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Quick Note: Vodafone CEO Says Only "Technofreaks" Want 4G
February 8, 2013 2:57 PM
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He said normal, everyday people wouldn't notice a difference between 3G and 4G
Vodafone's CEO referred to 4G connectivity as a feature that only "technofreaks" are worried about.
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao discussed how UK digital communications company EE's 4G network has impacted
Vodafone's business in the UK
during a media conference call earlier this week.
According to Colao, customers wouldn't notice a difference between 3G data speeds using HSPA+ and 4G network speeds -- hence, 4G isn't a necessary network feature.
“I haven’t seen any figures but when I visited an EE store to see how fast it was all I saw was technofreaks in there," said Colao. "I haven’t heard any calls from friends, colleagues of businesses that we need this fast internet. With the increase in data speeds of HSPA+ (a faster version of 3G), an early LTE network won’t be much different.”
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I agree with this statment.....
2/11/2013 9:46:20 AM
Because most users only need the data for syncing thier email and very occasional browsing.
Who wants to browse the interenet on such a small screen? Most of the 'users' are kids watching tv shows at restarunts.
At the end of the day, it's a personal choice. Me, I like to keep my money in my pocket, so I use Page Plus (uses Verizon's network) for $29.99 mo and get more than enough with 1,200 minutes, 3,000 texts and 250 mb of data. I only use data for emails and Google navigation. Just did a 2,200+ mile trip using my android navigation and still have plenty of data use left. My brother saved over 80.00 a month from his families cell bill. That's $960.00 of savings over a single year. Page Plus is no contract/pre-pay system, but kittywireless has an auto-pay option and handles the whole 'recharge' process for us.
I find it laughable that so many people out there continue to give their money away. This old proverb comes to mind....."A fool and his money are quickly parted"
Best wishes on the coming year and keeping more of your money in your pockets....
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UK businesses in wholesale, manufacturing and banking made the most money in 2015, indicating prospective business opportunities for budding entrepreneurs.
Statistics released by the government’s department for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) found that, of the turnover generated by the largest enterprises in the UK, those in wholesale made £837bn while those in manufacturing made a combined £585bn.
The biggest businesses in banking achieved revenues of £579bn in 2016, followed by retail businesses with £386bn revenue, professional services businesses with turnover of £274bn, and construction businesses with £242bn.
Insurance is another lucrative business sector; the UK’s 15 largest insurance enterprises generated £114bn in combined revenues in 2015, alongside the motor-vehicle and motorcycle trade – enjoying revenues of £125bn in 2015.
On the flip side, the least lucrative business sectors were found to be forestry (£2bn), fishing (£1bn), and dentistry (£5bn); arguably business sectors to avoid if you’re considering starting up.
Source: Megan Dunsby - Startups.co.uk

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Street stalls are back!
In mid-March of this year, Chengdu changed the policy, allowing for stalls at designated locations. Until the end of May, during the two sessions of the National Committee, the CPPCC members proposed to loosen the regulations. The “street – stalls” economy, which has disappeared for many years, now is back!
Recently, many vendors have received calls from the city management, telling them that they can reset up their street stalls now. They said it’s unbelievable, which was banned not long ago!
What if there is no venue? Remake!
In Suzhou, an area originally used as a parking lot was developed into a food court. People in Zhengzhou are even more creative. Around a square, many people drove their private cars and opened the trunk to change their stalls.
Snacks! Satisfy the craving for tasty food
In addition to clothing and pretty commodities, the most exciting thing is that street foods are back!!
The night market in Putuo District of Shanghai has opened, and now people can buy lamb skewers, seafood and ice cream on the street, and people who love supper are here. There are also some internet-famous delicacies, and the market is richer than before. This is called “烟火气yānhuǒ qì”—- worldlines.
The development of the street-stall economy is very helpful for the self-employed and the unemployed, who were hit during the epidemic. For most people, it seems that the memories of childhood are back.
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Microsoft's upcoming event should fill in a lot of blanks on its upcoming new software.
In the World of Warcraft forums, a Blizzard community manager has briefly confirmed and explained the new, free-to-play "Veteran Edition" of the popular MMORPG.
President Obama gave the FCC his blessing this week to use its regulatory authority to pre-empt state laws prohibiting cities and towns from building broadband networks, but the agency will face opposition.
As Windows 10 approaches, Microsoft will no longer offer free help and support for the ageing but still popular Windows 7.
Facebook-sponsored study claims the company added $227 billion to the global economy last year.
Move over standard Mobile High-Definition Link -- superMHL is on its way, and it's bringing better video quality and support than ever before.
The search giant says its interest in SpaceX is rooted in satellite imaging, as well as other "space-based technologies."
The MVNO plans to support unlocked GSM handsets from an unnamed partner in February, but we've deduced that it's T-Mobile.
After more than a year as an iOS-only product, Livescribe's note-capturing stylus finally makes its way to Android.
The software giant is trying to crack down on scammers that allegedly took advantage of consumers by claiming their PCs were infected with malware.


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The New Color of Luxury: Yellow
Sunny Diamond Hues Are in Demand as Fashion Favors Brighter Jewelry; Deeper Shades Are Pricier
Yellow isn’t always an easy color to wear. But when it comes to diamonds, sunny hues are seducing increasing numbers of jewelry wearers.
In most of the high-end jewelers around Paris’s Place Vendôme, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Bulgari, canary yellow diamonds sparkle in the display cases.
Yellow diamonds are in fashion, fueled by nostalgia, celebrity preference, rarity and other issues. Rihanna sings “yellow diamonds in the sky” in the song “We Found Love.” Nadya Masidlover has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Sotheby’s.
“Yellow diamonds have become incredibly popular,” says Katharina Flohr, creative director for Russian jeweler Fabergé. De Beers Diamond Jewellers, which has stores around the world, has seen strong growth in yellow and other diamond colors over the past few years, said a spokeswoman for the company.
Yellow diamonds were long seen as either rarities reserved for royalty or, worse, low-quality cousins of white diamonds. But luxury consumers’ appetite for all colored diamonds, as well as the soaring price of white diamonds, has given yellow gems a boost. While white diamonds have long been the first port of call for jewelry shoppers, says Ms. Flohr, “women today want color.”
Since 2004, the price of white diamonds has risen more than 30%, according to the Idex Online polished diamond index, driven by demand from a growing class of wealthy consumers in emerging markets and interest in gems as an investment vehicle.
Yellow Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
“For consumers who wanted to stay with diamonds, moving across to yellow diamonds was an affordable option,” said Olivier Reza, a French jewelry designer who recently reopened the Place Vendôme salon founded by his father, gem dealer Alexandre Reza.
At the same time, jewelry fashions in recent years have favored brighter hues, bringing a broad range of colored stones into favor. “We are more fashion-conscious when buying jewelry, not like our mothers,” Ms. Flohr adds.
Yellow diamonds are much rarer than white. The yellow color in diamonds is caused by nitrogen replacing carbon atoms in the diamond’s structure. The more nitrogen in the stone’s composition, the deeper the color.
Celebrities have long been wearers of brightly colored stones, starting with Marilyn Monroe more than 50 years ago. But stars are playing an ever-increasing role as jewelry trend-setters. In recent years, model and TV host Heidi Klum made a splash when she sported a yellow diamond engagement ring given to her by the musician known as Seal, now her ex-husband. Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez wore a yellow diamond ring on television’s “American Idol” in April.
Back by Popular Demand
The sunny stones have also filtered into mainstream culture via perfume stores—with the U.S. launch in January of Versace’s “Yellow Diamond” fragrance—and song lyrics. “Yellow diamonds in the light,” sang artist Rihanna in her 2011 hit “We Found Love.” In her video, the singer wears jewelry made by Bijules, though not any visible yellow diamonds—according to the brand’s creator Jules Kim.
Aiming to tap into popular interest in the stones, U.S.-based Signet Jewelers —parent of Kay Jewelers and Jared the Galleria of Jewelry—is testing a range of yellow diamond jewelry in some of its stores.
Yellow diamonds vary greatly in price. Lighter stones can sell for less than half the price of top-quality colorless white diamonds, while the most fiery, vivid yellow diamonds will command small fortunes.
According to a color-grading scale for diamonds from the GIA, or Gemological Institute of America: Colorless, or “white,” diamonds range from those which are colorless to the naked eye, graded from D to J, to faintly yellow-colored stones, graded from K to Z and seen as lower-quality colorless diamonds.
Only outside of that alphabetical range do diamonds enter the “fancy” classification, with yellows and other rare hues, such as blue, pink or green. There is just one of these fancy yellow diamonds for every 10,000 white diamonds in the world, says Ms. Flohr.
While there is no industry-recognized price list or index for yellow diamonds, a round, D-grade white diamond can cost around $14,000 to $15,000 per carat, according to Gemdax, an Antwerp-based consulting firm that specializes in diamonds. A similar “fancy light” yellow diamond will cost around $6,500 per carat, while a more strongly colored “fancy, vivid” yellow diamond can sell for more than $40,000, according to Gemdax.
Last November, a yellow-diamond price record was set when the Sun-Drop diamond—later renamed “Lady Dalal” by its new owner—was sold at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva for about $12.4 million.
Tiffany & Co., a name long linked with diamonds, has also played a part in the stone’s rising tide. The U.S. jewelry maker—owner of the 128.54-carat Tiffany Yellow Diamond—has developed its own cuts and designs for fancy yellow diamonds, said Stephen Wetherall, sales and marketing executive for Gem Diamonds Ltd., owner of the Ellendale diamond mine in Australia, a significant producer of fancy and vivid yellow diamonds.
Mr. Wetherall says that, by signing an exclusive supply agreement with a subsidiary of Gem Diamonds, Tiffany’s secured the principal rough supply of fancy yellow diamonds in the world. In the first half of the year, Gem Diamonds said that fancy yellow diamonds sold to Tiffany & Co. made up around 12% of carats sold by the mine and accounted for 80% of Ellendale’s total revenue.
Tiffany’s declined to comment for this article.
In 2009, the jeweler launched a campaign to promote yellow diamonds in Japan. Last month, the company celebrated its 175th anniversary by resetting the Tiffany Yellow Diamond and showcasing it at events in Tokyo, Beijing and Dubai.
At Fabergé, more customers are voicing interest in the stones, says Ms. Flohr, with notable demand coming from Russia, Asia—China, in particular—and the U.S.
As Asia’s luxury boom continues, yellow diamonds are likely to remain in demand. “For Asians and the Chinese more specifically, yellow is a really appealing color, both for gold and for diamonds,” says Cindy Chao, a Taiwanese jewelry designer. “It’s often associated with money.”
Source: The Wall Street Journal; Paris. By Nadya Masidlover


