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PUBG: New State Offering 3 Free Tickets for Free Lord of Blood Crate- PUBG: New State has become a very much popular game all over the world, and it recently reached 45+ million downloads worldwide. Recently, we can in other words that celebrating this new update adds new features to the game, including a “Lord of Blood” cosmetics package.
This new special crate includes a stunning new Blood Robe, a mythical garment, cosmetic skins for various weapons in the game, and level 3 awards like emotes and nameplate effects, as well as level 3 goodies like emotes and nameplate effects.
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The WINTERCARNIVAL15 coupon code can be redeemed for a new “Winter Carnival” crate, which is being presented as a “symbol of thanks” for the players’ “constant support,” according to a tweet from PUBG: New State’s official handle. The promo code will expire at 00:59 UTC on January 6, 2022. (6:29 am IST). The crate will include a variety of gifts that will be credited immediately to the player’s account. Ghost Mariachi Top, sunglasses, and shoes might be among the prizes.
These cosmetics don’t necessarily add any new abilities or power-ups in PUBG New State but they’re still pretty cool to look at. These tickets can be redeemed in the in-game shop, and this is not the only crate players can get their hands on. There’s plenty more to like in the PUBG New State shop, including the newly introduced Winter Carnival crate.
In the December update, it has also introduced two new vehicles in the game, namely Mesta and Electron. Mesta is a two-seater looking like a vintage sports edition. The vehicle has top speeds and rapid acceleration. On the other hand, we have Electron, an electric six-seater minibus. It is the most durable vehicle in the game. Players can also change their seats while being in the vehicle.
Also, the update brings a new weapon named L85A3. This is an assault rifle with low recoil. This offers the highest damage as compared to all other 5.56mm rifles available in the game.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
By MATT WICKENHEISER
Deep Down Inc. of Houston, Texas, said it planned to acquire Biddeford-based Flotation Technologies in a stock purchase deal worth an estimated $23.3 million.
Flotation Technologies engineers, designs and makes buoyancy products for marine applications, including offshore oil, oceanographic, seismic and government markets.
Flotation Tech President Tim Cook said his company saw record growth in 2007, doubled its revenue and moved to a plant twice the size of its old home. Revenue for the year ending March 31 was $17.27 million, according to the company.
Seafood entrepreneurs win national recognition
The Small Business Administration has named Cape Elizabeth natives John and Brendan Ready, owners of Ready Seafood and Catch a Piece of Maine, as the national young entrepreneurs of the year.
Ready Seafood is a wholesale lobster distribution company with domestic and international sales including Spain, Italy, France, China and Japan. The Ready Brothers launched Catch a Piece of Maine in October. The program offers limited memberships, allowing partners to own a lobster trap fished by a Maine lobsterman and everything it catches for one year.
Wal-Mart won't charge fee to cash stimulus checks
Wal-Mart says it won't charge a fee to cash customers' economic stimulus checks.
The world's largest retailer said Tuesday that no purchase will be required. Wal-Mart typically charges up to $3 to cash payroll or government checks.
The company's Sam's Club warehouse stores also will cash the checks at no charge.
The tax rebates are expected to reach 130 million households. The payments range up to $600 for individuals and $1,200 for married couples, plus $300 per child.
Countrywide posts its third quarterly loss
Countrywide Financial Corp. said Tuesday it lost $893 million in the first quarter, as rising loan defaults amid a deepening housing downturn forced the nation's largest mortgage lender and servicer to sharply increase its provision for loan losses and book other credit-related charges.
The results marked the third consecutive quarterly loss for Countrywide, which reaped a windfall during the housing boom but has been struggling since last summer, despite predictions last fall by CEO Angelo Mozilo that his company would turn a profit in 2008.
The Calabasas, Calif.-based company agreed in January to be sold to Bank of America Corp. for about $4 billion in stock.
The company said its loss amounted to $1.60 per share for the quarter ended March 31. A year earlier, it earned $434 million, or 72 cents per share.
Revenue plunged 72 percent to $679 million from $2.4 billion in the year-ago quarter.
Oil prices and demand fall, but prices at pump rise
Oil prices fell more than $3 a barrel Tuesday as the market absorbed data showing demand is falling even as supplies are rising. Meanwhile, gasoline prices inched higher at the pump, continuing their record-breaking press toward $4 a gallon.
A monthly Energy Department report said demand for finished petroleum products dropped 8.5 percent in February from January, and demand for gasoline fell by 6.2 percent. Though some of that drop can be attributed to February's being a shorter month, it still suggests high prices are cutting American's appetite for fuel.
A British refinery strike ended Tuesday, and analysts surveyed by Platts expect the Energy Department's weekly inventory report today to show domestic crude supplies rose last week.
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PC maker Dell has recently revealed how it has successfully used the populart micro-blogging site Twitter to generate millions of dollars in sales.
In a report on Reuters Dell, which has been posting to Twitter for around two years, announced it has made over $3 million directly from it's followers who reached their online sales site via it Twitter posts.
This provides an interesting case study on how businesses can utilise web 2.0 sites to generate business. Dell generated revenues of $12.3 billion in the first quarter of this year so the Twitter sales are not going to make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things however it shows that social media is effective if the message is right.
Whilst Dell are a huge brand a campaign of promotion can be effective in this area if the basic message and the levels or saturation are right. The PC maker is a notable example of this. Dell has said it posts 6 to 10 times a week from its DellOutlet account. This profile has well over half a million followers and has generated the majority of the Twitter-based sales. Almost every post includes a voucher code half of the posts are exclusive to Twitter.
At present Twitter does not charge for companies to use their service in this manner however they plan to offer extra premium services and add-ons in the near future.
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William Clay Ford Sr., director emeritus of Ford Motor Company and the owner of the Detroit Lions, died of pneumonia Sunday morning, according to a statement released by the car company.
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Tennessee's highest court has found that defendants can be added to ongoing lawsuits after the statute of limitaitons to sue has expired.
Ford shares are sitting slightly below breakeven to rest at $15.58, but call players have asserted their dominance over the options pits.
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Bill Ford Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor, will host a major fundraiser March 28 to back Westland Mayor William Wild's bid to win the Wayne County executive office now held by Robert Ficano.
Ford Motor Co. will invest $168 million to shift production of its Ford F-650 and F-750 trucks from Mexico to Ohio, officials announced today.
Within minutes of Ford Motor Co. officially unveiling the newly designed 2015 F-150 at the Kansas City Auto Show on Wednesday, dozens of people were climbing around the bed, crawling underneath it and scrambling to get a turn to sit inside and check out the interior.
Ford Motor Company and OPI Products Inc., has announced an unique collaboration focusing on Ford Mustang.
The S&P 500 finished the session 1.53% higher at 1,873.91. Investor-Edge.com looks at some of the equities which were most active during the session.
Authentic, 15-year relationship built on common practices, core values and work philosophies shared between Ford Motor Company and the King Ranch Wyman Meinzer, official Texas state photographer, captures the essence of the relationship in photos revealed at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo )--The introduction of the new Ford F-150, F-Series Super ... (more)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it is closing an investigation into nearly 1.6 million Ford cars and SUVs after reviewing more than 10,000 complaints of sudden loss of engine power without seeking a recall.
Jefferson County Public Schools and Ford Motor Co. hope an announcement on Tuesday is the first of many steps toward transforming the district's schools and making learning more relevant and engaging for students.
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The economist who describes himself as “Mr. Realist” and predicted the 2008 financial crisis has said Bitcoin “will find its end.”
In an interview with Business Insider in Warsaw, Poland, Nouriel Roubini said that of all things, regulation would be the nail in the coffin for Bitcoin. He forecast:
“I think that more and more countries will start to make cryptocurrency exchanges illegal like China did. New regulations will be adopted. So, this will find its end.”
Roubini’s bearish views have earnt him the nickname ‘Dr. Doom,’ his view on Bitcoin echoing similar doom mongers JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort.
“In my opinion, there is a gigantic speculative bubble related to the Bitcoin… Because this is neither a serious method of payment nor a good way to store capital. The Bitcoin feeds on itself.”
This week has seen warnings that Bitcoin’s fate could lie in a dotcom-style bubble popping as the virtual currency remains around all-time highs over $7,000.
At the same time, other global finance leaders have turned bullish on Bitcoin’s future. CME Group Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed hailed it as a new asset class ahead of the FX trader’s move to introduce Bitcoin futures as early as next week.
#CT_questions The economist who predicted the 2008 financial crisis said #Bitcoin “will find its end.” Is he Dr. Doom or Mr. Realist?
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Microsoft briefly surpassed Apple as the most valuable company in the world Monday as the market cap of Microsoft’s stock traded above Apple’s.
For years, Apple has ruled as the U.S. stock with the largest market cap. In August, Apple’s market cap rose above the $1 trillion level, becoming the first U.S. stock to reach that level. Last month, however, Apple’s stock tumbled on a disappointing outlook for the holiday season this quarter. Microsoft’s stock also fell during the selloff in tech stocks but held up relatively well.
According to Bloomberg, Apple’s market cap fell to $812 billion during intraday trading Monday, while Microsoft’s rose to $819 billion. “It most likely won’t be long until Microsoft is firmly entrenched again as No. 1 in the world,” Bloomberg’s Shira Ovide wrote. “Longer-term, Microsoft has continued to roll as the go-to shepherd for corporate clients anxiously navigating technology changes in their industries.”
Microsoft and Apple were bitter rivals for decades. The two companies emerged as leaders in the 1980s during the early days of the personal computer industry. Microsoft became a juggernaut among software makers, while Apple and other Silicon Valley companies fought for market share. Microsoft’s dominance in the PC software market gave it a market value that was larger than Apple’s for years.
In early 2010, Apple’s market cap surpassed that of Microsoft and remained above it for the next eight years, as consumers moved away from desktop computers in favor of smartphones and tablets. Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007 and the iPad in 2010. Since then, Microsoft has moved away from Windows software as an engine of revenue growth in favor of enterprise software, particularly cloud services like Azure.


