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Kors wows fans with fall line in Westport
Thirty years of fashion came together in one outstanding line Tuesday at Mitchells of Westport. Celebrity designer and Project Runway judge Michael Kors presented a fashion show at the store. Kors, who also serves as a judge on the "Project Runway" television program, greeted fans, took photos and even dressed some of his most loyal fashion-followers. The event was an exclusive fashion show for Kors' fall 2011 line. People flocked to the upscale department store and stood anywhere they could catch a peek as models walked down the runway showing off the goods everyone will wear, or wish they could wear, this fall.
According to the designer, his latest line is special to him because it celebrates his work over the past 30 years.
Kors began his fashion career as a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, and launched his first womenswear line at stores like Bloomingdale's and Saks in 1981. From there, he became creative director at French line Celine before focusing on his own empire in the early 2000s.
Part of his appeal is his varied lines are accessible to everyone. His designs span from high-end designer pieces that make up Michael Kors, to the affordable and trendy womenswear included in MICHAEL Michael Kors.
Models dressed in the high-end line took the runway at Mitchells. Kors' creations included trouser suits, Grecian gowns, trench coats, oversized fur jackets and, to everyone's delight -- as gasps and cheers emitted from the crowd -- glittery disco dresses and tops. Colors were neutral and sophisticated -- creamy beige, hot red, charcoal gray. Plenty of sex appeal, too -- many tops showed off plunging necklines and a few sheer items left virtually nothing to the imagination.
This line combined all of Kors' work from the past three decades. He took a step back and used the fashion ideas he liked most from each era to create one all-inclusive collection.
"I think back to each decade -- the sex appeal of the '70s, the sportiness of the '80s, the simplicity of the '90s and the glamour of the beginning of this decade -- all merged together," he said.
Fashionistas from all over Fairfield County chattered about the clothes as models walked by. After the show, Kors met with fans and even helped assess their choices as they tried on items. Mitchells sales associates brought racks of clothing straight from backstage for women to pore over.
"That looks great on you!" Kors exclaimed as a young girl tried on a beige pantsuit with the low-cut disco top underneath. As he talked with her a dressing room door opened and another women in the same outfit in black came out. "You look great too," he said. "We have both colors here."
Attendees enjoyed talking about their favorites.
"I loved the black halter pantsuit," Audrey Dinkeloo said. "They were beautiful -- all fabulous. I'll have to come back to try them all on." Dinkeloo and her daughter, Sydney, attend many of Mitchells events.
Sales associates at Mitchells have a personal relationships with their customers, "We're like a family," Scott Mitchell said in his opening speech, and the Dinkleoo's enjoy being part of it.
Ginny Pittarelli is also a regular Mitchells customer. Even though she recently moved from Westport to Manhattan, she came back specifically for the show.
"Mitchells is an extended family for me," she said. "I try not to miss an event." She was sporting a purple Michael Kors dress with a sweater; seemingly all the attendees were paying tribute to the designer by wearing his creations.
Kors has a special relationship with Mitchells, and with Fairfield County in general. He has hosted fashion shows for four years; the previous years at Mitchells' sister store, Richards, in Greenwich. "Every May he comes to Connecticut; he's inspired by Fairfield County," Andrew Mitchell said. "We opened our Michael Kors shop last year; it's been successful."
Kors indeed loves this part of the country.
"Fairfield County is the perfect blend of gorgeous country and big city sophistication," he said. "It's luxurious and comfortable -- which is part of the Michael Kors DNA."


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SWIFT embraces central bank digital currencies after sandbox success
Promises it can handle digi-bucks and tokenized assets without new infrastructure, maybe next year
One of the many sanctions imposed on Russia after its illegal invasion of Ukraine was exclusion from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) – the messaging network that most of the world's banks use to move money across borders.
So important is SWIFT to the world economy that Australian authorities have described Russia's removal from the network as "the 'nuclear option' of financial sanctions." It is that debilitating to be cut off from the network.
While SWIFT is critical, it is also clunky. Transfers using the network can take days to complete – an anomaly at a time when realtime payments are commonplace. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) – tokenized versions of fiat currencies – have been touted by numerous governments as a means of speeding cross-border transactions. SWIFT's shortcomings are also the target of many blockchain startups that have developed tech to move cash around the world more … swiftly.
SWIFT is alive to the threat tokenized assets pose to its central place in the global economy, and has therefore conducted its own experiments with CBDCs and similar techs.
On Monday it proclaimed that its most recent sandbox exercise – which tested tech that interlinks SWIFT and CBDCs – proved "institutions can continue to use much of their existing infrastructure alongside new, innovative technologies."
"The experiments found that our interlinking solution has the potential to simplify and speed up trade flows, unlock growth in tokenized securities markets, and enable efficient FX settlement," declares SWIFT's summary of the sandbox exercise.
- India to make its digital currency programmable
- Programmable or 'purpose-bound' money is coming, probably as a feature in central bank digital currencies
- Florida man slams 'tyranny' of central bank digital currencies in re-election bid
- Britcoin or Britcon? Bank of England grilled on Digital Pound privacy concerns
Long story short, SWIFT thinks it can cope with all the stuff that delights blockchain-based finance disruptors: smart contracts and events-based programming to enable automated trading 24x7, atomic delivery versus payment (a technique that sees delivery of goods or securities noted on a blockchain, triggering payment so that money doesn't change hands before assets have been exchanged), and interoperability between CBDCs and other tokenized assets.
SWIFT's announcement makes repeated mention of all this being possible while institutions use their existing infrastructure.
Which is an important factor, because SWIFT commenced operations in 1980 and has thousands of institutional customers who have probably coded hundreds of thousands of apps to use the platform.
Financial institutions are infamously among the most likely organizations to house legacy apps, and the sheer weight of legacy code makes it hard for them to move on from all such programs. SWIFT appears to be betting that it can deliver enough of the tokenized world to its customers that they won't mind bringing blockchain-based apps into their existing estates.
And according to Reuters, SWIFT will deliver a CBDC platform in the next one or two years.
Doing so successfully would see SWIFT blunt the existential threat tokenized assets represent to its future – and perhaps also make life harder for the likes of Russia and China as they try using blockchain-based instruments to ease their own cross-border cashflows. ®


