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As stakeholders in the Nigeria project continue to make case for agriculture as a major sector that could help navigate the country out of the current economic entanglement, some farmers are already extending their frontiers to help the country achieve her food sufficiency, Kunle Aderinokun and Raheem Akingbolu report
Since the sudden slide in oil prices at the global market started ruffling the Nigeria economy, experts within and outside the country have consistently recommended diversification to save the economy. Looking through the historical development of Nigeria, it is easy to identify agriculture as one of the major areas that could be explored to bounce back.
In the last few months, many revelations have emerged on how over-dependence on imported foods contributed to the nation’s economic mess. At a media tour organised by the management of natnudO Foods on its process and farms in Awe, Afijio Local Government, Oyo State, the Managing Director of the company, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan, urged government and other stakeholders to first find a way to boost local food production. Before then, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe, while expressing worry over the over-dependence of Nigerians on foreign foods, said the country spent $20 billion on food importation yearly. In a related development, the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, was reported to have said in another forum that Nigeria annually spent $11 billion on importation of wheat, rice, sugar and fish alone.
However, at the Awe tour where reporters were taken round facilities at Amo Byng Nigeria Limited and Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited, the natnudO Foods boss explained that if properly harnessed, the poultry value chain has the capacity to absorb millions of people and make them economically productive.
Oduntan, a veterinary doctor, who is also the President of the Poultry Association of Nigeria, (PAN), said the local poultry sector has the capacity to produce and meet the poultry demands that will arise from the new government policy of home-grown school feeding programme.
“We advocated for the inclusion of eggs and poultry foods in the meals to be given the school children and I can assure you that, if given the needed support in terms of fund and materials we will meet the demands
“Meeting local consumption demand is achievable in two years at the rate we are growing; we only need patience and support, but if we are denied such, it might take up to another four years before we can attain that level”
According to him, the amount of money spent by entrepreneurs in providing infrastructure and facilities to keep business running is huge and diversionary.
“We are here because as producers of natnudO chicken, we want to show Nigeria and Nigerians that with a little bit of support and patience, Nigeria can be sufficient in the production of poultry produce.
“We are a Nigerian company and we can lead the way for other poultry farmers to produce enough that will be sufficient for Nigerians and save our people from the hazards of smuggled poultry products into the country. Our target as a company is to make at least 10 per cent of total poultry production for the Nigerian market in the next five years”
Speaking on what motivates him and his team despite the harsh infrastructural environment, he stated that their motivation had been to create jobs for the people and bring something out from nothing, adding that farmers needed the banks to believe in them more and support them with funds to run the sector.
“We are here because we want to show that with a little bit of patience and support, Nigeria can be self-sufficient in the production of chicken. And natnudO is willing and able to spearhead this drive. We are a Nigerian company, we have all our investment here, and we are totally committed to the industry. I have done poultry for 25 years and we have nowhere else to run to. We are willing to help Nigeria on its part to self-sufficiently in agriculture. We have everything to gain by supporting local production by a Nigerian company.
“Brazil is a ready example. And if you look at the map of the world, you would see that South America and Africa must have been joined together at one point or the other. So you can replicate the kind of weather we have here to what they have. If Brazil in the space of 20 years could become the largest exporter of chicken in the world; generating billions of dollars for the country in revenue, why can’t we at least satisfy our local demand? We are committed to make this happen, but we need stakeholders’ support. natnudO Foods is a division of Amo Foods Sieberer Hatchery.”
If Nigerians are able to increase their consumption of local chicken, Oduntan believed that poultry farmers would be able to increase their businesses three or four folds. He made a stunning revelation of how about 1.2 million tonnes of chicken were smuggled into this country every year. He pointed out that Nigeria total local production is about a quarter of that; that is, about three hundred thousand.
“So imagine what would happen if we increase our output to five hundred thousand. That means we would all have to double our current production. So there’s still a lot of room for growth in this business,” he said.
However, if there is any challenge militating against the growth of the agricultural sector, it is infrastructural problem, which has in many ways, made the cost of production of farmers unimaginable. Dr. Oduntan admitted that the country is a difficult one to run business. He claimed to have travelled wide around the world but yet to see what happen in Nigeria in any country.
“Agriculture is not easy in Nigeria. It requires consistency and commitment. For instance, our company was moribund when we took over and we are Nigerians in Nigeria. We saw the potential. I was a young man then. I didn’t dwell more on the negatives; I focused more on the positives. In the end, the reason why I went to study veterinary medicine still prevailed. In this country we can generate jobs and bring prosperity from nothing. That was how we started. We started very small.
“It amazes me now when I receive phone calls from bankers. I have shed tears in a bank before. It was so bad that a banker called me and said “you have a proposal in Agric, it would not fly because the very day you brought that proposal, somebody put it in the bottom of the drawer.”
“So we had the challenges of the banks and infrastructure. In our farms in Awe and its environs, a lot of the power lines you see were built by our company. Also, all the roads here were built by us,”
The fact that Agricultural is a low margin business notwithstanding, the management of natnundO Foods is not deterred. To Oduntan, Nigerian farmers are yet to scratch the surface, because they are not competing against Nigerians. For the chicken business, he explained that players in Nigeria are competing against influx, which he described as ‘smuggled poison’ from different parts of the world.
The company was said to have been re-established following the bankruptcy of a French Group call Amo Sanders. By 2002, promoters of Amo Sanders, which was then owned by a French multinational, were tired of Nigeria and they decided to sell these companies. Oduntan had the opportunity to be there at the time and he bought what was left of it.
Today, as part of the measures put in place to encourage new prospects in poultry, the natnundO management is making effort to create a scenario where different categories of people will get involved in the poultry business. To this end, the company has instituted what is called natnuPreneur Scheme, through which it intends to provide inputs, trainings and market for poultry farmers the campaign, which is currently being taken to major cities is meant to awake farmers and revive moribund poultry farms.
According to Ayoola, farmers who participate in the scheme will be empowered by natnundO, from the production end to the selling point. “It will help them grow their businesses faster. We have a pilot programme of 250 farmers now and about to expand to 1,500 farmers nationwide. The other part on seller end, we want to empower young and new entrepreneurs into selling poultry products. What they need is basic investment of about three to five thousand naira. The major idea is to bring the moribund farms back to functioning,” he said.


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The company agreed to pay $7.5M in settlement, which will be divided among the plaintiffs who filed suit against the company.
Vivid Seats, the company that owns and operates the popular ticketing service SeatGeek, has reached a settlement with customers who had filed complaints about their tickets.
- For Class Members who were sent or emailed notice of this settlement as part of the additional notice procedure allowed by the Court in its July 15, 2021, decision, the time to file a claim has been extended to Nov. 10, 2021.
A $7.5 million class action settlement may be available to customers who bought tickets from Vivid Seats for events that were canceled owing to the coronavirus epidemic.
A Class Member is any person or entity living in the United States, its territories, or Canada who bought a ticket via Vivid Seats on or before April 1, 2021 for an event that was cancelled, postponed, or rescheduled and has not yet happened between Sept. 29, 2016, and April 1, 2021.
Early in the coronavirus epidemic, a class action complaint accused Vivid Seats of retroactively ending its long-standing “100% Buyer Guarantee,” which offers ticket purchasers with a legally mandated full cash return.
Vivid Seats is an online ticket marketplace for concerts, sports events, theatrical plays, and other forms of entertainment. Vivid Seats has tickets available for over 300,000 events, according to the company’s website.
Benefits of the Vivid Seats Settlement
Members of the class may submit claims for either a credit or a cash payout.
Some Class Members may have already received a credit toward the purchase of tickets for future events on their Vivid Seats account.
Any such active, non-expired credits will have their expiry date extended until December 31, 2022, per the terms of the settlement agreement.
To get this benefit, Class Members do not need to take any action.
Those who want a cash payout equivalent to the cost of the ticket (including the base price, fees, and delivery costs, but excluding insurance charges and any amount paid using a gift card, shop credit, or loyalty credit) must fill out a claim form.
Anyone who bought a ticket via Vivid Seats on or before April 1, 2021, for an event that was postponed or rescheduled between Sept. 29, 2016, and April 1, 2021, but was canceled before April 1, 2021, would be eligible for injunctive relief under the settlement agreement.
These Vivid Seats settlement Class Members will immediately be entitled to a credit on their account equivalent to 110 percent of the purchase price of the ticket or tickets they bought, minus any amount previously paid or spent in credit, for the purchase of tickets to future events. The credit will be good until December 31, 2022.
These Class Members may also elect to receive a cash reimbursement equivalent to their ticket purchase price, minus any amounts paid with gift cards or shop or loyalty credit, to the postponed or rescheduled event that was subsequently cancelled, less any amount previously paid or spent in credit. Class Members who want to receive this cash reimbursement must contact Vivid Seats within 21 days after receiving notification that the rescheduled or postponed event has been cancelled.
On Aug. 10, 2021, a final approval hearing will be held.
The deadline for Class Members to request exclusion from the settlement or to object to it is July 15, 2021.
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Back in May we outlined the cost to the Greek economy of each day without a deal between Athens and creditors.
At the time, a report from the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Enterprises showed that 60 businesses closed and 613 jobs were lost for each business day that the crisis persisted without a resolution.
Since then, things have deteriorated further and indeed, with the imposition of capital controls, businesses found that supplier credit was difficult to come by, leading to the very real possibility that Greece would soon face a shortage of imported goods, something many Greeks clearly anticipated in the wake of the referendum call as evidenced by the lines at gas stations and empty shelves at grocery stores.
As a reminder, here’s what WSJ said earlier this month:Wholesalers can’t pay for supplies. Importers’ foreign counterparts won’t trade.
Nobody is buying. “I haven’t had a single customer in two days,” he said Wednesday. He is shutting down his shop and says he doesn’t know when he will reopen. He gave some crab legs to his workers and is taking some home. “I haven’t paid my staff and don’t know if and when I will,” he added.
And then there was this rather disconcerting commentary from AFP:Greece’s dive into financial uncertainty is forcing struggling businesses to take unusual steps to survive, including hoarding euros in cash.
As unease spreads, getting ones hands on cash has become a sort of national sport, with businesses from restaurants to car mechanics telling customers paying by card is no longer an option.
And a bit more from Greek Reporter:The Athens Medical Association (ISA) warned about major shortages in medical staff over the next years, since an increasing number of Greek doctors, especially those working in highly specialized fields, and nurses are looking for jobs abroad and leaving the country.
According to the association’s figures, more than 7,500 doctors have migrated to other countries since 2010. It was reported that in the first six months of 2015, ISA issued 790 certificates of competence, an official document required for medical sector employees who wish to work abroad. However, the report also noted that up until 2009, on average, 550 doctor were taking jobs abroad each year.
“One of the biggest losses in the crisis has been that of great minds,” ISA chief Giorgos Patoulis stated to Greek newspaper Kathimerini. “In a short time, the national healthcare system will have an aged personnel and will be unable to staff services.”
Furthermore, the data showed that a total of 8,000 unemployed Greeks have been forced to look for job opportunities abroad. The Greek Nurses Union announced that it issued 349 certificates just last year, 357 in 2012 and 74 certificates in 2010.
The only real question at this point is whether Greece can possibly navigate the next several months without descending into outright chaos, politically, economically, and socially.
Full article: Greek Economy Faces Total Collapse As Doctors Flee, Retail Sales Plunge 70% (Zero Hedge)