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Kylie Jenner looked absolutely sensational as she stepped out with daughter, Stormi, in London on Thursday as they enjoyed some retail therapy at famous department store Harrods.
The pair took a look at the set-up for Kylie Cosmetics and Kylie Skin which included a number of pink chairs and makeup mirrors.
They were also treated to a specially curated area just for Stormi, in which the store had set up several pairs of expensive shoes, purses, clothes, stuffed animals, and toys.
During the outing, Kylie wore a thigh-skimming black miniskirt that featured 3D hands grabbing each of her thighs and a spandex material that clung to her famous butt.
She paired the skirt with a hot-pink, long sleeve blouse that also featured 3D hands that appeared to be grabbing her stomach and chest and showed a hint of skin at the bottom.
Her long, voluminous hair was tied back in a tight ponytail and she wore a full face of makeup, most likely from Kylie Cosmetics.


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Plans to ban the sale and distribution of plastic straws and cotton buds
The UK Government has set out its plan to ban the sale and distribution of plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds to help protect our rivers and seas.
The plan, not yet approved and subject to a consultation, has been launched by Environment Secretary, Michael Gove.
It is estimated that in England we use over 4.7 billion plastic straws, 316 million plastic stirrers and a massive 1.8 billion plastic stemmed cotton buds.
With over 10% of these cotton buds flushed down the toilet.
Once down the toilet the plastic items can end up in our waterways and oceans.
Launching the consultation, Environment Secretary Michael Gove said:
Our precious oceans and the wildlife within need urgent protection from the devastation throw-away plastic items can cause.
In England we are taking world-leading action with our ban on microbeads, and thanks to the public’s support have taken over 15 billion plastic bagsout of circulation with our 5p charge.
I commend retailers, bars and restaurants that have already committed to removing plastic straws and stirrers. But we recognise we need to do more. Today we step-up our efforts to turn the tide on plastic pollution and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it.
Despite the high street offering a whole host of greener alternatives, it is thought that these single-use plastic items are used just the once.
However, they can take up to hundreds of years to break down, resulting in millions of pounds being spent on cleaning up the effects of littering by the Government
It is thought that by October 2019/2020 that a ban will be in place to stop the sale and distribution of plastic straws and related items incl cotton buds.
However, concerns have been raised that some organisations do still need to use plastic straws.
Organisations, especially those with close ties to the medical profession will still need to use them and as such the consultation is seeking the views from this industry to understand and explore potential alternatives.
In some cases organisations can be exempt from the ban, and the government will work with these organisations to ensure the exemptions are crafted correctly.
Greenpeace UK’s political adviser, Sam Chetan welsh went on to say:
Our society’s addiction to throwaway plastic is fuelling a global environmental crisis that must be tackled.
Ministers are doing the sensible thing by looking to ban single-use plastic items that can be easily replaced with better alternatives or that we can simply do without. But this should be just the start.
If we are to protect our oceans from the scourge of plastic, the flow of waste needs to be cut off at the tap. And that means the companies producing and selling all this packaging must take responsibility for it and cut down the amount of plastic ending up in our shopping baskets.
End up in the oceans
It is thought that over 150 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up every year in the worlds oceans.
As a result of this pollution over one million birds and over 100,000 sea mammals die each year from eating and getting tangled in plastic waste.
It is expected, according to a recent report, that plastic waste in the sea is set to treble by 2025.
The UK government is thought to be tackling this issue by investing a further £61.4 million of funding into research.
The government is also looking at further methods to reduce avoidable waste and recycle more as part of its Resources and Waste Strategy which will be published later in the year.


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Boasting international eats from food trucks that will rotate daily, Welcome to Bowen Hills is designed by Derlot Architects award-winning director Alexander Lotersztain.
The Argentinian born Australian designer is the brains behind countless international branding and art direction concepts, being named one of the 100 most influential designers worldwide, among other awards and titles.
100 Burgers Group began as a single Mr Burger food truck in the heart of Melbourne, before growing into a fleet of ten, plus a handful of stores. Mr Burger has been awarded Melbourne’s Best Food Truck on numerous occasions, and has since expanded to Hobart and Brisbane, adding new fast food concepts along the way.
100 Burgers Group founder Daragh Kan is confident Brisbane food lovers will respond well to the permanent food truck stop.
“Outdoor drinking is such an essential part of the Queensland lifestyle so we’re confident that Brisbanites will flock to Welcome to Bowen Hills,” said Mr Kan.
Brisbane Showgrounds Project Director Andrew Hay said he is excited for the new development.
“The boutique laneway retail experience is unlike anything Brisbane has seen before,” said Mr Hay.
“It’s full of history and atmosphere with a unique fitout, perfectly suiting the friendly community growing in the urban lifestyle precinct.”
Welcome to Bowen Hills will open at the Brisbane Showgrounds in mid-February.
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According to a report, the number of transactions made in India via mobile wallets in Q1, 2020 stands at 1.08 billion; the value of transactions made stands at Rs 429 billion. There has been a drop of 4% in both volumes as well as the value of transactions when compared to Q1 2019.
As per the report received from the payments company Worldline India, a significant transaction volume of Rs 3.87 billion was recorded by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in Q1 2020, an 81% increase from a year ago.
As per the report titled “India Digital Payments Report-Q1 2020”, UPI assisted transactions worth Rs 6.45 trillion, up by 84% from the previous year. Five banks became part of the UPI ecosystem in Q1, taking the total number of banks offering UPI services to 148 as of March 2020. The data revealed that 4.251.73 million transactions were done via mobile apps, and 811.61 million transactions were done using net banking/internet browser in Q1 2020.
In terms of value, payment channels based on mobile apps processed transactions worth Rs 15,674.12 billion and transactions based on net banking/internet browser facilitated transactions worth Rs 94,580.39 billion.
Consumers often prefer mobile apps for small ticket size transactions, and net banking/browser-based channels for high ticket size transactions, the report said. The overall number of credit card transactions was Rs 553.87 million in Q1 2020. The total value of credit-card transactions was Rs 1,792.94 billion.
The number and amount of debit card transactions in Q1 2020 were Rs 1.273.40 million and Rs 2.300 billion respectively.
Deepak Chandnani, the Managing Director of Worldline South Asia & Middle East, mentioned that with social distancing, online meetings, work from home, etc. becoming part of our everyday routine, it’s likely to see a rise in the consumers who intend to spend cashless.
He also mentioned that India has the potential to empower consumers with contactless solutions. Our country is gaining momentum with more than 5 million POS terminals, 886 million cards, and solutions such as FASTags, UPI, etc.
Worldline India further said that the report is based on analysing transactions that are available in public databases as well as transactions which are processed by the company during this year’s January-March period.
For any clarifications/feedback on the topic, please contact the writer at email@example.com
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It seems that a backup tape for customer data, including social security numbers, has been missing since last October. GE Money which handles account information for JC Penny and others has stated that some 650,000 customers may be at risk. But what is really news here is the way that GE Money has handled this data loss. It seems that GE Money has sent out letters to those who’s records may have been lost, but that many users may have thought the letter was junk mail and not an important announcement.
Let’s face it. Most of us who received junk mail simply toss out the mail without opening it. If we don’t recognize the mail as being from a company that we deal with, out it goes. In this case it could be exactly what happened and many customers do not realize their data may have been lost. The article from CNN Money states:
Incidents like this add to consumer concern about fraud. The Identity Theft Resource Center says there was a six-fold increase last year in the number of records reported compromised in the United States — to 125 million.
Data breaches can stem from hacking, as well as the physical loss or theft of computers of data storage equipment.
It took GE Money two months to reconstruct the missing tape and identify the people whose information was lost. Since December, the company has been notifying consumers in batches of several thousand and telling them to phone a call center set up to deal with the breach. The notification is expected to be completed next week.
Has anyone received a notification from GE Money? Let us know.
Complete CNN Money article is here.
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Harrods Street Party Window Inspiration. Have you ever fancied designing your own window at Harrods?
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Harrods is inviting its fans to design a Harrods window.
Till Thursday 19th April 2012, Harrods’ customers can create a mood board on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Street Party theme, using online image pinboard website Pinterest. The winning board will come to life as it is transformed into a Harrods window by the store’s award-winning Visual Merchandising team, to be unveiled in May.
Harrods Image Director, Mark Briggs, will then select a shortlist of three mood boards that will be posted on Harrods’ Facebook page, allowing fans to vote for their favourite entry. The contest is open to UK residents only.


