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The switch to an all-digital movie format heralds the extinction of not only 35 mm film movies, but also older, historic theaters, such as my local movie house, as I recounted last year. Now there's another bit of Americana that's becoming endangered: the drive-in movie theater.
Where once there were more than 4,000 locations during their heyday in the 1950s, the number of drive-ins still in existence has dwindled to 368 today. With the cost of conversion to digital projection running upwards of $80,000, most of these small, family-run operations can't afford the cost. The industry anticipates the conversion to digital in the U.S. will be completed by year's end and globally by 2015, so the prospects for drive-in screens going dark very soon runs high.
It's not just moviephiles lamenting their potential demise: Japanese automaker Honda Motor is worried too, and in a bid to heighten awareness of the possibility, it launched Project Drive-In, a plan to donate five digital projectors to drive-in theaters that receive the most votes in an online competition.
Although it's a bit ironic that a so-called foreign automaker is trying to help save what is a uniquely American experience -- where are Ford and General Motors in this? -- it underscores the problem faced by the owners of drive-ins and local movie houses: The rush to save money by the studios is fundamentally changing the way we watch movies, and not necessarily for the better, either.
Even though I don't go to the movies very often, at least two or three times a year I try to make the trek to Warwick, N.Y., to capture a bit of that nostalgic bit of movie-watching at the nearest drive-in to me. While there's no longer a clunky audio box to hang from your car window anymore -- today you just tune in to a radio station to hear the action on the screen -- participating in this more intimate viewing experience brings back memories of a simpler time that's slipping away, and besides, you can't beat watching a flick while nestled among the apple orchards.
The industry is in the midst of a tumult that first saw movie houses carve up their theaters to fit in more screens, and then the conglomerates took over with Regal Entertainment , Cinemark , and most recently Bow Tie Cinemas, which bought the Clearview chain from Cablevision, consolidating the movie-watching experience into the hands of fewer chains. The result has been a proliferation of megaplexes with a dozen screens and rising ticket prices.
Drive-ins, then, are among the true last remaining independently owned theaters in the country.
IHS Screen Digest's Cinema Intelligence Service estimates that by 2015, 35 mm film will be no more. News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox studio was the first to announce its move to all-digital distribution in the U.S., and Hollywood anticipates it will cease film distribution by year's end. The creation of Digital Cinema Initiatives by Fox, MGM, Paramount, Universal, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney became the driving force behind the movement, creating standards for the industry to follow and setting deadlines to achieve the goal.
The National Association of Theatre Owners says 86% of the nearly 40,000 screens in the U.S. and Canada have already made the switch, yet even some chains like Carmike Cinemas , which shows second-run films in its discount theaters, might have to make some hard choices if it can no longer get print films.
For the studios, the conversion is a no-brainer: It costs about $1,500 to print and distribute film, but just $150 for a digital version. While there is an incentive program in place to repay drive-ins up to 80% of the cost for converting, the owners are still hard-pressed to front the money. The United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association estimates only 50 to 60 drive-ins have made the move thus far.
Despite the absence of American automakers helping to create awareness of the risks, Honda has already received more than 830,000 votes from moviegoers for their favorite drive-ins and has received more than $19,000 in contributions to help defray the costs for more theaters.
There's only a little more than two weeks to vote in Project Drive-In. Most drive-in theaters typically close in winter, and the likelihood they won't reopen their screens in the spring means the time to vote for your favorite drive-in is now -- then head out there and watch a movie, or jump in the back seat like you used to for a little different entertainment.
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The new feature was already announced in spring 2021, which should make it easier for professional content creators to monetize their online activities. By paying a certain monthly amount, the “super followers” will have access to exclusive, original, personalized content and will be able to interact directly and in a privileged way with their authors. A few days after the news that participants will be able to charge a ticket to participants in their live audio on Spaces, the official launch of Super Follows on Twitter also arrives, a sort of premium subscription that will allow access to exclusive content specially designed for a paying audience.
“With Super Follows on Twitter – reads the presentation of the new monetization tool for tweets – people can create an” extra “level of conversation to interact with their most engaged followers, all while earning money “. The awareness of how affectionate and active the communities that have grown up around certain long-time twitterers are: to offer their members higher quality, unique, personalized content. And for which you are willing to pay is for the last ones a way to thank them and continue to “cure” them and, at the same time, to try to earn from what they do every day on the Net.
The Super Follows on Twitter can be used for different purposes: to provide one-to-one advice on the best skincare routine, as @MakeupforWOC is already doing among those who talk about beauty on Twitter; to comment together with their “super followers” on the appointments and the best sports scores of the day, as @ KingJosia54 does with its community of paying followers; to receive the daily horoscope or personalized astrological advice, opportunities that @tarotbybronx fans can already take advantage of. In short, subscription content on Twitter “is designed for anyone who brings their unique perspective and personality to Twitter and uses them to conduct public conversations, including activists, journalists, musicians, writers, gamers, astrologers, beauty experts. , comedians, sportsmen”, comment from the platform.
What Is Super Follows On Twitter, And How Does It Work
This is why they are working, as often with social news, on the progressive rollout of the new setting in different countries and to different types of users. When the arrival of a subscription plan for the first time was officially announced, tweets and other exclusive content had applied to test it in advance. However, you can still ask to be included in a sort of “shortlist” to access the new feature for monetizing content on Twitter with priority, even if there are some requirements that the platform currently asks for – and it is not excluded.
Who will continue to do so even when the release is completed – to those who intend to take advantage of Super Follows on Twitter: be at least 18 years old, and a minimum of 10 thousand followers and have tweeted at least 25 times? In the last month. Those who meet these conditions can activate Super Follows on Twitter by choosing between three different options at the moment that provide for their followers to pay a monthly price of respectively 2.99, 4.99, and 9.99 dollars for clearly differentiated content packages (sum from which the platform would deduct a 3% commission for revenue up to $ 50,000 (over the commission it would rise to 20% ).
The content creator will recognize their paying “super followers” by a special pink badge displayed under the @username, and each time they reply to a tweet or mention the twitterer.
For their part, users willing to pay the most interesting content creators who follow on Twitter can check directly from their profile if they have already activated the Super Follows function and possibly view the available plans from the pink Super Follows button. Choose the one that best meets the requirements.
Their needs and continue directly with the in-app payment: from this moment on, only content that that user has reserved for their paying followers will be found on the feed, and they will be able to have one-to-one conversations with this or that only the other “super followers” will be able to read. However, it is not excluded that in the future, in the Super Follows option on Twitter. For example, there may also be access to Ticketed Spaces or live audio on Spaces exclusively for their super supporters or subscription to newsletters.
Why Twitter Is Experimenting With Ways To Pay The Most Active Users On The Platform (Even In Bitcoin)
From the social network of tweets, they seem to have taken seriously, more than other platforms (plans for paid Instagram Stories are still vague), the emerging trend of paying to follow influencers and content creators more insight or more similar to their interests or, better, to provide them with earning opportunities and to monetize the activities they do every day on social networks. Just think of the small revolution that the arrival, in recent months, of Tip Jar on Twitter has represented for fan funding, a function that allows – literally – to give a tip to your favorite twitterers.
Very soon to test payments for content creators in bitcoin on Twitter, without excluding the possibility that in the future virtual currencies will become payment methods for every other subscription content plan on Twitter. The platform’s effort to remunerate its most active users, or at least to find ways in which they can make their online activities more profitable and sustainable in the long term, derives from the awareness that “the incredible conversations [that take place at its internal every day] to make Twitter what it is. “And these are conversations that would not happen if there were no users who for some reason, even possibly economic ones, find it desirable to “stay” on Twitter.
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MessageGears, the leading provider of customer marketing solutions for the world’s largest brands, announced today that it has closed a $12 million growth financing led by Argentum and Bridge Bank. MessageGears’ customer marketing platform enables large enterprise brands to leverage all of their customer data in real time to send highly personalized messaging across various marketing channels, at scale. In connection with the financing, Walter H. Barandiarán, Managing Partner at Argentum, has joined MessageGears’ Board of Directors.
MessageGears’ platform removes common data access challenges for enterprise brands such as Expedia, Rakuten Rewards, Chick-fil-A, T-Mobile and OpenTable, and has helped them gain a reputation for being at the forefront of innovation in a relatively stale, mature industry.
“Our technology enables brands to develop deeper relationships with millions of customers, and we’re proud and excited to work with Argentum to continue to disrupt this industry.”
MessageGears’ solution leapfrogs their competition by being the only customer marketing platform available that connects directly to their modern data warehouses like Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift and Microsoft Azure. This removes a critical barrier that currently exists for enterprise marketers.
“This funding will help us continue to revolutionize the customer marketing landscape for enterprise brands”, said Roger Barnette, MessageGears’ CEO. “Our technology enables brands to develop deeper relationships with millions of customers, and we’re proud and excited to work with Argentum to continue to disrupt this industry.”
In addition to its core cross-channel messaging offering, MessageGears has recently launched new products Segment and Engage to round out its platform and make it easier for marketing teams to create dynamic audience segments and real-time “moments-based” campaigns without I.T. assistance. The company will utilize the new funds to expand resources in engineering, customer support, sales, and marketing.
“The hidden costs of data friction, including data out-of-sync, time-consuming data management, and maintaining data security and privacy, continue to hobble the marketing industry, creating challenges for marketers to seamlessly personalize messages at scale,” said Walter Barandiarán. “Their unique hybrid architecture, with a direct data access layer to enterprises’ modern data warehouses, solves critical challenges for large brands that need to communicate effectively with their customers. We are thrilled to be partnering with MessageGears to help them scale.”