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Innovation is about establishing a culture of change. For Gary Gottenbusch, a Certified Master Baker who has dedicated his life to baking, these are words to live by. Formally trained in Münster, Germany, where his father and grandfather studied baking and achieved master status, Gottenbusch now serves as CEO of a leading pretzel company, Ditsch USA, LLC, which traces its roots to 1919. That’s 100 years of pretzel making experience.
This year, Cincinnati, Ohio-based Ditsch USA is coming out in a big way with the introduction of retail ready pretzels: pretzel bites, mini sticks, dinner rolls, pretzel buns, individually wrapped and 1.5-pound party trays. These are pretzels for the masses, and only authentic Bavarian pretzels — crispy on the outside, soft inside — make the grade.
“We make pretzels the way we always have — with only five ingredients,” Gottenbusch says. “We are bringing the classic shape and the same taste profile. It’s about flavor, but ultimately it’s about making it scalable.”
Craft at scale has been a mantra shared by artisan bakers like Gottenbusch as they seek to bring great-tasting and authentic bakery products into more mainstream channels, so they can be enjoyed by all.
Coming from the rich traditions of pretzel making in Germany, Gottenbusch understands the importance of culture and dedication to product excellence. Ditsch USA is targeting the experiential factor. “How do we replicate the experience of Oktoberfest in the United States?”
“Now we are expanding pretzels into different applications — small pieces for grab and go, like popcorn,” says Gottenbusch, recognizing that snacking is a trend that most certainly will continue to grow in the United States.
It’s true that consumers are giving themselves permission to enjoy indulgent snacks, according to a 2019 report from The NPD Group. Their permission to enjoy savory and sweet snacks is the result of the wellness-driven acknowledgement that balance is the key. Brands are supporting their consumers’ quest for balance by offering snacks that walk the line between health and indulgence, like portion-control packs, thinner versions, or nutrient-enhanced savory and sweet snacks, according to NPD’s Future of Snacking report.
“The role of snack food is changing in different ways in reaction to Americans’ desire for balance, portable snack foods, and holistic wellness,” says David Portalatin, NPD food industry advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America. “It’s no longer about depriving yourself of something you enjoy eating. Today it’s about giving yourself permission to eat indulgent snack foods in moderation.”
At Ditsch USA, pretzels are baked at the Ohio baking plant, flash frozen, packaged and delivered to stores across the country. The pretzel packages then go directly to the store shelf, conveniently. Customers can reheat or enjoy right out of the bag.
“Our challenge is to be skillful in the way we go to market,” Gottenbusch says.
“There are small pretzel makers opening, but no one can do the quality at the high level and volume we’re capable of doing with our German partners.”
A history of innovation
In the 1800s and 1900s, several generations of the Gottenbusch family worked as artisan bakers. One such Gottenbusch, poised to run the family bakery in Münster, ventured to America to deepen his skills instead. His name was Wilhelm, and in Cincinnati he stayed and fell in love. In 1963, Wilhelm’s new dream, an American dream, took hold. He, along with wife Gloria, opened Servatii, an artisan pastry shop that would go on to become one of Cincinnati’s most beloved.
Years later, Wilhelm’s son Gary, then 18, ventured across the Atlantic Ocean to deepen his skills. Returning to Münster, his ancestors’ home, he apprenticed at an esteemed 150-year-old bakery. It was there where Gary became spellbound by the centuries’ old art of pretzel making. He soaked up the wisdom of his brilliant but demanding masters.
Gary Gottenbusch took what he learned and for nearly the next four decades perfected Servatii’s pretzel-making craft. Out of this, in 2016, a new brand was born: Pretzel Baron, holder of patents, winner of awards, in-demand supplier of artisan pretzel products nationwide.
In early 2017, Pretzel Baron joined sister company Ditsch as a member of the Valora Group, the world’s leading baker of artisan pretzel products. Ditsch’s pretzel-making roots also run deep. In 1919, master baker Wilhem Ditsch founded a bakery in Mainz, Germany. Later, thanks to son Heinz’ famous “pretzelmen,” who in white clothing strolled the cobbled streets and restaurants of the city, demand for Ditsch’s artisan pretzels soared countrywide.
Presently, Ditsch is one of the largest pretzel manufacturers worldwide and operates more than 200 pretzel stores in Germany and more than 60 pretzel stores in Switzerland, according to the company.
The union of Pretzel Baron and Ditsch, now called Ditsch USA, is a union of artisan pretzel-making royalty, one that thrills Gary because “it elevates the excellence of pretzel making in the US.”
At the same time, Ditsch USA is determined to create more than simply the world’s best pretzels, he says. Ditsch USA is a company determined to create a more memorable pretzel experience. Pretzels build bridges — from generations to generations, from young to old, from Europe to the United States.


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Deliveroo lowers price range to between £3.90 and £4.10 per share
Deliveroo, the online food delivery service, confirmed on Monday that it will list its shares towards the bottom of the initially outlined range.
The original valuation price range, which suggested that Deliveroo could have been valued at up to £8.8bn, has now been revised to between £7.6bn and £7.85bn.
The company put the decision down to “volatile” market conditions.
In a statement, the company said: “Deliveroo has received very significant demand from institutions across the globe.”
However, following a price range of between £3.90 and £4.60 per share a week ago, Deliveroo narrowed its price range to between £3.90 and £4.10 per share.
A number of fund managers have expressed doubts over the listing and said they will reject it outright.
James Anderson, manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, considers the company to be too reliant on London and too focused on slower-growing markets, he told The Times.
This is despite Anderson gaining significant holdings in other home delivery platforms, such as Meituan in China, Delivery Hero, a key player in other Asian markets, and Grubhub in the US.
Anderson told The Times that replicating the success of the aforementioned companies would be difficult for Deliveroo. “I think their model is successful in the unusual economics of London and it’s much more difficult to spread elsewhere,” he said.
A number of other leading fund managers have expressed similar concerns, particularly to do with workers’ rights, the company’s business model and regulatory concerns.
Rupert Krefting, head of corporate finance and stewardship at M&G, said the company’s reliance on gig-economy workers made it a risk for investors.
While, David Cumming, chief investment officer at Aviva, warned of the risk that drivers will have to be reclassified as workers, which would entitle them to rights such as sick and holiday pay. “It’s an investment risk if the legislation changes,” he said.


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Adrian Valois, undergraduate scholar in Biosystems Engineering, works on the V-Hive Green Field project as a scholar employee. Photograph credit score: Joel Cuello. The event will likely be held on Thursday April 26th, 2018 at Työväenmuseo Werstas (Väinö Linnan aukio eight, Tampere). Sit again and let the hottest tech news come to you by the magic of email correspondence. The group’s rapid turnaround shows what a mark the Class of 2018 has made on the program. GCT consists of over one hundred,000 sq. toes of brand name new workplace house throughout three floors customized suited to startups’ wants together with a really perfect mixture of open desks and private offices, kitchens, lounges and occasion areas, convention rooms and call rooms, moms’ rooms, and extra.
Software program engineers, again-finish technologies consultants, data scientists, product managers, cellular developers, systems engineers, artificial intelligence experts, cloud engineers and information science consultants are among those that the corporate needs to bring on board this yr within the Bay Area. By submitting a 500 phrase abstract to [email protected] you should have an opportunity to be a part of our pupil panel and get your work published.
Now we have to change into increasingly more modern to serve our customers,” Bennett said. It goals to develop globally profitable technology firms through collaboration and education for companies small and huge. The non- profit organisation is run by a voluntary committee and has over 200 members. Ladies in Tech actions embody month-to-month Breakfast Dates, that have develop into tremendous widespread each in Helsinki and different cities. Primary event of the network is the bi-annual Ladies in Tech Forum that has been organised in Finland 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Our country has many enterprise and job opportunites for gifted tech professionals. That transformation reaches the width and size of Walmart’s operations, firm executives informed this information group. A non-operational Chinese language space station lengthy expected to fall out of orbit crashed harmlessly into the Pacific final week, however raised concerns about house particles causing damage to orbiting spacecraft.
and France’s startup ecosystem has grown faster than any other European ecosystem in the past 5 years. As we speak France has the best number of VC offers in Europe. Because the retail business transforms, so does Walmart,” mentioned Blair Bennett, vice president of Walmart Talent Acquisition. Arkansas-based Walmart, confronted by the identical revenue and income squeeze that has besieged other retailers, hopes to tap the talents and brainpower in Silicon Valley to reinforce its choices and deliveries of products and services, in addition to to improve its retail and distribution effectivity.


