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If it's Friday night at 6:30 and you feel a little peckish: you - like the rest of the city - might just want to order delivery. According to the data collected by food delivery app Caviar, that's the most common time for people in Seattle to order delivery. The top three searches are pretty predictable for anyone who knows this city:
Thai food, pizza, and sushi.
But what Seattle searches for when they order delivery changes based on the season, holidays, and trends - and it's not the same as in other cities around the country. Weirdly, Seattle's delivery habits fall in line with those of Los Angeles. Combing through Caviar's search data, looking at what types of food Seattleites are looking for when they can't be bothered to put pants on and leave the house, we turned up some obvious patterns (Seattle loves pho) and a few strange quirks (apparently Valentine's Day requires coffee). Here are some fun facts on what Seattle wants to eat when they don't want to leave the house.
Seattle likes pho and vegan food more than most places
Looking at the top 20 most-searched terms in cities across the country, Seattle's love for pho stands out. While it doesn't crack the list in New York or most East Coast markets, it's number four in Seattle (it does, however, show up in the top 10 for both Los Angeles and San Francisco as well). A bigger surprise is the city's passion for vegan food - something that shows up on Seattle's top 20, but not in that of San Francisco (so much for that hippie reputation) nor New York. It does show up in Los Angeles's top 20, as does another of Seattle's unique quirks: people here like to to get breakfast delivered, a search term that shows up in only these two cities' top terms.
The biggest trend is ramen
For those who follow food trends, ramen might seem like old news, but as a delivery food, it comes as a fairly recent trend: last year, there were almost no searches for it, but it's taken off in the last three months. This year, Seattleites search for ramen twenty times more than they did last year - even adjusted for the annual growth of searches.
What we want in winter
Remember that vegan eating we mentioned? Apparently, that's seasonal: it falls off the list in winter, along with barbecue, fried chicken and tacos - all foods that Seattle seems to associate with summer. Unsurprisingly, the foods that top the searches in winter are soup, pho, and ramen. (Don't worry, committed pho-o-philes, its still in the top 20 in summer, just not quite top five, as it is in winter).
Need ideas for Superbowl Sunday?
The glumness of Seattle over the beloved Seahawks being booted from the playoffs is palpable, but that doesn't mean we're going to miss out on a chance to park ourselves in front of the television for a few hours of football on February 5. And we will, of course, need snacks. So we looked at what people ordered for the Superbowl more than other days and the answer is Mexican food. Tacos, chips, Mexican food in general, and specific Mexican restaurants all got overwhelming numbers of searches on Superbowl Sunday. Also: wings (duh.). A small surprise on this one was that not only did sandwiches spike, banh mi specifically climbed the search rankings. Seattle loves its Vietnamese food!
Up all night...for love?
Two of the biggest search spikes on Valentine's Day last year in Seattle were "cafe" and "coffee." Perhaps gearing up for a long and romantic night? The other top searches seem like much better choices for those choosing to stay in rather than brave one of the busiest restaurant evenings of the year: pasta, dessert, bakery, and cheesecake.
But Ultimately, Seattle Just Loves Pizza
Pizza, long the delivery king, holds onto its place at the top: two of the three most searched for restaurants on Caviar in Seattle serve pizza: Windy City Pie and Dino's Tomato Pie. But, in the last two weeks, an interloper has arrived: Mean Sandwich, Ballard's hottest new shop, has found its way to the peak of Seattle's delivery cravings.


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New site now available for mobile devices
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today continued to expand its digital platform with the launch of a mobile version of usatriathlon.org designed to provide mobile device users with key features of the recently re-designed website.
The mobile version of the site is a significant component of the overall site build of usatriathlon.org, which was re-launched in October 2011. The site was developed in collaboration with Digitaria, a leading digital marketing and technology firm based in San Diego, Calif.
The mobile version of usatriathlon.org is optimized for mobile devices and loads more quickly than the full site would on these devices. While still providing access to the full site, the mobile version is a more streamlined platform providing access to key areas of the site for members.
When a user visits the site on a mobile device, the site automatically detects this and produces the mobile landing page. The mobile landing page contains a featured news item, membership login/sign-up, headlines and upcoming USA Triathlon events.
The mobile site is available on nearly all mobile devices. In addition, a version of the full site was created specifically for the iPad. A device “sniffer” will automatically detect the user’s mobile device and render a mobile version of usatriathlon.org specifically for that device.
“The new mobile version of usatriathlon.org will be a key resource for today’s on-the-go multisport athletes,” said Chuck Menke, USA Triathlon Director of Marketing and Communications. “In addition to keeping up with USA Triathlon news, it’s now easier for athletes to purchase an annual membership or log in to their account.”
Additionally, the home menu of the mobile site includes membership, news, USA Triathlon events, Find a Local Race and Videos. Users will still have the ability to view the full site from a mobile device via a footer link, and USA Triathlon’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages are also accessible via the mobile footer.
USA Triathlon’s completely revamped online platform provides a host of new and significantly enhanced features:
• Annual member personalization/single sign-on
• Improved navigation and design
• An enhanced multimedia library
• An engaged online community
• Sponsor real estate
• National event microsites
About USA Triathlon
Founded in 1982, USA Triathlon is proud to serve as the National Governing Body for triathlon — one of the fastest growing sports in the world — as well as duathlon, aquathlon, aquabike, winter triathlon and paratriathlon in the United States. USA Triathlon sanctions 3,500 races and connects with more than 150,000 members each year, making it the largest multisport organization in the world. In addition to its work with athletes, coaches, and race directors on the grassroots level, USA Triathlon provides leadership and support to elite athletes competing at international events, including ITU World Championships, Pan American Games and the Summer Olympic Games. USA Triathlon is a proud member of the International Triathlon Union and the United States Olympic Committee.

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BEIJING, June 28 The United States hopes that more varieties of its genetically modified corn will be approved for import by Beijing, the U.S. ambassador to China said on Wednesday.
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The big players
Snapchat is now letting publishers use the app to share their branded content. Previously, publishers were not able to share ads between their videos and articles on Snapchat Discover.
Music platform Spotify has officially expanded its audio self-serve advertising platform into the UK and Canada. The Spotify Ad Studio launched back in fall 2017.
Google removed over 3.2 billion ‘bad’ advertisements in 2017 – up from 1.7 billion in 2016 according to the company. The company removed the ads to avoid the ad network falling victim to malicious purposes.
Rubicon Project, the online ad company, has just axed 100 jobs in an effort to reduce costs. Following a reduction in revenue of 57% year-on-year in Q4 2017 and a net loss, the company decided to take the drastic measure.
According to the latest report by Kaspersky Lab, the security experts, the number of mobile malware threats declined in 2017. However, the Mobile Malware Evolution report highlighted that the overall volume of mobile malware attacks increased.