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The much-anticipated 2023 Mac Pro will almost certainly lack features considered critical for workstations: upgradable RAM and support for eGPUs. But this isn’t Apple blindly making an error — it’s an inescapable fact of the M-series’ unified memory architecture.
The limitation isn’t new: it’s been known since the M1 processor was announced. But the imminent release of a top-tier macOS workstation is shining a spotlight on the problem.
For those who weren’t paying attention back in 2020, here’s an explanation of why RAM upgrades and plug-in GPU likely aren’t an option for the 2023 Mac Pro.


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The digital age has been threatening to arrive for a decade and more now. Experts in India believed that we finally arrived in 2018 when the markets were growing at 28% CAGR and online shoppers were expected to reach 200 million people from 120 million in 2018. And then came SARS-CoV-2. And the world changed once again. In the last few months as the pandemic wreaked havoc from New York to Nagpur and from Cape Town to Coimbatore, as world economies kept free falling and as Governments, preachers and pundits were reduced to shadows of their glorious pasts, the virus did one major service to the future of humankind – it has finally ushered in the promised Digital Age.
Big Data and Big Markets – that is what is in store for tomorrow and India is rightly poised for an amazing V-shaped recovery.
The big changes that one can look forward to: Truly Integrated Marketing – where the real and digital world will fuse like never before. The generalisation of businesses including large format targeting in campaigns will now get replaced with hyper-personalisation. Wishy-washy & generic marketing will now be replaced with authentic storytelling, real ROI and value for money. Customers and their needs will be central to every business model. Finally.
The tech that every business should be mindful about: IOT, NLP, AI and ML will help churn big data like never before but we will have the processing power to extract that one crucial bit of information that will tell our marketeers to target a single customer in the remotest part of our nation. VR, AR and XR will bring in realism in everything we do. Virtual tours, exhibitions and product displays will take centre stage in every business – from retail to education to healthcare. Social Media and the Internet will bring much-needed democratisation and those who will be able to adopt new-age marketing will be able to compete with the big players. Finally.
A popular meme on the Internet aptly summarised – the real digital transformation was brought to our businesses not by CEO, CFO, CIO or any other CXOs, but by COVID. Yes, they have unleashed unprecedented mayhem but like in every crisis, the post COVID world will bring in amazing opportunities to the ones who learn and adapt quickly, innovate and understand the changing landscape and embrace this new digital age. The New Normal is the Digital New Normal.


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According to the rules of the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis electronic raffle, “the draw must be announced to the public and take place before the end of the entertainment event or as soon as possible.
The winning numbers were initially due to be posted no later than 11:30 p.m. Friday.
Edmonton and the entire province of Alberta have been raffling mad since the NHL relaunched its season delayed by a pandemic in the city last week. Monday’s raffle reached $ 3.2 million, followed by a pot of $ 5.4 million on Wednesday.
Many Albertans have spent the past two days complaining on social media about the technical difficulties.
Twitter user Megan Oppel wrote: “We tried to buy tickets and it kept going and we ended up getting charged six times, but we only wanted to buy one. set of tickets. Fix it now !!!!! I want my money back. ”
John Krug wrote: “We kept getting error messages while shopping online, and ended up being charged $ 340 when we intended to purchase $ 70 worth of tickets. You have to pay this back! ”
Previously, people wishing to participate in the raffle were not able to load the purchase screen. Some users were denied access because the system did not recognize their computer or other device as being in Alberta.
Connelly is not sure whether to go through the refund process.
“I guess I can keep the tickets at $ 600 and I hope I’m the one who spent the most money,” she laughs.
“I’m glad they were able to get so much money and help the organization… but it’s really disheartening that this has happened. Now I think a lot of people will want their money back.


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Catching a rapist? There's an app for that.
While many people have privacy concerns about iPhones and their location-based applications, an iPhone app actually led police to an alleged rapist and as a result, he was apprehended.
NYPD officers caught the suspect by tracking the iPhone he allegedly stole from his victim, reports New York's WNBC-TV.
The victim, a 15-year-old girl, was allegedly sexually assaulted as she walked home from a subway station in the Bronx. In an ironic turn of events, her iPhone getting stolen was a blessing.
The GPS-enabled "Find My iPhone" app led police straight to the alleged assailant. He is now in custody as they investigate.
In New York, iPhone thefts are nothing new, as one in seven crimes involves an Apple product getting stolen. Many of these thefts occur when users are distracted, such as when they're on public transportation.
That's why the "Find My iPhone" app is so popular with iPhone owners. The free app allows an owner to pinpoint the location of a lost or stolen iPhone. An owner can access the app from a laptop or home computer, and "Find My iPhone" will show the phone's current location on a map. It also works for iPads.
But while the "Find My iPhone" app has successfully been used to track down suspected criminals, suspects can still challenge their arrests. For example, perhaps the person in possession of the stolen iPhone had just found it on the street, and had nothing to do with the phone's theft.
In that case, the suspected thief -- or in the case of the 15-year-old girl's attack, the suspected thief and rapist -- may want a good criminal defense attorney on his side. At last report, the man caught with the stolen iPhone was being questioned by police, but had not been charged with a crime.
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FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live): Early Wednesday afternoon, people trying to freeze their credit in the wake of several major hacks got error messages from all three major credit reporting agencies. It was one of the recommendations made after the Equifax breach.
Courtesy MGN / Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed social security numbers and other data from about 143 million Americans.
The Equifax hack has many people concerned and some not realizing the impact of this breach. This company is just one of many that keeps data on you. Some people don't realize that other companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon keep data on you as well.
If you visit myaccount.google.com you can see Google tracks your activity, it can tell what you search, sites you visited and can date back years. But you can change this in your privacy settings.
According to one Bloomberg article, "Forget Equifax. Facebook and Google Have the Data That Should Worry You," you should be concerned if Facebook, Amazon or Google ever get hacked.
Those companies along with others contain financial and personal data that can lead to identity theft. That's why it's essential that you track things, like bank accounts, debt and sign up for credit monitoring. But there are sings you should look for with identity theft.
Many know the common ones of checking bank accounts but there is also if your mail stops coming, your medical records don't match up and if debt collectors call about debts you don't recognize.
Equifax has offered consumers one free year of credit monitoring and also waiving the fees for credit report freezes for the next 30 days.
Equifax estimates that 143 million people have been impacted, about half of the U.S. To put that in perspective, more than a quarter of North Dakotan's information may have been exposed in the breach, according to the North Dakota Attorney General.