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El Reno Man Indicted on Arson Charges Clothing Store Owner Plans to Plead Not Guilty to Counts, Lawyer Says
The owner of an El Reno clothing store that burned Jan. 26, 1992, is accused of arson and has been indicted by the federal grand jury on two separate counts.
The indictment was issued against Carl R. Kennedy, owner of the Kennedy Clothing Co., 120 S Bickford.
It states that Kennedy lost money in the business in 1989-91 and that he was experiencing personal financial difficulties. His banker and accountant advised him to consider closing the store. At this point the indictment states, "Kennedy devised and intended to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Co." Also, in February 1991 Kennedy increased his insurance to $80,000. During that year, the store's merchandise and stock decreased in quantity, the indictment states.
"On Jan. 25, 1992, Carl R. Kennedy set several separate fires to the building and contents... " the indictment states.
According to the indictment, Kennedy then submitted proof of loss on nonexistent property, property which was overvalued and property which was destroyed by his intentional acts.
The actual federal counts stem from Kennedy's use of the U.S. Postal Service to mail the proof of loss documents to the insurance company and for allegedly setting the fire which destroyed a business used in an activity affecting interstate commerce.
Kennedy's attorney, John Howard, said Friday he is attempting to set a time for his client to be arraigned so that he can plead "not guilty. " Assistant U.S. Attorney Ted A. Richardson said Friday that Kennedy is expected to be arraigned on the two counts sometime next week.
The five-alarm fire, which destroyed the 90-year-old brick building, was discovered about 5:20 p.m. Jan. 25, 1992. It also destroyed a finance company and damaged a sporting goods store.
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AS Malaysia and India mark their independence month in August, we are reminded of the time-tested friendship between Putrajaya and New Delhi. Resilient bilateral relations, however, must be continuously assessed, explored, diversified and if necessary, refocused.
The new decade presents challenges through trade and industry disruptions, and international partnerships are the means to tackling these issues. The time has come for Putrajaya and New Delhi to rejuvenate bilateral ties. One way is to go back to the basics and embrace shared culture.
Malaysia’s relations with India have been characterised by a focus on people-to-people connectivity, medical and technical education, tourism, labour mobility and trade. There is immense scope, however, to also capitalise on shared culture through business, industry and even education.
Early this year, New Delhi launched the India@75 – Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative to commemorate the 75th anniversary of independence, which falls in August 2022. This is a global event where Malaysia, too, played a part through several cultural events conducted by the High Commission of India in Kuala Lumpur and the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Centre.
The emphasis on shared cultural practices could reinvigorate Indo-Malaysian relations. Making use of the “culture” element in future business collaborations, joint ventures and investments in industries and knowledge-sharing through arts education could pave the way for a more robust “culture-based-cooperation” system.
The traditional textile industry is one area of opportunity as both countries have rich cultural legacies and expertise in the production of handmade fabrics. Malaysia is known for batik and India is famous for a wide range of state-unique fabrics and weaving styles, from the extravagant kaithari nesavu (handloom weave) Kanjivaram sarees in Tamil Nadu to the Kashmiri pashmina.
With the pandemic adversely affecting this sector in both India and Malaysia, it would be useful if an expert-led-movement through a multi-level, multi-faceted working group is mobilised to tap its export potential.
Stakeholders can include industry leaders, textile artists, weavers, craftsmen and business owners; venture capital investors, business consultants, marketing and advertising experts; government representatives from the ministries of culture, trade and industry along with investment promotion agencies and foreign/external affairs; and relevant members of civil society.
The working group should create opportunities for joint initiatives and investments; targeted interactions and deliberations to find specific routes for business to business (B2B), business to consumer (B2C) and government to government (G2G) cooperation and sharing of best practices in an increasingly complex market.
Existing platforms, such as the Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia batik promotion, i.e., Kuala Lumpur International Batik Convention, which has seen consistent participation from India since its inception and international forums conducted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in collaboration with national design institutes can also be leveraged upon.
Policy provisions on the rules of origin for textile goods in the Malaysia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement also support the trade of handmade textiles and can perhaps be accelerated through the initiatives of the working group.
Besides this, as per Indian foreign direct investment (FDI) norms, 100% FDI is allowed through the automatic route (where a non-resident investor does not require any approval from the Indian government for investment) in the textile and apparel sector. This ease of investment in the new Aatmanirbhar Bharat will promote Indo-Malaysian interdependence and textile industry, if pursued strategically.
Investing in culture and, in this case, the traditional textile industry, will lead to the import and export of ideas and the movement of subject-matter experts. Creating links between Indian and Malaysian arts and design institutes will provide structure to culture-based-cooperation systems and inject creativity and innovation into these systems to keep up with changing trends.
The Indo-Malaysian dosti (friendship), in its durability and perceived “permanence” must make better use of commonalities, shared traits and compatible systems. Cooperating through shared culture, hence, can yield tangible benefits and even contribute to pandemic recovery if areas of cooperation are identified. For example, beyond the traditional textile industry, shared culture also features in the toy-making, performing arts and film-making industries.
So, as both countries gear up to celebrate independence this month, there is hope yet for greater interdependence.


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The 2024 Tesla Model 3 was recently spotted on the road for testing with camouflage.
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Public and private entities who fail to settle debts could soon be blacklisted after manufacturers and suppliers formed a common-user credit information-sharing platform.
The new entity, Industry Credit Group (ICG) created by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), Veri-Credit and Association of Kenya Suppliers (AKS) will have a database on errant firms open to all companies with the worst payers flagged thereby denying them a chance to the supplier shop.
ICG will see credit professionals in member companies meet to compare negative information and exchange data on payment practices thereby helping companies make informed decisions on future dealings with offending entities.
KAM board chairman Mucai Kunyiha said ICG’s formation responds to growing supplier and manufacturer-debts owed mostly by government entities.
This has hurt manufacturers’ and suppliers’ ability to meet their financial obligations, operational expenses and adversely affected their relationship with individual suppliers.
“Many businesses experience a lot of administrative and financial burdens due to late and non-payment. Late payments to SMEs stifle innovation and growth of the manufacturing sector,” said Mr Kunyiha.
Veri-Credit director Stephen Mills welcomed the new platform saying exposing bad payers will reduce incidents of late and withheld payments.
The move follows growing concerns over rising pending bills that stood at Sh334.2 billion by August 2020, being a 517 percent jump from Sh64.7 billion reported in June last year.
According to the latest budgetary and economic review State corporations are the worst debtors at 86 percent with the rest held by ministries and departments.
KAM adds that as at July 2020, Uchumi owed Sh4.7 billion to over 100 suppliers, Nakumatt (Sh18 billion) as at August 2020 while Tuskys Holdings owed suppliers a total Sh6.2 billion.
Association of Kenya Suppliers chief executive Ishmail Bett said perennial prompt payment challenges call for such innovations where companies can avoid dealing with late payers.


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On Feb. 28, Ubisoft confirmed the release of “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag”, a pirate themed installment of their franchise. Shortly after, they launched a countdown site for the world premiere trailer, subtitled “New era. New assassin.” While at this point it is obvious they are releasing the trailer on Tuesday, March 5, we dug deeper and found more details on the site itself.
The first thing to note is regarding platforms. While Ubisoft has confirmed Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Wii U to release the game, the page says that “Black Flag” will also be available on next-generation consoles – meaning it could very well release for PlayStation 4 and whatever Microsoft has in store for us. Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed IV” page also lists a release date: October 29. Additionally, players who pre-order the game will receive a collectable Todd McFarlane poster. We are assuming this is the poster that was leaked on Feb. 26.
Lastly, before accessing the page, we reached an age gate with an image, looking like some new art (probably concept art, shown above). While Ubisoft hasn’t given the official word on the image, we are hoping their announcement Monday will include the image in whatever additional information they wish to share with us.


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Firstlogic, La Crosse, WI, a data quality solutions vendor for data warehousing, e-business, and print and mail applications, is announcing an international e-data quality solution at the Spring 200 National Postal Forum in Nashville today.
The EDQ solution allows businesses to gain access to Firstlogic’s data quality products in an application-service provider (ASP) environment.
The solution will allow companies to link their business systems into a Firstlogic Web site — hosted by a Web hosting company called Data Returns based in Dallas –and have their cleansing and data quality performed and then returned back to their application. The data is updated every two months by Firstlogic, with virtually no customer upkeep.
“We’ve changed our architecture so that it is much easier to integrate with how e-commerce companies are deploying their businesses,” said Joe Zurwaski, director, marketing, Firstlogic. “In addition, our services will allow companies that maybe previously couldn’t afford to buy these types of sophisticated data quality tools the ability to use them in a real-time data environment.”
While no prices are currently available, customers will pay either monthly subscription or per-transaction service charges.
Here’s how the system works: A companies’ customer registers on a Web site, and decides they want to buy something. They type in their contact information — such as name, address and Web address — and seamlessly, using the ASP service, the data will travel to the hosted service that houses all of Firstlogic’s data quality software. The data will go through the cleaning process including making sure the right information is contained in the right field, arranging customer information into a consistent format, adding missing information and correcting addresses for the US and Canada and other countries. If there is a mistake, the company will either offer the customers suggestion list that says, for example a ZIP code is not correct, and offer choices. A company can also choose to automatically have the address or ZIP code changed automatically.
“The unique characteristics of customer data demand clean, reliable, real-time information to facilitate meaningful and profitable transactions,” said Zurawski. “Customer carelessness and inability to type effectively are factors that can play a critical role in conducting reliable e-business transactions.”
Firstlogic is particularly excited about the international addressing that new solution offers. The company will offer an adders assignment solutions in 16 European countries — including France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom.
“Each country will have the best available postal-grade data to offer the best possible address assignments,” said Zurawski. “And we’ve found assignment rates in the 90 percent range from customers that have tested the solution.”
Zurawski said that customers who send either direct marketing campaigns or ship goods internationally need this level of data quality, “or else you are really taking a chance if they ever gets there.”