Mobile app advertisers are paying premiums for first impressions, which can be as high as 100% of the average eCPM, according to research from Soomla, the mobile ad measurement firm.
Advertisers may be grossly undervaluing traditional advertising media such as radio and newspapers in favour of online video, according to new research by Ebiquity UK commissioned by Radiocentre, UK.
A majority of shoppers (80%) are now using mobile apps to buy products or stay in touch with retailers. However, despite this, just half of UK retailers have actually invested in mobile app technologies, according to Visualsoft, the digital agency.
Social media dominates smartphone usage among Gen Z consumers. Indeed, 91% of them were using at least one social media platform, whilst 51% also said they used social media constantly, according to research by Hill Holiday.
One in three regular Snapchat users are willing to spend over £100 on their mobile, which is more than 74% compared to the average Brit. According to new research by Criteo, the commerce marketing company, the impact of social media on shopper loyalty and online purchasing may be larger than expected.
Tapjoy, the mobile advertising platform, has announced the launch of Interplay Studio, where an in-house design team will be helping brands and marketers to optimize their ads for applications.
Mobile advertising platform, InMobi, has just partnered with GeoEdge, the provider of ad security and verification for mobile ads. Together, the companies will be able to provide high quality ads and a cleaner marketplace that offers safe and engaging user experience.
Urban Airship, the mobile engagement platform, has just launched the first in-app automation engine through which brands can create rich, interactive in-app ads that can be precisely targeted to meet consumer behaviour and lifecycle events through automation logic.
Smaato, the mobile advertising platform for publishers and app developers, just announced the implementation of Protected Media’s in-app and video ad fraud protection technology.
OpenX, the ad tech provider, just announced revenue growth of 20% during Q4 2017, marking its tenth straight year of growth. The company benefitted from significant investments in mobile, video and other initiatives.
If an app isn’t opened after 7 days, chances are it will never be. In the mobile app industry, everything developers do is done with the user in mind – or at least that’s how it should be. However, most mainly focus on user acquisition and forget that the users they acquire have little impact if they don’t stick around for the long haul.
Southeast Asia is grabbing the attention of app advertisers all over the globe. With internet penetration growing at an impressive rate and only 53% of its combined population online today, the region has huge potential. Find out more.


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Not long after the unveiling of the new Subaru BRZ sports Coupe, now a racing version has surfaced. The Subaru BRZ GT300 race car will race in the SuperGT GT300 class championship, replacing the current Subaru Liberty/Legacy racer. However it is still not known in what season the BRZ GT300 will start racing.
More details of the BRZ GT300 will be revealed at the upcoming Tokyo Auto Salon in January 2012, so watch this space. For now check out the BRZ GT300 introductory video below.


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Zinio’s new online global newsstand offers about 870 digital consumer titles in more than 200 countries from 350 publishers. It also gives consumers the option of using Zinio’s proprietary reader service or downloading the digital edition directly once they’ve registered with the store. “Consumers can read it, archive it, download it, etc.,” says Zinio president Rich Maggiotto. “That decision was made primarily from user feedback. It started off mostly from our textbook initiative, where students wanted to read textbooks on multiple screens. We’ve always focused putting the choice with the publishers, and we realized we should put choice in consumers’ hands too.”Pricing for the digital newsstand (which can be audited by ABC and BPA) is set by the publishers and Zinio will enable them to conduct multiple testing offers at one time. Digital single copies are priced the same as the physical newsstand while digital subscriptions tend to cost slightly less than the print subscriptions, according to Maggiotto. While he wouldn’t reveal specifics, Maggiotto says there are two pricing components for publishers, including a commission on what’s sold over the digital newsstand and payment for fulfilling orders. “We’re acting kind of like a digital U.S. Postal Service,” says Maggiotto. “There’s nothing up front they have to worry about it, it’s about getting paid for the actual delivery of that content.” Zinio sees about 55 percent of its existing customers from overseas and has also teamed with Accesso Group, a division of Havas Media, in order to expand the number of titles on the newsstand to more than 2,000 this year.
Dan Cohen AUTHOR A new 747-residence neighborhood at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is starting to welcome its first residents ahead of its grand opening scheduled for May 3.The new homes, a mix of duplexes and single-family units, feature a British West Indies architectural style that reflects a Florida Gulf sensibility, reports Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) Public Affairs. The neighborhood has homes for airmen and their families of all ranks, from junior enlisted to general grade officers, and includes a 12,000-square-foot community center.“We expect 32 new move-ins in April,” said Kim Cariker, community management director for Corvias Military Living, the Air Force’s privatized housing partner.Many of the neighborhood’s newest residents lived in base housing built in the 1950s that is scheduled for demolition to make room for new construction.Since Corvias took over the base’s family housing, occupancy has jumped from about 70 percent to between 95 to 97 percent, a testament to the improvement in building maintenance and customer service privatization has spurred, Cariker said.The neighborhood’s completion coincides with the AFCEC Installations Directorate’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of privatized housing. The housing project at Eglin is emblematic of the program’s success across the Air Force, said Robert Moriarty, installations director at AFCEC.“Resident satisfaction is the number one indicator of program success; over the past two decades we’ve seen satisfaction climb and maintain parity with industry standards,” Moriarty said.