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Energizer has teamed up with the National Park Foundation to launch a public effort to power and preserve America’s national parks. Helping to launch the program is outdoor enthusiast, Peter Facinelli of The Twilight Saga and Nurse Jackie. The program brings awareness to the importance of preserving our country’s greatest natural resources and gives people a number of ways to get involved.
National Park Week
Now through April 24, the country celebrates National Park Week. Not only can everyone receive free admission to all national parks this week, but people can also text BUNNY to 27722 to trigger a $1 donation from Energizer to the National Park Foundation, up to $50,000. Energizer’s goal is to donate $400,000 to the National Park Foundation this spring, and the public can help them get there.
Right now in stores specially-marked Energizer products contain a special code so when someone buys three participating products, he or she can go online to www.nowthatspositivenergy.com/blogs and redeem the codes for a $10 reward toward a national park adventure or elect for Energizer to donate the reward directly to the National Park Foundation.
Get Hands On
For the people who prefer to get more hands-on, they can RSVP to join a now that’s positivenergy™ national park volunteer event by visiting www.nowthatspositivenergy.com/blogs or facebook.com/energizerbunny and clicking on the Parks tab. While there, visitors also have the power to select one of the park recipients through an online vote, which runs from Monday, April 18, through Friday, May 13. Each park hosting an event will receive a grant from Energizer and a donation of responsible power solutions including solar panels, chargers, batteries, solar lights and other lighting products.
Disclosure: I received a gift card from Energizer for posting this information. No other compensation was received.
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Google has rebranded its generative artificial intelligence platform Bard – and it's more than just a name change.
The Alphabet subsidiary says the platform will now be known as Gemini, as it seeks to further challenge OpenAI's ChatGPT and grab a bigger slice of the global generative AI market.
What is Gemini?
For background, Gemini is also the name of Google's suite of large language models powering Bard that was introduced in December – at the time the platform's biggest update.
Coming with multimodal reasoning capabilities, the Gemini 1.0 model came in three sizes – nano, pro and ultra – so it can run on everything from resource-intensive data centres to small mobile devices.
This time, Gemini is bigger than ever – and Advanced.
Gemini Advanced is Google's highest-tier generative AI offering, featuring its largest model Gemini Ultra 1.0, which it describes as its "most capable" AI model.
It is "far more capable for reasoning, following instructions, coding and creative collaboration", it "can understand, explain and generate high-quality code in many programming languages" and is designed for highly complex tasks.
How powerful is Gemini Ultra 1.0?
Gemini Ultra 1.0 is the first to outperform human experts on massive multitask language understanding, "evolving to be more than just the models" and "supports an entire ecosystem", Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and Alphabet, said in a blog post.
Gemini Ultra 1.0's MMLU uses a combination of 57 subjects – including maths, physics, history, law, medicine and ethics – to test knowledge and problem-solving abilities, according to Google.
Gemini is also available in 40 languages but Google plans to add more, including Japanese and Korean, to this list.
How much will it cost?
For those willing to shell out cash for Google's most powerful AI model, it'll cost you $19.99 a month on the new Google One AI Premium plan – and you'll be charged only after a free two-month trial.
The plan includes 2TB of storage, more features for Google Meet and Google Calendar, and 10 per cent back from purchases made on the Google Store.
The subscription will also grant users access to future Gemini features that will be made available on Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides and Google Meet.
How about the app?
Google said the Gemini app for Android is now available for download, while those using Apple's iPhones can use the service through the Google iOS app.
The company did not give a date for the iOS launch.
Is Google far off from OpenAI?
The rise of generative AI triggered a race among technology companies to bring the powerful technology to more enterprises and consumers.
Google's move to introduce an app and paid tier is expected to raise the stakes, most notably in its battle with Microsoft-backed OpenAI.
The world's biggest internet company, however, may still have some catching up to do, as OpenAI has built a lead on both fronts: San Francisco-based OpenAI began making the ChatGPT app available in May and a new premium service, ChatGPT Enterprise, in August.
Last month, OpenAI launched the online ChatGPT Store, which gives users access to more than three million custom versions of generative trained transformers to help them customise their chatbots and allow them to earn money.
Expect more from Google
Google is continuing to boost its generative AI platform, "already well under way training the next iteration of our Gemini models", said Mr Pichai.
Next week, he said, the company will share "more details" for the cloud and developers, noting that "hundreds of thousands of developers and businesses have already been building with Gemini models".
"Developers have been fundamental to every major technology shift and will play an equally important role in the Gemini ecosystem," Mr Pichai said.


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PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Thursday, delivering a blow to a country that has been among Europe’s hardest hit by the pandemic.
The 42-year-old was tested after showing symptoms of Covid-19, the Élysée Palace said, adding that he would isolate for seven days while continuing to work. Mr. Macron has a fever, a cough and is tired, a spokesman for the Elysée Palace said.
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As we await the final reveal of the HTC M7 smartphone it’s been tipped that the device will be the first in a line of devices from the company to use the term “Ultrapixels” instead of megapixels. This rebranding of the camera technology used in smartphones will signify a new way in which HTC is working with sensors, here using three 4.3-megapixel sensors instead of one single 13 megapixel sensor. This rebranding will make certain consumers won’t mistake what at first seems to be a 4-megapixel camera for something less than it actually is – a new generation in smart device camera technology.
This tip comes from Pocket Lint where they say they’ve confirmed the fact that Ultrapixels will be the way of the future for HTC. Where last year the company pushed their next-generation HTC ImageSense chip as a hero feature for their HTC One smartphone lineup, this year it’ll be all about Ultrapixels.
The HTC M7 has been suggested to be coming with three 4.3-megapixel sensor layers one on top of the other, this combined to create an end image thats clearer than any photo at that size has ever been before. The resulting images won’t be 13 megapixels large (wide and tall), but will be a next-generation solution with three sets of data representing a single pixel. Each bit of data will be intelligently “combined” together to grab a final image that’s both extremely accurate and sharp.
This system will go into direct competition with the technology Nokia uses in their PureView-toting smartphones as well as the top smartphone camera sensors in the market. While we’ve seen some impressive results from each of the top contenders over the past few months, it’s still appeared to be mainly up to taste when it comes to final results. HTC may be changing the game with literally sharper and more color-corrected end results – here’s hoping!


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Belgium’s food guide has some bad news for those who love processed meats such as sausage and bacon.
The “Nutritional Triangle,” developed by the Flemish Institute of Healthy Life, places processed meats in the same section as cake, sugar-rich drinks, alcohol and french fries.
It explains that all of the items in the category are “ultra-processed foods.” They’re not needed for a healthy, balanced diet, and can even be detrimental to health.
“Almost everyone already succumbs to these pleasures,” the food guide’s website states, adding that indulging in them should only be done once in a while.
Canadian nutritionist Anar Allidina said the decision to add processed meat in the same category as other processed foods is a smart move.
“These kinds of foods can impact our health in the long run,” she explained.
Several studies, including reports from the World Health Organization, have warned that processed meat can increase the risk of cancer.
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The food guide recommends meat lovers opt for white meat over red, and always choose cuts that are fresh and lean. It adds that sausage, hamburger and minced meat usually have more fat.
“If you’re having meat, you don’t want it to be processed,” Allidina said.
Those who eat red meat can consume two servings (4 to 6 ounces each) per week, the nutritionist explained, adding that lean cuts that end with “loin” are healthier options.
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The food guide also offers advice on healthy dietary option in the shape of an inverted pyramid.
It places water in its separate category at the very top. Vegetables and fruits appear next, followed by legumes, tofu, carbohydrates such as whole grain bread and potatoes, and oil and nuts.
The third level of the pyramid includes fish, milk, cheese, eggs and chicken. In the final category is places red meat and fat such as butter.
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Canada’s food guide is currently in the process of being revamped.
According to some draft “guiding principles” that were posted by Health Canada in June, the updates will revolve around planning and preparing healthier meals, with more plant-based products.
The guiding principles also indicate the updates will touch on limiting the intake of processed food.
Allidina said she hopes the new food guide will follow in Belgium’s steps when it comes to discouraging processed meat, and offering specific advice.
“A lot of food guides are very vague. I think this one’s going to be more specific.”


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Walmart announces a partnership with unspun, a trailblazing business that is revolutionizing the textile manufacturing industry with 3D fabric weaving technology, in a ground-breaking move towards sustainable design. The partnership seeks to address industry issues, reduce waste, and change the way that apparel is made and used.
Innovative Vega 3D weaving technology from unspun reduces waste generation by doing away with conventional cutting and stitching procedures, allowing yarn to be smoothly woven into clothing. This innovation has the potential to meet consumer demand for locally created clothing and create skilled jobs in addition to addressing environmental concerns.
Men’s chinos will be the primary product of the pilot project’s initial focus on 3D weaving technology, with hopes to expand its use throughout Walmart’s supply chain. With 350 machines in use by 2030, unspun plans to install 3D weaving machines at microsites around the United States.
Co-founder and chief technical officer of unspun, Kevin Martin, highlights the revolutionary potential of on-demand manufacturing and sees a rebirth of the American apparel sector. Walmart demonstrates its dedication to sustainability and innovation in retail through this partnership.
Walmart is moving beyond the production of clothing to adopt sustainable methods. The business has a long history of spearheading environmental programs, establishing challenging targets to cut carbon emissions and switch to renewable energy sources.
Walmart and unspun are redefining the future of fashion through this relationship, and they’re also establishing a standard for sustainable business practices in the retail sector. Initiatives like these open the door to a more ethical and sustainable approach to business as the globe struggles with environmental issues.


