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Hello Lovers…Happy Valentines Day! NYC has been buzzing since earlier this week and the festivities will continue over the course of the next 24+ hours or so. Not only is it fashion week, it also happens to be NBA All-Star weekend. On top of that, Monday is Presidents Day; which adds another layer to the madness. With everything that is going on this weekend, what is there not to love?
Yesterday night, as I was making rounds through Jersey City and Manhattan, I received a call from one of my good friends. I couldn’t answer at the moment, but when I called her back, she asked if I heard about Kanye’s fashion show with Adidas. I told her that I did and she sent me an email to check out an article and some footage of how the show was received.
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No Cheese Laced With Nails In Chicago Area Dog Parks
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Chicago area dog owners might be alarmed by the possibility of nail-laced cheese cubes at dog parks--but there's no need to be.
The Facebook-based thread warns "New trend at dog parks, nails in pieces of cheese, if you take your dogs to dog parks, be careful." The warning is accompanied by a photo of a person's palm filled with cubes of cheese with what appears to be nails embedded.

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As meat sellers across Uttar Pradesh are on an indefinite strike against the crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughterhouses, the government has asked implementing agencies to cut down their over enthusiasm” in implementing govt’s order.
“We have instructed the police to not misuse power, vigilantism will not be accepted,” said UP Health minister Siddharth Nath Singh.
In a clear statement, the UP government said that action should only be taken only against illegal slaughterhouses and abattoirs operating legally should not be touched.
“No orders were given by the government to close down shops selling chicken & eggs. Do not believe news of it going around on social media,” said Singh.
Stressing on strict implementation of NGT order, the minister said that action will be taken against illegal slaughterhouses.
“Action being taken against illegal slaughterhouses only, legal slaughterhouses should continue to follow regulations,” said Singh.
Fish vendors were also claimed to have resolved to join the stir which has seen non-vegetarian delicacies go off the menu in several parts of the state.
“We have decided to intensify our strike from Monday. All shops will remain closed. Fish sellers too have joined us and are extending support to us,” Lucknow Bakra Gosht Vypar Mandal office bearer Mubeen Qureshi said.
He said, in the wake of the crackdown, there was no question of the strike being called off anytime soon. “It will go on indefinitely,” he said.
Meanwhile, the UP Government in a statement said that it has not given any orders to close down shops selling chicken & eggs.
After coming to power, the Aditya Nath Yogi government has ordered the closure of illegal slaughterhouses and strict enforcement of the ban on cow smuggling to fulfil a key electoral promise.
“Government will not touch those (abattoirs) which are operating as per the provisions of law and have a valid licence. But those that are violating the orders of the NGT and playing with the health of the public would not be spared…,” Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi on Sunday.


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Sky News recently trumpeted that according to an ‘exclusive’ poll by professional research company Survation, the UK is currently split right down the middle over EU membership.
On June 3, 2013, President Obama signed a new executive order expanding U.S. extraterritorial sanctions on Iran to multinational corporations that engage in significant financial or commercial transactions with the Iranian automotive sector.
One of the most misunderstood concepts by non-lawyers is what it means to make partner in a law firm. Even some lawyers don’t get this. A lot of people assume (incorrectly) that all partners are paid the same. Not even close.
After being indicted on multiple charges of fraud in 2009, Missouri resident Sharon Nekol Province has pleaded guilty to facilitating a massive $600 million Ponzi scheme run through the rather lucrative business of pre-paid funeral services.
The fashion industry is finally loosening its buttons—several decades and a few billion dollars in advertising later, retailers are moving away from using high-priced models and exotic locations to lure customers.
There is significant tension between the goals of scientific research and the demands of litigation. For scientific researchers, the amount of time required to respond to discovery takes away valuable time that might be otherwise devoted to research.
The federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) has been around for a long time. It was significantly updated in the 1980’s during the Clinton Administration.
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Consumer demand in Russia is moving towards greater maturity as people had covered their core needs emerging from the "hungry" years of the 1990s before the new financial crisis swept in. The result is falling demand and a transition to a more sensible shopping behaviour. Given the fiscal deficit and the risk of inflation shooting up, the standard tools to support consumers are unavailable to the Government. The ageing population is also a contributing factor, with the share of price-sensitive consumers going up. Against this backdrop, businesses opt for a targeted outreach.
The era of booming demand in Russia is over, ousted by what is increasingly referred to as “saturation” and “cherry-picking”.
In the 2000s, most of the people outgrew the rampant consumption that had stemmed from the supply shortages and poverty of the 1990s. Over the past 25 years, the penetration of the key consumer goods (household electronics, clothing, footwear, and even housing) has been steadily picking up. According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), total residential floor space per person increased to as much as 24 sq m by early 2016, compared to just 16 sq m in 1990. The share of families who need help with housing declined four-fold over the same period, from 20% to 5%. In 2016, a typical Russian family had more than one refrigerator and one washing machine, and also almost two TVs. The saturation in demand for clothing and footwear is evident from their considerably lower share in household expenses, which Rosstat reports shrank almost three-fold, from 26% in 1991 to only 9% in 2016.
The financial crisis deepened the trend, as the drop in disposable income caused households to turn to frugality and revise their consumer habits, which experts believe are here to stay. Today, people only shop for staple goods and make every effort to find the best deals on offer.
This is concerning for authorities and businesses alike, who understand that Russia’s GDP is currently more than 50% reliant on end-consumer demand. However, the traditional support tools are increasingly more challenging to apply.
Amid the budget deficit, the Government is keeping a lid on higher income for public sector employees and pensioners. A potential spike in inflation is also a factor at play for the authorities.
With incomes either falling or stagnating, lending only works in the short term, as debts eventually cause individuals to cut down on their spending. According to the National Bureau of Credit Histories, in April 2017, Russians spent an average of one in four roubles of their income on repaying bank loans.
Add the challenge of an ageing population, and the picture will be complete.
Today, senior citizens already make up as much as a quarter of Russia’s population, and experts project that share to reach 30% by 2035.
Older population tends to have a lower disposable income than younger people. According to Russia’s Population in 2016: Incomes, Expenses, and Social Feeling, a study carried out by the Institute for System Programming of the Higher School of Economics, 54% of Russian pensioners struggled to afford food and clothing in 2016.
Senior citizens are somewhat different in their needs, focusing more on product quality and user experience per se while also showing greater price sensitivity and lower levels of brand loyalty compared to younger audiences (Audience Aged 45+: Prospects and Misconceptions, a study by MEC PULSE, 2016).
The current environment forces businesses to review their strategies:
Retailers are pinning hopes on promos (which made up an average of 20% of total retail sales in 2016), private labels, and the discounter store format.
The online retail is on the rise, as consumers increasingly turn to the internet to get the best value out of shopping. In 2016, online sales added 35% (FMCG and Retail Trends in Russia, GfK, 2017).
Responding to the saturation of demand, businesses are adopting ever more customised approaches to consumers.
Companies offer diversified product mixes and personified advertising, driven, among other things, by collecting and analysing Big Data. Advertisers use targeted messages to build their communications with consumers (26th International Advertising Festival, February 2017). Sberbank is personalising Wi-Fi networks in its offices by analysing user profiles and offering the most relevant products. MaximaTelecom, a Wi-Fi provider for the Moscow metro, uses geotargeting to learn what users like and show them personalised ads from partners. Since the end of 2016, MegaFon has been offering customised tariffs based on user data.


