demand
For recovered paper merchants the situation is posing a number of challenges, not just on the financial front. There is concern over whether extra short storage on sites might be needed for a few weeks until the market settles. This could mean that the Environment Agency having to offer storage concessions, something which was a feature during the pandemic.
Simon Ellin, chief executive of the Recycling Association, said: “What we’re seeing is this general softening in South East Asian demand which has now dropped off and so given European mills reason to drop their prices. I don’t see this as a crash, it is a softening.”
Dr Ellin continued: “Pockets of demand are there in Europe and some prices for mixed paper are now above OCC. Tissue grades and news and pams remain strong. But, overall generation has significantly dropped and so demand will remain as you have to remember that 85% of Europe’s mills use recycled fibre. So yes while we are seeing a softening now, Europe, South East Asia and India will be back, albeit at the lower prices.”
One merchant in the north said that the market currently is one where prices have been “dropping every day with new orders being pulled – and new orders are cheekily low. European prices are now similar to deep sea export markets.”
Now we are seeing a sharp decline in demand in the Asian markets
Pankaj Chowdhary, managing director of Ekman Recycling UK, said: “Until 10 days ago markets such as Indonesia were buying. Now we are seeing a sharp decline in demand in the Asian markets as mills have good stocks of finished products and there is reduced demand for material for processing.
“It all now depends on Europe and where prices settle but there is a lot of concern in Germany about the gas supplies and energy costs with European mills now dropping their prices.”
Colin Clarke, managing director of Winfibre UK, a major exporter to south east Asia, said: “Over the past few weeks we have seen domestic and European mills reducing their prices to be more in line with Indian and Asian mills.
“They have one eye on the downstream stock of finished goods, partly because of the recent lockdowns in China, and the lack of demand for more packaging materials in China. In Germany and Austria there is concern about costs and the situation with regard to gas supplies.”
One exporter to Germany said that it had to be realised that in the face of a range of cost increases, a price of £160-170 per tonne, “is not sustainable, all the costs including fuel need to be taken into account”.
And a south east Asia specialist remarked that the recovered paper sector is “in a bit of a delicate period as there are no orders out there. There is a glut of material in China which is closing its door to new material. European mills are pulling their orders and I think we could even see finished product being imported from south east Asia; there are lots of stocks out there at cheap prices as mills want to move it.”
Other topics under discussion with regard to the used cardboard market include the situation with regard to the export PRN, the PERN. There is an expectation that this might rise to the £15 level from £10 because of a shortage of paper PRNs, although there are conflicting views over this. There is also concern among some exporters that not all brokers are passing on the value of the PERN.
As one Midlands recycler told letsrecycle.com: “Mark my words, we are in for a seriously bumpy roller-coaster of a ride over the next 18 months.”


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Against the Grain
An interview with Maggie Jo Sanderson by MOWA Director of Communications and Marketing Jessica Wildes
"A senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Maggie Jo Sanderson has already made an international debut in the woodworking industry—winning Best of Show at the 2018 International Woodworking Fair (IWF). She aspires to create sustainable, timeless, accessible, and beautiful designs that challenge others to think differently."
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"The exhibit featured furniture makers Reid Eric Anderson, Patrick Burke, Tom Loeser, Charles Radtke, and Randy Sahli. Maggie Jo Sanderson, a senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, won the exhibit’s newcomer award for a sleek contemporary desk design."


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In some car industry news today coming directly out of the Japanese owned brand Honda, we are pleased to report on the latest breaking news regarding all new details that have recently became public knowledge regarding the companies all new Civic Type R model set to launch soon.
Over the recent years, the Civic has quickly become one of the biggest and fastest selling for models for the mass manufacturer and has even rivaled other brands with similar lines of vehicle such as Skoda, Ford and Vauxhall. But the minds behind the idea have high hopes for the brand new Type R and hope that this model could very well be their best seller to date.
However, you may be wondering what is it that makes this all new Civic edition so special and what defines it top stand tall above all others. The announcement of some new features of the car pretty much outline this for us and, we see these all new additions come in the shape and form of all new wider, wheel arches, LED braking lights and an all new set of quad exhausts also make the cut too.
In regards to the design and styling for this particular addition to the ever growing Honda range, the images that have posted online are just sketches at this point but if the vehicle is to look similar, the base colour will come in that classic red that so many Civic variations have come in before. The vehicle looks to be more sportier than ever also, with it lower to the ground than ever before and an all new spoiler neatly fitted to the rear of the car.
In regards to the engine that is all set to go into the car itself, we see this come as,an all new turbo charged engine that in total could potentially be set to carry around 276 units of brake horse power and therefore, could potentially make the sprint from 0 to 62 miles per hour in a time of just six seconds flat. That is pretty much all Honda have announced as of yet regarding the all new features of the Honda Civic but, we do expect to hear more on the situation within the next few upcoming weeks, potentially at the Geneva motor show.
Where as the company are yet to announced how much the all new Civc could set you back, we do however know that you can expect to invest into a brand new, Honda Civic Type R at some point throughout the duration of 2015 at your nearest Honda dealership.