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Ladies and gentlemen, a new theme park is coming to Disney.
As if Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center, Disneyland, and all of their water parks, are not enough, the Walt Disney Company has revealed that they're in the talks of building a new park.
But start saving ~a lot of~ money, because the new park will be part of the two Disney parks that already exist in Tokyo: Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.
The exciting news was unearthed by Asian pop culture website Koraku, which announced that the constructions for the third park is expected to begin in 2025 and will be inspired by Japan.
"A 'Japanese style theme' is being considered to appeal to tourists visiting the country," notes the website. "The park will feature new attractions and new characters with a massive 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) investment plan." More details on the forthcoming amusement park will be spilled by spring 2018.
If you've been out of the loop and think that Disney Parks are only a thing in Florida and California, think again! In addition to Calif., Fla., and Japan, Disney also has different parks and resorts in France, Hong Kong, China, and Hawaii.
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In a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a New Jersey woman has brought forth an indefensible lawsuit.
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McCaffrey’s Food Markets has announced that two people who work at its Blue Bell location have tested positive for COVID-19. The store has implemented post-infection CDC protocols and has following CDC recommendations since the start of the pandemic. The store is open.
Below is the announcement:
In order to maintain transparency, we are sad to report that we have had additional associates affected by COVID-19 at our Blue Bell (2 cases) and New Hope (1) stores. The diagnosed associates are no longer in the workplace, and McCaffrey’s has already implemented the CDC’s recommended protocols to reduce the spread of the virus. Please know that we are working around the clock to keep our associates and customers safe and healthy while continuing to serve the community. Be well, McCaffrey’s
UPDATE – In the comments of the original Facebook post, it is stated that the two employees were not in contact with customers.


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Food Blogger In Dubai Shamed By Restaurant Owner For Demanding 6 Invites
A UAE-based restauranteur slammed an unnamed food blogger after the latter shameless requested the owner a dinner invite for six!
Japanese restaurant Akiba Dori is based in Dubai Design District and its owner handled the situation in a very cool way.
Owner Samer Hamadeh took to twitter to narrate what happened between their transaction.
...And Twitter people are waiting for the email leak!
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A new video -- posted on Pepsi's YouTube channel -- shows soccer star David Beckham kicking three balls into three distant trash bins on a California beach. The video has caught the attention of Beckham's fans as well as skeptics, who are discrediting the authenticity of the clip in comments on YouTube and on Diet Pepsi's Facebook Page. Titled "Unbelievable David Beckham," the 69-second video begins with Beckham playing with a soccer ball while holding a Diet Pepsi can.
YouTube was founded in February 2005 and has become the go-to site for video on the web. One hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every second. Google bought YouTube in 2006 and underwent a significant redesign in 2011. The revamped YouTube emphasized "channels" for content and rolled out a bevy of new features.
YouTube Updates Platform for Social Good Non-profits can now use YouTube to turn views into action with updates designed to help viral philanthropy.
YouTube CEO: The Future of Content Is Niche Channels Salar Kamangar explains how we're entering the "third wave of media." YouTube's goal is to help vewiers engage more easily with focused channels tailored to their interests.
Finally! YouTube Just Launched Its Own iPhone App Now that YouTube is no longer baked into iOS 6, but you can put it back with this app.
The Secret Ingredient for Job Recruitment [INFOGRAPHIC] YouTube could be the missing piece you need to help you round out your team.


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With Detroit’s influential North American International Auto Show this year moving to June for the first time instead of January, Chicago officially owns dead-of-winter Midwest car conventions. That only sounds like a backhanded compliment: Of the Big Four auto shows, Chicago is now the only major stop between Los Angeles in the fall and New York in the spring. And while to the casual observer that may seem like a dubious honor, at best, visitors to the Windy City auto exhibit will reap the benefits of automakers having fewer choices of places to prominently hawk their latest wares, in the form of more and sexier new-model debuts.
Related: More 2020 Chicago Auto Show Coverage
Just two years ago, the only full-fledged new-model debut at the Chicago Auto Show was the 2019 Volkswagen Arteon, and while we in Cars.com’s hometown were happy to have it, the family sedan isn’t exactly the stuff that gets car shoppers revved up to hit the dealer lots. This year, however, we’ll see the North American debut of the much-anticipated first SUV from Hyundai’s luxury brand, the 2021 Genesis GV80, hot off its Super Bowl commercial starring John Legend and Chrissy Teigen.
That’s in addition to the redesigned-for-2021 GMC Yukon (closely following cross-brand siblings the 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, and sliding in ahead of the 2021 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV), a purported appearance by the 2020 Honda Civic’s late-coming performance variant the Type R, the refreshed 2021 Jaguar F-Type sports car, and a refreshed 2021 version of Volkswagen’s well-received Atlas SUV (which won Cars.com’s Best of 2018 award in its debut year).
Other models of note set to make early appearances in Chicago include the refreshed 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio, the 2020 Audi Q7, the 2020 Cadillac CT4, the recently revealed and redesigned 2021 Tahoe and Suburban, and the ultra-exclusive 2020 Ford GT.
And a bettin’ man or woman would expect a few stragglin’ surprises to come down the pike come showtime, so keep your eyes open for news on last-minute reveals — not that the Chicago show relies on big-ticket bows to draw a crowd. Instead, the City of the Big Shoulders has traditionally emphasized the “big,” using its 1 million feet of floor space to maximum advantage. Automakers have been known to trot out their entire new-model lineups here — in turn enabling current and would-be car shoppers to compare and contrast entire competitive segments of vehicles without the low-grade stress of having to interact prematurely with a salesman.
Exciting models making their way to the Windy City for the first time after recent unveilings elsewhere include the 2020 Buick Encore GX, the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray, the reignited-for-2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer, the all-new 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV, the 2020 Ford Mustang GT500, the 2020 Hyundai Venue pipsqueak SUV wannabe, the 2021 Lexus LC 500 (introducing an all-new exterior paint color), the 2020 Lincoln Aviator and Corsair hybrid Grand Touring models, the all-new 2021 Kia Seltos subcompact SUV, the 2020 Land Rover Defender in its return to the U.S. after nearly a quarter century, the 2020 Mazda CX-30 subcompact SUV, the redesigned 2020 Nissan Sentra compact sedan, Porsche’s all-new electric sports car the 2020 Taycan, the redesigned-for-2020 Toyota Highlander, the plug-in hybrid 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime and coupe-ified two-row Atlas alternative the 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport.
But not everything has to be so serious. No visit to an auto show is complete without gawking at some exotic, aspirational cars that you’re — Stop torturing yourself, man! Live in the now! — never gonna be able to afford. Chicago will have plenty of those on hand, too, to remind you just how futile your efforts are to get ahead in life, including the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, 2020 Bentley Continental GT, McLaren GT and 2020 Rolls-Royce Cullinan. On the far-less-expensive-yet-similarly-impractical front will be the 2020 Acura MDX PMC Edition, 2020 Dodge Durango SRT Redline Stripe and Black track-themed packages, 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid, Jeep Performance Parts Limited Edition Wrangler from the minds at Mopar, and a quartet of “outdoorsy” special Toyota variants, among them a Tacoma option.
Following media- and industry-preview days Thursday and Friday, the Chicago Auto Show will open to the public Saturday and run through President’s Day at McCormick Place, 2301 S. King Drive, in downtown Chicago. Tickets are $13 for adults, $8 for senior citizens age 62 or older as well as for children age 7-12; kids age 6 or younger accompanied by a family member get in free, and discounted $8 tickets are also available for groups of 20 or more. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday through Feb. 16 and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 17.
We’ll have our full team of automotive experts on the ground to bring you all the new-model info straight from the exhibit floor starting Thursday, so be sure to check back in with us often for updates. In the meantime, here’s everything we expect to see at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show:
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Vayyar Imaging has raised $45m to continue the development of its wireless 3D imaging sensor technology.
The Israeli company has so far raised $79m for the sensor which create a 3D image of everything happening in realtime without the use of a camera but using ultrawideband (UWB) radio signals instead. These sensors can see through solid objects, map large areas and can be used in privacy-sensitive locations where optics cannot, with applications in smart home, automotive, retail, robotics, medical, construction, agriculture and more.
“Our 3D imaging sensors transform elder care, autonomous vehicles, medical, agriculture, and retail by bringing innovative and exciting solutions to these markets," said Raviv Melamed, co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of Vayyar. "It is amazing to see how the ability to look into objects can help humanity in so many ways. We currently work in collaboration with industry-leading companies to create applications that address some of their toughest challenges. The target of this round is to allow us to grow even faster than before.”
Vayyar will demonstrate its latest automotive and smart home sensors, which provide 360 indoor and outdoor sensing, at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month
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Phoenix, AZ -(AmmoLand.com)- For many, the live native wildlife at Arizona Game and Fish’s annual Outdoor Expo is the highlight of their visit.
If that’s you, make sure to attend this year’s event Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3 and visit the new “amAZing wildlife” tent. This new tent will provide visitors with more close encounters with a variety of native wildlife and the opportunity to speak with real department biologists.
The tent is especially bound to pique the curiosity of children. Visitors will have an opportunity to touch real wildlife skins and skull replicas; meet native predators like a bald and golden eagle and a bobcat (tentatively scheduled for display from noon to 1 p.m.both days); view a variety of live wildlife on display; take advantage of fun photo ops; and, learn more about Sonoran desert tortoise adoption.
Wildlife-related merchandise also will be available for purchase from the department’s Wildlife Center nonprofit volunteer auxiliary.
Admission and parking are free, although you may want to bring some cash for the many food and beverage concessionaires that will be on-site, or for the commercial vendors who will be selling outdoors-related goods or services.
Expo hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 3. The 2015 Outdoor Expo is located on Carefree Highway, about 1/2 mile west of I-17 in Phoenix.
The title sponsor for this year’s event is Shikar Safari Club International. Gold sponsors are Cabela’s, Arizona State Credit Union and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
About the Arizona Game and Fish Department:
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is the state agency charged with conserving the entire range of wildlife within our borders, from big game such as elk and deer to smaller mammals, reptiles and fish. The Department is one of the nation’s leading proponents of the “North American Model of Wildlife Conservation,” which relies on sound science, public participation, active habitat management, strict regulation and active law enforcement to sustain wildlife populations.
For more information, visit: www.azgfdportal.az.gov.