Laptops Computers Desktops Share your voice Post a comment Now playing: Watch this: Nvidia Tags Nvidia announced at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference that it would be bringing DirectX ray tracing (DXR) support to its older Pascal-based graphics cards, so it’s time to buckle in: The drivers are now ready for download. But you may not find the tradeoff between performance and the potentially enhanced quality worth it.The Pascal-generation GTX cards supported include: Titan XP Titan X GTX 1080 TI GTX 1080 GTX 1070 TI GTX 1070 GTX 1060 6GB The Volta-based Titan V and Turing-based GTX 1660 and 1660 TI are also supported. You’ll be able to get the Game Ready driver via GeForce Experience or on GeForce.com, along with some new whizzy demos.The new generation of RTX GPUs based on Nvidia’s Turing architecture arrived last summer, bringing two headline features: processing cores devoted to ray tracing (RT cores) — the same kind of rendering that’s used in almost every 3D animation — and Tensor cores for accelerating the neural network processing which underlies DLSS (Deep Learning Super-Sampling), Nvidia’s new AI-based scaling algorithms which more realistically simulate detail when the graphics processing load starts to punish performance.A less glamorous advance is the concurrent floating-point execution pipeline, which improves overall performance with parallel processing for the myriad calculations which underlie rendering.Ray tracing can make games look better, providing more realistic reflections and shadows, with a lot less work for the developers: The less manual tuning for individual scenes they have to do the more they’ll be able to concentrate on improving the overall visual quality of the game. 0 2:12 17 Photos The DXR programming interface makes ray tracing easily scalable for developers. In other words, they can define rules which determine how to prioritize rendering tasks like reflections and shadows and to what level of accuracy. DXR then applies those rules based on how powerful your hardware is.By opening DXR to the vast installed base of older GTX cards, developers have a lot more incentive to incorporate ray tracing into their games, without any extra work, than they have for the small number of pricey RTX GPUs in laptops and desktops.But here’s where the technical nonsense matters. Pascal-based cards, because they have no RT cores, are really not up to the processing challenges of full-on ray tracing, so DXR will dumb down the effects to fit within the capabilities of the card. And even then you’ll still be taking a performance hit — for effects that may be so subtle as to not be worth it.And it seems like the more noticeable the effect, the more processing it tends to require, with reflections (we like the shiny shiny) and global illumination (which can simulate the changing light over the course of a day, for example), being the most demanding.The newer priced-to-sell Turing-based GTX 1660 and 1660 Ti don’t have any RT cores either. What they do have is the improved floating-point performance. So they’ll still take a performance hit in exchange for slightly better realism, just not as much as some of the older cards.While ultimately I think ray tracing will become common — it always takes some time for new hardware technologies to ramp up and prices to come down — it’s possible that opening it up to cards that can’t do it justice may backfire. Though Nvidia’s working hard to manage expectations, I think the exercise will leave a lot of gamers with an “is that all there is?” letdown rather than a “this is so worth plonking down $350 to upgrade to RTX!” attitude. We’ll have to wait and see what actual gaming reveals. The 17 most anticipated video games of 2019 See the first Nvidia RTX gaming laptops in action


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Retail stocks have been surging lately, given their improving financials and bullish market sentiment amid the economic recovery. This trend is likely to continue in the near term, backed by continued progress on the vaccination front and rising consumer spending. Shares of The Gap (GPS), DICK’S Sporting Goods (DKS), and Urban Outfitters (URBN) are poised to maintain this momentum in the near term.
The fast-paced revival of the US economy and ease of social distancing mandates with continued progress on the vaccination front have been resulting in rising foot traffic in retail stores, as people are preferring physical stores over online platforms for their shopping needs. National Retail Federation (NRF) expects retail sales to grow between 10.5% and 13.5% to an estimated total of $4.44 trillion to $4.56 trillion in 2021.
The macroeconomic trends are driving investors to bet on retail stocks lately, as the pent-up demand and rising consumer spending are driving revenues of retailers. The strong investor interest in the retail industry can be observed from the S&P Retail Select Industry Index’s 45.4% gain year-to-date. This compares with the broader S&P 500 index’s 12.4% return.
As the country is on track to vaccinate at least 70% of its population within July 4, retail stocks should continue to rally. Shares of popular retailers The Gap, Inc. (GPS), DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. (DKS), and Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) have gained strong momentum lately and we don’t expect their momentum to end anytime soon.
The Gap, Inc. (GPS)
GPS is a leading global retailer of apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children. It offers a wide collection of brands including Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta. The company operates through company-operated stores, franchise stores, Websites, and third-party arrangements.
On May 27, GPS and Walmart (WMT) announced a strategic partnership to launch Gap’s new home collection on Walmart’s retail platform. Leveraging WMT’s position as the world’s largest retail company should provide GPS with a prominent growth opportunity.
On April 13, GPS announced its new credit card program agreement with Barclays PLC (BCS) and Mastercard Incorporated (MA) to provide higher reward points to respective cardholders for purchases made at GPS. This should increase the GPS’ sales volume significantly, while improving customer engagement and frequency.
GPS’s net sales increased 89.4% year-over-year to $3.99 billion in the fiscal first quarter, that ended May 1. Its operating income grew 119.3% from the year-ago value to $240 million. Net income stood at $166 million, up 117.8% from the same period last year. The company’s EPS increased 117.1% year-over-year to $0.43.
Analysts expect GPS’s revenues to increase 24% year-over-year to $17.11 billion in the current year. The consensus EPS estimate of $1.75 for the ongoing year indicates a 182.9% rise compared to last year. EPS is also expected to increase 341.2% year-over-year to $0.41 in the current quarter ending July 2021. The company has an impressive earnings surprise history as well, as it has beaten the consensus EPS estimates in three of the trailing four quarters.
Shares of GPS have gained 200.9% over the past year, and 60.4% year-to-date. The stock is currently trading above its 200-day moving average of $27.36, indicating an overall uptrend. Also, it is currently trading 16.2% below its 52-week high of $37.63.
GPS has an overall grade of B, which equates to a Buy rating in our proprietary POWR Ratings system. The POWR Ratings are calculated considering 118 different factors, with each factor weighted to an optimal degree.
The stock has an A grade for Momentum, and a B grade for Value, Growth, Sentiment, and Quality. GPS is ranked #12 out of 65 stocks in the A-rated Fashion & Luxury industry.
To see additional grades for GPS, click here.
Click here to check out our Retail Industry Report for 2021
DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. (DKS)
DKS is a leading omni-channel sporting goods retailer offering an array of sports goods, fitness equipment, golf equipment, and hunting and fishing gear products. The company operates through brick-and-mortar stores as well as its e-commerce platform.
On June 1, DKS announced its plans to open seven new and relocated stores across the country. This expansionary initiative should attract more customers and expand the company’s market reach significantly. Earlier in May, DKS also announced the opening of four new stores in four states.
DKS’s revenues increased 118.9% year-over-year to $2.92 billion in the fiscal first quarter, which ended on May 1. Its operating income grew 355.6% from the year-ago value to $475.81 million, while its net income improved 352.2% year-over-year to $361.76 million over this period. The company’s EPS increased 299.4% year-over-year to $3.41.
The consensus revenue estimate of $10.81 billion for the current fiscal year indicates a 12.8% improvement from the last year. Analysts expect the company’s EPS to come in at $8.70 in the ongoing year, indicating a 42.2% rise from its year-ago value. Also, DKS surpassed the Street EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters.
DKS gained 73.4% over the past six months, and 62.7% year-to-date. It is currently trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages of $91.10 and $75.36 respectively, indicating an uptrend. DKS is currently trading 11.9% below its 52-week high of $102.33.
DKS has an overall grade of B, which equates to a Buy rating in our proprietary ratings system. DKS has a grade of A for Momentum and Quality, and a grade B for Value. It is ranked #13 out of 34 stocks in the A-rated Athletics & Recreation industry.
Beyond what we’ve stated above, we also provide grades for DKS for Sentiment, Growth, and Stability. Click here to view all DKS Ratings.
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN)
URBN is a specialty retail company that operates two segments: Retail and Wholesale. The company offers a wide range of lifestyle products operating through Urban Outfitters Anthropologie stores, Free People retail stores, BHLDN stores, Terrain, Menus & Venues, and subscription rental services under the brand name Nuuly.
On April 19, URBN partnered with FABSCRAP such that URBN will facilitate FABSCRAP’s expansion in Philadelphia. This partnership demonstrates URBN’s commitment towards sustainable development.