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California’s cap-and-trade program to cut greenhouse gases resumed this week with its second auction of carbon allowances to industrial polluters. The market is being closely watched around the world, and billions of dollars are at stake. But some nagging questions are lingering from the first auction.
The state’s first-ever carbon auction last November was a very exclusive online event, open only to bidders and regulators at the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Four days later, Mary Nichols, who heads the board, declared it a resounding success, saying the auction came off "without a hitch."
"Hundreds of participants were trained at every stage of the process, including how to register and how to bid," Nichols told reporters in a victory-lap news conference. "And it all worked just as we had hoped it would. "Well, not quite “all.” One of the biggest players in the auction encountered a rather sizable hitch that Nichols never mentioned. More than a than a month later, Bloomberg reported that one of California’s largest utilities, Southern California Edison, had inadvertently bought about 40 percent more permits than it intended. Bloomberg said it obtained internal documents revealing that Edison bidders had used “the wrong format” to submit its bid.
Some market players have expressed concern that the $16 million mistake overstated the real demand for carbon permits and set the price for carbon artificially high ("settlement" price of the first auction was about nine cents higher than the $10 floor price). It was a gaffe that ensured the auction would sell out, and a “hitch” that was never made public by regulators.
"There’s a security aspect to it," CARB spokesman Dave Clegern explained in an interview a few days before the first auction. He said there’s a reason for the tight lid on bidders. About a week after the Bloomberg story appeared, and KQED made its inquiries, the Air Board put out a stern “reminder” of the rules prohibiting bidders from talking about the auctions.
Clegern went on to say that, "We are simply trying to let the market take its course without being flooded with misinterpretation or rumors or anything like that, that might cause spikes that are unrealistic and unnecessary."


