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House Democrats release $28M bill to address baby formula shortage
House Democrats on Tuesday proposed an emergency funding bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration $28 million to address the nationwide baby formula shortage.
Why it matters: The bill intends to give the FDA funds to increase its staff to help inspect baby formula before it arrives on grocery store shelves and to prepare for potential future shortages.
Context: The United States has faced a nationwide baby shortage since Abbott Nutrition issued a recall for some of its products in February.
- The recall happened after federal officials found four babies suffered bacterial infections after ingesting baby formula made at Abbott's factory in Sturgis, Michigan.
Driving the news: The House Democrats' new bill — titled the ‘‘Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022’’ — will look "to address the shortage of infant formula and certain medical foods in the United States."
- According to the legislation, the act will also look "to prevent future shortages, including such steps as may be necessary to prevent fraudulent products from entering the United States market."
What they're saying: “The stories of mothers and fathers struggling to find formula and the images of empty store shelves are heartbreaking,” said Rosa DeLauro, chair of the House Appropriations Committee in a statement.
- “Parents and caretakers across the country cannot wait — they need our support now. This bill takes important steps to restore supply in a safe and secure manner," she added.
- DeLauro said at a press conference Tuesday that the FDA "dragged its feet" amid the shortage.
The big picture: Abbott Nutrition and the FDA this week reached an agreement to reopen Abbott's Michigan site, paving the way for an increased baby formula supply.
- Abbott said it can restart operating the site in two weeks.
- It will take another six to eight weeks before the baby formula can make its way onto shelves.
What's next: Abbott will need to meet FDA standards to keep its facility open.
- The company will also have to tell the FDA if there are any contaminations found and "conduct a root-cause investigation before resuming production," the FDA said.
What they're saying: "The public should rest assured that the agency will do everything possible to continue ensuring that infant and other specialty formulas produced by the company meet the FDA’s safety and quality standards, which American consumers have come to expect and deserve,” FDA commissioner Robert Califf said in a statement Monday.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading photo printing app, Printicular, unveiled a new Windows Phone 8 app today. The free app allows effortless printing of Facebook, Instagram and camera photos for pickup at local Walgreens stores. Prints are ready to be picked up in an hour.
With the release of the Windows Phone 8 app, Printicular is available on every major mobile platform including Windows 8 PCs and tablets, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry. “Windows Phone is backed by a rich app ecosystem that is offering a variety of quality apps, and with an exclusive coupon code for Windows Phone users, Printicular is an exciting addition to the Windows Phone Store,” said Todd Brix, general manager, Windows Apps and Store, Microsoft Corp. MEA Mobile’s Managing Director Bruce Seymour says, “With new support for Windows Phone, Printicular’s multi platform support is unparalleled in the print app space.”
- Printicular for Windows Phone 8 lets users print camera, Facebook and Instagram photos.
- The free app is on every major mobile platform.
- Prints are available for pickup at Walgreens in an hour.
“Printicular’s success lies in its simplicity,” adds Seymour. “There’s no syncing, cables or even account registration. Just open the app and start printing your favorite photos.” For a limited time Printicular users can get 30% off on their order at Walgreens by using discount coupon code: MEAM. To download Printicular for Windows Phone visit: http://bit.ly/MfIipB. For more information visit: www.printicular.com
Printicular takes the chaos out of printing your digital photos. We make it easy for people to access their social media pictures and have them printed at local retail stores or delivered to their doors. Printicular is also available for large format Canvas Prints, with more photo products coming soon. The company is actively expanding with offices New Haven, Connecticut.

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VT chocolate factory phone banks for Sanders
'Bernie Bar' selling big in CA, FL, ower says
It’s a volunteering effort that’s sweet on Sanders.
Jaquelyn Rieke hosts a phone bank for Bernie Sanders in her chocolate and granola shop, Nutty Steph's.
"His (Sander’s) support is exponentially growing and I want to help. I want to help all that I can,” Rieke said.
Volunteers making calls all afternoon said the free samples sustain them through hundreds of calls.
"I do feel very energized now. I don't know whether it's the chocolate or whether it's the phone conversations, probably both,” said Carol Duley, a phone bank volunteer.
But what kind of chocolate? Rest assured, it's not a bar for the top one percent.
Ladies and gentlemen: the 'Bernie Bar,' a chocolate bar dedicated to the junior senator.
"It's dark chocolate with a liberal amount of sea salt, and that's one of people's favorite flavors of bars. And it works so well, because Bernie is a salty guy,” Rieke said.
As a business, Rieke said Nutty Steph’s cannot raise money for the Bernie Sanders campaign, but some customers have chosen to use the Bernie Bar as a fundraising tool.
"We are just selling Bernie Bars as fast as we can make them -and everyone wants a piece of Bernie,” Rieke said.
Reike said she and other area volunteers will continue to call on states to support Sanders. And she said the Bernie chocolate bar is quickly becoming factory favorite.
“All these states that we want to make sure know about Bernie,“ Rieke said. “We know that they're finding out, because they want Bernie Bars. All the way in Florida, all the way in California, like, now!"


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A clever Xbox One member changed his gamertag so that it would interact with the Kinect. While mostly harmless, it generated some laughs (and frustration) from members of the community.
A week of Windows updates, TV twists and Chromebook's business flop
Ulefone Be Touch: Video unboxing and first impressions
LG G4 Review - the phone that tries to offer everything
Our review of the Microsoft Designer Bluetooth Desktop
Galactic Civilizations III now available on Steam
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Tronsmart's USB Smart Charger; an ideal solution for the household?
All the latest news for Windows 10 Mobile and Desktop previews
Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One will not support owners using their real names as an option to using online Gamertags for the launch of the console but that it may be put in an update.
Microsoft has released the latest batch of Xbox LIVE statistics, which show just how popular the service has become since its conception over eight years ago. According to Kotaku, it seems that on average more than...
Microsoft has finally changed one of its much argued policies for Xbox LIVE, allowing users to express their sexual orientation in their gamertags and profiles. Users have been previously suspended and banned from the...


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When we think of fraud due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we think of individual people committing fraud. After all we are only too familiar with workman’s comp insurance scams & most recently, employee fraud. We have discussed in a previous blog post how one Fortune 500 company had a loss of over $100,000.00 after an […]
Back in April we wrote about fraud predictions during the COVID 19 pandemic. Back then most of what was out there was PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) fraud. We saw a lot of fakes and it even began to show up in COVID testing. Much of this was controlled by the FDA who provided consumers with […]
Emerging scams due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Sadly, in times of crisis, some people use it as an opportunity to make money. COVID-19 is not an exception to that rule, and the FBI is already seeing a rise of Coronavirus fraud schemes. The FBI is warning Americans to be especially careful during this pandemic hitting our country. Always check your sources when […]


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Tue, 26 October 2010
It is the final show before our next live event. We pack this episode with plenty of news, emails and reviews of the new Medal of Honor, Comic Jumper, Plants Vs. Zombies for the 360 and Majesty 2. Enjoy this episode of The Video Games Show and we hope to either see you or have you tune in to the live event next Monday!
Tue, 19 October 2010
It's another one of those weird shows we're going to chalk up to a lack of food and excess of caffeine. Come join us as we stumble through this week's news and talk more about the upcoming Gameapalooza!
Tue, 12 October 2010
Only 3 more weeks until Gameapalooza! Apparently someone slipped Rich a little too much caffeine as we have one of our good ol' fashioned ridiculous nights in the studio. Tune in for the fun, the mayhem and even a little news.
Tue, 5 October 2010
Et tu Nintendo? Not to be left out of the crazy news category Nintendo drops a 3DS bombshell that hits Rich right on the forehead. Luckily some news on NBA Jam helps him feel better. Also, live call-ins are back on this week's all new Video Games Show!