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Logistics summit generates business proposals worth Rs2,00,000 cr
06 May 2017
The 3-day India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit that concluded in New Delhi on Friday saw the signing of 34 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth a total Rs2,00,000 crore.
MoUs were signed for development of port connectivity and integrated check posts (ICP) in Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur while MoUs were signed for providing access to land port in Tripura, Assam and Mizoram.
Logistics parks are proposed to be developed in Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Mizoram, including the development and expansion of multi modal logistics parks in Mumbai and Bengaluru and Haryana.
Besides, the summit explored investment opportunities in logistics sector, dredging of inland waterways, implementation of 79 port connectivity projects under Sagarmala, development of port roads to Chennai and Vishakhapatnam ports, and connectivity to airport in Navi Mumbai, among others.
Some of these MoUs are between government agencies while others are between government and business and among businesses.
About 3,000 delegates from within and outside the country, including central and state government organisations , international organisations like the World Bank and ADB, delegates, global transport and supply chain experts and representatives of private companies, attended the three-day summit.
The summit focused on six major themes that included multi modal logistics parks, new developments in urban transportation, freight corridors for economic development, supply chain transformation- storage innovations, GST and role of digitization for decongestion and standards and skills for logistics.
Fifty speakers from across the globe shared their views, expertise and experience about developing the logistics and integrated multi modal transport sector in India.
Speaking at the concluding session of the summit, minister of road transport and highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari said that there is an urgent need to bring down logistics cost in the country to globally comparable rates if we are to achieve double digit economic growth and ensure welfare of the weakest sections of society.


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Award-winning actor and artist Will Smith is expanding his influence beyond Hollywood with his most recent investment in the mobile-banking service app, Step.
According to Black Enterprise, Step is an app that allows teens to easily send and receive money from family and friends without having to deal with the monthly fees, overdraft fees or minimum balance that traditional banks require customers to have.
“Schools don’t teach kids about money,” Step’s CEO and co-founder CJ MacDonald tells TechCrunch. “We want to be their first bank accounts with spending cards, but we also want to teach financial literacy and responsibility.”
Outside of Smith, who invested in the app through his venture capital firm Dreamers fund, Step has also received investments from Nas, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Wndrco, Ronnie Lott, Matt Rutler and more. Payment processing company Stripe is one of the lead investors in the teen-focused banking app, helping to bring its total investments to $22.5 million.
With its new round of funding, Step plans to partner with Mastercard and Evolve to provide its customers with banking accounts with payment cards attached.
“Today’s young people are digitally savvy, having grown up with technology as a mainstay in their day-to-day lives,” Complex reports Mastercard’s EVP of digital partnerships Sherri Haymond saying in a statement. “As a result, we also need to ensure that they become familiar with the unique aspects of digital payments including providing education about the various finance and payment products available. Step has taken a thoughtful approach to developing an offering for teens and families that provides that first step in educating and acclimating today’s youth to help them gain confidence and awareness around their finances.”
MacDonald explains that as they continue to grow their product, he wants Step “to be a solution for teaching the next generation of adults to be more responsible with money in the cashless era.”


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As the holiday season continues, pet stores are stocking up on seasonal items. But that begs the question, are all treats good for your pup?
It's a busy time of the year for Dr. Brooke O'Bryan, a Bowman Road Associate Veterinarian, who answers questions from what treats are safe to the food that people mix-up.
"There's kind of an uptick this time of year just because, you know, people want to make their pet their own little Thanksgiving plate," she said.
And while Dr. O'Bryan advises against feeding your pets most human food, there are also some treats in pet stores owners should be wary of.
And while most holiday dyes or treat shapes should be fine, Dr. O'Bryan has some advice on what to look out for. "If sugar is one of the first three ingredients, I would say maybe not.. if it's like one of those really, like, kind of chewy gummy type treats, I would avoid that," Dr. O'Bryan said.
She also urges discretion when choosing which dog toys to put under the tree this year. This includes being mindful of how rough your dog plays and always supervising them during chew time.
"Squeakers are definitely things they like to rip out and swallow," she said.
Overall, Dr. O'Bryan said that if your pet may have gotten into something they shouldn't have, you can always contact a veterinarian if you have any further medical questions.


text: Cape Town - The Port of Cape Town has been affected by gale force winds, forcing it to deny access to certain vessels due to safety concerns.MSC Cruises announced in a statement that the Cape Town Port authority will only allow the MSC Sinfonia, returning from a 3-night cruise from Mossel Bay, to dock at 06:00 on 11 December 2012 - if the wind conditions have eased.While the port is not closed entirely, certain vessels have been halted from sailing because it was too risky. Cruise liners are especially risky to launch because of their height, which offers a lot of wind resistance. This was combined with a narrow pathway that had to be negotiated in and out of Duncan Dock.MSC Crusies has advised passengers due to embark on the 4-night cruise to Luderitz to head to the the Southern Sun Waterfront for the night where arrangements have been made to accommodate them. The lost day has forced an itinerary change - the Luderitz trip has been cancelled and replaced with a 3 night cruise to Mossel Bay - scheduled to leave between 06:00 and 09:00 on Tuesday if the wind subsides and access to the port is allowed.Allan Foggitt, Marketing Director, Starlight Cruise said travel plans for those waiting to disembark have also be made. "All passengers booked on the next cruise who are not satisfied with the itinerary change will need to contact MSC cruises for an update on the compensations measures available to them," Foggitt said.


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Samsung Galaxy A51 India launch imminent as support page goes live on local website
The Samsung Galaxy A51 unveiled last week will go on sale in Vietnam from December 27. The company hasn't revealed any plans to bring the A51 to other markets yet, but it seems the smartphone will make its way to India soon too.
Support page for the Galaxy A51 with model number SM-A515F/DSN has gone live on Samsung's official India website, hinting at an imminent launch in the country.
The Galaxy A51 is powered by the Exynos 9611 SoC and comes with up to 8GB RAM and up to 128GB storage. The smartphone runs Android 10-based One UI 2.0 out of the box and sports a 6.5" FHD+ Super AMOLED display that has a fingerprint scanner underneath and a punch hole in the center for the 32MP selfie camera.
Around the back, the Galaxy A51 has an L-shaped quad camera setup, which is a combination of 48MP, 12MP ultrawide, 5MP macro, and 5MP depth sensor modules.
The Galaxy A51 comes in Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush White, Prism Crush Blue and Prism Crush Pink colors, and packs a 4,000 mAh battery that supports 15W fast charging.
Alongside the A51, Samsung announced the Galaxy A71. Whether or not it comes to India with the A51 remains to be seen.
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I'd stay away with stock Android. OxygenOS > than stock Android One.
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Imagine a phone like redmi note 8 pro with Android one
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Nit needed.. One UI is way more richer and cooler than stock android lineup


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In addition to cementing her place as Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin was quite savvy when playing the payout game.
Aretha was paid for at least part of her fees in cash, in advance and in her purseâ¦ or she didn’t take the microphone. The rest could be paid, ultimately, by check.
As Rob rosenblatt, CEO of Alternative Finance FinTech On behalf of, Karen Webster recounted, clubs and venues were forced, because Aretha had what they needed – the ability to sell tickets, of course. This, in itself, is a sign of a vendor’s power to dictate terms.
It turns out that more traditional suppliers, manufacturers and distributors, as they navigate the ups and downs of B2B commerce, could learn a thing or two from the diva.
in a recent episode of the month-long PYMNTS / Visa B2B payments series that seeks to reinvent commercial payments in the digital economy, Rosenblatt said that in a world where providers have more leverage, they could potentially get paid. more – in advance – in the payment methods of their choice.
It may be conventional wisdom to assume that buyers hold all the power in B2B, but as Rosenblatt argued, suppliers have at least a few levers in place to speed up payment terms. In the meantime, they can reduce their DSOs to help improve working capital and cash flow, as ecosystems connecting all parts of the supply chain (including the consumer) take shape. The urgency is there as inefficiencies in supply chains stand out with glaring relief amid the pandemic, as container ships idle outside ports.
At a high level, he said, the platforms offer vendors that kind of leverage, with consistent data flow between both sides of those flows – accounts receivable and payables – which helps define conditions so as to benefit all stakeholders.
The concept is decades old
The model linked to these platforms is nothing new. Rosenblatt described a platform with roots stretching back three decades that connected grocers with their suppliers and manufacturers, as well as the consumer, with the goal of delivering relevant in-store loyalty coupons and offers.
âIt was awkward,â he noted – perhaps not a surprise, given the relatively primitive technology that existed at the time. But the general theme remains the same: Data dominates the day, and the science and technology that exist in payments and consumer loyalty can now find their way into various supply chains.
The technological barriers that hindered this flow of information no longer exist, Rosenblatt said. The digital age has made distribution relationships more direct, and suppliers and buyers can tailor their interactions on an individual level.
Rosenblatt said: “The levers are all there,” for suppliers to pull: “From early delivery to exclusive products, to preferential product.” To achieve that level of exclusivity – what buyers want and sometimes need when boosting their own inventory – pricing is essential and discounts are essential, he said.
Suppliers ? Well, in a more perfect world, they can dictate the terms of anything that increases their own ROI, Rosenblatt said, whether it’s pricing or dumping old inventory. Buyers want to stock their physical – or virtual – shelves so they can meet anticipated consumer demand.
Across industries, buyers are reshaping their supply chains, learning not to depend too much on a single “chain” or set of suppliers, and in this case the balance of power shifts a bit towards sellers, producers and distributors who are proving themselves to play a vital role in establishing new (and even redundant) avenues for putting goods on the shelves.
Buyers can benefit, he added, by diversifying their supplier bases, letting smaller suppliers join in and in turn refining their own purchasing behavior and protecting the financial health of those suppliers.
A change in buyer behavior, he said, would require a change in values, which he says is taking place in American businesses.
âIt is important to care about the supplier and to help the supplier remain a vibrant supplier and member of the communityâ¦ the interests will not only be purely economic, âhe said.
Get away from the check
For now, at least, while it is ambitious for suppliers to be paid on demand, getting paid on time seems more urgent than ever.
More than $ 1 trillion is stuck in what you might call a credit spread for one type of payment to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) – those one-time payments that make up about 38% of their annual sales, of which 30 % are late – beyond agreed terms, and a staggering 60% of those debts are overdue, Webster noted, often by more than a month.
More than ever, there is a need for a vendor-created cash cushion, said Rosenblatt, linked to digital finance conduits.
âThere is a certain ‘cost of capital’ that vendors / vendors will be willing to pay in return for the assurance that they can cover their payroll and pay the rent. This need is more and more pronounced, âhe said. To get an idea of ââhow much vendors are willing to pay, consider that the average discount on an invoice to get paid on time is almost 5%.
The myriad of funding available, the fragmented market that exists when many vendors clutter up the space, means the cost of capital is too high.
It’s an imperfect, friction-filled arena, the fundraising space. Quoting Oscar Wilde, Webster recounted that âexperience is the name we give to our mistakes,â and to put it mildly, lender / provider / finance interactions are rich in experience (only a little ironic, Rosenblatt postulated that B2B is a road paved with many carcasses).
Many lenders have misjudged financial health or repayment capacity, in an environment where it is relatively easy to give money, but in difficult economic climates it is difficult to get it back.
He told Webster it was a cardinal rule to always believe in calculations – and to use common sense when lending.
âYou can never have enough data,â he said, adding that the loan is âa game of good and bad odds when you’re in the finance business. And you must always, always look at data that might have seemed irrelevant, âonce upon a time. This would avoid stepping back too far – in other words, saying no to supply chain finance – simply because of a lack of visibility.
Going forward, ideally, Rosenblatt said, there should be a “slider” feature built into finance programs that allows buyers and suppliers to align with terms, discounts, and payment period that work. â¦ case by case. A million different transactions could potentially have a million different term sets, aided by a robust flow of data points, analytical technologies, and platforms.
âIn theory, there should be a fundraising vehicle for every transaction,â he told Webster.