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Update on September 4, 12:23 IST: China has confirmed it will have to greenlight Bytedance’s acquisition by an American firm. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Gao Feng, on Thursday stressed that the regulatory changes aren’t targeted at a specific company. But companies looking at American investments should consult relevant government agencies should any technology they deploy fall under the export control list. “If the technologies specified in the Catalogue are involved in trade, investment or foreign technological cooperation of relevant companies, we suggest these companies consult with provincial commerce authority in a timely manner and act in accordance with regulations,” Feng said.
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The Chinese government has added artificial intelligence technology to its export control list, possibly jeopardizing the impending sale of Bytedance’s TikTok US operations. The restriction effectively implies that Bytedance will have to seek China’s approval to sell TikTok’s US operations. This development was first reported by the Nikkei Asian Review. On Friday, China’s Commerce Ministry and its Science and Technology Ministry added “technology based on data analysis for personalised information recommendation services” to a list of services of export-control products. Using a bureaucratic tool, China has essentially found a way to have a say in TikTok’s imminent sale to an American company, and will likely be another flashpoint in US-China relations.
TikTok’s algorithm provides a highly personalised feed to its users and it is a key factor credited for the platform’s popularity. This algorithm will likely fall under the restricted category. TikTok also shares technical resources including its user interface and some software code with its Chinese version Douyin which may add to the complications, according to Forbes.
Aside from the list, China’s official news agency Xinhua published an article by a professor who said that the new restriction would mean that Bytedance might need a license to sell its technology to an American company, reported the New York Times. Any sale of TikTok would most likely require the transfer overseas of code and technical services, the article said.
Multiple American suitors for TikTok
Oracle is now competing with a joint effort by Walmart and Microsoft to acquire TikTok’s US operations. Meanwhile, Centricus Asset Management Ltd. and TikTok rival Triller have made a pitch to buy TikTok’s operations in India, the US, Australia, and New Zealand.
The race to buy TikTok’s American operations began once US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing ByteDance to divest from its American assets and its rights to any user data that TikTok gathered in the country, within 90 days. It also directed ByteDance to destroy any TikTok data of US users, and report to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) once all the data is destroyed. The sale of TikTok to a third party will also have to be vetted by CFIUS for all practical purposes.
In an earlier directive on August 6, Trump had prohibited all US transactions with TikTok within 45 days. However, in response to this August 6 directive, TikTok sued the US government, calling the app ban “unconstitutional” and “political”. TikTok said that it had taken “extraordinary measures” to protect the privacy and security of TikTok’s US user data including storing such data outside of China, in the US and Singapore.
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As a teenager, Marshall Thompson was enthralled not only with the riffs of classic British punk and ska groups such as The Specials and The Clash -- he was taken with their duds, too.
"I thought that was just the epitome of cool," Thompson said of the designs by such British brands as Ben Sherman and Fred Perry.
But it wasn't until Thompson was in college at American University that he bought his first designer creation. Someone had tipped him that a Marshall's store in Maryland had a Ben Sherman shirt. Thompson wore the blue, button-down shirt every chance he got.
These days, the 26-year-old is selling Ben Sherman and other British labels at The District Line, his menswear store that opens Sept. 22 at 1250 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Georgetown. The shop had been in Adams Morgan, where Thompson sold British-made apparel for men and women.
The young entrepreneur intends for the Georgetown location to become a flagship store; he already has sights on his home state of Pennsylvania to expand the concept.
This week Thompson was putting the final touches on the two-story, 1,600-square-foot store, which he is leasing for five years and said cost less than $50,000 to build out. He declined to disclose his overall investment for the space, which is owned by TM Affiliates Inc., but he is clearly in one of the city's most expensive retail spots.
Rents in Georgetown reached higher than $120 per square foot in 2006, according to Cushman & Wakefield. Georgetown's vacancy rate has fluctuated between 1 and 3 percent in the last two years, said Juanita Crabb, executive director of the Georgetown Business Improvement District.
For Thompson, The District Line represents a sort of new beginning.
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The ticket-hunting public may well rejoice today (if they have an iPhone, that is) as SeatGeek has emerged with an app for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) device that will allow sports and event fans to search for tickets on the go.
When I first became aware of the company the native smartphone app was in development. Though the company had a mobile app up and running, co-founder Russell D’Souza told me SeatGeek wanted to take more time and put one together from the ground up, having watched their mobile traffic shoot up by almost 40 percent within a six month period.
It’s really a no-brainer for a company that allows people to keep tabs on their favorite bands or sports teams and has an eye out for tickets. As users become more comfortable making acquisitions on mobile platforms, a dedicated app is a must. This isn’t even new thinking—it’s all but mandatory.
I’d written a piece about the company several months ago while the app was in its early stages and have since tried out its product online. I have to say I was impressed. Though I may not be the most avid concert or sporting event ticket buyer, I think the company may be on to something because not only was I able to search ticket prices but I was able to see almost exactly where my seats were in Brookly’s new Barclay Center and I was able to see whether the ticket cost was a rip-off, compared with other prices paid for similar events (in this case, a Bob Dylan concert).
The best part about the product, I’ve found, is that a user can choose which bands or artists to keep tabs on. Who’s on tour? When are they coming to my town? As well as a system that suggests similar artists, in a Pandora-type fashion. So far a pretty good product. Let’s see how the new iPhone app fares with mobile users.


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Eagle Creek, a VF Corporation company, will introduce the Exploration System ES3 line next year; it is the first line made of 100% recycled yarns.
In a reshuffle of roles at VF Corporation's Swiss headquarters for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), the group has installed Mariano Alonso as the new managing director of Timberland for the region, effective from Nov. 1. He succeeds Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart, who will become the president of the group's ...
All in all, VF's Outdoor segment is expected to grow at an average annual level of 7 to 8 percent, representing 41 percent of VF's sales by 2024, compared with 46 percent for the “Active” segment, led by Vans, and 13 percent for the Work segment, led by Dickies. Summing ...
VF is forecasting higher sales growth in the GAS (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) area over the next five years than in the other major markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. At the global Investor Day held on Sept. 25 in Beaver Creek, Colorado, VF projected a compound ...
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Nvidia is not exactly eager to disclose the hardware specifications of its cryptocurrency mining processor (CMP) cards aimed at Ethereum miners. Instead, it gives the chipmaker flexibility in GPUs (and GPU configurations) it can use for a given hash rate. But as the lineup of Nvidia’s CMP cards is expanding and they leak to the open market, details about them start to emerge. As it turns out, Nvidia’s former flagship datacenter GPU — the GV100 — now powers Nvidia’s CMP 100HX board.
Nvidia has never publicly announced its CMP 100HX card, and the board is absent from the list of its cryptocurrency mining options on its website. However, the card has been available for a while. Someone has published a picture of the CMP 100HX at PC_Shopping (opens in new tab) forums and for Komachi_Ensaka (opens in new tab) to discover it. According to the post, the most exciting part about the card is that the accelerator produces around 80 MH/s, so it is not exactly clear why it is called the CMP 100HX (perhaps to differentiate from the CMP 80HX?).
Based on the images of the board posted, the CMP 100HX is based on Nvidia’s Tesla V100 compute GPU for data centers. It’s similar to the chipmaker’s rather extravagant Quadra GV100 and Titan V boards for Proviz professionals, enthusiast gamers, and ML/DL software developers. However, these are the only Nvidia Volta-based product aimed at client PCs and the only Volta-powered boards with display outputs.
For obvious reasons, the CMP 100HX mining card does not have any display outputs and comes with a passive cooler with two heat pipes, which further implies the data center origin of the board, but the mining nature of the product. Meanwhile, we have no idea about the GPU and memory configuration of the device. Due to its large heat pipes, the CMP 100HX might be too large for standard 2U rack servers, but since mining machines do not precisely follow standards, this is barely a problem as they can certainly fit into 4U boxes.
Given that Nvidia’s cryptocurrency mining CMP-branded business has been on the decline for quarters (at least officially), it’s not surprising that the company is selling its leftovers to miners. Meanwhile, it is still rather interesting to see a unique GV100 GPU — which can do graphics, compute, and display interfaces — mining Ethereum.