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Would you wear chicken feathers if they felt like wool or straw if it felt like cotton? Michael Kanellos blogs that researchers are trying to create fabrics made from waste products to replace the petroleum-based artificial fabrics found in bike jerseys, jackets and carpets. If the experiment works it could shake up the fabric industry. The cost of fabrics could decline and oil exports could drop a bit. But farmers would get another income stream.
How’s that for a small town business opportunity? Any comments on how you could take advantage of this one?
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The European Union (EU) has announced that mobile roaming charges will be cut during the summer by up to 36%, effective from July 1.
Following the cut, data roaming has become 91% cheaper in 2013 compared to 2007, according to the EU.
The 2007-2013 period, however, saw the volume of the data roaming market grow by 630%.
The cuts are said to be a part of European Commission VP Neelie Kroes’s plan to make the European telecommunications companies market more unified.
"The latest price cuts put more money in your pocket for summer, and are a critical step towards getting rid of these premiums once and for all," said Kroes.
"This is good for both consumers and companies, because it takes fear out of the market, and it grows the market."
Croatia, which will join the EU on July 1, is said to be a huge beneficiary as the use of Internet will be 15 times cheaper that it is now, while making a phone call to another country in the EU will be 10 times cheaper.
Beginning July 1, the cost of using the Internet while abroad falls to $0.45 per megabyte, down from $0.70.
Making calls will cost $0.24 per minute from $0.29, and receiving a call will reduce to $0.07 per minute from $0.08.
The cost of sending a SMS will fall to $0.24 from the current $0.29.
Making calls declines to 24 cents per minute from 29 cents, and receiving calls to 7 cents per minute from 8 cents.
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The Simple Strategy To Control Detention and Demurrage: Know Your Free Time
There are multiple reasons these unnecessary charges have become so common, but of course your feelings may depend on your perspective. Shippers argue it’s about revenue protection for terminals and ocean cargo companies in a struggling industry where everyone is trying to scrape by. The counter argument is that it is infrastructure limitations and regulations that are the reason these cost are necessary.
The JOC.com recently published an article about: US shipper, trucker petition could trigger detention and demurrage relief
The article discusses a petition gathered by a group of US-based shippers and service providers to create a rule preventing ports and carriers from charging detention and demurrage when “uncontrollable” circumstances make it impossible to pick up or return a chassis according to their contracted free time.
From the article, “Shippers, consignees and drayage providers do not create and cannot avoid these events,” the coalition said. “They cannot control the weather. They do not choose the terminals that carriers use. They are not parties to port labor collective bargaining agreements.”
“Shippers have grumbled for years that demurrage and detention fees are being used to generate revenue, rather than to clear out containers to improve terminal fluidity or to incentivize prompt return of equipment. Although a lack of financing from coalition members for the legal push has prevented shippers from filing a formal regulatory request — until now.”
With time, this will play out. But shippers and forwarders are probably better served in the short term to focus on what they can control now that influences detention and demurrage – free time.
Our perspective is that this problem is primarily an issue of rate and cost visibility. The reason is all shipments have a contracted free time in the rate or contract. Yet, few forwarders or shippers take the time to consider this constraint when they are routing a shipment.
Considering free time allows the number of days the companies has to pick up and return the chassis to be included in the routing decision – just like the freight rate and transit time.
The reason this happens is free time is a line item buried in most contracts. It is different based on the port and carrier, and other shipment details. Most companies do not have an efficient way to find their free time on an individual shipment basis. Lacking this, they’ll use an average or estimated amount of free time when planning and quoting a shipment.
Knowing and using contracted free time allows freight forwarders to not only quote shipments more accurately, but develop routings that ensure charges at the ports don’t pile up.
Hopefully, the challenges at the ports for all parties will lessen with time. Until then, taking the necessary steps to include free time in each routing decision is the best thing forwarders and shippers can do to reduce the additional costs from detention and demurrage.


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People might believe that it is like Android One, but that's not the case as Android Go is different from Android One. The huge user base makes Android - the most popular OS in the market.
While rooting a device typically allows users to do more things on Android that what is normally allowed, there are some safety/security concerns with it which is why it didn't come as a surprise to learn that Netflix has recently started to block its app from being installed on rooted Android devices. Second, any device with an Android One brand ran a Google UI that could not be modified by the partner. The tech giant is now focusing on winning the next billion users - and this is where Android Go comes into the picture.
One of the key aspects of any smartphone is the cost. So we focused on security updates.
Many believe Google's efforts with Android One turned out to be one big failure especially in India, but that's not how the company views it. Google will rebuild the Play Store from the ground up for Android Go. So, therefore the ecosystem adoption will be higher and we still will try to get the best parts of Android One (which is security updates) to continue to go on on this one. With so few apps being switched to, having a recents menu with a staggered card design makes less sense as Google wouldn't need to make the most of the space that's available to fit everything in. Finally, it's also optimising the Play store to highlight the optimised apps that users can install on their device.
Google has not officially announced the name of any third-party device maker that would launch smartphones tailor-made for Android Go platform, or indicated that it will launch its own hardware devices with Android Go. But overtime the company expects anyone, who ships a smartphone with Android O and 1GB RAM or below will use this Android Go configuration.
Android Go is Google's fresh take on affordable devices and this time around; it is not laying down terms and conditions for the interested manufacturers.


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According to a media release, the new facility is a five car showroom spread across 3500 sq. ft. and located at the Industrial Area, Phase-2, Chandigarh- 160002.
Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head of Audi India, said, “We have observed that the demand for pre owned luxury cars is rising in the region. The inauguration of Audi Approved: plus in Chandigarh is in line with our plans to tap into the demand and expand our pre-owned car business and our retail network. The facility will provide a wide range of pre-owned Audi cars that are well examined to provide peace of mind to our customers.”
The Audi Approved: plus programme offers benefits such as a two-year unlimited kilometers warranty, 24×7 Audi RoadSide Assistance and complete service history of the car. The programme also offers the benefits of easy financing and insurance, said the carmaker.
Karan Grover, Dealer Principal, Audi Chandigarh said they share a well-established relationship with the Audi brand and are glad to take their partnership forward with the opening of Audi Approved:plus in Chandigarh. “We will ensure that we cater to the customer demand in the region by providing a truly luxurious experience.”