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Analyst: Central Banks Pushing Money into the Markets Behind Bitcoin Bull Rally
- It’s alt season, “Altcoins are outperforming Bitcoin on an on a consistent day-to-day basis”
- Halving “remains one of the strongest divers from a fundamental perspective,” but Federal Reserve pushing money into the markets pushing prices up
The crypto market is enjoying a bull run that has the leading cryptocurrency up over 40% in 2020 so far. Though we couldn’t breach the $10,500 level yesterday, we are still above $10k. While Bitcoin is running, altcoins are flying.
With altcoin prices jumping, many analysts are calling for the start of ‘alt season' with Ethereum (ETH) up 100%, XRP 57%, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) 121%, BSV 269%, Tezos (XTZ) 122%, Cardano (ADA) 95%, Monero (XMR) 101%, Dash 201%, IOTA 92%, Lisk 225%, Bitcoin Diamond 221%, DigixDAO 177%, and Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) by 383% to name a few.
But why are we flying?
For altcoins’, alt season has officially started as Mati Greenspan, founder of Quantum Economics recently said on BlockTV that it is definitely that time of the year. He said,
“Altcoins are outperforming Bitcoin on an on a consistent day-to-day basis pretty much since the beginning of the year.”
He explained how the US airstrike on Jan. 3rd had market realizing that “Bitcoin could potentially be used as a safe haven from geopolitical events.” Since then, he said we have been looking at a “very risk on market” with altcoins outperforming which means that “investors are looking to take risk, which is pretty much different from safe-haven trading.”
Could it be the deadly coronavirus? Previously, in his daily newsletter, Greenspan ridiculed the effect of coronavirus on bitcoin stating,
“Crypto is neither acting like a safe haven in the face of the virus, nor is it selling off with the other risk assets. Rather, it remains completely uncorrelated.”
The main advantage of crypto assets actually is that they are unaffected by the external factor, which makes it a “great hedging tool,” he said.
So, what is it then?
Less than three months away Bitcoin reward halving certainly plays a part with retail investors excited about this historically bullish event. It “remains one of the strongest divers from a fundamental perspective,” he said. But there’s another factor and that’s the Federal Reserve pushing money into the markets.
Former eToro analyst explained on BlockTV that coronavirus isn’t even affecting the stock markets. The real reason could be investors’ assumption at the moment that any gaps in production, due to several cities in China being shut down because of the virus, “can be easily covered by the injection of free money by the world's central banks.” As we saw with Tesla, Greenspan said,
“The People's Bank of China has already injected some hundred and seventy billion dollars into their economy. The Fed has recently resumed their quantitative easing so as the European Central Bank. So we're very much in an environment of money being pushed on the market, free money with low-interest rates which is why the stock market has been going completely bonkers.”
And “all of that free money that's being introduced into the market, some of this is actually ending up into the crypto market,” he added.
Popular analyst PlanB who is known for using the stock-to-flow model to determine Bitcoin value also shares Greenspan’s opinion as he hypothesis, “Bitcoin keeps rising as long as FED, ECB and PBOC keep printing.”
“Let's face it: central banks have lost control with QE and negative interest rates. #bitcoin,” tweeted the analyst on Wednesday.


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In 2020 gold shattered its record price of over $ 2,000 an ounce. Yet demand for the precious metal collapsed to its lowest level in eleven years. A real paradox.
Gold consumption fell 14% last year, observes the World Gold Council. It fell below the 4,000 tonne threshold for the first time since the financial crisis of 2009. Difficult to understand a priori, since the precious metal broke its all-time price record last August, at more than 2,000 dollars per ounce.
Investor rush into ETFs
But the gold rush was not general. It was mainly the result of investors, worried by the Covid crisis and without any other profitable investment alternative given the low interest rates. Purchases of coins and ingots remained at nearly 900 tonnes, but above all we saw a record influx of investments in gold-backed funds, ETFs or trackers: also nearly 900 tonnes. An increase of 120% compared to last year! This is what caused the price of the yellow metal to soar.
But withdrawal of central banks
In contrast, central banks have reduced their purchases of gold by 60% to 273 tonnes. While Turkey, which has the most appetite, continued shopping, Russia stopped it in March. Germany has sold some of its gold. It must be said that the States needed to finance their savings, broken down because of the Covid.
Lowest jewelry purchases in history
It was also the pandemic that caused a 34% collapse in purchases of gold jewelry last year, to 1,400 tonnes, its lowest level in history. This is the biggest segment of the demand for precious metal. China and India, the world’s largest consumers, have particularly slowed down spending, because of the lockdowns that saw jewelry stores close, but also the fear of the next day, especially since gold was particularly expensive.
Decline in industrial demand
Finally, industrial demand for gold also fell by 7%, to 300 tonnes, due to disruptions in logistics chains, despite the larger purchases of screens, on the part of populations confined to their homes.


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During the last decade, vanilla prices have soared from about $20 a kilo to record prices of up to $300 during last year's vanilla scarcity. A devastating cyclone in 2000 and the 2002 political crisis in Madagascar, the world's biggest grower, heavily influenced this boom in vanilla prices.
But this year prices are expected to ease up as international markets anticipate a bumper vanilla bean harvest in Madagascar, predicting a trebling of production from 500 metric tons in 2003 to around 1500 MT this year.
Synergy Flavours, a division of Irish food group Carbery, confirmed that a significant issue in developing their latest flavour product has been sourcing the organic vanilla beans. But one of its "objectives is to be able to get vanilla beans from known farmers, so that the provenance of the extract becomes even deeper," said Crispin Gell of Synergy.
The firm has now completed the R&D but 'perfecting the extraction of this delicate flavour took several more months', it said. The organic vanilla product has now been approved by the UK organic industry body, the Soil Association and joins the portfolio of organic flavours that Synergy offers, including organic lemon and peppermint extracts.
Vanilla is the world's favourite ice cream flavour choice. According to ITC/UN statistics, the total global demand for vanilla is about 2000 to 3000 metric tonnes a year, with the world market for vanilla beans highly concentrated in a few developed countries.
The US, France and Germany account for about 80 per cent of world imports, the US absorbing 50 to 60 per cent, and France and Germany between 10 to 15 per cent each. These three countries are also major re-exporters of both vanilla beans and processed vanilla products.
Rocketing vanilla prices in the recent international market forced food manufacturers to look for alternatives, reflected in an increase in global demand for synthetic vanilla that at vanilla's peak, cost about one-hundredth of its price.
According to Raman Gujral from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce, synthetic vanillin accounts for more than 90 per cent of the US vanilla flavouring market and about 50 per cent of the French market (the lowest national share). One ounce of artificially produced vanillin has roughly the same flavouring power as a gallon of natural vanilla extract.