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Apple Music has surpassed 10 million subscribers across iOS, Mac, PC, Android and Apple TV in just six months, a milestone that took its largest rival Spotify around six years to accomplish, Financial Times reported on Sunday.
Apple Music, which launched in over 100 countries on June 30, 2015, has cemented its position as the world’s second largest streaming music service behind Spotify, which last announced reaching over 20 million paying subscribers and more than 75 million active users three weeks before Apple’s streaming service became available.
Spotify was an early entrant in the streaming music market when it launched in Europe in October 2008. The service did not expand to the U.S. until July 2011 due to lengthy negotiations with major record label companies, and it has since launched in nearly 100 countries and territories worldwide. Unlike Apple Music, Spotify also offers a free ad-supported tier with limited features on desktop and mobile.
Music industry analyst Mark Mulligan predicted last month that Apple Music would have 8 million subscribers by the end of 2015, and he expects the service to reach 20 million total users by the end of this year. At that pace, Apple Music could top Spotify as the largest streaming music service by number of subscribers in 2017, assuming that Spotify maintains around its current rate of growth.
Update: Spotify told Business Insider that it experienced its fastest subscriber growth ever in the second half of 2015, but did not provide an updated subscriber total.
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Move Over Search and Display Ads, Taboola Shows Discovery is Here to Stay
When it comes to online advertising, targeting the U.S. audience is a favorite amongst advertisers. Typically though, advertisers have been focused on two major channels: search and display, but that may soon change. Reports released by comScore today show that content discovery network, Taboola reaches more than 86 percent of U.S. Internet audiences on the desktop — that places them number two, only behind Google’s ad network (which reaches over 95 percent of U.S. Internet audiences).
The comScore September reports show that Taboola now reaches more U.S. desktop users than Facebook, Google sites, Yahoo, Outbrain, and AOL. That’s quite an achievement and for Taboola founder and CEO, Adam Singolda, really validates his belief that a third category should be added to advertisers radar: Discovery.
Discovery is something Mr. Singolda has been talking about for years — 7 years to be exact, providing users with a better content experience through recommended content. According to Mr. Singolda, Taboola has more than 2 million pieces of sponsored content (articles, videos, slideshows) in its marketplace. And with the work that Taboola has done to improve its recommendations over the past year or so, including its release of Taboola X, addition of Taboola Choice, and partnership with Yahoo! Japan it doesn’t appear the company is showing any signs of slowing down.
One thing I’ll be looking for in comScore’s next set of reports is how Facebook does and if there’s a noticeable increase in reach. Of course the reason being because the company just released an updated version of Atlas (which they acquired from Microsoft back in 2013).
And for those keeping track, Taboola is currently serving more than 150 billion recommendations to over 400 million unique visitors every month across the Web and in mobile apps.


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STA. ROSA CITY, Laguna, Feb. 28 The local government here launched Monday an information and education campaign, to raise awareness among its 266,943 residents (2007 census estimate) against the use of plastic bags and styrofor in the city.
Dubbed Ayoko ng Plastik, the information and education campaign is in line with City Ordinance No. 1720-2011, also known as the Environment Code of the City, which the Sangguninang Panglungsod passed last year banning the use of plastic bags on dry goods and styrofor/Styrofoam on wet goods.
The City Ordinance also bans establishments from using or selling non-biodegradable plastics and or Styrofoam as containers for food, drinks or any business produce or products, and regulates plastic utilization on wet goods, as well as impose penalties against violators.
City Mayor Arlene B. Arcillas-Nazareno in a short message during the launch, said the campaign is part of the citys effort to disseminate information on the implementation of the City Ordinance No. 1720-2011, also known as the Environment Code of Sta. Rosa City.which the Sangguniang Panglungsod passed last year.
Walang plastikan para sa Kalikasan, the mayor said, as she echoed the Ayoko ng Plastik campaign the city government formally launched at the city hall gounds.
Arcillas-Nazareno stressed the city for the past seven years has been resolute in helping the country achieve its Millenium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability. And now, we can also help maintain the countrys ranking in the latest Biennial Environmental Performance Index (EPI) conducted by various universities in the United States, she added.
She called on city residents to bring their eco-friendly bags or carriers whenever they shop or buy anything in any business establishments in the city, even as she urged business firms to refrain from using or selling non-biodegradable plastics and styrofor for food, drinks, and other products.
The city chief executive said the moves would have to be made by all concerned, adding the city ordinance will be enforced in the whole of Sta. Rosa City, particularly in business firms, public markets, including stakeholders that produce, use, buy, sell and dispose plastics and styrofor or Styrofoam.
She said the ordinance also bans the use of plastic flaglets, banderitas and the likes during fiestas or any other occasions in the city and its barangays.
The ordinance enacted in November 2011, will take effect after all concerned have been notified of its provisions or implementing rules and regulations (IRR) within six months, to afford business establishments and city residents sufficient time to comply with its IRR, she said.
Sta. Rosa City, also tagged as the Next Wave City in the Philippines, is a strategic and ideal place for local and foreign investors. Over the years, it has emerged as one of the prime locations for both business and pleasure. It is also proud of its being called The Lion of Southern Luzon, the lady mayor said.
Sta. Rosa City, also tagged as the Gateway to Manila and Calabarzon, is located 40 kilometers south of Makati City, and most accessible to Tagaytay City and the Ports of Batangas and Manila via four exits along the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). (PNA) LAP/CTB


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Volkswagen AG’s VWAGY American operational headquarters, Volkswagen of America (“VWoA”), recently opened its Battery Engineering Lab (BEL) in Chattanooga, TN, to carry out testing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) in the American marketplace.
The company has invested $22 million in the sprawling facility, which will enable it to have an edge in the electric mobility space. It already has an existing electrification factory in Chattanooga, with an investment of $800 million. Volkswagen has pledged $7.1 billion investment to boost its product portfolio, R&D and manufacturing capabilities in the North American region. The first American-assembled Volkswagen EV, the ID.4 compact SUV, is slated to roll off the assembly line in 2022.
The BEL is VWoA’s first-of-its-kind facility and one of the four strategically located units in the Volkswagen Group globally, with one in Germany (Braunschweig) and two in China (Shanghai, Changchun). It will empower the company to respond to the surging EV boom and hone its local engineering skills. The BEL will also see a number of highly-qualified jobs being added.
The BEL will also bring a new team of engineers, who will focus on various climatic, mechanical, electrical and corrosion tests of battery cells and battery packs. They can replicate every climatic environment in the world and accordingly integrate them into vehicles. This feature is especially important in countries like the United States – and even more so for the North American continent – with its extreme climate variations, from arctic cold to desert heat.
The BEL’s focus on sustainability is a highly specialized feature. When batteries are discharged during testing, the energy produced will be transferred back into the building, which will recycle the local public grid and scrapped materials. The BEL initiative promises to be a springboard for the company in its EV efforts.
Volkswagen has plans to bolster its footing in EV batteries and create a robust market for electric vehicles for American consumers. In the long run, it aims to conduct research and generate insights on how prototypes can withstand the company’s rigid specifications.
Shares of WAGY have lost 37.7% over the past year compared with its industry’s 27.3% decline.
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Wabash National has an expected earnings growth rate of 239.3% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has remained constant in the past 30 days.
Wabash National’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters and missed in one. WNC pulled off a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 51.26%, on average. The stock has declined 0.4% over the past year.
Fox Factory has an expected earnings growth rate of 14.9% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has been revised around 1% upward in the past 30 days.
Fox Factory’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in all the trailing four quarters. FOXF pulled off a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 10.18%, on average. The stock has declined 39.3% over the past year.
Standard Motor has an expected earnings growth rate of 2% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has remained constant in the past 30 days.
Standard Motor’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in all the trailing four quarters. SMP pulled off a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 40.34%, on average. The stock has declined 11.6% over the past year.
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BOSTON, MA – A rare 103-year-old baseball card featuring rookie Babe Ruth with ties to a former Grand Rapids department store sold for $110,612 at auction Thursday, Nov. 21, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The 1916 baseball card has advertising on back for Herpolsheimer’s clothing store – the Boys Fashion Shop.
A Northern California collector purchased the card during an online auction, according Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of RR Auction.
Bidding closed at $92,177 but the purchase price includes a 20 percent buyer’s premium. The baseball card was projected to sell for $100,000-plus.
Hepolsheimers’s history dates back to around 1870. In 1949, the downtown store opened and thrived. Lazarus purchased the company in 1987.
“There were lots of bidders because that particular Babe Ruth card is rare in any form but of the 18 different variations only four are Herpolsheimer versions,” Livingston said.
He said the card was already rare because it shows Babe Ruth as rookie but the future home run hitter is also a left-handed pitcher on the card.
The Babe Ruth card has a crease, but otherwise is in good shape with a “bright and crisp” image.


