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Western Janitor Supply celebrates 31 years of friendly service
Find cleaning supplies and equipment for the home and workplace at local small business
–Family-owned and operated, Western Janitor Supply in Paso Robles has been the place locals go to for all of their home and workplace cleaning supplies, paper goods, and safety products since 1985. Owners Linda and Lois Buss celebrated 31 years in business in January alongside their friendly and professional staff, and recently took a step towards modern technology with the launch of their online store.
With three generations currently working together to provide customers with efficient service, the folks at Western Janitor Supply – staff members include Karen Estrada, Jessi Sims, Rick Grisanti, Michael Valenzuela, Camille Zinn, and Mitchell Wallravin – have a keen understanding of what it takes to make this small business a local success story.
“Hard work, dedication, and keeping our customers on a personal level – not just an account number – that’s how we have built this business and what we take pride in delivering each and every day,” Linda said. “For all of these years, we have chosen not to use electronic answering machines during working hours. When a customer calls to place an order or just needs some guidance with a cleaning project they know they will be greeted with a friendly, knowledgeable staff member.”
With outstanding customer service, great values, and even a 100-percent satisfaction guarantee on all products sold, it’s no wonder why Western Janitor Supply is the go-to place for business owners and homeowners alike when it comes to purchasing cleaning supplies and equipment.
“We take pride in being personable, dependable, knowledgeable, efficient and friendly,” Linda said. “We always put the customer first and, over the years, have developed lasting friendships with so many wonderful people. When our mom and dad moved to Paso Robles in 1952, they gave each of their five kids the opportunity to grow up and attend schools in a small town atmosphere. Paso Robles still has that magical pull to it that seems to say ‘Stay – prosper and grow old with me’ and, as we celebrate 31 years in business, that is our plan exactly.”
Being in the business of selling janitorial supplies, paper goods, safety products and floor equipment, the staff at Western Janitor Supply serves clients in a wide variety of industries – schools, health care, churches, restaurants, industrial, manufacturing, cities, counties, state, military, and more.
“Our doors are also open to the general public and we welcome all walk-in customers,” said Linda.
Stop by Western Janitor Supply, located at 1026 Pine St. in Paso Robles, say “hi” to the friendly staff, and check out their extensive line of cleaning products, paper products, floor equipment and more during the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Give them a call at (805) 238-2112 or see their website at www.westernjanitorsupply.com for more information.


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Recently, some YouTube users have reported a five-second delay when playing videos on the Firefox browser. This delay has been linked to the use of ad blockers and Google’s efforts to combat these programs.
According to vk6, who shared their experience on Reddit, when they played a video on YouTube in Firefox, the screen went black for several seconds before the video started. However, when they switched to Chrome, the video started playing automatically. The reason behind this delay is believed to be related to the use of ad-blocking extensions in the Firefox browser.
The code that is causing this delay has been identified as 5E3 in the polymer script link. While some users claim that this delay is not a Firefox bug but rather a code added by Google, YouTube has confirmed that it is implementing global measures to combat ad blockers in browsers. This includes an increase in warnings urging users to avoid using ad blockers or subscribe to YouTube Premium. If users continue to use ad blockers, the platform may block playback of the video altogether.
This measure has led to an increase in uninstalls of ad blockers and installations of alternative ad-blocking programs such as AdGuard, AdLock, and Ghostery. Privacy activist Alexander Hanff has also reported concerns about privacy violations by Google and YouTube due to their reliance on advertising revenue and their possible use of spy software to detect ad blockers in browsers.
Overall, while Google and YouTube’s fight against ad blockers may have its benefits in terms of revenue generation, it raises important questions about user privacy and online security. As such, it is crucial for these companies and policymakers alike

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A South Jersey pizza shop owner is collecting donations for an animal orphanage after someone stole a donation bucket full of cash at a Memorial Day weekend barbecue.
Jason Martin tells MyFoxPhilly.com he was collecting donations for the Animal Orphanage of Voorhees at a company party with at least 300 in attendance. At some point in the evening, he told the website, someone stole all of the money from the bucket.
"They sat at our picnic and ate our food, drank our drinks and then robbed our home and the money for the orphans," he said.
Martin, the owner of Balsamo's Pizza in Lindenwold, has started an online fundraiser to try and make the money back and is accepting donations at the store.
As of yesterday, Martin has raised $4,500 from the site gofundme.com and in-store donations. He said the goal is $5,000.
"The people who stole the money from these poor animals are scum," read a message from the Klein family on gofundme.com. "Jason, thanks for doing this. We hope you surpass your goal!"


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Current generation PS3 games will be streamed over the internet using technology developed by Gaikai, which Sony acquired last year in a $380 million purchase, according to the Journal. The report backs up similar rumors from 2012, which said that Sony was planning on achieving backward compatibility for the PS4 through a cloud-based streaming service.
The report says Sony is "investing heavily" in preparing Gaikai's technology for the PlayStation 4.
Sony also reportedly plans to unveil a new, higher-fidelity version of the camera that powers its PlayStation Move controller and a new DualShock controller with touch-sensing pads, photos of which leaked earlier this week. Sony's next console is expected to ship later this year, as will a new Xbox console.
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that we'll "see the future" of the PlayStation brand on Feb. 20 at an event that will be livestreamed from New York City.
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Enterprise Storage Systems Market Share
Updated: 06 Jan 2022
Worldwide Enterprise External OEM Storage Systems Market Spending is Expected to have a CAGR of 4.7% During the Next Five Years, According to IDC
In the third quarter of 2021, the ESS market continued recovering from losses experienced in 2020. While demand for storage systems remains strong, tightness in supply of storage components and disruptions to the supply chain resulted in softer growth in 3Q21 compared to 2Q21. We expect that supply chain disruptions will continue to put constraint on market growth for rest of 2021 and into the first half of 2022 including impact on system shipments and pricing.
A new wave of concerns about spread of the new corona virus variants will lead to some business disruptions although the magnitude of the impact will be insignificant compared to one seen in 2020 given that businesses, public sector, and consumers are now better prepared to handling such disruptions. However. Any possible closures of manufacturing facilities and/or shortage of workers can prolong supply chain disruptions.
On the positive side, a widespread movement toward business digitization, business initiatives to building digital resiliency, and proliferation of emerging workloads such as artificial intelligence and machine learning will continue to be a strong driver for sustainable demand for storage capacity. While a big portion of this demand will be addressed by server-based architectures, the external storage systems market will also experience growth. The evolution of as-a-service consumption of storage infrastructure across customer and service provider premises will add to this growth although the initial adoption of the on-premises offerings will be mostly concentrated in North America and Western Europe.
Sustainable demand for performance-focused storage solutions will drive demand for all-flash arrays (particularly, NVMe-based AFA) across "core" external RAID and HCI appliances segments.