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LG is going to release a round smartwatch called the LG G Watch R. The company showcases the product in a video posted on YouTube. The official release is going to be at IFA 2014.
It was expected that other brands would follow Motorola when it comes to the classic round design as the Moto 360 has received the most attention mainly because of the design.
Asus will also release a smartwatch on September 3rd, which is set to be aggressively priced – between $99 and $149.
The wearable technology market is set to triple this year to 19 million units sold and research firm IDC forecasts 111.9 million units by 2018.


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Tesla is hosting a big conference on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Particularly big announcements are expected.
Many eyes will be on Tesla on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The company will hold a major conference, dubbed Investor Day — live from the Gigafactory in Texas. It will allow us to discover the future of the brand, with perhaps new cars presented. Elon Musk will obviously be there, to convince the audience.
How to follow the Tesla conference?
To see this Tesla conference, you will have to stay up late and, no doubt, sacrifice a few hours of sleep (at least it’s not in the middle of the night). The presentation will start at 10 p.m. French time for an indefinite period (but we can expect it to go over the hour). Be careful, there may be a little delay, knowing Tesla…
- Quand ?Wednesday, March 1 at 10 p.m. French time;
- Où ?Here, or onYouTube;
- Quoi ?The Tesla conference which will talk about the future of the brand and technological developments.
What will Elon Musk announce at this Tesla conference?
First thing to know: this conference is primarily intended for investors (Investor Day). Elon Musk, very busy in recent weeks with the takeover of Twitter, will therefore speak to seduce them. And, to seduce investors, it is necessary to pile up the big announcements, likely to make the share price soar on the stock market.
One of the most insistent rumors concerns the formalization of a new car, the Model 2, which would be more compact than the Model 3 and would cost less than $25,000. There is little belief in it, given what Tesla already has in the pipeline (to produce the Cybertruck and the Roadster, for example), even if nothing is to be completely excluded. Elon Musk said he will discuss a new development platform – which means everything and nothing at the same time.
The Model 3, it should be restyled, that is to say, to know some minor or major evolutions so that it is always more modern (as was the case for the Model S and the Model X in January 2021). The idea would be, for example, to introduce the new HW4 (Hardware 4) computer, which animates the car and could improve the driving aids with more driven cameras. Externally, one should not expect a revolution.
Finally, Elon Musk will unveil the third part of his Master Plan, a project that would save humanity (according to his words). “Master Plan 3, the path to a fully sustainable energy future for Earth, will be presented on March 1”, he promises. The commitments of the second part have not all been kept.
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The organization rolling on its brand new relationships provider just every day after a study that scores of their people phone numbers was indeed found online
Facebook has actually sought for to earn right back general public rely upon the wake of data-related scandals.
Twitter s FB, 0.50% flirtation with matchmaking could serve up specific advantages for singles, but customers should nonetheless think carefully before discussing romantic facts aided by the scandal-scarred tech giant, confidentiality experts warn.
The social networking webpages not too long ago premiered Facebook relationship, a site that lets xxx Twitter consumers opt into a separate “Dating” account supporting just their first-name and years, in the usa. The item runs in 19 different countries, like Canada, Mexico additionally the Philippines, and will roll out to Europe by early next season. Lees verder


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Extreme heat has been affecting New South Wales again this week just ahead of a cooler change.
The fruit industry will ask consumers to lower their expectations on fruit quality this season.


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Puerto Rico's governor signed an executive order Friday banning the use of plastic bags across the U.S. territory, defying legislators who just days ago rejected a similar bill.
The ban will take effect in mid-2016 and will be preceded by a six-month educational campaign, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said.
The announcement surprised many because 25 legislators in the island's House of Representatives recently voted against a measure calling for such a ban. Lawmakers had said they opposed the bill because it would charge people for the use of plastic bags amid an economic crisis.
Garcia said grocery stores across Puerto Rico import tons of plastic bags a year,...


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“Social media: it’s one of the primary forms of communication today,” says Stealz, Inc. co-founder and CEO Jim Zidar in his pitch to potential customers and investors.
“And it makes sense,” he continues. “You take a picture--within seconds, your entire network can see it.”
As social media has exploded in popularity over the past decade, businesses around the world have realized its incredible marketing potential and have sought to leverage it for awareness and growth.
But there is a problem that Zidar illuminates: even though more than 500 million photos are uploaded each day on Facebook alone, only 8% of these tag the location or business where they were taken (that’s 40 million for you math whizzes).
How can businesses harness the marketing potential of those other 460 million photos? Zidar and his team offer their product as a solution.
In Zidar’s words, “ Stealz is a mobile application that turns a business’s customer into a brand ambassador through social media. ” When a Stealz user posts a photo taken at a business that subscribes to the service, the business is automatically tagged in the post, potentially generating thousands of positive impressions via social media.
Customers are rewarded for checking-in at a location, posting photos, leaving feedback or following the business on Twitter with points that can be redeemed for exclusive prizes, which are customized by the business and can include anything from a free appetizer to an arm-wrestling match with the manager.
Watch the video of Zidar’s pitch to learn more about how Stealz works:


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South Korea's Winter Olympics head organiser has appealed to the nuclear-armed North, which remains technically at war with his country and boycotted the 1988 Seoul Games, to join in a "peace" Olympics next year.
Berlin, May 13, 2016 (AFP) -Germany's Hapag-Lloyd Friday announced a major shipping alliance with five Asian giants, as the troubled industry seeks economies of scale at a time of a major capacity glut.
Seoul, April 26, 2016 (AFP) -South Korea vowed Tuesday to restructure the country's once formidable shipbuilding and shipping sectors, now crippled by mismanagement, slowing global demand and competition from Chinese rivals.
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iPhone 12 has seen twice as many preorders as last year’s iPhone 11, while iPhone 12 Pro is proving more popular than iPhone 11 Pro, according to new estimates from reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Apple’s newest smartphone lineup — the first with 5G connectivity — is thought to have attracted between 1.7 million and 2 million orders during the first 24 hours of availability.
Apple watchers expected Cupertino’s first 5G devices to spark another upgrade “super-cycle” as millions rush to take advantage of significantly faster data speeds (in theory). And iPhone 12 isn’t disappointing.
Although it has been only a few days since iPhone 12 and 12 Pro were first made available to preorder, demand during the first 24 hours suggests that Apple is onto another winner.
iPhone 12 off to a great start
TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that up to 2 million iPhone 12 units were preordered on day one. He also believes that orders for iPhone 12 Pro have been much higher than anticipated.
That’s a lot less than the 4 million preorders placed for iPhone 6 — Apple’s most successful smartphone to date — on day one. But a lot more than the 500,000-800,000 preorders for iPhone 11.
What’s more, only half of the iPhone 12 lineup is on sale right now. iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max are not available until November 6.
A fair split
Kuo indicates that demand seems to be split equally between iPhone 12 and 12 Pro so far. It was believed that the more affordable iPhone 12 would be significantly more popular.
Long-term, Kuo predicts iPhone 12 and 12 Pro will see around 30-35% of total orders. iPhone 12 mini could attract 10-15%, with the larger, more expensive iPhone 12 Pro Max accounting for around 15-20%.
It is thought iPhone 12 mini will be least popular due to its lack of dual-SIM support. And because of its smaller screen, which could make it a hard sell in key markets like China.