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In a sign Venezuela’s food shortages could be worsening, restrictions on the sale of 20 basic items subject to price controls, including toilet paper and chicken, are set to begin next week in its most populous state, officials said on Tuesday.
A spokesman for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government said it is incorrect to call the plan rationing because it is meant to fight smuggling of price-controlled food across the border into Colombia. He said there are no plans to extend the program nationally.
Details of how the system in Zulia State will work are still being worked out, said Blagdimir Labrador, the state governor’s chief of staff, but Zulia will issue computer chip cards beginning next week that will limit consumer purchases of products including rice, flour, cooking oil, sugar and powdered milk, he said.
The quantities each family will be allowed to buy, on a daily or weekly basis, have not yet been determined, he said.
The system will register purchases remotely on computer servers “so the same person can’t go to a different store on the same day and purchase the same product,” Labrador said.
Labrador said the system would initially apply to 65 supermarkets in two cities, Maracaibo and San Francisco, in the state of 3.7 million people bordering Colombia.
…“This is only in Zulia State and it is not rationing,” Venezuelan Information Ministry spokesman Raimundo Urrechaga said. “It is focused only on Zulia, to control contraband.”
That is fine with Angelica Silva, a 52-year-old housewife who could not find butter or toilet paper in a downtown Caracas market on Tuesday.
“This isn’t a poor country like Cuba, where we all depend on the government,” she said.
However, Silva was still worried.
“What scares me is that there will be more scarcity and nobody will tolerate that,” she said.
That makes many economists skeptical that limiting food purchases, or rationing, can end worsening shortages of basic foodstuffs and medicine that Venezuelans generally blame on government mismanagement in a nation that gets 97 percent of its export earnings from oil.
Full article: Food rationing to begin in Venezuelan state (Taipei Times)


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An individual takes a photograph in entrance of a chunk by Mashkow, throughout a press preview on March 25, 2021 of the grand opening of Superchief Gallery NFT, a bodily gallery devoted completely to NFT (non-fungible tokens) paintings in New York.
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Gross sales of digital nonfungible tokens soared to greater than $2 billion within the first quarter — greater than 20 occasions the quantity of the earlier quarter, in accordance with a report from NonFungible.com.
There have been $93 million in transactions within the fourth quarter of 2020, in accordance with the web site, which tracks NFT transactions and marketplaces.
Its first-quarter complete doesn’t embrace gross sales of NBA Prime Photographs — the video highlights which are being changed into NFTs and traded. These commerce on the Circulate platform and racked up gross sales of $472 million within the first quarter, in accordance with NonFungible.com. It additionally doesn’t embrace the $69 million NFT bought by Beeple at Christie’s in March, because it was traded by way of a partnership with Nifty Gateway.
Regardless of latest information exhibiting a giant drop in common costs from February, gross sales of NFTs at the beginning of the 12 months confirmed an explosion of curiosity and shopping for. NonFungible.com stated there have been greater than twice as many consumers than sellers within the first quarter, with 73,000 consumers for 33,000 sellers. The imbalance, in accordance with the corporate, “is a sign of huge curiosity in newcomers, but additionally of the will of present homeowners to maintain their belongings, which creates a phenomenon of shortage out there.”
A digital paintings that includes Scooter frontman H.P. Baxxter is up for public sale on an internet site. Scooter would be the first band in Germany to launch digital, animated paintings to accompany the brand new Scooter album “God Save the Rave” beginning April 9. The paintings will obtain a certificates of authenticity utilizing NFTs, Non-Fungible Tokens, which can’t be manipulated.
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There have been almost 150,000 lively wallets within the first quarter — greater than 1.5 occasions the quantity from a 12 months in the past.
NonFungible.com stated the trade is basically dominated by the artwork and collectibles segments, and particularly initiatives resembling CryptoPunks and SuperRare.
Regardless of the latest value drops from the February highs, NonFungible.com stated the typical value of NFTs “elevated considerably” through the quarter, with a murals on SuperRare promoting for a median of $1,231 within the fourth quarter, and $6,585 within the first quarter on the secondary market.


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German software giant SAP has opened a support center in China to serve its customers in China, Japan and Korea, the company said in a statement.
The center will be based in Dalian, an industrial city in northeastern China. According to the company, 130 native speakers of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English will comprise the initial staff, serving more than 4,200 SAP customers in the region.
SAP Worldwide Support
The workers will provide a number of services, such as online monitoring, software upgrades and remote maintenance.
The company already has support centers in Ireland, Spain, Austria and India.SAP reported that it invested EUR 10 million in the center.
The center will also serve customers worldwide as part of SAP’s global 24-hour support network, known as SAP Active Global Support.
“Among all of the enterprise software providers, SAP offers one of the most comprehensive global support networks, enabling us to provide dedicated, individual service around the world and throughout each customer engagement life cycle,” said SAG executive board member Gerhard Oswald in a statement.
Joining GE, IBM, HP
According to an SAP statement, the new center shows the company’s commitment to the market in China, where it has been conducting business for 11 years and where it now employs nearly 500 workers.
Last year the company opened a research and development lab in Shanghai. That lab is one of seven regional labs, with the others located in Bulgaria, France, India, Israel, Japan and Palo Alto, California.
SAP chose to base the center in Dalian in part because of the city’s international character, which will make it easier to recruit employees fluent in Japanese and Korean.
The city also boasts the Dalian Software Park, a government initiative aimed at establishing the city as a software hub. GE, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Nokia and Accenture already have offices there.


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Marketers ‘need to lose their fear’ to better understand programmatic advertising says Shazam’s chief revenue officer
The growth of programmatic advertising has not been recpiracated in terms of widespread understanding according to many sources in the industry. Many marketers are still afraid of what they don’t totally understand, a problem that needs to be overcome says Shazam’s chief revenue officer, Greg Glenday.
Speaking to The Drum, and echoing the thoughts of Michelle Zitz, The Economist Group’s programmatic director who also highlight the ‘fear’ of marketers around the subject of programmatic, Glenday encouraged an improvement in education of the advertising platform in order to increase adoption.
“Programmatic has changed a lot in the last year-and-a-half to the point where it’s not just a transaction. When a marketer wakes up in the morning they don’t say ‘I can’t wait to transact programmatically’ – they are trying to reach audiences. That’s all programmatic is; an easy way to transact against an audience. We have a vast audience, we divide them into segments based on genre, location, mood and all of those things can be done programmatically.”
Glenday added his belief that programmatic enabled advertisers to transact in an easier and efficient manner and target better through the use of data.
The full interview can be viewed above, with more details of The Drum’s Digital Trading Awards US, where Glenday was speaking from the launch event, can be found at the dedicated website.
Deadline for entries has been extended until 24 June.
The Drum Digital Trading Awards USA are held in association with Media iQ and partnered by The Trade Desk, OpenX, the Guardian US; and the 4A’s. The awards recognize programmatic performance and are open for entry at www.digitaltradingawards.com
This article first appeared in www.thedrum.com


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The Chinese giant Tencent does not stop investing in Western assets. This time the company became a minority owner of the French studio Dontnod Entertainment, known for the titles Vampyr, Twin Mirror and the franchise Life Is Strange.
Life Is Strange
The attraction of new investments was announced by Dontnod itself.
The studio raised money during an accelerated book building, which ended this morning. We are talking about a process during which investors are asked how many shares and at what price they are ready to purchase. Based on this information, the company issues shares for sale.
In total, Dontnod received about €40 million from its partners. Most of this money was brought by Tencent, which immediately invested €30 million.
According to the head of Dontnod, Oskar Guilbert, the deal with Tencent will help accelerate the development of the studio. For example, now developers will be able to independently publish games and enter the Chinese market.
Thanks to this partnership, Dontnod has received an ideal opportunity for rapid growth — in particular, in China and on mobile platforms. The increase in capital will allow us to implement our development strategy faster. This strategy is aimed at getting more out of our original games through self-publishing.
Head of Dontnod
Dontnod was founded in 2008. During this time, the studio managed to cooperate with such publishers as Microsoft, Square Enix, Bandai Namco and Capcom. The last two projects of the developers were Tell Me Why and Twin Mirror, released in 2020. At the same time, Twin Mirror was the first game that the French published without the help of third-party companies.