URBN’s net sales increased 57.6% year-over-year to $927.42 million in the fiscal first quarter, which ended on April 30. Its income from operations grew 137.1% from the year-ago value to $73.50 million. Net income stood at $53.55 million, up 138.7% from the same period last year. The company’s EPS increased 138.3% year-over-year to $0.54.
Analysts expect URBN’s revenues to increase 27.10% year-over-year to $4.38 billion in the current year. The consensus EPS estimate of $0.77 for the ongoing quarter indicates a 120% improvement year-over-year. The EPS is expected to come in at $2.68 for the current year, an increase of 26,700% compared to last year. The company has an impressive earnings surprise history as well, as it has beaten the consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters.
URBN gained 49% year-to-date, and 41.5% over the past six months. It is currently trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages of $37.45 and $33.38, respectively, indicating an uptrend. Moreover, the stock is currently trading 10% below its 52-week high of $41.95.
It is no surprise that URBN has an overall grade of B, which equates to a Buy rating in our proprietary POWR Ratings system. URBN has a grade of A for Momentum, and a grade B for Sentiment and Quality. It is ranked #17 in the Fashion & Luxury industry.
Click here to view additional grades for URBN.
GPS shares were trading at $31.43 per share on Friday afternoon, down $0.95 (-2.93%). Year-to-date, GPS has gained 56.93%, versus a 11.68% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
About the Author: Subhasree Kar
Subhasree’s keen interest in financial instruments led her to pursue a career as an investment analyst. After earning a Master’s degree in Economics, she gained knowledge of equity research and portfolio management at Finlatics.
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Minister of Agriculture: We have achieved sufficiency and aim to export
Economy News - Baghdad:
The Minister of Agriculture, Saleh Al-Hassani, expected to market more than six million tons of local wheat and one million and 500 thousand tons of barley during the current season, while stressing the achievement of self-sufficiency in most crops and working to export them soon .
Al-Hassani said in an interview seen by "Al-Iqtisad News", that the ministry achieved self-sufficiency in most agricultural crops, including wheat and barley, expecting to market more than six million tons of local wheat and one million and 500 thousand tons of barley during this season.
Al-Hassani added that the ministry provided the amounts allocated to pay the dues of farmers and farmers from wheat and barley marketers immediately after the end of the current marketing season, noting that Iraq achieved self-sufficiency in wheat crop since 2019 and it was not imported from Canada and Australia, and in the current season wheat was produced also without liquidity.
The Minister of Agriculture said that Iraq has become dependent mainly on its domestic production of vegetables, at a rate of about 90 percent, stressing that Iraq has achieved self-sufficiency in 25 agricultural materials, including wheat and barley, which has not been achieved for 50 years .
Al-Hassani explained that agriculture applies the plant calendar method, which is to import the material at a time of scarcity of local production and stop importing whenever there is an abundance of production with the aim of supporting farmers and not entering bad imported goods, pointing out that we exported crops of eggplant and pomegranate to Germany .
Al-Hassani noted that the ministry is proceeding with preparing a list to stop importing another group of fruit and vegetable crops, as well as crops for export such as eggplant, cucumber and potatoes because of self-sufficiency throughout the year in addition to the tomato crop that will be exported outside the country at times of peak production, indicating that 90 percent of the production Chicken and table eggs are local .
Al-Hassani concluded by saying: The Corona pandemic crisis, closing the borders and stopping import and export operations put the ministry in a test in which it succeeded in providing a food basket of local vegetables and achieving self-sufficiency with 25 agricultural materials and fulfilling the need of the local market of vegetables, in addition to operating manpower and supporting the country's economy .
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Piloting a drone can be a bit tricky. This is because unlike driving a car, drones are in the sky and since we’re not up there with them, we have to rely on looking down on our screens to navigate them. However, if you’d like a better and more immersive way to fly your drones, you’re in luck.
This is because the folks at Parrot have recently announced their latest drone, the Anafi FPV. This is a drone that will be sold in a packaged bundle where it will come with a headset that allows the drone user to put themselves in the drone’s perspective. This means that what the drone’s camera sees, you will see as well.
Perhaps to help reduce the costs involved with such a complex setup, Parrot has opted not to include a display in the goggles themselves. Instead, users will use their smartphones that will act as the display, and all they’d need to do is slot them in and they’re done. This is similar to VR headsets like the Google Cardboard where it makes the overall device more affordable.
In terms of price, the Parrot Anafi FPV will be sold for $799 that will include both the drone and goggles. It will also include the controller, extra propellers, a battery, and a 16GB microSD card, all of which will be available for purchase later this month.


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TD SYNNEX’s new automated process for Lenovo partners generates fast response quotes on the vendor’s notebooks and PCs.
The new process, developed in collaboration with Lenovo – means partners can get confirmation of special bid prices within minutes when they name TD SYNNEX as their preferred distribution partner. Bid applications made on Lenovo’s website are sent directly into TD SYNNEX’s system and will be made available immediately to partners.
“It’s a simple but highly effective process and one that’s going to be invaluable in competitive situations when response time is often a critical factor,” said Andy Tysoe, Lenovo business manager at TD SYNNEX, UK. “We have worked with Lenovo to make it as easy and fast as possible for partners to get their special bid pricing confirmed. That means they will be able to confirm quotations to customers immediately and that in turn will translate into more business won.”
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urbanest student accommodation reveal a new Cafe at their Hoxton building
Not content with providing exceptionally high quality student accommodation year on year, urbanest have put in a cafe at urbanest Hoxton to help aid residents with their studies and life in London. we briefly covered the cafe a couple of months ago here, but since then have updated visuals, info and menu’s for you all.
Whether you are in need of a hot breakfast after a night out, or you are looking to grab a coffee and study, the cafe can be seen as an extra hub in addition to its other communal areas.
It will serve a range of food options, from stone baked pizzas to fresh pastries. Coffees, teas and other soft drinks are also readily available. Opening from 7:30am to 8:00pm Monday to Friday for residents and weekends at a slightly later time, it will also be available for public use from 10am till 5:30pm.
urbanest student accommodation will also be fitting a cafe in to their brand new 26 floor King’s Cross building (new for 2013). Situated on a £2 billion development where Google recently announced its new headquarters will be.
For more information on menu changes, and urbanest resident meal packages, there will be a new site coming in the next few months that will link directly from our main website. Alternatively you can one of our team more about the Cafe and its benefits by emailing email@example.com or calling +44 (0)20 7042 7890.


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Collaborations specialists Mindjet have launched the latest version of its innovation hub software Spigit Engage.
Virtual project-based collaboration firms Mindjet and Spigit have merged and will combine their idea generation platforms.
Collaboration software vendor, Mindjet, has launched its ProjectDirector product, a unified project management suite which combine’s the company’s mind mapping and planning capabilities, file management, and task management.