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Not unrelated to the item below, the folks at engadget posted a story this morning from a “tipster” reporting a delay with Apple’s iPhone and Leopard operating system until later this year.
It took a while for Apple PR to quash the unfounded rumor. Could the department not have been monitoring “the conversation” as closely as it should?
Two questions arise: would an MSM outlet published an item like this based on a such a tip? (In engadget’s defense, the tip spawned from an erroneous Apple internal memo.)
And, how long did it take for Apple PR to kill the erroneous story? I mean, it was engadget, after all!
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Monsanto’s Glyphosate Found in California Wines, Even Wines Made with Organic Grapes
ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING, 4 Apr 2016
27 Mar 2016 – Shortly after the release of a report showing 14 beers testing positive for glyphosate in Germany, a concerned supporter of Moms Across America approached me at a convention with disturbing news. He said he had test results from Microbe Inotech Lab of St.Louis showing 10 different wines, from large and small vineyards, contained the chemical glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, including wine made with organic grapes.
The contamination of conventional wine was 28 times higher than organic wine, with levels ranging from 0.659 ppb in organic to 18.74 ppb in conventional wine.
The wines tested came from Napa Valley, Sonoma and Mendocino counties in California. The brand names of the wines were not revealed, and frankly, the brands are not the issue. The real issue is the widespread contamination of glyphosate based herbicides in consumer products.
Here are my five reasons why Roundup/glyphosate should never be sprayed on any crops, including vineyards:
- According to farmers, glyphosate based herbicides are likely present in manure/fertilizer from animals fed genetically modifiedgrains. Glyphosate residues have been detected in many foods, beers and wines.
- Wine growers of conventional farms report that their family businesses use to be able to harvest from their vines for 100 years. Today, with chemical farming, vines are lasting 10-12 years. Glyphosate is a chelator, which makes the vital nutrients and minerals of any living thing it touches unavailable. Taking the risk of depleting the vitality of important crops is not a good long term decision for farmers of any kind. Instead, Regenerative agricultureenriches the soil, supports longevity of the farm and does not use toxic chemicals.
- Glyphosate has been deemed a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization. Even the small amount of 0.1ppt of glyphosate has been shown to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. According to the California Department of Health, breast cancer rates in the Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties are 10 to 20 percent higher than the national average. There are many pending lawsuitsagainst Monsanto for the connection between non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Roundup.
- The pig study by Pedersen and Krueger showed a repeated 30 percent increase of birth defects and stillborn with the introduction of glyphosate-sprayed grains. The infertility and sterility in America is exactly correlated to the pig study results, at 30 percent, the highest in recorded U.S. history.
- French scientist Gilles-Éric Seralini and his team have discovered that the co-formulants of Roundup are 1,000 times more toxic than glyphosate and are hormone disruptors, which can lead to breast cancer, miscarriages, birth defects and many other health issues.
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NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced a new report that addresses the conductive coatings market. The report, titled "Conductive Coatings Markets, 2009 and Beyond," is scheduled to be released on June 2nd of 2009. Details about the report are available at www.nanomarkets.net.
About the Report:
NanoMarkets predicts that a broad range of opportunities will open up for conductive coatings in the next few years. The use of novel conductive coatings have already led to higher performance in lithium batteries and NanoMarkets expects to see similar successes in the solar panel and fuel cell industries. In the display industry, the next wave of touch-screen and flexible displays will need a transparent conductive coating with much higher physical resilience than the current favorite electrode material, ITO, and this is an area where NanoMarkets believes coatings made from nanomaterials will do especially well.
Such opportunities are all based on the need for better electrodes for the latest electronics and energy systems. However, NanoMarkets also foresees new business coming from sectors of the conductive coatings market that were once considered mature. For example, it believes that conductive polymers have considerable potential in the EMI/RFI sector as wireless communications and computing continues to burgeon and this sector replaces its traditional metallic EMI/RFI shielding with metals for cost and environmental reason. And, finally, in the realm of antistatics, NanoMarkets is predicting that a whole new generation of coatings will be needed to safeguard the ultra-large-scale-integration (ULSI) chips that are about to hit the market.
With all this in mind, NanoMarkets presents its new market study on conductive coatings. The report surveys the various classes of materials that are used for conductive coatings, R&D developments relating to new materials and how these new developments meet (or don't meet) the needs of the marketplace. As with all NanoMarkets reports, this report includes a detailed eight-year forecast of conductive coatings markets by application and material and it also provides an in-depth discussion of key materials suppliers and other firms active in this space.


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It’s been a long wait, but everyone’s favorite time of year has arrived – cold and flu season. Just about everywhere you look, there’s a good chance you’ll see some signs of the season, including but not limited to sniffles, tissues, coughing and sneezes. All jokes aside, this can be a tough time of year for illnesses, with many people already battling some form of malady. Despite the fact that we go through this every year, it’s no reason to slack on taking steps to keep ourselves healthy. Even though there are no guarantees it will keep you from getting sick, research suggests that a healthy diet that incorporates specific foods actually can work in your favor this winter.
Getting plenty of rest and washing your hands regularly are two things to always focus on when you’re trying to cut down on your risk for catching a bug, but Blount Memorial registered dietitian Angie Tillman says there are foods that can give your immune system a boost, as well. “There are some foods that you may not have considered as being particularly ‘good for you’ that really can strengthen your immune system,” she said. “This can work any time of year, but obviously is especially important during cold and flu season,” she added.
“Oats, for instance, contain beta-glucan, which is a type of fiber with antimicrobial capabilities. It may possibly help fight off the flu virus, and can potentially help antibiotics work better,” she explained. “Garlic contains the active ingredient allicin, which fights bacteria and infections. One British study found that people who consumed garlic extract each day were two-thirds less likely to catch a cold. Another study found that people who eat more than six garlic cloves a week have up to a 50 percent reduced rate of colorectal and stomach cancer. Yogurt also can be helpful, as it contains live and active cultures, or healthy bacteria that can help keep the digestive tract free of germs that cause disease,” she said. “One study found that people consuming a daily dose of yogurt took 33 percent fewer sick days than people taking a placebo,” she added.
Those immune-boosting benefits extend to some drinks, as well. “I recommend taking a look at teas,” Tillman said. “Green and black teas contain L-theanine and antioxidants, which help stimulate the immune system. One Harvard study found that people who drank five cups of black tea per day had 10 times more virus-fighting interferon in their bloodstream than others who drank a placebo hot drink,” she said. “As for meals, if you’re looking for an immune-booster, try sticking with soup or the traditional meat-and-potatoes dinner, particularly if it incorporates sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes contain vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene, which can help keep both the skin and respiratory system healthy. The skin is the body’s first line of defense against bacteria and viruses,” she explained. “Chicken soup made with real chicken broth contains B-vitamins, calcium, zinc and magnesium. Load it up with garlic, onions, herbs and vegetables for even more immune-boosting power. Beef contains zinc, a nutrient many Americans simply don’t get enough of that is key to the development of white blood cells. Their job is to recognize and destroy bacteria and viruses. If you don’t eat red meat, you can get zinc from oysters, fortified cereals, poultry, pork, nuts, beans, seeds and dairy products,” she added.