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Bain & Company recently released a luxury goods market report that shows China surpassing Japan as the second largest luxury goods consumption country, next to the US.
According to the study, China is the second largest market for Porsche, with 14,785 cars sold in a year, while sales of top cosmetics brand Estee Lauder went up by 30 per cent in 2010. Piaget, the luxury watch brand, saw sales grow by 16 times over the last four years. Louis Vuitton still remains the most coveted luxury brand in the country.
Sales of luxury items went up 12 per cent in the US last year, 6 per cent in Europe, 22 per cent in Asia, and a whopping 30 per cent in Mainland China. In a statement, Bain predicts that with China's continued development, its status as the fastest-growing country for luxury goods will keep on, along with an expected annual increase of 25 per cent.
"In the next three to five years, purchasers aged between 25 and 30 will be the main driving force of luxury goods market. Chinese buyers of luxury goods are basically for personal items, such as clothes, perfume, watches and leather products, while in Western countries, top luxuries are the likes of real estate, automobiles, and valuable jewelry," said Ouyang Kun, the chief representative of China's office in the World Luxury Association.


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Consumers Union Urges Congress to Take Action to Prevent Further Injuries or Death
In February of this year, the FDA banned dietary supplements containing ephedra. However, the May issue of Consumer Reports identifies 12 additional dietary supplements that, according to government warnings, adverse-event reports, and top experts, are too dangerous to be on the market. Six of these products have been linked to cancer, kidney failure, liver disease, and even death. Five of these products are banned in Asia, Europe, or Canada. Despite these facts, these supplements continue to be widely available to consumers in this country on store shelves and online.
Consumers Union urges you to read the article about dangerous supplements, and let your constituents know that they may be placing their health in jeopardy by using products containing a “dirty dozen” dangerous ingredient. We also believes that changes must be made to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), the law that governs these products, to enable the FDA to review their safety before they are sold to the public, collect reports of any harms caused by their use, and quickly remove unsafe supplements from the marketplace.
We ask you to consider cosponsoring Senate Bill 722, sponsored by Senator Richard Durbin, which would increase FDA’s authority to determine the safety of stimulants before they are marketed. The bill also would establish new safety measures for the sale of untested dangerous steroid equivalents. Finally, S. 722 would require manufacturers to report adverse events for dietary supplements, would increase the FDA’s authority to compel submission of additional safety information for supplements deemed to pose serious hazards to consumers, and would make it easier for the FDA to remove unsafe products from the market.
We look forward to working with you to better ensure that consumers can use dietary supplements more safely and with confidence.
Janell Mayo Duncan
Legislative and Regulatory Counsel
Read Consumer Reports story on 12 dietary supplements that, according to government warnings, are too dangerous to be on the market.
To send a free e-mail to Congress to improve the dietary supplement law, click here.


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Newton Mail, a subscription-based email client with an impressively large fanbase, is being reincarnated by new owners: long-time fans Maitrik Kataria and Justin Mitchell. After Newton’s owner Essential announced it would be shutting down in February, Kataria and Mitchell reached out to the company to figure out how they could save their favorite email client. And somehow they’ve done it.
Newton, which was originally produced under the name CloudMagic, has been shut down and given new life more times than most companies are afforded. CloudMagic rebranded as Newton in 2016 and did pretty well for itself — by the time it first shut down in the summer of 2018, the service had more than 40,000 paid subscribers.
The purchase of Newton Mail by Kataria and Mitchell brings the mail client back to its roots as a company free of venture capital funding. Newton will need to bank on its long-standing fan base’s willingness to pay subscription fees for a mail client if it wants to survive. Otherwise, history is doomed to repeat itself once again.
Who are these people? — Maitrik Kataria and Justin Mitchell aren’t just fans of the app; they both already work in tech, which should hopefully help them as they work to restore Newton to its former glory. Kataria is a product designer at Simform, a software development company, while Mitchell is the founder of design agency SoFriendly.
Calling these two “fans” is a bit of an understatement. Mitchell loved the app so much that he actually reached out to CloudMagic back in 2018 when it first shut down, pleading for any way to help keep the service alive. It took almost two years, but it looks like he’s finally managed to do so.
Big plans for the future — Kataria and Mitchell have created a contingency plan so Newton never has to fully shut down again. Even if they go bankrupt, the new owners say self-hosted servers and open-sourcing of the platform will allow it to live on indefinitely.
Furthermore, Kataria and Mitchell are promising major bug fixes that have long frustrated users, as well as significant updates within the next three to six months. They also hope to improve customer support. Newton Mail will also give customers more control over their data as the app moves forward, the pair stated.
But it’s still expensive — Newton is not free. That’s the biggest barrier to entry for new customers and the main reason the app has failed time and time again. There are so many free, wonderful email clients out there that paying a monthly or yearly fee for one can be a hard sell for customers. That $50 per year might be pocket change for some, but for others it’s outrageously high.
Newton is running a few discount programs until the end of May in hopes of bringing back some customers. Past subscribers who want to subscribe again can get a 20 percent discount, and existing subscribers can get three months free.
Kataria and Mitchell are understandably excited by the prospect of bringing Newton Mail into the new decade. But the odds are stacked against Newton right now. The app’s new owners will be fighting for profitability for a long time.