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Mar 4, 2016
Manish Malhotra to open in LFW Summer/Resort 2016
Mar 4, 2016
Acclaimed fashion and costume designer for some of the most iconic names in the movie industry, Manish Malhotra will open Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016 in association with Reliance LYF in Mumbai, Lakme said in a press release.
Manish Malhotra celebrates 25 years as a costume designer and 10 years of his eponymous label. This offsite show scheduled for March 29, opens the season for LFW Summer/Resort 2016.
Known for his unique creative vision and master craftsmanship, Manish has completed 25 years of being India’s most celebrated designer.
Starting his design career with Bollywood movies, Manish revolutionized the fashion scene in B-town with his stylized costumes. The avant-garde designer weaves his magic on the runways with his stunning garments year after year. His luxe creations made with intricate detailing, marrying traditional designs and contemporary looks, exude a regal magnificence. An amalgamation of rich fabrics, delicate hand-embroidery with flawless finesse, Manish’s garments are a sartorial perfection.
“Over the years each of my shows at Lakme have grown to be landmark events in their own right. I am excited to be doing the Jio LYF show this season. I will be showcasing my new Summer Resort ’16 collection which is based on ‘Elements of Nature – Air, Earth, Fire and Water'. It gives me great pleasure to open yet another fabulous season at Lakme Fashion Week,” said Manish.
Saket Dhankar, Vice President and Head-Fashion, IMG Reliance, said, “Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016 opens with one of the country’s biggest and most celebrated designers – Manish Malhotra at an off-site venue. Expect an evening of high fashion and glamour. We couldn’t have asked for a better start this season.”
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Higher food prices seem a certain result of the drought that has parched about one-third of the U.S. How high prices might go, which proteins will see the sharpest gains and when operators and consumers will feel the impact are the key questions, and there are disagreements and conflicting forecasts. Should burger-concept operators be concerned, panicky or just patient?
Committed to both insight and brevity, BurgerBusiness.com asked Christopher A. Hurt, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., to provide an in-a-nutshell assessment of the damage so far and to predict the impact on prices. Conditions could change, but at this point his forecast isn’t encouraging, especially for burger and steak concepts.
Pork prices at the wholesale level would not be expected to rise (because of the drought) until late next spring. This is because most of the sows in gestation today will be farrowed, with the pigs finished. That means the supply of pork is pretty well established for 10 months out (4 months gestation and 6 months grow-out). That means pork supplies will not drop sharply until early summer 2013, and then wholesale prices really start up. Some of that may be anticipated, which means spring 2013 could be the point where prices start up.
For beef, the calves that were born this spring will come to market late in 2013 and early 2014, so this means beef prices will be going up in 2014 and 2015.
The earliest the pork and beef sectors might begin to expand would be the fall of 2013, with higher hog and cattle prices and much lower feed prices (a GOOD size crop in 2013??). For hogs, it takes one year from the time the outlook turns favorable until producers can begin to increase the pork supply, so that means the earliest wholesale prices might generally come down is the fall of 2014.
Sorry on the beef side: It will be a long time before we will see cheaper wholesale beef. If a heifer is retained late in 2013 (when profit prospects may return) then gestation is 9 months and grow out is 1½ years. That means it will be 2016 before there is any chance of increasing U.S. beef supply. So expect to see record high wholesale beef in 2012, with that record broken in 2013, and again in 2014, and once again in 2015.
In addition to short supplies in the U.S., rising world incomes have meant exports of U.S. meat products have been increasing. If that trend continues, per capita supplies of meats will drop to about 185 to 190 pounds in the next two years. That is down from about 220 pounds in 2007, to 198 pounds this year.
Chicken and turkey have the opportunity to attempt to “secure” more consumers as they can increase poultry supplies much more quickly than pork and beef.


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Paltry demand forces Hyundai Venue to drop manual transmission in this market
The popularity of automatic transmission unit has long been stamped and has now been underlined with Hyundai dropping the manual transmission option in the Venue sold in the United States. The Venue has found a reasonable degree of success in the market here but its manual transmission option was struggling to keep pace with the auto unit counterpart.
A company official was quoted as saying by Car and Driver recently that Hyundai won't offer the manual transmission in Venue 2021. The same official further attributed the decision to a low demand. In a market where cars such as Venue have their best bet by highlighting the high level of convenience on offer, the auto transmission unit fits right in while the manual version is like an antonym of the same highlight.
While the six-speed manual option was only available in the Venue in the base SE variant in the US, even that is all set to go.
The move is hardly surprising because the US market sees an overwhelming majority of cars with auto transmission being sold. In fact, more electric cars were sold here in 2019 than cars with combustible engine and manual transmission.
The tale is not just restricted to the US market as many other countries are also seeing an uptick in auto transmission units. In India too, the manual transmission option is on the decline and is increasingly being replaced by the convenience of clutch-free, gear-less cars which claim to offer the same level of refinement and mileage. Companies such as Hyundai and Kia have now also begun offering clutch-less technology which retains the gearbox but does away with the clutch pedal


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Volvo announced Thursday that drivers will soon be able to connect their smartwatches to their cars.
The Swedish carmaker plans to release an updated version of its Volvo On Call app that will be compatible with the Apple Watch and Android Wear.
The update, set for release in June, will extend the app's safety, remote locking and temperature control features to drivers' wrists.
The updated app can also connect to the iPad and Windows Phone, among others, and will feature a new design based on the XC90 model's user interface.
"In only a few years we have moved from a safety and security related in-car feature to a solution that allows the driver to stay connected with their car and provides many new benefits to support their everyday requirements,” said Sofia Wessman, Volvo's manager of the app.


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A HALE toddler group is to hold a ‘Good as New’ sale in the hope of raising money for the charity it supports, writes Tom Dyson.
St Peter’s Toddler Group meets every Friday morning at St Peter’s Church in Hale, and gives youngsters the chance to get together with other children to play games and take part in activities.
Their chosen charity, The Wood Street Mission, runs projects to help children and families affected by poverty in Manchester, and Rachael Woodhall, who runs the toddler group, wants to raise awareness by holding a sale on Saturday, March 15.
The sale will encourage people to bring in clothes and other items which can be sold as quality second hand items for children.
She said: “This is a charity which helps local families with children who have no homes, they are basically poverty stricken.
“We are wanting to hold this ‘Good as New’ sale where 75 per cent of proceeds go to the vendors of the items brought in, and 25 per cent goes to the Wood Street Mission.”
The charity aims to help disadvantaged children with people endeavouring to give them bedding equipment, toys and food parcels.
On top of having a clothes and toy sale, there will be a cake sale where mothers from the toddler group will bake cakes and proceeds will go to the charity.
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100 percent fruit juice lowers obesity, stroke riskApril 23rd, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): A glass of 100 percent juice every morning can lower the risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome - a cluster of conditions that increases risk for stroke, heart disease and diabetes, concludes a new study.
New research presented at the Experimental Biology (EB) 2009 meeting highlights the association among adult men and women, with evidence showing that 100 percent juice drinkers were leaner, had better insulin sensitivity and had lower risk for obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Looking at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004 - an ongoing data collection initiative through the Centers for Disease Control and Promotion - University of Minnesota’s Dr. Mark Pereira and co-author Dr. Victor Fulgoni found that, compared to non-consumers, 100 percent juice consumers had lower mean Body Mass Index (BMI), smaller waist circumference and lower insulin resistance (as estimated by homeostasis model assessment, HOMA).
The researchers noted an inverse association between level of juice intake (oz/day) and these parameters.
Based on the analysis, risk for obesity was 22 percent lower among 100 percent juice drinkers, while risk for metabolic syndrome (defined as the presence of three or more of the following: central obesity, elevated blood glucose, elevated fasting triglycerides, low HDL-cholesterol, elevated blood pressure) was 15 percent lower compared to non-consumers.
“We know that maintaining a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables is linked to decreased risk of some chronic diseases,” notes Dr. Pereira, who is an associate professor in the University of Minnesota’s Division of Epidemiology and Community Health.
“One cup of 100 percent fruit juice counts as a serving of fruit and, based on our analysis, 100 percent juice consumption is associated with some of these same benefits,” the expert added.
According to the researchers, intake of 100percent juice was generally associated with other healthful behaviors. Among more than 14,000 participants in the survey - a multiethnic sample of U.S. adults ages 19 and older - juice consumers had higher physical activity levels and more favorable dietary intake patterns (including: lower fat intakes, higher fiber intakes, lower added sugar intakes). After taking these lifestyle factors into account, the inverse relationship between 100 percent fruit juice consumption and metabolic syndrome was no longer statistically significant. However, risk for obesity remained 14 percent lower among juice consumers even after the adjustment. (ANI)
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TV personalities Sam and Billie Faiers are supporting 'Best Foot Forward', a charity campaign donating school shoes and vouchers to vulnerable UK families.
Europe’s biggest footwear retailer Deichmann, together with leading children’s charity Barnardo’s, were joined by more than 40 families at The Freeman Family Centre in North London earlier this week to receive school shoes ahead of the new term.
The Best Foot Forward Campaign was launched to raise awareness for the children's charity, and was supported by celebrities and their families, including TV stars Lydia Bright and Jake Quickenden.
Deichmann has also provided 1,000 vouchers to vulnerable families directly through Barnardo's children services across the country. Parents can redeem these vouchers in-store until the end of September.
Lynn Gradwell, Barnardo's London Director said: "The support we have had from our partners at Deichmann this year has been incredible. Their generous donations will make a huge difference to the families we work with, many of whom may be struggling to make ends meet.
"The start of a new term is an expensive one for parents, so this extra help is much appreciated."
Chairman Samuel Deichmann said: "Since launching in May, our partnership with Barnado's for Deichmann's 20th Anniversary has been a great success, and are delighted to have been able to provide support for families most in need throughout the UK.
"We hope we have put a smile on their faces ahead of the new school year."
After food and energy costs, buying a new pair of school shoes can be a struggle for many parents, including those accessing Barnardo's Children's Centres and Family Hubs which last year supported over 100,700 people.
As headline sponsor for the charity's annual Big Toddle sponsored walk earlier in the summer, Deichmann helped to raise £127,693, with an additional £50,000 donated by the shoe retailer to Barnardo's.
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There have been rumors floating around for a while now that Apple was going to introduce the new iPod and iPod nano today at the "The Beat Goes On" special event and as usual they did not disappoint. The entire iPod lineup was refreshed, the shuffle now comes in new colours including (product) red. The nanos were completely redesigned and now support video, and a bigger, brighter, higher rez display. They have a new interface and you can now browse albums using cover flow. The new iPods, now called iPod classic have the same user interface as the nano and new storage capacities, 80GB and 160GB. Best of all though is the new iPod touch! Supporting the same 3.5 in multitouch display as the iPhone, Wifi for web browsing and YouTube, it can do pretty much everything the iPhone can do except the camera and phone features.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Southwest Airlines LUV, +1.94% reported second-quarter net income of $246 million, or 30 cents a share, up from 13 cents a share in the same period a year ago. Excluding non-recurring items, which include $271 million in government grants, earnings were 13 cents a share, topping the average analyst forecast of 11 cents a share, according to Reuters Research. Operating revenue rose 2.9 percent to $1.52 billion, just ahead of the $1.51 billion expected by analysts. The air carrier said improved traffic and revenue beginning in mid-June helped offset soft bookings early in the quarter due to the Iraq campaign. Looking ahead, the company expects third quarter earnings to increase over last year, as high demand for vacation travel has led to strong bookings for July and August. The stock closed Friday up 8 cents at $1.69.
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January 168:45 am–9:15 am
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Under Brian Cornell’s leadership, Target is creating spectacular growth. Cornell’s vision includes a strategy with stores at the center of Target’s omnichannel platform and same-day digital fulfillment leadership. He also led outsized investments in team member pay, benefits and wellbeing, a curated assortment and more. Now, Cornell and his team are stepping up to even bigger challenges. In this fireside chat with NRF President and CEO Matt Shay, hear directly from Cornell, this year’s recipient of the NRF Foundation’s Visionary award, on how Target is leveraging its size, scale and resources to drive continued growth and achieve significant societal and sustainability ambitions in service to all.