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Irish Brands hold their own in Checkout’s Top 100 Brands, in association with Nielsen
Coca-Cola Named As Ireland’s Biggest Selling Brand For 15th Year In A Row
Ireland’s biggest brands are putting it up to their international counterparts in the latest edition of the Checkout Top 100 Brands, produced by Checkout magazine, the leading magazine for the grocery retail sector in Ireland, in association with Nielsen.
While Coca-Cola continues to lead the Top 100, occupying the number one position for the 15th year in a row, Brennans bread (3rd), Avonmore (4th), and Lucozade (5th) all make the top five, indicating the level of loyalty that consumers have to Ireland’s biggest household names.
Tayto, which has consistently remained in the Top 10 of Checkout’s Top 100 Brands for a number of years and is celebrating 65 years as the Original Irish Crisp, comes in 6th in our rankings this year.
Other Irish brands making headway in this year’s list include Fulfil, which rises eight places this year, from the 49th to 41st position. Although the brand was only launched in 2016, it has performed strongly in the Top 100 since it entered the rankings in 68th place, in 2017, and then it vaulted up to 49th place in 2018. Carroll Meats have also made a big impact on the 2019 rankings, rising seven places, from 55th to 48th place this year.
In addition, three Irish brands are making their debut in Checkout’s Top 100 Brands 2019. VIT-HIT, which enters with a bang, in the 73rd position, has established itself as the number-one brand in the Health/Functional Drinks category.
The independent, 100% Irish-owned brand is distributed in Ireland by Richmond Marketing and will celebrate 20 years in business next year. The brand leads the Functional Drinks category in Europe and has now expanded across the Continent, with retailers like Sainsbury’s, WHSmith, Boots, Carrefour and Delhaize making the brand a true Irish success story.
The second new entry to the Top 100 is Fitzgeralds Family Bakery (formerly Country Kitchens), which claims 90th place, and Stafford’s Bakeries, which enters the Top 100 in 93rd place. Keogh’s Crisps, which was launched in 2011, entered the Top 100 last year, in 96th position, and while it remains in our Top 100 this year, it drops back, to 98th place.
“What we are seeing in this year’s Top 100 Brands ranking is an overall trend of steady growth for many FMCG brands, and some significant growth for others,” says Maev Martin, editor, Checkout magazine.
“The relative stability of the Top 100 Brands’ top-ten membership indicates that well-established and home-made brands are holding their own in the Irish market. Despite the continuing uncertainty regarding Brexit, the growing supermarket’s own brands sector, legislative changes in relation to packaging, and last year’s sugar tax, Ireland’s best-known and loved brands continue to innovate and thrive.”
The Checkout Top 100 Brands is based on branded value sales across the Irish grocery sector, making it the most accurate barometer of the biggest selling brands in the marketplace. In compiling the report, Nielsen measures the sales performance of over 5,000 brands from over 200 product classes.
Rocketing up the rankings
Similar to 2018, a major trend in 2019 is the number of brands that have rocketed up the rankings from the positions that they held a year ago. Our biggest mover is Cushelle, which climbs a massive 21 places, from the 99th position in 2018 to 78th in 2019.
This performance is made all the more noteworthy by the fact that Cushelle was one of our three new entries to the Top 100 rankings last year.
Entering Checkout’s Top 100 Brands in 2017, Monster placed an impressive 64th. In 2018, it performed an equally impressive feat, vaulting to 38th. In 2019, it sprints up the rankings a further 13 places, to the 25th position.
The brand’s continued success reflects the growth of the Sport/Energy category, which has made a big leap in our category rankings this year, moving from the number-16 position that it held in 2018 to the 12th position in 2019. Hot on Monster’s heels is Cow & Gate, which rises 12 places, from 97th to 85th.
Two brands that have been consistently strong performers in our Top 100 rankings – Pepsi and MiWadi – both score a perfect ten this year, moving from 44th to 34th place and from 56th to 46th place, respectively. Cadbury Twirl has traditionally placed in the seventies in our Top 100 rankings, but this year it also jumps ten places, to the 63rd position.
"Thanks to the healthy labour market and last summer's strong performance - and despite the ongoing Brexit uncertainty, and the dip in consumer confidence this year - it has been another strong year for brands,” says Karen Mooney, Nielsen Ireland Connect Leader.
“The overall picture shows that Irish consumers are still willing to spend on grocery items, with the value sales of the Top 100 brands alone increasing by more than €90 million.
This is the first Top 100 Brands list published since the sugar tax came into effect in May of last year and it is interesting to see that warm weather, along with a surge in sales of low-sugar soft drinks, has meant that Carbonated Soft Drinks has retained its #4 category position, while Sports & Energy drinks has jumped 4 places to 12th position."
Heineken leads the way in the Top 50 Alcohol brands list, for the sixth year in a row, while Santa Rita is Ireland’s biggest selling wine, topping the Top 20 Wines list. Smirnoff leads the Top 20 Spirits list, while Heineken is Ireland’s top selling beer, leading the Top 20 LADs (Long Alcoholic Drinks) list.
One of the most noteworthy developments in our Top 50 Alcohol list this year is the performance of Gordon’s Dry Gin - after an exceptional eighteen- place jump in 2018, it made another big leap in 2019, moving up 10 places from 21st in 2018 to 11th in 2019.
However, the really big mover in our Top 50 Alcohol listing is Peroni Nastro Azzurro, which rises a meteoric 16 places, from 47th place in 2018, when it entered the rankings, to 31st place in 2019. This makes Peroni Nastro Azzurro the best-performing brand in the 2019 Top 50 list.
Once again, the category with the most brands in the Top 100 listing is Confectionery, with 12 brands featuring in the rankings this year: Cadbury Dairy Milk, Kinder, Lindt, Maltesers, Haribo, Galaxy, Nestlé Kit Kat, Cadbury Twirl, M&M’s, Cadbury Wispa, Cadbury Snack and Nestlé Rowntree.
Next up is Crisps/Snacks/Tubes, with eight brands in the Top 100 – Tayto, Pringles, Hunky Dorys, Walkers, Doritos, O’Donnells, KP and Keogh’s – followed by Bakery, with seven brands in the Top 100 – Brennans, Irish Pride, Pat The Baker, JM O’Brien, McCambridge, Fitzgeralds Family Bakery (formerly Country Kitchens) and Stafford’s Bakeries. Carbonated Soft Drinks has five brands in our Top 100 this year: Coca-Cola, 7UP, Club, Pepsi and Fanta.
“While the ‘old reliables’ are still the big winners with Irish consumers, this year’s rankings reveal that the movement towards healthier eating habits continues,” says Martin.
“Perhaps the strongest evidence of Irish consumers’ continued love affair with healthy consumption is the entry of a new category into our Top 100 for 2019.
Health/Functional Drinks joins the rankings in the 86th position, sending a clear message to brands and retailers that modern consumers want more from their beverages - and they regard functional beverages as a way to achieve their health and wellness goals.
“The second new category to enter our Top 100 for 2019 is Frozen Ready Meat Meals, joining the list in the 97th position. This is an interesting new entry, which reflects consumers’ continued desire for convenient as well as healthy options.
It also indicates that meat is still popular with a significant cohort of shoppers, despite health and environmental concerns that have dominated public discourse over the past year.
Birds Eye is the new category leader here, which means that it is the brand leader in three of our Top 100 Categories, as it also claims the top spot in Frozen Prepared Poultry Products and Frozen Potato Products.”
When it comes to Irish brands that have made a big impact in their categories, Brady Family, which ousted Denny from the top spot last year to become category leader in Pre-Packed Sliced Meat, retains its leading position this year.
In the Yogurt, Yogurt Drinks and Fromage Frais category, Glenisk continues its impressive growth and this year overtakes Yoplait to become the top yoghurt brand for 2019.
In Pre-Packed Bacon, Oakpark joins the top five, ousting O’Neill’s from the fifth- place spot that it held in 2018. Another brand entering the top five at five is Innisfree, which displaces Green Isle from fifth place in the Frozen Prepared Poultry Products category.
Flahavan’s also enters the top five at five in the Granola Bars category, removing Eat Natural from the fifth-place position that it occupied in 2018.
Bunalun, a flagship food brand in Ireland’s organic food sector, vaults into the top five in the Frozen Vegetables category, in third place. In the Packed Salads category, there is a reversal of fortune, as Donnelly reclaims the number-two position from Secret Garden, which had pushed it out of the rankings last year. Northern Irish-based Willowbrook enters the top five this year, in fourth place.
Irish company Strong Roots, which leapt into second position in the Frozen Prepared Vegetable Products category in 2018, has dropped down to third place this year, but the company retains its third-place position in Frozen Chips.
The Happy Pear has made a big impression in a number of categories in the past couple of years, and 2018 was no different, as it climbed to second place in the Prepared/Savoury Dips category from the fourth-place position in which it entered the category in 2017. This year, it holds strong, in second place.
Checkout Top 100 Brands 2019*:The Top 10
- Cadbury Dairy Milk
- Red Bull
* Produced in association with Nielsen
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Steve Doyle, who was born and brought up in Stratford, recently moved his firm EVera into head offices on Timothy’s Bridge Road.
Evera Recruitment CEO Steve Doyle, centre, pictured with his team including Kasia Jendroska, head of delivery, and.Rob Young, associate director. Photo Credit: Mark Williamson
But the choice of location for his new HQ isn’t about nostalgia. He believes south Warwickshire is in the right spot to benefit from thousands of jobs created during the new few years, as the UK opens a string of battery production plants known as ‘gigafactories’.
With a ban on the sale of all new petrol- and diesel-engine cars due to come into force by 2030, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are rocketing. All these cars need batteries, as do millions of smaller cordless everyday items such as phones, laptops, hair dryers, curling tongs, vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, drills and hearing aids. Plans are under way to build a gigafactory manufacturing plant at Coventry airport to make the crucial lithium-ion batteries. Once running at full capacity, it will be able to produce up to 60GWh – enough to power 600,000 electric vehicles a year. The project will create up to 6,000 skilled jobs directly plus as many as 18,000-24,000 through companies that supply it. Existing employers such as Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin are among those likely to be customers of the new gigafactory.
Steve told the Herald: “Stratford-upon-Avon is the home of Shakespeare and tourism but we’re also smack in the middle of the battery industry here.” Steve, who went to Alcester Grammar School before completing an engineering degree at Nottingham University, explains he’s been recruiting for the battery industry “since before it was cool”.
We have the ability to find the skills, which a lot of agencies don’t have. That’s why battery companies come to us.”
Typically, EVera is seeking people who either design or engineer the battery cells or battery packs. But sourcing talent to fill roles such as chemists, anode engineers and cathode engineers is tricky when no gigafactories have actually opened in the UK yet.
“When you’re building a gigafactory and you need a load of engineers, you can’t just go and get one from the gigafactory over the road, because it doesn’t exist yet,” Steve pointed out.
His solution is to find the closest match which turns out to be making KitKats, putting soya sauce into sachets, manufacturing pizza bases and stamping sell-by dates on the top of lasagne. He and his team’s super power is having the technical knowledge to spot crossovers with other industries such as food and pharmaceuticals where similar skills are needed.
“We refer to it as ‘near neighbour technology’. Within engineering, if you’ve designed something like the screen on a calculator or a solar panel, you’ve probably got a very good idea of how to layer an anode. It’s having that deep technical knowledge of what crosses over. If somebody’s in a factory that makes plastic injection moulded water bottles, that’s probably not going to be of interest to us. But if they’re in a factory that’s printing birthday cards, it could be because the printing processes are actually similar to some of the processes that go into making batteries.”
The company, which was based in Warwick, already has a number of high-profile clients in the battery and battery-related sector including gigafactory company Britishvolt and the Battery Industrialisation Centre (UK BIC) in Coventry, a government-funded technical centre.
Steve worked in engineering companies in Stratford and Redditch before travelling and living in Australia for a few years. On his return he “fell into” the recruitment business where he has spent 25 years specialising in building technical and engineering teams.
He had always dreamed of starting his own agency so when Covid struck, it seemed the perfect moment. As well as headhunting for others, he’s also recruiting for his own agency and is looking to almost double the team from 18 to 30.
EVera’s head office fits the bill for an agency focusing on the renewable energy industry, as it’s an eco-friendly Huf haus with masses of natural light, a wrap-around balcony on three sides of the building and views over woodland.
Pointing out that rechargeable battery (lithium-ion) technology was first developed at Oxford University, he believes the UK still has the scientific and engineering to transform the economy.
“We still have this incredible technology here – we’re also working with a number of smaller companies developing technology that could be game-changers,” he said. “Normally, we’d develop that tech and then it would disappear to China, and they would put it into a factory and then sell it back to us. But we’ve got a real chance now, to take some of that tech and put it straight into our own gigafactories and become world class.”
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HTC America has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it “failed to take reasonable steps” to rid its Smartphone and tablet software of security flaws, placing the data of millions of consumers at risk.
The settlement requires HTC to develop software patches to fix flaws found in millions of HTC handsets. The firm must also establish a “comprehensive security program” to tackle security risks during the making of HTC devices and “undergo independent security assessments” every other year for the next two decades.
HTC has already begun to proffer patches to device owners in the U.S., the FTC said.
The FTC complaint claimed HTC did not provide adequate security training to its engineering staff and neglected to test the software on its mobile devices for potential security flaws; failed to follow accepted secure coding practices; and failed to set up a procedure for dealing with vulnerability reports from consumers.
The vulnerabilities on HTC’s devices allowed malicious applications to send text messages, record audio, or even install additional malware on devices, “all without the user’s knowledge or consent,” the FTC said, adding such things as users’ financial account numbers and related access codes or medical information were put at risk.
The complaint also claimed “user manuals for HTC Android-based devices contained deceptive representations, and that the user interface for the company’s Tell HTC application was also deceptive.”
HTC has said previously none of its customers have been affected by security issues. The firm, which issued a patch to its devices starting in 2011, has not admitted or denied any wrongdoing.
“Privacy and security are important, and we are committed to improving practices that help safeguard our customers’ devices and data,” HTC said in a statement to a number of media outlets. “Working with our carrier partners, we have addressed the identified security vulnerabilities on the majority of devices in the U.S. released after December 2010. We’re working to roll out the remaining software updates now and recommend customers download them once available.”
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Taiwanese manufacturer of a wide range of computer equipment Asus announced last week the launch of a new project “Art Blackhole”. The company’s initiative is a new NFT platform based on the Ethereum blockchain, under its new Web3 division, Asus Metaverse Inc. The new platform, powered by Asus cloud computing and AI capabilities, is currently only open to invited artists to post their NFTs.
Collectors can purchase NFT artwork with Taiwanese dollars (TWD, NT$), the spokesperson said. The platform does not support secondary trading, but the secondary market is “launching soon,” according to the company’s website.
Joe Hsi, chief operating officer of Asus said:
“Asus pays close attention to the latest developments in emerging industries, and we are particularly attracted to the potential of the Web3 industry.”