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Retailer Spar Slovenija Anticipates EUR 456 Million in Revenues by 2003
Ljubljana, 4 September - Retail chain Spar Slovenija anticipates revenues of around SIT 52 billion (EUR 237 million) this year, while hoping to bring them to SIT 100 billion (EUR 456 million) by 2003, the company said on Tuesday.
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Unfortunately, we can't undo the past.
First revealed back in 2010 and brought back again in 2015 for the James Bond film "Spectre," the C-X75 concept supercar was a stunning piece of work. It was the very definition of Jaguar design: sleek, sexy and ferocious. We all wanted it to reach production. Jaguar wanted to build it. But it didn't happen. How come? It wasn't financially justifiable at the time as Jaguar, or rather Jaguar Land Rover, had to invest in more mainstream models. It was a bad time to build the most perfect halo car.
It's a shame, really, and Jaguar design chief Ian Callum is all too aware of this. He recently told Autocar that that "the C-X75 came so close (to production). It was very sad that it fell over at the final hurdle. I think history will show that we should have done it," Callum said. He's probably right. Although JLR is doing splendidly today, the chances of a C-X75 revival are slim to none. Why? The automaker is rapidly making a shift towards electrification, which is anything but cheap and complicated to do. This doesn't mean there won't be some future halo EV supercar featuring C-X75-inspired styling, but the C-X75 itself will forever remain a concept. What was particularly cool about the 2010 concept was its turbine engine technology.
Jaguar admitted at the time that turbine tech likely wouldn't make production, but solely an example of what the automaker was potentially capable of doing. Fast forward to 2015 when it was clear that battery tech had won the race to eventually replace internal combustion, and Jaguar figured it'd be cool to bring back the C-X75 one last time. The latest Bond film was the perfect way to do that.


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Travel and tourism jobs in New York typically rise and fall with the seasons, but the sector volatility conceals a larger pattern.
Spending on travel and tourism reached a new high in 2016, at $65 billion. Employment and wages have grown two to three times faster than the overall state economy in recent years, and now the sector ranks in the top five statewide. Some of the explanations are obvious.
New York City continues to be a popular destination. The city accounted for more than half of the sector’s 414,100 jobs in 2015, according to a 2017 state Department of Labor report, and more than two-thirds of the wages.
International travel is significant. More overseas travelers visited New York than any other state in 2016, including a growing cadre of middle-class Chinese.
Less obvious are the economic, demographic and psychological components that bolster the industry.
The sector is “income-elastic,” explained Department of Labor market analyst Kevin Jack. That means that when the economy grows, travel and tourism grow even faster. The underlying idea is that consumers have more discretionary income during an expansion, so they tend to increase spending on services. Nearly nine years of economic expansion has lifted tourism higher than the rest of the economy.
An aging population is the demographic component. As people accumulate wealth, they want to spend it. Some will save their money for the next generation, Jack said, but some “want to have fun.”
The fun factor is directly linked to the demographic and psychological components. Older people are shifting their interests from accumulating goods to accumulating experiences. They want to check off their bucket lists, visiting the seven wonders of the world or, in the case of Jack’s parents, visit every U.S. capital.
They see experience as something tangible. Instead of showing off a new car, they share Facebook images of themselves in front of the Taj Mahal.
Travel and tourism also rely heavily on workers. Manufacturers, for instance, are replacing workers with mechanization. But service industries are built on offering personal attention. “People staying at a 4-star hotel expect to be taken care of by people,” Jack said, “not robots.”
All these factors bode well for New York. International visitors and domestic travelers can get here easily to enjoy the allures of New York City or the idylls of the Hudson Valley.
Hotels are at the center of leisure and entertainment, according to a Department of Labor report in August.
From 2006 to 2016, the job count in New York hotels grew by 15,000 — more than 20 percent — to 88,000. Wages grew by almost $1.6 billion, or 63 percent, to $4.1 billion.
Travelers spent more than $19.3 billion on lodging in the state in in 2016. A total of 100 hotels were built. For every $100 that hotel guests spent on lodging, they spent another $221 at their destination.
While the Big Apple gets a disproportionate slice of the revenues, the Hudson Valley gets a fair piece of the pie. The seven-county region supported 36,400 travel and tourism jobs in 2015, with an average annual wage of $31,200. Besides the big city, only Long Island did better.
In the broader leisure and hospitality sector, the Hudson Valley supported an estimated 88,600 jobs in 2016, according to state labor data. That was an increase of 15,700 jobs, or 22 percent, since 2007. The lower Hudson Valley — Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties — saw job growth of 13,400 positions, or 27 percent, over the same period.
Visitors to Westchester generated $1.8 billion in 2016, according to the county, including $221.8 million in tax revenues.
Proximity to New York City is a plus, Jack said. The region also has a lot of corporate travel. Woodbury Commons outlet mall in Orange County attracts busloads of international travelers on the hunt for bargains.
West Point, Culinary Institute of America, Dia: Beacon and a slew of historic mansions have year-round attendance, said Johny Nelson, the state’s labor market analyst for the Hudson Valley. He said the Resorts World Catskills Casino is expected to employ about 1,400 people when it opens in February.
Travel and tourism, however, have a notable downside. In a recession, income-elastic industries decline more sharply than the overall economy, as consumers shift from discretionary services to necessities.
Until then, New York travel and tourism are riding an economic wave.


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The consultancy was appointed three weeks ago after it was invited to respond to the tender following previous work on the college’s print collateral (pictured).
Seven design groups were invited to submit proposals, from which three were shortlisted.
Morley College head of marketing and communications Nicola Milham says, ’With the upcoming Government spending review due shortly, we have to be prominent in reinventing ourselves. We rely a lot on repeat business, but now we have to start thinking about our positioning, marketing and our message.’
The consultancy has been briefed to create a new identity that reflects the rich heritage of the institution – which has boasted composer Gustav Holst and artist Maggi Hambling as tutors – and also raises its profile, says Hudson Fuggle director Ian Fuggle.
The consultancy is currently interviewing staff, students and key stakeholders about the college’s positioning. The next stage will involve producing an identity for the college dependent on this research and creating brand guidelines for future use of the creative.
It is hoped that the logo and first elements of the identity will be launched before Christmas, ahead of a full roll out later in the year.


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Propspeed at Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show
The 33rd annual Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) was held on the Gold Coast of Australia from May 19th – 22nd, and what a show it was! This year, SCIBS welcomed over 43,000 visitors who were able to view hundreds of boats, on and off the water, and thousands of products from over 300 exhibitors.
In addition to the announcement of our partnership was the unveiling of the new Corrosion Protection Tank, which is used to demonstrate the relationship and performance of various anodes and coatings. Demonstrations were conducted daily throughout the show, and these were a big success with show attendees.
“It was great to be able to reconnect with our Australian customers and partners at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. Even though the weather was wet and a bit chilly, we had some great visitors to the Propspeed & Marine Protection Systems stand,” said Nona Pedersen, General Manager, Propspeed. “We had our newly launched corrosion tank on display and were able to demonstrate the relationship between coatings and anodes, and the difference between Propspeed, regular antifoul paint, and a bare propeller.”
Propspeed also recognised our Dealer of the Year, Marine Trade Supplies – The Boat Works, the first time we have presented a company with this award. Marine Trade Supplies is Australia’s largest boating supplies and chandlery store, located within The Boat Works Shipyard.
All in all, while the weather did not want to cooperate for all four days, our team didn’t let it dampen their spirits and were incredibly pleased with the turnout.
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Jiuzi Holdings, a new energy vehicle retailer in China, filed on Wednesday with the SEC to raise up to $31 million in an initial public offering.
The company franchises and operates retail stores under brand name "Jiuzi", which sell new energy vehicles (NEV) in third-fourth tier cities in China. It currently has 18 operating franchise stores and one company-owned store in China.
The Hangzhou, China-based company was founded in 2017 and booked $5 million in revenue for the 12 months ended April 30, 2020. It plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol JZXN. Jiuzi Holdings filed confidentially on July 8, 2020. Boustead Securities is the sole bookrunner on the deal. No pricing terms were disclosed.
The article Chinese auto retailer Jiuzi Holdings files for a $31 million US IPO originally appeared on IPO investment manager Renaissance Capital's web site renaissancecapital.com.
Investment Disclosure: The information and opinions expressed herein were prepared by Renaissance Capital's research analysts and do not constitute an offer to buy or sell any security. Renaissance Capital's Renaissance IPO ETF (symbol: IPO), Renaissance International ETF (symbol: IPOS), or separately managed institutional accounts may have investments in securities of companies mentioned.
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Mercedes-Benz Fleetwide Emissions Reduced 4.3 Percent
Mercedes-Benz is one step closer going green this year after the announcement that, in total, Mercedes-Benz fleetwide emissions have been reduced by 4.3 percent. This reduction, which is due in part to a recent mandate made by the European Commission, means that the German carmaker only has another 29 percent to go before meeting the mandate’s standards.
Though the German carmaker has been struggling to meet the mandate, which reduces the average new-car emissions to 95 grams of CO2 per kilometer, it has still come a significant way from the gas-guzzlers it used to produce. Last year alone, Mercedes already reduced fleetwide emissions from 140 grams of CO2 per kilometer to 134.
The company is considered to be a top-performer in fuel efficiency, especially with the edition of the diesel-powered B180 CDI Blue Efficiency Edition engine. This engine is capable of yielding about 62 mpg, a great fuel economy number for a car in its class.
With a technology initiative in place for the brand, you might want to keep an eye out for more fuel efficient Mercedes-Benz models soon.
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MALAYSIA has lost out to China and Vietnam in attracting Taiwanese investors to the country, Sin Chew Jit Poh reported.
Taiwan was one of Malaysia’s top investors. Based on data released by the Malaysian Industrial Development Board, Taiwan was top foreign investor in 1990 and 1994 but in 2002, its ranking dropped to seventh with an investment value of only RM197mil in the first nine months of the year.
Asia-Taiwan Businesses Association honorary president Datuk Tan Kun Huang said the 82% contraction in investment value compared with the previous year was partly due to Malaysia losing its edge as a cheap labour market.
The daily quoted Tan as saying Taiwanese investors were increasingly looking for a cheap and large labour pool in China and Vietnam.
He said Malaysia needed to re-strategise and fully utilise its Multimedia Super Corridor, which was under-publicised in Taiwan, to attract high-tech businesses.
He suggested the Government consider extending certain incentives and exemptions, given to new investors, to businesses that had long been based here to retain “old” investors and induce them to expand their operations scale.
Nanyang Siang Pau, on the other hand, highlighted the influx of cheap China-made goods which threaten the competitiveness of local businesses.
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, however, said the Government could not restrict the sale of cheap Chinese goods for the sake of protecting local manufacturers.
Instead, Muhyiddin said, local manufacturers should look into quality and brand name to offset the pricing advantage enjoyed by China due to its cheap labour market.
He said cheap Chinese goods had provided more choices for the consumers but the ministry would look into quality control and product safety aspects of these items.


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The latter part of October saw #RampantSpeculation make its hashtag rounds among the Smashposting community—an excitable forum of players anxiously awaiting news of the latest expansion for the award-winning Smash Up drafting game by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG).
Around this time every year, the team behind the “shufflebuilding” series, known for allowing fictional dream teams to battle it out with other campy characters, throws their followers a bone (or fin, or claw) as to what kind of faction they can expect that Spring. But the team until now had remained inexplicably tight-lipped. What could possibly keep the chinwag under control from the Smash Up team? the mid-October newsletter read. They are notorious for spilling beans everywhere.
Anticipatory posts on Smash Up’s Facebook group attributed the reasoning for the team’s reticence to everything from the designers being incarcerated somewhere abroad, to simply “being lazy”, to even busted by feds for hobnobbing with folks of ill-repute (“AGAIN”). However thankful they are for everyone’s vote of confidence, fortunately, we can now put the ridiculous guessing to rest.
The Op Games | usaopoly has announced a new partnership with AEG to bring officially licensed factions to the Smash Up collection in 2020 and beyond!
That's right. As much as AEG wishes they could pass off their radio silence to being slothful or jailed for contraband, Smash Up designer Paul Peterson is thrilled for the future releases, optimistic that players will embrace what this collaboration will have to offer. "The Op has consistently put out some of the highest quality games in the industry,” says Peterson, known best for his work on Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering. “By pairing with the design team from AEG, the Smash Up game we are building together is going knock the fans’ socks off!"
No specifics in regards to what licenses will come of The Op and AEG’s joined forces just yet, but keep the crossover dreams alive until more can be revealed come 2020 March Smashness!
How’s that for a game changer? Fly over to the Smash Up Smashposting Facebook group to share your thoughts!


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Intel Corp. has unveiled a new program that is designed to bring artificial intelligence prototypes to market.
The program, called "AI: In Production," is based on the Movidius Neural Compute Stick (NCS) that has gained a developer base in the tens of thousands. Once a developer has a prototype AI, the next step is to take it into production, which Intel says is costly for small companies and entrepreneurs.
Intel is partnering with AAEON Technologies, who provides two streamlined production paths for developers to integrate the Movidius Myriad 2 vision processing unit (VPU) into their product designs.
The first option is a new AI core from AAEON’s Up Bridge the Gap, a mini-PCIe module that features the Myriad 2 VPU to work in x86 host platforms. The second option AAEON offers is development and board manufacturing services that allow companies to move from NCS-based prototypes to custom boards in a streamlined manner, Intel says.
The company says developers are already building products through the Intel "AI: In Production" program, the first being Conex, a design and creation of point-of-sale display systems for the cosmetics industry. Conex is using the program to deploy AI-enhanced, point-of-sale retail devices to some of the largest cosmetic goods retailers coming this spring.


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Following on from an announcement on Wednesday about grace periods for retail goods moving from Britain to Northern Ireland (NI), the UK government has now confirmed that it is easing rules around the movement of plants and used agricultural machinery.
Under the rules of the NI Protocol, which came into effect on 1 January 2021, NI is in the EU single market for goods, with Britain effectively treated as a third country.
Checks and controls on produce moving from Britain to NI are the same as those for Britain to the rest of the EU.
For used agricultural machinery, this meant a plant health (phytosanitary) certificate was required to accompany each used machine. Each certificate, issued by authorities in Britain, verifies that the machine is free of soil and costs around £200 (not including the cost of thoroughly cleaning the machine).
The need for a certificate has been dropped in one of a number of unilateral announcements regarding the NI Protocol by the UK government this week.
In the case of used agricultural machinery, it should still be cleaned “to limit the amount of soil and plant debris” (a requirement that existed pre-2021), but “it can still be moved if small amounts of soil remain,” states UK government guidance.
For plants and plant-based products, under the new rules from 1 January 2021, they must be free from soil. The UK government has decided to amend this, and bulbs or vegetables from Britain can now move to NI even if they still have soil attached.
In addition, plants that have been grown in soil can be moved, provided they are from an authorised business in Britain.
According to the UK government, these arrangements for plants and machinery are temporary and designed to address specific practical issues.
“We will continue to work closely with the EU on how we can develop appropriate, risk-based arrangements for the long-term,” the government guidance adds.
On Wednesday, the UK government also confirmed that it is extending the so-called grace period for retail goods to 1 October 2021. This grace period, which effectively means retailers can move animal and plant-based products from Britain to NI without the need for official certification to accompany each item, was due to end on 1 April 2021.
In the meantime, the UK government is working on a new Digital Assistance Scheme to support the movement of agri-food goods.
Briefing the Stormont Agriculture Committee on Thursday, NI chief vet, Robert Huey outlined the “huge pressure” his staff are under trying to ensure compliance with existing rules, never mind the raft of new inspections that would have come at the end of the grace period.
“We achieved, miraculously, 40% of what we should have been doing last week,” he told MLAs.


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While Disney's California theme parks remain closed, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida is open with Covid-19 restrictions. But that's not stopping them from releasing amazing and delish treats!
If you've been to Epcot, you know the main attraction for guests 21 and older is drinking around the world at the World Showcase. Well there is apparently a new drink over at the France Pavilion that sounds like a new favorite!
Disney Food Blog posted on Instagram a picture of the new Pina Colada Ice Cream Martini that looks incredible on a hot, summer Florida day!
The posts says they added rum into the ice cream martini, which sounds even more amazing on a hot day!
The Pina Colada Ice Cream Martini is now available at the France Pavilion at Epcot!
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On January 6, Nissanâ€™s Chinese corporation announced its December 2015 results of new car sales in China. Total unit sales for December including commercial vehicles, imports, and joint venture Dongfeng Nissan (some models) amounted to a new monthly high of 159,100 units. This was a 15% increase from the previous year and a surplus for the fourth consecutive month.
In the past, Nissanâ€™s sales in China lacked momentum due to sluggish sales of commercial vehicles. During that time, in October 2015, the Chinese government introduced a tax reduction on compact vehicles of 1.6-liter cubic capacity or less. As a result, Nissan was able to recover in the Chinese market.
Since October, Nissanâ€™s results compared to the previous year have seen a 16.8% increase in October, 21.9% increase in November, and a 15% increase in December, resulting in double-digit surpluses for three straight months. December was a successful month led by the popularity of its Sylphy compact sedan.
Nissanâ€™s sales in China for 2014 were 1,221,600 units, up 0.5% from the year before. 2015 has seen sales in this market rise by 6.3% to 1,250,100 units.
These unit figures are the second highest ever following its results in 2013. As for passenger cars alone, this marks the first time Nissan has achieved the one million unit milestone.