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Bear Mattress is running a sitewide Cyber Monday sale now through December 9, and everything is 25% off
Bear Mattress's Cyber Monday sale offers 25% off sitewide now through December 9. Here are the best deals on mattresses, frames, bed bases, and more.
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Martin’s Super Markets revealed that it is promoting three executives at its South Bend, Ind., corporate office.
Amy Simeri McClellan is moving into the position of SVP of retail, where she will oversee merchandising and operations. McClellan has held a variety of positions with Martin’s over the past 17 years, most recently serving as VP of sales and marketing.
Doug Dillman is being promoted to VP of operations. Dillman most recently served as director of operations and brings 35 years of expertise in store management and operations to his new role.
John Cocquyt is shifting to SVP of strategic development. In addition to Martin’s Pharmacy and Paw Mart retail pet store operations, Cocquyt’s direct responsibilities will also include oversight of Martin’s information technology, human resources and engineering departments.
Martin’s Super Markets was founded in 1947 and currently has 21 stores in South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger, Elkhart, Goshen, Plymouth, Nappanee, Logansport and Warsaw, Ind.; and in Niles, Stevensville and St. Joseph, Mich.


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A businessman in Sh 391Million fraud case has been put to task to explain how the said money came into his possession as he claims .
Appearing before Judge Alfred Mabeya,Kirimi Koome the respondent in a suit filed by Rwandese National Desire Muyihunza,he was asked heavy questions by the complainant Lawyer Danstan Omari during cross examination.
Asked whether he was the one who registered the said Stay Online Company, Kirimi said that he was assisted by a lawyer to register the disputed Company in the year 2023.
Lawyer Omari demanded to know how that company operates and what is the commission that the people he claims to have employed get.
Did you pay the registrar statutory fees?
Where is evidence?
What was the mode of payment?
Kirimi said he can produce bank statements if granted an opportunity, he was also requested to show that he was 100% beneficiary of the said company.
Omari wanted to be supplied with the original payment receipts that Kirimi allegedly used to open the said Company.
Kirimi was declaring himself as the sole owner of Stay Online Company which is a payment and processing software company.
Kirimi said the company provides services to Visa and Mastercard merchants. Kirimi said the Sh 400Million frozen by the bank belongs to his company.
While Koome has contended that he is the sole owner of the company, Desire Muyihunza who is the complainant explained that he was only employed as SOL Kenya’s proxy owner to beat the complexities of registering a business by foreigners.
The court heard that the parent company in Rwanda Stay Online Limited Rwanda had a board of directors’ resolution on April 1, 2012 to expand its operations in Uganda, Kenya and Zambia.
Desire has since said that he was told the accused (Koome) could help him meet VIPs and that he was also a businessman with interests in hotels, roads and real estate.
Kirimi is accused of conspiring to defraud Desire who is the beneficial owner of Stay Online Limited USD 2,619,583.27, being merchant funds by falsely representing himself as the owner of the said funds.
He is alleged to have committed the offence on diverse dates between July 10 and October 4, 2023, in Nairobi jointly with others not before the court and with intent to defraud.
Koome is also charged with stealing Ksh.14,945,000 (USD 100,000) property of Stay Online Limited which had been entrusted to him to make payment of provision of taxes for the said company.
He also faces another charge of making a false entry in a document for payment of USD 100,000 9ksh.14 million) to his USD Account domiciled at Equity Bank and giving false information to the police.
Muhinyuza has since pleaded with the court to assist him gain control of his company Stay online, during the hearing of the suit.
He narrated to court how he was allegedly defrauded by Koome.
Through his lawyers Sophy, Shadrack and Danstan Omari, the plaintiff informed
the court that he owns controlling interest in Stay online Rwanda which is
the mother company of Stay online Limited based in Kenya.
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Unions and industry experts hail ‘act of faith’ by Germans in the face of huge losses by British subsidiary
BMW is planning to invest more than £3bn in its Rover car plants over the next six years although its loss-making UK subsidiary will not break even until 2002, two years later than planned. This emerged yesterday as the German group confirmed investment of up to £1.7bn in its Longbridge plant near Birmingham, pledging to turn the antiquated site into a world class facility.
The plant, Britain’s biggest car factory, will produce up to 175,000 new-generation minis each year from 2001 and up to 400,000 units of a family of medium-sized cars to rival the Golf and Megane. Union leaders and industry experts hailed the planned investment as an astonishing act of faith by the Bavarian car firm in its British business which, if it failed, could bring the entire company down.
Prof Joachim Milberg, BMW chief executive, said a third of the DM30bn investment the group planned between now and 2005 would be in the UK, with a new Rolls-Royce luxury car assembly plant on top of that. BMW paid £800m for Rover in 1994 and has since invested DM6.5bn in the embattled company, including £700m for the recently-launched executive R75 saloon at Oxford and £500m in a new engine plant at Hams Hall, near Warwick.
Rover, known as “the English Patient” in Germany, lost £647m last year and its UK market share is now languishing at 5%. Prof Werner Samann, Rover’s new chairman and chief executive, said he hoped to contain this year’s losses to “a little below that” but some analysts expect them to be as high as £850m.
Tony Woodley, chief union negotiator at Rover, said: “I can’t think of any multi-national car company which would suffer losses on this scale, well over £1bn by the end of this year, and yet plough in another £3bn.”
Prof Kumar Bhattacharyya, head of Warwick university’s manufacturing group, said the Longbridge investment was the best news for Rover in 30 years. “If they can’t make Longbridge work they will have huge problems on their Munich doorstep … There’s no compromise on this [medium-sized] car.”
BMW’s forecast of a Rover break-even by 2002 assumes that the pound will remain at around DM2.90 but Milberg and SÃ¤mann hope that the UK will have joined the euro by then, at a lower rate: every pfennig rise in sterling’s value knocks up to £7m off earnings. “We plan to break even irrespective of the euro,” a senior BMW official said.
Stephen Byers, trade and industry secretary, said BMW’s Longbridge investment was the biggest by a car manufacturer in the UK. It is backed by £152m in state aid. This will be paid in six instalments. Mr Byers, claiming the package heralded a new approach to government aid to industry, said it was tied to productivity targets. If these were not reached, money would be paid back.
Prof Samann said overall productivity had to improve by 10% to match BMW’s German plants, implying a 15-20% rise at Longbridge within the next three years.
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Tourism group asks Bellone for a bigger chunk of marketing dollars
Members of the East End Tourism Alliance asked County Executive Steve Bellone to increase the amount of tourism funding they get through an existing 3-percent county room occupancy tax at a meeting in Riverhead Tuesday.
Currently, the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau, a tourism promotion agency under contract with the county, gets 24 percent of the money raised by the tax, capped at $2 million, according to Bryan DeLuca, the president and co-founder of East End Tourism Alliance, as well as the executive director of the company that owns Long Island Aquarium and Hyatt Place East End in Riverhead.
Last year, it raised $9.1 million, of which the LICVB received $2 million.
“Two million dollars is not much money to market Long Island,” he said.
As for the rest of the money, according to county law:
• 10 percent of the revenue is used to support cultural programs and activities relevant to the tourism industry.
• 10 percent is used to support the Vanderbilt Museum;
• 8 percent is used to support other museums and historical societies, such as the Walt Whitman Birthplace site;
• 20 percent goes to care and maintenance of historic structures.
• The rest, just under 30 percent, goes into the county’s general fund.
“We’d like to see the $2 million cap lifted,” Mr. DeLuca said. “The thing that has become point of contention and frustration for us on the East End is that we have 18,000 rooms and a $2.9 million marketing budget in one of the most expensive media markets in the world.”
By comparison, other areas with a room occupancy tax devote much higher percentages to marketing, such as Lake Placid, where 95 percent is used for tourism funding; Buffalo, which uses 32 percent and Rochester which retains 36 percent of its room occupancy tax for tourism and marketing, he said.
Those areas have higher marketing budgets than Suffolk and nowhere near the number of hotel and motel rooms, he added.
Mr. DeLuca said 30 percent of his guests come from foreign countries like the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada. With more advertising dollars, he would bring even more tourists here, he said.
Janine Nebons of Tanger Outlets said between 50 and 60 percent of their business comes from international tourists, who spend far more money that local customers or day trippers.
In addition to eliminating the $2 million cap, the East End Tourist Alliance would like to see a higher percent of the room occupancy tax come back to the LICVB.
The EETA also told Mr. Bellone they want to see the county change the way it funds “special interests” like the Vanderbilt museum and the Walt Whitman birth site. More money should be diverted to pay for transportation on the East End, the group said.
“We could really do stuff with the Long Island Rail Road if it had better service,” said Abigail Field of the North Fork Promotion Council. “Even if it was just a shuttle.”
“The LIRR is not going to do anything on its own,” Mr. Bellone replied. He said the county has been working with some of the top transportation firms in the world and hopes to make McArthur Airport in Islip into an international airport.
Mr. DeLuca said he’s also been researching the possibility of creating a Tourism Improvement District, in which the East End could create its own tax on hotel and motel rooms to generate tourism funds.
But that would require state legislation to take effect, he said.
“I agree with so much of what you saying but there’s a lot of different legislators with different ideas,” Mr. Bellone told the group. “I will be an advocate on many of these issues.”
Photo: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, left, and Riverhead Tanger Outlets general manager Janine Nebons at Tuesday’s meeting. (Credit: Tim Gannon)