Collaborative work management software vendor, Mindjet, has launched a major update for its ‘Tasks’ mobile team and project management app designed to allow professionals to simplify their productivity management through mobile devices.
More than 65 per cent of Australian businesses face challenges in effectively using collaboration tools in the workplace, according to a recent survey conducted by software vendor, Mindjet.
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The Freshman is the creation of Nick Freshman, owner of Spider Kelly’s in Clarendon. The restaurant, which offers an all-day breakfast menu as well as lunch and dinner options, advertises itself as one of the first to come into the area in the wake of the Amazon HQ2 announcement.
The Freshman — located in a 3,400 square foot space at 2011 Crystal Drive — is scheduled to open this Wednesday, April 21, after a soft opening last week for friends and family.
“We are really excited to open our doors and begin serving the neighborhood,” said Freshman. “We’ve created an all-day space so we can offer something thoughtful and housemade throughout their day, from a pastry and a great cup of coffee before work to a handcrafted cocktail with dinner.”
The website says the new restaurant will feature coffee and cocktails, along with a selection of beer and wine, in addition to a “locally-sourced and seasonally-driven menu.”
“The menu includes a range of small plates, tartines, flatbreads and salads, and, of course, breakfast (which is offered from open to close),” says a press release.
“Favorites include the Virginia Ham + Dried Fig + Goat Cheese tartine, the Grilled Broccoli + Brussels Caesar, and the Grilled Octopus Escabeche, which includes an apple-fennel pico de gallo, Chicken Fried Oysters and Spring Pea Hummus,” the release continues. “The Freshman‘s breakfast menu includes a vegan Tofu Scramble + ‘Cheese’ sandwich and a range of pastries, including Vanilla Cardamom Bread and a Bacon, Cheddar and Jalapeno Scone.”
The restaurant will be open from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Freshman will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
The press release said the restaurant will offer dine-in service with masks required, as well as patio service and takeout. There is season for 120 inside and 50 on the patio.
Freshman had originally planned to open the restaurant early last year, but the pandemic disrupted those plans. Instead, relief program Hook Hall Helps used The Freshman’s empty space as a hub for distributing care kits and family meals to hospitality workers and families in need. The press release noted that the program has since moved into the former Cosi space next door and will remain open.
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Join us at Art House 7 this Saturday 4-7pm for our Annual Open House – Teacher and Student art show!
Meet our teachers
See student and teacher artwork
Teacher’s paintings, ceramics, notecards will be for sale
Enjoy beverages and light refreshments
All attendees get a $20 gift certificate off a class
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The Alternative Christmas Market is back! At First Presbyterian Church Arlington in Ballston, located at 601 N. Vermont Street, Arlington VA 22203, on Sunday, December 4th from 9:30am to 1:00pm. Parking available.
Vendors and products this year include: 10,000 Villages, Olive Oil Ministry, African Team Ministries, Community Coalition for Haiti, Heifer, African Market Baskets, Café Justo, Thistle Farms, Southwest Indian Foundation, and Together We Bake.
Buy gifts for everyone on your list, and support these great organizations, artisans, and global neighbors. See you there!
NCE’s Holiday Concert will bring the finest classical masterpieces and holiday favorites together for the whole family. The festivities begin with Leroy Anderson’s classic “Sleigh Ride” and “Chanukkah Festival”, music from the Nutcracker and by J.S. Bach.
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Curious as to what environments you’ll be shooting it out in Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2? Wonder no more as Popcap has released a new trailer where we get to see all 12 Garden Warfare 2 maps in action!
From snowy stages and sand places, to even an oriental inspired one, there’s a lot of variety in these maps. Check out the trailer in the video above. Garden Warfare 2 Producer Kyle Duncan also shares his thoughts on the maps.
One of our key development goals for Garden Warfare 2 was to allow players to immerse themselves in the world of Plants vs. Zombies like never before. We wanted players to experience what has happened since Dr. Zomboss turned the tide of the battle with the help of that pesky little Imp from the future and his mighty Z-Mech.
We wanted everyone to not only see what’s happening at the front lines of the Battle for Suburbia in our Backyard, but also what the zombies are doing with areas they have managed to wrestle away from the plants — at least for now!
The end result is that Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 is poised to be one of the craziest, most hilarious shooters out there. With the expansive Backyard Battleground, 14 classes, more than 100 playable characters, and a ton of awesome maps, this game is truly going to be bigger. Badder. Bigger.
Finally, the official Plants vs. Zombies Twitter revealed that Garden Warfare 2 is already in gold status — two weeks before launch!
— Plants vs. Zombies (@PlantsvsZombies) February 10, 2016
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 will hit the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC this February 23.
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Big Brother Naija season 5 Lockdown reality TV star, Prince Nelson Enwerem has seen his name printed on a supposedly pirated Du-rag outfit.
And Prince has always chosen to be on the attire more than every other fashion styles in his care.
However, in a photo currently making rounds on the internet, it was seen that Nigerian market has decided to use Prince as the face of their Du-rag producing company.
The exact one spotted was well wrapped on a nylon bag with Prince’s name blended in it like, “Prince BBNaija.”
One of Prince’s fans alerted him on social media after the photo circulated on the internet platforms. VIEW HERE.
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LOS ANGELES After watching rising gas prices fuel demand for gasoline-electric hybrids, some automakers are hoping diesels will be next.
2005 Jeep Liberty Limited Diesel
And as they fine-tune the technology, they got a boost last week from President Bush, who said he wants diesel-power passenger vehicles to get a tax break, similar to the deduction for gas-electric hybrid vehicles.
If consumers warm up to diesels — no sure bet — automakers want to be ready:
• DaimlerChrysler says 60,000 consumers indicated early interest in the diesel version of its Jeep Liberty SUV. It expects to make 5,000 this year and hinted that it can produce more if the demand remains strong.
• Volkswagen is in the process of rolling out a diesel version of its new Jetta.
• BMW, Honda and Subaru are working on diesels that could go on sale in the USA in the next few years.
• Ford Motor and the Environmental Protection Agency are working on a project to create a sophisticated, extremely low-emissions diesel engine.
Diesels use 20% to 40% less fuel than comparable gasoline engines. And diesel fuel coming to market starting later this year will have lower sulfur content, reducing emissions dramatically.
Bush's proposal, included in a speech last week, "gives producers added confidence that incentives are available," says Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum trade group.
Still, consumers might resist. Some harbor bad memories of Detroit's balky diesel car engines in the 1980s. And diesels haven't whipped up the kind of excitement that surrounds gasoline-electric hybrids.
A Kelley Blue Book/Harris Interactive poll in March found only one-third of car shoppers surveyed said they would be willing to consider a diesel, in contrast to nearly two-thirds — 65% — who said they would consider a hybrid.