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Sales of China's hottest-selling electric car model, the SAIC-GM Wuling Hongguang Mini EV, may be facing a policy hit in Shanghai.
Small A0-class pure electric cars, including the Mini EV, are no longer eligible for free license plates issued in Shanghai, jiemian.com said Friday, citing car dealers.
Under previous Shanghai policy, consumers who wanted to buy a fuel car needed to be able to get a license plate quota in a monthly auction with a winning bid rate of only about 4 percent. If they buy a new energy model, they can get a free special license plate.
At the end of April, a consumer said in a Mini EV forum that A0-class electric cars could not apply for the free special license plates provided by Shanghai for new energy vehicles.
"The 4S store said they don't approve new energy license plates recently and have to wait for the new policy in early May," the user said.
Jiemian.com quoted consumers as saying that car dealers told them that after the May Day holiday, new energy vehicles priced under 100,000 yuan ($15,480) or less than 4.6 meters in length would not be able to get free license plates in Shanghai.
Several vehicle management offices in Shanghai declined requests for comment, saying only that "the new policy will be announced on May 10 at the earliest and no information can be disclosed before then," according to jiemian.com.
Currently, there are 33 A0 and pure electric vehicles priced below 100,000 yuan available in China's new energy vehicle market, including the Mini EV, BYD e1 and JAC iEV6E.
Since its launch in July last year, the Mini EV has achieved cumulative sales exceeding 270,000 units in 270 days, with average daily sales exceeding 1,000 units, making it the top-selling new energy product in China for seven consecutive months.
SAIC-GM-Wuling launched an upgraded model Mini EV Macaron in April this year, and the latter's cumulative orders exceeded 45,000 within 10 days of its launch.
It is worth noting that, judging from the sales distribution of Mini EV, the impact of Shanghai's new energy vehicle license policy changes on this model may be limited, jiemian.com noted.
In 2020, Mini EV sales are mainly concentrated in China's second- and third-tier cities, with sales accounting for 31.4 percent and 30.8 percent, respectively, the report said.
Tier 4 and Tier 5 cities in China contribute 23.6 percent and 10.4 percent of Mini EV sales, respectively, while Tier 1 cities contribute only 3.8 percent to its sales.
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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Comes to Morris County
May 01, 2013 09:38AM
Partnering with the Jamie Oliver Foundation, the Morris County Park Commission is hosting the second annual Food Revolution Weekend, Friday and Saturday, May 17 and May 18. The Food Revolution is a global movement that shares information, talents, resources and knowledge of the world’s food issues with the goal of helping people to make healthier food choices and prevent diet-related disease.
The festivities kick off on Friday, May 17 at 2pm at Historic Speedwell in Morristown with the Food to Faces program in which kids ages six and older create a self-portrait using images of food. From 6 to 8pm,there will be a Snack and Learn: a potluck dinner (bring a locally sourced, healthy dish and recipe to share) and a lecture on genetically modified organisms that wil loffer tips on decoding food labels and provide tools for combating childhood obesity.
On Saturday, May 17, from 11am to 4pm, Food Revolution Day, held at Fosterfields Living Historical Farm in Morris Township, offers a myriad of fun food demonstrations, health and wellness vendors, fitness activities, games and exhibits on diet and health. All weekend events are free.
For more information, visit Morrisparks.net/calendars.asp.