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Nepali entrepreneurs seek easy access of Nepali products to US
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Nepali entrepreneurs on Tuesday urged a visiting US trade official to allow Nepali products an easy access to the US market. Despite having high export potential, Nepali products have failed in the US due to lack of easy access to its market, said the entrepreneurs.
Officials of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) asked Mara Burr, Deputy Assistant at the US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia to help facilitate promotion of Nepali products in the US market during a meeting held at FNCCI building in Teku, Kathmandu.
Burr is currently in Nepal visit for preparatory meeting of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), which is scheduled for Wednesday. Against the backdrop of US authorities rejecting access of many Nepali products to the US market on quality grounds, the FNCCI officials urged the US to help install internationally recognised quality control lab in Nepal.
They also sought Burr’s support in facilitating the participation of Nepali entrepreneurs in various US trade fairs in order to help promote Nepali products there.
During the meeting, the FNCCI President Pradeep Jung Pandey urged the US authorities to also encourage US investment in potential sectors in Nepal such as hydropower, infrastructure development, and tourism.
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How dominant Amazon is not only in Online trading, but also in Cloud Computing, the storage of data on the Internet, showed up this week. Volkswagen has just agreed on an extensive cooperation with the Americans, in the future, the data of all machinery, equipment, and systems from feeding the world all of the 122 factories in a "industry Cloud". Siemens will connect to the VW-factories and also the Cloud Alliance with Amazon.
And also the Federal police to the Amazon to save the photos of the body cameras that police officers in the future, equipped to be. The Federal privacy Commissioner Ulrich Kelber has criticized this decision immediately and sharply: "access by US authorities on the Bodycam data can not be excluded."
How safe is it to store on the servers of a US group? For a long time, many German corporations and small and medium concerns had to store your company secrets on the servers of a US group.
But since I have changed a lot, says Werner Vogels, chief technology officer and head behind the division Amazon Web Services (AWS). "In the meantime, about 80 percent of the Dax30 is a place for us-companies AWS," says bird. Just security is a decisive Argument. In the past few years, there have been numerous data breaches. "Always the information was on the computers of the affected companies," says bird. "The security threats are increasing and the companies realize how difficult it is for you to keep in step. When you switch to us, you will get a level of security that you can not offer yourself."daily mirror Background of digitalization & KI try it Now for free! the
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That these are not just promises of Marketing, showing the example of the German Federal police: As the project started, Amazon had the only provider of the certification of the Federal office for security in information security (BSI). Meanwhile, other cloud providers meet the security and privacy standards, however, the Federal Ministry of the interior: "AWS is the only appropriate Cloud provider."
In public appearances bird is wearing a T-Shirt with the lettering "Encrypt everything" ("encrypt everything"). He also advises all customers to secure their information in this way, before they are loaded into the data cloud. So be guaranteed that neither Hacker nor the intelligence services can do something with it. With this Argument, the Federal government defends the interior Ministry against criticism of the use of the Cloud for police pictures. But privacy advocates Kelber questioned this assessment: "According to local knowledge, the Bodycam will be processed stand-data in the Amazon Cloud and mandatory decrypted".
One reason is probably that the associated Software of the camera supplier, the Motorola services more AWS. Because the range of additional services, the company is also expanding consistently. "Many of the things we have as a people seen or heard, are streams of data that can be analysed," says bird. The ranges of image recognition as a basis for self-driving cars, to the analysis of voice input. "However, these data volumes are too big for people, you need a machine to find patterns in these data."
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use The number of customers is enormously diverse. Video game companies such as Epic, whose "Fortnite" is enormously popular, or Supercell ("Clash of Clans") to evaluate continuously huge amounts of data in order to improve their games. In the case of each of the popular Games there are each day up to 45 billion events. The credit rating Agency Moody's to extract information from texts to find relevant financial information.
"The Dating App Tinder uses our image recognition and analyses whether photos, for example, on the beach or in a Bar were taken, and uses this information to other people to find that fit," says Vogels. "Snapchat looks amazing with the image recognition, which advertising is best in addition to certain photos to fit."The Federal privacy Commissioner Ulrich Kelber (SPD), sees AWS is critical.Photo: www.junophoto.de
For AWS, the additional services, of which there are now more than 160 a further possibility to solidify its position in the market. The cloud pioneer had in 2017, according to analysts from Gartner, a global market share of 52 percent, Microsoft Azure, follows far behind with 13 percent. In addition, it is another source of income, because of course Amazon can the use of tools to pay. In the previous year, the group increased the revenue for the cloud business by 47 percent. Overall, the division of 2018, played just under 26 billion dollars - more than the global sales of McDonald's.
"We make the tools for a wide target audience," says bird. An example of the recommendation mechanism of Netflix, roughly 75 percent of the movies to be watched, because they recommend the Algorithms. "A lot of customers wanted something and asked for it, so we now also have a recommendation tool," says bird.
another area of increasingly important and more in demand is voice recognition. "Language is one of the next input systems and we equip our clients with the necessary skills," says bird.
"In the case of sensitive data, should not people be involved"
This is also the success of one's own voice assistant, Alexa. However, critics warn, to get to a virtual spy in the house that can potentially listen in. They felt that a data breach in the past year, confirmed by A German user had asked Amazon to of the information stored and 1700 language files. The came, however, from someone else, the user had used the Alexa before. "This was a human error," says bird. Amazon have now changed the procedures and automate as much as possible to human errors.
"When it comes to sensitive data, should be no people involved," says bird. "Where, indeed, only humans can take on a task, have we changed processes: been able to perform a single action, then maybe two, almost like when you access the keys from a nuclear submarine." The demand for speech recognition waxes, especially in countries where the language is a touch more difficult. "We are seeing a much faster growth of language usage in China, as in many other countries," says bird. But also in many developing countries, where there is little Computer or smartphone. "For large parts of the society will be held in the first way to interact with digital systems," says bird.
As an example, he cites an international Institute, which has developed systems for Farmer in Indonesia, in order to optimize the fertilizer use in rice cultivation. "But no one has used until you have supplemented the language input." Now the farmers could simply call and your information. Part of the fertilizer use was reduced by 90 percent. "The success lies completely on the voice input, because even if you had a Computer that would not benefit many farmers, as they often can not read or write," says bird.More about
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the challenge, however, the language to extend recognition to other countries "There are over 9600 languages in the world, which we cannot offer at the present time, all but the much spoken as Chinese, Hindi or Swahili, we want to cover," says bird. However, there is in addition to the main language in China or India, many variations and dialects, that prior to implementation, there are many barriers.


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Business Objects and Red Hat will enter joint marketing and selling programs to push the open-source operating system for BI. Both firms maintain that Linux serves as a reliable platform for running BI, at less cost than other operating systems.
The deal provides further evidence that Business Objects is betting on a growing market for business intelligence running on open source in the coming years. In August, the BI software maker launched its BusinessObjects XI platform, Crystal Reports Server software and BusinessObjects Data Integrator on Linux.
Research firm IDC forecasts demand for BI on Linux growing at a compound annual growth rate of almost 65 percent through 2009.
"While other business intelligence vendors have been content to just dabble with Linux, Business Objects is helping to drive the future of BI on Linux with partners like Red Hat," Business Objects VP of alliances Jon Dorrington said in a statement.
However, other BI firms do make their products available on Linux. Cognos debuted its ReportNet tool on Linux last year, and Hyperion's Performance Suite product runs on Linux as well. MicroStrategy announced support for 64-bit Linux in its chief software platform this summer.
This month, Business Objects rival Information Builders began jointly promoting BI on Linux with resellers of IBM mainframes and servers.


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Grace Foods UK is rolling out a £1 pricemarked pack for Nurishment Original, its nutritionally-enriched milk drink.
Running from mid-March for two months, Nurishment’s four best-selling flavours – Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate and Banana – will feature the £1 flash.
“We know how price-sensitive shoppers are,” said Nyree Chambers, Head of Marketing at Grace Foods UK. “The price mark promotion will not only reward existing Nurishment consumers, it will also attract new shoppers and accelerate Nurishment’s rate of sale.”
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Tower Fasteners dropped 5,000 oversized self-mailers last week as part of an ongoing campaign that the company says is the best way to promote its more than 150,000 products to customers.
“Through repeated mailings we cannot only keep them up to date on the new products we have available, but it raises awareness and increases our exposure,” said Mark Shannon, vice president of Tower Fasteners, Holtsville, NY.
Tower is a distributor of fasteners and electronic hardware. It has been sending the mail pieces monthly to the purchasing directors and engineers at original equipment manufacturers since August.
The company has mailed 50,000 pieces since the campaign began, and averages a 2 percent response rate. Shannon said the mailers cost $750 to $1,000 each month, and the effort has generated enough sales to cover the cost of the mailings to date.
Shannon said monthly mailings are better than catalogs because of the large number of products offered and frequent changes to the line.
“We wouldn't want customers to look at a catalog and think [what was published] was the number of products we were limited to,” he said.
Though the mailers list only a few products each month, they aim to spark interest and send potential customers to Tower's Web site or toll-free number for more information.
The monthly mailings also help Tower compensate for a high turnover rate among the target audience.
“The people in the buyer and designer positions within these companies are a critical contact for us,” he said. “So if someone who we have had contact with for a while leaves, I want the next person to become familiar with us as quickly as possible.”
Because of the high turnover, Tower does not include the recipient's name on the mailing. Instead, it addresses the pieces to the “purchasing director” or “design department.”
Tower compiles the mailing list internally. The first mailing last August was split equally between prospects and customers. Since then most of the prospects have become customers.
“It is generally the same pool of people that we started with,” he said. “But each month we will establish or find a new contact or target that we would like to be doing business with and we add them to the mailing list.”
This basic design stays the same each month, though different products are highlighted.
The pieces were created and distributed for Tower Fasteners by Isser and Associates, Baldwin, NY.