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The 20th anniversary Twitter account for the series (that was created in June of last year) just tweeted out that the year will be "exciting and wonderful," due to "lots of important information."
Ive already had my heart played with when everyone was teasing Ape Escape news during the recent anniversary of the series. JUST GIMME MORE APE ESCAPE DAMNIT!
I remember when it was teased for PS3 and it turned out to be that terrible PlayStation Move game.
Yeah, we'll probably get some on-rails VR garbage nobody asked for at PS5's launch.
Ape escape ps5?
Yep, you got it
A NEW GAME??! (Faint) (Wake up) please be true!
Ape Escape PS5 and Ape Escape VR. With 3D audio where sound played a roll just like the first game. Or one game with dual mode. Play one way or the other. Show us what haptic controllers can do. It would be cool if it was Bluepoint Games working with Japan Studios and made a reboot or remaster. I'll take that too.
Yes, yes and yes. I'll always remember getting Ape Escape on PS1 for Christmas as a kid. It came in the pack with the see through green DualShock. Analogue sticks were a game changer! Swinging those nets to catch those apes was so intuitive.
Yup. We need that magic again. Like Astrobot did.
Dude. Please be a new game. I would freak out!!
as much as I want a new game, it's most likely just ps5 news in general.
I wouldn't mind a 3D remake that a lot of PS1 series are getting (Spyro, Crash, Medievil). Ape Escape remake would be a perfect fit!
Everything is recycle in life. Cars, fashion, movies, classic tv shows. why not classic video games returning. I'd love to see Battle Arena Toshiden return.
I would definitely like a new game in the Franchise.
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Are we approaching an era where in-seat entertainment screens are a relic of the past? Has the time come for airlines to rip them out and save the carrying costs, leveraging customers own devices at the new core of the in-flight entertainment passenger experience? United Airlines arguably believes the answer is a resounding yes, at least for the short-haul/regional market.
The carrier is investing in wifi-based streaming media solutions with partners Panasonic and Thales/LiveTV offering stored content available to watch on a properly equipped (i.e. DRM-compliant) device for its entire fleet. And United is even going so far as working with LiveTV to get the DIRECTV product into the streaming solution, allowing for any of the 100+ channels currently on the in-seat TV systems to be available via a BYOD streaming app on its 737 fleet of 200+ aircraft. Delta and American Airlines are similarly in on the game, investing heavily with their in-flight connectivity partner Gogo to offer a broad selection of content via streaming.
So the in-seat screen is dead, right? Not so fast says Glen Latta, president of Thales’ LiveTV unit. Even as the company works to build out a solution to meet United’s desired configuration of no in-seat screens Latta believes strongly in the future of the in-seat screen. Because, like in most business decisions, it follows the money. Latta explained his view of the market in a recent interview,
Why would a company not want to put a screen in the seat-back? It is always money or cost to carry. So if it was light enough and you generated enough additional ancillary revenue everybody would put a screen in the seatback. With this new technology that we’re using we believe we can have a last mile that is lightweight enough and low cost enough that no airline would refuse to put it in the seat.
Indeed, controlling costs is the main reason to not install the screens. They are not cheap to begin with and the cost to carry that weight around on every flight is very real. But at some point Latta believes that the ability to sell various services or products through the screens outweighs the carrying cost, assuming the screens can be made light enough and cheap enough. And, not surprisingly, Latta believes that his company has found a way to meet that cost point.
The ancillary revenue options are broad, ranging from pay-per-view movies and TV options to simply broadcasting commercials to passengers before the flight departs. LiveTV also has a new product out with JetBlue offering stored magazine content accessible via the screens. It is free on JetBlue today but that is another type of content which could be monetized.
The opportunities to make money off the in-seat screens are very real, but it does depend on having the cost side of the equation low enough to satisfy airline bean-counters; that’s rarely an easy task. Thales/LiveTV believes it has the right product to come in cheap enough to an airline. And, just in case the carrier still refuses, the streaming BYOD solution is there, too.
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The FAW-Xiali N7 has been launched on the China car market, price starts at 45.900 yuan and ends at 53.900 yuan. The Xiali N7 is the production version of the FAW R008 concept that debuted on the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show. The funky lines of the N7 are a bold move for conservative FAW-Xiali where design is usually rather boring.
FAW has confirmed that the new Besturn X80 SUV will debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April. The X80, the first SUV under the Besturn brand, will then be launched on the Chinese car market soon after the show. Price is expected to range from 120.000 yuan to 200.000 yuan.
The very first spy shots of a new FAW-Besturn MPV, Chinese media say it will be launched on the China auto market in 2015. The yet nameless MPV will be based on the Mazda 8 MPV that is made in China by the FAW-Mazda joint venture. All Besturn branded vehicles are based on Mazda’s.
The first batch of Hongqi H7 sedans has been delivered to the local government of Jilin Province, which bought 13 cars for its provincial-level officials. The Hongqi H7 is still not available on the normal Chinese car market. FAW, the owner of the Hongqi-brand, said 10 other government entities have ordered the H7, but FAW didn’t say how many cars were involved. Jilin is an easy first victory because FAW is based in the provincial capital Changchun.
New spy shots from the upcoming Hongqi L7 testing in China, and it seems there have been some new changes at the back. The production version was expected to debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April but Chinese media now say it will be launched ‘later this year’. And things get even worse… The same media also say the Hongqi (Red Flag) L7 will only be available for the government procurement, with sales to private buyers starting as late as 2014.
A fine FAW-Besturn B50 sedan with Toyota badges, seen in the great country of Russia by reader Roman from faw-cars.ru, thank you for the pictures! Besturn started business in Russia last year and currently only sells the B50, the FAW V2 and V5 will become available in March. Read more »
We have seen the FAW-Besturn X80 SUV complete naked in China but testing seems not over yet. New spy shots show s sleek silver example and we get a better look inside. The FAW-Besturn X80 will debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April and it will hit the China car market in the first half of this year. Price is expected to start around 130.000 yuan and end around 220.000 yuan. Read more »
The best spy shot so far of the back of the upcoming FAW-Besturn X80 SUV, it will be launched on the Chinese car market in the first half of this year, debut is expected for the Shanghai Auto Show in April. The Besturn X80 is based on the platform of the last generation Mazda 6 that is made in China by the FAW-Mazda joint venture. Design all very nice but the exhaust pipes seem to hang out a bit lonely.
Here we have a Xiali N3 posing as the last generation Toyota Mark X. The conversion seems done professionally, with a neat body kit and all, which means there must be more Xiali’s like this. The front is a perfect copy of the Mark X, albeit a bit smaller. Read more »
The new FAW-Xiali N7 cross-compact will be launched on the Chinese auto market in March. In December last year we heard the Xiali N7 would be launched this January but apparently there has been some delay. The Xiali N7 is the production version of the FAW R008 concept that debuted on the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show. The funky lines of the N7 are a bold move for FAW-Xiali where design is usually very conservative. The interior is even better:


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Lyft posts US$1.1b Q1 loss; sees losses peaking this year
RIDE services company Lyft Inc, which posted a US$1.1 billion quarterly loss on Tuesday, days ahead of rival Uber's IPO, forecast that its losses would peak this year as it controlled expenses and got more revenue from each customer.
"We are encouraged by our strength of our core business and see a clear path to profitability in ride sharing," said chief financial officer Brian Roberts, sparking a short-lived bump in shares that subsequently pared gains.
Lyft promised profit in ride-hailing services without giving any timeline, but it previously had warned regulators it may never make money overall as it invests heavily in self-driving cars, renting scooters and other ventures.
As ferocious growth slows at Lyft and Uber Technologies Inc, investors appeared uncertain how to interpret the company's performance, with shares moving up and down after the bell. Since Lyft's IPO on March 29, shares had fallen 23 per cent.
The report, Lyft's first as a public company, showed revenue nearly doubled for the quarter ended in March but forecast that growth would slow to 52-53 per cent for the full year. Lyft is watched as a bellwether for Uber, which will price its offering on Thursday.
Lyft said it was getting more revenue per customer, reducing incentives and boosting margins, although investments in areas such as self-driving, scooters and bikes were masking improvements in its core business. New technology to match drivers and riders, and higher-priced rides in luxury vehicles were helping boost margins, it said.
Lyft said its adjusted Ebitda margin improved to negative 28 per cent from negative 60 per cent a year ago. The company, which says it has nearly 40 per cent of the US ride-hailing market, said increased demand helped push revenue to US$776 million in the quarter, above analysts' average estimate of US$739.4 million, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
A second-quarter revenue forecast of US$800-810 million was ahead of analysts' expectations of US$783.1 million.
The low end would amount to a revenue increase of 58 per cent, still far short of the growth Lyft has enjoyed recently.
Last year's second-quarter revenue got a boost from a price hike, making this year's comparison more challenging, Lyft said.
Atlantic Equities analyst James Cordwell called the results "pretty strong," with hints that Lyft was continuing to take market share from Uber.
Lyft's outlook did suggest "a meaningful slowdown in revenue", he said, adding that "the question will be whether this is just conservatism, Uber starting to fight back, or the company hitting tougher comps".
In a snub to Uber, Lyft also announced a partnership with Alphabet Inc's Waymo in which Lyft will deploy 10 self-driving vehicles around the Arizona city of Phoenix by the third quarter.
Uber has welcomed Waymo cars on its network but has not signed any deals.
Last year, Lyft had 30.7 million riders and 1.9 million drivers in more than 300 cities in the US and Canada. In comparison, Uber had 75 million riders and 3.9 million drivers in 65 countries. REUTERS