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A team of RV industry marketing professionals reported how the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) public relations efforts are helping boost awareness of RV travel and camping among consumers at “Outlook 2015: Good Things Ahead,” the kickoff event to the National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky.
In a presentation titled “Ready to Roll,” RVIA Public Relations Committee Chairman Chad Reece, Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) President Phil Ingrassia and RVIA Vice President of Communications and Marketing James Ashurst discussed how public relations efforts are employing a number of strategies to promote RVing to the media and key consumer audiences at the national, regional and local level.
“What we do in the public relations arena is a core mission for RVIA, and it’s vital to our industry’s future,” said Ashurst. “The steady stream of RVs in the media makes our product familiar to consumers and delivers the message that RVing is an affordable, flexible and family-friendly way to travel.”
He added that these efforts have resulted in an avalanche of positive media coverage this year on national TV programming, in major newspapers and in highly-trafficked websites and blogs before rolling a video compilation that showcased edited clips of recent national broadcast coverage, including hits on Fox News, Home & Garden TV, CNBC and Bloomberg TV.
Reece reported that public relations initiatives have played a key role in the industry’s resurgence from the Great Recession. “We have invested in telling the media and the public about our industry’s products and the lifestyle they make possible,” he said. “We’ve corrected erroneous perceptions about RVing and positioned the industry as growing, vibrant and innovative. RVs are viewed positively by most Americans, and that’s something that doesn’t just happen by good fortune.”
He said that in addition to the work with the national media, RVIA’s long-standing RV spokesperson tours have effectively put a friendly face on RV travel and positionied RVing as easier and less expensive than people may think.
Reece reported that this year’s spokesperson outreach included veteran RVIA spokespeople Brad and Amy Herzog, who have written several books about RV travel and have conducted 14 RV-themed media tours; Dwier Brown, a long-time RV owner and actor who went on a book tour in a motorhome to promote the book he wrote about his role as Kevin Costner’s father in “Field of Dreams” to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the film; and former NFL All-Pro and RV enthusiast Matt Light, who was featured in an RVIA-produced satellite media tour from the Hershey RV Show promoting RV travel and tailgating.
All total, the spokesperson media tours this year produced 47 interviews that were broadcast more than 350 times in 200 media markets and reached a total audience of more than 50 million.
Ingrassia wrapped up the presentation by focusing on the success RVIA and RVDA have had in working together to generate coverage in local media markets.
“Through the combined effort of our two associations, we have promoted RV shows around the country, provided media loans that have resulted in scores of positive stories, and created a media outreach that promotes RVing and the local dealer that sells the products,” said Ingrassia.
He explained further that the idea is to create ‘events’ centered around the RV show season, summer camping or RV tailgating for local TV news shows around the country. A dealer provides an RV or two, fires up a grill and stages a campground or tailgate scene for the cameras.
“The dealer is interviewed and delivers key message points about RVing. Just as importantly, viewers are told to visit the dealership for more information. It’s an innovative, low-cost effort that has a significant payoff,” said Ingrassia before introducing a video that showed examples of the type of coverage generated by the effort.


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A trading update from Findel revealed that the group achieved a
sales rise of 10 per cent to £580 million 31 March 2007.
Like for like sales were broadly in line with last year. It also
announced two acquisitions. Philograph Publications Ltd Group
which has a UK operation trading as Philip & Tacey Ltd, was
bought for £1.3m cash. The second acquisition, Synergy
Managed Equipment Services Ltd was for £1.4m.
The group says its prospects are encouraging stating that
“Home Shopping is a very different business to the one it
was 12 months ago.” It expects over 40 per cent of the
division’s sales to be transacted online this year. It is also
confident in its Educational Supplies business and feels that
Healthcare is now well positioned to take advantage of a
potentially fast growing market. There was no news on the muted
demerger which has been delayed due to “high levels of


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Prophet Exchange is building up on its successful launch in New Jersey a month ago when the peer-to-peer betting exchange rolled out its inaugural product. Now, the company is taking this a step further with an anticipated arrival in Ohio.
Ohio to Become Second State Where Prophet Has Products
Prophet Exchange informs consumers that they will have the opportunity to benefit from better odds and bigger profits in the state once the official platform launches. Prophet similarly argues that its proposition supersedes that of traditional sportsbooks.
The company prides itself on a pricing model that offers consumers the best possible value on every bet they choose to take. However, the platform will have to wait until the official launch date of sports betting begins.
Ohio is slated to launch on January 1, 2023, with Prophet Exchange launching if not immediately, then shortly after in the first half of 2023. Its partnership in the Buckeye State is not isolated with the Columbus Blue Jackets serving as the company’s regional partner.
Prophet’s proposition is unique in that it allows consumers to set their own prices and bet. Prophet itself does not add any vigorish or margin on its odds, nor does it set limits, offering sports bettors in regulator markets access to a superior product.
Commenting on this new opportunity for the company, Prophet Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Dean Sisun welcomed the opportunity to be expanding the company’s reach in the regulated gambling market. He added:
After our hugely successful debut in our home state of New Jersey, we are thrilled to bring the exchange betting model to Ohio. Although commonplace in markets like the UK, exchange betting is a brand-new concept in the United States—and our expansion is another big step in our mission to become the mainstream sports betting platform in the country.Prophet Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Dean Sisun
North America Can Benefit from the Peer-to-Peer Betting Model
Prophet Exchange COO Jake Benzaquen also joined the conversation and welcomed the opportunity for the company to be making its way in the Buckeye State. He hailed the Columbus Blue Jackets as an important local partner and one that will help the betting platform expand its reach in the market.
Prophet Exchange has big ambitions for the North American market. It draws inspiration from the peer-to-peer betting models adopted elsewhere but so far remains elusive in places such as the United States and Canada. Prophet is set to buck this trend and bring the product to the United States, one state at a time.


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Mitsubishi stopped production of the Outlander PHEV and the i-MiEV battery-electric in March because of a melted battery at a Yokohama dealership. The automaker has since found that some batteries are being mishandled by workers while others are being damaged during the screening process. Just 17 i-MiEV battery-electric vehicles (known in the US as the i) were recalled.
The company says it'll resume production in August and said last month that it would double its monthly Outlander PHEV production to about 4,000 units to make up for lost ground stemming from the production halt.
The batteries are produced by a joint venture between Mitsubishi and GS Yuasa Corp. The latter company made Boeing batteries that also recently had a number of fire-related issues.


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Penn State Student Launches 3D Printed Footwear On Kickstarter
UnisBrands Launches Line of 3D Printed, User-Customizable Footwear on Kickstarter
UnisBrands today announced the availability of a new line of user-customizable, 3D printed footwear via a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter that’s launched September 6, at 9 a.m. Initially available in limited quantities to early backers for only $75 and $100 (regular retail price will be $140), Unis Brands will be offering two different styles…their U-Straps and U-Slides.
Unis, who enrolled at Penn State through the 2+2 Plan — spending his first two years at Penn State Altoona and finishing at University Park — is working on developing fully customized shoes using 3D printing technology. The idea stemmed from an interest in footwear — not just the fashion — but the construction, materials, and also the market.
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UK/US trade deal controversy
Director of Pharmacy and Member Experience Robbie Turner was interviewed yesterday by the BBC about how medicine prices and supply could be affected by a future UK/US trade deal.
His appearance came in the wake of controversial claims from the Labour Party that leaked government documents showed the NHS would be part of a Conservative a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.
Robbie explained how medicines are priced in the UK, the part that generic medicines play in keeping costs down and why pharmacists are so important to that process.
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Backstreet Boys Tickets On Sale
Ticket Window Opened At 10am
Tickets for the "Backstreet Boys'" concert are now on sale.
But the person in the front of the line wasn't guaranteed tickets. Instead each person in line got a raffle ticket.
Whoever's number was called first got to buy their tickets first.
A Smith's supermarket mananger told fans to be in line for the raffle tickets at 9am.
However, you can also purchase tickets at SFX.com
BSB is scheduled to perform at the Journal Pavilion on October 7.


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In 2014, Adidas fell behind Under Armour as the second biggest sportswear company in the U.S., and they have made big mistakes that hurt the company.
According to WSJ, one of the biggest mistakes was passing up the opportunity to sign Michael Jordan when he entered the NBA in 1984.
A University of North Carolina basketball star named Michael Jordan wanted a sponsorship deal with Adidas when he went professional, say people familiar with the matter.
Adidas distributors wanted to sign Mr. Jordan, says someone who was an Adidas distributor then. But executives in Germany decided shoppers would favor taller players and wanted to sponsor centers, the person says, adding: "We kept saying, 'no—no one can relate to those guys. Who can associate with a seven-foot-tall guy?' "