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SCA to cut 1,500 jobs in its hygiene products operations
After a number of acquisitions in the hygiene segment and the divestment of its packaging operations SCA continues to reorganise and streamline its operations.
SCA announced that it was launching a new cost cutting programme within its hygiene products operations worldwide, in addition to its programme started last year. “Our efficiency program from 2011 goes according to plan and to date we have achieved more than half of the expected annual savings of EUR80m. A new efficiency program has been initiated within the hygiene operations to further reduce costs and increase productivity. It will provide annual cost savings of some €300m, with full impact in 2015. About 1,500 employees are affected and costs are expected to some €100m,” Jan Johansson, President and CEO of SCA said in a press release.
A company spokesperson confirmed to EUWID that the new programme involved all hygiene operations worldwide and was to be finalised by the end of 2014. Hygiene products currently account for about 80% of SCA’s sales, with the majority being achieved in Europe, but with “increasing exposure to emerging markets”.
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Firstly paparazzi caught the star at the airport upon arrival and, despite the fact that Kim was in the black bulk hat, they noticed a couple of unusual light strands.
Kardashian, hand to hand with her husband Kanye West, rushed to hide into the car, waiting for them at the entrance to the airport. However, the intrigue didn’t last long.
Barely disguised in the hotel, the celebrity couple went to one of the shows. Kardashian was already without hat and proudly showing her new hair color.
Close to Kim and Kanye sources argue that Kardashian dyed her hair to please her husband, who allegedly has always been partial to blondes.
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John Lewis bucks downward trend
The financial squeeze on consumers hit niche retailers in
December and January.
Several names disappeared from many Kent high streets, including
Hawkin's Bazaar, brought down when the Tobar Holdings Group
collapsed into administration. Forty out of 65 stores closed on
Retro retailer Past Times, lingerie chain La Senza, Peacocks
clothing stores, Pumpkin Patch children's fashion stores, Blacks
outdoor clothing and accessories retailer, Barratts and its
Priceless Shoes operation all went into administration. Some were
bought out in pre-pack deals while others found buyers who closed
outlets and laid off staff.
HMV struggled in a tough market, while clothes retailer Next
reported lower high street sales but higher online turnover.
But some supermarkets - Tesco apart - and departmental stores
did reasonably well.
John Lewis led the charge by larger chains, bucking the downward
trend by posting total sales of £596m in the five weeks to December
31, 9.3% up on the previous, snow-covered, period a year ago, and
19.1% up on two years ago.
Like-for-like sales rose 6.2% on the previous year and 14.4% on
the same period two years ago. But online sales were up 27.9%,
pushing annual sales through the £600m mark.
Andy Street, managing director, hailed an "outstanding"
Council officers raised concerns about Italian investors' possible mafia links when it was drawing up a rescue package for debt-ridden Transeuropa.
Company chiefs in the county say "wholesale review" of business rates would be welcomed but admit they do not know what the alternative is.
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Amazon India teams up with government to boost handloom sales
Amazon India today forged a partnership with Development Commissioner Handloom of the Union Ministry of Textiles under which it will educate, train and enable cooperatives and weavers to directly sell their products on the online portal.
The partnership allows Amazon India to engage with weavers in Kota in Rajasthan, Nadia in West Bengal, Bargarh in Odisha and Bijoynagar in Assam. The products will carry government certifications 'India Handloom Brand' and 'Handloom Mark', ensuring availability of quality products to shoppers across the globe, Amazon India said in a release here.
The company has already deployed teams in the four states and conducted workshops in Kota and Bargarh, introducing weavers to online selling and Amazon.in's seller services that will help them kickstart their online business, it said. Alok Kumar, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), said ,
Authentic handloom products have always found resonance with shoppers. Our partnership with Amazon India will allow weavers to satiate this demand by making their products available in all corners of India. Weavers will also get the right value for their offerings through this direct sales channel.
Gopal Pillai, Director & GM, Seller Services, Amazon India, said all products listed by weavers will be available through the 'Crafted in India' store on Amazon.in that was launched recently, which aims to bring the rich Indian heritage of handicraft and handlooms to Indian consumers' doorsteps.
Amazon.com, Inc. or often referred as Amazon is an electronic commerce firm with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States. Amazon.com started by Jeff Bezos as an online bookstore. It has separate retail websites for United States, United Kingdom and Ireland, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Japan, China, India and Mexico. In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart (a brick and mortar operation) as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization.


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Clothing and footwear sales through specalist clothing and footwear stores fell slightly by 0.6% in February 2016 to stand at its lowest level since October 2014, although this leaves the index still 7% higher than in 2012.
However, the latest figures show internet sales continued at a pace with the index showing a 1.2% rise in February. The value of sales via the internet now stands 47% greater for clothing and footwear stores than it was in 2012. Indeed, November 2015 in the run up to Christmas saw the value of internet sales the greatest it had been.
Figure 1: Retail and internet retail sales index for good brought via clothing and footwear stores (seasonally adjusted)
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While Google continues to roll out the long-awaited dark mode on its search engine, it appears like the company is testing a new redesign for the search engine results page. We have spotted a redesign of Google Search that involves moving the top categories section next to the search box and removing the HTTPS indicator.
Google Search Tests Removing HTTPS Indicator
I spotted this redesign in an incognito session while accessing Google Search from the new Chromium-based Edge beta version 90.0.818.38. Apart from repositioning the search categories, Google is also testing the possibility of removing the HTTPS indicator from the results.
If you take a closer look at the screenshots shared below, you’ll notice how the URLs don’t have the ‘https’ prefix on them. For example, instead of ‘https://beebom.com’, you will see ‘beebom.com’. To recall, Google had implemented similar changes that involve hiding the entire URL path in Chrome last year.
In case you’re wondering how the insecure HTTP websites would look like with this redesign, I’ve got you covered and it is not good news. Upon a quick Google Search for HTTP websites, I noticed that Google doesn’t show that a website is insecure. I’m not a huge fan of this approach as unsuspecting users may end up interacting with outdated websites.
At this moment, Google has not officially announced the redesign changes and it is not even widely available. When I checked on other browsers including different browser channels of Edge, I was shown the old interface. Hence, it is possible that this redesign may not see the light of the day in the future.
So, what do you think of the upcoming Google Search redesign? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.


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I'm giddy with excitement about Apples latest product announcements that start later today. Its been about a year and a half since my post about being enamored by the iPhone yet to date the iPhone has proved elusive to me. Well that may change today, as I'm in no cell contract and in desperate need of a mobile device with email, internet, mapping, etc.
It seems a given that the new device will have 3G speed capability, but what else does Steve have up his sleeve? Rumor has it a lower price as well, which is a welcome thing for me but I don't think price would deter me too much at this point. I'll get on the plane, hopefully get some sleep and wake up in San Antonio just in time to hear all about the latest and greatest "must have" gadgets Apple has announced today.