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The recently-unveiled Mercedes-Benz A-Class Mk IV has garnered rather mixed reactions. While most love its progressive interior, which relies on stand-alone screens not just for the infotainment, but also for the instrument cluster, others bemoan the exterior design which, they feel, hasn’t moved the game enough from the Mk III model. While [Read more…]
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The Geneva Auto Show is one of the most important in the world, together with Detroit and Shanghai. Every year the Palexpo exhibition halls are jam-packed with exciting new launches from both the familiar mass-market brands and the obscure one-off garage-at-home builders. In terms of new production cars, Geneva never disappoints with more than a handful of all-new cars ready to hit showrooms in the coming months. After walking around on the show floor for two days, carefully observing, inquisitively test-sitting and numbing our ears with the broken record of marketing jargon, we’ve reached a verdict on what’s hot and what’s not.
In addition to the regular poll asking the “which is your favorite?” question, we also thought we’d ask you a slightly different question, more in the spirit of CarSalesBase – “which new car do you expect to deliver the biggest sales improvement on its previous generation?”. Enjoy! [Read more…]
The past few years have seen a re-emergence of a long-dormant trend – for mainstream brands to launch dedicated sub-brands. The most recent example of this trend is Seat’s new Cupra sub-brand, which is heading to Geneva with the Cupra Ateca, a Seat Ateca with the Volkswagen Golf R’s 4wd drivetrain, and the Cupra Ibiza Concept, [Read more…]
News broke today in Autocar that Porsche quietly stopped producing diesel cars, making the Macan S Diesel and Panamera 4S Diesel the last diesel models produced by the German manufacturer (it seems they stopped producing the Cayenne Diesel a while back). While this news is hardly surprising, given the backlash Porsche and the [Read more…]
The young RAM brand seeks to distance itself from its Dodge roots, but is the new design a success?
The new Ram 1500 pickup, which bowed in Detroit earlier this month, has met with generally positive reactions, many people applauding its mature design and slowly-but-surely advancing technology that includes mild-hybrid versions. The one contentious aspect of the design has been the new front treatment, which aims to move the 1500 [Read more…]
After discussing the what’s hot and what’s not in Detroit this year, let’s also bump heads on the prototypes and concept cars. Of course, these are all in different stages of market readiness, with the RDX and Insight virtually production ready, the Enverge and Xmotion merely hint at what could be, and the Q Inspiration and LF-1 Limitless [Read more…]
Like every year in January, Detroit shows off its resilience, its working-class glamour and its vitality when the doors open of the Cobo center, showing all the latest toys on wheels. Hundreds of auto executives, thousands of journalists and tens of thousands of potential car buyers assemble to look at shiny chrome, kick tires and listen to each [Read more…]
Two weeks before the Detroit Auto show Honda has revealed the third-generation Honda Insight, and even though the model is still described as “Prototype” I think it’s fair to say it is pretty much exactly the car consumers will be able to buy before long. Prototype or not, the immediate question that comes to mind is whether Honda has finally [Read more…]
The new Subaru Ascent may well be one of the most overlooked debuts from the LA Auto show at the end of November. The reason for this is not hard to find – to many people it is yet another predictable entry into the mid-sized SUV segment, which predictably looks like an inflated Subaru Forester or Outback, with little of the flourish of the Viziv-7 concept that preceded it remaining. But is it right to dismiss the new Subaru as another also-ran?


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The rise in online shoppers over Christmas was also enjoyed in the fast food sector, with pizza delivery firm Domino's recording a sharp rise in festive figures.
Web sales in the UK and Ireland rose 56.6% to £84.1 million in the 14 weeks to December 30, including £2 million of sales in a single day for the first time.
In line with the trend seen in the retail sector, Domino's said a fifth of online business now came from customers using mobile devices, up from 10% a year ago.
E-commerce now accounts for 55.7% of deliveries in the UK, against 44.3% in 2011.
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Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh is pregnant with her second child, she has revealed.
Chancellor George Osborne will seek to reassure financial markets on Monday morning following Britain's decision to leave the EU.
In his first outing since the referendum result, the lead Leave campaigner has outlined his vision for a post-Brexit Britain.