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A new study issued today by digital advertising technology company SocialVibe reveals that 70 percent of consumers actively engaged in social media have made a purchase as a result of being connected to a brand online — whether on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest or Google+.
The study also revealed that 61 percent of consumers first consider the brands they are connected with when shopping.
“Connections” in the study are defined as a consumer choosing to connect with a brand online through an action such as “liking” the brand on Facebook, or “following” it on Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest or Google+. For the study — conducted by the Digital Marketing Intelligence team at independent research firm GfK — 878 consumers opted in to take a survey across SocialVibe's network of premium partner sites. The study aimed at better understanding the dynamics of consumers connecting to brands through online social channels.
Key findings from the study include:
1) Brand connections drive purchase behavior
The study revealed that 70 percent of consumers socially connected to a brand online have made a purchase as a direct result of that connection, demonstrating that social connections are becoming increasingly important for brand marketing efforts.
According to the study, 19 percent of consumers make purchases “often” and 29 percent make purchases “sometimes” because of brand connections. Similarly, many consumers are testing these waters, with 22 percent having made a purchase once or twice because of a brand connection.
2) Consumers connect to re-experience brands
Twenty percent of consumers connect with brands because they’d like to receive special offers, which suggests that they want to repurchase with an offer or discount. These connections are providing consumers with a direct outlet to deals from the brands they prefer.
“Connections are really a consumer’s way of saying that they would like to spend more time with the brand,” said John Capano, chief marketing officer of SocialVibe.
The study also found that 16 percent of consumers choose to connect with a brand because they want to stay up-to-date on the brand’s news and information, further illustrating a consumer desire to deepen the brand experience and an important takeaway for brand loyalty operations.
3) Once connected, consumers regularly stay in touch
Results from the study also indicate that 23 percent of consumers check back weekly for updates on the brands they’re connected to, with as many as 17 percent of consumers monitoring brands for updates on a daily basis — a powerful finding for brands looking to carry the experience forward.
“Driving lasting connections with a brand through social properties like their Facebook page or Twitter handle provides an avenue for ongoing conversation, and these longer-term relationships are much more valuable to brand loyalty than a one-time experience,” said Jamie Auslander, director of research for SocialVibe.
4) Connections have to be carefully preserved
The study further found that 37 percent of consumers who build these online social connections with brands also terminate them by un-liking, un-following, etc.
“Brands need to be mindful that connections can be both powerful and disruptive to the social experience,” said Tiffany Leslie, director of marketing communications for SocialVibe. “They need to carefully determine the balance between driving loyalty and overwhelming their advocates.”
One-third of consumers who disconnected from brands did so because they were receiving too many updates.
“With 22 percent of consumers indicating that they did not see the value in staying connected, brands have to reinforce why consumers should remain connected with them rather than simply repeating the ‘Like us on Facebook’ mantra,” Leslie said.
SocialVibe combines the power of an extensive network of premium online and mobile partners, a large, 750x500 rich media ad unit, and innovative new placements such as value exchange and interstitials to deliver proven results for brands and marketers. This combination is one of the most powerful in digital advertising, driving industry leading results like five to 10 times the engagement of display, 60 seconds time spent, 80 percent-plus completion rates and more than 15 percent lift in key brand metrics including consideration and purchase intent.
To see examples of engagements with “connections” from leading brands, visit: http://www.socialvibe.com/advertisers-gallery.html
SocialVibe is a next-gen digital ad-tech company that powers engagement advertising for some of the world’s top brands. In today’s online landscape where consumer attention is hard to capture, SocialVibe’s interactive ads deliver better results through deeper engagement by delivering an improved consumer experience and more powerful brand interaction. As a pioneer and recognized leader in engagement marketing, SocialVibe enables advertisers to reach consumers where they are most passionately engaged across the web and mobile, including social, social gaming, content, music, video, Wi-Fi, travel and sports. SocialVibe is based in Los Angeles, Calif., with offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and London. For more information, visit socialvibe.com or engage with us on twitter.com/socialvibe.
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Simpsonville to offer Holiday Market in downtown
Holiday shoppers will have a new option in downtown Simpsonville this year. Each Saturday evening between Thanksgiving and Christmas part of Main Street near the Clock Tower will transform into the Simpsonville Holiday Market.
The inaugural event is being offered this year by the Main Street Chapter of the Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce, and is being managed by Exchange Co. owner Michael Bacaro.
Starting Nov. 28, the Market will be open from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. on four consecutive Saturdays. It will feature more than 30 vendors from the area selling holiday-themed items. Bacaro said many of the downtown shops are going to stay open longer on these Saturdays as well.
Bacaro said there will be new vendors every week.
"They have a great list of vendors that are signed up to participate," said Jennifer Richardson, the director of programming and events for the Simpsonville Chamber. "I think for a first-year event, it's going to be a really great one."
There will be items for sale such as ornaments, jewelry, gourmet popcorn, hot chocolate, German wine and bratwursts. The Main Street Chapter will also be selling a Simpsonville ornament and commemorative mugs. The mugs will sell for $5 and several vendors will be selling drink refills for $2 to $3. Bacaro said there will be holiday music playing in the background, as well as some live performances by area performers.
"We will have Christmas lights decorating downtown and a lot of vendors will be decorating their booths," Bacaro said.
The Market is based on holiday markets in Germany known as ChristkindlMarket.
Bacaro said the Main Street Chapter members were discussing having some sort of Christmas ceremony around the Clock Tower, but weren't exactly sure what it would be. Then Simpsonville Police Deputy Chief Steve Moore told Bacaro what he recalled from living in Vienna, Germany for a time.
"He said over there they actually have all-day long (holiday) markets every day for a couple of months," Bacaro said.
Bacaro said the market could be the perfect opportunity for a shopper who has no idea what to get someone for Christmas.
"Typically shoppers, especially men, go to the store and get generic stuff," Bacaro said. "There's not going to be anything generic here.
"It will be unique, one-of-a-kind items that no one else will have under their tree."


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Second annual Recycling Innovators Forum announced
By Editorial Staff, E-Scrap News
Feb. 14, 2014
Creative and entrepreneurial inventors interested in recycling will get another chance to pitch their ideas, thanks to the just announced 2014 Recycling Innovators Forum.
The second annual forum is sponsored by Alcoa, the American Chemistry Council, Coca-Cola Recycling, Resource Recycling, Inc. (the parent company of this publication) and Waste Management. It will be held Sept. 15, the day before the official start of the annual Resource Recycling Conference in New Orleans.
The Forum allows inventors, teams, researchers, entrepreneurs and others to compete for cash prizes and gain industry exposure for their ideas. Proposals will be evaluated based on their scalability, feasibility, impact on recycling and how quickly they can be implemented. The Forum will award two prizes of $20,000: one to the top idea backed by a company or established organization, and another to the top idea backed by a single inventor or startup team.
Last year, a proposal from Earth911 to more effectively communicate the recyclability of products through smartphone apps beat out nearly 50 other submissions and nine finalists to take home the grand prize.
Those interested in participating or attending should visit www.recyclinginnovators.com to learn how to enter and download official rules.


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Google’s anticipated second generation 10-inch Nexus 10 tablet, the Nexus 10 2 now has a new rumored release date which points to January 2014. As IBTimes reports (Dec. 17), Google might introduce the Nexus 10 2 in 2014.
Earlier reports of Black Friday and Cyber Monday potential release dates have come and gone and there is no sign of the Nexus 10 2. Google’s first generation 16GB Nexus 10 is sold out in Google Play, while the 32GB variant is available for $500. According to TechnoBlimp, Google “does not plan to restock the device once it sells out,” a Google spokesperson said.
Some reports speculate that Google may have scrapped the idea of releasing the 10-inch Nexus 10 2 tablet. Consumers have gravitated more towards the Nexus 4, 5 and 7 devices than they did the first generation Nexus 10, released over a year ago.
Discontinued devices and price drops during the holiday season indicates the arrival of new merchandise. As Sidhtech points out, the recent price reduction of the Nexus 7 2013 tablet could signal that the Nexus 10 2 is coming soon. With the Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2014) kicking off Jan. 7 and the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2014) conference beginning on Feb. 27, we can expect see new tablets enter the mobile market.
Although Google hasn’t acknowledged that the Nexus 10 2 tablet actually exists, the latest rumors circulating the device’s specs include a 2560 x 1600 display, a Tegra 4 or possibly the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM, an Adreno 330 GPU, an 8MP rear camera, a 9,000 mAh and run on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat OS.