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DLA Piper advises C3 VC Fund on its investment in Gatenox
DLA Piper has advised German technology investor C3 VC Fund on its seven-figure investment into Gatenox, a UK-based provider of corporate client verified credentials. Additional funding was provided by A100x Ventures and several prominent angel investors, including Matthew Niemerg and Antoni Zolciak, co-founders of Aleph Zero.
Gatenox is a one-click Anti-Money Laundering/Know-Your-Business (AML/KYB) solution for institutional and individual account opening. Gatenox aims to become a go-to corporate onboarding identity node for exchanges, fintech companies, and banks. The company has tested its solutions with well-established crypto companies and will be rolling out its suite of products in Q3 2022.
C3 Management GmbH is an asset management company focused on managing venture funds which invest in exceptional blockchain technology companies worldwide. C3‘s mission is, among other things, to accelerate growth, development and especially adoption of blockchain tech. Towards this mission, C3 manages the C3 VC Fund, which is partly funded by Block.one and offers developers and entrepreneurs the funding they need to create community-driven businesses leveraging blockchain technology. C3 VC Fund focuses on early and growth stage technology companies. C3 VC Fund operates worldwide and is located in Frankfurt, Germany.
The DLA Piper team was led by partner Simon Vogel and also included associate Oliver Schmidt (both Corporate/Private Equity, Munich). Further involved from DLA Piper's London office were partner Martin Bartlam and senior associate Chris Whittaker (both Finance & Projects).


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Amazing "KARA" demo shows there's life left in the PlayStation 3
The 2012 Game Developers Conference is in full swing right now, with video game companies clamoring to show off their newest tech. But while there are plenty of impressive demos of the latest in graphics software, none have stood out quite as much as Quantic Dream's short film showing off its innovative motion capture technology. Aside from an expertly crafted narrative, the seven-minute video, titled KARA, shows one of the most powerful performances from a virtual character to date, which is even more extraordinary given the fact that each jaw-dropping frame is rendered in real-time on a PlayStation 3.
It probably shouldn't be that surprising for a developer like Quantic Dream to demonstrate its new tech in the form of a narrative. After all, this is the same company that's made a name for itself with firmly story-driven titles like Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy (also know as Fahrenheit outside North America). KARA tells the brief but dramatic story of a futuristic android being tested before it is shipped to retail, when things take a decidedly Asimov-ian twist.
At the heart of the video though is Quantic's new motion capture technology, that seeks to record an actor's entire performance in one go. Even recent titles that touted their motion capture, like LA Noire, still required separate acting sessions: one for body motion and another for facial and voice acting. Having an actor pantomime their facial expressions for actions that they aren't actually performing isn't always going to look quite right once its matched to a body.
After using that method for Heavy Rain, Quantic knew it needed a more accurate way to capture a performance, which is how KARA first came about. The company built a new 3D engine from scratch and increased the number of motion capture cameras used in their studio from 28 to 64. Amazingly, the video was rendered in real-time using just a PS3 running the new graphics engine. Considering the captivating performance of the virtual KARA - who is also the only on-screen character - the technology seems to worki very well.
However, as impressive as the visuals in KARA are, what the video shows is actually the first version of Quantic Dream's engine, which is a year old. Speaking with PlayStation Blog, writer/director David Cage confirmed that future games will look even better:
"Definitely there's going to be a big gap between KARA and the next titles that we'll announce ... We thought that we did a lot in matter of technology and visuals with Heavy Rain, but the more we work on the PlayStation 3, the more we realize that there's much more to the hardware. It's really incredibly powerful, and I think people will be surprised by what we can still do with it."
Sadly, Quantic Dream has been very clear that KARA is merely a video demonstration and not a game currently in progress.
Definitely be sure to check out KARA below, as well as a video interview with Quantic Dream writer/director David Cage about what went into making it, which follows underneath.
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Michelin has issued a safety recall for about 1.3 million commercial light truck tires manufactured at the Bridgewater plant between 2010 and 2012.
The tiremaker issued the recall in mid-December after a small number of the tires were returned in the United States because of tread loss or rapid air loss.
“This line came from that Michelin site, and they continue to make a tire similar to this line at Bridgewater,” Michelin spokeswoman Deborah Carty said Friday.
Most of the tires were sold in the United States, although some were also on the market in Canada and Mexico.
Michelin said less than 200 tires were returned before the recall, all of them in the U.S. No deaths or injuries have been reported in connection with the product.
The tires were manufactured between January 2010 and June 2012. The product affected by the recall is Michelin LTX M/S LT 225-75 R16 115-112 R LRE.
For more information, visit michelin.ca/safetyrecall or call 1-888-863-7777.
Michelin employs 3,500 at its three Nova Scotia plants, which include Waterville and Granton. The Bridgewater facility has a workforce of 1,200.


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Schlage celebrates 100 years
Schlage unveils seven new custom door hardware styles.
Schlage, the door hardware and security brand, is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
From the first push-button lock pioneered by Walter Schlage in 1920 to best-in-class smart lock solutions of today, Schlage has established a century-long legacy.
During the recent 2020 International Builder’s Show in Las Vegas, Schlage paid homage to its 100-year milestone with historic displays of the brand’s evolution. The manufacturer said that its centennial celebration is a testament to Schlage’s ability to remain a pioneer in the ever-changing consumer landscape by crafting the industry’s most reliable, durable and advanced door hardware seen to date.
“For the last 100 years, Schlage has provided safety, simplicity and style to more than 40 million homes and businesses around the globe,” said David Ilardi, general manager at Allegion Home, makers of Schlage Locks. “Our passion for door hardware is rooted in security and steeped in innovation, and we are thrilled to celebrate a century of providing consumers with seamless access where they live, work and visit.”
Products from Schlage include the Schlage Encode Smart WiFi Deadbolt, Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt, and the Schlage Connect Smart Deadbolt among others.
At IBS, Schlage featured seven new Schlage Custom Door Hardware styles and black stainless finish, all of which combine premium style with universally functional locks, allowing residential homeowners to change from a doorknob to a lever and a traditional look to a modern look.
Schalage is a brand of Allegion, which sells products sold in more than 130 countries.
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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, hosted its first ever virtual AGM, attended by more than 120 CEOs from across the globe, to discuss the progress made so far, the challenges our sector has faced through this pandemic, and the importance of international collaboration.
Cutting the 14-day quarantine to five days is welcome news for the UK Travel & Tourism sector, says WTTC
The UK government's latest move that will slash the travel quarantine lockdown if passengers test negative on the fifth day, will provide a much-needed economic boost and is a step towards reviving international travel, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
As Thanksgiving approaches, so do the traditional sales days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But this year, many businesses are stretching out their sales to start earlier and last longer, including many hotels.
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"The imminent IPO of Airbnb can be seen as both a threat and an opportunity for the hospitality industry. The prospect of its continued expansion is a timely warning to hotels that there's no room for complacency when it comes to monitoring all competitors and responding to threats."
Alexandria, Virginia - The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world's largest business travel association, has completed its acquisition of key assets of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), continuing its pledge to unify the industry and help lead business travel out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we approach the holiday season, American travelers have an abiding desire to travel, even as the country navigates the challenges of the pandemic, and a future trip—particularly domestically and with family members—remains a priority, according to a recent poll by the market research firm Destination Analysts.
With tens of millions of Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving next week despite spiking COVID-19 infection numbers nationwide, the U.S. Travel Association on Thursday released an update to its guidance for healthy and safe travel—along with a plea for everyone to closely heed recommended best practices if traveling.
Half (50%) of GBTA travel buyer and procurement professionals feel their employees are 'willing' or 'very willing' to travel for business in the current environment. Only one in five (22%) GBTA members feel their employees are not willing, demonstrating a strong readyness to resume business travel.
View by Rod Jimenez – Chief Executive Officer at SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources LLC
"Throughout the past 20 years, hoteliers learned a great deal about how to distribute their inventory in the most cost-effective manner. Then COVID hit, and it seems like we're starting over from scratch."
With a resurgence of COVID-19 and renewed travel restrictions enacted in many states, a new survey of American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) members shows that the hotel industry will continue to face devastation and significant job loss without additional relief from Congress.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is pleased to announce that HITEC North America 2021 will be held in-person on September 27-30 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas USA.
Travel spending in the U.S. is expected to finish the year 45% down from 2019 levels, and will still not have returned to its pre-pandemic strength by 2024, according to the latest figures released by the U.
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Cellulant, the pan-African payments firm has been quietly building a payments super app to bring bill payments, remittances, lending, group investments, food and gas orders in one app in its eight markets across Africa.
The firm has now announced a major rebrand of its consumer brand Mula to Tingg- a unified platform that will offer all that comprehensive list of digital financial services we listed above; making it Africa’s first payments super app.
According to the rebrand communication from their official LinkedIn account, Tingg is their new and unifying brand identity that will deliver on the promise of a robust single payments platform for Africa’s marketplace, layered to cater for different value chains. The new brand combines all the best features that made Mula- a bills payment platform great, and what the original mark -Cellulant- stands for, whilst simultaneously moving the brand forward.
Cellulant’s dream of a Single Consumer Brand Across Africa
When Cellulant founders Ken Njoroge and Bolaji Akinboro wrote the company’s mission on a serviette 17 years ago, they envisioned building a single platform, a consumer product with a unifying promise across Africa that would signify their uniqueness, dependability, innovative agility and most of all, the pride of building practical technology-based solutions for everyday Africans, wherever they are.
4 years ago, Cellulant launched Mula, an innovative payments service that changed how consumers managed and paid their bills. Finally, one no longer needed to remember all those pay bills and account numbers or when the utility bills were due. With Mula, you could pay all your utility bills, purchase airtime, all within one service that managed all your payments, send you reminders and even enabled you to link all your payment methods such as mobile money debit/credit card or even to your bank directly.
A lot has changed in those 4 years in the payments landscape across Africa with customers and businesses alike looking for integrated ways of accessing services. Tingg promises to address these challenges by providing an amalgamated platform that overcomes regional barriers and provides a seamless payment experience for businesses and customers across Africa.
Tingg delivering economic inclusion in Nigeria
In Nigeria, Tingg has been operating very successfully as a fully-fledged comprehensive digital financial services product. Its genesis was the implementation of the GES project in which Cellulant developed a mobile e-wallet to facilitate the transfer of mobile money to farmers as subsidies from the Nigerian Government. The GES project went to become one of the largest and most impactful Agritech solutions in Africa.
Cellulant in Nigeria has been rolling out the Tingg Pay, Tingg Neighborhood Bankers Service (Tingg NBS) and Tingg Marketplace- innovative mobile-powered financial services that provide solutions to three market segments; Consumers, corporates & governments and traders. Businesses, banks, and government agencies are leveraging on the Tingg marketplace solution to perform the last mile payment for farmers and the unbanked in the rural areas.
Tingg has since become the new way of banking for many in the rural Northern parts of Nigeria without access to formal banking services and to urban dwellers, an easier, safer and faster way the making payments to collect digital payments, send and receive money at a low cost, using various channels as well as a marketplace for traders to grow their business through easy access to financial services, markets, and extra revenues.
What is Tingg and how different is it from Mula
Unlike Mula which has become synonymous with bill payments, Tingg is a more layered digital payment & commerce platform that will cater for different consumer and business segments in sectors such as banking, eCommerce, hospitality, food, travel, logistics and Agriculture enabling to access to financial services anywhere across Africa.
Tingg has a comprehensive list of services for consumers and businesses. Depending on which country consumers can use the Tingg service either via mobile app, web, POS or from a Tingg banking agent to carry out P2P money transfers, group payments, shopping online, group investments, lending and link all mobile money, debit/credit cards and banks with ease from their mobile phones.
We spoke to Divine Muragijimana, the Cellulant Chief of Brand on why they rebranded and consolidated their brands-
“Fundamentally, when you think about our vision of connecting everyone to everything, it boils down to providing an inclusive platform where commerce takes place seamlessly. Technology is making payments easier, faster and cheaper thus putting the focus on the exchange of goods and services and adding value to the end-consumer. This is what Tingg offers for individuals and businesses who are looking for a simplified, personalized one-stop-shop for their lifestyle needs,” she explained.
She also shared some insights on the importance of solving the challenge of fragmentation that fintechs, banks, and mobile operators across the continent continue to grapple with.
“ No matter how you look at the future in Africa, it is centered around using mobile technology to solve everyday challenges. According to worldbank 66% of adults in sub saharan Africa have no bank account. The impact and role of mobile continues to bridge this gap and payments as a service continues to move from being a mere in person exchange of value to being a highly accessible autonomous enabler of all sorts of services. Basically, today, everyone has the potential to be a merchant where buyers are becoming sellers and sellers vice versa. Payment gateway providers such as Cellulant make it possible for such interactions to happen.”
The race to become Africa’s super app
By launching Tingg in 8 African markets, Cellulant’s digital payment infrastructure will connect consumers and businesses to over 120 banks, 40 mobile network operators in one inclusive network allowing for interoperability that has eluded numerous players in the African payments space. This sets Tingg on the path to accelerate Africa’s digital transformation by connecting consumers and businesses to a simple, fast, secure and more superior financial services experience.