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Batavia, New York—“Sew, what’s happening” in the world of fashion? Genesee Community College Fashion Design, Business and Computer Information Systems Professor Donna Ehrhart is bringing leading voices together to share insights with students and the community at a Fashion Tea on Friday, February 8th from 12:30 - 3:30 in room T119 at GCC. Tea and light refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public, but advance reservations are required by Tuesday, February 5, 2013.
Ehrhart has lined up a panel of diverse experts from around western New York to talk about fashion trends and careers. The following guest speakers bring a wealth of expertise from a dynamic array different backgrounds and professions:
•Jill Bates of Jill Bates Fashion, a formalwear expert and “fashion physician,” Rochester
•Donald M. Brown, vice president of Charles Men’s Shop, Batavia
•Candace Cooper, a GCC student who has started her own clothing line “Can’de Couture”
•Raul Siro Ferreira, owner of Each 1 Stitch 1 Fabric Store and Design Studio, Rochester
•Kathy Healey, owner of Healey Wear, a sworn “fabri-holic” and designer of garments and window treatments, Greece
•Kristine Iannazzi, CEO of Embrasse-Moi, a lingerie designer, Pittsford
•Karen Schimpf, president of Sew On-Sew Forth, Depew
The event is specifically developed to give all the attendees, from the guest panelists, to students, and community members the chance to network, mingle and share ideas and information about fashion news, trends and opportunities. Learning about GCC’s new Fashion Design concentration and the upcoming annual GCC Fashion Show, produced under the direction of Professor Rick Dudkowski, is also part of the agenda.
“I want people to realize what a vibrant fashion community there is in western New York,” said Ehrhart. “This event will be an opportunity for students and the community-at-large to learn, share, and connect with the many outstanding resources we have in our region.”
Those interested in attending the Tea are asked to RSVP to Professor Donna Ehrhart by Tuesday, February 5th at firstname.lastname@example.org or (585) 330-9877.
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This story originally appeared in the November-December 2007 issue of Scouting magazine.
Cub Scout Pack 391, which serves the boys at Sunrise Elementary School in Albany, Ore., relies heavily on money-earning projects to support its program.
“Incomes are seasonal for many parents, so the fundraising efforts are very important,” says Cubmaster Mike Ransom.
Once a month or so, pack members canvass nearby neighborhoods, collecting cans and bottles that they later redeem for cash under Oregon’s “bottle law.” (Oregonians pay a 5-cent refundable deposit on beverage cans and bottles.)
During the summer, the Cub Scouts expand their efforts, visiting some upscale neighborhoods where residents are more likely to recycle containers rather than haul them back to the store.
Ransom said boys get really excited when they hit their first “mother lode” — a home where someone has been saving up containers for them.
In a couple of hours, the Scouts bring in $200 to $250. The regular drives generate enough money to pay for handbooks, uniforms and activities like day camp and resident camp.
“We have managed to raise enough funds in recent years to cover anyone who wants to go to camp,” Ransom says. “And they all want to go.”
Mulch pays the way
Pack 391 is one of many Scout units that have developed creative and innovative ways to fund their programs.
Across the continent in Fairfax Station, Va., the families of Troop 994 rely on an annual hardwood mulch sale that allows it to plan big adventures, including trips to Florida Sea Base.
Each spring, the troop sells more than 10,000 bags of mulch to residents of five neighborhoods, who use the mulch to beautify their gardens and flowerbeds. Most of those customers have bought mulch from the troop before, making the sales job relatively easy. All the troop has to do is send out letters over the winter, distribute fliers and place announcements in a few community newspapers.
If selling 13 or 14 tractor-trailer loads of mulch is easy, distributing it in a single weekend can be a challenge. The troop uses a fleet of 10 box trucks to deliver the mulch along preplanned routes, carefully managing every step of the process to ensure accuracy.
Silverbrook Nursery supplies the mulch, brings it to the staging area and provides a forklift driver to load it, five pallets at a time, into the waiting trucks.
“If you didn’t have a partner like this, then I don’t know how you’d go about it,” says Scoutmaster Buck Gastrell.
The troop aims to earn about a dollar per bag after expenses, money that supports its operations for an entire year. To maximize income, the troop offers to return later and spread the mulch for an additional $2.50 per bag; that money is shared among the Scouts who work.
“We had boys who went to the National Jamboree, to Sea Base and summer camp” all in the same year, says Gastrell. “[Without fundraising,] that’s absolutely a drain on a family.”
Wrap and bag
Of course, keeping the cost of Scouting low for individual families is a primary benefit of unit money-earning efforts. But participation can also teach Scouts about salesmanship, budgeting and even gift-wrapping.
Last year, members of Troop 57 and Venturing Crew 57 in Tampa, Fla., spent the two days before Christmas wrapping gifts for customers leaving a local Walmart. Including a matching gift from the store, they earned about $4,000, says Crew Advisor Karen Bettin, who led the project.
“Some people don’t give you anything,” she says. “Some people will give you $50 for wrapping one gift.”
Bettin said project expenses are minimal because she purchases paper and other supplies at closeout prices during the previous year’s after-Christmas sales.
“It’s almost pure profit,” she notes, adding that 90% of the income was allotted to individual Scouts and Venturers based on their participation.
So how did the packages look?
“The first year, some of them were quite embarrassing,” Bettin acknowledged. Since then, however, the Scouts and Venturers have become quite accomplished.
Bettin’s units are successful because they have identified and met a specific need. The same is true of Troop 888 in Baton Rouge, La.
According to assistant Scoutmaster Scott Calkins, many Baton Rouge car dealerships buy lunch for their salespeople on Saturdays, which encourages them to stay on the lot and sell cars. Troop 888 often provides those lunches, earning up to $3.50 from each $6 lunch, which typically includes half a barbecued chicken, rice, dressing and a roll.
“We’re able to provide them a service where the employees can actually get some lunch and not have to leave the dealership,” Calkins says.
Last April, the troop sold nearly 700 lunches, clearing more than $3,000. About 200 went to car dealerships, while the Scouts sold the rest through presales and a stand in front of an area Walmart.
(A local Knights of Columbus council cooked the chickens in a special trailer-mounted rotisserie unit that can handle as many as 150 chicken halves at a time.)
Troop 888’s project illustrates a cardinal rule of effective money-earning: Sell something people will use.
“Whatever product is sold has to be something people will buy because they’re going to use it,” says Dick Schmidt, former associate director of BSA’s Finance Support Division.
Even better than an item people will use is one they will use up. Assuming people like the product, they probably will buy it again the next year.
That’s been the experience for Pack 33 in Boise, Idaho. After more than five years of selling Christmas wreaths, garlands and similar products from Seattle-based Sherwood Forest Farms, the pack can count on lots of repeat business.
“I’ve even had parents of past Cub Scouts selling for us just because people like the product,” says Cubmaster Cydney Shubin.
The Cub Scouts get most of their sales through their chartered organization, First Presbyterian Church, where they set up sales tables on several Sundays each October. The remaining orders come from family members, friends, neighbors and parents’ coworkers. Deliveries are made during the first week of December.
Shubin says the hardest part of the project is getting people to think about Christmas several weeks before Halloween. But equally hard might be stopping the project.
“I don’t think people would let me,” she says. “I think people would be upset if they didn’t get their wreath every year.”
Popcorn is popular
One product that many people buy again and again is popcorn, which is one reason it has become a popular money-earning item for units and councils across the country.
“I personally think units should sell popcorn,” Schmidt says. “It’s a great fundraiser. It benefits them, it benefits the Scouts directly and it benefits the council. It’s one of those win-win-win situations.”
Scouting’s association with popcorn began almost three decades ago when seven local councils started selling the product. Today, Schmidt says, “almost every council in America sells popcorn,” working through one of the preferred BSA vendors.
These vendors offer everything from plain and microwave popcorn to decorative tins filled with cheese-covered popcorn or caramel corn.
Many councils have gone beyond presales, letting units order extra popcorn to sell in front of stores (“show and sell”) or door to door (“show and deliver”).
Techniques like these — along with systematic outreach to past customers — allow some units to bring in $25,000 or more each year from selling popcorn.
Selling by computer
An innovative fundraising tool some units are using is the internet. Virginia Diner offers this option along with traditional presales of its peanuts and snack mixes.
Last fall, Pack 182 in Las Vegas, Nev., earned $1,500 selling Virginia Diner products. About 13% of that money came through internet sales.
The customers selected Pack 182 as their beneficiary, ordered online with a credit card and received their products by mail, freeing the Scouts from having to process or deliver orders.
“The internet is for the family and friends who are out of state,” explains Webelos den leader Keith Cexton. “They pay direct shipping, and they actually get it faster than when we order it ourselves.”
More than raising money
Experienced Scouters are quick to point out that well-planned money-earning projects can offer benefits beyond raising essential funds. They can provide an important service (such as reducing waste in landfills), increase awareness of Scouting in the community, and bring pack and troop families closer together.
In Tempe, Ariz., Troop 474’s ongoing flag project raises Scouting’s profile — and a lot of money — each year. On seven major holidays, the Scouts post American flags in front of the homes of about 200 area residents who have bought a $30 annual subscription. The project lets people support Scouting and their country all at the same time.
In Vernon, N.J., meanwhile, Troop 912 uses its fundraisers to build camaraderie among troop families.
The troop often promotes a local restaurant’s customer-appreciation night, receiving 20% of the restaurant’s take in return for bringing in customers on a typically slow weeknight.
Many of those customers are Scout parents, which is fine with Scoutmaster Dave DiPietro.
“The parents always sit there and have dinner and chat, so it’s a good social opportunity for the troop,” he says. “You get to meet the parents you don’t normally meet, and you get to comment on events coming up.”
(Note: While Troop 912 works informally with a local restaurant owner, some national and regional chains offer more formal fundraising programs. Participation may vary between corporate and franchised stores, so contact local managers for more information.)
Fundraisers also allow units to quietly help members who have special financial needs. Many units set aside a portion of their income to fund assistance programs.
“I don’t care where you live. There are always, always families in need,” says Buck Gastrell of Troop 994.
In the end, however, the main benefit of every good money-earning project is simple: to support programming.
“We’re not in the mulch business,” Gastrell says. “We’re Scouts, and all we need is enough money to sustain our plans.”
One more thing
The Unit Money-Earning Permit Application is an essential element of any successful fundraising project.
The application requires three signatures — unit leader, committee chair and chartered organization representative — which reduces the chance that a single leader will commit the unit to a risky project. Moreover, the application lets the local council intercede if a fundraising vendor has a bad track record or if a project would conflict with other nonprofit organizations or local merchants.
Perhaps as important as the application itself are the 10 guidelines on the back. By carefully following those guidelines, units should be able to steer clear of projects that violate BSA policies (like raffles) or that simply wouldn’t be effective.
Update: Camp Cards
The BSA’s Camp Cards program is designed to create a diverse year-round fundraising strategy to support local units. Since 2007, the Camp Cards have enabled local councils to establish unit money earning strategies with a clearly defined spring and fall fund-raiser for Cub Scout packs, Scouts BSA troops, Venturing Crews and Explorer Posts. Contact your local council for information on your Camp Cards program. Click here to learn more.