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U.S. House lawmakers are demanding information from federal officials on what they are doing to stop the recent influx of kid-appealing electronic cigarettes from China.
Members of a new congressional committee on U.S.-China relations sent the request last week to U.S. Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration leaders, calling attention to “the extreme proliferation of illicit vaping products.”
The letter cites the Associated Press reporting on how thousands of new disposable e-cigarettes have hit the market in recent years, mostly manufactured in China and sold in flavors like watermelon and gummy bear.
In May, the agency called on customs officials to block imports of Elf Bar, a small, colorful vaping device that is the No. 1 choice among teenagers.
The media has reported that the company behind Elf Bar has been able to evade the ban by simply renaming its products, which remain widely available in convenience stores and vape shops.
“We ask you to work with the Customs and Border Protection to address this urgent problem with all due speed,” states the bipartisan letter from 12 members of the committee, including Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
The special committee was established early this year to counter Chinese policies that can damage the U.S. economy. Tensions between the two countries have been rising for years, with both China and the U.S. enacting retaliatory measures on imports.


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The New Netflix Ad-Supported Tier Might Cost You $7-$9 Monthly
Wednesday, 31/08/2022 16:29 PM
According to the latest information from Bloomberg, Netflix is said to offer a lower ad-supported tier for users, the price is predicted to fall between $7-$9 per month, and Netflix executives are considering this.
Also, according to the information revealed by this source, the world's leading streaming service will program to insert about four minutes of advertising in every hour of watching a movie. These ads will only appear before and during the shows, and users will not have to go through the annoying ads when the program ends.
This new $7-$9 price range only offers users standard definition streaming quality, but the upside is that it's lower than the $9.99 Netflix currently offers. To enjoy high-definition streaming, users will have to spend $15.99 per month, double the newly announced ad-supported tier. In addition, Netflix's Premium 4K plan remains the same at $19.99 a month.
Netflix will likely keep pricing for their new ad-supported service for international markets. Therefore, the most affordable price will be used by us for reference, including $6.99 a month for UK audiences and $10.99 a month for Australian audiences.
Bloomberg also confirmed that the new Netflix service with ads will be announced sometime in the final quarter of the year. Besides, in the latest announcement from this streaming service, Microsoft will be the unit responsible for the operation and marketing of their new option.
Netflix will try not to offend viewers by diversifying the content of newly added ads, and they will not be targeted to a specific audience. As a result, viewers will experience the ads in the most positive way possible.
Analysis: A Risky Move By Netflix
Netflix is facing unprecedented challenges, as the company is facing a wave of declining subscribers and a strong resurgence in many services. other streaming in recent years. The company's revenue will now come from both new user registration fees and associated ad units.
The Bloomberg report also mentions that Netflix wants to offer a lower price option to attract more users, and this option has the potential to retain customers who are looking to cancel their Netflix subscription at the supposed price. relatively high current.
However, the company will have to think carefully about its new or new design, as many reports suggest that the ad-supported tier contains a hidden code that prevents subscribers from downloading their favorite movies and shows to their devices to watch offline.
So far, Netflix hasn't made any new announcements, and we'll have to wait and see for an accurate assessment of the quality and value of this new Netflix option, as well as whether it is worth your money.


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Fitty LONDON launches new range of boxes.
We love a subscription box at HaGGLA and have had many over the years. Its a great way to try new things and you really can’t beat that feeling of a box of goodies coming to your door that’s just for you.
Every now and again we come across one or two boxes that really impresses us. Being Yoga fans and fitness freaks, these two new boxes have got us quite excited.
Fitty, the original health and fitness box, has launched a new range of boxes, including The Paleo Box and The Yoga Box. These new sport and diet-specific boxes are bursting with a must-have edit of the hottest nutritional foods, drinks, and workout products to help people perform at their best – mentally and physically.
These new boxes – which will change on a quarterly basis – are an evolution for the company, who started as a monthly subscription box. “We’ve found a new way to offer a more targeted, relevant product for health and fitness lovers, and this is a completely untapped territory” explains Laura Fullerton, founder and director of Fitty.
Fitty’s goal is to be the number one health and fitness gift. And the company is proud to turn down 70% of brands that want to feature in their boxes, because they don’t live up to their strict standards – which include no industrial seed oils and less than 30% sugar.
Making brilliant gifts for yourself or others, both boxes are an exciting way for customers to discover their new favourite products, in an affordable way.
THE YOGA BOX
Products featured: Mio Liquid Yoga Space Spray, Bulk Powders Vegan Series Protein Powder (full 500g bag), humble warrior super plant elixir, The Happiness Planner Food Journal, Vitness Collagen, Pukka Turmeric Active Tea, and Aduna Banana Boost Bar.
Worth £75 | Retails at £32 exclusively through fittyldn.com
THE PALEO BOX
Products featured: Four Sigmatic Mushroom Coffee, Symprove Probiotics, Raw World Company Biltong, Cocofina Coconut Aminos, Happy Butter Ghee, Blue Dinosaur Paleo Bar, Willy’s Apple Cider Vinegar, and Bare Biology Lion Heart Omega 3s.
Worth £60 | Retails at £32 exclusively through fittyldn.com


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Falun Gong followers protest in Hong Kong
AP, July 20, 2002
HONG KONG, China (AP) –More than 140 followers of the Falun Gong spiritual group protested in Hong Kong to mark the third anniversary of Beijing’s crackdown on the sect in mainland China, where it is banned.
Around 100 Falun Gong practitioners meditated in a downtown park Saturday, while another 40 meditated outside a police station opposite Beijing’s representative office in Hong Kong — near the spot where some of them were arrested for obstruction in March.
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Nissan Takes Note For Mums
As the old adage goes ‘mum knows best’ and that’s certainly the case when it comes to the new Nissan Note. As a leader in its class for space and practicality, we wanted to shout about how the Note is the perfect family car – for mums and dads, babies and buggies.
From The Sun (UK) to Vanity Fair (Italy) – 15 Pan-European automotive and lifestyle journalists were privy to a two-day ‘family-friendly’ event. Hosted by female engineers, media were treated to an exclusive tour of Nissan’s European Technical Centre – a hub of excellence for the design and development of its world-class vehicles – where they put the Note’s practicality to the test. To round the day off, lifestyle journalists were challenged to put their learnings to the test during a bespoke assault course at the internationally-renowned Millbrook Proving Ground.
All this demonstrated how the new Nissan Note has been developed with a focus on safety and practicality for the family market. Performance took ‘Note’ and secured coverage in over 20 European titles with an estimated reach of over 12.2m readers.


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Realme is all set to launch its new series of smartphones starting with the Realme U1 at an event in New Delhi today. The company has been teasing the upcoming smartphone for some time now and it is confirmed to house the MediaTek Helio P70 chipset. The phone will also get a “dewdrop” notch display keeping with trends. The device was also spotted in the wild once before and we know that It will be an Amazon exclusive when it launches in India later today. The online retailer has hosted a dedicated microsite for the Realme U1 and going by the promotions of the smartphone on the website, the highlight of the device will be its selfie camera setup.
There is not much known about the Realme U1 in terms of hardware. However, the smartphone was spotted on Geekbench running Android 8.1 Oreo with 4GB RAM. As mentioned earlier, the company is touting the “Most Powerful Selfie Camera Ever” on the Realme U1 and it is said to feature a high-res depth engine with “accurate” AI detection. The smartphone will feature a “Dewdrop notch” display that has been seen on smartphone offerings from Oppo and the recently-launched OnePlus 6T. Unfortunately, apart from the processor, there are no official details about the device’s internals.
The MediaTek Helio P70 SoC that is being used on the Realme U1 was announced in October. The octa-core chip is based on TSMC's 12nm FinFET process and comes equipped with four ARM Cortex-A73 cores that are clocked at up to 2.1GHz and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 2.0GHz. Coupled with an ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU, MediaTek claims that the new processor delivers 13 percent additional performance over the Helio P60 chip.
The Realme U1 launch is set to commence at 12:30 PM and the company will be live streaming the event via its YouTube channel. However, you can watch it from the video embedded below.
While there is no confirmation of the specs of the phone, the Realme U1 is rumoured to cost starting at 13,999 and could go all the way up to 17,999.


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In the first half of 2021 Volvo SA announced that it would be bringing EVs to SA. The very first model scheduled to arrive would be the XC40 P8 Recharge. Earlier this week the very first example of automaker’s battery powered SUV touched down in SA.
South African EV fans are in for a bumper year. There are a slew of new plug-in models on the way from premium brands such as Audi (read more here) BMW and Mercedes-Benz (check out the SA line-up at this link). But the Swedish manufacturer beat them all to the punch with the recent introduction of the Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge. The new owner has already taken delivery of their car in Johannesburg.
The XC40 P8 Recharge dishes up 304 kW and 660 N.m of torque from its twin electric motors ie one on each axle. Volvo says the SUV can sprint from 0-100 km/h 4,9 seconds. The electric compact model has a range of 418 km on a single charge. Owners are able to recharge up to 80 per cent of its battery capacity in just 40 minutes with the use of a fast charger.
The range-topping XC40 P8 Recharge cost costs R1,2 million and can only be ordered via the My Volvo website. Greg Maruszewski, managing director at Volvo Car South Africa, says the purchase of the brand’s first pure electric model comes with all manner of additional benefits.
“The XC40 P8 Recharge ships standard with the Volvo Care package, which includes not only a five-year maintenance plan and warranty – with the battery pack covered for eight years or 160 000 km – but also three years of comprehensive insurance, use of a petrol-powered vehicle for a two week holiday every year for three years, a home charging wallbox, and all the requisite charge cables.”