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Some electric car owners, especially those with earlier models, have been shocked to find out how much it costs to replace their batteries.
“I don’t understand why they make the battery so expensive when you have to change it,” Scarborough resident Phyllis Lau said, who owns a 2018 KIA Soul all-electric vehicle.
Lau’s electric SUV came with a warranty for the battery that covers 160,000 km, or eight years, whichever comes first.
The family said this year their vehicle clocked in more than 170,000 kilometres, which put them outside the warranty period when the battery failed.
When the vehicle wouldn’t work, Lau took it to her local dealership and was told it needed a battery replacement. With the new battery, labour and taxes, she said it would cost about $23,000.


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The dichotomy of total ignorance and unswerving allegiance pervades the games industry. As my GameZone colleague Joe Donato pointed out in a recent piece, more often than not, series, particularly RPG series, with any sort of length to them—i.e. Shin Megami Tensei, Disgaea, Atelier, .Hack, Xenosaga, The Elder Scrolls and the like—are either entirely unknown to gamers or the object of their unbridled admiration. Unsurprisingly, the Kingdom Hearts franchise, a JRPG that combines two of the biggest sources of canon in media history—the never ending, ironically titled RPG titan Final Fantasy, and source of all things nostalgic and fuzzy, Disney—has instilled in its fan base just such a trend.
"What am I supposed to do with this again?"
As a newly recruited member of the latter armada, I was quite excited to hear that the series will be seeing a next-gen installment in the form of Kingdom Hearts 3 and have therefore been picking through the scraps of information that trickle down from Square Enix as desperately as Half Life 3 conspirators do online forums. With Kingdom Hearts 1.5 already on its way to PlayStation 3s everywhere, in an effort that may or may not be dedicated to the sole purpose of lengthening Joe’s already daunting list of reasons to play Kingdom Hearts, we at GameZone have decided to cobble those facts together into a full recap of what we know of Kingdom Hearts 3 thus far.
The plot will conclude, but the series will not
In a landmark departure from the publisher’s habit of beating every dead horse in its IP back stock into a veritable puddle of dead horse, Square Enix will not be making anymore—nope. Admittedly, the above headline may have defeated that joke from the onset, but you get the point.
As expected, although Kingdom Hearts 3 will bring an end to the core games’ 10-years-running storyline revolving around “The Heartless,” the KH name will live on, presumably through its ever growing list of spinoffs. In an interview with The Los Angeles Times, series architect Tetsuya Nomura commented on the details of KH3’s plot, confirming that although “the series will continue,” “the particular enemy [the Kingdom Hearts characters] have been fighting the past 10 years will come to an end.”
"Oh yeah; I'm supposed to hit stuff with it!"
Incidentally, Nomura was also able to offer a glimpse of where the series will be headed with its third core installment. “If you played [Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance],” he said, “you will get some hint of Kingdom Hearts 3.”
Star Wars and Pixar works are on the table for in-game worlds
Disney’s assimilation of Lucasfilm answered one of the countless cries of wanted additions to the Kingdom Hearts universe by making Star Wars realms and characters plausible. Although EA has reserved the rights to release name-brand Star Wars games, a small inclusion in Kingdom Hearts 3 is still remotely possible. Speaking with Finaland, Nomura was once again able to shed some light on the subject: “When I heard the news I was like ‘Wow! Wow!’,” he said, referring to Disney’s galactic purchase. “Yeah, obviously it’s gonna be great if we could add it,” Nomura continued, “but like I said there are a lot of restrictions and rules by Disney so we don’t know what’s gonna happen, but yeah, we’ll see.”
This could be a thing. HYPE HYPE HYPE.
Although Nomura didn’t comment on the subject directly, the same logic is applicable to the inclusion of Pixar universes, as they, too, are now controlled by the house of mouse.
We’ve gotten a peek at the storyline
Series protagonists Riku and Sora will be returning in Kingdom Hearts 3, with a divergent plot in tow. As Siliconera reports, Sora and his partners, Donald and Goofy, are once again hell-bent on scouring the worlds for a mythical force of power—a role played by the “Seven Guardians of Light,” who are currently being hunted by the game’s main antagonist Master Xehanort. Meanwhile, Riku and Mickey will be on a two-man romp seeking previous bearers of the Keyblade, presumably in an effort to bolster their forces. Whether or not these Keyblader wielders will be playable characters or party members remains unseen.
We won’t be seeing it anytime soon—oh, and it’s coming to Xbox One
While the announcement itself is monolithic in its own right, the fact remains that Kingdom Hearts 3, in all its hype and glory, is years away. The game’s E3 content, while representative of an intended level of quality, has been confirmed to have been running on a development bed, suggesting that the current version of the game isn’t yet calibrated for play on its two platforms, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Human encyclopedia Tetsuya Nomura once again detailed the subject, speaking with Famitsu (reported by Siliconera) on KH3’s progress.
“Since the release of Kingdom Hearts 2, I believe that many fans were feeling impatient due to our continuous releases of spin-off titles, so we decided to announce it at the same time as Final Fantasy XV,” he said. “However,” Nomura added, “looking at the current development status, I think we may have announced it a little too early.”
Dev bed or not, this is still pretty cool.
So, despite optimistic (and entirely unfounded) rumors of a 2014 release, fans shouldn’t start throwing their wallets at their monitor until 2015.