Last year, more than 12% of Volkswagen's U.S. sales were diesel versions of four models: the Passat midsize sedan and the New Beetle, Golf and Jetta small cars. Volkswagen has yet to offer a diesel version of its SUV, the Touareg, in the USA.
DaimlerChrysler began offering a diesel Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI last year. To show it off, Mercedes drove some E320s around a track in Laredo, Texas, for the past month, logging 100,000 miles on one before the test ended Sunday. Mercedes sold about 4,100 of the sedans last year, 1,100 more than expected, spokesman Rob Moran says.
Jeep says Liberty diesels stay on dealer lots an average of just 16 days, not the typical 30 to 60 days.
BMW is considering diesels for the U.S. market. "We are working toward it, and it could be possible," says Bill Scully, spokesman for the German luxury carmaker. "It's part of our future strategy."
But support at the top seems limited. BMW board Chairman Helmut Panke in a March interview played down the prospects because diesels have a lowbrow image in the USA. "I don't believe we can expect our customers to go to truck stops," he said.


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With the passing of Miku Day on March 9th, we’re now a step closer to Hatsune Miku 10th anniversary! The official Hatsune Miku 10th anniversary site has received a new update detailing a collaboration store to be held at Atre Akihabara in Akihabara on April 22nd~May 7th.
Limited goods, collaboration goods, and wall wrappings have been announced for the collaboration, while further plans will follow at later dates. If you’re planning a visit to Japan, be sure to visit the collaboration store at the second floor event space at Atre Akihabara 1 building!
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In celebration of its monumental 50th anniversary this year, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman will declare Thursday, Sept.18 as “Tower of Jewels Day” in Las Vegas. The celebration will include live music and refreshments.
Nevada’s largest family-owned manufacturing jeweler, Tower of Jewels, has secured an iconic place in Las Vegas with values based on customer service, community involvement and excellence in manufacturing, since its inception in 1964. Led by the vision of Jack Weinstein, the family-owned and operated jeweler will celebrate the anniversary year with a website revamp as well as in-store events and celebrations.
Thursday, Sept.18 at 10:30 a.m.
Tower of Jewels
Manufacturing & Design Center
896 E. Sahara Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89104
ABOUT Tower of Jewels
Opening the doors to the first location in 1964 on Fremont Street, Tower of Jewels has become Nevada’s largest
manufacturing jeweler and direct diamond importer and cutter. Tower of Jewels manufactures its own pieces, passing savings to its customers, ultimately creating exquisite jewelry pieces without sacrificing quality and service.
At age 13, Jack Weinstein’s career launched in Detroit, Michigan when he joined his brothers and uncle in the family jewelry business. Relocating to Las Vegas in 1964, Weinstein sought to open a jewelry store which was dedicated to serving both the community and customers by delivering exquisite jewelry pieces without sacrificing quality and service. He opened his first Tower of Jewels on bustling downtown Fremont Street and forayed into building the brand in a burgeoning Las Vegas which, at the time, was just establishing its footing.
Evoking its signature classic attributes, Weinstein led the construction of a 20,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing and design center which was completed in 1999. The largest structure of its kind in the United States, the Tower of Jewels Manufacturing & Design Center serves as headquarters for the company and employs an experienced team of jewelers, goldsmiths, designers and diamond cutters all under one roof.
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Hot on the heels of news that so-called “silent cyber” losses accounted for the bulk of last year’s $3bn NotPetya bill, Aon has announced a potential solution.
The big-three broker said its reinsurance arm had build a silent cyber product that will bring $350mn of capacity to underwrite non-affirmative cyber exposure in the portfolios of insurers.
Aon said that in the last 18 months regulatory attention and high-profile attacks such as NotPetya and Wannacry had raised awareness of how cyber incidents can impact multiple lines of business.
Carriers are now under increased pressure to identify, analyse and mitigate their exposures, Aon said in a statement.
“However, challenges include locating the exposure, and developing scenarios that are both realistic and relevant to that carrier.”
Now the broker said it had sourced $350mn of capacity from reinsurers in Bermuda, London and Europe to underwrite that risk.
The new product will protect against non-affirmative cyber risks, where cyber losses fall outside of a standard cyber policy and on to another cover such as a property policy, where it is not explicitly excluded.
It will also provide clash cover on an interim basis to protect against the risk of multiple hits on the same policy from a single catastrophic event as insurers get a handle on their silent cyber exposure.
Aon said that the product was supported by its own analytics to which can identify silent cyber exposures through wording and threat analysis. The broker’s cyber teams can then quantify the exposure and create a clash cover reinsurance product.
Going forward, Aon said it can then establish appetite and methodology to underwrite, price and reinsure affirmative cyber across multiple lines of business.
In a statement, Aon’s newly-appointed global head of cyber innovation for its reinsurance team Luke Foord-Kelcey said: “Our process-led and forward-looking approach to assessing, quantifying and transferring silent cyber will lead to improved coverage, pricing and capacity through robust, modelled results and strong reinsurer partnerships.
“But most importantly, it is about how we end the ‘silence’, strengthen the cyber (re)insurance market and make it future-proof with more transparency, opportunities for growth and enhanced protection across the value chain.”
Yesterday, re-Insurance.com reported that the industry’s ultimate insured losses from the June 2017 NotPetya virus will now exceed $3bn with the majority emanating from silent - or non-affirmative - coverage, according to the independent loss adjudicator, Property Claims Services (PCS).
The update was an increase on a Q2 loss estimate which calculated the total insured loss at $2.7bn from the cyber virus.
The loss upgrade coincided with the launch of a new cat cyber loss index from PCS that may eventually lead to greater reinsurance and retro capacity being devoted to the fast expanding class.


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India has hit another new peak in daily cases with 1,70,195 new infection cases and 903 fatalities detected on Sunday. In this scenario, Brand Klub Ahmedabad, in association with Medianews4u, has launched a digital campaign to create awareness on the importance of face masks during the pandemic period.
The campaign says that the best warriors used protection to fight against the enemy. Face masks are the weapon to protect yourself against the enemy you can’t see.
Speaking about the campaign, Umanath V, Editor-in-Chief, Medianews4u, said, “The digital campaign communicates the strong message on the importance of wearing a mask at this juncture when the world is staring at the second wave of Covid19 pandemic. The campaign was designed with the purpose of quick recall, to remind the masses to wear masks. Happy to partner with Branklub Ahmedabad and looking forward to more such initiatives.”


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The UK is looking for a broad-based, ambitious, bespoke trade deal, but with the flexibility to opt in and out of various parts of the single market.
This would give it the freedom to set its own rules and regulations for the sectors that don’t have full access, as well as negotiate trade deals with other countries.
This is seen as “cherry picking” by the EU, which has completely ruled out “a pick-and-mix approach for a non-EU member” to the single market.
The EU has indicated that there is “no possibility to have some exclusive form of single market for some part of our economies”.
It says this is simply not in the EU’s interests.