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U.S. auto parts exports rose by $1.48 billion in the third quarter as the falling dollar made U.S. goods cheaper abroad, according to corrected Department of Commerce data.
Automotive News, citing Commerce data that turned out to be wrong, reported Dec. 3 that exports of auto parts had declined substantially compared with the third quarter of 2006.
For all of 2007, Automotive News estimates that U.S. auto-parts exports will rise 6.2 percent to about $62.5 billion compared with 2006. Based on the faulty Commerce data, the Dec. 3 story had predicted a decrease for 2007.
According to the revised information from the Commerce Department's Office of Aerospace and Automotive Industries, third-quarter auto parts exports rose 10.7 percent from the same period a year earlier. Exports of original equipment and aftermarket vehicle parts reached $15.29 billion, from $13.81 billion a year earlier.


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LAWRENCES Auctioneers in Crewkerne has been bought by Auctionet, the web-based auction system for online and hammer auctions.
The acquisition by the Swedish-owned firm comes 30 years after a management buyout at the South Somerset business.
The long-established Lawrences, which operates from a large town centre, 19th Century building, boasts a dedicated team of specialists whose expertise covers almost 300 years in the industry.
The firm offers more than 50,000 lots per year from departments such as silver, ceramics, furniture, pictures, jewellery, militaria, collectors and sporting items and books.
Niklas Söderholm, co-founder and chief executive of Auctionet, said: “The acquisition of Lawrences Auctioneers, one of the UK’s most prominent and well-known auction houses, is an exciting milestone for both Auctionet and Lawrences Auctioneers.
“With this partnership we will strengthen our position in the UK market and help Lawrences implement an online strategy that is well proven across our group of European auction houses.”
Lawrences chairman and managing director Helen Carless said: “I have been managing director at Lawrences for more than 30 years, since I led a management buyout in 1992.
“Auctionet is a dream partner with whom to continue to develop the business and it is with great confidence I entrust Lawrences to the new owners.
“I am certain that it will flourish in Auctionet’s care.”
Ms Carless will continue as chairman and managing director with the current board of directors also remaining in place.
Auctionet was founded in 2011 and has since grown with more than 50 partner auction houses, operating in six countries.
It sells more than 500,000 lots annually with auctions taking place 365 days of the year.
Mr Söderholm added: “A digital presence has never been more important and the transition of traditional hammer auctions to pure online solution has been pioneered by Auctionet.
“We are now able to provide our partnered auction houses with a truly integrated auction management and logistics package that enables local auctioneers to have a global reach.
“With a 40 per cent increase in web traffic over the past 12 months, online auctions are now being established as a key component for auctioneers.
Tom Österman, co-founder and responsible for Auctionet’s UK operations, said: “The announcement of our latest acquisition is a pivotal point in Auctionet’s expansion in the UK and amplifies our commitment of building a full-scale online presence for our partnered auctioneers.”


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Deliveroo, the global leader in premium food delivery and Dubai Airports have launched the region’s first airport delivery service at Dubai International (DXB).
The unique concept – named DeliverooDXB – is a customer-centric airport initiative that enables time-starved passengers to get freshly-prepared food delivered straight to their boarding gates within minutes of ordering. Passengers simply place an order on Deliveroo’s app, website, or via the quick link on DXB’s high-speed, unlimited free Wi-Fi service known as ‘Wow-Fi’.
Following successful launch of the programme in Dubai, Deliveroo will look to bring the service to other international hubs around the world.
Eugene Barry, Executive Vice President of Dubai Airports’ Commercial and Communications group, said: “DeliverooDXB is a truly ground-breaking service that brings an extra level of convenience to our customers. Our mission to completely reinvent the airport experience is rooted in implementing innovative concepts, as demonstrated by this partnership with the world’s best food delivery brand. Now passengers can receive delicious food from our food & beverage outlets while they wait to board, all made possible by the expertise of Deliveroo and our world-beating Wow-Fi service.”
Anis Harb, Deliveroo General Manager, GCC, commented: “Deliveroo’s mission is to provide the best food delivery experience in the world, and there is no reason why that should be limited to the home or office. Joining forces with Dubai Airports is a strategic next step for us as we continue to revolutionise the way people order restaurant food. With our riders now delivering to the gate, there is no reason to miss breakfast, lunch or dinner even when passengers may only have minutes to spare before boarding.”
“We’re delighted to be participating in the launch of this exciting concept,” said Kevin Zajax, CEO of Emirate Leisure Retail. “We’re sure that passengers will appreciate the freshness and quality of the food that’s available at our restaurants.”
The service is currently available for passengers in DXB Terminal 3, A-Gates, with over 10 participating outlets including Costa, Giraffe, Café Chocolate, Picnic, Paul Bakery & Restaurant, Pulp Juice, Carluccio’s, Le Pain Quotidien and McDonald’s.
After six months, Dubai Airports will look to roll-out the service across further outlets and concourses at DXB.
The launch of DeliverooDXB is hot on the heels of several measures that have transformed Dubai International’s passenger experience. These include a free movie service with ICFLIX, an ongoing art initiative artDXB, Early Birds discounts of up to 25%, the first Jones the Grocer in an airport and a new sleep lounge ‘sleep ‘n fly’, with many other major projects in the pipeline.


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There are rumors that Intel's Sandy Bridge-E CPUs will be shipped by November. These consumer processors' target audience are the enthusiast overclockers.
It is rumored that the upcoming Core i7 processor from Intel, the 3820, 3930K and the 3960X will all ship without a cooler in the box.
Apple issued an ultimatum to Intel regarding its power hungry processors. Make them consume less power, or lose Apple as a customer. Intel listened, and now we have a new category of notebooks: UltraBooks.
Hitachi GST unveils a new enterprise-class solid-state drive based on Intel's 25nm MLC NAND Flash. The new Ultrastar SSD400M family of SSDs is a result of a joint development between Hitachi GST and Intel.
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) announced for the 2nd Quarter of 2011, Intel's market share of graphic shipment increased about 20% quarter-to-quarter. AMD also gained market share and NVDIA lost share, vis-a-vis Intel's performance.


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Though expected to open its doors this fall, mockups of Apple's Shanghai store have already leaked. We love architect Ben Wood's mix of Apple's glass-and-steel minimalism with more traditional Chinese shapes and materials. [via Cult of Mac] »6/04/09 7:00pm 6/04/09 7:00pm
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Although every day more and more shopping malls are popping up across Iran, there's one fashion e-commerce in the country which is offering products that are not easily found in retail shops. Modiseh is an online fashion e-commerce known for its exotic discounts and stylish fashion products in Iran.
Iran Supreme Council of Cyberspace is ruling out new regulations for foreign messaging apps and social media platforms. Soon these companies must move their servers inside the country and have a legal representative in Iran.
We all heard the news about Dara Khosrowshahi who became the CEO of Uber in the past couple of days. But who else can be named as a successful Iranian entrepreneur in Silicon Valley? Here is the list of these people.