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The music industry continues to move headlong into a streaming future, according to Nielsen Music’s annual mid-year report of listening habits.
The report, which was published last week, shows that music-streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and others delivered a total of 184.3 billion on-demand audio streams, up from 113.5 billion during the same period a year ago, an increase of 62 percent.
Buoyed by the success of superstars such as Drake, Future, Ed Sheeran and the return of Taylor Swift’s back catalog to major streaming platforms, the services surpassed a milestone in March, when more than 7 billion songs were accessed.
But music streaming’s success came at a cost: total album sales (purchased downloads and physical albums) declined by 18 percent, which was hastened by a 24 percent drop in digital track sales and a 20 percent drop in digital album sales. That number stands to reason: Why download a song when you can stream it for free on YouTube or as part of a platform subscription?
Among the winners in the first half of 2017 were British pop sensation Sheeran, Compton-bred rapper Kendrick Lamar and Puerto Rican pop star Luis Fonsi. Lamar’s recent album, “Damn,” was at the top of the total album consumption chart, which calculates success based on a formula involving sales and streaming numbers.
Sheeran’s song “The Shape of You” has earned the most on-demand audio streams, accumulating 354 million so far this year. Lamar’s song “Humble” followed with 345 million streams. Fonsi’s collaboration with Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee, “Despacito,” and Migos’ “Bad and Boujee” also tallied huge numbers.
Vinyl was another winner in the first half of the year. According to music tracking company BuzzAngle, which also just released its mid-year report, sales of the resurgent format increased by 20 percent over 2016, and accounted for 4.9 percent of all physical album sales. CD sales dropped by nearly 4 percent.
Vinyl fans couldn’t get enough of the Beatles, according to Nielsen Music’s report. Their album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was the top seller on LP, racking up a relatively meager 39,000 hard copies.
The soundtrack to “La La Land” was second, with 33,000 copies sold. Also earning sales in the category were the indie pop band Tennis’ “Yours Conditionally,” Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black.”
Other notable calculations from BuzzAngle’s report included a breakdown of which genres are most popular across streaming platforms.
Hip-hop tracks constitute nearly 25 percent of all on-demand audio consumption, followed by pop (12.8 percent), R&B (9.3 percent) and country (7.2 percent).
So far this year, Drake is the most popular streaming artist in the U.S., with a tally of 3.7 billion spins (including audio and video). Coming in second is Future (2.65 billion), followed by Lamar (2.35 billion).
When fans listen to albums, though, they continue to look to the past for the majority of their music. According to BuzzAngle’s report, 51 percent of streams in 2017 have been for deep catalog titles, compared with 12 percent for new music.
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The adidas Speedfactory in Atlanta has cranked out only 300 pairs of the AM4BJK, a shoe that celebrates Billie Jean King and her iconic blue suede footwear.
Billie Jean King, feminist and gay rights activist, has partnered with adidas to honor her impact on female sports and create something new for the next generation. According to adidas, the AM4BJK is an homage to the blue suede adidas shoes King wore on court during her pivotal match 45 years ago.
“I have incredible memories of playing in these shoes,” said King in a statement. “Walking on to the court at the Houston Astrodome in this footwear 45 years ago, I was taking steps for every woman and girl who ever wanted to be taken seriously in sports and in life. It’s an honor to have these iconic blue shoes modernized and they will serve as the perfect visual reminder of the importance that we must work together to achieve equality for all, on and off the field of play.”
The adidas AM4BJK will release on August 27 for $200 at the adidas US Open store, select NYC adidas stores, and adidas.com. Billie Jean King will be making a live appearance at the US Open adidas store between 3:30PM and 4:30PM on August 27.
Last year, on the 44th anniversary of her historic win over Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King spoke to NBC News about how horrible it was to be outed in 1981.


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Facebook is working hard to ensure it does not lose users to competition like Whatsapp, Line, Instagram and Viber by pepping up its already loaded features. The newest feature to get a makeover is the messaging app by Facebook that now supports VoIP. A small step in this direction is expanding this new offering to U.K callers using the iOS version of the app after already rolling this to the U.S following initial tests in Canada.
Friends over Facebook can enjoy online calls with buddies by simply pressing the ‘I’ button in a conversation and then tapping the Free Call button. These calls can be made for free! The app does not use Skype but has gone for open source technology for free VoIP between Facebook friends. If Facebook has to stay ahead in the game, it has to roll out its new VoIP feature worldwide with simple messaging apps being able to offer multimedia content sharing and other features.
Facebook has so far managed to stay ahead of competition both from other social networks and from social media apps hitting smart phone app stores. Its new feed and timeline features have worked in the network’s favor and brought back bored and disinterested former users. Regulars on Facebook can look forward to better features with Facebook’s massive effort to lead the social media pack.
The new VoIP feature is available on the iOS app store and runs on all iDevices including iPhones, iPads and iPods.