The EU believes the UK’s decision to leave the customs union and single market, its intention to set and enforce its own rules and regulations, and leave the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, as well as its desire to negotiate trade deals with other countries, imply that only a limited form of post-Brexit trade deal is possible.
Thus, the most that the EU is prepared to offer the UK at present is a Canadian style deal, largely based on tariff-free trade in goods.
The EU points out that any deal will not make trade between the UK and EU frictionless or smoother.
Instead, Brexit will make trade more complicated and costly for both sides.
It notes that whatever free trade deal is put in place will be inferior to the single market. Customs is a major obstacle to be overcome in the trade talks.
It also incorporates the issue of how to resolve the very tricky Irish border question and avoid a hard border here.
This will be difficult to achieve in the absence of some form of common EU-UK customs area or union.
Diverging on tariffs and regulations would almost certainly mean that customs checks would be required between the EU and UK, even if a free trade deal is agreed.
Services are not normally covered in free trade agreements either and this sector is likely to be the biggest casualty of the UK’s decision to leave the single market.
The UK is pressing hard to include financial services as part of any trade deal as it is a key part of the UK economy.
The EU is resisting this, although it is open to allowing some market access for services in a trade deal.
However, it is likely to be a very much watered down version of the current single market in services.
While there are major obstacles to be overcome, we expect that the withdrawal agreement to be concluded between the EU and UK, probably later this year, will include a transition period and pave the way for a soft Brexit in March 2019.
To a large extent, we think the final terms of the withdrawal agreement will be shaped by the attitude of the UK.
The more the UK wants to “take back control” and set its own rules and regulations and do third-country trade deals, the poorer the access it will have to the single market.
Customs controls are likely in this scenario and a free trade deal will be limited in scope to mainly avoiding tariffs on goods.
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Hughes bolsters HughesNet with Helius solutions
Hughes Network Systems has partnered with Helius to use the latter’s technology in its new HughesNet Digital Media suite of services.
HughesNet Digital Media services give customers access to a single-source, managed solution for the delivery and management of multimedia content for a variety of business IPTV and digital signage applications.
Hughes said the partnership would benefit its retail and financial services customers who were developing internal- and external-facing applications involving IP video.
For more information, visit www.hughes.com
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JB Hi-Fi Share Value Rockets, CEO Comments on ACCC Ruling
JB HI Fi shares are sitting at $27 this morning after rising 2% yesterday, the rise follows the announcement by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, that they saw no threat to a potential merger of The Good Guys.
Several analysts claim that the market is now factoring in an acquisition of the Melbourne base retailer by JB Hi-Fi.
Late yesterday Richard Murray the CEO of JB Hi-Fi issued a statement to the stock exchange claiming that JB Hi-Fi continues to participate in the sale process but has made no decision and nor has it entered into any agreement with respect to an acquisition of The Good Guys.
He went on to say that JB Hi-Fi understands that The Good Guys are looking at a range of options including an IPO on the ASX.
He added that JB Hi-Fi is continuing to evaluate all possible opportunities against a range of factors and would only pursue an acquisition if it made compelling financial sense for its shareholders.
According to Citi Equity analysts the acquisition of The Good Guys is valued at around $900 million however management at The Good Guys believed to be pushing for an IPO as they believe the business could raise over $1 billion if it is taken to the market.
At this stage it is believed that the Muir family who own The Good Guys has two choices and IPO or sale to JB Hi Fi.
ChannelNews understands that Steinhoff International are no longer interested in bidding for The Good Guys after moving late last week to invest over $3 billion in the acquisition of a US mattress company. This South African company also acquired a UK company for $1 billion a month prior.
Despite these acquisitions Citi’s research team told clients on Wednesday, that the acquisitive South African Steinhoff International and the initial public offering market remain potential bidders.
“Steinhoff has proven aggressive in recent acquisition attempts, consistently paying 10 to 11 times EV/EBITDA (implies circa $1 billion to $1.2 billion acquisition price) for complementary acquisitions,” Citi analyst Bryan Raymond wrote.
“Despite recent large acquisitions, Steinhoff continues to have balance sheet capacity to debt fund a Good Guys acquisition.” Said Raymond.
Expectations for a successful Good Guys acquisition have driven JB Hi-Fi earnings multiples to near peak-cycle levels as revenue and earnings for the industry also are at or near a cyclical peak.
Business Journalist Stepen Bartholemusz, writing in the Australian said that an acquisition of The Good Guys would dramatically accelerate and deepen JB’s expansion into appliances, giving it a big presence in the higher-margin and more resilient large appliance segments and enhanced scale and buying power in small appliances and consumer electronics, where there is some overlap in the offers. The potential to expand The Good Guys network would add another layer of potential organic growth.
To get there, however, may not be straightforward. Some of The Good Guys’ growth potential would inevitably be capitalised into its pricing in an IPO, so JB would have to put something on the table that the Muir family regarded as clearly more attractive than the longer term value that an exposure to a listed business might produce.
Analysts are tipping that JB hi-fi will announce “another “excellent” result on Monday when they report their year-end results.
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More casting news has come in for Mane Entertainment's upcoming film, Penance Lane... the infamous Traci Lords has joined the ever growing cast and even recorded a video message to celebrate. No, not that kind of video. That was a long time ago.
One upcoming film we've been wanting to see more of is Jason Cuadrado's Devil May Call, and today we got our wish as a pair of exclusive stills landed in our inbox along with a brand new trailer and an expanded synopsis. Check out all the goods here, and look for more soon.
We told you about the new flick from Jason Cuadrado, Devil May Call, starring Corri English, Tyler Mane and Traci Lords, awhile ago; but talk is indeed cheap! Now it's time to show off some eye candy! Dig on over a dozen stills and the official one-sheet!
Imagine sitting at your job waiting for the phone to ring. Someone somewhere will be needing your assistance. That's what you're being paid for, right? Every work environment has its share of excitement, but one in particular is about to have its share of scares with Devil May Call.
Last week first-time feature filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr.'s wickedly twisted high school horror flick Excision (think Heathers meets Santa Sangre hit Blu-ray and DVD shelves everywhere courtesy of Anchor Bay Films.
Today's the day, kids! The long awaited Sundance sensation Excision is now available on Blu-ray and DVD, and we have your chance to score yourself a copy on us with some bonus goodies! Read on for details.
On Tuesday, October 16th, up-and-coming writer/director Richard Bates, Jr.'s cult classic in the making feature film debut Excision (Blu-ray and DVD review) is set to arrive on home video everywhere courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment.
The highly anticipated flick Excision (Blu-ray and DVD review) is hitting home video tomorrow, and to prep you cats for the horrors to come, we have a brand new trailer on tap for you!
Oh, how we love bringing you cats the nasty bits! The kinds of things you could get in trouble for watching at work or if you're still living with the folks. That being said.... dig on this not safe for work clip from the upcoming flick Excision (review)!