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General Motors has confirmed that Chevrolet will begin integrating Apple’s Siri Eyes Free technology into certain models of the Spark and Sonic small vehicles in early 2013. Specifically, Siri Eyes Free will be rolling out to the Spark 1LT and 2LT models, along with the Sonic LTZ and RS.
Drivers of the above-mentioned vehicles that have an iPhone running iOS 6 will be able to perform a number of tasks using their voice – without having to look away from the road at their handset.
Meaning, drivers can more easily initiate hands-free phone calls from their contacts lists. The technology will also allow drivers to play songs in the iTunes library and switch music sources via voice commands. Drivers will also be able to listen to, compose, and send text messages or iMessages to any number for anyone saved in the contacts lists all without taking their eyes off the road. Of course, drivers will also be able to access the calendar and add appointments as well.
“It says a lot about our commitment to small-car customers that Chevrolet has announced that Siri Eyes Free capability will be available in the Spark and Sonic well before the luxury brands,” explained Chevy exec Cristi Landy. “Safe, easy, reliable and portable connectivity is a top priority for our customers, and Siri complements MyLink’s existing capabilities to help deliver an incredible driving experience.”
Siri Eyes Free technology prevents the screen on the smartphone from turning on to reduce distractions while driving. While drivers can ask Siri questions using their voice while driving, when in Eyes Free mode Siri will not answer complicated questions that require the display of a webpage.


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intu makes employee dream come true
intu, has announced the first national winner of its employee recognition scheme, Win Your Dream. Beating almost 700 of his colleagues into first place, intu Lakeside’s Aaron Brett was awarded his dream prize, a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona on Thursday 3 March, at the awards ceremony at a top restaurant in [Mayfair], London.
Aaron, who had already been nominated several times throughout the year, was nominated by his colleagues for his innovation and dedication in creating a new, modern, comfortable and enjoyable staff area. Although a budget had been put aside for this it was outside of Aaron’s duties to undertake the project however, he demonstrated initiative and dedication, committing much of his own time and effort to seeing the project through.
Aaron Brett said: “We spend so much time, money and effort at intu creating a joyful experience for customers and the team really appreciated that something had been done for them, to make them feel important and part of the intu family. It was definitely worth the effort to see how delighted they are.
“I never expected to gain anything from doing this I just thought I was being helpful! It’s blown me away to be awarded such an amazing prize that will be passed through my family for generations to come.”
Win Your Dream celebrates employees across intu who have gone above and beyond to deliver the intu brand promise of making people smile, whether to intu’s 35 million customers, its tenants, members of the public or, as in Aaron’s case, to other colleageus. Each month, succesful nominees are awarded a golden envelope containing an intu gift card. One employee is then selected from each centre and the London office to go forward to a quarterly judging panel where they could win a prize of their choice to the value of £1,000. An independent panel then reviews the quarterly winners plus two ‘wildcards’ to choose the national winner who will win their dream prize to the value of £10,000.
David Fischel, chief executive at intu said: “The first year of Win Your Dream has exceeded all our expectations; every month we’ve seen some truly inspirational nominations coming through. It can be easy to underestimate just what goes on behind the scenes of a successful shopping centre; we know that our staff are pretty special but even we have been amazed by both the attitudes and actions of our employees.
Just three years on from the launch of intu our employees really are living and breathing our brand promise and our values. Aaron is a deserved winner as he was bold, creative and genuine in his actions. I’d like thank him and all our finalists for their efforts – they’re a testament to the success of our business”


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Microsoft Inc. has selected South Africa-based mentor led tech innovation accelerator, Start With Seven (SW7), as one of its partners to oversee the BizSpark Plus programme in Africa, Disrupt Africa reports.
The programme will kick-off in July 1, 2015.
BizSpark Plus is a Microsoft program that provides technology, support, visibility and community to promising startups and entrepreneurs at no charge. Microsoft has partnered with more than 150 startup accelerators in 47 countries including ERA, 1871
“The accelerator’s selection as partner was a very exciting endorsement of what Sw7 had been doing in the region,” said Odette Jones, Sw7 co-founder. “We do think this kind of offering will enable us to slingshot some businesses on to the global stage.”
BizSpark Plus will offer up to $120,000 worth of free cloud services, software, support and tools for startups that qualify.


text: Jo-Ann Stores Inc. (NYSE: JAS) reports that its net sales for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 29 rose 3.6% to $624.1 million from $602.2 million in the like period last year. The fabric and craft retailer said same-store sales in the quarter increased 2.0% versus a same-store sales increase of 4.4% for the fourth quarter of last year. Customer transactions rose 1.1% and average ticket increased 0.9%. Jo-Ann estimates that severe winter weather hurt same-store sales by about 0.8%. Jo-Ann said sales of its large-format stores for the quarter increased 1.8% to $330.6 million. Same-store sales for its large-format stores rose 0.7% compared with an increase of 3.1% in the fourth quarter of last year. Jo-Ann said its small-format stores saw sales increase 4.6% to $277.6 million. Same-store sales for its small-format stores rose 3.8% compared with an increase of 6.1% in the fourth quarter last year. Internet sales through Joann.com climbed 29% to $15.9 million from the like period last year. Jo-Ann said net sales for the fiscal year ended Jan. 29 increased 4.4% to $2.079 billion from $1.991 billion in the prior year. Same-store sales rose 3.5% for the fiscal year compared with a 3.1% increase last year. The company will report earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011 on March 9. As previously reported, Jo-Ann agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners LP of Los Angeles for about $1.6 billion, or $61 a share in cash. The Jo-Ann board of directors is permitted to solicit alternative proposals through Feb. 14.