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On November 20th, FOB PARIS proudly hosted an event to celebrate the launch of their newest collaboration with French football legend Djibril Cissé. Add creative spirit in tune with his time, fashion lover and connoisseur of watchmaking to that and you’ll find the perfect match for the successfully established collaboration with the designers of FOB PARIS, a perfect tribute to the WE ARE TIME EXPLORERS motto of the brand.
A capsule collection consisting of two pieces produced in a limited edition of 50 pieces each. A R413 watch and a R100 cuff, in original black and gold tones and with an exclusive work of engraved leather made in workshops in the heart of the Marais in Paris. Engravings directly inspired by the mythical tattoos of Djibril Cissé, a symbol of timelessness, extravagance and self-assertion.
The event was held at sophisticated the Montaigne Market, Paris, where Mr Cissé made an appearance to celebrate with the more than 200 VIP guests who showed up to catch his tunes and check out the new collaboration. The collection will be unveiled in Japan at Takashimaya on December 1st, as well as on our e-shop.
Collaboration launch event, November 20th 2018, Montaigne Market, Paris.


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According to this article, U.S. bands on international tours are getting richer thanks to a weak-ass dollar:
"If there is any net profit from foreign touring, in some cases the profit is 20%-40% higher than it was budgeted based on nothing more than currency exchange," Zysblat says. "Not selling more tickets. Not increasing ticket prices. Just the shift in the U.S. dollar."
Bottom line, this should mean more international touring next year by American bands. That said, the reverse could also be true. "I see fewer U.S. dates by foreign bands," Zysblat says. "Their time is better spent elsewhere."
I think alt-country is big in Europe still, so get over there while the gettin's good.


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Farm Bureau Supports Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act
A Kansas Farm Bureau board member testified before a House subcommittee this week in favor of passing the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (H.R. 4432).
The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act would help consumers understand the difference between real food safety concerns and marketing ploys by providing a national labeling standard, set by the Food and Drug Administration. Kansas Farm Bureau board member Stacey Forshee said in Thursday’s Newsline that mandatory labeling of foods with biotechnology traits only adds to the misconceptions surrounding GMOs.
“Making a label mandatory is only going to mislead the consumer into thinking that those foods are different than conventionally grown food,” Forshee said. “We feel at Farm Bureau there needs to be a national approach to labeling, and having FDA being a science-based voice for the consumer would be a very good thing.”
In related news, proponents of an Oregon ballot measure requiring labels on genetically modified foods conceded defeat Thursday after a judge ruled against them and an automatic recount appeared unlikely to sway the outcome. The Yes on 92 campaign said there are no legal options remaining that could lead them to victory, according to Oregon GMO Labeling Proponents Concede Defeat, a NewsBites article.
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Oldies can be goodies too, as homebuyers showed by snapping up units at projects launched before last year.
A check with developers found that those which enjoyed buoyant sales last year - Hong Leong Group, MCL Land, Qingjian and MCC Land, for example - got a sizeable boost from selling apartments released in 2015 and earlier.
Hong Leong sold 1,140 units last year for a total value of about $1.45 billion. Earlier projects, such as Commonwealth Towers in Commonwealth Avenue and Coco Palms in Pasir Ris, which were both launched in 2014, accounted for 715 of the units sold.
Chinese developer Qingjian sold 768 units last year, with 466 coming from two projects rolled out in 2014 - Bellewoods in Woodlands and Bellewaters in Sengkang.
A Qingjian spokesman told The Straits Times that the average price per square foot of the units sold at Bellewaters last year was $786, which is within the $750 to $820 psf range announced at the launch.
Number of units sold by Hong Leong last year.
Earlier projects, including Commonwealth Towers which was rolled out in 2014, accounted for 715 of the 1,140 apartments sold.
Analysts said there were several reasons for the popularity of existing projects.
Dr Lee Nai Jia, head of South-east Asia research at Edmund Tie and Company, noted that there was a "spillover" effect from successful new launches in the area. "A case in point is The Santorini. With the successful launch in September of The Alps Residences in Tampines, some of the sales spilled over to the nearby Santorini," he added.
The 597-unit Santorini was launched in March 2014.
Mr Tan Zhiyong, managing director of MCC Land, said it sold 106 Santorini units last year, versus 32 in 2015. In all, MCC Land sold 745 units last year - 360 at The Alps Residences, 277 at The Poiz Residences and the rest at Santorini and TRE Residences.
Mr Desmond Sim, CBRE Research head of Singapore and South-east Asia, noted that demand for private homes last year was driven by the total quantum in terms of price, as well as "upcoming areas with potential like Bidadari and Jurong Regional Centre".
MCL Land benefited from the Government's plan to develop the Jurong Lake District as a second central business district.
It sold 1,010 units, up from 594 in 2015.
The boost was largely due to its Lake Grande project in Jurong West, where 553 of the 710 units have found buyers.
Sim Lian, another top-selling developer last year,said it had sold 1,003 units at its two executive condominium projects - Wandervale in Choa Chu Kang and Treasure Crest in Anchorvale Crescent.
A Hong Leong spokesman said this year's outlook is expected to be challenging owing to the uncertain interest rate environment, slowing economy and property cooling measures.
However, she added that the moderation of residential-home supply through the Government Land Sales programme will hopefully help developers sell more unsold units.
Correction note: An earlier version of the story referred to Hong Leong Holdings. It should be Hong Leong Group. We are sorry for the error.


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Sense Medical on the road with Xephilio OCT-R1
The official distributor of Canon Medical Eyecare in the UK and Ireland is visiting diabetic eye screening programmes across the UK to provide demonstrations of the device
13 March 2024
Sense Medical, the official distributor of Canon Medical Eyecare in the UK and Ireland, has launched a UK roadshow to showcase the Xephilio OCT-R1 from Canon.
The company has fitted out a van with the Xephilio OCT-R1 and will be visiting diabetic eye screening programmes across the UK.
NHS screening staff will have the opportunity to experience the combination of the SD-OCT and HD 32 mega pixel Colour Fundus Camera.
Abdul Jahangir, sales director at Sense Medical, commented: “We know how busy diabetic eye screening staff are so we wanted to bring this new combination device to them. The Sense Medical Roadshow van will be fitted out with the Xephilio OCT-R1, allowing the staff to demo the product themselves during a time convenient to them.”
The company explained that the combination of OCT and high definition retinal camera makes the device an “ideal solution” for eye screening programmes with high volumes of patients.
The OCT-R1 offers a scan of up to 14.7 x 13.4 mm, with a 32.5MP resolution and specific algorithm processes in the 32 mega pixel EOS for ophthalmic imaging.
The device has a small footprint and is transportable.
The Xephilio OCT-R1 features a fully automated examination protocol to streamline the imaging process and support accuracy and consistency in imaging data obtained from both eyes. An audio guidance feature makes the device easy to use for patients and operators, Sense Medical shared.
The roadshow has already visited West Sussex, Sheffield, and the Midlands, with further stops planned in Humberside, Sunderland, Nottingham, and a number of sites in London.
Spaces are limited, however, practices close to the roadshow’s stops are invited to contact Sense Medical to arrange a visit by email or phone at 01276 479068.