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It’s not too late! says Responsible Travel as entries close on Monday 20th April 2015 for the World Responsible Tourism Awards at WTM, and past winners speak out about the benefits winning has had for their businesses.
The Awards, founded and organised by Responsible Travel and part of the world’ s largest event for responsible tourism action held on World Responsible Tourism Day at WTM London, are a global search for the most inspiring and enduring responsible holiday experiences in the world.
Although the entry deadline is looming Responsible Travel insist it is not too late to submit an entry. Participation is free and the initial submission is a straightforward process.
Justin Francis, managing director and founder of the Awards says “This year we are looking to tourism businesses and organisations to put themselves forward for consideration, rather than relying on public nominations.
“The submission form is an opportunity for each to introduce us to their work and to give an overview of what makes their responsible tourism initiatives stand out.
“There is certainly still time to enter the Awards. The submission form is simply the first stage of the process, which ultimately culminates in our ceremony at World Travel Market, London on Wednesday 4th November 2015.
“I’d want to encourage any businesses considering an entry to get in touch”.
Past winners have also been recently speaking out about the benefits winning the World Responsible Tourism Awards has had for their businesses.
TUI Nederland, overall winner in 2013 for an innovative project tackling child sex tourism in north-east Brazil commented “Winning the World Responsible Tourism Award gave our company a great amount of media coverage on our program ‘A Collective NO to Child Sex Tourism in North East Brazil’. Winning does not mean the job is done, it strengthens us in our belief that we are doing the right thing and we will continue doing so.”
Janine Duffy, at Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours, winners of the Best for Wildlife Conservation category in 2014 touched on the uplift in the company’s profile since their win “Government and Not-for-Profit organisations are, we believe, more inclined to engage with us now that we are recognised internationally. From a business point of view, we’ve never been busier. We’ve seen a 17% increase in sales in the first three months of 2015.”
Submitting an entry into the Award is a straightforward process. Simply go to http://www.worldresponsibletourismawards.com/submissions, click on the required category to download a submission form, complete it and return it to the World Responsible Tourism Awards Manager on firstname.lastname@example.org by Monday 20th April 2015.
The full list of categories for 2015 is as follows:
- Best Animal Welfare Initiative – supported by the Born Free Foundation
- Best for Beach Tourism – sponsored by Jersey Tourism
- Best Cultural Heritage Attraction – sponsored by Wightlink
- Best Destination for Responsible Tourism – sponsored by Visit Norway
- Best Accommodation for Disability Access – sponsored by Enable Holidays
- Best for Engaging People & Culture
- Best Hotel for Local Sourcing – sponsored by Colorado Tourism
- Best Innovation for Carbon Reduction
- Best for Poverty Reduction
- Best Blog for Responsible Tourism – sponsored by Fair Trade Tourism
- Best Sea or River Cruise
- Best for Wildlife Conservation – sponsored by the Florida Keys & Key West Tourist Development Council
- People’s Choice in Responsible Tourism
Notes to editors
About World Travel Market
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is the must-attend four-day business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry.
Almost 51,500 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international press, embark on ExCeL – London every November to network, negotiate and discover the latest industry opinion and trends at WTM.
WTM, now in its 36th year, is the event where the travel industry conducts and concludes its deals. WTM 2014 will generate around £2.5 billion of travel industry contracts.
World Travel Market is part of Reed Travel Exhibition’s WTM portfolio, which also includes Arabian Travel Market, World Travel Market Latin America and World Travel Market Africa. www.wtmworld.com
About the World Responsible Tourism Awards
For more information on the World Responsible Tourism Awards visit www.worldresponsibletourismawards.com
Now in their 12th year, the World Responsible Tourism Awards were founded in 2004 to celebrate the most inspiring stories in responsible tourism.
The Awards are organised by Responsible Travel and ICRT (International Centre for Responsible Tourism). The Awards ceremony is hosted by World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, during World Responsible Tourism Day, the world’s largest event for responsible tourism which this year takes place on Wednesday 4th November.
This year, the Awards feature 13 categories covering a variety of topics, which reflect the hottest issues currently debated in the world or responsible and sustainable tourism. For the first year tourism businesses and organisations around the world can submit themselves for consideration. The only Award that will remain publically voted is the People’s Choice Award. Submissions are welcome between 2nd March – 20th April 2015. Public voting for the People’s Choice will be open May – early June.
Follow Awards news and updates on Twitter: @RTAwards or #WRTA2015 and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/responsibletourismawards where you can also find stories from our previous international winners.
About Responsible Travel:
Responsible Travel is the world’s leading market place for small and tailor-made tour operators, all screened for their commitment to responsible tourism.
Responsible Travel connects these operators with people looking for real & authentic holidays. Starting with just 2 tour operators in 2001 we’ve become the leading place to find tours from over 400 small & specialist tour companies in 197 countries. As tourism grows globally the opportunity for authentic experiences diminishes, and the impacts of tourism on places & local people (not always positive) grows. We’ve found the secret to authentic travel is treating local people & places responsibly.
In addition Responsible Travel:
– campaigns for positive change in the travel and tourism industry.
– is publishing an expanding collection of open, honest travel guides
CEO Justin Francis has been included in Courvoisiers The Future 500, Thames and Hudsons 60 Innovators Shaping Our Creative Future and taken his place on the Advisory Board of The International Centre for Responsible Tourism.
The company is based in Brighton’s North Laine district, England.
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A study by Juniper Research has found around 53% of the global population will access digital banking services in 2026.
The study detailed that between 2021 and 2026, the global uptake of digital banking is expected to grow from 2.5 billion to 4.2 billion.
According to Juniper, the research identified digital transformation efforts as enabling banks to function effectively during the pandemic. This, the firm claims, justifies the benefits of digital banking and fostering further user growth.
The study identified China to be the largest digital banking market over the coming five years – with the country accounting for close to 25% of all digital banking users in 2026.
Furthermore, the research recommended that banks seek to better integrate their various offerings into a single, consistent digital experience in order to better compete with diverse competition.
Beyond user uptake, the study also analysed 30 leading Tier 1 banks based on their innovation in terms of investment, digital features, innovation and their agility in terms of profitability, size and brand strength in order to evaluate their digital transformation readiness.
According to Juniper, it identified in order Bank of America, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, BBVA and the DBS Bank as the leading group of banks for digital transformation.
Juniper said, “Bank of America offers an ever-expanding digital platform, including the Erica chatbot, and has recorded significant upticks in digital usage and engagement during the pandemic. JPMorgan Chase has experimented with blockchain and made acquisitions, such as that of wealth manager Nutmeg in the UK to boost its offerings.
“HSBC has launched innovative new solutions, such as HSBC Kinetic for small businesses in the UK, with BBVA launching initiatives including cryptocurrency trading and DBS Bank having high levels of digital engagement.”
Research co-author Damla Sat added: ‘These banks have progressed with well-planned and executed digital transformation strategies, and other banks need to build similarly broad and revolutionary roadmaps, or be left behind by more agile competitors.”
A recent study by Juniper found the amount of smart POS systems will increase by 156% by 2026, with companies needing to implement new features to stay ahead of the market.


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Emily Winston’s bagel-making robots are ready to roll: The 18,000-square-foot facility meant to serve as the backbone of Boichik Bagels' march toward Bay Area bagel domination will open bright and early at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, March 24.
The new production facility at 1225 Sixth Street in Berkeley has been at least a year and a half in the making. After announcing the new space back in September 2021, Winston has not only been busy opening new locations of Boichik Bagels around the Bay, but also overseeing the building of the facility and the creation of the robot at the center of bagel production — oh, and on top of it all, crowdfunding over $1 million on SMBX to help get the project off the ground.
The menu at the Sixth Street retail shop and production facility will be extremely familiar to Boichik Bagels fans, Winston says, from the bagels to the cream cheese to coffee offerings and bagel sandwiches. And while there aren’t any items that’ll be special to the Sixth Street bagel plant just yet (Winston has no plans in place for them either but hasn’t quite ruled out the possibility), Winston does have a few more food secrets up her sleeves.
Now that she has the space to make more food, she’s finally bringing back the pastry program that was initially launched with the bagel shop. The first on the list of items to return: Winston’s black and white cookies, along with rugelach, challah, and a triple chocolate chip loaf cake, Winston’s ode to Entenmann’s chocolate chip crumb loaf cake. “This is the adult foodie version of that cake,” Winston says. “It’s so good.” Winston hopes to relaunch the pastries as early as next week, with the plan being for those to be made at Sixth Street and rolled out to her shops across the Bay Area from there. “What happened was we got so popular and the demand was so high, that we just had no room to do pastry anymore,” Winston says. “We had to let it go because we had to make more bagels. So it’s exciting to have the space to be able to bring that back.”
Those hoping for a glimpse at the dough production line in action are in luck. Winston says the facility will have an excellent vantage point from which to watch the bagel magic happen. “The main thing is that I designed the whole place around the showpiece, which is the heart of the plant, the dough line, which has been like my new baby,” Winston says. “It’s super awesome, it’s really fun to watch — it’s quite mesmerizing.” A window sitting front and center to the dough line will allow visitors to see how everything’s made.
Also included in the new facility are cafe tables for visitors to sit inside or outdoors on the patio. With those new spaces, Winston says she’s hoping to host events such as mahjong, bridge, and chess clubs to play alongside some coffee and bagels. Winston says signage will soon go up, as well as a new mural on the outside of the building, painted by local artist Nigel Sussman.
Boichik Bagels (1225 Sixth Street, Berkeley) will debut Friday, March 24, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until sold out) and will be open 7:30 a.m to 1 p.m. seven days a week.