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A couple of renderings with the so-called Porsche Cayenne Coupe have recently hit the web and they might provide us with a first look into a future possible production model.
As BMW already has the X6 on the market, for several years now, and with Mercedes-Benz getting ready to pull the wraps off the so-called MLC, which will be inspired by the recently unveiled Concept Coupe, which has seen daylight at the 2014 Beijing Motor Show, just a few days ago, time has come for Porsche to create a sportier version of the Cayenne, with a sloping roofline, to battle with these two models.
But before Porsche will start the development of such a vehicle, Theophilus Chin has already created it, in a virtual environment, and we must admit that it doesn’t look that bad at all, at least from its profile. As you may recall, the second generation of the Porsche Cayenne has been in production since 2010 and this is coming with four petrol engines, in six outputs, and with two diesels, mated to a 6-speed ZF manual or an 8-speed Tiptronic S. Porsche is already planning a third generation of the model, and this is what might get the sloping roofline treatment, in a different version.
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New Delhi: Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi is set to launch its budget smartphone ‘Redmi A3’ on Valentine’s Day, which is February 14th, in India. Along with the reveal of the launch date, the brand has a microsite detailing some of the expected specifications of the upcoming smartphone. The Redmi A3 will be a follow-up to last year’s Redmi A2, which was launched in May 2023.
As we all know, Chinese smartphone makers usually offer a “Plus” model for these devices, but it isn’t immediately clear if the Redmi A3 will have a Redmi A3 Plus variant as well. Moreover, the Redmi A3 is likely to come in three colour options: Green, Blue, and Black. (Also Read: Xiaomi 14 Series Global Launch Date Confirmed; Check Expected Price, Specs, Camera And More)
Let’s uncover the expected key specifications of the Redmi A3 Smartphone
Redmi A3 Display
The device features a 6.71-inch HD+ display, offering a resolution of 1,600×720 pixels along with a smooth 90Hz refresh rate. It ensures clarity with 400 nits of peak brightness and durability with Gorilla Glass protection.
Redmi A3 Processor
The upcoming smartphone is powered by the MediaTek Helio G36 SoC processor, delivering reliable performance.
Redmi A3 Memory
The smartphone comes with up to 6GB of RAM paired with 6GB of virtual memory, alongside ample storage space of 128GB eMMC 5.1.
Redmi A3 Software
The smartphone is likely to operate on Android 13 Go out of the box. (Also Read: Realme Offers Valentine’s Day Sale on Amazon; Announces Deals On Narzo Series; Check Bank Offers, Coupons)
Redmi A3 Camera
The smartphone houses a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front shooter.
Redmi A3 Battery
The device is equipped with a substantial 5000mAh battery, supported by 10W USB-C charging for extended usage without frequent recharging.


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Alibaba’s Hema Fresh market, which features seafood, prepared food and groceries, aims to diversify its catering offerings by working with regional restaurant operators.
The brand is currently working with 200 canteen and restaurant operators across the country and hopes to expand its partnerships with local caterers to suit dining habits in different regions.
It will help Hema to expand catering choices besides its signature seafood and fresh food offerings.
Ready-made meal boxes from caterers and snack vendors such as Honeymoon Desert, Sun Kau Kee and Xibei Youmian Restaurant will be available through Hema’s application for consumers to order online, and they'll also be served to visitors at Hema’s real-world stores.
Canteen and restaurant operators can also leverage off Hema’s dispatch network so they don't have to set up their own delivery team.
Hema business development director Lu Leining said it’s also providing restaurant operators with data analysis regarding Hema’s shoppers and shopping preferences to help them design better menus.
Currently about 50 percent of orders on Hema are from mobile users and are fulfilled by its delivery staff. The brand is planning to open 100 outlets in domestic cities by the end of this year, compared to 46 existing ones in 13 cities.


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With Chrysler pushing out an internet-connected package of its own, Mercedes-Benz is attempting to stay one step ahead with the intelligent, intuitive myCOMMAND system. Our pals at Autoblog were able to get a bit of hands-on time with the new setup at the LA Auto Show, and they were kind enough to host up a near-5 minute video showing off its most attractive features. They reiterated that what was being taped was simply a concept for now, but there’s zero doubt that the automaker is looking to get this into production as soon as feasibly possible. Hit the read link for a look at the clip, but be sure and pull over first.
Chrysler has been toying with in-car connectivity for months now, so it’s really no shock to see the next logical step being taken. At the San Francisco Auto Show this week, the automaker is set to showcase a “Web Edition” package, which would theoretically be available as a dealer-installed option for most Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge vehicles. The bundle would include an Autonet Mobile router (branded as Uconnect Web), a Dell Mini 9, 8GB iPod touch, Sony PSP and an Eye-Fi WiFi SD card; couple that with one year of internet service and you’ve got everything that makes up the $1,999 asking price. Reportedly, a slimmed down option will go for $1,100 and only include the router, service and Mini 9, though there’s no indication of when it’ll be hitting new whips. Nor if Chrysler will survive long enough to tell us.