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Capetonians get crash course on how to grow dagga at first cannabis workshop
Dagga enthusiasts gathered over the weekend to attend Cape Town's first cannabis growing workshops.
Tickets to the inaugural event were sold out in two days.
Interest in learning how to grow cannabis is high, following the Constitutional Court ruling that decriminalised the private use and cultivation of dagga earlier this year.
The speakers discussed the basics of growing cannabis organically, soil culture and how to cultivate the seeds.
Event organiser at Cannabis Grow Workshop, Grant Taylor, says a range of people from different backgrounds and professions attended the event.
He says not all of the attendees smoke dagga recreationally, with may interested only in the medicinal use.
He says he's committed to educating people on the complexity of the plant-growing process, despite the sale of cannabis seeds still being illegal.
Taylor foresees a series of courses on growing the plant in the near future.
We had about 50 people pitching [up] to our workshop yesterday.Grant Taylor, Organiser at Cannabis Grow Workshop
Cannabis is actually quite a complex plant.Grant Taylor, Organiser at Cannabis Grow Workshop
We couldn't have any cannabis plants or seed on site in our workshop. We followed the rules.Grant Taylor, Organiser at Cannabis Grow Workshop
We plan to do a whole course.Grant Taylor, Organiser at Cannabis Grow Workshop
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9 February, 2019
Continuing with its commitment to revolutionize public transportation, Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle player today announced the delivery of six women friendly Tata Ultra 9m Diesel Midi buses to the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML). Built on the new ULTRA platform, these buses meet requirements of every stakeholder – Driver, Passenger and Operator.
The Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) technology provides superior experience for the drivers enabling them to operate without fatigue. To ensure the safety and security of women commuters, the bus is equipped with best-in-class features such as Fire Detection & Suppression System (FDSS). The CCTV cameras providing an Intelligence Transport Systems (ITS) for public information in addition to the electronic destination display boards supported via GPS. With an inbuilt telematics system, the vehicle empowers State Transport Units (STUs) with a more connected experience, thereby, increasing operational efficiency and providing user friendly vehicle maintenance and tracking.
These buses are specially built and customized for women commuters under the Tejaswani scheme of the Government of Maharashtra. Tata Motors will be delivering the remaining 27 buses out of total 33 buses order by March 2019, in a phased manner.
About Tata Motors:
Tata Motors Limited (BSE: TATAMOTORS), a USD 45 billion organisation, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, buses, trucks and defence vehicles. Part of the USD 100 billion Tata group, Tata Motors is India’s largest and the only OEM offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia through a strong global network of 109 subsidiary and associate companies, including Jaguar Land Rover in the UK and Tata Daewoo in South Korea.
With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top four in the passenger vehicles market. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, the company’s innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state of the art design and R&D centers located in India, the UK, Italy and Korea. Internationally, Tata commercial and passenger vehicles are marketed in countries, spread across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS, and Russia.


text: For most of us, smartphones are as important to our morning routines as our daily cup of coffee. So it’s not surprising that a survey found 84% of smartphone owners use apps while getting ready for the day. Email is the most-used AM app, with nearly 70% of people checking their messages from their phones first thing. Forty-five percent check the weather forecast on their phones, and 35% get the latest headlines from a news app. Many people also check the stock market, their horoscope, traffic reports and even their online dating profile, all before heading out the door.


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Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy VII, and other entries from the series will arrive on Switch and Xbox One soon.
Square Enix has unveiled the next addition to Dissidia Final Fantasy NT's roster.
Square Enix has unveiled Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition.
A HD version of mobile title Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition is now available on consoles.
Square Enix has revealed when the next major update for Final Fantasy XIV will go live.
Final Fantasy XIV's fifth anniversary celebrations are underway.
Final Fantasy XIV players can now download the game's companion app on iOS and Android.


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ioSafe's Rugged Portable hard drive launched at the Consumer Electronics Show this week withstood drops, submersion and even blasts from a 12-guage shot gun.
Storage company Rocstor has added two new USB 3.0 devices to their product line up, just in time for CES 2011.
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Etsy will survive a consolidation in commerce, predicted CEO Josh Silverman, who painted a picture of the ecommerce landscape ahead.
Silverman was speaking at a Wall Street conference last week and said there were hundreds of billions of dollars invested in a thesis that there will be a million different places to buy things. But he believes massive fragmentation is exceptionally unlikely.
“Commerce is consolidating around fewer and fewer brands. I think there’s going to be Amazon, there’s going to be maybe one Amazon look-alike that’s strong enough to compete with them over time. And then there’s going to be a very small number of alternatives to Amazon that are true alternatives to Amazon.”
The CEO said Etsy and its subsidiary marketplaces Depop and Reverb are all very well positioned to be one of those “very few alternatives to Amazon.”
“The opportunity for those few true alternatives to Amazon, I believe is massive,” he said.
During the presentation at Citi’s 2021 Global Technology Conference on September 14th, Silverman and Etsy Chief Financial Officer Rachel Glaser talked on a wide range of issues including Etsy’s brand awareness, its focus on India (“Indian sellers are bringing really unique inventory at good prices on to the marketplace”), search, the Star Seller program, its Offsite Ads advertising program, and the company’s “experiments.”
Glaser talked about Etsy’s cost-per-acquisition Offsite Ads program and said 2% of sellers have opted out of the program. She made no mention of the fact the program is mandatory for serious sellers. She did mention that Etsy extended it to its affiliate program, which means Etsy is getting sellers to fund a portion of its affiliate program – how much, we don’t know.
Glaser said Etsy invests in product and engineering and experiments with everything. “Most of the experiments fail, but we have a very good framework for knowing what’s a win, what’s a neutral, and what’s a fail, and we only go forward with those that are either neutral or winners.”
In discussing Etsy’s acquisition strategy, she mentioned service providers when she cited an example of “opportunistic” acquisitions (as opposed to acquisitions around geographic or category expansion, which it also explores):
“Another example might be investments in seller services or the seller platform itself, that gives some service back to the sellers that is easier for us to buy, rather than build.”
Silverman said quite a bit about the thinking that goes into decisions around possible acquisitions, saying the company has a very clear set of criteria, mentioning the following:
- It needs to fit with Etsy’s mission and vision about keeping commerce human.
- It needs to be about non-commoditized inventory, special inventory.
- It needs to be a true peer-to-peer marketplace, where a very wide number of sellers are selling to a very large number of buyers.
- It needs to be a capital-light model, where Etsy is not taking possession of the inventory.
- Etsy needs to believe that it has the ability to add real value through its know-how.
- Etsy needs to think it can get it at a fair price.
- And, “we think we’ve got the capacity to actually take that on.”
“We’re patient and we’re picky” about acquisitions, Silverman said, and proceeded to talk about levers for growth.
You can find the webcast on the Etsy Investor Relations website. And there’s a transcript at SeekingAlpha.com. And if there’s a tool you use to help you sell, how would you feel if Etsy acquired it? More on that in this AuctionBytes Blog post.


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Under the new service, Amazon Prime users can pay a monthly flat fee of $5 per month out of pocket (Medicare, Medicaid and other insurance are not accepted) to obtain as many generic versions of medications as they need for 50 drugs used to treat 80 common conditions. This is in addition to the $139 annual fee or $14.99 per month they pay to be part of Prime.
The new service, available in 42 states, includes drugs used to treat conditions like hypertension, high cholesterol and acid reflux. It’s another incentive for Amazon customers to become Prime members and could help the company steadily capture additional pharmacy market share.
RxPass will be competing with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs program, which offers about 350 generic prescription drugs that Cuban says reflect each manufacturer’s price plus a 15% fee. But Amazon Pharmacy also offers a Prime prescription savings benefit for as much as 80% off generic and 40% off brand-name medications at more than 60,000 pharmacies. Amazon is banking on RxPass, combined with its other pharmacy offerings, to generate a net gain in health care customers.


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Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) says its disappointed with the ruling handed down by a dispute settlement panel on September 5 regarding New Zealand’s challenge of Canada’s dairy import rules.
The dispute panel sided with New Zealand on two key issues in the decision, agreeing that Canada’s pooling system for allocating dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs) is not consistent with its obligations in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and that Canada was giving undue priority to domestic processors.
“Dairy Farmers of Canada is disappointed with the dispute panel’s ruling which found that two of the six elements challenged by New Zealand were inconsistent [with the CPTPP],” says DFC President and Manitoba dairy farmer David Wiens, in a statement. “Nonetheless, the panel found that four of New Zealand’s claims were unfounded.”
The panel sided with Canada on two technical complaints regarding Canada’s ability to set criteria for quota allocation, and decided it did not need to rule on additional complaints filed by New Zealand.
The Canadian dairy farmer organization is now asking the Canadian government to examine New Zealand’s dairy policies.
Wiens says they are calling on the federal government “to do a thorough review of the measures the government of New Zealand has put in place to support its dairy sector to ensure that they are consistent with its international trade obligations.”
Fonterra — a co-op owned by around 9,000 New Zealand dairy farmers — is the world’s largest dairy exporter, purchasing the majority of milk produced in the country.
Dairy accounts for 35 percent of New Zealand’s total merchandise exports and around 3.1 percent of the country’s GDP, according to the country’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor, who called the CPTPP decision a “a significant win for New Zealand and our exporters.”