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New | Hong Kong mall operators rejig tenant mix to fight sales slump while street landlords cut rents
Hong Kong's mall operators and street landlords are bracing themselves for a further slide in retail sales for the rest of this year, but the cards they can play under tough conditions are different.
For financially sound developers that own big malls in popular shopping districts like Causeway Bay, cutting rents is not their priority since occupancies are stable, particularly after some luxury street shops retreated back to the malls where rents are not as high as on the streets in general. Alternatively, they may consider renovation to reorganise its tenants to boost sales.
The malls that completed such restructuring last year have withstood this year's weak retail sentiment better than others. At Cityplaza in Taikoo Shing, owned by Swire Properties, retail sales saw double-digit growth in the first half of this year after a HK$100 million facelift was completed last year.
"The landlords need to look at where people are buying now and what they are buying to line their tenant mixes accordingly. Continuing to chase after luxury is probably not the right approach," said Tom Gaffney, the head of retail at consultancy JLL.
Government statistics shows that during the first six months of this year, sales of jewellery and watches tumbled 15.9 per cent annually, but food and beverages as well as consumer durable goods such as electronics saw sales growth of more than 7 per cent.
Analysts expected more new overseas brands, mostly mid-range retailers in sport apparel and fast fashion, to open flagship shops in Hong Kong, which would probably lure back some mainland tourists on the hunt for fresh and young brands.
"Shoppers and shopping malls are looking for something new. They look for novelty. If the brand has been in the market for a long time, its attractiveness will be diminished," said Joe Lin, the executive director of retail services from consultancy CBRE.
For street landlords looking for rental income, cutting rents is the key.
"It's never been a huge issue for street individual landlords on tenant mix. They have never been that picky. They are quite happy to take whoever is paying. So at the end of the day, it's about what they are willing to pay," Gaffney said.
In Causeway Bay, Emperor Watch and Jewellery is now paying a monthly rent of HK$2.76 million, or HK$1,632 per square foot, for a 1,700 sq ft shop at 8 Russell Street. It will surrender the lease next month, two years ahead of the expiry.
The shop will then be leased to Bonjour for HK$1.6 million, or HK$940 per square foot, per month, about 42 per cent lower than the current lease.
Street retail rents in traditional shopping districts have fallen to the mid-2011 level, a sign that the situation is returning to normal, according to researchers from commercial real estate consultancy Colliers. They expected a further 15 per cent decline in rents for the rest of the year.
As for luxury brands that once benefited from the gift-giving culture on the mainland, they were unlikely to hit peak sales again because of the consistent anti-corruption campaign, so they might just open one or two shops in prime shopping districts, Lin said.


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To watch video of opening day at Sun City, go to blufftontoday.com.
The Softball Club started bright and early in Sun City on Sept. 11.
The opening cermony began at 8 a.m. and games continued throughout the day.
John Hock has become an influential part of keeping Sun City residents fit and healthy in just 15 months.
Hock and his wife, Donna, moved from Wisconsin once they retired to be closer to friends who have lived in Sun City for many years.
Tennis Boot Camp 2 registration under way
Tennis Boot Camp 1 was such a success that the Sun City Tennis Association is please to offer Tennis Boot Camp 2. Clinics are open to all Sun City residents who are level 2.0 and 2.5 tennis players.
People don't like debt collectors - and they don't mind saying so. The top category of consumer complaints were about debt-collection industry practices, according to this year's accountability report from the S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs.


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Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:53
Intel sued by shareholders over 7nm delays
Making promises that could not be kept
Chipzilla is in trouble with its shareholders over its delayed 7nm moves.
Wednesday, 27 December 2017 08:43
Cannon Lake was supposed to be Gen 7
Intel's 10nm is two years late
Intel hasn't announced its 10nm processors, despite us expecting them before the end of 2017. While there is a good indication that we shall see 10nm from Intel in 2018, it means that Chipzilla is two years behind with 10nm.
Monday, 06 June 2016 12:49
Kaby Lake-S arrives in fourth quarter
Faster clocks than Skylake with same TDP
Skylake desktop CPU's are doing well but it looks like Kaby Lake will arrive in late 2016 and clean its clock.
Published in AI
Thursday, 26 March 2015 09:50
Skylake Mobile Celerons coming in Q4 15
Pentium, Core M, Core i3, i5 and i7 too
It looks like Intel will be ready with Celeron and Pentium versions of Skylake before the end of the year.
Monday, 24 September 2012 12:11
Intel changes its next gen introduction strategy
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Financial services giant KPMG has entered the sustainable seafood initiative in Hong Kong, backing WWF’s B2B-focused campaign on sourcing.
WWF has dropped its annual scorecard ranking Hong Kong retailers for efforts to improve sustainability and has launched a new Sustainable Seafood Business Membership Program, funded by the KPMG Foundation.
The program aims to increase the accessibility of sustainable seafood by linking suppliers,… Read More
The Marine Stewardship Council is making a concentrated push to certify Chinese retailers’ private-label offerings.
MSC has partnered with retailers Hema and Aeon for the launch of new lines of private-brand products ...
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Historically high prices for headed-and-gutted cod and haddock, combined with expensive ocean freight rates and energy costs, are threatening the viability of China’s processing-for-reexport sector ...
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Taiwanese tuna trawlers are staying put in port, according to an industry representative.
Tony Lin, project manager at the Taiwan Tuna Association, told SeafoodSource that depreciation of the value of the Japanese yen, alongside high oil prices and continuing COVID-19 safety and prevention measures” have “caused the operating costs of Taiwan distant fisheries to rise, affecting the willingness to operate and the decline in… Read More
Chinese consumers are facing soaring prices for imported salmon, and that may not be good for long-term market growth, according to Fan Xubing, head of the Beijing-based seafood marketing consultancy Seabridge.
Exports of fresh Norwegian Atlantic salmon to China increased 67 percent in value year-on-year between January and May 2022, even while dropping 11 percent in volume. That jump is part of a global surge in salmon prices as many global… Read More
Representatives of ocean-focused non-governmental organizations have issued a mix of praise and criticism of an agreement struck at the World Trade Organization to prohibit subsidy support for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and limiting fishing of overfished stocks.
The accord, agreed to on 14 June, ditched several parts of the draft text presented to ministers and was characterized by WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala… Read More
A deal has been struck at the World Trade Organization on an agreement prohibiting support for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and banning subsidies for fisheries deemed to be overexploited.
The slimmed-down version of the deal omitted several parts of the draft text presented to ministers, but has been broadly welcomed by environmental non-governmental organizations tracking the long-running negotiations.
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Geneus Biotech, a Dutch genomics firm developing DNA and blockchain techniques to prevent fraud and mislabeling in the food and pharmacological sectors, has set up a subsidiary firm in Paris, France ...
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A last-minute push by India for a quarter-century transition period complicated the final lap of ministerial talks to clinch a World Trade Organization deal on ending harmful fisheries subsidies on Wednesday, 15 June.
Indian Commerce Minister Shri Piyush Goyal said a 25-year transition period was a "must-have" in any deal in order to protect “low-income” Indian fishermen.
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Fisheries authorities in Ireland are warning about an influx of Pacific pink salmon putting the country’s critically endangered Atlantic salmon “on the verge of a very serious ecological crisis.”
Francis O’Donnell, the CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland – a state body tasked with protecting freshwater fish resources – has appealed to anglers and the public to report any sightings of any Pacific pink salmon in… Read More


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Two former directors of software company Torex have been jailed for fraud, following a trial at Oxford Crown Court.
Edwin Dayan and Christopher Ford, who were CEO and Finance Director respectively at Torex’s subsidiary firm XN Checkout, have been sentenced to 12 and six months’ imprisonment for the part they played in defrauding shareholders at the ex-AIM-listed company.
Ford’s sentence is suspended for two years but he has been banned from acting as a company director for two years, whilst Dayan has been banned from working on company boards for four years.
The pair caused more than £1.65 million in fictitious profits to be recognised within the published accounts of Torex, with their actions related to the company’s contract with pub and restaurant group Mitchells & Butler (MAB).
An investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which began in January 2007, found that Dayan and Ford made it look as if MAB had agreed to pay financial sums that were not actually owed.
The alleged fraud took place when reporting year-end financial results in 2005 and continued in the publication of Torex’s 2006 interim accounts.
In passing sentence, HHJ Eccles QC said: “Unless directors recognise they will go to prison, the temptation to manipulate accounts in hard times will be harder to resist.
“Such sentences may seem harsh on a personal level, but a strong deterrent is needed.”
The matters under investigation relate to the historic business of Torex Retail plc, which collapsed and was forced into administration in 2007. They do not relate to the ongoing business of Torex Retail Holdings Limited and its subsidiary companies.
Eccles also noted that the SFO investigation into the conduct of other individuals involved with the former company is still ongoing.
Torex works with companies across a number of sectors, including baby and maternity product retailer Mothercare, chocolate specialist Thorntons and convenience store group Spar.