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At the beginning of 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appeared on track to accomplish three tasks intended to address problems faced by the retail sector in complying with hazardous waste regulations under the Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). But as a new year and a new administration settle into place, only one of those tasks has actually been finalized.
First promulgated in 1980, the RCRA regulations were admittedly designed with the industrial sector in mind. For the retail sector, they presented a classic “square peg in a round hole” predicament.
EPA’s efforts to address the retail sector problem began back in 2011 with an Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to develop plans to “determine whether any [of their] regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed so as to make the agency’s regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives.”
In 2014, EPA collected comments from the public regarding difficulties encountered by the retail sector in complying with RCRA. In August 2015, EPA addressed some of these concerns by proposing two regulatory amendments, the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule and the Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule. The public comment period on the two proposed amendments ended in December 2015, presumably clearing the way for their promulgation in 2016.
In addition, it was expected that EPA would issue a new guidance document explaining, in general, how the retail sector could reasonably work within the amended RCRA program to minimize the problems experienced in the past.
The final Generator Improvements Rule was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2016. As outlined in our recent Client Alert, the regulation is a mixed bag that provides a modest increase in flexibility in some areas, but notably increases potential penalty exposure, regulatory burdens, and restrictions in others, and should be carefully considered by all hazardous waste generators.
The Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule has been stalled as of this writing due to EPA’s review of comments. Unlike the Generator Improvements Rule, the Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule would apply only to a newly defined category of generators, “healthcare facilities,” handling a newly defined category of hazardous waste, “hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.” Having narrowly limited the proposed amendment’s applicability, the proposed Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule is more innovative in deviating from the industrial-oriented regulatory scheme than the Generator Improvements Rule. Once finalized, the amendment has the potential to provide welcome relief to that portion of the retail sector affected by it.
Instead of publishing a RCRA guidance document comprehensively addressing the most significant problems identified by the retail sector, EPA published in September 2016 a “Strategy for Addressing the Retail Sector under RCRA’s Regulatory Framework.” In its strategy document, EPA summarizes the comments received from the retail sector, and suggests that the retail sector has been helped by EPA’s 2015 modification of the RCRA regulations affecting the recycling of waste materials, as well as some aspects of the Generator Improvements Rule. EPA also touts the proposed Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule as part of its ultimate solution for the retail sector.
Beyond these pending and finalized regulatory amendments, EPA is pursuing a more narrow issue-by-issue problem solving strategy. It released guidance letters clarifying when nicotine products are considered hazardous wastes and when pharmaceutical controlled substances can be accepted at Drug Enforcement Agency-authorized collection receptacles. EPA is still working on solutions for retail sector management of waste aerosol cans and consumer goods, including the potential for allowing reverse distribution or management as universal waste.
Please contact the author of this Alert, Daniel Flynn, for any questions regarding the issues discussed in this Alert or compliance with RCRA in general.


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We haven’t been talking about it much on GC because it makes us too depressed, but a few days ago, Sony sent an e-mail out to PlayStation Network users saying that hackers broke into their system and stole people’s personal information, including names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays, usernames and passwords, and credit card information.
The latest update in this developing story is the straw that’s cutting my credit card in half: per Destructoid, there’s a rumor going around that hackers have come forward saying that they have the information, and that they’re looking to sell it. Personally, I don’t care at this point whether it’s actually true or not; the bottom line is that, if you’re a PSN user, there’s a reasonable chance that your credit card information is being bought and sold by hackers. Better to make the phone call to cancel it/order a new one than to discover at the supermarket that your card’s been maxed out with online donkey porn purchases that you didn’t even make, IMO.
On the plus side, Sony went out of its way to assure everyone that their Trophy collections are still A-OK. Phew.
No! If my credit card is maxed out, how will I be able to import obscure video games for the purposes of writing comedic reviews about them?
Sony, it’s over. The PlayStation 3 has been a huge disappointment. I know that this was beyond your control, but had you had a better team, this information about leaks and stolen details may have been revealed sooner. You’re not a disgrace, but your slothness is disgraceful, and it saddens me what has happened and what you have become. Microsoft this round, Nintendo for the next.
While it is pretty bad, especially the amount of time it took for them to get back to us, keep in mind a few things. The group that came forward is most likely bs. I can’t remember the name and I was just looking at it. Anonymous already said it was not them, although would they really admit it? The hacker did not get your cards security code. They did not get your social. Those aren’t stored. Don’t keep any of your passwords the same and change them often. Just keep an eye on your accounts and be careful.
There are too many confusing factors in this. It is true what you say Jon, and they do not have all the details needed for getting money from a bank account. But the group who came forward are hackers, supposedly, and hackers have ways of getting security codes and other details. It’s a risk, even though nothing can be proved. I’m pissed off with Sony either way, although not all of this could be helped.


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Sony, MS trim UK console prices
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Microsoft and Sony yesterday trimmed the prices of the Xbox and PlayStation 2 as the pair square up against each other for the coming Christmas sales period - not to mention couch potatoes who've spent the summer on the sofa, eyes glued to the Olympics.
In the UK, the Xbox will retail for £100 ($182) - or €150 ($185) on the continent.
Sony followed Microsoft by knocking the PS2 down to £102 ($186) in the UK and €150 in the rest of mainland Europe. Sony's price cut takes place immediately - Microsoft's come into force on Friday, 27 August.
Earlier this week, market watcher IDG Entertainment reported that industry executives are calling for such price cuts around the world to drive demand through autumn and winter. Both Sony and Microsoft cut US console prices a couple of months ago, but the games biz believes they need to go further. ®
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Split country: Dunkin' vs. Starbucks
The Globe mapped all the Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts in the United States more than 11,100 Starbucks and 7,200 Dunkins and asked three business analysts to tell us what the maps say about the competition between Starbucks and Dunkins. The three are: David Tarantino with Robert W. Baird & Co., a wealth management company, Chris Christopher, the director of consumer markets for IHS Global Insights, which does economic and financial analysis, and Darren Tristano, of Technomic Inc., a food industry market research firm. | Check out our comprehensive coffee coverage.
Dunkin' Donuts are the orange dots. Starbucks are the green dots.
Although the US is their stronghold, both are global brands. The Canton-based Dunkins has 10,000 stores in 32 countries and sales of nearly $9 billion. Starbucks is even bigger the Seattle-based company has $13 billion in sales and 20,000 stores on six continents. That said, each company dominates the region where it was founded -- Starbucks on the West Coast and Dunkins in the Northeast, they said. And both are expanding across the country, from opposite directions. Starbucks has already penetrated a lot of markets in the US. Dunkins is not quite there yet, said Tarantino, a senior research analyst in Milwaukee. But Dunkins has aspirations of becoming a large national player.
Dunkins is based in Massachusetts, and it shows. It looks like you could paint it all orange, said Tristano. It really captures the strength of Dunkins.
In New York City, there are about 240 Starbucks and 350 Dunkins. Across the state, there are more than 500 Starbucks and 1,200 Dunkins. Starbucks dominates in the glitzy areas of Manhattan, said Christopher. But elsewhere in the city, its Dunkins.
Starbucks has a strong edge in Washington, DC, with more than 80 stores. Dunkins has about 12. Starbucks is in the primary trade area and Dunkins is around the periphery, said Tristano.
In Chicago, Starbucks is located where there are more affluent consumers downtown, on the Northside, and in the suburbs, said Tristano, an executive vice president for the Chicago-based Technomics. Dunkins is more on the less affluent Southside and more to the west.
In Michigan, Dunkin has about 60 stores, while Starbucks has more than 200. While the companies are battling it out in a number of communities and states, like Detroit, they aim at slightly different demographics, said Tarantino, so they can both coexist successfully in the same markets. Starbucks skews towards higher income, while Dunkins is more middle income, said Tarantino.
Dunkins has the edge in Florida, with more than 660 stores. Starbucks has about 560. It's a rapidly growing state that attracts a lot of retirees, from places like the Northeast, who might already be Dunkin fans, said Christopher.
Texas, too, is dominated by Starbucks, the analysts noted. This far west, there are no Dunkin strongholds or even any competitive battlegrounds.
California is dominated by Starbucks, but we might start seeing specks of orange in the next few years. Dunkins plans to expand into California by 2015, said Tarantino.
Seattle is the hometown of Starbucks. Color it all green, noted the three analysts.
If you think the competition between Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks is intense now, the fight between the coffee giants is going to get a lot more caffeinated. Both plan to grow aggressively and infringe upon the other's territory.