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Threshold 360 expands its horizons
Increased demand by consumers who want to know what to expect before they walk into a restaurant, store or hotel is driving growth at Threshold 360, a Tampa tech company.
myMatrixx founder is behind the Synapse appearance of these Silicon Valley money guys
Two early-stage venture capitalists from the San Francisco Bay area will be at the Synapse Summit to check out local investment possibilities, thanks to Steve MacDonald, founder of the former Tampa pharmacy benefits manager myMatrixx.
Business briefs: Jabil in the cloud, Washlava patent and more
A push into making products for the cloud computing space is expected to be a $1 billion a year business for Jabil Inc.
A Visual Journey Through Addiction [New York Times]
Why do people start taking opiods and why can't they stop? Through interviews with users and experts, The New York Times created a visual representation of how these drugs can hijack the brain.
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It has become an increasingly common story: A dollar store opens up in an economically depressed area with scarce healthy and affordable food options, sometimes with the help of local tax incentives.
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Ultrasound and MR system manufacturer Esaote was among the exhibitors at UKIO’s online congress in June and approached the event with great enthusiasm, as UK country manager Nicky Mills explained: “We have a lot to say about our products and if doing it over the internet is the way forward, we decided to give it our best.”
With the impact of COVID-19 on radiology meetings, the virtual world has come into its own, says Esaote. Manufacturers and suppliers are not able to present their products and services directly to the market to assess their impact and gauge future business. Meeting organisers have quickly adapted available formats to bridge the gap between customer and supplier.
Highlights of the Esaote offering at UKIO were two webinar presentations by noted MR users from NHS trusts. Focusing on the benefits of MRI in the hospital environment, the presentations highlighted the possibility of cutting waiting lists and enabling cost savings to the NHS. ‘Initial experiences of an extremity MRI scanner’ was presented by Royal Bournemouth Hospital superintendent radiographer, CT and MRI, Matthew Benbow, while ‘Maximising the benefits of the Esaote O-scan’ was delivered by Derriford Hospital advanced practitioner radiographer Tim Relf.
Esaote regional ultrasound and MRI sales account manager John Manchester said: “We were really surprised and pleased at how well the presentations went, especially the reaction to just how small a space our MR systems are suited to and how well they cope with the increased demand in MR imaging, at the same time offering excellent image quality.”
Picture: Royal Bournemouth Hospital superintendent radiographer, CT and MRI, Matthew Benbow (left) and Derriford Hospital advanced practitioner radiographer Tim Relf each delivered webinars at UKIO.
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Turtle Beach Corp shares have skyrocketed after the company released its first-quarter results on Wednesday.
Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ:HEAR) is a gaming headset and audio accessory company. It reported that net revenue has increased by 185%, reaching a total of $40.9 million USD. During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, it had only reached $14.4 million.
Gross margin rose by 21.4% to 36.8%, more than doubling compared the previous year’s first quarter.
The company suggests that this significant increased occurred because of the releases of several new games which “[fueled] stronger consumer demand.”
Operating expenses for this quarter did increase by 9% to $11.2 million. Increasing revenue-related sales and market costs contributed to this rise.
Juergen Stark, Turtle Beach CEO, has said the “growth was due to market share gains on top of a very strong overall market, propelled by the successes of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.”
The combination of these outcomes has allowed for “higher headset attach rates than [the company] [has] historically experienced.”
Turtle Beach has also increased it’s outlook for fiscal 2018, raising the expected net revenue from $157 million to $205 million.
Stark believes 2018 has started off to a solid start and will “better [position] [the company] to make selective growth investments and further reduce [its] debt over time.”
As of March 31, 2018, the company’s outstanding debt was $34.5 million, or $500,000 more than the same time last year.
Turtle Beach Corp shares went up by over 70% on Thursday morning and have already reached a high of $13.88.
Thursday’s high has now become the new 52-week high for Turtle Beach.
Comparatively, the company has reached a low share value of $10.80 on Thursday but closed at a share value of $6.94 on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- When Procter & Gamble Co. and Colgate-Palmolive Co. report earnings Tuesday, analysts and investors will be looking at how well the consumer goods giants are coping with soaring prices for energy and raw materials.
But Cincinnati-based P&G, the world's largest consumer goods company boasting brands such as Tide detergent, Pampers diapers and Folger's coffee, was downgraded late in the quarter over cost concerns.
Citigroup Smith Barney analyst Wendy Nicholson reduced her rating on the company's stock to hold from buy and cut her price target to $59 from $61. Although P&G is "extraordinarily" disciplined when it comes to cost-cutting, Nicholson said rising costs and other factors will constrain earnings growth.
"We can't help but be watchful of various other pressures on the business, (including raw material pricing), which we believe will limit upside to (earnings-per-share) estimates," the analyst told clients in a note.
Coinciding with that downgrade, P&G said it is looking to reduce its dependence on petroleum derivatives by finding alternatives, such as palm and coconut oil that could be used in its detergents and shampoos.
Analysts are forecasting the New York company will post earnings of 67 cents a share, up from last year's profit of 58 cents. Sales are expected to advance to $2.85 billion from $2.7 billion in last year's third quarter.
"With restructuring savings coming on and emerging market strength, now is the time for Colgate to deliver," said Justin Todd Hott, an analyst with Bear Stearns, in a note to clients.
"If Colgate posts a strong EPS when it reports, it would go a long way toward restoring investor confidence.... If so, then we expect Colgate to be the company to own in our coverage. If it doesn't, investors may begin to lose patience in a turnaround."


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UK - Shoppers in the UK have been spending more on sausages over the last few years with the premium end of the market benefiting at the expense of the value end.
However, volume sales are now down two per cent (18,000 tonnes) for the year ending September 2014, according to Kantar Worldpanel.
In a complete turnaround, sales of standard-tier sausages increased by four per cent and the decline was focused on premium sausages.
Compared to last year average prices paid have risen by six per cent.
It appears that price conscious shoppers have traded down to manage price inflation.
Despite improving news on the UK economy during this year average wage rises continue to lag behind inflation.
This means most shoppers are not feeling better off and savvy shopping remains the order of the day.
Premium sausages still retain a 31 per cent share of sausage category volume.
This is considerably higher than both bacon and ham, as shown on the graph.
A key reason for this is the price difference between premium and standard across the categories.
Premium sausages are only £1.17/kg more expensive than their standard counterparts, compared to a difference of £8.51/kg for ham and £5.00/kg for bacon.
This makes sausages an easier ‘trade up’ for shoppers who are looking for a treat.
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The settlement, which would be the largest ever paid in such a case, would resolve allegations that the companies oversaw a nine-year conspiracy that led to artificially high prices for hundreds of food and beverage companies.
The higher vitamin prices allegedly led to higher retail prices for many food products, ranging from breakfast cereal to peanut butter.
The Post reported that the tentative settlement of the civil suit brought by corporate buyers of bulk vitamins will be presented to U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan in about two weeks. The judge will then hold a hearing to determine the settlement's fairness.
Last May, the Justice Department obtained a $750 million criminal fine from three of the vitamin manufactures as a result of allegations that the companies colluded to divide up markets and set wholesale vitamin prices. Those three companies were F. Hoffman La Roche & Co., of Switzerland; BASF AG of Germany; and Rhone-Poulenc SA of France.
The Post said that those three companies in addition to three Japanese firms -- Eisai Co., Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., and Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd -- had reached the tentative civil settlement. Together, the six companies account for about 80 percent of bulk sales of the most popular vitamins.
Under the agreement, nearly 1,000 corporate buyers of bulk vitamins would receive more than $1 billion reflecting overcharges during the nine years. The newspaper said 50 law firms would divide another $125 million.
It's not known how much of the money, if any, might translate into savings for retail customers. Food and beverage companies are not required to pass along any of the money in form of lower retail prices.
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The well-expected 2022 edition of the IDF World Dairy Situation Report is now available. Again this year, the report is providing to all actors and stakeholders of the dairy chain with relevant data and analysis on the global production, processing, trade, prices and consumption of milk and dairy products. The report was launched today during the IDF World Dairy Summit in New Delhi, India.
A full auditorium composed of world dairy leaders, experts and journalists was able to attend a live presentation on the highlights of this 13th edition of one of IDF’s flagship publications.
Thanks to these international collaborative efforts, the IDF World Dairy Situation Report includes interesting findings and takeaways.
“2021 was the second COVID-19 pandemic year, but again this year this disruption had only a limited impact on the global dairy sector”, state the authors on the publication’s summary, providing proof of the resilience of the global dairy sector.
As IDF Director General, Caroline Emond, and Kirsten Holm Svendsen, Chair of IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics say in their foreword, “Regardless of how hard the difficulties and challenges were during the past years, the global dairy sector never lost its ability to anticipate and adapt to changes”. The global milk production (for all species) grew by 2.1% in 2021 in line with past years’ growth. The share of world trade in global milk production still lies around 10%.
“Global per capita consumption increased by 1.4% to 118.2 kg in milk equivalents in 2021. Milk is not only the main source of high-quality nutrients for all ages (particularly for children and ageing populations) but also a socio-economic activity that ensures a living to millions of families and communities in all regions of the globe.
This World Dairy Situation Report is condensation in data and figures of all the activity that is taking place worldwide as you read these lines. “Prepared by dairy experts from around the world, the report is a well-trusted source for dairy enthusiasts”, Ms. Emond and Ms Holm Svendsen conclude.
We thank our editing team composed of the French Centre National Interprofessionnel de l’Economie Laitière (CNIEL) and the Dutch Dairy Inter-branch organisation ZuivelNL, the OECD and Rabobank for their contributions as well as our Platinum sponsor Mengniu.
The IDF World Dairy Situation Report 2022 can be bought at the publication section of the IDF corporate website:


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Officeworks E-Commerce Deal
Officeworks has moved to crank up their e-commerce operation in 2020 with the appointment of an external agency.
Reprise an IPG Mediabrand performance agency, has been appointed as Officeworks’ lead for its expanded e-commerce push.
The partnership will see Reprise working closely with Mediabrands agency Initiative, who is Officeworks’ national agency of record, in a bid to accelerate the office retailing giant’s e-commerce outreach.
Reprise will also be working across ‘Geeks2U’, which is a national on-site tech support provider acquired by Officeworks earlier this year.
The primary focus for Reprise will be initiating, planning and implementing acquisition strategies using paid search to drive traffic and sales.
Reprise will also connect with new audiences on behalf of Officeworks to better understand the changing customer needs and influence shopping behaviour and decision-making.
“We will be helping Officeworks and Geeks2U to connect with growth audiences through what makes the Officeworks’ and Geeks2U experience unique for them,” said Dr Grace Liu, Reprise Australia CEO.
“Reprise’s audience centricity allows us to design and deliver the exact shopping experience that different customer-sets expect as personalised communication – be it in-store or online, at the moment they want it.”
“Recognising that the Australian shopper is savvier than ever before, their expectations are also at an all-time high, which means we need to provide customers with seamless omni-channel experiences in the moment – whichever moment that may be.”
Reprise will base its new partnership with Officeworks out of its Melbourne office and will start work on the new account from January 2020.