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SAN MATEO — Burglars have been targeting rental cars in San Mateo possibly because they presume travelling business people are carrying valuable electronics like tablet computers, police said Wednesday.
Over about 2½ hours on July 10, starting around 6 p.m., thieves broke into six rental cars at the downtown Central Parking Garage on San Mateo Drive, said San Mateo police Sgt. Dave Norris.
Police believe things like rental company barcode stickers are tipping crooks off to which cars are rentals. And the investigators theorize the thieves believe business people are traveling with items like lap top computers, said Norris.
“People who are in town on business probably have some kind of portable electronics on them,” he said. “It’s that same logic that we suppose they are using.”
Norris said people should lock their cars, not leave any valuables in plain view and consider keeping their electronics with them.
Anyone with information about the break ins can call San Mateo police at 650-522-7650.
Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335. Follow him at Twitter.com/melvinreport.


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Fashion experts have pronounced that the short shorts of ’80s aerobics-class fame are back in style. Stars of all ages from Vanessa Hudgens to Eva Longoria have been daring to wear the flesh-baring shorts this summer, and if you are wondering if you’re seeing more skin than in years past, yes, you’re right.
“They’re definitely getting shorter,” Cosmopolitan fashion director Michelle McCool said in a recent USA Today article.
The fashion director urges wearers to be cautious when squeezing into this newest fashion piece as “even the Cosmo office” is not an appropriate place for short shorts. Instead, McCool advises that short shorts be saved for a picnic or party.
Short shorts are nothing new in secular fashion. The term “Daisy Dukes” derives from the early ’80s TV show “The Dukes of Hazard,” where actress Catherine Bach’s character, Daisy, regularly paraded around in the shortest of shorts. And we all watch every summer as the shorts get shorter and shorter, and society’s tolerance for modesty becomes higher and higher.
Just recently at Mass, I watched as a family scooted into the pew in front of me. Both teenage daughters were wearing shorts that nearly caused me to blush! These short shorts would be questionable apparel on a beach and were definitely not meant for a sanctuary.
As I wrote in a “Faith, Hope & Love” blog post last summer, modesty at Mass is an issue of respect and reverence:
“No matter where you sit on the appropriate Mass apparel spectrum, think twice this summer before donning your beach apparel to church. It’s not about what you’re wearing – it’s about who you’re meeting.”
Modesty is not an issue reserved just for females either. The baggy shorts that many men wear, despite a belt around the waist, can be just as revealing.
Beyond the pews, the emergence of shorter than short shorts makes me wonder what piece of clothing will be the “it” item next summer. Single Catholics, trends come and go, and I think we’re all in agreement that we should let the short shorts movement pass us by.


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California-based drone tool corporate 3DR has joined forces with Chinese language drone producer Yuneec to shape 3DR Executive Products and services.
The pair will search to marketplace answers to america govt and its quite a lot of branches for delicate industrial drone packages.
The transfer, introduced on the InterDrone convention in Las Vegas this week, combines a number of layers of generation from various events concerned with the Dronecode challenge – an open supply platform aiming to push not unusual requirements around the drone international.
Yuneec brings the . The corporate’s vivid orange H520 hexacopter has plenty of payload choices, redundancy methods, and security measures.
3DR’s specialism is in tool. The 3DR Website Scan platform supplies a cloud-based device for drone-enabled mapping and modelling packages.
The primary product from 3DR Executive Products and services is the Yuneec 3DR H520-G, which incorporates your complete 3DR Website Scan UAS platform, and a smaller controller designed for Apple iOS units.
The package deal additionally comprises integrations with Autodesk and Esri: two information research platforms for the development and geospatial industries, respectively.
The elephant within the room: DJI
The elephant within the room of this announcement is america govt’s complicated dating with the drone business’s main producer, DJI – particularly within the context of industry hostilities between america and China.
DJI is estimated to carry greater than 70 % of the worldwide marketplace. The Chinese language large has additionally branched into industrial operations, with a number of and tool releases aimed toward skilled pilots and area of interest packages.
In reality, each 3DR and Yuneec have needed to shift their trade fashions to account for DJI’s dominance. 3DR began out as a client drone corporate earlier than admitting defeat within the struggle to compete with DJI. Yuneec, in the meantime, has additionally pivoted against the economic marketplace, with out utterly leaving behind its roots.
Lately, then again, issues were raised over DJI’s information safety, in particular as the corporate’s airplane are getting used for delicate govt and armed forces initiatives all over the world.
DJI additionally neglected out on taking part within the Federal Aviation’s drone Integration Pilot Program, which has unfolded airspace and waived rules for a handful of intrepid, explorative packages throughout america.
Despite the fact that now not explicitly discussed, the discharge commentary from Yuneec and 3DR seems to play on the concept DJI’s dominance is one thing to be cautious of.
Its mentioned purpose is to fulfill “the call for for dealer selection by way of govt companies and contractors on the federal, state, and native stage, together with higher want for open platforms that may be safety qualified.”
CEO of 3DR, Chris Anderson, mentioned, “This three way partnership cements a powerful dating that is going again to the beginning of Dronecode and the shared trust that an open tool platform would lend a hand the drone business to develop and mature quicker, simply because it has in such a lot of different industries.”
“For US govt consumers who’re increasingly more on the lookout for US-based relied on answers, this mixture of worldwide leaders in and tool supplies the most productive of each worlds.”
Plus: Extra headlines from InterDrone
As you’d be expecting, the brand new partnership between 3DR and Yuneec isn’t the one headline from the InterDrone convention up to now.
Parrot launches new industrial merchandise
French drone producer Parrot has introduced two new industrial fashions: the senseFly eBee X and the Parrot ANAFI Paintings. The brand new drones be offering a fixed-wing possibility with 90 mins of flight time for mapping at scale and an all-round aerial imagery resolution, respectively. The ANAFI Paintings continues Parrot’s pattern of repurposing its client drones for industrial packages.
Skydio goals industrial drone customers
Talking of which, California startup Skydio has introduced the discharge of the Skydio Autonomy Platform. Necessarily, the corporate is making the mind at the back of its $2,000, fully-autonomous drone to be had to third-party builders. The usage of it, they’ll have the ability to construct new ‘abilities’ on most sensible of the present autonomy engine and iterate answers the usage of Skydio’s digital simulator.
The transfer may just pave the best way for the Skydio R1 to change into the go-to for industrial customers.
Yuneec launches new thermal payloads
Excluding focused on delicate operations with 3DR, Yuneec has expanded its industrial payload providing with the E10T, a thermal digicam with twin optical and thermal imaging, specifically evolved for inspection, protection, and seek and rescue packages. The E10T digicam is to be had in two variations: 320 by way of 256-pixel or 640 by way of 512-pixel thermal solution, each and every with other lens choices.
Web of Trade says
Each america and Australian militaries banned the usage of DJI merchandise closing 12 months, bringing up ‘cyber vulnerabilities’. The worry is that DJI and its related packages may just leak information again house to China – a ways from supreme when it’s used for delicate infrastructure, safety, and armed forces initiatives.
With america shifting to impose price lists on Chinese language items and an escalating industry battle underway, now’s as excellent a time as any for a home rival to loosen DJI’s grasp in the marketplace – even though that provider is co-founded by way of but some other Chinese language corporate.
Since issues had been raised about DJI’s merchandise, the drone large has moved to reassure consumers by way of liberating a document commissioned into its information practices, unveiling a ‘privateness mode‘ for pilots, and again and again pointing out that US buyer data is securely hung on US servers.


text: In recent years, Phu Quoc has been becoming one of the most favourite tourist destinations in Vietnam. This leads to over demand for hotel rooms that this island will need around 3,000 new hotel rooms in the next two year. According to Le Minh Hoang, Director of The Kien Giang’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the average number of tourists to Phu Quoc in the beginning of this year was 38,000 tourists. At the present, this rate is nearly doubled to approximately 70,000. However, the number of hotels room is far below this demand, with only 2,900 rooms, including 600 high-star rooms. Explanation for this booming demand might thanks to the open of Phu Quoc International Airport last year, as well as the excellent services of the hospitality industry on this small but beautiful island. therefore, Phu Quoc need built many hotel in there such as bring good things to visitor when travel in Vietnam. Hoang also reveal a plan to open sea routes connecting Phu Quoc and Thailand and Cambodia to attract more international tourists to the island in the near future. Additionally, an air route Phu Quoc – Thailand is being proposed to the Government. By the end of this year, there would be three new hotels, with a total capacity of 200 rooms. However, this seems to be still inadequate compare to the increasing demand.