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The American muscle car buyers love the Dodge Challenger a lot more than they love the Mustang and the Camaro. The October 2018 sales chart bears testimony to the true might of the Challenger.
While the battle of the modern muscle cars was mostly between the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro, of late we have been witnessing the Dodge Challenger making its sizable presence felt. It has beaten its rivals a handful of times when it comes to sales.
Do note that the Mustang and Camaro have gone through multiple iterations and major updates after they made their respective comebacks in retro-inspired forms. The Challenger, on the other hand, continued to stick to its third generation design which came out in 2008. Except for a couple of visual revamps, the basic design remained more or less the same as that of the 2008 comeback model.
So the biggest shocker for Chevy and Ford camps right now must be the news of the Dodge beating both the Camaro and the Mustang to a pulp on last month’s sales chart. Automotive News reports that Dodge sold 5,225 Challengers in October 2018 when Ford managed to sell 4,924 Mustangs. Chevrolet didn’t release their Camaro numbers as they have quarterly sales figure charts instead of monthly installments. Despite that technicality, it’s safe to assume that the Chevy didn’t fetch higher sales than the Dodge.
Ford Mustang fans can breathe easy, as the Stang will eventually win the title for the best-selling muscle car of the year. The lead is so huge that the Dodge Challenger won’t be able to take the crown in 2018.
The sales of the Dodge Challenger mark a 34% improvement over the figure from the same month last year. Thanks to models like the hyped-up Dodge Demon and the buzz-generating Hellcat Redeye, the popularity of the Challenger has surged in the past few months. Other aspects like the practicality of the rear seat, the remarkable underpinnings taken from Mercedes and the periodic revisions in power and packaging have contributed to the solid sales chart numbers.
Dodge’s enthusiastic approach to keep the muscle car updated and relevant without losing its core appeal has also resulted in the Challenger soldiering on even when the competition is struggling to get their act together.
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LANDOVER, Md. (FNS) -- Giant Food has rolled out earlier this month a new consumer program chainwide that seeks to spotlight in virtually every department the importance of nutrition, healthy lifestyles and wellness.
The retailer has offered health and nutrition information for many years. But it believes the time is ripe for expanding this program to, in essence, make its stores a one-stop shop for consumers' health and well being needs that goes beyond traditional brochure handouts.
"Consumer research surveys tell us that consumers are searching for a shopping experience that supports all of their needs; they want ideas and solutions to help them take the best of care of themselves and their families, and in the appropriate place in the store," Odonna Mathews, the retailer's consumer affairs vice president, told SN.
Consequently, Mathews said Giant moved to expand the operations of its existing Wellness Centers, generally located near in-store pharmacies, tie in its nutrition information offerings and provide screenings for various health conditions.
Giant conducted what amounted to pilot programs of this concept in three stores during the past year.
Following these tests, the retailer, a division of Ahold USA, this month revamped all 176 of its stores to feature this "Healthy Ideas: Nourishing Body & Mind" program. Health, nutrition and wellness information is being provided in its produce, pharmacy, health and beauty care, deli, meats, seafood and grocery departments, as well as at a central, Healthy Ideas store kiosk and in the customer service area. Each month the program will focus on a different theme, such as heart health, cancer prevention, weigh loss and summer fitness.
In addition, each month it will issue a newsletter providing recipes and focusing on topics such as nutrition, active lifestyles and food supplements. A "Kid's Corner" will provide brochures, aimed at children from ages two through 10, offering information about vitamins and minerals, heart health, poison prevention and food shopping.
Giant will sell for $2.79 its new "Healthy Ideas Food Guide," which offers information about foods that are low or reduced in fat, cholesterol, sodium, calories, or have higher fiber content.
For several years it has offered, on a periodic basis, screenings by health professionals for various health concerns, such as blood cholesterol levels. Mathews said this will be expanded to provide screenings for conditions such as osteoporosis and skin cancer. The retailer will charge people $35 for the osteoporosis test.
The entire program was developed with the advice of Giant's consumer board and the participation of those from academia, industry and the federal government.
Mathews said Giant will spend about $2 million this year promoting the program through television, radio and in newspaper ads. It also will provide information about the program on its various Web sites (giantfood.com and supergfood.com).


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The global market for lyophilization equipment, used to freeze-dry drug compounds so they are dehydrated for easier transportation, is expected to double in value to $4.8 billion from $2.7 billion by 2020, according to a new report.
Transparency Market Research says the market for lyophilization equipment and services should grow at a compound annual growth rate of 8.5%. The aggressive growth, the report says, is a result of the rapidly developing biopharma industry and increase in the number of contract medical organizations globally.
The biopharma industry itself, the research group said, is expected to grow 11% to 13% between 2014 and 2020, with the introduction of new biologics and biosimilars, which increases the demand for lyophilization equipment and services.
Lyophilization is essential for the majority of biologics before they can be marketed commercially and also makes transportation of pharma and biopharma products easier and more cost-effective compared to other conventional preservation methods, the group said.
Right now, the trend in pharma manufacturing is expanding biologics capacity. Recently, Bristol-Myers Squibb ($BMY) announced a new project in Ireland, which was followed by Amgen's ($AMGN) completion of a continuous processing facility in Singapore. AstraZeneca ($AZN) has also said it needs more biologics capacity and will spend in excess of $200 million to build out a facility in Maryland.
From a geographic view, the report said North America accounted for the largest market share (32% in 2013) in the equipment and services market, combined. Still, countries like Japan, China, India and Brazil are anticipated to emerge as lucrative markets in the future. According to the report, India's share of the global contract research and manufacturing services market would grow from 8% in 2012 to 21% in 2017, while China is expected to increase from 12% to 19% in the same period.
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We’re excited to announce that the 24th annual SIG/CR workshop will take place at the ASIS&T AM to be held this November in Montreal, Canada. Hope to see many of you there. In the meantime, a CFP will be made available soon – watch this space!
SIG/CR readers may be interested in the 2013 ASIS&T annual meeting, to take place in Montreal this November. Join SIG/CR in Quebec!


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Broadwell-E Core Release Date for Intel i7 HEDT CPUs Set for 2016
Intel is already sharing the first details of its next high-end desktop (HEDT) processors, codenamed “Broadwell-E”. These are Intel’s next Core i7 HEDT chips which will be built in the existing LGA2011v3 package.
They will be compatible with existing motherboards based on Intel’s X99 Express chipset thanks to BIOS updates, of course. However, the architecture won’t be seriously improved, as there are said to be only iterative changes.
Intel’s Core i7 “Broadwell-E” will be built in the 14 nanometer silicon, featuring 6 to 8 cores based on the “Broadwell” micro-architecture with up to 20 MB of L3 cache. Here are some more details of pertaining to these upcoming chips:
The chip is pin-compatible to “Haswell-E,” and so its I/O will be identical, featuring a quad-channel DDR4 integrated memory controller. One difference is that Intel may can the 28-lane PCIe approach with the entry-level part; or at least it doesn’t find mention on the slide. If it’s true, all parts based on this silicon, will feature 40-lane PCIe interfaces. The TDP of these chips will be rated at 140W. Intel is expected to launch the Core i7 “Broadwell-E” in 2016.
Also, according to a recent report from VR-Zone.com, the rumor has it that the Broadwell-E line of Core i7 HEDT central processing units will be released only in 2016, not in 2015, so there’s still plenty of time to wait until then.