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Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) January 08, 2015 -- Schutt Sports, a leading manufacturer of football and lacrosse helmets, and Brain Sentry, a leader in the emerging wearable impact sensor market, today announced that Schutt will offer sensor-enhanced football helmets starting with the 2015 season.
Schutt designs and manufactures the most advanced helmets on the field, with industry-leading impact absorption and, now, thanks to the sensors from Brain Sentry, real-time monitoring of the head impacts experienced by athletes every day of the year. The sensor technology is designed to assist coaches in the objective identification of athletes whose technique involves excessive head/helmet contact. Selling for a manufacturers’ suggested retail price of $40, the sensors will be available from Schutt Sports for installation on Schutt helmets at the company’s factory in Salem IL or at its reconditioning facility in Easton, PA. Both new and reconditioned Schutt helmets with the Brain Sentry sensors will be certified to NOCSAE helmet safety standards.
“We’ve been evaluating impact sensor technology as a potential enhancement to our helmets for the past several years,” said Robert Erb, President and CEO of Schutt. “We’ve concluded that Brain Sentry’s award-winning and patented technology is the best in the market right now. It’s easy to use, accurate and affordable. The time is right for us to embrace sensor technology and we’re happy to have Brain Sentry as a partner.” Erb noted the great strides in improving the safety of football with renewed focus on proper tackling and blocking technique. Schutt helmets equipped with Brain Sentry impact counting sensors will accelerate this positive trend.
“Schutt has a long history of leadership in the development of sport safety equipment. They created the first football faceguard in 1935 and now, in 2015, they are introducing the first practical sensor-enhanced smart helmet,” said Greg Merril, CEO, Brain Sentry, Inc. “We are honored to supply Schutt with our impact sensor technology, and we are extremely pleased that sensor-enhanced Schutt helmets will be available in time for the 2015 football season.”
Brain Sentry sensors and technology will be incorporated onto top performing Schutt helmets like the Vengeance VTD and AiR XP Pro VTD, two of the top three scoring helmets in the Virginia Tech STAR ratings system. The combined technologies can only improve the performance of helmets.
“The era of dumb helmets, in which coaches and trainers have no clue how many impacts that brain inside that helmet has sustained, is quickly coming to an end,” said Julian Bailes, MD, in a recent interview on http://www.brainsentry.com. The neurosurgeon, neurological advisor to the NFL Players Association, neurological advisor to the NCAA, Arena Football League Concussion Task Force member, and medical director of Pop Warner Youth Football added in the same interview: “I think sensors are a big part of the solution for the sport.”
“Impact sensors have become a critically valuable tool enabling football coaches, at every level, to objectively know if their players are adhering to proper heads-up tackling. Research over the past ten years has established that frequent head impacts are a risk factor for brain injury,” said Wayne Olan, MD, neurosurgeon, supporting physician for numerous professional sports teams and advisor to Brain Sentry. “Schutt and Brain Sentry bring together the best helmet and the best sensor technology currently available – this is a powerful combination and a big step in the evolution of safer football.”
Brain Sentry’s advanced sensor technology includes a microelectromechanical, triaxial accelerometer capable of measuring acceleration from any direction. The sensor-enhanced Schutt helmets will count each time the helmet experiences accelerations or decelerations at or above 20g (+/1 2g) as estimated at the center of gravity of the player’s head. The enhanced DAS™ (Directionally Adaptive Sensing) technology inside each of the Brain Sentry sensors is designed to provide a consistent impact count – regardless of the direction of the impact.
Coaches and players will be able to use the data and feedback from the sensor-enhanced helmets to identify players who need additional training on proper tackling technique. The sensor can also serve as “another pair of eyes” for trainers and coaches in identifying players who may need to be assessed for concussion.
Each of the lightweight sensors weighs only one ounce and affixes to the back of the helmet. The sensor requires no maintenance, is waterproof and the batteries will last an entire season without charging. Brain Sentry sensors, like Schutt football helmets, are made in the USA.
Brain Sentry has emerged as the technological leader in the burgeoning helmet sensor market and its sensors are currently used by thousands of football, lacrosse and hockey players. The sensors are utilized by the Arena Football League and many other organizations around the country.
About Schutt Sports: Schutt Sports is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of protective equipment, including football helmets, shoulder pads, protective apparel and more. Over 36 percent of the players in the NFL wear Schutt helmets, including over 50 percent of the skill position players. Schutt Sports is the only major helmet manufacturer to advance beyond the traditional foam padding in helmets, instead using a patented cushioning system – TPU Cushioning – which has been proven to absorb more impact across a wider variety of temperatures than any other helmet system on the field. Schutt Sports is also the Official Base Supplier to Major League Baseball and is the largest domestic maker of batters helmets in the USA.
About Brain Sentry: Brain Sentry has a simple goal: to stop lives from being devastated by sports-related brain injuries. Named a Top Startup of the Year in 2013 by The Wall Street Journal, Brain Sentry is privately held and headquartered in Bethesda, MD. The company was founded by a team of award-winning health-related product developers who have continued to win accolades; the Brain Sentry Impact Sensor was named Best Tech Product of the Year by Baltimore Innovation Week. Featured on The Today Show and Good Morning America, Brain Sentry is the official sensor provider for the Arena Football League. Brain Sentry’s initial focus is to provide sensors for the most popular helmeted contact sports: football, lacrosse, and hockey. In December 2014, Brain Sentry, Inc. acquired from Johns Hopkins University an exclusive license for US Patent No. 5,978,972. This patent represents a pivotal enabling concept for wearable sensors in that it describes the use of accelerometers attached to a body part to measure acceleration during physical activity. Brain Sentry is also developing sensors for biking, alpine, and other helmeted activities. Learn more at http://www.brainsentry.com.
James A. Boyle, Boyle Public Affairs, +1 571-213-3979, [email protected]
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Tech Trends: What Will Apple Unveil Next?
Apple held its annual software developers' conference Monday in New York. Will CEO Tim Cook announce a major innovation, or just minor tweaks to existing products like the iPhone and iPad?
Apple's annual software developer conference is today in New York, and as usual, there's buzz about what CEO Tim Cook has up his sleeve. According to the Huffington Post, Cook is expected to unveil new Mac computers and new software for the iPhone.
A new software system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has already been confirmed, according to HuffPo. However, the features of the new iOS 6 are a mystery, as is its release date.
Much of the industry speculation surrounds Apple's TV ambitions. Apple does sell an "Apple TV," a device that connects to a television and displays iTunes content, many wonder if Apple intends to enter the television market with its own TV set, HuffPo reports.
What changes would you like to see made on an Apple product? Tell the Fort Bragg Patch in the comments below.


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The local currency’s rampant depreciation has unleashed a fresh wave of price hikes that is hitting the general public hard.
Atlas Honda has now joined this saga by raising prices by up to Rs. 15,000. This is Honda’s fourth price hike this year.
With immediate effect, the latest prices for new Honda motorcycles are as follows:
|Model||Old Prices (Rs.)||New Prices (Rs.)||Increase (Rs.)|
|CD 70 Dream||155,500||160,900||5,400|
|CG 125 Special Edition||255,000||265,900||10,000|
|CB 125 F||350,900||365,900||15,000|
|CB 150 F||443,900||458,900||15,000|
|CB 150 F SE||447,900||462,900||15,000|
Recent production hiccups have dealt a blow to bike sales and profits. Adding to the challenge, Honda has announced several price increases since January 2023, resulting in weakened demand.
In recent days, the dollar rate has surged, leading to a new wave of price hikes throughout the automotive sector.
Although the market remains eerily quiet at present, it is probable that other bike manufacturers will soon follow in Honda’s footsteps. As a result, bike sales are poised to decline even further.
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