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A cyber-incident inflicts damage beyond just downtime and recovery costs. A breach can spell disaster for a company’s image, leading to devaluation, lost business, high turnover, and even bankruptcy in extreme cases. However, a breach isn’t the only cyber-threat lurking in the business sector.
Some 74% of organizations face outages due to expired certificates, and the average total cost of downtime is a whopping $67.2 million per company over two years, according to new research by the Ponemon Institute. Damage to trust and reputation aggravate the blow, the survey has found.
Ponemon, which conducted the study for Keyfactor, included responses from hundreds of IT security practitioners in US critical industries like financial services, healthcare and medical devices, retail and automotive. Researchers found that, as information security budgets grow and funds are allocated to cyber-resilience, many companies continue to overlook the critical importance of digital certificate management.
According to the report, the average company manages over 83,000 digital certificates to encrypt data and authenticate servers, but 71% of IT pros say their organization does not know exactly how many keys and certificates it has. This gap makes it imperative to measure the cost of unsecured digital identities.
Almost three quarters of respondents say digital certificates cause unanticipated downtime or outages at an average cost per organization of more than $11 million annually. Ponemon attributes the $67.2 million total cost of downtime and outages (from multiple factors) per company over two years to “system administration and support time, lost productivity, immediate revenue loss and diminished brand reputation.”
The vast majority (73%) of IT pros surveyed by Ponemon believe that failing to secure keys and certificates undermines the trust their organization relies upon to operate.
Recent research by eSecurity Planet supports some of these findings, in that businesses are warming up to the idea of increasing their cybersecurity budgets for fear of breaches.
Filip is an experienced writer with over a decade of practice in the technology realm. He has covered a wide range of topics in such industries as gaming, software, hardware and cyber-security, and has worked in various B2B and B2C marketing roles. Filip currently serves as Information Security Analyst with Bitdefender.View all posts
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HTC has unveiled its latest smartphone the HTC 10, complete with what it claims is a world-class camera and most responsive screen on a handset to date.
The new handset, the successor to last year's M9, has been designed to address criticism over the company's previous phones' cameras. HTC claims to have created the most advanced smartphone camera currently available, featuring optical image stabilisation on both the front-facing 5MP lens and rear-facing 12MP camera.
No other smartphone on the market currently offers front-facing optical stabilisation, HTC claimed, adding the camera settings have been overhauled to accommodate RAW format functionality and a DxOMark score of 88 - a trusted industry lens standard.
The HTC 10 represents a move away from the previously successful M line, which has declined in popularity in recent years under intense competition from Apple and Samsung. Its share of the global smartphone market has fallen from a high of 10 per cent during 2011 to around 1 per cent, leaving the company with plenty of ground to regain.
It features a 5.2-inch edge-to-edge display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 (564ppi) running Android Marshmallow, a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, fingerprint sensor embedded in the physical home button and 4GB of RAM.
It will come in 32GB and 64GB storage versions, which are expandable up to 2TB thanks to its microSD card support, and in a choice of grey, gold and silver. UK pricing and availability has yet to be announced.
HTC said it partnered with Google to reboot the Android operating system and reduce bloatware: the pre-installed apps many users do not use on a regular basis.
For example, the company has done away with duplicated apps, getting rid of HTC's own photo gallery function and replacing it with Google Photos.
Another new feature is a new and improved two-day battery life, an increase of around 30 per cent. This is due to new feature Boost+, which is designed to make the handset run more quickly and efficiently, including during gameplay.
The HTC 10 has also been certified for Hi-res audio, and contains separate tweeter and woofer components to deliver audio output between 16 and 24-bits. It also supports Apple AirPlay, meaning music can be played on any speaker system.
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Hyundai Motors India Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Korean auto giant, has finally unveiled the new Grand i10. It may be noted that the new Grand i10 has been spotted testing on Indian roads on at least a dozen occasions and there also were plenty of speculations regarding various aspects of the new car. While almost everyone thought that the new hatchback would be christened as the i15, it turns out that the car will be known as the Grand i10 in our market.
Here we have all the details and official images of the car.
As can be seen in these pics, the Grand i10 benefits from the carmaker’s Fluidic design language and looks as contemporary as any modern day Hyundai. While there is no denying that the car’s exteriors borrow not even a single design cue from the last gen i10, it would be safe to term the design as evolutionary. The rear of the new car looks distinctively European and we think that it is the best we have seen on any Hyundai hatchback so far.
Unfortunately, Hyundai hasn’t yet published the images of the car’s interiors but we guess the interiors would as well groomed as the exteriors.
The Grand i10 will go on sale in both petrol and diesel engine variants. Powering the petrol variants will be same 1.2-liter Kappa2 engine that powers the i10 and the i20. The diesel engine variant gets a new 1.1-liter three cylinder diesel engine that has been derived from the i20’s 1.4-liter CRDi motor.
As was being expected, the new Hyundai Grand i10 will find itself slotted between the i10 and i20 when it is launched in our car market. Hyundai Grand i10 would be seen rivalling the Maruti Ritz, the Ford Figo and the Nissan Micra in India.
Though Hyundai has so far refrained from publishing the spec sheets of the new car, we reckon that the diesel engine would have at least 70 PS of max power.