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PHARMTECH & INGREDIENTS 2021: PRESS-RELEASE
The number of exhibitors at Pharmtech & Ingredients 2021 has doubled
The 23rd International exhibition of equipment, raw materials and technologies for pharmaceutical production, Pharmtech & Ingredients, will take place on 23-26 November 2021, at Crocus Expo.
Today, during the ongoing crisis, when the largest pharmaceutical companies and research laboratories are focused on combating the epidemic, the importance of supplying the pharmaceutical industry with advanced equipment and raw materials comes to the fore. Communication becomes a priority for the industry. Pharmtech & Ingredients has been a unique place for important meetings and key decisions for 23 years. The opinion of the industry’s business community is essential for understanding the challenges and finding the solutions.
More than 300 exhibitors from 25 countries will showcase equipment, raw materials, and technologies for the pharmaceutical industry at Pharmtech & Ingredients 2021. Among the exhibitors, there will be leading world and Russian companies: IMA (Italy), Merck (Germany), Marchesini Group (Italy), BASF (Germany), Antares Vision, Sartorius (Germany), ECI PACKAGING (USA), Sinopharmtech (China), Mikhail Kurako (Russia), Tofflon (China), Rolstec (Russia), OMAG (Italy), Pharma Union (Russia), Catrosa (Spain), IMCoPharma (Czech Republic), Active Component (Russia), PharmVILAR (Russia), Rettenmaier (Germany), Artlife-Techno (Russia), Gerresheimer (Germany), and others.
The Swiss pavilion will showcase the latest developments in the production and packaging of medicines from leading Swiss companies. This year Switzerland will present a wide range of measurement solutions such as microfluidic devices, aseptic machines, and packaging materials. Five manufacturers will be exhibiting at one stand: Hamilton Bonaduz, PEC Project Engineering + Consulting AG, Rommelag, Techno Plastic Products AG and Wingflow. This year Switzerland is taking part in Pharmtech & Ingredients for the sixth time.
Germany will take part in the Pharmtech & Ingredients exhibition with a collective stand for the 12th time, and this year, 25 German companies will showcase their products and services at the German Pavilion. For 12 years of cooperation, from the first year of participation in 2009, 98 exhibitor companies have started their business in Russia.
More than 50 companies will exhibit at Pharmtech & Ingredients for the first time. Among them: Engineering Technologies (Russia, pharmaceutical equipment), CAPSOIL (Israel, raw materials, and ingredients), CHARLES ISCHI (Switzerland, laboratory equipment), VELUDERM LAB (Russia, technologies for cosmetic production), INTRADE (Russia, packaging materials), BIOPAX (Russia, ingredients), Minskintercaps (Belarus, contract manufacturing), Contipro (Czech Republic, ingredients), Biogrowing (China, ingredients), and others.
DM TECHNOMARK, taking part in the exhibition for the first time, will present solutions for labeling, serialization, and aggregation. This Russian company is a software developer and manufacturer of automation labeling and aggregation processes in wholesale warehouses. At the exhibition, the company will present a set of equipment for performing all operations required by the national labeling system, including flow-type aggregation lines with a built-in label application module and tables for aggregation by layer-by-layer scanning.
UNITESS will present its own product UNITESS AMBIENT — a system for monitoring the conditions of production, storage, and transportation of medicines. The system is designed for metrology laboratories and pharmaceutical companies. More than 60% of pharmaceutical companies and distributors in the Republic of Belarus chose UNITESS AMBIENT to confirm their compliance with GMP and GDP requirements.
The Israeli company Capsoil Technologies will take part in Pharmtech & Ingredients for the first time in the “Ingredients” section, and it will present its own oil-based raw material processing technology to the Russian market.
Marchesini Group (Italy) decided to show its flagship — the MA 400 secondary packaging machine, a convenient modernized continuous horizontal cartoning machine with improved ergonomics. The new machine represents the best solution for high-speed packaging of all types of products for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic markets. The model was developed for packaging products in vials.
The German company Sartorius will showcase solutions for biopharmaceuticals — from research to production. Visitors will be able to learn about new products and trusted solutions for the development and production of biological products in the company’s portfolio.
Representatives of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in Russia will visit the exhibition: Skopinpharm, Valenta Pharm, BIOCAD, GENERIUM, Pharmasyntez, Canonpharma production, Pharmstandard, OZON, WERTEKS, Sotex PharmFirm, Sintez, Fort, LLC Skopinpharm, Grotex, PETROVAX PHARM, Renewal, NANOLEK, GEROPHARM, Veropharm, Polysan, Nizhpharm, Akrikhin, Gedeon Richter-Rus, KRKA-RUS, Berlin Pharma, Bayer, STADA, Evalar.
This year, the business programme will be focused on the main tasks and prospects for the market development. What problems the industry has faced in the current year? What steps have been taken and what should be done by business and the state?
The business programme will start on November 23 with the plenary session “Availability of medicines for the national health care system: balance of interests of the participants”. During the discussion, representatives of government agencies, national medical research centers, leading industry associations and pharmaceutical companies will talk about one of the three main directions of the “Pharma-2030” strategy and answer an important question — is it possible in the current economic environment to make decisions in the healthcare system that would satisfy the government, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and patients. Co-organizer — GxP News.
On the same day, a round table “API: to be produced or imported” will take place. The COVID-19 pandemic led to necessity to create a full-fledged production of APIs in Russia, but this task cannot be accomplished without a full-scale government support. Is it easy to restore domestic production of pharmaceutical substances and how long will it take? Is it necessary to restore the system exactly as it was? Will pharmaceutical companies continue to buy raw materials abroad? Together with the experts, we will try to solve the problem. The partner of the round table is Reatorg.
The trend towards environmental and industrial safety is actively supported at the exhibition. At the round table “Changing regulatory rules for pharmaceutical waste” the speakers will try to track changes in regulation for such a wide range of areas as production waste, MSW, waste from manufactured and sold goods, medical and biological waste.
On November 24, the round table “Vaccine production in the context of the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic: challenges, scaling, new solutions” will be held to discuss the impact of the widespread use of bioengineered vaccines against new coronavirus infection on the biopharmaceutical market, as well as reorientation and scaling of production facilities to produce COVID-19 vaccine. The partner of the event is Thermo Fisher Scientific.
The 16th International Specialized Forum “Pharmtechprom” will take place on November 24 and 25. This year, the event, a traditional platform for the presentation of the latest technologies in pharmaceutical production, will include four sessions. Companies like Bioiberica, IMCD, Croda, Hosokawa, Asahi Kasei, DIOSNA, Gerresheimer, Bruker, GEA, Marchesini Group Rus will present their latest developments.
In 2021, Pharmtech & Ingredients will be supported by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the Association of Russian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, the Union of Professional Pharmaceutical Organizations, and the Association of Medicines Manufacturers of the Republic of Armenia.
Health & Safety
In 2021 Pharmtech & Ingredients has been declared a “COVID-free” exhibition. A “COVID -free” exhibition is an exhibition at which site the “Recommendations for the implementation of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) during congress and exhibition activities” (approved by the Head of Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare on 26 June 2020) are fully observed.
In accordance with the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor, there will be body temperature screening, as well as check of medical masks and gloves availability. Only the organiser’s employees with the COVID status “vaccinated”, “recovered”, or “negative PCR test”, confirmed by a QR code, will be allowed to work on site.
At the entrance to the exhibition site, all visitors, exhibitors, partners, and mass media representatives will be checked for the presence of a QR code confirming the status of “vaccinated”, “recovered” or “negative PCR test”. Be ready to present your ID or passport to verify your QR code.
- Visitor registration partner — Glatt
- Partner of electronic registration — Harke Rus
- General media partner — GxP News
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The BMW X1 challenging Audi Q3 Crossover gets its own music video; Have you watched it yet?
Days ago, in a low key launch, Audi India launched its entry level, high volume product for the Indian car market, the Q3 Crossover. While the launch happened amidst low fanfare, with an emailed press release announcing the Q3 going on sale in the Indian car market, the crossover in itself is one of the most important products in the Volkswagen group owned German luxury car maker’s Indian portfolio. So, Audi India is going all out to ensure that the Q3 gets enough visibility for traction at the hustings. Here is a little music video in the form of an anthem that Audi has out put out for the Q3.
Called “Start Young”, the video has a distinct Indian appeal, right from the car used to the people and the city featured in it. Start Young signifies the positioning of the Audi Q3, in that it targets the younger and first time Audi buyers. The Q3 has therefore been positioned as the entry level model in Audi’s range, at a very attractive price of under INR 26 lakhs for the base variant, which comes with a 2 liter, 177 Bhp-350 Nm, turbo diesel engine. The pricing is bang in the middle of BMW X1 territory and the Q3 is expected to give the X1 stiff competition.
Bollywood actor John Abraham is featured in this video and the actor’s youthful appeal seems like an attempt by Audi to match the pulse of the younger Indians. Audi India’s association with Bollywood and other celebrities in India has been on the upswing in recent years. Names like Lisa Ray, Gul Panag and Katrina Kaif have been a part of Audi’s various launch campaigns. Most recently, Gul Panag was seen reveling in the Audi S4′s media drive on the Buddh International Circuit, while Lisa Ray and Katrina Kaif unveiled the Q3 crossover at the 2012 Indian Auto Expo in January, this year.
Audi has also been painting the social media scene red, scoring over rivals like BMW India and Mercedes Benz. Audi has chosen Facebook to release this latest video and weeks ago, the brand ran an innovative, buzz building Facebook campaign to bring the S4 high performance sedan to India. A late entrant into the Indian market, Audi is currentlythe second largest premium luxury car brand in India, after displacing Mercedes Benz from that position and now has its sights firmly set upon BMW, which is the market leader.


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Royal Caribbean International is conducting an agency search for its $40 million to $60 million global media business, according to people familiar with the matter.
The media-only review is a departure from the brand's approach in its last major search in 2007. At that time, the company selected WPP siblings Mindshare and JWT. It's understood that the review doesn't change the brand's relationship with JWT, the cruise line's creative agency.
Neither Royal Caribbean nor Mindshare immediately responded to calls for comment.
Although half of the company's fleet of 22 ships is in Europe, the focus of the account will be on the U.S. and Canada markets, noted an executive close to the review.
Royal Caribbean, one brand within Royal Caribbean Cruises, which also owns Celebrity Cruises, plans to spend $300 million over the next three years to update ships with new features and technology. According to Royal Caribbean's SEC filing for the first quarter, net income was up 4.8% to $91.6 million, from $87.4 million during the same period last year.
The earnings report added that marketing, selling and administrative expenses for 2011 increased 17.6% to $248 million from $211 million in 2010. The report stated: "The increase is primarily due to an increase in marketing activities for television media and internet advertisements due to the timing of these activities as compared to 2010. To a lesser extent, the increase is also due to an increase in marketing and selling expenses associated with our international expansion."
The company, encompassing multiple brands, spent about $72 million on U.S. measured media in 2010, the same amount it spent in 2009, according to Kantar Media.


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Local Search Grew 58% in 2008 – Outpacing Core Search
March 25, 2009 | Contributed by: Larry Small
New data we released today indicates that local search grew almost three times as fast as overall Web search in 2008.According to a new comScore study, local search grew 58% in 2008, outpacing the 21% growth in overall U.S. core Web search during the same period.
Although the volume of core search still far exceeds that of local search – reaching 137 billion vs. 15.7 billion searches in 2008, respectively – the surge in local search bumped its share of overall core search on the top 5 portals up from 10% to 12% for the year.
The increased activity certainly bodes well for IYPs. The study indicated that Internet Yellow Pages and local online business directories saw 23% growth over 2008 to 4.6 billion searches, demonstrating that as demand for local content grows, so will the demand for local online business listings.
Overall – it’s an interesting backdrop for the explosion of local Web content we’ve seen in the first quarter of this year. If things continue as they have in recent months, be prepared for some even more compelling numbers for 2009.