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[photopress:cxo969_1_2_3_4.gif,full,alignright]Microsoft China chief executive Chen Yongzheng has said Microsoft will invest $100 million in China each year over the next three to five years and will train about 80,000 people. The investment comes as Microsoft cooperates with the Chinese government and local businesses to develop China’s software industry.
Why? Probably as a reward for China’s antipiracy efforts and encouragement for China to do more. Microsoft has already invested $65 million in three Chinese software enterprises so far this year.
The figures show why Microsoft should do this. China Business News reported sales of personal computers installed with authorized software systems rose from 25 percent in the last quarter of 2005 to 48 percent in the first quarter of this year in China.
Partly this was due to Microsoft’s purchasing contracts with Chinese PC producers Lenovo, Tsinghua Tongfang, Fangzheng and TCL which were signed early this year. Partly due to the banning of sales of PCs installed with non-authorized operating systems by China in April.
Microsoft awarded Microsoft China the title of ‘best subsidiary company’ this year.
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Expercom Provides First Discounts for New MacBook Air and iPad Pro
Apple reseller Expercom has launched pre-orders for the just-announced MacBook Air and iPad Pro updates, offering up to $104 off these devices, and an average of around $50 off in most cases. Because these models launched this morning, Expercom's prices are the first deals we've seen on the 2020 MacBook Air and iPad Pro.
Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Expercom. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
Expercom's shipping is around $10, depending on the item being shipped. The new MacBook Pros will be shipped within one to two weeks, while the new iPad Pro will be shipped in two to three weeks. If you haven't ordered from Expercom before, the retailer is a trusted Apple Premium Reseller that also sells AppleCare+ with its products, which we've included in the lists below.
- 1.1GHz dual-core i3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD - $947.96, down from $999.00
- 1.1GHz dual-core i3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (with AppleCare+) - $1,156.96, down from $1,208.00
- 1.1GHz dual-core i3, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD - $1,139.96, down from $1,199.00
- 1.1GHz quad-core i5, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD - $1,235.96, down from $1,299.00
- 11-inch 128GB Wi-Fi - $749.00, down from $799.00
- 11-inch 256GB Wi-Fi - $844.00, down from $899.00
- 11-inch 512GB Wi-Fi - $1,034.00, down from $1,099.00
- 11-inch 256GB Cellular - $989.00, down from $1,049.00
- 12.9-inch 128GB Wi-Fi - $939.00, down from $999.00
- 12.9-inch 256GB Wi-Fi - $1,034.00, down from $1,099.00
- 12.9-inch 256GB Cellular - $1,179.00, down from $1,249.00
- 12.9-inch 1TB Cellular - $1,564.00, down from $1,649.00
Apple's 2020 MacBook Air includes faster processors, a new scissor switch keyboard, and overall 80 percent faster graphics performance than the previous generation. The new MacBook Air features a Magic Keyboard with a redesigned scissor mechanism that delivers 1mm of key travel, plus a new inverted-"T" arrangement for the arrow keys, similar to the 16-inch MacBook Pro.
On the tablet side, the new iPad Pro has a faster A12Z Bionic chip, a new Magic Keyboard accessory with a built-in trackpad, an Ultra Wide camera, a LiDAR Scanner, and more. It also features a square camera bump with a 12MP Wide camera and a 10MP Ultra Wide camera, which can zoom out two times to capture a wider field of view.
Apple's next device with an Apple silicon chip may not be a Mac or an iPad, but rather an advanced external display, according to recent reports.
The display, which is rumored to arrive this year, is expected to sit somewhere between the $1,599 Studio Display and the $4,999 Pro Display XDR – but more exact information about the device's positioning and price point is as yet unknown. While ...
Apple has previously announced several upcoming iOS features that are expected to be added to the iPhone this year. Some of the features could be introduced with iOS 16.4, which should enter beta testing soon, while others will arrive later in the year.
Below, we have recapped five new iOS features that are expected to launch in 2023, such as an Apple Pay Later financing option for purchases ...
Apple's VP of hardware engineering Matthew Costello and product marketing employee Alice Chan recently spoke with Men's Journal and TechCrunch about the new second-generation HomePod in wide-ranging interviews about the smart speaker.
Apple discontinued the original full-size HomePod in March 2021 after multiple reports indicated that sales of the speaker were lackluster, but Chan told Men's ...
Apple appears to be preparing an iOS 16.3.1 update for the iPhone, based on evidence of the software in our website's analytics logs this week. It's unclear when the update will be released, but it will likely be available at some point in February.
The same logs have accurately foreshadowed the release of several previous updates, including iOS 16.0.3 and iOS 16.1.1 most recently, so they...
AirTags may be a convenient way for tracking dogs that might get off leash or otherwise lost, but there are dangers associated with the practice, as outlined by a report from The Wall Street Journal.
At 1.26 inches in diameter, AirTags are able to fit easily on a dog's collar, but that size also makes the tracking devices small enough to swallow, at least for a medium to large-sized dog, and ...
When the original HomePod launched in 2018, it was discovered that the speaker can leave white rings on some wooden surfaces. Now, well-known YouTuber Marques Brownlee has confirmed that the issue persists to a lesser extent with the new HomePod.
In a side-by-side test, he showed that the white second-generation HomePod left a white ring on the wooden surface that he placed the speaker on,...
In June 2022, Apple previewed the next generation of CarPlay, promising deeper integration with vehicle functions like A/C and FM radio, support for multiple displays across the dashboard, personalization options, and more.
Apple says the first vehicles with support for the next-generation CarPlay experience will be announced in late 2023, with committed automakers including Acura, Audi,...
It's been more than a week since Apple released the iOS 16.3 update, and typically, new iOS betas follow launches within a day or so. We were expecting Apple to provide the first beta iOS 16.4 on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, but that hasn't happened.
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For all the benefits IT in general and the Internet specifically have given us, it has also introduced significant risks to our well-being and way of life. Yet cybersecurity is still not a priority for a majority of people and organizations. No amount of warnings about the risks associated with poor cybersecurity have helped drive significant change. Neither have real-world … [Read more...] about Cyber War: The Fastest Way to Improve Cybersecurity?
On March 21, 2018 the New York Times reported that the White House was going to take aggressive action against China for illegal trade practices as well as intellectual property theft. The administration is right to do so. Drive thru middle America and you’ll see closed factories whose products are now manufactured in China. For the past few decades China has implemented an … [Read more...] about White House Takes Action Against Chinese Intellectual Property Theft
Perhaps you’ve decided to emphasize productivity more than ever in your workplace and want to know whether it’s legal to use software that tracks how employees use their computers. Below, we’ll investigate the laws surrounding that issue and why you might want to see what employees do — or fail to do — as well as introduce three monitoring tools to try. The Basics of the Legal … [Read more...] about 3 Software Programs That Let Businesses Monitor Employees’ Computers
On January 4, 2017 CTO Vision published a blog post titled “Are you ready for a state-sponsored cyber attack?” In hindsight, the blog post should have been titled “Are you ready for state-sponsored zombie malware attacks?” Zombie malware combines the most deadly aspects of malware and zombie computers into one horrible mess. Typically malware gets into a compute device via … [Read more...] about Are you ready for state-sponsored zombie malware attacks?
Social media has become an integral part of society, and having a presence on these platforms is a must for businesses in the present world. Barely a decade ago, only a small proportion of the globe were exposed to social media. A few years later, the list of social media networks has continued to grow and impact the society. In 2008, only 24 percent of the United States … [Read more...] about Leveraging Social Media to Expand Business Data Globally
It used to be that workers would come into the office, sit at their desk, work for eight hours (with a break for lunch in there somewhere), and then go home. Now, however, work is moving out of the office and into, well… everywhere else. With teleconferencing, smartphones, cloud computing, and a long line of other mobile technologies, today’s workforce has evolved. Workers are … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity Protocols to Implement in an Always-Connected Workforce
We live in times of extreme technological hooliganism, where small groups or even individuals can cause asymmetric damage from a distance. This was proven several times over the last few months, most famously in the 21 October attacks against Dyn that impacted many of Dyn's clients, including Amazon, Twitter, Reddit, Airbnb, New York times, Spotfiy, Netflix and many … [Read more...] about Nation-Blanking DDoS Attacks Launched By Individuals Now Proven Able To Take Entire Nation’s Off The Net