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The Stories We Can Tell, a live concert DVD released earlier late last year by North Carolina’s Nu-Blu, is now included with Amazon Prime.
That means that any subscriber to the Amazon Prime streaming service can watch the video at no additional charge. It is available now on Tubi as well.
The film mixes live stage performances from the band, led by the husband-and-wife team of Daniel and Carolyn Routh, with interviews of the two about their lives on the road. It was released prior to the COVID-19 lockdowns, which called a halt to their 2020 tour on the west coast back in March.
The Stories We Can Tell runs one hour and eighteen minutes. Here’s a look at the trailer.
Nu-Blu also wants to remind fans of their Christmas-themed EP, Shine, released in 2017 for those wanting holiday bluegrass and acoustic music around the house.
A new album, Where You’ve Been, is expected early in 2021 on Turnberry Records.


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Penneys has issued a statement after reports of people attempting to 'sell' their highly-coveted appointments.
Last week, the company opened its booking system for in-store appointments, which kicked off yesterday to much success.
There were some reports, however, of people spotting appointments popping up 'for sale' on the likes of Facebook Marketplace and DoneDeal. One Twitter user stated they spotted one with a price tag of €100.
People selling penneys apps as if they’re concert tickets 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/FY8cwWjve6— nicole❤🔥 (@nicolephathole) May 7, 2021
We reached out to Penneys, who told us that they encourage customers to book through their website only to avoid any disappointment.
A spokesperson for the company tells us "We are delighted at how popular our shopping by appointment bookings this week have proven with over 250,000 appointments made so far. While most of our larger stores are now fully booked, any cancelled slots will go back up on the system. We recommend that customers book their appointments through our website directly which we know is the case for the vast majority of bookings."
They add "It’s been wonderful to be able to welcome so many customers back this week, and for those who missed out on a slot, they won’t have too much longer to wait as all Irish stores will be open to everyone from next Monday with extended hours in each one."
If you weren't lucky enough to bag an appointment, Penneys has reassured customers that they won't have long to wait.
It states "As expected, our shopping by appointment slots were very popular: At the last count, over 250,000 appointments have been made, and the majority of our larger stores are now fully booked. While we appreciate there may be some disappointed customers, they won’t have too much longer to wait: all of our 36 stores will be fully reopen from next Monday 17 May."
It adds "We'll have extended shopping hours in place in every store so there’ll be plenty of time for everyone to visit."
Penneys reopens fully from Monday, May 17th, in line with government guidelines.


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DICE has announced that "great progress" is being made on the latest patch for Battlefield 2 - but there's still no word on exactly when it'll be released.
According to the official game website, patch 1.21 will ensure that screen capture works and the server browser can filter by map name.
It will also address performance problems with specific ATI cards, and fix a crash bug that occurs when you attempt to use the Hummer with TOW in the Special Forces expansion. Plus, the number of Claymores you can drop simultaneously has been lowered to two.
The patch will be put through a limited beta test kicking off at the end of the week, according to the website. Apparently the team is "working around the clock to minimize your wait on the release of 1.21, but at the same time want to make sure that the patch is thoroughly tested before it goes out officially."
Which is just as well, given that a bug in the last one held up the release of already-held-up "Booster Pack" Euro Forces, which remains in limbo while this testing goes on. Predictably enough, it's now listed as "March 2006" on the Downloader.EA.com website.


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Archroma confirms ZDHC commitment
Archroma, a global leader in colour and speciality chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has joined the ZDHC Foundation as a contributor.
New OEKO-TEX regulations for 2018
I n 2018, the OEKO-TEX Association endeavours to provide further targeted support on issues relating to consumer protection and sustainability throughout the textile value creation chain. The existing guidelines of the OEKO-TEX product portfolio were updated on January 2, 2018. The new regulations come into effect on April 1, 2018 for all certification systems and other services, following a three-month transition period. OEKO-TEX presents the new product regulations in detail to interested companies during a webinar on January 30, 2018 at 12:00 noon (EST, UTC-5). Participation is free. One can register at www.oeko-tex.com/webinar-updates-2018.
DyStar® phases out Colour Index usage
DyStar Group, the leading solution provider to the textile industry, has announced that the company is going to phase out the usage of the Colour Index.
A sustainable solution for apparel market
Continuing their efforts to promote a more sustainable global textile sector, Huntsman Textile Effects and The Chemours Company FC, LLC, a subsidiary of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Inc, have introduced ZELAN® R3 renewably sourced, non-fluorinated durable water-repellent finish. Based on a new technology from Chemours, this breakthrough product is the industry´s first and only renewably sourced water repellent treatment available today
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Archroma updates One Way calculator with ZDHC MRSL-compliant products
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ZDHC group outlines work on PFCs
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Group has published a Research List, a companion piece to the recently published Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL).