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#AceMediaNews – Nov.05: Live sports — the supposed killer app that keeps people subscribing to cable when otherwise they might cut the cord — is, well, going cordless. Disney today announced a deal with Sony that will bring all of their programming, including ESPN, to a streaming service near you. At least, if you live in the right area.
The deal will bring Disney-owned networks to the PlayStation Vue streaming service, a cable-free cable alternative that still costs just about as much as traditional pay-TV. The deal includes live-streaming and library access to content from:
- ABC owned-and-operated broadcast stations
- ABC Family (Freeform)
- Disney Channel
- Disney Junior
- Disney XD
- ESPN College Extra
- ESPN Deportes
- ESPN Classic
- ESPN Goal Line
- ESPN Buzzer Beater
- ESPN Bases Loaded
- Longhorn Network
- SEC-ESPN Network
ABC affiliate broadcast networks not owned and operated by Disney will also be able to opt-in to joining the service.
Unfortunately, the audience is still pretty limited. Not only do would-be subscribers need to own a recent-generation PlayStation console, but also Vue is still only available in a handful of markets: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
Disney and ESPN have not yet announced when the content will actually launch on PlayStation Vue, nor where it will land in terms of plans and pricing.
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When The Clock Inn clocked out of Parliament Street in 1966, the street became one of the few in York without its own pub.
But could that be about to change?
Permission is being sought to enable a former Parliament Street shop to become a bar or a pub.
What previously housed Monsoon Children, next door to M&S, could become a watering hole under plans submitted to City of York Council.
This is a speculative application – there is no bar waiting to move in. But the plan proposes that the ground floor and potentially the first floor could be turned into customer seating and bar areas. Higher floors would be for staff use.
Opening hours are envisaged as 8am to midnight daily under the proposal.
Can’t attract new shop
The owners of 39 Parliament Street, Northern Retail Consortium Ltd, are asking for a change of use to ‘drinking establishment’ because they say they are struggling to let it as a shop.
In a statement to planners, they say:
The property was last occupied as a retail shop by Monsoon Children who relocated during September 2017 to their other branch in the city centre.
The property has been marketed to let since 2010 without attracting a suitable and willing Class A1 (shop) tenant.
Offering the Grade II listed building as a potential bar or pub would improve “the prospects of this prominent city centre unit being reoccupied by a new tenant, rather than it remaining vacant”.
For the same reason they are also applying for permission to market the property as a potential restaurant, hot food takeaway – or an office for ‘financial and professional services’.
Next door to old pub
Interestingly the building in question is next door but one to the property which was occupied by Parliament Street’s last pub.
The Clock Inn once stood in what is now Claire’s Accessories. You can still see where the old pub sign used to hang above the shop doorway.
According to the definitive guide – A Directory Of York Pubs by Hugh Murray – The Clock Inn was previously known as the Eagle, adopting its new name in 1867.
By 1902 it had five bedrooms, one set aside for travellers. On the ground floor were a smoke room, sitting room and dram shop.
It sounds fairly basic by modern standards – the family which ran the pub shared a loo with the customers.
The Clock Inn closed in April 1966.
Although the last of Parliament Street pub, it wasn’t the only one. Others included The Albion, previously known as the Yorkshireman, which closed in 1881.
The Brunswick Vaults operated as a pub and a brewery in the 1800s. So too did the Crown Inn, which closed in 1871.
Shops v pubs
The decision to remarket a long-established retail unit as a pub, bar or restaurant, will reopen the debate about how York city centre is developing.
Under the city’s draft local plan Parliament Street is both part of the central shopping area, and defined as a primary shopping street.
Under City of York Council policy, that means any plan to change the use of a ground floor business from retailing “will only be permitted provided that it does not detract from the primary shopping function and contributes to the vitality and viability of these areas”.
News that owners are struggling to find a new retailer for the premises will feed into concerns about York’s future as a shopping destination.
There has already been a lot of debate about the situation on Coney Street, which has a number of empty shops.
And the York Retail Forum has set out a six-part plan to revitalise the city centre.

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Honda wants to charge electric vehicles dynamically for ‘unlimited range’ on highways
We find that automakers who have historically been betting on hydrogen fuel cells over battery-powered vehicles, like Honda, are very focused on the speed of charging since it’s currently the only advantage fuel cells have over batteries.
While charge rates are obviously important, it’s not actually the biggest barrier to EV adoption since most people charge overnight. Nonetheless, Honda wants to give “unlimited range” to electric vehicles with a new dynamic charging technology at high speeds. Expand


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Hovis recall thousands of loaves over fears of glass in bread
Hovis has recalled thousands of loaves of bread amid fears they may contain small pieces of glass.
The move is a major blow as manufacturer Premier Foods recently launched an advertising campaign extolling the health benefits of the Hearty Oats loaf.
It is understood the company acted after five complaints from customers.
The recall relates only to 800g loaves of Hovis Hearty Oats which have a best-before date up to and including June 20.
People are being advised to destroy any Hovis Hearty Oats Loaves that have a best before date up to and including June 20
Last night a spokesman for the Food Standards Agency said: 'Hovis has recalled the affected bread and has asked retailers to display product recall notices.
'If you have bought the affected bread you should throw it away.'
According to the watchdog, the problem is likely to be a production fault rather than deliberate contamination.
A Premier Foods spokesman said: 'We found that a small number of loaves may contain pieces of glass, so took the precautionary measure of a product recall.
'The safety of our customers and quality of our product is our top priority and production will only begin again at the bakery involved when we are satisfied this matter has been fully resolved.
Customers can apply for a refund by sending packaging and a best-before tag to FREEPOST RRHC-ESKX-XBZ, Hovis Court, 69 Alma Road, Windsor SL4 3HD.
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Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor is behind the music for upcoming video game Batman: Arkham Knight.
He’s listed as music consultant on the title, set to be launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on June 23.
Producers have released a trailer for the game last week featuring NIN track The Wretched, and tweeted: “Please join us in thanking Trent Reznor for his vision.”
It’s been suggested by fans that he was instrumental in getting directors Tim and Jeff Cronenweth to work on the project, after collaborating with them on Gone Girl and Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – the latter winning Reznor a Grammy.
He previously provided NIN music for the soundtrack to Darkness II and wrote the theme for Call Of Duty: Black Ops II.


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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Brian Cornell
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Brian Cornell, 52, announced last month he would resign as chief
executive officer of Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club membership warehouse unit. Cornell, who previously spent about 13 years at PepsiCo, told Wal-Mart he planned to move to the U.S. Northeast for family reasons.


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We thought we knew what Sony is bringing PS4 fans at E3 2017, but perhaps the platform holder is going to surprise us in a big way. Personally, I still like PSX and PS2 games not due to their graphics but because they're fun.
Although Sony has done many things right with PlayStation, and its latest incarnation PS4 has now overtaken the PS2 as since its launch in 2013 largely thanks to some tremendous exclusives, it has gone on to sell nearly 60 million units. According to Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Xbox, players want backward compatibility and Microsoft wants the community to enjoy the best games of the past, present, and future. Meanwhile, "Neon Chrome" and "Spy Chameleon" will both be available on PS4 and PS Vita. In the case of the Sony PlayStation, the company recently revealed their plans for the game box. World of Final Fantasy was actually worse when played on a PS4 Pro until it was patched, and many other games have worse framerates to go alongside the prettier visuals. Layden says that 915,000 of the 3.4 million copies (or about 26 percent) of Guerilla's PS4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn sold this year were digital, evidence of a "shift that changes everything" in the game industry.
It isn't just with video games that Sony hopes to drive interest in PlayStation VR.
An Irish gamer has taken legal action against Sony after he lost more than 140 games due to being banned from the Playstation Network. Here's Parappa the Rapper, but "remastered".
What's up with PlayStation these days? You might appreciate these upgrades, but the increased amount of effort required to do these necessarily keeps the selection limited and the price high. Microsoft is focusing on how great the Project Scorpio development kit is while Sony is keen to discuss how well its PlayStation hardware is selling. Sure $14.99 is a bit expensive for certain games-$9.99 would be a more attractive price point-but the publishers likely set the prices.
I don't have to bust out an old reel-to-reel film projector if I want to watch Casablanca (which Ted Turner once refused to show on television unless it was colorized).
However, in this case, Sony has made a decision to ban the man entirely - and this means that all content purchased on this account is no longer available.


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An online advert urging people to snap up half-price laser eye surgery was irresponsible, the advertising watchdog rules today.
LivingSocial, which offers cut-price deals ranging from massages to vacuum cleaners, ran the promotion on its internet site and emailed it to potential customers in May. It offered laser eye surgery for both eyes for £1,949, adding "buy now!" and "two days remaining".
The Advertising Standards Authority received a complaint that the week-long offer could persuade people to rush into having laser-eye surgery.
LivingSocial Ltd said the deal let people research the procedure and discuss it with their doctor or optician. It said after customer consultation, those found to be unsuitable for treatment would receive a full refund.
The ASA found the bargain to breach rules on responsible advertising and the promotion of medicine.Reuse content


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The commercial center at the southeast corner of 95th and Western Avenue will be redeveloped into a $7 million reconfiguration project starting this year. Under this plan, the now vacant building at 2347-2353 W. 95th St. will be demolished. The existing building, vacant since the departure of Potbelly Sandwich Works, will be a smaller, newly constructed commercial building that will house a mix of new and existing tenants including a dental clinic, an upscale salon, and other health related users.
Following the demolition of the corner building, the parking lot will be reconfigured allowing for 18 additional spaces as well as a new access point from 95th Street. This construction is expected to create approximately 40 jobs.
The development is currently leased at near capacity. Secured tenants include Addus Healthcare, Aspen Dental, AT&T and Sola Salon with two small retail spaces currently available. A letter of intent is currently signed with a sandwich shop for one of the two available locations.
“The modifications that will be made to the existing building on the corner of 95th and Western will help to ensure an easier access to the businesses located within the development, as well as the addition of much-needed parking spaces,” said 19th Ward Ald. Matt O’Shea. “It will also bring in well-recognized businesses that have a strong existing customer base for our residents to enjoy. My office looks forward to working with the developer and the tenants to ensure their success moving forward.”
The project is expected to be completed in spring or sooner.
“The 95th Street Business Association is looking forward to the implementation of the new design for the building at 95th and Western,” said Erin Ross, president, 95th Street Business Association. “The changes will make this parcel an integral part of our business district on 95th Street.”
“We are happy to be able to reposition the asset in a strong retail corridor with nationally recognized tenants,” said Steve Panko of Key Development Partners. “This corner will always be desirable.”
For leasing information, contact Pam Miszkowicz or Lynn Bracket, CBRE, 630-573-7000. For more information on 95th Street development, contact the 19th Ward office, www.the19thward.com or 773.238.8766.


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With the help of GIF search engine Giphy, Snapchat is now inviting users to add animated stickers to their snaps.
To add the stickers, users can simply tap a Sticker icon, and then search for the image that best depicts the mood or message they’re trying to send.
Snap rival Instagram recently announced a similar tie-up with Giphy.
Also this week, Snap is rolling out Tabs, a new feature for users to organize and view Stories of their liking.
Despite adding more users than expected during the fourth quarter of 2017, Snap’s fortunes are as uncertain as ever. Among other issues, many users are unhappy with Snapchat’s recent redesign, which features a new interface that divides the app into two sections: friends’ posts and professional media.
Led by a host of celebs from Chrissy Teigen to Kylie Jenner, and their millions of social-media followers, Snap is now facing a full-scale revolt. A petition on Change.org to “Remove the new Snapchat update” has already surpassed 1 million signatures.
For many young users, Snap’s redesign crossed a line by interrupting many of their “streaks,” which friends can earn by snapping each other within a 24-hour span for more than three consecutive days.
Young users take streaks seriously, and they are also one of the few features still unique to Snapchat. While Instagram and other rivals have stolen nearly every other Snapchat service, streaks set the platform apart.
Before the redesign, Snapchat’s usage numbers appeared to be picking up. From the third quarter of 2017 to the fourth, the app increased daily active users (DAUs) from 178 million to 187 million.
Year-over-year, DAUs increased 28.8 million -- or 18% -- during the quarter ended December 31.
Although Snap posted a net loss of $350 million during the fourth quarter 2017, quarterly revenue still reached $285.7 million -- up 72% year-over-year. Snap attributed the gains to auction traction and seasonality.


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The explosion of digital marketing has accelerated at an even faster rate than we could have imagined as the COVID-19 pandemic, for a period of time, forced us all to step away from the real world and onto the screens found in our homes, in our pockets, and even on our wrists!
For marketers, the ability to cope with such a rapid change in consumer’s digital behavior is no new thing. In fact, the martech landscape has grown at a rate of 5,233% between 2011 and 2020, according to chiefmartec.com, showing that digital marketers are well equipped to handle all this new data being thrown at them… or are they?
The digital landscape is vast and it’s made up of so many different marketing platforms. This in itself offers marketers so many touchpoints to connect with consumers but, at the same time, it adds a whole new layer of complexity when it comes to aggregating all of the Marketing data from all these different sources and using the insights to report accurately and efficiently on campaign performance. Gathering the marketing data is one thing but where the real value lies is in understanding it to be able to make informed and intelligent business decisions.
As the old saying goes, ‘Time is money’.
So why then do marketers and agencies continually waste time manually trying to analyze and report on data across so many different platforms, when, by automating the process, you can do it faster, better and, perhaps most importantly, have it all in one place? Data is the vital element in assessing, measuring and optimizing campaign performance, so viewing and understanding marketing data should be simple, it should be accessible in real-time and it shouldn’t require having to outsource to developers.
Take product management tool Wrike, for example, which recently launched a suite of new AI tools to help keep its customers’ projects on track. As part of that announcement, we partnered with Wrike to provide another major feature as part of its launch, which enables digital marketers to pull in data about campaigns from around 50 different advertising, marketing automation and social media tools, and have it all displayed from within the Wrike experience.
Another example is AdRoll – the retargeting and prospecting platform offers advertisers the ability to create personalized ad campaigns to over 500 ad exchanges, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google. It automatically loads import costs data into its system using Improvado, enabling users to view all the numbers and data in one place.
Both of these companies are offering marketers something of value and something that they just aren’t getting elsewhere – extracting data from various data sources, transforming the data, and loading the results to one single final destination. From there, marketers have the ability to pull sales and marketing data at all sorts of granular dimensions, ranging from campaign level, geo level, ad level and keyword level, to visualize the data and identify actionable insights based on their dataset.
From a marketers’ perspective, this means no ongoing investment in building your pipeline, which in itself would take months to build, not to mention having the capability to support all the different connectors from across the ecosystem.
Marketers need no longer be at the mercy of non-scalable manual processes. When it comes to data, sometimes the smartest move is simply to hand these processes over to the robots, not only saving on costly developer resources but saving valuable time which could be much better spent on something else. In such a fast-moving field, having all that data at your fingertips from a single dashboard isn’t just invaluable but it’s smart business sense.


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WTO Chief Economist opined that the global trade “has held up well” in the face of the Russia-Ukraine war…reports Asian Lite News
Global trade remained resilient and performed better than pessimistic predictions for 2022, as economies greatly affected by the Russia-Ukraine war had found alternative sources of supply, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said in a note.
According to the information note released on Thursday, trade growth in 2022 was above the agency’s forecast of 3 per cent issued in last April and substantially higher than its estimates for more pessimistic scenarios for the year.
For the longer-term outlook, new WTO simulations show the importance of strengthening the multilateral trading system, with least-developed countries likely to be hardest hit if international cooperation were to break down, Xinhua news agency reported.
Global trade “has held up well” in the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, WTO Chief Economist Ralph Ossa said.
“Despite the devastation, we have seen one year on, trade flows remained open,” Ossa added.
Global trade has not seen the worst predictions foreseen at the onset of the crisis, he said.
“Sharply higher food prices and supply shortages have not materialised thanks to the openness of the multilateral trading system and the cooperation governments have committed to at the WTO,” he added.
Trading partners found alternative sources to fill in the gaps for most products affected by the conflict, such as wheat, maize, sunflower products, fertiliser, fuels and palladium — a rare earth mineral used in catalytic converters for cars, the note said.
Prices for goods greatly affected by the crisis rose less than expected at the beginning of the conflict. Among products most affected by the war, prices increased between 4.4 per cent (palladium) and 24.2 per cent (maize). While these price increases are substantial, they are significantly lower than the gloomiest predictions.
Take wheat prices for example. They actually increased by 17 per cent, much lower than the WTO Secretariat staff simulations of 85 per cent in some low-income regions.
The note further finds that as Ukrainian exports collapsed by 30 per cent in 2022 in value terms, many African economies adjust their sourcing patterns. Ethiopia, which used to rely on Ukraine and Russia for 45 per cent of its wheat imports, increased its purchases from other producers such as the US and Argentina.
Russia’s exports expanded by 15.6 per cent in value terms because of an increase in prices particularly for fuels, fertilisers and cereals. However, estimates suggest Russia’s export volume may have declined slightly. Trade flows are sharply down for industrial goods such as motor vehicles, pharmaceuticals or aircraft, where sanctions are more restrictive, the note added.


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Auto Sales May 2022: Honda Cars India Sold 8,188 Units In The Domestic Market
- Honda Cars India released the monthly sales numbers for May 2022.
- The company's overall domestic sales stood at 8,188 units.
- The sales grew by 302.95 per cent.
Honda Cars India released the monthly sales numbers for May 2022, and last month, the company's overall domestic sales stood at 8,188 units, as against 2,032 units sold in the same period last year, registering a growth of 302.95 per cent. Honda says that although the numbers look good on paper, it should be noted that during this period last year, the country was under nationwide lockdown due to the second wave of the pandemic. The exports also grew substantially, as the company shipped 1,997 units in May 2022, recording a growth of 418.7 per cent with 385 units of export in May 2021.
Yuichi Murata, Director, Marketing and Sales, Honda Cars India Ltd said, “The demand for Honda cars continued to stay strong as positive sentiments prevailed in the market but the prolonged supply chain-related issues still remain a hindrance and we are making all efforts to cater to the demand effectively.”
In April 2022, the company sold 7,874 units registering a sales decline of 13.21 per cent when compared to 9,072 units sold in the same month last year. That said, the Japanese carmaker registered more than twofold growth in exports shipping out 2,042 units in April 2022 as compared to 970 units exported in the same month last year.
For the coming months, Honda is banking heavily on the Honda City e: HEV hybrid sedan and has even received an overwhelming response. Murata said, “Our latest launch of Strong Electric Hybrid in mainstream segment, the new Honda City e:HEV has received an overwhelming response, far exceeding our initial plan, demonstrating that customers are showing a strong preference for such advanced technologies in the area of performance, environment-friendliness and safety. We are thankful to our customers for their continuous support of to brand Honda.”


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Samsung has started to roll out February 2018 security patch for Galaxy Note 8 in the US. The Note 8 initially got the February fix a week ago in Italy, and it’s currently available for units on the Verizon. The update carries the software version for the Note 8 is NMF26X.N950USQS3BRB1.
Samsung’s been taking it somewhat moderate with the February fix and potentially the Oreo refresh for the Galaxy S8, and with the month-end drawing closer, it doesn’t resemble the February 2018 fix will advance toward most Galaxy gadgets before. To recap, the February patch fixes five basic and a huge number of low and medium-hazard vulnerabilities in the Android OS, alongside 16 vulnerabilities that lone influence Samsung gadgets.


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Yelp Inc.’s stock climbed 10% in after-hours trading Thursday, when the company announced record annual revenue and strong guidance for the year. Yelp
reported fourth-quarter net income of $20.15 million, or 28 cents a share, compared with net income of $23.2 million, or 30 cents a share, in the same quarter a year ago. Net revenue improved 13% to a record $309.1 million from $273.4 million last year — Yelp’s sixth consecutive quarterly revenue record.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected net income of 30 cents a share on revenue of $306 million. Yelp said it expects 2023 net revenue to be between $1.29 billion and $1.31 billion as it continues executing on its strategic initiatives. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect that figure to be $1.286 billion. The results and guidance illustrate continued ad demand at Yelp and offer much-needed relief to investors following some disappointing financial numbers from Alphabet Inc.’s
Google, Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc.
and Snap Inc.
Yahoo is also about to eliminate more than 1,600 jobs because of poor ad-tech sales. Those companies, which rely heavily on advertising, have been battered by cost cuts from ad buyers and by foreign-exchange tailwinds. “It comes down to two parts: Consumers are able to rely on Yelp to make a decision, and for advertisers, it’s a high-intent, more affluent audience,” Chief Financial Officer David Schwarzbach told MarketWatch. He called 2022 the company’s best year yet, with net revenue a record $1.19 billion, up 16% from the prior year. Yelp’s shares rose 10% in after-hours trading, after declining 3% to $30.87 in regular trading. The stock is up 13% so far this year. The broader S&P 500
is up 6.3%.


text: UW alumni Danny Yaroslavski was listed in this year’s edition of Forbes 30 Under 30 in the education category. The business magazine acknowledged Yaroslavski’s creation of Lightbot, a game that teaches kids ages four and up how to code. “Lightbot is meant to be a first step to computer science,” said Yaroslavski. “The whole idea behind this is to make sure that it’s something that is easily approachable, really fun, and doesn’t require a lot of reading comprehension and typing skills.” Yaroslavski also said Lightbot is educational and beneficial for all people in this day and age due to increased computer usage in the workplace, and believes that the usage of computers will only increase in the future. Yaroslavski believes that Lightbot being available to everyone, from kids to parents and teachers, is just the beginning of breaking social barriers in the computer science world. “There is not one stereotype that you have to fit into to be a computer scientist.” The 23-year-old said that it was when he attended UW that he realized the possibility of starting up his gaming company. “I started making while I was in high school. Around my third year at Waterloo, I realized that ‘hey, I can actually make one of those game ideas that I made, and make it into a video game specifically for teaching programming,” said Yaroslavski. After his fourth co-op term, Yaroslavski took initiative into making Lightbot a reality. The former computer science student claimed that UW significantly helped him achieve this reality, despite the difficulty of the process. Yaroslavski said that it was the Velocity sessions on campus that helped him put his entrepreneurial skills to use in creating this startup gaming company. He also acknowledged the help and guidance of enterprise co-op program co-ordinator and professor Wayne Chang, and economics professor Larry Smith. Yaroslavski understands the difficult and lengthy process of creating a business and had some tips and recommendations for students who are taking a similar path. “Starting up a business isn’t as hard as someone might think it is,” he said. “I really recommend going to those Velocity Alpha sessions ... I don’t know how many times I can hype Velocity.” Lightbot is available for free on its website www.lightbot.com for all computers and tablets. Premium versions with more complete coding concepts and levels are also available for purchase.


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Columbus Technical College and the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce came together Thursday to honor our region’s manufacturers and two special young artists. The 2014 Manufacturing Appreciation Breakfast was held on May 8th to recognize the winners of our region’s Manufacturer(s) of the Year in the small, medium, and large categories.
Also recognized were sixth-grader Markeis T. Couch from Central Middle School in Talbot county and tenth grader Shakiyah Carter (who was unable to attend) from Central High School. The two students were selected as our region’s art winners for Manufacturer’s Appreciation Week. They each were presented a certificate, a trophy, their artwork in a frame, and a Barnes & Noble gift card.
The winners for our area’s manufacturers of the year are:
Small category (fewer than 150 employees): Richland Rum from Richland, Georgia
Medium category (150-500 employees): Swift Spinning from Columbus
Large category (500 + employees): Pratt & Whitney from Columbus
Manufacturing Appreciation Week (MAW) celebrated it’s 20th anniversary this year. It was developed by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and the Georgia Department of Economic Development. For more information, visit the Georgia MAW website.


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BlackBerry India is conducting a print campaign to gear up the sales by dropping the prices of their smartphones. They reduced from 5 to 27 per cent on their smartphone range recently and now offering Hipstreet Bluetooth headset worth Rs. 999 free with any smartphone buy. BlackBerry market share is going down world wide as well in India. Getting tough competition from cheap smartphones powered by Android. BlackBerry India is trying to get some sales boost through this print campaign, coming to the new reduced prices, lets have a look after the break.
|Model||New Price||Old Price|
|BlackBerry Curve 9380||Rs. 16,990||Rs. 20,990|
|BlackBerry Curve 8520||Rs. 8,990||Rs. 10,990|
|BlackBerry Torch 9860||Rs. 21,990||Rs. 29,990|
|BlackBerry Curve 9360||Rs. 18,990||Rs. 19,990|
Free Bluetooth headset is a limited period offer and valid only in select stores.


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It is no secret that homebound consumers have been experimenting with new cooking methods, techniques and foods as a comforting and entertaining activity the whole family can enjoy. One relatively new product category generating buzz is the immersion circulator, used for sous vide cooking.
Sous vide, which is French for “under vacuum” and is also known as low temperature long time (LTLT), involves placing food in an airtight plastic pouch and immersing it in circulating water at a low, regulated temperature to retain moisture and ensure even cooking. The immersion circulator is designed to keep the water at the precise temperature while circulating it in and around the food.
“Sous vide cooking is a more precise, temperature-controlled and therefore gentle method of cooking, so it results in better taste, greater nutritional value and better texture, particularly with vegetables,” said Bob Lamson, CEO of Vesta Precision. “While it takes longer than conventional cooking methods, it is also usually much easier and more relaxing because it involves no attention once the sous vide process is underway. It is also time-forgiving, meaning that once the set cooking time is reached it is not necessary to immediately remove the food. Another advantage is that, because of the precision of the immersion circulator, one can achieve the identical perfect results every single time.”
“With increased cooking at home and accompanying attention to healthy meals and quality, the consumer sous vide cooker business has definitely increased,” Lamson added.
“Sous vide cooking has grown during the pandemic, because dinner has become an activity; an entertainment event for the family,” noted Joe Derochowski, home industry advisor for the NPD Group. “Because people have been staying home more, eating more at home and there are fewer nighttime activities, and they have time, more people are experimenting with the idea of sous vide cooking.”
The stay-at-home orders earlier this year spawned a new wave of interest in the low-and-slow cooking method.
“We started seeing sales take off on air fryers and sous vide during these pandemic months, categories that had a market presence, yet were still considered new cooking technologies by consumers,” said Heshy Biegeleisen, founder of Gourmia. “Our feeling is COVID-created cocooning has a lot to do with it, because people have more time on their hands to experiment and experience for themselves. Also, we appeal to a different, more dynamic demographic. This is a market that values craft and authenticity, two hallmarks of the sous vide experience.”
Brentwood vice president Beni Panahi notes that television and social media have played a big role in popularizing the process.
“Between food blogs and food channels there are endless cooking articles and videos being watched and shared,” said Panahi. “With more eyes on this material, immersion cookers have inevitably received more attention and for good reason: Sous vide cooking with immersion cookers removes virtually any opportunity for error. Foods vacuum-sealed in bags and fully submerged in water are cooked evenly all the way through to the precise temperature set. Because the food is completely sealed it retains all its juices, keeping food juicy and flavorful.”
Several companies are ramping up production to take advantage of heightened consumer interest. This fall, for instance, Yedi Houseware is launching the Infinity sous vide, featuring a patented octagonal shape and circulation pattern.
“The direction, flow, and distribution of water movement is both unique and substantive,” said Yedi president Bobby Djavaheri. “The Infinity’s combination of water circulation and octagonal shape creates a more even and precise water flow distribution. More specifically, ‘Octcision Technology,’ with eight sides and four perforated openings, pushes heated water against the side and throughout the container that holds the device in a way that avoids cool spots and uneven water distribution, creating increased precision and accuracy within the cooking process.”
Anova Culinary is offering WiFi- and Bluetooth-connected models for the consumer market.
“When we launched our first device in 2013, most sous vide devices were bulky, costly and could only be used by the pros,” said Anova communications manager, Austin Lewis. “We wanted to share sous vide cooking with consumers because it gives the home cook unparalleled control over temperature. We believe that type of control and precision, and the results that come with it, is what is appealing to consumers.”
“As more people are staying home to stop the spread of COVID-19, they’re also cooking at home for themselves and their loved ones,” Lewis added. “The trend is undeniable. People want to continue to cook better, eat better and ultimately live better through the food that they prepare. We think it bodes very well for the future of the category and its growth.”
For more on sous vide sales, see the October 12, 2020, issue of HOMEWORLD BUSINESS®.


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Gynger, a business that finances software and infrastructure, said that it has raised $11.7 million in early funding and $10 million in debt financing. Gynger is emerging from stealth after quietly building its platform and customer base to assist entrepreneurs gain access to the resources they need to grow. Upper90 and Vine Ventures led the investment, with Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund, m]x[v Capital, Quiet Capital, and Deciens Capital also participating. Upper90 also contributes the initial $10 million financing facility.
Every organization today relies on software and infrastructure to get off the ground and cannot begin, build, or scale without the proper technology stack.
Gynger gives companies instant access to non-dilutive money to finance software acquisitions, allowing them to secure the best pricing, pay on their terms, and optimize their cash flow. Companies can get underwritten in minutes, have their vendors paid the next day, and manage all of their software contracts and payments on one dashboard with Gynger.
Gynger provides an alternative finance solution to assist companies get the tools they need in a world where raising capital is becoming increasingly difficult and runway is top of mind. The entrance barrier for venture loans is high, traditional lenders are time consuming and tend to prefer tech companies, and revenue-based financing is only applicable to ARR-based businesses.
Gynger has created a truly founder-friendly solution by placing purchasing power in the hands of their consumers without requiring the warrants, fees, commitments, and personal guarantees that other lenders require.
Gynger has funded contracts ranging from $1,000 to $1MM for leading platforms such as Datadog, Airtable, Secureframe, GCP, AWS, Amplitude, Apollo, Braze, Slack, and Zoom.


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NPD Group has released its latest numbers on the global toy market, reporting that sales rose 4.7% to a total of $83.3 billion (in U.S. dollars.) While the U.S. remains the largest market, with sales
of $22 billion, Brazil, Russia, India and China showed growth rates of 13%, and sales in Asia rose 9%. But the U.S., Japan, China, U.K. and France still dominate, reports the Port Washington,
N.Y.-based market research company, accounting for just over 50% of sales.


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SAN FRANCISCO---Twitter is working harder to fulfill responsibilities to developers and users alike by reinforcing the platform as a breeding ground for open and global conversations, according to CEO Jack Dorsey.
"Twitter is one of the fastest ways of saying something to the world," opined Dorsey, quickly countering that at its core, Twitter is still fundamentally a simple messaging service that people have made their own.
Speaking at the micro-blogging platform's annual developer summit, Twitter Flight, on Wednesday morning, Dorsey didn't shy away from declaring Twitter's impact on not only social media but global communications and social change.
More than 1,500 software developers from 30 countries signed up and traveled to attend the one-day conference with key tracks dedicated to mobile and data.
"Twitter is unique because it is a brand, a bird, a logo that pretty much every person on this planet has seen at some point in their life," Dorsey declared, later adding, "Twitter is the most revolutionary communications tool of our time."
Developers took to the platform from the beginning, Dorsey asserted, describing some of the more outlandish use cases, such as a developer hooking up a plant that tweeted every time it needed water or connecting a pothole that submitted complaints via tweet to the local government every time a car ran over it.
Still, Dorsey acknowledged that communications between Twitter's corporate side and its external developer community haven't always been clear, insisting on greater transparency going forward and inviting developers in the keynote audience to submit feedback and suggestions.
To continue to please and woo developers to the Twitter platform, the San Francisco-headquarted company unveiled a number of updates to both its core client, apps and back-end data infrastructure.
Jeff Seibert, senior director of product at Twitter, predicted that the next generation of companies will be built on big data, and the faster companies can use data to "find the needle in the haystack," the more successful they will be.
Twitter is opening up a new enterprise product category under its Gnip social analytics unit through the introduction of Insights, aggregating relevant tweets through an engagement API and an audience API for custom audiences broken down by demographic data not surfaced before.
Perhaps one of the simplest data collection methods of all time, Twitter is bringing polling to tweets, allowing all users to embed two-choice polls in their messages, which will stay live for up to 24 hours. Polling is being rolled out to Twitter's desktop, iOS and Android channels over the next few days.
Digits is expanding from just offering account verification via text messaging to now supporting email confirmation as an authentication method as well as a tool for finding contacts on the platform.
Fabric is being fine-tuned with crash reporting service Crashlytics with added support for game development engine Unity along with logging errors across Apple products running iOS, OS X and tvOS. Fabric is also bolstering its toolset through integrations with cloud provider Amazon Web Services, digital payments processor Stripe and mobile app deployment pipeline Fastlane.
In one way or another, all of these updates filter back to a primary objective for Twitter: improving sales. Twitter is bolstering its MoPub digital advertising marketplace with the addition of native video ads, giving control to developers of how videos appear in their ads and apps.
MoPub senior director Kate Herbert cited that the Twitter subsidiary is already implemented by "tens of thousands of apps everyday," including digital diet app MyFitnessPal, fueling a 31 percent spike in CPMs over the last year for fullscreen ads.
Katja Nelson, manager for Twitter's mobile app sales strategy, drummed down this point further, hinting at the emotional resonance and content sharing potential that these ads can foster.
"We love our phones like people. I'm sure you know what this feels like if you've ever lost your phone," suggested Nelson, describing it as the first thing we look at in the morning and the last thing we look before bed.
The new developer tools follow up the recent release of Moments, Twitter's mysterious (and perhaps long shot) initiative, previously dubbed Project Lightning.
Filed away under a new tab designated by a lightning bolt in a nod to the original code name, Moments will be managed by an dedicated curation team at Twitter, which will be feeding the dedicated news stream with content from a bevy of high-profile media brands.
Moments is possibly the beginning of a long line of new projects for Twitter, shaping up collectively to present a major pivot point for the social media company.
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had long been an active proponent of Twitter's presence during live events, from the World Cup to the Oscars to live-tweeting the latest show available for binge-watching on Netflix. It had been one of the reasons he was often credited for establishing Twitter's first revenue streams after years in the red and sole reliance on venture capital money.
But as user growth stagnated and earnings reports became sluggish, shareholders have been itching for a new product vision, inspiring many hot takes and think pieces in recent days as to why Dorsey -- also still CEO at Square -- was brought back to lead the company he co-founded.
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This story originally appeared on 6abc.
Philadelphia-based Rite-Aid pharmacy will soon shutter hundreds of its stores nationwide.
Action News has learned the closures are part of a bankruptcy plan amid mounting debt and legal threats.
The pharmacy chain, headquartered at the Navy Yard, has already closed several local stores in recent months, including one at 23rd and Walnut streets and another at 19th and Arch streets in Center City.
It’s proposing to shutter an additional 25% of its stores, equating to some 400 to 500 locations.
“People are going to have to go further for their pharmacies where the company doesn’t have the resources to properly staff,” said Wendell Young who is President of Local 1776, the union that represents many Rite-Aid workers “They are going to find longer lines, probably some challenges getting things timely.”
Young said it is still unclear how many stores or employees will be affected in our area.
“It is mostly women. Hard-working women who took these jobs on part-time while raising a family and they really run these stores,” he said.
Pharmacies have been struggling due to an evolving landscape in this digital world but also how drugs are paid for, reimbursed and sold at the pharmacy level.
Rite-Aid competitor CVS announced nearly 1,000 store closures in 2021.
“It all comes down to money,” said Rob Frankil. “If you don’t have enough money to pay the bills that means you don’t have enough money coming in.”
Frankil is a former pharmacy owner and now leads the non-profit Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists.
He said the system is broken.
Frankil worries RiteAid’s bankruptcy proposal will create more pharmacy deserts, affecting the poor and underserved communities the most.
“Where are they going to get the drugs they need if they need to now travel several miles? And you know several miles is a long way to go,” he said.
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In-N-Out Burger, the California-based restaurant chain, will soon prohibit employees at its locations in five states from wearing a mask unless they obtain a doctor’s note, a company customer service representative confirmed on Tuesday.
The rule will go into effect on Aug. 14 for employees at the chain’s locations in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah, according to internal company emails leaked on social media last week. Employees who then choose to wear a mask will be required to use an N-95 provided by the company.
In-N-Out did not immediately respond to email and phone messages on Tuesday.
In California, which has a law preventing employers from banning masks, and in Oregon, In-N-Out will continue to allow employees to wear masks if they choose, but they may only wear the N-95s provided by the company.
In October 2021, In-N-Out had to temporarily shut down its San Francisco location because it refused to comply with the city’s requirement that all restaurants check vaccine cards for indoor diners.
The company said at the time that it refused “to become the vaccination police for any government.” The establishment reopened later that month, but only for outdoor dining.


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The Pie Guy's Cafe in New Cumberland closes
The Pie Guy's Café, a New Cumberland restaurant and bakery, has closed its doors after less than a year in business, citing not enough customers and Bridge Street construction as reasons, according to its Facebook page.
The café at 316 Bridge St. had its last day on Christmas Eve, according to the posting.
Frank and Lisa Pascale opened Pie Guy’s Café in July after operating a bakery stand at the West Shore Farmers’ Market for 12 years, according to published reports. Earlier in the year, they sold the pie recipes to Reuben and Anna Zook, who operate Zook's Gourmet Pies and Cakes at the market. The Pascales sold those pies at the café in addition to an assortment of their own baked goods.
The Pascales did not immediately return messages seeking additional information about the café’s closing.


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Rathore carries an experience of over 18 years in formulating methodologies and strategising effective media buying, trading and implementation planning across TV, Print, Radio and Digital. Previously, he was associated with INCA as the Business Head, according to a statement.
Chatterjee brings an experience of over 16 years in advertising to the company. Prior to joining Mohalla Tech, she was with ByteDance in India.
Ratan Singh Rathore, Senior Director, Moj and ShareChat, said, “With an increased appetite for digital media and content among the advertising community both ShareChat and Moj have established themselves as the market leader in their respective domains."
"We are uniquely positioned to leverage our strengths for the brands across the country within the Indic language space. With advertising spends expected to increase significantly in the foreseeable future, we will stay at the forefront of capturing the digital advertising space in the country,” Rathore added.
Neha Nagpal Chatterjee, Director - Sales, East Zone, ShareChat and Moj, said, “I am excited to be a part of ShareChat's journey at a time when the eastern market is surging and fast becoming one of the key markets for advertising. This at a time while the brand is becoming the de-facto leader in the Indic language content ecosystem.”


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Does GMO coffee exist?
Coffee is one of the world’s biggest cash crops, with coffee production supporting an estimated 125 million people along the Bean Belt. According to the International Coffee Organisation, some 167.2 million 60kg bags of green coffee will be produced in 2022/23.
Today, there are around 120 identified species of coffee, which means there is an almost endless number of different varieties – especially when we consider wild varieties which grow naturally. Hybrid varieties, which are cultivated by researchers and agronomists to improve both yield and quality, are also becoming more common.
And while these hybrid varieties aren’t technically genetically modified, their existence still leads to a pertinent question: can coffee be genetically modified? And if so, what are the advantages?
To find out, I spoke with the CEO of RD2 Vision, Dr. Christophe Montagnon, and Divisional Head of the Coffee Board at India’s Central Coffee Research Institute, Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra. Read on for more of their insight on GMO coffee.
Full article at the Perfect Daily Grind.


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Mr. Mohit Jauhari, Dr. Jitendra Das and Mr. Ajay Gupta
India, July 5: The Confederation of Indian Industry hosted its flagship event, the 2nd Manufacturing Excellence Summit, with the theme ‘Building India, the Global Hub of Best-in-Class Manufacturing’ held on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Hotel Holiday Inn, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi. More than 150 no. of participants from various industries attended the summit. As a part of the summit, CII held several panel discussions with manufacturing in India at its core.
The disruptions brought in the industries with the onset of Covid-19 revealed the need for quicker adaptation of technologies. Those who showed an adept transition towards incorporating technology into operational functions have excelled in future-proofing their supply chain management.
The panel discussion on “Future Proofing of Manufacturing with Robust Supply Chain” was addressed by Mr. Mohit Jauhari, Head – of Supply Chain Management, Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited, Mr. Ajay Gupta, Group Head – of Supply Chain, Jakson Group. Dr. Jitendra Das, Director, FORE School of Management, New Delhi, moderated this panel.
“Organizations trying to implement the new processes and plans must consider budget allocation, technological changes, competitiveness and the user perspectives. Any improvisations in the supply chain must have an objective of profitability, and metrics must be developed around cost prediction. There is a need to focus on the existing supply chain and then on future-proofing. Organizations can predict requirements using AI, and Blockchain technology can be effectively used for pricing of the product, which will help in leveraging the information in the supply chain”, said Dr. Jitendra Das, Director, FORE School of Management.
Mohit Jauhari said, “Today, algorithms and intelligent systems define how companies operate and connect with the entire spectrum of the supply chain. Organizations can incorporate the 3C approach – Connect, Communicate & Collaborate, for end-to-end transactions. The efficiency brought in the operations will boost profit. Thus, building efficient infrastructure during the pandemic and digital adaptation was imperative to the sustenance of organizations and generating profits.”
Ajay Gupta said, “Factory automation has taken over entirely with machine’s manufacturing to 3X-5X volume level. To emerge as a global marketplace, India needs to have the right partners, right decisions, right quality, right capacity, right assurance and tolerance levels through the supply chain processes. There needs to be connection and visibility in every step of the supply chain.”
The speakers also addressed that any technological change is challenging and takes time. Inventory Management is important; essential items need to be stocked up and filled to the point where your production doesn’t get impacted. It is also important to upscale people. Employees must learn new tools and be taken along the journey of transformation.
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MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming next on The World and Everything in It, the Monday Moneybeat.
NICK EICHER, HOST: The first half of calendar 2019 is in the books, and it’ll take a little less than four weeks before we get to read the broadest measure of where things stand economically.
Here’s what we do know:
The Commerce Department issued its final revision to first-quarter Gross Domestic Product, and it’s the same as its previous estimate of 3.1 percent GDP growth. What changed is what drove the good performance, the mix of factors—with business investment a bit stronger and consumer spending a bit less strong than previously estimated.
We do have two good indicators for the month of May: the first is that consumer spending did increase month-on-month modestly, as did wages, with inflation also in check. And a key indicator that serves as a proxy number for business investment increased in May after having declined in April. The rise in May is the biggest pickup since January.
REICHARD: Second quarter of the year on Wall Street: modest gains, and not nearly as good as quarter one.
Even though all but one of the major stock indexes fell slightly last week, the halfway point of the year has all the indexes with double-digit percentage-point gains so far this year.
For the quarter: The Standard and Poor’s 500 is up 4.2 percent, the Dow Jones Industrials up 2.8. The Nasdaq stock index enjoyed a 4.2 percent gain, the Russell 2000 better by 2 percent in the second quarter.
EICHER: Purchases of durable goods in May—these are things meant to last about three years, items like washing machines and cars—that went down. And it was a single factor that held it down: sales of commercial aircraft.
And, by the way, it was one line of aircraft that drove down the category almost all by itself, the controversial Boeing 737 Max, grounded due to concerns about safety. If you factor out that always-volatile aircraft category, sales of durable goods actually rose in May after having fallen in April.
And a sign that the housing market is about to get healthier: the National Association of Realtors pending-home sales index rose 1.1 percent in May. Pending sales is a measure of home purchases that are usually completed about a month or two later.
REICHARD: The end of an era at America’s first-ever trillion-dollar company.
IVE: Ideas are extremely fragile. Ideas are not predictable in terms of when you’ll have them and how many you’re going to have.
Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive departing after almost 30 years at the company. He’s the brains behind Apple’s stylish design.
He’s regarded as the visionary behind what set Apple apart from its competitors—technology that didn’t just look like boxes of wires, but that was fashionable and trendy.
Ive is starting his own company, but says Apple’s his first, presumably biggest, client.
EICHER: And that is today’s Monday Moneybeat.


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Update: Top torrent sites of 2016 are here.
This is also reflected in our annual top 10 where most torrent sites have had a consistent listing for more than half a decade.
Like every year there are a few movers and shakers though, and the biggest impact was made by the Pirate Bay raid early last month.
The notorious torrent site has been crowned the most popular torrent site since 2008, but isn’t serving any torrents at the beginning of this year. As a result, the top spot is now taken by KickassTorrents.
The Pirate Bay hasn’t gone away completely though. There are currently several popular clones and copies of the site that together can easily match the traffic of most other sites that are listed.
Thanks to one of its top copies TPB managed to secure a spot in 4th place. Considering the situation we decided to mention both the original Pirate Bay domain and the most-used copy.
The rest of the top 10 consists of other familiar names. Bitsnoop.com is the only site to drop from the list, with Limetorrents.cc taking its place.
Demonoid, which returned online earlier this year, just fell out of the top 10 but appears to be making a slow but steady comeback that’s worth mentioning. There is a good chance that it will return again next year.
Below is the full list of the top 10 most-visited torrent sites at the start of the new year. Only public and English language content sites are included. The list is based on various traffic reports and we display the Alexa and U.S. Compete rank for each. In addition, we include last year’s ranking for each of the 10 sites.
People who want to increase their privacy may want to use a anonymous proxy or VPN service.
KickassTorrents was founded in 2009 and surpassed The Pirate Bay in traffic this year, even before it went down. Battling various censorship efforts the site has burned through a few different domain names over the years. Most recently it switched to the Somalian Kickass.so address.
Alexa Rank: 151 / Compete Rank: 711 / Last year #2
Torrentz has been the leading BitTorrent meta-search engine for many years. Unlike the other sites featured in the list Torrentz does not host any torrent files, it merely redirects visitors to other places on the web. The site uses several domain names with .eu being the most popular.
Alexa Rank: 206 / Compete Rank: 1.716 / Last year #3
ExtraTorrent continues to gain more traffic and has become one of the most active torrent communities. The site is also the home of the popular ETTV and ETRG release groups.
Alexa Rank: 356 / Compete Rank: 3,446 / Last year #4
At the time of writing The Pirate Bay isn’t serving any torrents. However, there are several copies and clones of the site which, at least temporarily, take its place. OldPiratebay.org is currently the most popular and based on its recent traffic the site is already ranked at least 4th in this list.
Alexa Rank: NA / Compete Rank: NA / Last year #1
YTS, also known as the release group “YIFY,” has become the most recognizable movie piracy brands on the Internet. Despite a court court-ordered ISP blockade in the UK the group’s torrent site continues expand.
Alexa Rank: 740 / Compete Rank: 4,271 / Last year #5
TV-torrent distribution group EZTV is a niche site specializing in TV content only. Because of its narrow focus, EZTV’s traffic varies in line with the TV seasons. Despite posting only a few dozen torrents per week it attracts millions of visitors.
Alexa Rank: 1,262 / Compete Rank: 5,421 / Last year #6
RARBG, which started out as a Bulgarian tracker, was last year’s newcomer and continues to rake in more visitors. The site was blocked by UK ISPs last month, which put it on par with most other sites in the top 10.
Alexa Rank: 1,326 / Compete Rank: 8,890 / Last year #10
Isohunt.to was launched in 2013, less than two weeks after isoHunt.com shut down. The site is not affiliated with the old isoHunt but hopes to keep its spirit alive. The same people are also behind Oldpiratebay.org, which is is listed in 4th place.
Alexa Rank: 1,890 / Compete Rank: 7,723 / Last year #8
1337x is a community driven torrent site. The site’s owners say they launched 1337x to “fill an apparent void where it seemed there was a lack of quality conscience ad free torrent sites with public trackers.” This year the site dropped its .org domain and is now operating from 1337x.to.
Alexa Rank: 2,581 / Compete Rank: 11,389 / Last year #7
Limetorrents.cc has been around for several years already, and regained a spot in the top 10 this year. The site appeared in the news this summer after it was sued by LionsGate for posting a link to a leaked copy of The Expendables 3. The case is still ongoing.
Alexa Rank: 2,608 / Compete Rank: 3,984 / Last year #NA
Disclaimer: Yes, we know that Alexa isn’t perfect and that Compete has plenty of flaws, but combined both do a pretty good job at comparing sites that operate in a similar niche.


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Bandai Namco has announced a new initiative called “More Fun For Everyone” but, as NintedoLife points, ‘Everyone’ does not include Switch owners.
This new initiative will see Bandai Namco, the multinational developer and publisher, giving players free games in an attempt to keep players entertained during COVID-19 quarantines. The first game to join “More Fun For Everyone” is Pac-Man Championship Edition 2. The game is available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam.
People around the globe are doing their part to change their life and workstyles in order to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Here at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, we have put into action initiatives to support and safeguard the health of our employees, their families & friends, as well as our customers, vendors, and our communities.
Our vision is to follow our slogan word for word and provide – “more fun for everyone.” We are striving to provide entertainment that everyone can enjoy in the hope we can bring smiles and laughter to video game players throughout the world during this difficult time.
Bandai Namco has decided to send it’s biggest and most important IP to start this initiative, the “beloved goodwill ambassador, Pac Man in a special edition of the game that features an overhauled version of the classic game.
Featuring eye-popping 3D graphics and funky visuals, the latest version of the classic game takes chomping and chasing through mazes to a whole new level!
Make up to four ghost trains for maximum chompage!
New modes include Score Attack and an Adventure Mode with fast fleeing fruit, big bad bosses, ridiculous remixed rules, and more!
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is now available, the offer will continue until May 10, 2020. Bandai Namco confirmed that, through the limited-time giveaway the goal is to bring fun into “everyone’s” home around the world.


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Osteria in bloom: Mark Vetri eatery changes complexion of Moorestown Mall
Taste — and tastes — change over time.
For malls and their food options, that means reinvention, sometimes subtle, occasionally radical.
For Moorestown Mall, think a wee radical.
Consider the celebrated pedigree and across-the-river roots of two restaurants taking center stage.
Moorestown Mall has been renovated before, but this time around it is being upscaled with destination dining as central pillar, the restaurants facing outward toward bustling Route 38.
By later this year, the new anchor businesses Moorestown Mall’s owner is pinning their rebranding on will be a pair of higher-end restaurants synonymous with Philadelphia — Jose Garces’ Distrito and Marc Vetri’s already-opened Osteria. A spa and an upscaled movie theater also are part of the makeover.
Once upon a time, the mall’s anchors were regional retail giants: Gimbels, Strawbridge’s, Wanamaker’s — each of those department stores long gone. Moorestown opened 50 years ago, in the center of the highest per capita income area in the region. Back then, food, other than a since-relocated ShopRite, was pretty much an afterthought — other than a food court.
Of course, that was long before the recent recession, the spread of online retailing and the rise of the celebrity chefs. Those events shook up the business landscape for mall retailing and dining.
Joe Aristone, senior vice president for leasing at the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, the mall’s owner, said the change is all about generating traffic to the mall, which competes with Internet retailers and two other nearby PREIT-owned malls in Cherry Hill and Voorhees. PREIT owns 35 malls, mostly in the mid-Atlantic, run from offices in Philadelphia — where both Vetri and Garces are headquartered.
Osteria and Distrito — more than mid-casual, but less than fine-dining — are aimed at making sure affluent shoppers in the region come to the mall more frequently. And once they are there, to linger.
Part of what’s driving the change was the 2011 decision to allow liquor to be sold in once-dry Moorestown.
The Philadelphia versions of each chef’s original restaurant have made bar service integral to the overall dining experience.
“The reality is, we were looking to replicate what we were already doing on North Broad Street (Osteria’s original location),” said Jeff Benjamin, Vetri’s partner in their six restaurants.
Osteria features homemade pastas, thin-crust pizzas, wood-grilled meat and fish, along with cocktails, wine and beer. Pizzas run $15 to $20, appetizers range from $12 to 18, the least expensive entree, skate wing, is $26 and the most expensive, dry-aged rib eye is served for two at $50 a person. Most desserts are $8, but a reserve cheese plate is $26 per person.
“It’s not inexpensive, but you can have a glass of wine and a pizza and have a nice experience and not spend much,” said Benjamin.
“Moorestown should be relatively similar to Broad Street, pretty close. There are only a couple things that aren’t on the menu,” said Benjamin, pointing out that some of the staff also migrated across the river from Philadelphia. The Moorestown space, like Philadelphia, is brick and tile, meant to convey a rustic Italian feel.
“We’re seeing a lot of repeats who came to us in Philadelphia, many who have come to us more than once (the Moorestown Osteria opened in November.) Never have I heard so many thanks. There’s been a big cross-over,” said Benjamin, who is known for his work with the service staff and building the wine service.
The chef de cuisine at the Moorestown Osteria is Mike Deganis, who was formerly head chef at Alla Spina, another Vetri restaurant in Philadelphia.
Benjamin said Osteria in Moorestown is succeeding by filling an empty niche above fast casual restaurants without being at the top-end of the fine dining scale, a level that invites repeat visits — exactly what PREIT was looking for when they came looking.
Vetri and Garces “are the best, they set standards.” said Aristone of PREIT’s pursuit of the two chefs.
Vetri is “hotter than hot. He’s got consistent branding, quality control. He’s incredible,” added Aristone.
“He’s a pioneer in the marketplace, with a bold vision. He understood we wanted a genuine version, not dumbed down for the suburbs. He’s very focused on having a very similar product,” said Aristone.
And Vetri’s presence at the mall helped “Garces to come on board,” said Aristone.
Benjamin said as long as the seats at the new Osteria are getting filled consistently, then “the more the merrier. Why not have someone of that caliber and quality right next to you?”
He also said there have been preliminary internal discussions about bringing a high-end pizza place to South Jersey, modeled after Pizzeria Vetri, though there is neither a timeline nor a location set yet.
PREIT has not announced an exact opening date for Garces’ new location. Calls for comment to representatives of his company were not returned regarding details of the planned opening. Distrito’s original location in the University City area of Philadelphia features a tequila bar and lounge seating for small plates inspired by the street food vendors of Mexico City.
Celebrity chefs like Vetri clearly pull customers.
“They say he does magic,” said Soo Yong, a 40-year-old Mount Laurel resident who was at Osteria for lunch for the first time recently. He’s never been to any of Vetri’s Philadelphia restaurants, but has read lots about the chef.
Of course, the name does not resonate with every potential customer.
Standing and reading signs in the mall touting Vetri and Distrito, 70-year-old Columbus resident Robert Zieser said of Vetri, “I don’t even know who he is.”
Zieser said for the price of one entree at Osteria, he and his wife could both eat lunch at Perkins, a casual restaurant across the street from the mall.
Zieser isn’t the only one to notice the pricing: The single most common comment on Yelp, a popular online restaurant rating service, is that the new Osteria is expensive when compared to its nearest competitors.
For instance, one comment reads: “Two for Sunday brunch. $97.00 before tip. Way too much. Back to Redstone.”
There were additional comments about the price, with customers saying they expect perfection given the high cost. Other complaints on Yelp centered on noise levels and tight seating.
Food comments on Yelp are largely positive, though, with several praising the grilled octopus entree.
It was the second-best grilled octopus I’ve ever had. The best? A Garces outpost at Revel in Atlantic City.
Reach Kevin Shelly at firstname.lastname@example.org (856) 449-8684 or on Twitter @kcshlly


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Developer claims Linux forced Microsoft to up its Windows game support
In 2012, Gabe Newell, CEO of the major Steam game platform company #Valve, snarled ” #Windows8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space.” His solution? Bring Steam to #Linux.
What drove him to that decision was the gaming bottom line: Performance. Valve’s developers found that an early Linux version runs faster than the Windows version thanks to the “underlying efficiency of the [Linux] kernel and OpenGL”.
Newell did more than just start porting the Steam platform and games to Linux. He started working on his own gaming-specific, Debian-based Linux distribution, SteamOS, and gaming PCs, Steam Machines, to support it.
That was the plan. The reality was it took Valve and its partners, PC OEMs such as Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Gigabyte, far longer than expected to ship the Linux-powered gaming PCs. It wasn’t until 2014 that the first two Steam Machines shipped.
According to Frank Azor, co-founder of #Alienware, #Dell ‘s gaming division and an early #SteamMachine supporter, in a PC Gamer interview, “The catalyst for the Steam Machine initiative was really around what Microsoft’s decisions were with Windows 8, and if you remember that operating system, it really stepped away from gamers in a big way. We were concerned as an industry that we were going to lose PC gamers on the Windows platform to any other platform that was out there, whether it was console, Mac OS X, Android.”
However, “Microsoft learned a very valuable lesson — a lot of valuable lessons — with Windows 8 and tried to correct those with Windows 10. It’s more gamer focused, I would say. Every subsequent release has focused on gamers. Although their execution isn’t perfect, it’s definitely improved compared to Windows 8.”
That, combined with the delays, left far less market room for Steam Machines. Ironically, according to Rich Geldreich, former Valve programmer and co-owner of Binomial, a video graphics startup, Valve’s support for Linux gaming forced Microsoft to up its “game”.


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Just when you thought you’d seen it all from the climate change mob, they manage to top their wacky behavior. But it stops being funny when their antics start to disrupt Americans’ everyday lives, as my colleague Nick Arama shared in a 2019 piece about an organized protest that took place inside a California In-N-Out Burger restaurant. In that case, neither the employees nor the police put up with the chaos the protesters were trying to cause.
But not every fast food chain stands up to the environmentalist wackos. In the latest example of companies giving in to their demands, Burger King has announced it’s found a way to get the cows used to make its burgers… well, fart less often. You just can’t make some things up.
The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said July 14 that it believes it can reduce a cow’s daily methane emissions by about 33 percent….
Burger King worked with scientists at the Autonomous University at the State of Mexico and at the University of California, Davis to test and develop its formula of adding 100 grams of lemongrass leaves to the cows’ daily diets. Preliminary tests indicate that the lemongrass leaves help the cows release less methane as they digest their food.
And that’s not all. They’re now selling burgers made from those same cows:
On July 14, Burger King introduced its Reduced Methane Emissions Beef Whopper, made with beef sourced from cows that emit reduced methane, in select restaurants in Miami, New York, Austin, Portland and Los Angeles, while supplies last.
But it gets even stranger. In an effort to push the whole, pointless scheme on the public, Burger King released a bizarre music video featuring “cow-kids.” And I couldn’t agree more with Senator Cruz’s assessment of it.
Humanity is doomed. https://t.co/Gv0hWnEY9W
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 14, 2020
Watch for yourself below:
cow farts & burps are no laughing matter. they release methane, contributing to climate change. that’s why we’re working to change our cows’ diet by adding lemongrass to reduce their emissions by approximately 33%. learn about our ongoing study: https://t.co/kPCXpjfbGL #CowsMenu pic.twitter.com/DnmF8gVVL0
— Burger King (@BurgerKing) July 14, 2020
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Introducing the brand new Audi R18 e-Tron Quattro which could prove to be the car that takes the team to their 13th 24 Hours of LeMans victory next year. This car puts Audi back in the hot favourite position to retain its crown against the rivals from last year, Toyota, and the exciting return of Porsche. This may make Porsche fans quiver but I wouldn’t write them off just yet. The LeMans next year is going to be properly good!
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Cava Grill will open its first of two locations outside its home market of the Washington, D.C., metro area at Westfield’s the Village at Topanga in Woodland Hills, California. A second location at 1073 Broxton Avenue in the Westwood neighborhood will follow in the coming months, along with a production kitchen to produce Cava’s beloved line of dips and spreads.
Cava Grill’s west coast locations will feature an expanded open-kitchen layout; local beer and wine on tap; new menu items including seasonal vegetables roasted in Cava's stone-fired ovens; and rotating seasonal soups, juices, and teas made from scratch in-house daily. In addition, Cava will be expanding its line of small-batch dips and spreads to Whole Foods Markets in the Los Angeles area in the coming months.
As with the existing east coast locations, Cava will incorporate local community partners representative of Cava's commitment to innovation, evolution, and attentiveness within fast-casual dining in its dining options. For its west coast locations, Cava enlisted Sugarbloom Bakery, who will be producing a brown butter cookie with three chocolates; San Miguel Produce, who will provide quality and local kale for Cava’s signature Super Greens salad blend; and Imperfectly Delicious Produce Program, who will offer imperfect fruits and vegetables for the vegetable-centric menu. Cava is also teaming up with LA Kitchen to hire graduates from its culinary program and Chefs to End Hunger to redistribute excess prepared food to local food banks.
In keeping with Cava Grill's opening tradition, the public will be invited to celebrate the new eatery with Community Day to enjoy a free lunch and dinner (grain bowls, salads, pitas) with encouraged donation to local community partners: Garden School Foundation and the Topanga Police Department’s new Healthy Lifestyle Program.


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AutoNation launches private-label products, from Automotive News.
AutoNation Inc. will start selling self-branded service contracts in 50 Texas stores this month, in a move that begins the retailer’s nationwide launch of private-label finance and insurance products.
AutoNation plans to brand all protection products sold in its dealerships under the AutoNation name by year end. It plans to begin selling those products online in 2016, after an online pilot to be conducted this year.
Private-label products are another way to add substance to the retailer’s branding initiative, CEO Mike Jackson said. That initiative began in early 2013 with most of the company’s dealerships assuming the AutoNation name in place of regional brand names.


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Seoul • Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it is delaying sales of its first Tizen-powered smartphone in the latest setback to the company's ambition to create a mobile platform to rival Google's Android or Apple's iOS.
The South Korean company had planned to start selling the phone, the Samsung Z, in Russia this quarter. But Samsung indicated more time is needed to expand Tizen's following of app developers and apps.
In a brief statement, Samsung said the postponement is to further enhance the Tizen "ecosystem," which encompasses developers, consumers and devices using the mobile OS.
The delay is a blow to Samsung's push to reduce reliance on Google's Android operating system, which powers Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets.


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Chinese companies that supply components to the US are now avoiding workers from Xinjiang.
Sources say some companies that supply items to US companies such as Apple and Nike have phased out factory workers in Uyghur and stopped all hiring from Xinjiang.
The US and its allies have stepped up surveillance accused of forced labor in the remote northwest region of China. The US has repeatedly sent warnings to companies doing business and investing in Xinjiang. Officials said those who continue to do business in the area could face legal action.
Insiders say Lens Technology Co. Ltd – a supplier of smartphone touchscreens to Apple and other US companies – has completely eliminated its Uyghur factory workers under a state-backed labor program. A former employee, who asked not to be named, said the company had already announced it would no longer accept applicants from Xinjiang.
Hubei Haixin Protective Products Group Co. Ltd. — the personal protective equipment maker that ships most of its products to the U.S. — also no longer employs workers from Xinjiang. A source said the company has announced that it will no longer renew contracts with Xinjiang employees.
One of Nike’s largest athletic shoe suppliers – Taekwang Industrial Co. Ltd. — laid off all of its Xinjiang workers, the sources said. Earlier this year, Nike said in a post on its website that it no longer buys products made by Xinjiang workers.
The US has publicly accused China of “genocide” and other human rights abuses over the government’s alleged crackdown on Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. . As part of an effort to prevent the alleged violations, the United States has imposed import bans on several Xinjiang-made products such as cotton, tomatoes and energy panel components. Sun.
Last week, the US Senate passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The bipartisan bill would ban all goods produced by Xinjiang workers when it is passed into law.
China has repeatedly denied all allegations of human rights violations. Officials say the state’s labor programs for Uyghurs and other minorities are part of the country’s broader poverty alleviation initiative.
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3Par has opened an Australian office, naming Steve Kelly - a veteran of Hitachi Data Systems, IBM/Tivoli, F5 Networks, and BEA Systems - as its Regional Manager.
The company describes Kelly's appointment as "Part of an ongoing expansion within the larger Asia-Pacific region," and as being "driven by the requirements of global customers operating in the region."
The press release from which the above quotes are drawn also features Kelly saying that “Australia and New Zealand are vibrant markets that have not only escaped the worst of the global financial crisis, but have long been early adopters of disruptive new technology."
3PAR CEO President and CEO David Scott- preditctably - says hiring Kelly is a jolly good idea, as thanks to "his strong background in sales and in developing reseller channels, Steve is well positioned to help bring the efficiency, agility, and green benefits of 3PAR Utility Storage to enterprise, service provider, and government customers in Australia and New Zealand.”
The company's regional headquarters remains in Singapore.
SearchStorage ANZ has requested an interview with Kelly.


text: Berry Plastics is a leading manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products in Indiana. Based in Indiana, the company has 80 manufacturing facilities worldwide and over 16,000 employees. Company announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of 100% of the common stock of Pliant Corporation. The newly acquired business will be operated as Berry's Specialty Films Division and will be run by R. David Corey, the former Chief Operating Officer of Pliant. Berry's current Flexible Films Division will now be known as the Film Products Division. Pliant Corporation is a leading producer of value-added film and flexible packaging products for personal care, medical, food, industrial and agricultural markets. Pliant operates 16 manufacturing facilities around the world, and employs approximately 2,800 people with annual net sales of US$0.9 billion for the twelve months ended September 30, 2009.