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It hasn’t been too long since people on the Internet completely roasted the new Sonic The Hedgehog movie with all criticism going towards the main character’s design. The outrage was so bad that it not only gave way to hundreds of tweets and memes making fun of poor Sonic but also prompted the director of the film, Jeff Fowler, to make an announcement on Twitter promising fans that the production will rework Sonic’s design to fit the fans’ expectations. Well, while Paramount employees work on the new version of the iconic blue character, one animator took a step ahead and offered his own take.
Animator reimagined Sonic as what we’ve all been expecting
On the 27th of May, a month after the original trailer was released, animator Artur Baranov posted his own version of the footage on YouTube. Baranov’s Sonic looks completely different and seems to look just like the hedgehog we all know from the classic video games.
Baranov’s video currently has over 1.3 million views and 33k likes showing that the audience is not only interested in his version but also quite enjoy it.
Sonic the Hedgehog is set to be released in the US on February 14, 2020 and stars talents such as Jim Carrey, James Marsden, and Ben Schwartz who’s going to lend his voice to the lovely blue hedgehog.
The difference between the two versions is certainly noticeable, with the original drawing more on the realism while the re-imagined version relies on the cartoon-ish look that every fan is familiar with.


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An update to the Pebble smartwatch has today enabled two-way communication between the device and smartphone apps.
Following the massive success of the device on Kickstarter, Pebble is trying to encourage developers to create “watchapps”, which can both send and receive data from smartphone apps. Such a feature would greatly increase the capabilities of the device, allowing users to make inputs into their phone, as well as receive information. Prior to this apps could only access the Pebble’s basic functions.
The new feature could allow all sorts of new possibilities in the future, for example: displaying data from the internet on the watch face, remote controlling internet connected devices, multi-player Pebble games, check-ins to 4sq, Facebook and Yelp, Sports, weather and traffic updates, emergency beacon activation, sports features for skiing and hiking, and Bitcoin price tracking.
As far as iOS is concerned, creating Pebble enabled apps is a little trickier than Android because Pebble will need to approve iOS apps from developers before they are enabled. However, once that process is smoothed over, then we will definitely begin to see some iOS apps tailored to the functionality of the Pebble.
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More than 70 firefighters responded to the fire on Hillcroft. The second floor of the vacant store collapsed, but firefighters were able to get flames under control in an hour. They stayed on scene to monitor hot spots.
Arson detectives are investigating the cause of the fire. No one was hurt.


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1. “UHH DAD I’M GAY”
The copy reads:
HEADLINE: (in the bullet) UHH DAD I’M GAY
COPY: You need a strong heart today.
Flora is a Unilever brand of margarine sold in the UK, Czech Republic, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Portugal, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia.
This ad is via South Africa.
Not the smartest strategy for a 2013 ad.
Unless homophobia just flies over the heads of South Africans, like a bullet.
Note the pink background.
A second ad from the new campaign, referencing the Kama Sutra, is below.
The agency/client are apparently trying to do some “edgy” ads not normally seen in the category.
I’ve contacted Flora seeking a comment.
I will update if/when they respond.
Ad agency: Lowe + Partners Johannesburg.
UPDATE: A Unilever spokesperson told The Drum: “This advert was prepared by an external agency in South Africa and was not approved by anyone at Unilever. The advert is offensive and unacceptable and we have put an immediate stop to it.”
3. “KAMA SUTRA PAGE 48”
- The U.S. government is investigating possible unlawful coordination by some airlines to keep prices high ✈
- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Cuba later this summer for the opening of a U.S. embassy there.
- Nicholas Winton, who saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, died at 106.
- Mozambique implemented a new criminal code that removes a colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality.


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L’Oréal Paris is launching a new True Match foundation range featuring 23 different tones which matches 98% of the UK, supported by a campaign celebrating ethnicity and diversity.
The True Match Foundation range, which is one of the largest shade offerings in the market, has been launched to help all consumers from all backgrounds find the perfect shade for them. Research shows that 61% of women in the UK have not been able to find their perfect foundation match, while ethnic minorities often end up paying 70% more on foundation as they are forced to switch from mainstream to luxury cosmetic brands in order to find the right shade range. True Match can now match 98 per cent of UK skin tones across all ethnicities.
The True Match #YoursTruly campaign, created by McCann London, features 23 of the UK’s most influential and inspirational ambassadors for diversity, each representing a different shade in the foundation range. The list of influencers ranges from model and campaigner Katie Piper, who believes that scars do not limit a person's sense of well-being, to enigmatic fitness guru AJ Odudu, who has expressed her frustration that as a young woman there was no make-up that matched her skin tone. The campaign also includes L’Oréal Paris's longstanding spokeswoman Cheryl Fernandez-Versini also features in the campaign.
The ambassadors share their stories about finding the perfect shade and how that can allow you to truly express your identity with confidence. The campaign, which breaks on 28 August, runs across TV, cinema and social media platforms, with a dedicated online hub hosting bespoke content.
Adrien Koskas, L’Oréal Paris UK General Manager, said: “L’Oréal Paris UK is both proud and excited to be launching such a unique and diverse campaign. With each true story being as unique as the shade that they represent, the #YoursTruly campaign is a declaration of equality and diversity for the L’Oréal Paris brand.”
Lisa Conway, Managing Partner at McCann London, said: “It’s remarkable that over half of British women haven’t yet found their right shade, especially when this has such a huge impact on self-confidence. This campaign, with our diverse group of 23 ambassadors, will highlight the widest shade range available within the mass market to ensure that every woman can now find her True Match.”


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TOKYO (Reuters) – Dubai International Capital, a private equity company owned by the ruler of Dubai, said it has made a “substantial investment” in Sony Corp, boosting the shares of the Japanese electronics and entertainment firm.
The size of the stake the Dubai company now holds in Sony or the size of the investment it made are not immediately available.
This is Dubai International Capital’s first investment in a Japanese company.
Following the announcement, shares in Sony closed up 4.6 percent at 5,500 yen, outperforming the Tokyo stock market’s electrical machinery index, which rose 1.95 percent.
“Whilst the restructuring process at Sony is well advanced, the recent successful listing of Sony Financial Holdings is evidence of management’s ongoing strategy of focusing on capital efficiency and cash generation,” Dubai International Capital Chief Executive Sameer Al Ansari said in a statement.
Sony, which is in the final year of its three-year turnaround plan led by Chief Executive Howard Stringer, took Sony Financial public in October in its latest step to focus on its core operations such as the consumer electronics business.
Dubai International’s Ansari told Reuters in an interview in July it may buy into one or two publicly listed companies in Japan for its Gulf Arab Global Strategic Equities Fund.
Recent purchases of Dubai International Capital include German-based specialty alumina products company, Almatis, and a 9.9 percent stake in U.S. hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management.


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FLOOD RELIEF INITIATIVES
Siem Reap businesses and NGOs have come to the fore again this year to help villagers adversely affected by flooding.
Textile making co-op Samatoa employs 40 spinners at Kampin Poy which was hit by floods on October 9, resulting in 80 houses being destroyed and about 800 families forced to move to a camp without electricity, water and food.
Samatoa’s general manager Awen Delaval stepped in saying, “We must find ways to help them: food, medicine, equipment for cooking and beds, mosquito nets etc. We must find ways to reconstruct their homes.” He added that there is also a crucial need for a new spinning workshop, “so they can once again earn money.”
Corinne Pouplard, the company’s communication officer reports, “We have already collected 500 kg of rice and tents to isolate the remaining houses. But we need money to buy equipment and repair their homes.”
A car leaves Siem Reap every two days to take supplies to Kampin Poy, and more than $3,000 has already been raised. But more is required. For details, contact Awen Delaval on 063 96 53 10.
Meanwhile, Journeys Within Our Community has also established a flood relief fund to help affected villagers in Siem Reap province.
The NGO says people in the communities in which it works, “are so far surviving but it’s an anxious time as the risk of water related and mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, is high and growing as the flooding is not receding.
“As well as the large concern over the risk of disease there is also recovery to consider once the water goes down, with clean up and repairs to roads and houses needed. Many families are losing their crops as their rice fields and poultry are destroyed by the flooding, a source of both income and food for impoverished families. The longer- impact of the flooding is fear for food security with concerns over food shortages.”
Check details on how to donate on the group’s website.
Incidentally, Journeys Within Our Community is seeking a full-time fundraising and communications manager to work in Siem Reap. The contract is a full-time position for 12 months with a salary of $800 per month.
The big regional and international brands are certainly coming to town and the latest of these is the upscale Pedro shoe store on Sivutha Boulevard.
Pedro is part of the Charles & Keith retail empire which was originally established in 1996 by brothers Charles and Keith Wong as a small shoe store at the Amara Hotel in Singapore. In 2007, both Charles & Keith and its luxury shoe offshoot Pedro expanded the range of products to include women’s and men’s accessories such as bags, belts, ties and sunglasses
It’s now gone global with close on 200 outlets throughout the world and in May 2009, Forbes wrote, “Charles & Keith continues to broaden its overseas network. The company is looking to open another 500 stores over the next five years. To cater to the changing demands and tastes of its customers, the corporation has an in-house team of 70 designers led by Keith. These designers come up with new designs every month and make regular trips to fashion capitals such as Milan and Paris.”
Sokha Philanthropy: On October 19, 45 staff and management members of Sokha Angkor Resort donated food, linen, and cash to 137 poor families living in the floating villages at Kompong Pluk commune, Prasat Bakong district.
Night Light: A faint but eerie glow in the night landscape near Shinta Mani is not, as some suggest, the result of lighting for a UFO landing strip. Rather it’s the unusual lighting set-up of Wa Gallery’s equally unusual new all-glass-walled shop at the Cassia Gallery.


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Mo. mechanic caters to Christians
More U.S. companies marketing their business to faith-based groups
VALLEY PARK, Mo. — Some customers of the new Christian Brothers Automotive get more than just an oil change or a new transmission."If the opportunity arises, and if someone shares certain details of their life, I might pray with them," said Kip Bynum, the garage's owner. "We're led by what God sees fit to do."Catering specifically to Christians who make up nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population has become a legitimate and profitable marketing strategy for large and small companies.There are Christian bookstores, moving companies, record labels, debt-consolidation agencies, health insurance companies, clothing brands, dating Web sites, and film companies.Some companies target Christians overtly, while other businesses founded on Christian principles favor a show-by-example policy. Their target market may be wider, but such companies use the tenets of their faith especially the so-called Golden Rule to attract consumers."There is a very strong network of Christians marketing to Christians and really creating goods and services for that group," said Mara Einstein, a professor of media studies at Queens College in New York. "There's nothing wrong with deciding your market is a Christian market, but the issue becomes if you find that's not a big enough target and then you have to appeal to a wider audience."Bynum and his wife, Lori, opened the first Christian Brothers Automotive franchise in the St. Louis area three months ago. The Bynums were chosen by Texas-based Christian Brothers executives because, among other qualifications, they are what the company's founder Mark Carr called "born-again Christians.""We all have a common denominator in Jesus Christ, and that makes everyone on an even playing field," Carr said. "Christians are not perfect by any way, shape or form, but I'm comfortable with them because Christ is the boss of their store."The company's mission is "to glorify God by providing ethical and excellent automotive repair service for our customers, according to Colossians 3:17."That verse from the New Testament says, "And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."Carr said the company's business is mostly marketed by word of mouth, propelled by what he calls "the wow factor." Most of its customers are women, he said.Christian Brothers builds its lobbies to look and feel like a doctor's office. The lobby of the company's Valley Park franchise features plants, leather furniture and reading material including a Bible. And for those who can't wait for their car, the company offers a courtesy shuttle.Christian Brothers Automotive is an $80 million company with 59 franchises, mostly in the Bible Belt.Susan Hunt-Bradford, a 48-year-old from Fenton who teaches at St. Louis Community College-Meramec, has taken her car to Christian Brothers three times twice for oil changes and once to get her brakes fixed.Hunt-Bradford was first attracted by the convenience of Christian Brothers' shuttle service but said the company's principles helped it retain her business. She ultimately paid less for her brake job than Christian Brothers' original estimate, for instance."They were able to get the brake pads on sale, and they passed along the discount to me," Hunt-Bradford said. "Christian or not, a lot of companies wouldn't do that."The process of vetting a possible Christian Brothers Automotive franchisee is thorough. Carr said three applicants are turned down for every one allowed to open a franchise. A potential franchisee goes through a series of nine interviews, including one with the company's chief operating officer, about the depth of his or her commitment to Jesus Christ.While Bynum said religion is not a factor in the hiring decisions of his Valley Park franchise, during the hiring process, he said, "we try to let people know what this company's about and what we stand for."Carr said he hears the occasional comment typically from other Christians that his company is trading on faith to bring Christians in the door."That doesn't even faze me because I know what my relationship with God is," Carr said. "If I'm using (God) to make money for me, I've got real issues when I die. And I don't need that."


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Mid Ulster District Council will be serving up a treat with their annual Speciality Christmas Market in Magherafelt from Friday 27h - 29th November.
Councillor Frances Burton, launching the Market said “This is great for the town centre, boosting trade and reinforcing the town’s reputation as a quality place to shop.
“And the focus on food has significance in a wider context. The agri-food sector is one of the mainstays of our local economy, employing 10% of our population. And it’s a sector which has the potential to grow, something we have recognised in the creation of our new economic development plan for the district.”
Our Little Piggy will go to this very special Christmas market. He’s a hungry little creature, so he’ll be delighted to see more than 35 food and drink traders including the Lough Neagh Fisherman’s Co-Op (Eels), Indian Nights Inn, and Papa J’s to name but a few.
Come along and enjoy browsing and sampling the locally produced Artisan food and drink; or take time to unwind in the lounge, where you can experience a craft beer, hot mulled wine or even just sit and relax. There will be lots of hints and tips for Christmas feasts. Local bands and school children will perform in the marquee over the weekend.
Visitors to the Christmas craft stalls will be inspired, and amazed, by the variety, quality and originality of the hand-made craft products and gifts available. There may even be a few special characters on display too!
All wrapped up in this smorgasbord of treats will be Magherafelt’s Christmas Lights Switch-on on Saturday the 28 November 2015 at 7pm. Cool FM for the Switch On of the Christmas Lights with Santa.
This promises to be a captivating evening of festive fun, with the Cool FM Roadshow, prize giveaways, that will finish with the traditional, spectacular fireworks display.
Together these events will bring a fabulous atmosphere to Magherafelt and an even ‘Never Felt Better’ aroma.
Please be advised that diversions will be in place from Thursday 26th November until Sunday 29th November in Market Street.
Once again, this Christmas, there will be reduced car parking rates in Magherafelt town centre.
From the 28 November 2015 until the 9 January 2016, car parking will just cost 10 pence for three hours in all pay and display off-street car parks.
Private car parks will be unaffected by this reduction.
During the three day Christmas market there will be free car parking at Magherafelt High School, Moneymore Road, and St. Mary’s Grammar School, Castledawson Road.
To find out about Christmas events across Mid Ulster, including other light switch on events in Coalisland, Cookstown, Dungannon, and Maghera, click here.


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Print Against War, an independent movement led by members of the global printing and packaging industry, is facilitating communication with companies in Ukraine and encouraging collaboration with partners in the rest of Europe. Read some of the stories of its members here, as we explore how the movement is providing support to Ukraine’s printing industry now and in the future.
Building a support network
Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, Print Against War says that the printing and packaging industry in Ukraine employed more than 100,000 people, representing workforces at more than 5,000 print and converting companies. As the war in Ukraine continues, Ukrainian printing and packaging companies have suffered damage or complete destruction to facilities, the loss of most of their orders and turnover, and difficulty in securing wages.
Through direct calls, interviews, and interactions with discussion groups, the Print Against War team is aiming to keep in communication with Ukrainian printing and packaging companies, recording their difficulties and consolidating their requests for help. According to Print Against War, the priority of many companies is ensuring the safety of their employees, keeping their company open, and ensuring that they can pay a minimum wage.
With Ukrainian printers and converters unable to rely on domestic orders and exports to Russia, Print Against War says they are facilitating partnerships with European companies, to which Ukrainian companies can apparently supply printed materials at reasonable costs. While there may be some logistical issues, Print Against War says many companies are ready to produce and ship.
Lorenzo Villa, co-founder of the Meaningful Print Foundation, explains: “We were able to talk to some medium and large commercial printers. They are ready to handle large print volumes using their multi-color B1 and B2 size offset presses and bindery departments.
“We also met with several digital native print houses specializing in short runs, just-in-time jobs, indoor and outdoor campaigns, using sheetfed digital presses, large format printers, and cutters.
“Besides integrated groups, several small and medium-sized packaging converters can produce printed and embellished boxes and labels. Some have invested in state-of-the-art digital embellishment and narrow-web digital label presses.”
New Media: “We don’t want to relocate our facilities to Europe because we are patriots of Ukraine”
Print Against War has interviewed companies including Odessa-based New Media, a 100% digital printer and label converter whose owner, Viktor Artyushchenko, is looking for clients and partners to supply roll labels and embellished prints.
In an interview with Print Against War, Artyushchenko says: “We started in 2014 as a digital printing house, producing advertising materials like flyers, business cards, booklets and so on. Now we have three industrial-class printing machines from Konica Minolta.
“We bought most of this equipment during the COVID quarantine, because we thought that there would be significant growth after the pandemic period. Now, we have a lot of technology, but very low sales.
“We were closed for just nine days when the war began. It was because some rockets or some bombs landed maybe 500 meters from our workshop. That’s why we closed everything and asked our people to stay at home or to move near the border.
“We were working half a day under the curfew. Then we called all our customers. We are working now. In Odessa, our mayor and our government asked everybody to start working, go to their offices, go to their workshop and start doing something. So, people and employees understand that situation is controlled. It’s more therapeutic to work, to speak with our customers.”
According to Artyushchenko, New Media has received a 60% discount on rent and as part of an initiative launched by the Ukrainian government, it was granted approximately €200 for each of its employees, around 35 in total, as a fixed payment.
“In April, I can say that our sales are growing: if in March it was 10% of our regular volume, in the first part of April it’s about 20%. So, we can pay not all but half of the salary to all our staff,” Artyushchenko adds.
A challenge for New Media is delivery, with many courier companies like DHL and UPS having stopped work in Ukraine. Ukrposhta, a Ukrainian carrier, is “overloaded”, Artyushchenko notes.
Overall, the company is “looking to be an affordable partner in terms of price. We don’t want to relocate our facilities to Europe because we are patriots of Ukraine, and we think our country after the war has a significant outlook for growth. That’s why we want to stay here and work here. But we should support our employees for three to five months, or till the end of this year.”
PrintStore Group: “We are currently working in wartime mode”
In another interview with Print Against War, Oleg Doroshenko, owner of PrintStore Group, discusses how his company has fared in the months since Russia’s invasion.
PrintStore Group is based in Kyiv, but Doroshenko and his family, including his one-year-old daughter, were forced to evacuate their home in Makariv after taking shelter from attacks by the Russian military in their basement for 10 days. Doroshenko has since sent his family on to Ireland after it joined a number of EU countries in welcoming refugees from Ukraine.
“The history of our company began back in 2007,” Doroshenko says of his printing experience. “We first started as an advertising agency, with the ambitious name Intercontinental Ukraine. We set the goal of becoming a leader in the printing industry in Ukraine. And in 10 years, our dream has come true — we were confidently in the top 10 offset printing houses in Ukraine!
“We love to perform complex projects and tasks that are beyond the power of a simple printing house, and we often require the involvement of several printing houses, our reliable partners, to implement the project.
“Before the war, we printed a lot and had customers from Ukraine and Europe (more than 200 Ukrainian and foreign companies and corporations), so we welcome everyone from all over the world to print in Ukraine to support our printing industry after the war.
“We are currently working in wartime mode — we continue to fulfil critical orders for our customers, although, I must admit that the number of orders has fallen critically.
“We’re proud that some of our personnel decided to serve to protect Ukraine from armed aggression by the Russian occupiers. The priority for us now is the financial support of our staff during this difficult time and the restoration of our printing industry after the war.
“We are confident that this war will end soon, as the occupier is running out of all possible resources to continue a war of this scale with Ukraine, the largest country in Europe.”
Providing support and solidarity in the long-term
“Communication is more important now than ever,” says Igor Agarkov, publisher of Print+ magazine, who is currently staying in Boryspil, a satellite city of Kyiv. He says the situation is “relatively calm” where he is, but the area is still under fire from missiles and cannonades. “Working and communicating with printers for the last 25 years has been an integral part of my life. Nothing has changed. Messengers work, the Internet works, telephone communication with most regions of Ukraine remains.”
However, Agarkov notes that “it is very difficult to estimate” how many companies are still open and running in Ukraine. “It is unlikely that there is a methodology that allows you to accurately estimate the number of working printing houses.”
Additionally, “the willingness of owners to restart print shops depends on a number of factors. The most critical, of course, are war-related activities.” Agarkov highlights the shelling of Dunapack, a leading manufacturer of corrugated packaging based in Oleshky near Kherson, which killed one employee and injured others. Protecting employees is a priority – but as noted by Artyushchenko, continuing to work is more “therapeutic” for some than nervously awaiting news or further attacks.
For people who have evacuated Ukraine, drupa, a printing industry international trade fair, is providing shelter for 1,500 Ukrainian refugees in Hall 6 at Messe Düsseldorf in Germany. “Where we normally bring together global players from the print industry, we are now offering shelter to people seeking refuge from violence and destruction,” explains Sabine Geldermann, director of drupa.
For people who have remained in Ukraine, Agarkov states: “We do not strive to live forever on grants and subsidies from the EU or the US. We know how and want to work and earn ourselves. I am sure that all printing houses in Ukraine will strive to restore business as soon as possible.
“The quick recovery of printing will depend on several factors. The most crucial ones are personnel and the lack of consumables. The lack of professionals was there before. With the growth of the economy in 2021, it has become less noticeable, but now the situation is understandably uncontrollable. Many will have to start from scratch.
“As for the consumables, there is an obvious crisis in the world market, which leads to a shortage of paper, carton and other product groups that are in demand in the printing industry. In combination with aggression in Ukraine, the situation seems to be very complicated.
“I think a lot will depend on the desire and readiness of vendors to support the Ukrainian printing industry not in words, but in deeds. They should cancel quotas on the supply of raw materials, and also introduce loyal conditions for their shipments.”
In an interview with Packaging Europe, Alexander Sobolenko, chief business development officer and co-founder of the Ukrainian company Re-Leaf, says that “the best thing the packaging industry can do to support its Ukrainian colleagues is to continue buying “Made in Ukraine” products.
“Not a single entrepreneur is caring now about profits, but everyone is trying their best to save the country’s economy and provide other people with means for living.
“So, by buying Ukrainian paper, packaging, or services, other companies contribute immensely to the survival of the Ukrainian economy and human lives.”
Meanwhile, Oleksandr Grytsenko, founder of the Ukrainian start-up Duopack, which makes flexible stand-up pouches with a partition that allows two products to be dispensed individually or at the same time from one pack, has established the Buy Ukrainian project. The company’s LinkedIn network offers “additional assistance of all specialists from the packaging industry, as well as from other industries, in the promotion of all Ukrainian goods”.
Print Against War is urging people from across the printing and packaging industry to join its movement, which includes a private group for networking and cross-referencing requests and offers for help.
In collaboration with the Packers Club of Ukraine, Packaging Europe is also running a live page to showcase Ukrainian companies and facilitate connections with the rest of the European packaging value chain. The page will be updated periodically to include new listings.


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Gina Raimondo’s visit to China this week involves the commerce secretary walking a political tightrope so taut it might snap at any moment. She had to try to smooth over a tense U.S.-China relationship while at the same time not appearing in any way lenient on national security issues. But try as she might, she kept on giving off a certain unmistakable message: We’re just not that into you.
During the course of her visit, Secretary Raimondo, who is the fourth high-level official from the Biden administration to visit China this year, reiterated the importance that economic ties play in the relationship between the world’s two largest economies.
Raimondo sought to be unequivocal in her support for a continued relationship.
“I want to be clear that we do not seek to decouple or to hold China’s economy back,” Raimondo told Vice Premier He Lifeng. She added that she and her counterpart, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, agreed to “talk informally and as frequently as would be helpful” to revive interaction on trade.
But there were several big catches.
First, Raimondo relayed a message from the business community: China is an increasingly unwelcoming place to do business.
“Increasingly I hear from businesses, ‘China is uninvestable because it’s become too risky,’” she said. “There are the traditional concerns that they’ve become accustomed to dealing with. And then there’s a whole new set of concerns, the sum total of which is making China feel too risky for them to invest.”
The new policies combined with China’s faltering economy have made foreign investors skittish about investing in the mainland. Over the weekend, the government passed a series of measures meant to rejuvenate its economy, only for foreign investors to sell off $1.1 billion in Chinese equities. In the past China had placed limits on selling securities when markets looked rough, another in a string of recent policies that likely made investors nervous about doing business in the world’s second largest economy.
Raimondo went into more detail in Beijing, underscoring how difficult recoupling, or preventing decoupling, could be.
Those pesky export controls
Despite what Raimondo said about decoupling or lack thereof, things have gotten significantly less close over the past several months.
In April, the Chinese government passed a new anti-espionage law that banned the transfer of any information related to the country’s national security and broadened the definition of spying. The U.S. accused China of keeping the law intentionally vague and expressed concerns that it might hurt American companies.
U.S. officials in turn also implemented a series of measures to address growing concerns over China’s potential threats to national security. For starters, the U.S. implemented a ban on sharing semiconductor technology with certain Chinese firms over fears that the technology might be used for military and surveillance purposes. The U.S. says the decision was made in the interest of national security, not to harm China economically.
Raimondo adamantly reinforced this point. “The United States is committed to being transparent about our export enforcement control strategy,” she said. “I want to be clear. We are not compromising or negotiating in matters of national security—period.”
China retaliated against U.S. export controls by ordering certain Chinese companies to stop using memory chips from Micron Technology. At the time, Raimondo called the move “economic coercion,” some of the bluntest language she had used to decry China’s alleged habit of using its economy to further its political aims. On this trip, Raimondo criticized what she considered arbitrary enforcement of Chinese policies against U.S. companies like Micron. “Our export controls are clear and transparent,” she said. “There’s been no rationale given around what’s happened to Micron. There’s been limited due process, and that’s why I brought it up.”
The U.S. has also placed restrictions on exports from Nvidia, the leading chip manufacturer in the world. Nvidia’s business has soared in tandem with the recent A.I. boom.
Lately, America has also laid the groundwork to wean itself off a reliance on Chinese manufacturing for another hot-button industry: electric vehicles. The U.S. is eager for electric-car makers to move their supply chains away from China, according to Reuters. A law banning the importation of products manufactured in the Xinjiang province—where there have been reports that members of the region’s Uyghur minority have been sent to forced labor camps—now encompasses electric vehicle batteries.
These sorts of moves have all been part of the U.S. government’s efforts to steer investments away from China. All while reinforcing the idea that a mutually beneficial economic relationship will be the first step in easing other tensions between the two countries.
“The plan and the hope is that the commercial relationship, done right, can stabilize the political relationship,” Raimondo said.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang, the country’s second-highest-ranking official, echoed the sentiment, calling the trade between the two countries the “anchor of stability.”
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TORONTO — For two decades Softvoyage has taken B2B travel technology to new heights, making the CN Tower’s 346-metre high LookOut Level the perfect spot to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary.
Last night’s event drew a who’s who of the travel industry, from tour operators who partner with Softvoyage for the technology behind their booking platforms, to GDS partners like Travelport and Amadeus, to retail agency partners.
The origins of Softvoyage date back to 1987 but it was a fortuitous merger in 1999 that really propelled the company forward. These days Softvoyage’s technology solutions for the travel industry, including Sirev, are tools that keep travel agencies competitive with major players spending millions of dollars on tech product development.
The company also works with tour operators, consolidators and suppliers throughout North America and Europe as well.
In April 2019 Softvoyage announced it had acquired a majority stake in Pythagoras, a Buenos Aires-based travel technology company, with an eye to expanding in Argentina.
Through Softvoyage’s booking tools agents can book everything from packages to air only to cruises for their clients.
Sirev “is a great choice for agents, and a very cost-effective choice,” said Softvoyage co-founder and President Moise Levy at last night’s event.
Together with co-founder and CEO Steve Ringuet and VP Sales & Marketing Dan Langevin, Levy toasted the company’s success and its long-standing relationships in the industry. “We have a great management system for tour operators and a great distribution system … and a great team,” said Levy.


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(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final article in a series spotlighting the latest initiative of long-time Knoxville Entrepreneur Tom Boyd.)
By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA
Tom Boyd has made an impact through his various start-ups in the region, but one senses that he fully believes that the causes he is addressing through “Ancient Lore Village at Boyd Hollow” could have an even greater impact on this region and the nation for generations to come.
After all, he’s focused on promoting good at a time where discourse is mostly negative, criticism is rampant, and the competitive nature of many individuals has reached record levels.
“I did not intend to build a village of good … until I started imagining in detail what it could be,” Boyd said. However, like any good entrepreneur, he’s clearly “all in” now with a big vision and a bold strategy.
At Ancient Lore Village, the elaborate landscaping, water features and stone walls make visitors feel like they have stepped back in time to a more peaceful world. In the evening, dogs herd sheep in the pasture and millions of magical fireflies light the valley. Live music washes over the hillside from the Artisan Center and friends and families gather around campfires.
As noted in the first article in this series, the plan for the 40-acre site adjacent to his South Knoxville home has an entrepreneurial component as well as a societal focus. To the naysayers who are fighting the plans, Boyd has a simple message: “Understand what we are doing.”
Ancient Lore Village will include 100 unique homes, all partially underground and grass-covered, and 50 treehouses. Concepts for the homes are shown on the start-up’s website. We were given a special opportunity during our interview to experience a virtual reality tour of one of the homes thanks to Matt Cross, Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Hollow Resorts Inc.
The dwelling is 1,600 square feet with two master bedrooms and sleeping space for four children. Cross described the homes as “cozy, homey, and unique.” The treehouses are also unique, designed as 12 per quad with a central meeting and socializing house. Twenty of the treehouses will accommodate wheelchairs.
When you spend a night or two at Ancient Lore Village, don’t expect to watch television. The houses will be devoid of them. That’s part of the strategy to have individuals talk to each other, playing board games focused on topics like strategy and cooperation, or exploring the 40-acre village.
Yes, that means video games are out and, in fact, there are special requirements for the games that will be provided in each lodging area. They must have a positive, reinforcing focus. “You can only win by doing something good,” Boyd says.
Each of the homes and treehouses will be equipped with chairs, beds, tables, etc. developed by local craftsmen which is the basis of the entrepreneurial focus.
“Entrepreneurs who understand our vision can bring us anything they want that can be used in a home,” Boyd says, but adds, “It has to be good.” The serial entrepreneur says he’s been “swamped with ideas. You cannot believe the creativity in East Tennessee.”
Boyd says equipping the 150 lodging facilities with locally-designed and manufactured products is just the start for entrepreneurs. “You can buy everything in the houses in our online store,” he says. “We will be Amazon for every product they make.”
In many cases, Boyd says the entrepreneur will simply develop the idea and earn a royalty as it is manufactured by others and sold through the Ancient Lore Village website. He hopes, however, that many entrepreneurs will launch their own companies to make the products, thereby creating jobs for local residents.
“We’re investing tens of millions of dollars, and I would love to see thousands of jobs created locally,” Boyd says. “We will create tons of entrepreneurs. No one can make under $20 an hour.”
With 14 more Ancient Lore Villages planned across the Southeast, the financial benefit to local entrepreneurs could be huge.
Boyd also plans to launch an entrepreneurial school within Ancient Lore Village. “If I think this guy can make it, we will support him,” he says.
Cross adds that Ancient Lore Village will also have is own unique restaurant that builds on the overall goal of focusing on good. Tables will be community-style seating, causing families to have to eat with others.
Ancient Lore Village will be a haven and showcase for local talent. Artists, craftsmen and musicians will exhibit, work and perform at Ancient Lore Village as part of the resort’s commitment to keeping ancient traditions alive. Working with Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC), Ancient Lore Village hosted an Entrepreneurship Event in late May attended by more than 50 East Tennessee artists, craftsmen and musicians who are interested in being part of the Artisan Center at Boyd’s themed resort.
The multi-million dollar resort, expected to open in 2020, plans to draw 200,000 visitors annually.


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O Google will have an event on October 15th to launch the new Pixel 4, but it wouldn’t even be necessary. A new first impressions article (yes, there have been others) from Pixel 4 XL shows the new Google Assistant in action, in addition to revealing more details of the facial recognition technology and the display with 90 Hz refresh rate.
The website Nextrift got his hands on a Pixel 4 XL to find out if there’s still something new in the most leaked phone in history. The first detail that draws attention is the Smooth Display feature: it promises to dynamically adjust the refresh rate of the screen between 60 and 90 Hz. However, during the tests, the device was locked at 90 Hz – so it is likely that the 60 Hz only appear in incompatible applications.
The Pixel 4 XL has a new facial unlock feature, which may be smarter than other Androids. The configuration process is similar to the Face ID of iPhones, requiring the user to make circular movements with the head to register the face. In the tests, it was possible to unlock the device even in the dark or holding it in unconventional ways, such as upside down.
Google seems to rely heavily on the Pixel 4 XL’s facial recognition, as the device will not have a fingerprint reader, either capacitive or under the screen. Despite this, the company still warns that the cell phone can be unlocked by someone very similar to you, such as a twin.
The new Google Assistant will also debut on Pixel 4. In addition to the visual, the big difference is that it processes your voice commands on the device itself, instead of always sending everything to Google’s servers. As a result, the personal assistant was up to ten times faster compared to the current version.
“The next generation of the Assistant was noticeably faster in processing our requests, which makes it much more natural to use. Thanks to Continued Conversation, we can also give new commands to the Wizard one after the other, without having to say ‘Ok, Google’ every time ”, says Nextrift.
And what else is missing from a smartphone that hasn’t been released yet? Ah, a camera test, of course. Here are some photos captured with the Pixel 4 XL:
The official event to confirm the Pixel 4 XL leaks will take place on October 15th. It will arrive with Snapdragon 855, 6 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage, 3,700 mAh battery and 12.2 megapixel (rear) and 8.1 megapixel (front) cameras. The 6.23-inch OLED screen has a resolution of 3040 × 1440 pixels and a generous border at the top, without notch.


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Apple's CEO met customers and posed for selfies.
Apple fans expressed a preference for the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus over the 4.7-inch iPhone 6
A weakness in Apple's Wi-Fi implementation could give hackers access to enterprise wireless networks, researchers said
Mac users have to wait for the release of OS X Yosemite to snag iCloud Drive support.
Families can share their apps, books and more across devices, as long as everyone can agree on an operating system.
The iOS 8 feature plays a key role in Apple's health tracking ambitions
Apple is the first smartphone maker to abide by a new California anti-theft law by inserting a "kill switch" into iOS 8, which powers the iPhone 6.
Dealers in Shenzhen are making a business re-selling and refurbishing old Apple iPhones, even as the new Apple iPhone 6 rolls out.
With oversized iPhones in hand, Apple helps Android users make the switch
A lower court made mistakes in defining the value of the patented technology asserted by VirnetX, an appeals court says.


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The most expensive camera in the world: 1923 Leica sells for $2.97M at auction
A private collector in Asia just bought her or himself the most expensive camera ever sold at auction, making away with an ultra-rare Leica 0-series no. 122 for the mind-boggling price of €2.4 million (approximately $2.97M USD, or £2.15M)—a sum reached when you combine the hammer price of €2 million with the €400,000 premium.
The auction took place on Saturday at the famed WestLicht auction house in Vienna, where Leica majority owner and chairman of the board Andreas Kaufmann was there to watch the record be set.
|Leica 0-series no. 122 | Photo: WestLicht|
According to WestLicht, the astronomical price "reflects the camera's fantastic original condition." Only 25 of these 'test' cameras were produced by Ernst Leitz in 1923—two years before the first Leica camera was officially brought to market—and WestLicht claims that of those 25, only three are known to still be in 'original condition.'
Speaking of which: this sale beat the former €2.16 million (~$2.67M USD) record price paid for another Leica 0-series (no. 116) in 2012.
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Leica camera sold for 2,400,000 Euro (USD 2,976,000) at WestLicht record auction
The 32nd WestLicht Camera Auction brought not one but two record winning results. With the new world record price of 2.4 million Euro (2 million hammer price plus premium) the Leica 0-series no. 122 is the World's most expensive camera to date. Furthermore, the auction turned out to be the most successful one in the rich history of the Vienna auction house.
The Leica 0-series had started at a price of 400,000 Euro and rose to a result 6 times higher. A private collector from Asia emerged as the winner from the exciting bidding war. The remarkable price certainly also reflects the camera's fantastic original condition. In 1923, two years before the first Leica was introduced to the market, Ernst Leitz produced 25 of this test camera, only three of which are known to still be in the original condition.
The previous record holder, a Leica 0-series with no. 116, was also auctioned at WestLicht in 2012 for 2.16 million Euro. Peter Coeln, WestLicht founder: "The outstanding result once again emphasizes the international leading position of our auction house". Leica majority owner and chairman of the board Andreas Kaufmann added: "This world record price of 2.4 million Euro demonstrates the ongoing and ever-growing myth of the Leica brand."
A further excellent result was achieved by another Leica camera from the famous collection of Jim Jannard (founder of Oakley): A Leica MP-89 black paint climbed from a starting price of 120,000 to 456,000 Euro. A Leica MP-2, the first camera with electric motor drive, changed ownership for 432,000 Euro. For the comparatively moderate sum of 48,000 Euro a collector purchased the Hasselblad Lunar Surface SWC which was manufactured for the Apollo missions.
The overall sales rate of the 32nd WestLicht Camera Auction was at 91% of the 530 lots, with close to 100% among the Leica items.
Next WestLicht Auction is scheduled for November this year.
Huawei has launched the world's first photography contest with both AI and human judges. The contest began on July 12 and will run for 8 weeks. During this time, photographers can submit their images via a Facebook Messenger chatbot.
Fujifilm has announced the XF10, a premium compact camera with a fast 28mm equivalent F2.8 lens and 24MP APS-C sensor. This replacement for the X70 will ship in August for $500.
It won't come as a surprise to anyone that there are some unpleasant, predatory men within the photography industry. However, a long-form, extensively researched special report in the Columbia Journalism Review about sexual harassment is still a depressing, eye-opening read.
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The X-U is Leica's first ruggedized compact camera and is still the only waterproof camera on the market with a large APS-C sensor. That sensor sits behind a 35mm-equivalent, F1.7 lens, and we've taken it to the mountains and back to see just what it's capable of.
Gitzo and Sony have teamed up to launch a new tripod and L-bracket designed specifically for Sony α-series cameras.
There have now been seven variants of the Sony RX100 series, and at least six of them are still current models. Confused? Here's an updated look at their differences, and our recommendations among them now that we've tested the Mark VI.
The Kodak-branded 'Kashminer' Bitcoin mining scheme announced at CES has apparently collapsed, with Eastman Kodak distancing itself from the company behind it.
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The Leica Noctilux-M 75mm F1.25 ASPH is a fast, high-quality and decidedly heavyweight short telephoto prime lens, designed for use with Leica's digital M-series rangefinders. We've been grappling with it for a little while - take a look at our sample images.
70-200mm F4 zoom lenses may not get as much attention as their faster F2.8 siblings, but for many photographers these lenses hit the perfect sweet spot of price, performance, and weight. This week, we shoot the new Tamron 70-210mm F4 alongside the equivalent Canon and Nikon models to see how they stack up.
Blackmagic recently worked with Apple to develop Blackmagic eGPU, an external GPU that brings "desktop-class graphics performance" to the new MacBook Pro laptops with Thunderbolt 3 ports.
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Apple has updated its MacBook Pro series of notebooks with 15in and 13in models that are claimed to be better for intense image and video editing. The company says the new models are the most advanced ever, and that they feature 8th generation Intel Core processors for faster performance.
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Manfrotto has launched its new Noreg camera bag series with the Backpack-30 and Messenger-30 models. Both bags are designed for premium mirrorless camera systems, each featuring internal camera units that can be removed and used independently of the larger bags.
Industrial designer Thomas Müller has created a concept device that attempts to democratize film development using an all-in-one device that sits on your countertop.
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Canon has released firmware update 1.0.4 for the EOS 6D Mark II, adding important bug fixes for "rare instances" of issues with the touch panel and operation buttons.
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Tamron's version 2.0 firmware update for its 28-75mm F2.8 Di III RXD claims to have addressed reported issues with autofocus during video shooting.
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Amazon.com the web’s biggest retailer’s Web site was down for two hours today (Friday).
In a post on an Amazon discussion forum for sellers— titled “Amazon Un-Planned Event (06/06)” says “We are currently investigating an issue that has impacted the availability of the Amazon.com Web site. Engineers are actively engaged in resolving this issue, and we will provide an update once the issue is resolved. We appreciate your patience during this time.”
According to New York Times, outages among major Web companies like this are rare nowadays. Back in 1999, eBay went down for 22 hours, costing it millions in revenue.
News.com’s report estimated that Amazon loses $31,000 for every minute it’s unavailable, a 90-minute outage would add up to “merely” $2,790,000.
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‘Make in India project’ an opportunity to show our potential to the world: Prime Minister Modi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an online seminar on industrial development and allocation for the international trade sector.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an online seminar on industrial development and allocation for the international trade sector in the Union Budget.
Then he said that the manufacturing sector contributes 15 percent to India’s GDP. The Make in India project provides an opportunity for the world to showcase our potential.
To produce consistent and quality products. Then he said. ‘Make in India’ is the need of the hour. We need to think big & make the Domestic manufacturers must maintain global standards.
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Mozilla's web browser Firefox is becoming increasingly popular, gaining on average an extra 3.1 percent of the market in 32 European countries in the past four months, according to French web monitoring company XiTi Monitor. Since its launch, Firefox has been steadily gaining market share from the dominant browser, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). In the first week of July 2006, Firefox had 21.1 percent of the market. In the first week of July 2007, Firefox held 27.8 percent of the European market, according to XiTi Monitor's report.
"It's a nice way to get started on a Monday morning," said Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe. "I hope we continue to gain market share, as our goal is to promote choice. Monopoly leads to lack of innovation."


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Posted on August 24th, 2022
Women and minorities have been fueling the boom in business creation of the past two years in the US.
A survey found that almost half of 2021’s new entrepreneurs were women, a significant uptick from 28% in 2019. And the share of new Black business owners tripled to 9%, according to Gusto, a payroll and human-resource management business.
The findings confirmed similar gains in separate research by web-hosting company GoDaddy Inc. Among the factors behind the surge in female entrepreneurship: child-care responsibilities. With schools and child-care centers still disrupted last year, a growing share of parents -- particularly women -- started their own business out of necessity.
In the Gusto survey, more than a quarter of female business owners with school-aged children said they created their company in response to increased child-care duties.
A record 5.4 million new businesses were formed in the US last year, according to the Census Bureau, showing that the burst of creation seen in the early months of the pandemic has legs.
While some of the Covid entrepreneurship was born of necessity in the early days after millions of workers lost their jobs, today’s business owners are more likely to be motivated by better opportunities.
Among Black respondents in the Gusto survey, more than one-third created a business to improve their financial stability -- a larger share than their White and Hispanics counterparts.
Overall, the study found that many workers are “placing a premium on the flexibility and autonomy afforded by self-employment, and they are quitting paid employment in favor of entrepreneurship.”
The types of businesses have changed as well compared with 2020. About half of new professional-service firms were started by owners who quit their job in the same industry, creating competition for their old firm.
To map out where entrepreneurs are, economists at UCLA Anderson Forecast developed an index of microbusiness activity using data from GoDaddy. At the top of the index was Santa Clara, California. Other highly ranked areas included counties that surround Washington, D.C., -- where new firms can feed off government contracts -- as well as Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York.
While business ownership can be a risky venture, especially in the midst of a pandemic, almost nine out of 10 respondents in the Gusto survey said their company has performed as expected or better than forecast. Still, more than one-in-five have taken on a side job to help cover operating costs.


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Godzilla minus one streaming won’t happen this year. Read to know when to expect theater release and relevant information.
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‘Godzilla minus one’ movie ideology by TOHO has been in serious controversy over nationwide theater release due to a licensing agreement between TOHO and Legendary, for Godzilla.
Back in the day, based on YouTube’s Godzilla minus one official trailer, it was expected to be released nationwide on December 01, 2023.
In addition to this, the film was premiered and released in Japan on November 3rd, with release scheduled later for Canada and the United States.
As new popcorn showed up in the middle, Godzilla x Kong suppressed the launch of the former. From the heat of social media, the verdict speaks that neither company can release a Godzilla film during the same year as the other.
As of now, Minus One isn’t streaming or in theaters across the globe.Also read: How to choose The Perfect Domain Name
Many fans were hyped by the impulsiveness of the dramatic and mind-bending actions of the Godzilla Minus One film.
Unfortunately, they have to wait more days to watch minus one just because of the release of the Japanese studio that created (and still owns rights to) “Godzilla,” and Legendary Entertainment, called Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire theater release confirmed.
Currently, no official statement has come from the TOHO’s community about Godzilla minus one ott release.
Speaking of release date, the movie didn’t get any official release date from the authorities, and precisely no idea when it will hit streaming services. We will update this article with new context as it becomes available.
The Godzilla Minus One is the 37th film saga in the “Godzilla” franchise. It is hard to say on what platform this movie would be available to stream and when.
So, as of now, neither HBO Max nor Netflix holds the title to allow users to stream Godzilla minus one film.
In the coming days, you will be able to stream on hbo max and netflix including Prime Video and other streaming apps.
There is no official streaming partner subscribed for Godzilla minus one movie by the TOHO as of now. Having said that, it is clear that users cannot stream and watch minus one Godzilla movie at present.
Once they have confirmed and signed an agreement with popular streaming sites, soon fans will be able to stream and watch Godzilla minus one movie in no time.Also read: Top 10 Internet Providers In The World | List Of Fastest ISP Providers
Is there any specific reason why Godzilla minus not streaming nationwide? Yes, there is a reason.
Legendary Pictures is said to be the first owner of the character’s non-Japanese film.
In this case, the TOHO ideology behind the new Godzilla movie creation was obstructed by the former copyright owner, Legendary Pictures.
That’s why Godzilla minus one is not in theater or any streaming partner platforms.
Either after the theater release of the Godzilla x Kong movie, Godzilla Minus One movie, could be available to watch in theaters or at least on OTT platforms, or by the end of this year.
However, this is just a prediction. Till now, no official verdict regarding minus one movie release date has been announced.
Godzilla Minus One premiered at the Shinjuku Toho Building dated October 18, 2023, and was released in Japan on November 3, according to Wikipedia, to celebrate the franchise’s 70th anniversary.
No, Godzilla Minus One was directed and written by Takashi Yamazaki, anticipating more wait time for universal release as well as free online streaming in Canada, India, and the United States.
Indeed, haptic works have been done to produce intense, dramatic, and mind-bending scenes for the film which was directed, written, and visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications.
Being heralded as the most stunning and Oscar-nominated movie, as rumor has it, for the year, it obstructed the theater release and even ott stream for the next few months.
With no release date has been confirmed, fans are widely anticipated to stream and watch Godzilla minus one, more than ever.Also read: Snapchat Planets: Order & Meaning Explained (Complete Guide!)
Also, read some frequently asked questions related to when you can expect this Oscar-worthy movie to hit streaming.
Rumors suggest that as of November 2024, Godzilla Minus One 2024 is available on HBO Max.
The movie has been premiered and released for theater only in Japan, while in other countries such as India, the US, and Canada, the release and streaming has been desist for a few months, not sure.
Media says that the movie is a surprisingly emotional melodrama and not to forget one of the 2023’s twenty best films.
Godzilla minus one has not yet been released on any streaming partners platforms such as HBO Max including Prime Video and Netflix.
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The American company Lincoln Motor Company officially announced the premiere of a new mysterious car, which will be presented to the general public as part of a car dealership in Los Angeles-2017.
On this occasion, the manufacturer published an intriguing video on its official page in the social network Facebook, which is accompanied by the inscription: "We have a feeling that this car will make an indelible impression."
There is no official information on the new model. According to unofficial data, at the Auto Show in Los Angeles in 2017, an American brand can present the conceptual off-road car Lincoln Aviator of a new generation that will appear on the market in 2019.
Let's remind, that Lincoln Aviator is a luxury version of the well-known model of Ford Explorer. The car was produced in the early 2000s, but did not find much success. In the future, the place of the Lincoln Aviator SUV on the market appeared car Lincoln MKX.
Meanwhile, recall that the exhibition of the automotive industry is making its debut with the updated crossover Lincoln MKC 2019 model year. The car received a revised exterior design and an expanded list of available equipment, including an improved infotainment system.


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Nvidia purchased Israeli chip-maker Mellanox for $6.9 billion USD (about $9.3 billion CAD), trumping Intel’s previous $6 billion bid for the company.
The Mellanox acquisition is Nvidia’s largest to date and will help the company bolster its server, self-driving and networking products.
Mellanox manufacturers chips for high-speed ethernet and InfiniBand networks typically used to connect servers. Additionally, high-performance supercomputers used for AI and other data-intensive computing rely on Mellanox chips.
Ultimately, the acquisition will help Nvidia compete better in the server market, which makes up about a third of the company’s sales.
Mellanox’s portfolio will help Nvidia’s autonomous vehicle, robot and neural network efforts as well, which could help it push out more advanced products in those segments.
Nvidia says the demands of data and compute intensity in AI, scientific computing and data analytics workloads are growing exponentially. However, as demand surges, CPU performance advances are falling off.
As such, Nvidia says there is increased demand for its and Mellanox’s products. Nvidia CEO Jensen Juang says bringing together the company’s accelerated computing platform with Mellanox’s accelerated networking platform will help in developing next-gen datacenter-scale computing solutions.


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The Worker Co-operative Code has been revamped for 2012 and was released today to commemorate Global Worker Co-op Day.
The code was originally published by Co-operatives UK in 2006 to help employee-owned businesses run well, by providing a guide to governance and management based on the co-op principles. It has since been translated into over five different languages and has been used across the world.
The code has been updated to include more explanation about governance and management structures and some of the guidelines have been improved based on feedback. It was compiled with the help of worker co-operatives, such as Unicorn Grocery and Suma.
Britta Werner, worker owner at Unicorn Grocery and a director of Co-operatives UK said: “The worker code by Co-operatives UK is a great tool and measure for running a successful co-operative. Co-operatives aim to make a profit like any other business but want to do this in a more ethical and sustainable way, and the code is an easy 'how to' guide.”
John Atherton, Membership Officer at Co-operatives UK, said: “This code will reach out to a new generation of worker co-operative members, and acts as a reference guide: what they should expect from and what they should aspire to achieve within their worker co-operatives.
“We have incorporated feedback obtained over the last four years of practical use into the code to make it even better than the original.”
Every member of a worker co-op will receive their copy of the code and can access it online at www.uk.coop/workercode. Members are also invited to take an online self-assessment, and contribute to a worker co-operative resource bank.
Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK said: “I invite worker co-operatives to use the worker code as a health check and guide which they can share with their members and use develop their management and governance.”
The code includes examples of worker co-ops from around the world from 7,000 networked co-operatives in Emilia Romagna in Italy to the Mondragon worker co-operatives, that are now the 7th largest business group in Spain.
Unlike some other countries around the world, the UK does not have any special co-operative legislation, so worker co-ops can use any legal form, including companies, societies and partnerships.