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Ghana’s leading TelecommunicationsService Provider, MTN, has presented awards to its exceptional mobile financial services’ agents at the maiden edition of Mobile Money Agents Awards Night.
The awards night was held to celebrate Mobile Money agents in the Eastern,Volta, Greater Accra and the Brong Ahafo Regions who have demonstrated high levels of professionalism in executing their duties in providing Mobile Money services to their customers.
The initiative forms part of MTN’s efforts to create an atmosphere that supports the growth and development of the mobile financial services sector in Ghana.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Eli Hini, General Manager for Mobile Financial Services at MTN Ghana said, the awards ceremony is in recognition of the role Mobile Money agents play to ensure good customer experience.
“We acknowledge the roles our Mobile Money agents have played to ensure our customers have a good experience with Mobile Money Services. We celebrate our Agents today for showing leadership and integrity in their day to day activities and urge them on into continuing to be better ambassadors of MTN as their actions have an impact on the image of the MTN brand,” Mr. Hini said.
Mr. Kwame Kwadon of Notable E- Solutions emerged the Overall Best Mobile Money Agent.
He won a motorbike, certificate of honor and other undisclosed prizes. Other winners at the awards took home prizes ranging from television sets, generator sets, mobile phones among others.
Criteria for the selection of winners included scanning for agents who have not indulged in fraudulent activities, agents who exhibit and provide customers with a good experience among others.
MTN Ghana is the largest Mobile Money service provider in the country with over 7 million active users on its Mobile Money platform and over 85,000 active agents across the country.
To safeguard mobile financial services usage, MTN Ghana has partnered with entities such as the Police and the Central Bank in order to put measures in place for the safe use of Mobile Money services.
MTN Ghana continues to spearhead innovations and initiatives that facilitate the growth of the mobile financial services sector which provides customers with fast, simple, convenient, secure and affordable way of transferring money, making payments and doing other transactions using a mobile phone.


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Income from online customer loans a lot more than tripled from $1.4 billion in 2006 to $4.3 billion year that is last based on information through the investment bank Stephens Inc.
Usually the ongoing businesses which make these loans are referred to as “online payday lenders, ” but that term is certainly not totally accurate. Many of them offer loans that aren’t tied up to your borrower’s spend period; rather they generate installment loans with terms enduring months that are several.
The definition of “online lenders” additionally gets invoked usually, but that broader descriptor may be deceptive, too — in the end, you will find a multitude of businesses small-business that is making on the internet, in addition they belong in a completely various category than any associated with the online customer loan providers do.
Also in the world of exactly just just what could be called consumer that is“online” — the region where federal and state authorities have now been concentrating their attention — organizations have actually tried at the very least five the latest models of for acquiring licenses to work in states with sometimes conflicting customer financing rules.
“Every one of y our people, aside from model, thinks that it’s complying with state legislation, or has an audio appropriate foundation to conclude that hawaii legislation will not apply, ” said Lisa McGreevy, the president and leader for the on the web Lenders Alliance, a business trade team.
The complexity of performing business that is online a lender’s state could have various guidelines compared to a borrower’s state is compounded by the doubt over which jurisdiction governs deals on the net.
“How these online deals will fundamentally be controlled nevertheless continues to be, to some degree, and a available concern, ” said Jeremy Rosenblum, somebody at Ballard Spahr LLP.
Each one of the five models is founded on an unusual justification that is legal a number of which appear to have more traction than the others. A whole lot is|deal that is great at stake here both for the internet loan providers, whoever ultimate capacity to stay static in company depends on the effectiveness of their appropriate claims, as well as banking institutions that plan the businesses’ re re payments, as they are coming under increased pressure from their regulators.
Here are some is helpful information towards the licensing that is various for online consumer financing.
Companies that hold licenses in numerous states
Most of the businesses that belong to this category started as certified storefront payday loan providers however in present years branched out into online financing. No one disputes that their operations are legal.
The publicly exchanged payday lender money America (CSH) started making loans online in 2006, and after this about 50 % of the loan amount comes throughout that channel, in line with the company’s presentation at an investor conference that is recent.
Likewise, payday financing string Advance America states it’s certified to produce online loans to borrowers in 25 states. In the event that you visit the firm’s web site and enter a Zip rule from a situation where in fact the business is certainly not certified, you can’t get financing.
Most of the businesses that just just just take this state-by-state method of online financing are people in the Community Financial solutions Association of America.
That trade team recently stated that one of the users, a storefront loan provider this online bad credit alaska is certainly certified atlanta divorce attorneys continuing state where it generates loans, gotten a termination notice from the re payment processor. But that snag, that has been quickly solved, has been the total outcome of an overreaction by the re re re payment processor, instead of any targeted action by regulators.
“I think it will be regrettable if any legitimate, legally certified loan provider had been adversely impacted, ” says Jamie Fulmer, senior vice president of general general public affairs at Advance America, talking about the regulatory crackdown on unlicensed loan providers.
Despite the fact that concern, loan providers that use the state-by-state model took solace from present congressional testimony by CFPB Director Richard Cordray, whom stated: “My stance on online financing, as with all financing: it ought to be done lawfully. It ought to be carried out by people who are qualified and licensed to get it done. It ought to be done in conformity with federal and state legislation. ”


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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is one of a small group of famous worldwide figures that support Bitcoin and its future potential, despite the fact that he has yet to invest in the cryptocurrency. Wozniak described Bitcoin as a “unique mathematical formula” and a “miracle of technology” during a recent technology event in Mexico called Talent Land Digital 2021. Wozniak claimed that Bitcoin is better than gold, according to the local news outlet El Sol de Mexico. “Gold is limited and you have to look for it; Bitcoin is the most amazing mathematical miracle. I do not invest in Bitcoin, but I believe in it for the future.”
Bitcoin is often referred to as “digital gold” for reasons other than its scarcity and limited availability. The total number of bitcoins available is restricted to 21 million. Furthermore, neither has a central authority to issue them, such as a bank or a government, and both have extremely liquid marketplaces to be traded for fiat money. It is now one of the fastest rising technologies, where more and more industries continue to readily accept it as a mode of payment. In online casinos, for example, Bitcoin gambling is one of the hottest topics, as solutions to existing gambling challenges look to have finally been resolved by the parent blockchain technology.
Wozniak founded Efforce, a blockchain-based firm in the energy efficiency area, in December of last year, his second company after Apple. Efforce, according to a company statement, is a marketplace that allows businesses to perform energy efficiency measures for free so they may invest their cash in more important activities. In order to securitize energy savings, the firm also established its own cryptocurrency, WOZX. Wozniak told CNBC in 2018 that he hopes Bitcoin will become the one world currency. “Bitcoin is mathematically defined, there is a certain quantity of bitcoin, there’s a way it’s distributed… and it’s pure and there’s no human running, there’s no company running and it’s just… growing and growing… and surviving, that to me says something that is natural and nature is more important than all our human conventions.” He said.
Apple might be one of a growing number of major corporations who are experimenting with cryptocurrency. The iPhone manufacturer hinted at its interest in crypto in a job posting titled “Business Development Manager – Alternative Payments” in May of this year. Apple Wallets, Payments, and Commerce (WPC), the company’s payment vertical, was looking for a business development manager to lead its “Alternative Payments Partnerships,” with over five years of experience with alternative payment providers such as cryptocurrency aside from digital wallets, buy now pay later programs, and so on, according to the job posting.
In June of this year, one of Mexico’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, who owns one of the country’s major banks, Banco Azteca, tweeted that he is trying to make it the country’s first Bitcoin-accepting bank. Pliego, who is a huge supporter of Bitcoin, had previously tweeted, “#Bitcoin is the new gold, but too much more portable, transport #Bitcoin is so much easier than having your gold bars in pockets … and I know that I’m going to be attacked by gold lovers.”
Despite the uncertainties surrounding Bitcoin’s price recovery, institutional investors and fund managers are expected to increase their exposure to cryptocurrencies between now and 2023. According to a survey conducted between May and June by Nickel Digital Asset Management, a UK-based investment manager focused on the digital assets market, 82% of institutional investors and fund managers from the US, UK, France, Germany, and the UAE expect to increase their crypto exposure between now and 2023. In fact, 40% of respondents stated they want to significantly expand their crypto holdings.
“Institutional money will flow in crypto from all over the world in the near future because we do have a strong case of another market crash due to rising inflation in major economies. Bitcoin performed better than gold as a hedge against inflation in the past two years and continues to do so. I believe institutions are looking at Bitcoin as a safe hedge against rising inflation, and that’s why they can allocate more capital to it in the near future,” said Hitesh Malviya, Founder of itsblockchain.com.
The long-term capital growth possibilities of cryptocurrencies and digital assets were identified by 58 percent of respondents as the key rationale for increasing crypto investments. 38% indicated that having some exposure to crypto-assets has made them feel more comfortable and secure about owning the asset class. Greater major corporations and fund managers investing in crypto assets, according to 37% of respondents, is also a factor, since it gives them more confidence. Another 34% cited a better regulatory environment as a major reason in their decision to expand their crypto holdings.
Bitcoin’s price has dropped by half from its peak of nearly $64,000 in mid-April. The digital currency was yet to reclaim its April highs and break over the $34,000 barrier, where it had been trading since May last week. According to the most recent statistics from CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin’s share of the overall crypto market worth has decreased from nearly 70% in January this year to 44% now. Multiple reasons have contributed to the downturn, including China’s ban on cryptocurrency usage and mining, Elon Musk’s remarks, and increasing regulatory scrutiny of digital currency by US politicians.
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A group of thieves ransacked an Amazon delivery van as the driver watched, stunned, as his packages were taken away in broad daylight. in another attack in Atlanta.
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While the driver was delivering a package to Country Oaks Apartments in the Fairbun Mays neighborhood Sunday afternoon, he left his vehicle running unattended.
According to the police report, at least four men rushed into the truck to steal several packages inside.
Video captured from a nearby home shows the thieves jumping from the front of the van and running to the back where the door was already open.
We see them get back into the Amazon vehicle and fill their arms with packages.
The video camera then panned to the driver, in the middle of his delivery trip, who abruptly stopped walking and watched as his truck was wrecked.
A few bandits even slipped and fell to the ground, before quickly getting back up, in a hurry to proceed with the crime, but there was no one to stop them.
According to the New York Post, investigators are still working to determine the identity of the suspects and the circumstances of the robbery. At this stage, the stolen items are not yet known.
The Amazon heist came hours after a mob of motorists blocked a FedEx tractor-trailer to steal sealed packages in Memphis on Saturday.
Three men were arrested for their part in the looting after they were stopped by a security guard at an apartment complex with several packages in their car.
Another recent attack on delivery workers saw a UPS driver from Maryland become the victim of an armed robbery in broad daylight in Maryland.
In footage shot last Thursday in Prince George’s County, a group of thieves surrounded the driver before taking off in the company’s large brown truck.