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A fully functional, 3D-printed electric motorbike has been unveiled by large-scale 3D industrial printer manufacturer BigRep.
Billed as a world first by the company, the bike, called Nera, took three days to print and cost about £2,000 ($2,600) to make.
With the exception of the electrical components, the bike is made from 3D-printed parts, including the tires and the frame.
Nera was recently profiled on BBC News and the full story can be seen here.
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Released today a new report from South Korea suggests that Samsung is almost almost on development of the Processor artificial intelligence for both servers and mobile devices. It will be the new processor the company of strengthening the capacity of artificial intelligence to these devices. The report also states that Samsung is aiming at Apple on processors artificial intelligence similar of Apple and Huawei.
As you probably know, has both Apple and Huawei to issue its smart phones leading current with special modules to enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence at two phones iPhone X and Huawei Mate 10 Pro, respectively. Processors, artificial intelligence etc these provide additional functionality for phones and improve its capabilities over time as they learn from user habits and preferences.
Includes the report that Samsung has already reached to the levels of technology that Apple and Huawei in processors, artificial intelligence, and they will come out with a better processor in the second half of this year, it is supposed to happen by the time of the release of the phone Galaxy Note 9.
The report also pointed out that Samsung set highlights some of the capabilities of artificial intelligence for the new processor in the event they’re going to slide the curtain officially announced the two phones Galaxy S9 and +Galaxy S9, which will be held the World Conference for the MWC 2018 to be held in late February in Barcelona, Spain.
While not confirming the Samsung anything about progress when it comes to the process of the development of their own Intelligence artificial, has said the Public Relations Officer in the company of one of the South Korean media that he is currently ” development Wizard Intelligence artificial led by the Institute Samsung advanced technology “.
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More than 2.2 million dehumidifiers have been flagged in a massive recall because they can overheat, smoke and catch fire.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the recalled dehumidifiers have been linked to 46 fires and more than $2.15 million in property damage.
Description: This recall involves 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 65 and 70-pint dehumidifiers with brand names Danby, De’Longhi, Fedders, Fellini, Frigidaire, Gree, Kenmore, Norpole, Premiere, Seabreeze, SoleusAir and SuperClima.
The brand name and the pint capacity are printed on the front of the dehumidifier. The model number and date code are printed on a sticker on the back, front or side of the unit. The dehumidifiers are white, beige, gray or black plastic and measure between 19 and 24 inches tall, 13 and 15 inches wide, and 9 and 11 inches deep.
[View a list of recalled model numbers here.]
Where it was sold: The dehumidifiers were sold at AAFES, HH Gregg, Home Depot, Kmart, Lowe’s, Menards, Mills Fleet Farm, Sam’s Club, Sears and other stores nationwide and in Canada, and online at Amazon.com and Ebay.com, from January 2005 through August 2013 for between $110 and $400.
Consumers should immediately turn off and unplug the dehumidifiers and contact Gree to receive a full refund.
For more information, contact Gree toll-free at (866) 853-2802 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET, or online at www.greeusa.com and click on Recall for more information.
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A nearly 8-month long travel warning for Americans in Europe will expire on Saturday and not be renewed, the Associated Press reports.
In October, the State Department advised Americans to be wary of a Mumbai-style attack on a European city.
The threat expires--who knows what that means--on Saturday, one day after the Royal Wedding will draw millions to London.
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United Church Woman use milk bags
Catherine MacLean, a member of Gordon United Church, said the United Church Women group at the church is crocheting mats out of plastic milk bags for the people of Haiti. She said it was a nationwide UCW project that ended last year.
“We still had lots of material left so (we) decided to keep going until we finish it.canmo-shoes is not only a trading company.”
MacLean said there was lots of motivation to keep going, including a picture the women saw of a young boy in Haiti laying on one of the mats the UCW in Canada had made.
The picture had been taken by a member of the UCW in Quebec,Private label and custom Shoes Manufacturer.Family owned and run for over 30 years. who had travelled to the Third World country.
"She asked the boy to lay on the mat, so she could take his picture."
However, when the woman asked him to lie on it as though he was sleeping, he lay on it crossways.
"He said he couldn't sleep (full length) as then there wouldn't be room for his brothers and sisters.
"Seeing that picture is the kind of thing that makes you want to do this.”
MacLean said the mats are a labor-intensive project made from milk bags.
"The outside bag that the three bags of milk come in; it’s the right weight."
She said Garfield Miller, who worked for Cape Breton Dairies, gave a donation of bags.
It takes 600-800 bags to make one mat.
"They had boxes of milk bags that were defective, so we got to use them; it was quite a boost."
The sleeping mats are more than three feet wide and six feet long.
"We cut the milk bags in strips, then loop them together to make plastic yard that can be crocheted. It takes about 20 hours to get the materials ready and about 20 hours of steady crocheting to make one mat.”
"We work on it every Monday and lots of people help, even the men.”
MacLean said in Haiti the people use banana twigs and peelings to sleep on, to soften the ground.They also provide Wholesale Jewelry From China for retail businesses and other jewelry stores.
"This is OK until they start to decay. Then they get wet and warm, and then the bugs come through. It's really bad, the bugs and hook worms can bite the people — children especially — and can even cause death.
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The group also made bags with straps — out of the milk bags — the people can carry on their shoulders.
“They don’t have suitcases and bags to carry things over there.”
MacLean said their group sent 50 mats over already. Some go through the Lighthouse church in Glace Bay, while others are sent with people planning to travel to the Third World country.
“They roll them up and fill a hockey bag. They have to pay to take it as extra luggage on the plane.”
UCW member Rhoda Cann said she was in Sobeys with one of the bags, and everyone began stopping her.
"They all wanted to know where I got it. The staff showed it all over Sobeys. They all wanted one."
Sis McAndrew,Promotional eco bag sale available in custom sizes and styles from cheaptotebags.com. also a UCW member, said many people are amazed to discover the bags are made from plastic.HBSGLASSES,Drhua Sunglasses.
"When we tell them, they are amazed."
She said although this was a big project in the church, any school or group could take this one on at any time.
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The Shed Distillery in Leitrim won big last night at the at the 2022 Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Awards, with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson taking to Twitter to congratulate them.
The distillery is the home of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, and it took home the International Spirit Brand of the Year award, beating off competition from the likes of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Teremana Tequila and Moët Hennessy's Ardbeg.
The Hollywood superstar was gracious in defeat and wrote a classy message to the distillery on social media:
"Big congratulations Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin on your award. That’s a big one! I look forward to trying your Irish gin!
"I can see you guys are a passionate brand and proud distillery. Congrats again!!"
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Praises Irish Distillery
Big congratulations Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin 🥃 on your award. That’s a big one!
I look forward to trying your Irish gin! Like us at @Teremana, I can see you guys are a passionate brand and proud distillery.
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 4, 2022
Brand ambassador and Leitrim businessman, Kevin McGillicuddy, gave his thoughts on the award and an insight into the scale of the achievement.
"It's a huge accolade, we also won distillery of the year with the same awards. These are really the Oscars, the highest accolades in the industry and we were up against some very stiff competition and it's really a tribute to the brand but also the staff and the team here in Drumshanbo for creating a world class brand.
"We were up against some incredible international brands like Arbeg Scotch, Moët Hennessy, and Teremana Tequila by Jägermeister which is actually Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's brand so thankfully I didn't have to get in the ring with him to win the award.
"It's a great affirmation for our brand and it's something that will encourage people to come and visit us in Drumshanbo at our visitor experience."


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Leading golf club rental agency Clubs to Hire is now offering Titleist products for the first time.
The Dublin-based company hires sets of golf clubs in 29 popular golfing regions around the globe and is now stocking the leading brand’s range of TS (Titleist Speed) woods, 718 AP1 game improvement irons, Vokey SM7 wedges and Scotty Cameron putters.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of the news that six-time Tour winner and chairman of the European Tour players’ committee, David Howell – a Titleist staff player – will continue as a Clubs to Hire global ambassador.
Howell said: “I’m delighted to be back working with Titleist after 17 years and equally delighted to see that Titleist products will be available at Clubs to Hire for the first time.”
Clubs to Hire co-founder Tony Judge added: “We always strive to offer our clients excellent product and service and the arrival of Titleist product is great news for all concerned. The introduction of Vokey wedges and Scotty Cameron putters is also very exciting.”
The Titleist product is already available to book – with collection from March 11 – with a full set costing €85 for a week’s rental.
Clubs to Hire handles more than 300,000 annual visits to its website and more than 80,000 bookings for rental clubs at 29 locations worldwide, including popular golfing regions in the USA, Thailand, Australia, South Africa and five countries across the Mediterranean, offering the latest clubs on the market, from leading brands such as TaylorMade, Titleist and Callaway – for men and women, left- or right-handed. Clients can also add shoe rental, balls, tees and hats to their order.
Phil Mickelson’s career Grand Slam dreams faded once again at Pebble Beach on Saturday, but he couldn’t blame the USGA for it this time.
Rory McIlroy is far from ready to throw in the towel at the US Open, despite a third-round 70 leaving him five shots off the pace.
Brooks Koepka moved into tied-third place at the US Open on Saturday, spelling potential danger for the two players just ahead of him.
Overnight leader Gary Woodland managed to hold onto his lead at the US Open on Saturday, but there are some big names lurking right behind.
Rory McIlroy admits he made a meal of the 14th hole at Pebble Beach on Friday, but a superb fightback saw him stay in the hunt.
Justin Rose has his short game to thank for his position at the US Open, but his ball-striking is starting to come to the party too.
Gary Woodland has never won a major but has an excellent chance of changing that after his record-equalling 65 at Pebble Beach on Friday.
Rory McIlroy looks set to end a run of three missed cuts in the US Open after opening with a rock-solid 68 at Pebble Beach on Thursday.


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Interestingly enough, several crypto-related companies I’ve contacted said they actually welcome the ad ban. Darren Marble, the CEO of fintech marketing firm CrowdfundX, which is marketing the widely publicized KodakCoin, is one of them.
“The only people who are disappointed in Twitter’s purported ban of crypto ads are the scammers and con artists. The big money raised in ICOs is relationship-based, and the most legitimate issuers are well connected to active crypto and blockchain funds. I think the ban on crypto advertising is actually positive change for the industry, and will help clean up a lot of the garbage,” Marble told me via e-mail.
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