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How to rebuild West Africa’s Food Potential
17 December 2013, Rome – It is possible for West African countries to strengthen their food security. So why have so many countries in the region been lagging behind in their growth? A new report released by FAO called, Rebuilding West Africa’s Food Potential, presents a range of case studies which highlight successful investments in agricultural development in West Africa. Since the World Food crisis in 2007-2008, many African countries stepped up their agricultural investments and focused on new strategies in order to strengthen their food security. However, even though some countries are doing better than others, the region are trailing other parts of Africa in terms of basic infrastructure, investments, research and development and agricultural processing.
Aziz Elbehri is a Senior Economist at FAO. In the following interview he elaborates on the reasons why West Africa has yet to realize its potential, the impact of imports and what needs to be done to in the region so that it can become more food secure.
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Our apologies to the Brooklyn, Ohio police department. New security camera footage released by the Brooklyn police department shows that the man who claimed he “forgot” the case of pop under his shopping cart actually grabbed it on his way out of the store! Now the man admits that he lied to reporters.
UPDATE: This guy is a liar! He stole the Pepsi after he was past the check out, and has now admitted to making the whole story up for reporters.


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If you weren't planning on drinking vodka tonight, this might change your mind: Smirnoff Vodka has joined the ranks of businesses trolling Donald Trump with this beautifully savage billboard, which someone spotted and shared on Twitter. It's now going viral.
"That's a good burn there, Smirnoff," wrote someone named "Kate," who says she spotted the billboard on a commuter rail platform in Harlem, NYC.
The deliciously brutal ad features a bottle of vodka, a tin cup containing a classic Russian cocktail called a "Moscow Mule." And it reads, simply:
Made In America. But we'd be happy to talk about our ties to Russia under oath.
This sick burn, of course, references our president's caginess on the subject of his
friends-with-benefits situation "ties" with Russia. Twitter is basking in the glory of this corporate-sponsored shade:
They like it! They really like it!
Someone else shared Kate's photo and that tweet is going viral, too:
Turns out, the ad came from an NY/LA/Amsterdam-based ad agency called 72andSunny.
Their angle seems to be working. Because a number of people are suddenly developing a thirst for vodka.
Even non-drinkers are getting in on the action.
And drinkers are becoming heavier drinkers.
It has inspired some solid booze-jokes:
And of course, the odd "golden showers" joke:
And now the creative minds of Twitter are coming up with Trump inspired cocktails:
And the winner is.....
I haven't loved vodka this much since every day in college. Bottoms up, everyone!


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Emma Sleep GmbH, founded in 2013 as a direct-to-consumer, boxed-bed brand, has hired Scott Smalling as chief commercial and innovations director. He is tasked with extending the brand’s new wholesale strategy in the United States. According to the Frankfurt, Germany-based, the Emma brand now is floored at more than 3,000 storefronts in Europe.
Smalling has three decades in the mattress industry. Most recently, he was executive vice president of global sales and marketing for Seoul-based iObed. In 2016, he founded assistance organization Relief Bed International. He also was with the former Simmons Bedding Co. (now part of Serta Simmons Bedding LLC) as president of specialty sleep after Simmons acquired Comfor Products Inc., where Smalling was chief executive officer. At Comfor Products, he created a line of foam bedding products that evolved into Simmons’ ComforPedic brand.
“E-commerce is growing continuously and the pandemic has further accelerated the shift to online shopping,” said Dennis Schmoltzi, Emma co-founder and CEO. “Nevertheless, opening the brick-and-mortar shops after lockdown has led to strong customer traffic. Some customers will always appreciate the option of testing products in-store and getting personal advice. The on-site experience of retail will never be fully replaced in the mattress industry. Investing in omnichannel approaches is the next big move for us, while growing internationally.”
According to a news release from the company, 1.5 million Emma mattresses were sold in 2020 yielding earnings in excess of $478 million.


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Windows 10 Technical Preview testers are getting a new build of the OS with almost 7,000 changes, including the addition of the Action Center console already available in Windows Phone.
Microsoft trash-talked Apple and Samsung’s flagship at the unveiling of the Lumia 830 by claiming it will outperform Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy as a value buy. Does its Lumia 830 live up to the hype?
Microsoft has kicked off the Windows 10 public testing period, but the company wants the fearless enthusiasts willing to participate in the Insider Program to be aware of a number of things before they jump in.
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By Daniel E. Craig, Reknown
There’s a revolution happening in France that could send shockwaves across the international hotel industry.
If the French government succeeds in passing the “Macron” Bill in August this year, online travel agencies in France will no longer be able to enforce rate parity on hotels. The practice has been cited as anti-competitive behavior and not in the consumer’s best interest.
Nor has the practice been in the best interest of hotels. For years, hotels have been bullied by powerful OTAs like Expedia and Booking.com into giving heavily discounted rates and access to inventory at steep commissions ranging from 12% to 30%. If hotels want premium positioning in OTA search results, they must pay even more.
Travelers love OTAs because they allow them to compare pricing in a destination, as do metasearch channels. OTAs have also opened up markets for hotels they might otherwise not be able to reach. But they have become too powerful and too aggressive.
OTAs have grown exponentially in recent years, reaping huge profits on the backs of hotels. In turn, they use this money to aggressively advertise in order to lure travelers to them, often bidding against hotel brand names. Expedia and Priceline, which owns Booking.com, are two of Google’s top AdWords clients.
Fair game in a free market, and in many respects hoteliers have only themselves to blame. But this has not been a free market. OTA contracts have imposed restrictions that limit hotels’ ability to manage their own rates and inventory. Read more »


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Announcing the next step for WoW addicts! Blizzard has partnered with Future, a special-interest media group and games media publisher, to create World of Warcraft: The Magazine.
This magazine will launch on Friday, August 21 and is subscription only. You can sign up through World of Warcraft Account Management or directly from the official site, which goes live at 9:00 AM PST tomorrow. There are one- and two-year subscription plans; pricing for the one-year plan is $39.95 USD and $69.95 for two years. Don't worry, this isn't a North American exclusive, so European WoW fans can fork over their money too -- €34.95 or £29.95 for the one-year, €61.25 or £52.50 for the two-year.
“Building on the global online phenomenon, World of Warcraft: The Magazine will provide an insider’s view of the game in the form of a glossy, high-quality, quarterly print title with beautiful, high-definition art," boasts John Gower, FuturePlus International Director.
"There is increasing recognition that there is a huge demand among gamers for print products to support their online experience and vice versa. Future’s experienced team will create an essential magazine for World of Warcraft enthusiasts around the world. Future has a world-leading games media portfolio and this major launch builds on our position in the industry.”
Blizzard describes each issue as "collectable," so obvioiusly you need to start hoarding. The first issue will celebrate the 5th anniversary of WoW by going behind the scenes with how the game was made, how it evolved, and where it will go.
Also included are tactics from the top guild leaders for Ulduar, for aspiring players who want to grow big and strong one day. No doubt any fan looking to subscribe will enjoy the 148-page issue, filled with raid tactics, artwork, and more insightful articles.
On the publisher's end, Future has put together a team of games and tech journalists to produce the magazine. This custom team is lead by Editorial Director, Julian Rignall and former Official Xbox Magazine Senior Editor, Dan Amrich; Ryan Vulk from Wired will be taking over as Art Director, and an international panel of journalists will be contributing, including PC Gamer UK editor Tim Edwards.
Quite a cast, but who wouldn't do all this for Blizzard, right? Those who sign up for the World of Warcraft: The Magazine at Future's BlizzCon booth will also receive a plush murloc. Cute!
“Future produces some of the most respected gaming magazines in the industry, and we’re pleased to be working closely with them to make World of Warcraft: The Magazine a true standout product," comments Paul Sams, Chief Operating Officer at Blizzard Entertainment. "Together, we look forward to offering World of Warcraft players a great mix of entertaining and insightful content in every issue.”