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MCDONALD'S opened its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1948, and it has been spreading the gospel of fast food ever since. Its 35,000 restaurants in 107 countries generated sales of over $89 billion in 2013. But as our print-edition article this week discusses, McDonald’s has been struggling of late, thanks in part to stiffer competition. Our interactive map shows where some of America’s biggest fast-food chains are fighting it out (Burger King, which is privately held, is not included). McDonald’s tends to dominate in western Europe. KFC, which is known for their fried chicken, reigns supreme in China and much of Asia. Its parent company, Yum Brands, has been expanding rapidly in China: the number of KFC outlets has increased by 59% there over the past five years and surpassed the American total in 2013. But on outlets alone, Subway is the new bastion of American fast-food culture. The privately-owned company, which started out in 1965, has 43,000 restaurants in 108 countries across the world. It is now the leader across much of Asia, the Americas, and in America itself.
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G-Dragon's second collaboration with Nike sold out in a matter of minutes after the release on Nike's Official website in over 40 countries around the world, causing Nike's website to crash due to the heavy traffic!
It isn't surprising at all, it's the second time this happened, a year ago (November 2019) G-Dragon released his first collaboration with Nike, and it sold out worldwide in a few minutes. Showing his power never slowed down!
The Para-Noise 2.0 shoes sold-out so fast, in China it sold out in seconds, making his name trending on Weibo with over 330 Million views in 13 hours (comparing to last year it was viewed a total of 150 Million times in a full day). In the United States & Canada it took only 6 minutes to sell-out, in Italy it sold out in few seconds, 11 minutes in the Philippines. In total it only took 20 minutes for the shoes to sell-out completely worldwide and in total 42 available countries from east to west. Other countries had the website crash down till this moment, so their numbers are still aren't available.
G-Dragon also made a release event for the collaboration, where he talked about making music, his thoughts on his Nike shoes, and how he wishes 2021 will bring happiness to all people around the world.
He also talked about the new design reflects on his belief in the freedom of self-expression and the exchange of creative ideas. And when asked about his wish in 2021 he said "I hope the world becomes healthier. I think that’s what everyone wants right now," as well we all wish the same thing.


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On November 1st, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a press release addressing warning letters issued to four companies. The warning letters, sent to companies marketing cannabidiol (CBD) products with therapeutic claims, cites unsubstantiated claims about their products’ ability to treat or cure cancer and other diseases.
According to the press release, the four companies that received warning letters are Greenroads Health, Natural Alchemist, That’s Natural! Marketing and Consulting, and Stanley Brothers Social Enterprises LLC. The press release called their marketing campaigns “deceptive” for “unproven treatments.” Here is the letter they sent to Greenroads Health.
“As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers from health fraud, the agency today issued warning letters to four companies illegally selling products online that claim to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure cancer without evidence to support these outcomes,” reads the FDA statement. “Selling these unapproved products with unsubstantiated therapeutic claims is not only a violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, but also can put patients at risk as these products have not been proven to be safe or effective.”
According to the press release, the FDA has issued ninety warning letters in the past ten years, with around twelve this year, to companies making fraudulent claims about cancer therapies. Here are some examples of claims made by companies that the FDA took issue with:
- “Combats tumor and cancer cells;”
- “CBD makes cancer cells commit ‘suicide’ without killing other cells;”
- “CBD … [has] anti-proliferative properties that inhibit cell division and growth in certain types of cancer, not allowing the tumor to grow;” and
- “Non-psychoactive cannabinoids like CBD (cannabidiol) may be effective in treating tumors from cancer – including breast cancer.”
“Substances that contain components of marijuana will be treated like any other products that make unproven claims to shrink cancer tumors,” says FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. “We don’t let companies market products that deliberately prey on sick people with baseless claims that their substance can shrink or cure cancer and we’re not going to look the other way on enforcing these principles when it comes to marijuana-containing products. There are a growing number of effective therapies for many cancers. When people are allowed to illegally market agents that deliver no established benefit they may steer patients away from products that have proven, anti-tumor effects that could extend lives.”
Opinions expressed the above syndicated article by Aaron Biros are for informational purposes only and not necessarily the opinion of Herban Medical Options.
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At an Internet conference last year, an America Online executive derided Manhattan's Juno Online Services Inc. as a "soup kitchen" because Juno has historically enticed members with its free e-mail service.
But the companies appear to have patched things up. Earlier this month, they announced that Juno will offer its subscribers a co-branded version of AOL's proprietary instant messaging service.
The turnabout highlights how local Internet companies are jumping into the heated battle between AOL and Microsoft Corp. over competing technologies for instant messaging, a hot method for communicating on-line in real time. In this clash of the Internet titans, smaller Web companies in Silicon Alley hope to benefit by aligning themselves with one side or the other.
Juno, for instance, plans to use the co-branded version of AOL's Instant Messenger to help drive traffic to its new JunoLand community site. Other local companies -- ranging from Internet service providers to on-line community sites -- are eagerly eyeing the chance to gain access to the 43 million people who use AOL's instant mail service, or the 1.3 million so far using Microsoft's new rival program.
Everyone seems to agree that the stakes in this battle are high, because instant messaging is considered the Web's next big thing.
"Instant messaging is still in its infancy today, and we have yet to see its full-blown application for all kinds of collaboration," says Jack Hidary, chief executive of EarthWeb Inc., which operates a site for computer professionals. The applications range from corporate communications to electronic commerce to helping drive traffic to Web portals.
The underlying controversy kicked off last month when Microsoft introduced its MSN Messenger software, allowing customers to contact not only other users of the product but also the millions who use AOL's Instant Messenger service.
AOL responded by blocking messages from Microsoft subscribers. It also blocked instant messaging services by Prodigy Communications, Yahoo! and AT&T.
Microsoft has since said it will publish a computer protocol to allow customers of competing instant messaging services to communicate with MSN Messenger subscribers. Several other service providers including Prodigy quickly vowed support, saying they will link their services to Microsoft's.
AOL, meanwhile, has been busy lining up supporters of its instant mail service, including Apple, Internet service providers EarthLink and Mindspring, and most recently Juno Online. "With one stroke of the pen, we're able to offer our members a very popular feature and access to millions of friends and family members who use AOL," says Juno Chief Executive Charles Ardai.
Juno has attracted more than 7 million subscribers to its free e-mail service since 1996. Besides broadening Juno's e-mail and Web access services, the deal with AOL will help the company jump-start its JunoLand on-line community.
While Mr. Ardai did not disclose details of the deal, he says the on-line giant compensated Juno rather than the other way around. He also says the arrangement is nonexclusive.
"That means AOL really does want to show that it has allies," says Eric Goldberg, president of Crossover Technologies Inc., who sits on the New York New Media Association's board of directors.
An AOL spokesperson declined to comment on the terms of the agreement, but says the company is open to meeting with other Internet companies here about adopting its instant messaging service.
AOL may find more volunteers among Silicon Alley's service providers and companies offering on-line communities.
"Anytime you can tap into some 40 million people, so much the better," says James "P.T." Luchessi, chief financial officer at sixdegrees inc., an on-line community with 2.75 million registered members. He notes that sixdegrees already has a proprietary instant messaging service for its members but would welcome the opportunity to be able to link to AOL's service.
Internet analysts say that's a smart strategy. "It's an important application for any kind of portal because it generates a lot of usage and stickiness," says Chris Charron, an Internet analyst at Forrester Research. "Stickiness" refers to how long users stay at a site.
Still, not everyone is ready to jump on the AOL bandwagon just yet. E-mail service provider Mail.com Inc. plans to introduce an instant messaging service, but is hoping for a resolution first to the fight between Microsoft and AOL.
"We'd love to see a clear (instant messaging) standard emerge, but you've got these two behemoths slugging it out," says Lon Otremba, chief operating officer at Mail.com, which went public in June.
Mailing it in
Since that process could take months, if not longer, he concedes that Mail.com finds itself in a difficult position. Besides not wanting to alienate AOL or Microsoft, the company also has to consider its relationship with Prodigy, which Mail.com supplies with e-mail services and which is solidly in the Microsoft camp. "We want to be Switzerland," he says.
That neutral stance could wind up costing Mail.com, though, if the company gets bypassed by competitors choosing sides to get into the instant messaging game.
Says Scott Kurnit, the chief executive of Internet directory About.com, "Business is war, and Microsoft and AOL are very real warriors."


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In its latest Valentine's Day spending survey, the National Retail Federation found that consumers will spend slightly more this year than last while a survey from Money Talk News found that spending time with loved ones outshines physical gifts.
On average, consumers will spend about $5 more this year ($137) with total spending reaching $18.6 billion, making this loved-up day one of the largest gift-giving holidays of the year.
What are people giving?
The NRF/BIGinsight survey found that traditional gifts will be the most popular. Over half (51%) will buy candy while 36.6% will present flowers and 15.6% will buy clothing. More than a quarter (26.3%) will make their purchase online, up from 19.3% last year, while 39.6% will shop at discount stores and 33.2% at department stores.
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