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DALLAS — Supermarkets are winning the battle for consumers’ trust when it comes to food safety, according to new data released in a presentation at Food Marketing Institute’s Future Connect conference here Tuesday.
The 2011 FMI Trends survey of consumers found that 88% of shoppers are “somewhat” or “completely” confident in the safety of the food they buy at the supermarket, the highest score in seven years.
In addition, supermarkets rank at the bottom of the list of places consumers feel contamination is likely to occur.
“That’s one list where it’s good to be last,” said Leslie G. Sarasin, president and chief executive officer, FMI, in a presentation at the conference.
Consumers are also likely to take responsibility themselves for food safety, according to the survey, with 58% saying they believe shoppers themselves are responsible for food safety, up 7 points over the 2010 survey.


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A Durham startup thinks you'll pay $25K for a photo shoot
Would you pay $25,000 for a photo shoot? Durham startup Aqueti is betting that you will.
But it’s not just any photo shoot. Ask Scott McCain, vice president and part of the founders team, and he’ll tell you that the Duke University-born technology, dubbed “Aware,” creates quick panoramas unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Think more than a billion pixels per picture.
To explain, he brings up the idea of a stadium full of people - so many people that the crowd would blur into an unrecognizable mass on your computer screen.
In seconds, however, the giant gigapixel camera can take a series of shots, dissecting that mass.
“You could take a picture of everyone in the crowd, and everyone in the crowd could look at the image and tag themselves,” McCain explains. He adds that the digital images are outfitted with a zooming capability so that if you’re successful in your “Where’s Waldo?” attempt to find yourself, you could even make out your individual facial expression. It would be the virtual equivalent of walking toward a Monet painting - the more you zoom, the clearer individuals become.
The Aqueti camera is really a series of cameras behind a single lens, part of a research project that began at Duke three years ago.
“The focus of that program was making cameras that can approach their physical limit in terms of how many pixels can pack into a camera,” he explains. He adds that, since the tech uses an array of low-cost cameras, it’s cheaper than you might think. Cheaper than you might think, however, is “in the hundreds of thousands of dollars” range.
He attributes the price point to the newness of the technology. But Aqueti isn’t banking its business on selling the cameras to consumers, rather it plans to rent its services for events and celebrations. Think about $25,000 for a private shoot. And the team is already developing a portfolio, with shoots under its belt at Duke University’s graduation.
Lauren Ohnesorge covers information technology and entrepreneurship.
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by Derek Cornet
It’s been a busy week for the new Tim Hortons restaurant in Meadow Lake as coffee and donut lovers seek out their favourite snacks.
The store officially opened Dec. 11 at 7 a.m. and it didn’t take customers long to realize it was open for business. Franchisee Jon Mirasty said he was hoping for a quiet opening, but admitted the initial rush hit them hard.
“There was a lineup out the door the first two days and, with the new staff, it makes it even harder,” he remarked. “It’s a big learning curve for all of us. Like with me in hockey – with practice, you get better. Every day it will improve more and I see the improvements already.”
For the first week, a crew from Ontario assisted Mirasty and his staff with operations. Mirasty said, when the restaurant opened, no one on staff had prior experience and training was largely all done on the job. He also noted duties at the franchise aren’t all about pouring coffee, as there’s a considerable amount of cleaning and equipment work to be done.
Meadow Lake friends Ashley Ellis and Sara Brander were having coffee together at the restaurant Dec. 14. The duo said they had been there every day since it opened. Brander said she enjoys the coffee and Tim Bits, and didn’t mind the long waits considering the business is new.
“The lines don’t bother me,” Brander commented. “The lines that bother me are the ones with people complaining. It doesn’t bother me that it’s taking long.”
She went on to say the last time residents of Meadow Lake were as excited about a new business was when McDonald’s opened its location. Brander added, it’s refreshing to have a new establishment and the owners are doing a good job at keeping up with the demand.
Ellis also noted she is a fan of many items on the menu and the service so far has been good. She said the longer wait times should have been expected.
“Customer service has been excellent and I think they’re doing a good job,” Ellis concluded.
Meanwhile, Mirasty said a grand opening will be held in the future, but a date has yet to be set. He also added he’s noticed the appreciation residents have for him and his wife, Janessa, for opening the location and it makes him feel good.
“It puts a tear in my eye because a lot of people wanted Tim Hortons in Meadow Lake and it took a lot of years to get it,” Mirasty said. “Now that it’s here, it’s a lot different.”


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GOLDEN — Jefferson County staff will begin to draft ordinances to allow marijuana testing facilities, but ban all other aspects of the retail marijuana industry, including sales, manufacturing and cultivation facilities.
The ordinances will pertain only to the unincorporated areas of the county, which have not yet allowed any retail marijuana businesses to operate thanks to a moratorium that was put in place in 2013 and extended last year. The moratorium expires Jan. 1, 2016.
Jefferson County Commissioners Don Rosier, Casey Tighe and Libby Szabo gave county staff directions during staff briefings Tuesday morning and had met several times previously to discuss the issue.
At those meetings, the commissioners quickly decided that they would not seriously pursue allowing retail pot sales in the unincorporated areas. The commissioners discussed cultivation and manufacturing, but ultimately decided to ask staff to seek a ban on those activities.
“I think we need to start slowly and this would be a humongous jump,” Szabo said during the briefing.
Rosier was the first to bring testing facilities to the table earlier this year. The ordinance would only allow testing labs — which test pot for pesticides, fungi and the potency of edibles — on land that already allows other laboratories.
An additional restriction regarding odors emanating from labs could be included in the ordinance and is something staff will explore before public notices go out in September.
Rosier previously said he felt the testing facilities would fill a need since cities such as Lakewood, Arvada and Golden have banned retail marijuana. He also said it would bring in high-paying jobs.
The ordinances would first be read at a public hearing Oct. 27 with a final vote coming Nov. 17. The new laws would go into effect Jan. 1, 2016.
Tighe remarked that allowing testing facilities would be a good start to further explore the rest of the industry.
“I think it’s easier to open the door than close it,” he said.
Joe Vaccarelli: 303-954-2396, email@example.com or twitter.com/joe_vacc


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N+ passes cert, online multiplayer confirmed
It's been a while since we heard much about N+ -- a fact we pointed out during the latest edition of Ask X3F. The last we heard of the puzzle-platformer, it was set to release sometime during either December or January. That gives us just two more weeks before the game slips into the black hole of "to be announced." We do know he game has passed certification though, so it shouldn't be too long before it's released. Whenever the game does come out, we are happy to report that the multiplayer modes the developers hinted at way back when the game was announced have been confirmed. The revelation comes by way Achieve360Points which has posted the list of achievements for the game. The achievements confirm that there will be both co-op and ranked online play, though it's unclear if co-op will online, local, or both. Either way, it's good news and a reason for fans of N to be excited.
Read -- N+ finished Certification!
Read -- Achieve360Points.com -- N+ -- Xbox 360 Achievemens
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1-18-2008 @ 12:45PM
really excited about this. xbla is looking very attractive for the next few weeks
1-18-2008 @ 4:35PM
I played a build of this game back in august and it already had multiplayer complete and everything. The MS rep there said it did have online co-op, and a level editor which allows you to play your levels online.
There is also a vs mode and challenge mode for 2 player
1-18-2008 @ 5:26PM
Very nice. Although this would have been a better game to give out to everyone than Undertow.....


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We recently informed you that Malta is the first country in the European Union where is use of cannabis legal for all purposes.
The move puts Malta ahead of Luxembourg, which has also approved the legalisation of marijuana but has not yet enacted laws. It should also be added that the new coalition in Germany is seeking to approve the consumption of cannabis in certain places.
So where and under what conditions is cannabis legal?
Personal use of cannabis.
Every country in the European Union has a degree of tolerance regarding cannabis use, but until recently, cannabis was not legal in any European country.
Cannabis is still illegal in the following countries, but you will not go to jail for possessing small amounts of cannabis for personal use.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain
You will be familiar with the famous coffee shops in the Netherlands. These are not directly legal, but the government there tolerates it if the shop meets certain conditions. In addition, the owners of these “coffee shops” regularly pay taxes.
If, for example, a person is caught growing less than five plants, or has a small amount of marijuana in their possession, this rarely leads to any prosecution.
Another country on the road to legalisation could be Portugal, which decriminalised all illicit drugs in 2000 because of the heroin crisis. People who are caught with any drug are sent to a “deterrent commission” and can be fined.
The first country to legalize was Uruguay in 2013. It was not without complications, however, as some dispensaries found themselves in the crosshairs of US banks, through legislation.
The next country was Canada, where legalization came in 2018. Canada did so mainly to boost the economy and eliminate the black market for cannabis. However, the interest was so high that many times they were not even able to meet the demand. There was also talk that many customers would prefer to buy from the black market, where the quality is much better and the price much lower.
To date, there are 18 states where recreational use of marijuana is legal or on its way to being legalised.
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado. Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachussetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada. New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Virginia, Vermont, Washington.
Medical use of marijuana
As for medical cannabis, it was approved in California twenty years ago. In other European countries, medical marijuana is already quite common. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the CBD variety, but also the THC variant, for which you need a doctor’s prescription. Cannabis with THC is usually prescribed for people with a serious illness.
In these European countries you can buy cannabis, or products from the plant, for medical purposes.
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (you must be examined), Estonia (must be authorised), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland.
Outside Europe, medical cannabis is authorised in New Zealand, Australia, Jamaica, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Israel, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Rwanda, St Vincent, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The first African country to legalize medical marijuana was Lesotho in 2017, however recreational marijuana is still illegal there.
The issue of legalizing medicinal cannabis was also addressed by Greece, as it was meant to boost the economy there and help the country cope with the crisis. Then in 2017, a change was made and Greece officially legalised cannabis for medical purposes. Moreover, the patrons there are interested in expanding cultivation and investing quite a large amount to bring medical cannabis to as many people as possible. This is somewhat hindered by the Greek Minister of Agriculture, who thinks that people might abuse it and smoke recreational marijuana instead of medicinal. He favours only Sativex, which is an approved medicinal extract.
Here’s a brief summary of what that looks like. The issue of cannabis legalization is being addressed by far more states now than it was years ago. Which is a good thing, as pharmaceuticals often may not succeed where cannabis clearly leads. Check out our models from Nukaseeds, which would help in many ways.
How do you feel about legalization?
Published by Jan Veselý29/05/2022


text: After the modification of conditions to have the bread ration, some protestations took place in Egypt these last days. Minister of Supply and Internal Trading Aly Meselhi decided on Tuesday to make amendments to the decision he took earlier this week. Indeed, Aly Meselhi had decided that subsidy offices responsible for distributing bread will give out only 500 loaves of bread, instead of the original portion of 1,500. The original decision also stated that holders of paper cards and those who do not own a card should have their portions decreased from 20 loaves to 5. This is in part due to Egyptian political reforms, and the flotation of the pound. But, after many protests across mains Egyptians cities, he has withdraw the measure.


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When Ghost Tunes CEO Randy Bernard and COO Chris Webb first met with Garth Brooks to discuss an alternative digital and physical distribution platform, there was one thing they had to get out of the way. “We’re going up against Google, Amazon, iTunes — billion-dollar companies,” Bernard recalls telling him. “What happens if they change their models and have better economic deals?”
“Music wins,” Brooks had said. “This is my gift to music. That’s all I want.” That’s when Bernard knew “it wasn’t about making a profit for Garth,” he tells Billboard. “It was about putting out a great product and working with artists and fans.
Ghost Tunes, the country singer’s alterna-iTunes, launches as a full-fledged website today, Nov. 11 (the site has been available in beta since Sept. 5). It’s also the date of release for Man Against Machine, Brooks’ fittingly-titled first new album — he’s been notoriously opposed to iTunes and has kept his music off the service — in 13 years. On top of it all, the RIAA’s top-selling solo artist in history is releasing a bundle including his nine-album back catalog and some live material to the twangy tune of $29.99.
Visually, the new site’s interface resembles a cross between Spotify and eMusic. The rollout includes additional features like playlist creation, exclusive interviews, and a social sharing component. If artists choose, they can add mobile and credit card verification to their Ghost Tunes hub. The platform will also integrate direct links to ticket outlets, another hot-button issue for Brooks, who partnered with Ticketmaster in August to fight scalpers. Customers will also be able to stream their purchased songs from their iPhones, Androids, or desktop via a “consumer locker.”
That’s great for consumers, but the most salient incentive for artists to put their music on Ghost Tunes is probably its 80/20 distribution deal (the company has licensing deals with Universal and Warner Music Groups, Sony Music, the Orchard, and several other content owners, with a “robust” independent section coming at the end of the year), which pays 80 percent as opposed to the traditional 70 percent of revenue back to artists and songwriters; however, Webb stresses that they are not competing with services like iTunes’ Apple Store or Amazon’s digital mp3 store, they’re simply providing an alternative.
Even BitTorrent, which has also been an increasingly popular means of distribution for artists releasing bundles of albums or other merchandise, isn’t a concern for the company. “Ghost Tunes is about choices,” Webb tells Billboard. “We don’t view ourselves as a platform in competition with other distribution platforms. It’s about the formats the artists want and how the consumers choose to absorb the content. It’s a win-win for the music industry.”
With 10 million “pieces of content,” including T-shirts, posters, and CDs from artists like tourmate Trisha Yearwood (whose new album is being exclusively released on Ghost Tunes, with the rest of her catalog coming in the beginning of next year), Ariana Grande, and Coldplay — and albums by the winners of this year’s Country Music Awards, whose albums became available for the discounted price of $3.49 following the show on Nov. 5.
“We want to make sure we unlocked the music and gave it to the consumer, not to the device,” says Webb. “Ghost Tunes is about freedom.”


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Meet a 27-year-old Four Seasons concierge in charge of the hotel's VIP guests paying up to $25,000 a night
"They pay more for one night than my rent," Guest Relations Manager Jessica Waddy said. "So they deserve all the attention we can give them."
A Second World War sea fort off the English coast was sold for about $580,000 at an auction. Take a look.
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I don't usually pay for luxury airport hotels, but in need of a quiet place to work during a trip I booked a room at the Sofitel at London Gatwick.
Guests can take cooking classes or relax in the spa at Casa di Langa. But one writer decided to follow two dog owners into the woods to find truffles.
I lead scuba dives at a luxury island resort, where a private charter costs $19,000 a day. Here's what my job is like.
Ibrahim Nazeer says some guests have extremely particular requests, like one who would only dive in crystal clear water with 30-meter visibility.
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Daytona Beach, FL – Home sales in the Daytona Beach area took a significant hit last month compared to October of 2015, but selling prices were impressive.
As inventory levels continued to decline, the number of homes sold last month fell by almost 17% when compared to the same month last year. For the month ending on October 31, 2016, the Daytona Beach Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reported that 318 existing single-family homes (detached) were sold at a median sales price of $214,250. In October of 2015 383 homes were sold at a median sales price of $175,325. The low inventory levels led to those high prices, which were up by more than 22% over last year and up by nearly 8% over September, when 380 homes were sold at a median sales price of $198,450. 1,802 detached single family home listings were active at some point during October 2016, compared to 2,019 in October of 2015.
Year-to-date comparisons show sales are down about 6.1%, but median sales prices are up by 17%. So far this year 4,034 homes have been sold at a median sales price of $192,000. By this time last year 4,296 homes had been sold at a median sales price of $163,995.
“Low inventory levels have continued to affect sales numbers in October. And Hurricane Matthew exacerbated the situation as some home sellers were forced to take their homes off the market temporarily to handle necessary home repairs and storm debris cleanup around their properties,” said Ron Wysocarski, leader of The Wyse Home Team at Keller-Williams Realty in Port Orange, FL. “The result was a spike in median sales prices as more buyers found themselves competing for the same homes.”
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On May 10th I had the privilege of being invited to attend the ordination ceremony of my friend Barbara Rogoski. Now able to perform ceremonies in English for people of any religion, Barbara is based here in the Netherlands. Her inordination as a Pathways of Life minister was the culmination of her own spiritual journey, which has led her from a high-stress, high-pace corporate sales career to this. Barbara runs a business called Authentic Matters. I was thrilled to attend her special day.
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