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Emerged official images of the new model Mazda concept of the Hazumi, which will be officially unveiled this week at the Geneva show. According to information, in Japanese means connected Hazumi and despite being a concept car, it could be produced.
Opel confirmed on Monday (3) that you will take a new version of Adam to the Geneva Motor Show, which opened to the public takes place on Thursday. It is Adam S, performance, equipped with an engine designed specifically for it.
Apple introduced on Monday (3) CarPlay. It is an integrated automotive interface to the iPhone, which will allow drivers to control various functions of the smartphone via a touch screen and / or voice controls.
Ford is working on the development of a 3.0 V6 diesel engine for the recently launched new generation of F-150 pickup. The news was revealed by the website The Truth About Cars, citing internal sources of the automaker, who maintained anonymity.


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Virginia is set to become the first Southern state to allow recreational marijuana sales, after lawmakers passed a bill that would create a regulated market by 2025. The bill now awaits the approval of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who has not indicated his position on the issue.
A Compromise Between House and Senate Versions
The bill that passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate on Wednesday was a result of a compromise between competing versions that were introduced at the start of the legislative session. The main difference was the timeline for launching retail sales, which the House wanted to start in 2024 and the Senate in 2025.
Under the final bill, the state would start taking applications for cultivating, testing, processing and selling marijuana on Sept. 1, 2024, and the market would open on May 1, 2025. The bill also sets a tax rate of up to 11.625% on marijuana products, which would generate revenue for public health, education and social equity programs.
The bill’s sponsors said they wanted to create a responsible and thoughtful framework for regulating marijuana, while giving the state’s $3 billion illicit market a run for its money. They also said they wanted to give Virginians access to a safe, tested and taxed product.
A Historic Step for Virginia and the South
Virginia became the first Southern state to legalize marijuana in 2021, when it allowed adults 21 and older to possess and cultivate the drug. However, retail sales were delayed due to political gridlock and policy differences. Currently, only home cultivation and adult sharing of marijuana are legal, as well as medical cannabis for patients with a doctor’s recommendation.
The bill to allow recreational sales is a historic step for Virginia and the South, where marijuana laws have traditionally been more conservative and punitive. According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Virginia is one of 19 states, plus the District of Columbia, that have legalized marijuana for adult use, and one of 36 states, plus D.C., that have legalized medical cannabis.
An Uncertain Future Under a New Governor
The bill’s fate now depends on Gov. Youngkin, who took office in January after defeating Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a close race. Youngkin has not expressed a clear stance on marijuana legalization, and has said he is not interested in the issue. He has also said he wants to focus on areas where he can find common ground with the Democrat-controlled legislature.
However, some advocates and lobbyists are hopeful that Youngkin will sign the bill, or at least not veto it, as he has not explicitly opposed it. They argue that the bill regulates an existing market, and that marijuana legalization is popular among Virginians. According to a poll conducted by the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University in January, 68% of Virginia voters support legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
If Youngkin signs the bill, or lets it become law without his signature, Virginia would join neighboring states Maryland and D.C. in allowing recreational marijuana sales. If he vetoes the bill, it would require a two-thirds majority in both chambers to override his veto, which is unlikely given the narrow margins of the bill’s passage.


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Time collapsed earlier this week, as volcanoes from the past and present erupted and converged in a manner that only great art can produce. On Sunday, I watched the highly acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad air its penultimate, gut-punching episode, “Ozymandias”, the third to last episode that ranks as the highest in TV history.
(For those like me who didn’t know, “Ozymandias” is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in 1818, and portrays the fleeting absurdity of great power. Go read it. Now.)
On Tuesday, I watched the now sold-out play called All the Way, at the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (I saw the fourth stage presentation, while it was still in previews; Opening Night is tonight, and the play runs through October 13th.) Continue reading →
In today’s continuously connected world, companies might find it difficult to keep their CSR “dirty laundry” secret for very long. Technology is making it even easier to find out what’s really behind the products we buy and with 78 percentof Americans willing to stop buying products with misleading environmental claims, the stakes for companies to not only behave responsibly, but communicate transparently, have never been higher.
The newest development in a slew of transparency-related apps is Buycott, an app that empowers consumers to purchase brands that share their personal values. The app’s website explains, “With Buycott, a campaign can be quickly created around a cause, with the goal of targeting companies with a boycott unless they change their position, or buycotting a company to show your support.”
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Agriculture Energy Coalition today expressed support for legislation introduced by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) to reauthorize Farm Bill Energy Title programs and provide robust mandatory funding. The Coalition also thanked Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), William Cowan (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and other original co-sponsors of the legislation, which would provide more than $1 billion in mandatory funding for renewable energy programs.
Last week, the Agriculture Energy Coalition joined more than 100 national, state and regional organizations in a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, urging them to adopt a new Farm Bill with robust mandatory funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. The letter noted, “Continued growth in new agriculture, manufacturing, and high tech jobs are at great risk without continued Federal investment.” Continue reading →
CAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has laid out a bold plan to make 20 percent of New New York City parking spaces electric vehicle (EV) ready. ChargePoint congratulates Mayor Bloomberg for his vision.
Mayor Bloomberg laid out his plan today in his State of the City address. It calls for the creation of 10,000 EV ready spaces over the next seven years. New York is a leader in electric vehicle adoption rates, with 2,598 registered vehicles as of January, 2013, up 76 percent from just three months ago. Continue reading →
This international programme is being offered by the Renewables Academy (RENAC), based in Germany. Running under the umbrella branding of “Energy Efficiency – made in Germany”, the project is being sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) as part of its Energy Efficiency Export Initiative. Continue reading →
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–China’s rapid transition from a low-cost manufacturing hub to an innovation hotspot with growing foreign ambitions represents both a threat and an opportunity for companies and investors around the globe, according to Lux Research.
Chinese firms in such sectors as energy storage, advanced lighting, emerging electronics and red-biotechnology industries are more likely to pursue both overseas growth and introduction of foreign capabilities into China. Continue reading →
The introduction of the Renault ZOE at the end of 2012 and the Volkswagen Golf in 2013 – two electric vehicles (EVs) that could have mass-market appeal – should dramatically increase consumer interest in EVs in Europe, and spur investment from companies looking to provide charging infrastructure. According to a recent report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, the market for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) will grow rapidly in Europe over the remainder of the decade, with annual sales of EVSE growing from less than 47,000 units in 2012 to nearly 900,000 in 2020. By 2020, the study concludes, there will be more than four million charging stations, both commercial and residential, operating across Europe.
“In many ways, Europe is the ideal market for electric vehicles,” says research director John Gartner. “European consumers, accustomed to smaller city cars and driving shorter distances, are expected to shift to EVs at a more rapid pace than motorists in North America. Also, because more Europeans live in multi-unit dwellings, commercial charging equipment is likely to be more prevalent there than in North America.”
One factor that could limit the spread of EVSE, according to the report, is the great variety between countries in terms of regulations, government support for EVs and charging infrastructure, and technologies. The absence of a single, region-wide alternating current EV charging connector standard has hampered the deployment of EV charging infrastructure. The European Union must address these country-specific variations if the EV market is to thrive, the report finds. Continue reading →
Boeing has teamed up with Ethiopian Airlines and Seattle Anesthesia Outreach to deliver 20,000 pounds of medical supplies to Ethiopian’s Black Lion Hospital, the country’s largest. The delivery was made using the airlines’ 787 Dreamliner, marking the first time the new plane has been used as part of Boeing’s Humanitarian Delivery Flights program.
McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development and the law firm of Fasken Martineau have teamed up to launch a new Executive Education Certificate Program in Corporate Social Responsibility. The five-day intensive program, focused on creating value through collaborative sustainable development, will be held at McGill’s downtown Toronto campus during the second week in November.
A new survey finds that 55 percent of U.S. women veteran business owners said their leadership experience in the military inspired them to start their own business. Forty-six percent said that being an owner has helped them transition to civilian life. The survey was conducted by Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence, a nonprofit, and Capital One Financial.


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Acura’s crossover lineup only consists of two models in the US, the three-row MDX and the C-RV based RDX. The crossover segment continues to grow in the US, so Acura is mulling the idea of bringing China’s Acura CDX here as well.
The Acura CDX is based on the same platform as the Honda HR-V, which would give Acura a competitor to models, like the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and Infiniti QX30. “It’s a model that interests a lot of our people, so we have our R&D guys looking into the possibility,” Jon Ikeda, group vice president of Acura U.S., told WardsAuto.
There’s even more proof to the report, since we recently spotted a CDX driving around the streets of Los Angeles one rainy evening. Although the CDX shares its platform with the HR-V, Ikeda warns that it’s not easy to just start shipping it here, since there are different regulatory requirements in China and the US.
In China, the CDX is powered by the same 1.5L turbocharged four-cylinder as the Honda Civic, but it’s mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.