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Areal Flood Advisory issued June 22 at 9:38PM MDT expiring June 26 at 9:30PM MDT in effect for: Moffat
Federal drug agents are warning people of an Internet scam targeting people who buy their drugs online.
According to the Denver Post, scammers are telling people that purchasing drugs over the Internet or by telephone is illegal and that enforcement action will be taken against them unless they pay up.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said people are panicking and wiring money overseas.
According to the federal Food and Drug Administration, people who buy their drugs online should have a prescription and make sure the seller has a certified pharmacist.


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Lonely Planet is the world’s biggest travel guide publisher and according to last year’s ‘Best in Travel 2019’ ratings Sri Lanka has been ranked at the top this year too.
Lonely Planet had reported that the toll on tourism has been tremendous on the island state. According to travel consultancy ForwardKeys, average net bookings to and within Sri Lanka fell 186% the week following the attack.
Already notable to intrepid travellers for its mix of religions and cultures, its timeless temples, its rich and accessible wildlife, its growing surf scene and its people who defy all odds by their welcome and friendliness after decades of civil conflict, this is a country revived, the magazine reported.
Despite the April 21 bombings, we should not let it get in the way of exploring, education and travel and although the country has been upset, but continues to be an incredible place to visit. It still tops Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel for 2019.
The second spot in this year’s best in travel goes to Germanywith Zimbabwe in third spot. The rest of the seven countries on the list are Panama, Kirghizstan, Jordan, Indonesia, Belarus, São Tomé & Príncipe and Belize.
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She should be very proud of herself!
There sure were a lot of hands that went into perfecting Caitlyn Jenner's photoshoot for Vanity Fair, and one of the people behind the cover is opening up about her role in the coming out story.
VF Fashion & Style Director Jessica Diehl has worked on hundreds of shoots for the magazine, but being behind Caitlyn's issue may have been her biggest role yet.
[ Related: Everything We Know About Caitlyn Jenner So Far! ]
Jessica not only had the job of dressing Caitlyn exquisitely for the fashion mag… but she had to do it all in secret!
But, the stylist says it wasn't about the outfits, because it was really about helping Caitlyn be herself:
Perfect timing, Glamour!
The peeps at the magazine were probably waiting on tenterhooks to be able to reveal their cover story on Kim Kardashian West after she confirmed her pregnancy Sunday evening!
[ Related: Kris Jenner Reacts To Kim's Pregnancy! ]
What a coup!
They even got her to talk at length about expecting for a second time!
Baby's first Vogue!
Kim Kardashian West may be pregnant, but Kendall Jenner has her own fabulous news to celebrate!
[ Related: Check Out Kendall's Boob Window On The Red Carpet ]
The model has finally landed a coveted Vogue cover for the magazine's Chinese version, sharing it with Chinese actor and singer (and former EXO boy band member) Kris Wu!
There's also a tiny guitar on the cover.
Dressed in a sequined red dress with her dark hair draped over her shoulders, Kenny looks magnificiently sophisticated.
And we have a feeling this is the first of many, MANY Vogue covers in her future!
Check out behind-the-scenes shots in the gallery (above)!
[Image via Vogue China]


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Kim Kardashian was bashed by fans for standing by Balenciaga amid a heated controversy around the brand for a series of ads featuring kids.
Taking to Instagram, the 41-year-old reality star dropped a gorgeous mirror selfie of her sporting a top from the Adidas x Balenciaga collaboration.
The post however created a massive buzz as fans ripped Kim apart. Taking to Reddit, fans wrote: “She’s not about to denounce (expletive). They will stay quite like Astroworld.”
“Kim publicly said she would eat (expletive) to stay young. There is literally nothing she wouldn’t do for fame and money! The sad part is she has much more money than she could spend in a lifetime.
“She probably lives off her money making her money and she’d still sell her soul for 1 dollar. I’d never expect her to put children in front of that!” another slammed the Skims founder.
“She’s just so ignorant and vapid,” a third added.
A fourth comment read: “This whole thing is really gross. Hopefully she’ll get called out for (objectifying) her own daughters, for clicks, too. They deserve so much better.”


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New Delhi, Feb. 12: Encouraged by the performance of merchandise exports, the government plans to more than double exports to $500 billion in the next three years.
“If it (India’s exports) is going to be $220 billion (by the end of 2010-11), then setting a target of $400 billion is ridiculous ... implicit rate of growth will be of the order of 27-28 per cent. India is targeting $500 billion worth of exports by the end of 2014,” commerce secretary Rahul Khullar said.
The ministry is preparing a strategy paper aimed at doubling India’s exports by the end of 2014.
The country’s exports went up 32.5 per cent to $20.6 billion in January, led by a 70 per cent surge in engineering and a 36 per cent jump in petroleum and oil products. The exports increased 36.4 per cent to $22.5 billion in December.
In the April-January period, total exports reached $184.6 billion — just $15.4 billion short of the target of $200 billion for the fiscal. Exports increased 29.4 per cent in the first 10 months of 2010-11 against a whole year target of 15 per cent.
“On the whole, export performance is pretty good. My guess is by next month we will cross $200 billion and we should end this financial year at $220-225 billion,” Khullar said.
Exporters’ body Fieo said the country’s exports were increasing in the new markets of Latin America and Africa, along with the US and especially within Asia. “Exports are increasing because of market diversification. Asia itself has emerged as a big export destination,” Fieo president Ramu Deora said.
The recovery in major advanced economies, which had weakened during the second quarter of 2010, regained strength in the next quarter.
Deora said emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Africa and West Asian countries would play an important role to achieve this ambitious target of $500 billion.
“Out of $500 billion exports, a major chunk will be contributed by Asia with a share of $230 billion with Asean alone importing more than $100 billion from India. Exports to Africa and Latin America will zoom,” he said.
The central Asian nations such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries such as Russia and Ukraine would also contribute in increasing Indian exports.
However, exports to traditional destinations — the US and Europe —would go down to 15 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively, as growth in advance economies will taper off. At present, the US and the EU account for about 35 per cent of India’s exports.
A CII report said to make India’s exports achieve the $500 billion mark, more incentives need to be given to textiles, gems and jewellery, leather and engineering firms and also concentrate on the rapidly developing markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.
Imports grew 17.6 per cent to $273.6 billion in April-January period, resulting in a trade deficit of $89 billion. In January, the country imported goods worth $28.6 billion.
Khullar said exports of engineering products increased sharply during the first 10 months of this fiscal, mainly because of the huge demand for Indian products in South American countries, especially Columbia.
Exports of engineering products surged 70 per cent to $45 billion in April-January period. Other sectors that have helped in better-than-expected performance in export data are — gems and jewellery (9.3 per cent increase at $24.5 billion), petroleum and oil products (36 per cent up at $30 billion), cotton yarn and made-ups (52 per cent up at $4.7 billion).
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On March 14, Serpent, founder of Discord and the encrypted threat mitigation system Sentinel, said on social media that the Discord community of the NFT project Wizard Pass was invaded by scammers, who sent messages containing fake links to community users in an official capacity.
When the user clicks the link to send 0.1 ETH to mint NFT, the MetaMask wallet will pop up an “approval” request. Once clicked to confirm, the scammer will have full access to the user’s NFT and transfer it to the scammer’s wallet. Currently NFTs such as BAYC, Doodles, Clone X, etc. have been stolen.


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Posted on 25th July 2014
Police release images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a theft in a supermarket.
On Saturday, June 14 at around 9pm a woman was using the self-service checkout at Morrisons on Ashbourne Road, Derby. She paid for her shopping and left her mobile phone in the shopping basket by mistake.
A man is then seen to allegedly take the mobile phone from the basket and place it in his pocket and leave the store.
If anyone witnessed this or has any further information please contact PC Graham Barrett at St Marys Wharf police station using the non-emergency 101 number.
To report crime anonymously call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Strict travel restrictions are preventing business partners from different countries from meeting in person.Global trade has taken a great hit in the wake of the current pandemic. One aspect that has received less attention is how current travel restrictions have impacted trade by making it hard for business partners in different countries to meet in person. While a large fraction of the labour force has managed to transition to work from home and firms seem to maintain business relationships, empirical evidence points to the fact that in-person meetings are important to facilitate trade.
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