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With summer winding down, we take a look at some of the planet's strangest recreational vehicles roaming our highways.
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MP seeks to bar Uganda from importing sugar through Kenya
Lugari MP Ayub Savula has vowed to table a motion in Parliament to bar Uganda from importing sugar from other countries through the port of Mombasa.
Speaking at Makina Primary School in Lugari, Savula said his motion would seek to prevent cartels from using the recently signed deal between Kenya and Uganda to sell cheap sugar from other countries in Kenya.
Savula said that importation of cheap sugar into the country would cripple sugar companies, leaving thousands of farmers to languish in poverty.
The MP’s announcement coincides with CORD’s statement released on Thursday, saying that Uganda does not have surplus sugar to export to Kenya.
CORD claimed that the figures being floated regarding Uganda’s sugar production capacity are part of a conspiracy to manipulate Kenyans.
“As at December 2014, Uganda’s total sugar consumption projection stood at 420,966 metric tonnes with the total production capacity being projected to be at 438,400 metric tonnes,” read the statement in part.
The opposition referenced an article in Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper dated August 12, 2015 by Nicholas Kalungi quoted: “Unless Uganda’s sugar production capacity is increased, consumers will continue paying high prices for the commodity.”
This, the writer claimed, came after the operational sugar companies such as Lugazi, Kakira and Kinyara – among others – failed to meet the 2012 sugar production forecast.
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Northbridge signs 2nd pot shop agreement
NORTHBRIDGE – Selectmen voted 3-0 Monday to approve a host community agreement with the second retail marijuana business to negotiate with the town, after the business received a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals because it is located within 500 feet of a playground and state-licensed day care provider.
Selectmen Daniel Nolan and Alicia Cannon were not at the meeting.
Boston-based Eskar LLC plans to locate a 5,000-square-foot marijuana store at 200 Commerce Drive, in Osterman Commerce Park, off Church Street Extension.
“The first chance we get we’re going to throw out the 500-foot rule for a playground and child care,” said resident Michael Joyce of 61 Plummers Park, speaking against the proposal. “They still put a 500-foot rule for a reason.”
Michael Hunnewell, Eskar’s president, told selectmen that while it may be within 500 feet as the crow flies from the playground and day care near Plummers Corner, the sites are separated by railroad tracks and more than 1,000 feet of road to access the business park.
His previous presentations to other boards showed “this is an amicable location,” Mr. Hunnewell said. It was the “fifth or sixth” site suggested to the town, and he said his company had received several letters of support.
Under the agreement, which is similar to the agreement signed with True Nature’s Wellness for 1096-1110 Main St., Eskar would pay an impact fee equal to 3% of gross sales, plus an annual $50,000 community development payment.
In addition, the town would receive a 3% local sales tax on retail marijuana sales. The sales tax would provide $100,000 to $200,000 in new revenue to the town, according to Mr. Hunnewell. He said his business anticipates $4 million to $6 million in annual revenue.
Eskar would also bring 15 to 20 jobs to town, he said.
With the signed host community agreement, Mr. Hunnewell plans to file for a retail license for Eskar with the state Cannabis Control Commission. The business also needs a special permit from the Planning Board. Mr. Hunnewell said full approval would likely take six to eight months.
In other business, selectmen voted support for the first 21 articles on the spring town meeting warrant, including Article 21, to raise money or borrow for capital improvements to Lasell Field. Town meeting is May 7.
However, they deferred until a special meeting April 10, when at least four selectmen can be present, to vote on placing a debt exclusion question to pay for the Lasell Field borrowing on the May 21 election ballot.
Selectmen also deferred action on Article 22, a citizen’s petition to allow marijuana cultivation in the Residential-Two zoning district, until after the Planning Board holds a hearing on the matter.


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Serviceaide Acquisition of Wendia
Gunderson Dettmer represented client Serviceaide, Inc., a global provider of intelligent, IT and enterprise service management solutions, in its acquisition of Wendia.
In the announcement of the transaction, president and CEO of Serviceaide Wai Wong said, “By merging the capabilities, expertise and solutions of Serviceaide and Wendia, we offer business and governmental organizations exciting new opportunities to cost-efficiently modernize the delivery of services and knowledge across their enterprises, creating new levels of service and support. Our combined offerings will help our customers realize greater return on investment, time to value and time to resolution across a wide range of business needs."
The Gunderson deal team included Cody Peterson, Mark Foster, Jonathan Spencer, Lily Kim, Jordan Murray and Jessie Yu.


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By Jason A. Smith
Area businesses are participating in an endeavor to generate patronage from local consumers. The Henry County Chamber of Commerce will launch its second annual "Shop Local, Shop Henry" initiative Friday. It will continue through Jan. 1, 2011.
The program is designed to raise awareness of the need for residents to shop locally, according to Chamber President Kay Pippin. "Shop Henry is all about promoting and supporting local businesses," Pippin said. "It's about making your hard-earned money go further, fueling the local economy, and helping to preserve the unique character of Henry County."
The objective of the program, she said, is to demonstrate the impact of local residents spending their money at businesses within the Henry community. Pippin believes the project has been successful thus far.
"The campaign has been, and continues to be, a grassroots campaign, making the number of businesses participating hard to accurately gauge," she said. "But, it has been well-supported by our membership and other local businesses throughout the county.
"Last year, the Shop Local shopping bags blanketed the community," Pippin said. "While they are still an integral part of the campaign, we are also trying to engage the online audience/consumers through business and individual Facebook pages."
Businesses are encouraged to decorate shopping bags with the initiative's logo, fill them with merchandise and display them at their locations, said Pippin.
"The program is also being promoted through banners at large events, and in prominent locations throughout the community," she added. "Businesses with digital marquee signs have been contacted and requested, to add 'Shop Local, Shop Henry' to their signs ..."
Loren Pierce, the owner of Moye's Pharmacy, a locally-owned chain of retail pharmacies, and a past participant in "Shop Local, Shop Henry," said the campaign can have a "profound impact" on the economy in Henry. "Local businesses typically employ local residents, as well as contribute to charities and other non-profits in Henry County," said Pierce. "By supporting local businesses like ours, you are, in turn, supporting the entire community."
Neil Daniell, the co-owner of Chevy's Diner, an eatery on the Square in McDonough, said the primary benefit of the campaign lies in how it raises awareness of local commerce.
"It's a great way for people to recognize what's in their community, and to, basically, rely on the resources that are in the community, to make the community prosper," Daniell said.
Stacy Painter-Yates, owner of Stacy's Closet in McDonough, is participating in the Chamber's endeavor for the first time, after opening her store -- a resale and consignment shop -- four months ago. Painter-Yates agrees with Daniell, regarding the need for businesses to reach out to potential customers. She said the program is particularly important this year, because of the current financial climate.
"In my store, I want to be able to offer name-brand, gently-used items, for as much as 70 percent less than what you can buy it at a retail store," she said. "It's a way to reach out to the community in our economic times, to be able to get the things that we've always had, but at a price that we can afford."
Kim Scott works as a business manager at Bliss cupcake shop, which opened in March. She said "Shop Local, Shop Henry" is important for area businesses to take part in, for two reasons. "It's very important for us to devote ourselves to the community," she said. "It's also very important to have a regular-customer base, and repeat business."
For more information, call the Henry County Chamber of Commerce, at (770) 957-5786.


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(WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y.) - Rembrandt Charms debuts its Love you More charm in anticipation of a busy Mother’s Day selling season.
Traditionally celebrated on the second Sunday in May, Mother’s Day has become one of the biggest holidays for consumer spending. Jewelry and flowers rank highest among gifts for mom. To put into perspective how big the holiday has become, more phone calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year. Mom is an important woman to everyone.


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OnePlus smartphone an extremely important brand in the world. With the devices it has released to date, it has started to attract the attention of smartphone users from all walks of life. OnePlus, especially in 2022, it is doing very well. However, the aim of the company is to be much more than a company that is only known for its smartphone models. That’s why the Chinese company has been OnePlus Pad It was rumored that he was working on a tablet model called his name.
According to the claims circulating about this tablet, it is said that the device will be introduced in September-October 2022 and will be sold in November. Mukul Sharma He said that the postponement information came on these dates.
OnePlus Pad release date may be delayed
Sharma’s According to the claims, the first tablet of the brand will only appear in the beginning of 2023. However, the famous sensor did not give any information about which month is meant by “heads”.
On the other hand, according to the information that has fallen on the internet so far, the OnePlus Pad will come with a 12.4-inch Full HD + OLED display. your strength Snapdragon 865 chips The tablet, which will be bought from the set, will also have 6GB of RAM and a 10,090mAh battery. The device, which offers 45W fast charging support, will have an 8MP lens on the front, and a 13MP + 5MP dual camera structure on the back. With all these features, it should be noted that the tablet will be available for sale at a price of around 450 dollars.


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A new Swedish startup is combating food waste with leftover fruit.
A new Swedish startup is combating food waste with leftover fruit. FoPo takes nearly rotten fruit and turns it into a dry powder with a shelf life two years longer than normal fruit. The powder is being trialed in the Philippines as a way to provide disaster relief, as well as jobs, for poor communities.
The company aims to make a dent in the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted annually. FoPo launched a Kickstarter campaign in May and has raised over $25,000 to get operations up and running. Ten local supermarkets are on board to donate their near-expired produce, and 26 markets have offered to buy back the finished powder, which is made at a much lower cost than other powdered foods.
FoPo is one of a number of circular economy innovations designed to tackle food waste. Last year we highlighted the ugly produce movement, a European effort to get shoppers to embrace the gnarled, misshapen and unsightly fruit that, while perfectly edible, gets discarded regularly.
The movement is even making inroads into upmarket dining. Hip restaurant chain Sweetgreen has even created a limited-edition “scrap” salad dubbed wastED, named after a pop-up restaurant that also served scraps. The dish features several standard ingredients plus kale stems, cabbage cores and broccoli stalks—roasted in anchovy oil to soften and flavor—garnished with spicy sunflower seeds and pesto vinaigrette.
Watch for more groups to embrace food reuse in increasingly creative, even aspirational ways.
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