Just recently announced as having its UK premiere at this year’s Film4 FrightFest Halloween All-Nighter, director Richard Bates, Jr.’s highly anticipated Excision is now set to shock shelves across the pond on DVD and Blu-ray this November 12th courtesy of Monster Pictures.
Two new clips from the Sundance sensation Excision (review) are here to scold you accordingly for your bizarre behavior and then some. Check 'em out!
And the throng of Monday news continues for you cats as the first clip from the Sundance sensation Excision (review) is here and ready to engage in some good old-fashioned psycho-driven malpractice!
Anchor Bay just released the official home video artwork and some new stills for the Sundance sensation Excision (review here)! Oh, the carnage to come. Read on for details!


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Retail Report: Total seafood category review
Haddock, tilapia, lobster were retail sales winners
March 01, 2010
With the ongoing troubled economy, consumers continue to shift spending habits by eating out less and preparing meals at home instead. Evidence of this shift can be seen in retail seafood sales. The department tripled the average weekly
dollar growth of any other perishables department in the past year, up 5.6 percent in the latest 52 weeks, ending Nov. 28, 2009.
Nationally, the seafood department averaged $6,093 in sales per store per week. The seafood department includes fresh seafood, comprising 81.5 percent of department dollar sales; prepared seafood, making up 15.3 percent; and other seafood (sauces, dips and spreads), contributing 3.2 percent. Fresh seafood posted $4,968 in per-store-per-week sales, a 6.3 percent increase from the previous year, while prepared seafood was up 3.3 percent at $901.
The seafood department had above-average dollar sales for the weeks ending Dec. 20, 2008, through Jan. 3, 2009, and peaked the week ending Dec. 27, 2008, at $9,775. The department also posted above-average weekly sales in five out of the seven weeks of Lent, which ran from Feb. 25 to April 12, 2009.
The seafood department's average weekly dollar sales were up from the prior year in all regions. The South and West outpaced the growth of the total United States, up 7.1 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively. Rounding out the total U.S. sales were the East, up 4 percent, and the Central region, up 2.3 percent in the latest 52 weeks. Average weekly sales growth occurred in all regions. Driving that trend, the East significantly outpaced all other regions in weekly store sales, up 4 percent from the previous year to $10,256. While the South and the West had the lowest average weekly sales, they had the highest year-over-year growth, up 7.1 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively.
Both nationally and regionally, the seafood department was up in contribution to total perishables over the prior year, contributing 5 percent to the category. Fueling this contribution, both the South and the East outpaced the national average, contributing 5.5 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively.
The main standout in fresh seafood was the crustacean category, which posted the highest average weekly dollar-sales increase. All crustacean subcategories were up in the latest 52 weeks, driven primarily by lobster. Average weekly crustacean sales increased 21.8 percent per store to $826. Lobsters, with prices at record lows, were up 47.9 percent in average weekly sales to $240 per store, placing the species firmly in the top 10 subcategories in the seafood department across fresh and prepared seafood.
The finfish category was up 6 percent in average weekly sales to $2,019. Of the 15 finfish subcategories, 66.7 percent experienced growth in weekly store sales. Haddock and tilapia posted the largest gains, up 22.4 percent and 14.6 percent, respectively.
The shrimp category was down 1.3 percentage points to 27.9 percent in overall contribution to total seafood, driven primarily by losses in cooked shrimp. Raw shrimp was up 5.3 percent in average weekly sales to $961, while cooked shrimp fell 4.5 percent to $772.
Prepared seafood increased in average weekly sales, up 3.3 percent to $930 per store. Increases in seven of the top 10 subcategories drove the prepared-seafood increases, led by the prepared-fish subcategory (up 5.5 percent to $316 in per-store-per-week-sales) and prepared crustaceans (up 4.1 percent to $283). Though these increases were not large enough to maintain the previous share of total seafood, prepared seafood declined 0.3 percentage point to 15.3 percent in dollar contribution to the department.
Seafood-department historical, average, weekly dollar trends were up 26.4 percent from 2004. All super-categories had double-digit growth: Fresh seafood was up 22.5 percent, prepared seafood was up 54.1 percent, and other seafood was up 19.5 percent.
This sales review is provided by the Perishables Group, Inc. (PG), Chicago, Ill., an independent consulting firm focused on innovation and creating value for clients in the fresh food industry. Reported results are for Nov. 30, 2008 through Nov. 28, 2009, and were compiled from grocery stores nationwide, representing 61.8 percent of national supermarket ACV share. Sales data provided by Perishables Group FreshFacts® powered by Nielsen.
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Sony's PlayStation Showcase is expected to reveal some brand new PS5 titles, along with some returning favourites if rumours are to be believed. Regardless of how the showcase turns out, expectations are high. Here's everything you need to know about the PlayStation Showcase tonight.
How to Watch PlayStation Showcase
You can watch the showcase linked below which will start at 1:30 AM.
Along with being streamed on YouTube, the showcase can also be viewed on Twitch.
What to Expect From Sony's PlayStation Showcase
Sony has already announced that the showcase will weigh at around 40 minutes, along with a post-show which will include updates on the announcements made during the showcase. The company also revealed that the showcase will include announcements for "games releasing this holiday and beyond." Seeing as Sony did not attend E3 this year, the company's silence has been perceived by many as the calm before the storm.
It's likely that we will see the first footage from the next God of War, currently known as God of War: Ragnarok during tonight's showcase. As for other big upcoming titles for PS5 which may make an appearance, these include Final Fantasy 16, Hogwarts Legacy, Forspoken, and Gran Turismo 7 which were both revealed last year during PlayStation's showcases. There's also a good chance of getting another look at Horizon: Forbidden West, which was recently delayed to February 18, 2022.
As for other titles that could be shown during the broadcast, Naughty Dog's multiplayer spinoff from The Last of Us Part 2 is a safe bet if development on that has progressed beyond what rumours might suggest. One announcement that is still possible is that of PlayStation Studios acquiring Demons' Souls developer Bluepoint Games. Sony Japan recently tweeted a banner for the acquisition, although it was later debunked by Bluepoint. If rumours are to be believed, acquisition or not, Bluepoint Games has working on another PS5 exclusive game which might not be another remake.
One project that might make an appearance is Rockstar's remake of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas. Given how closely Rockstar Games has partnered with PlayStation for the upcoming enhanced edition of GTA 5, it wouldn't be surprising to see the remastered trilogy debut here before being released later this year.
Sony made yet another major announcement of a new studio acquisition this week leading up to the event, so it's possible that we might get an early tease for some of those projects. However, given how Sony has, in recent years, focused more on showing games that are closer to release, it wouldn't be surprising if we hear nothing about the new studios. What we're not expecting is any announcements regarding PlayStation's PC ports of existing PS4/PS5 games, such as the rumored Uncharted trilogy port. If anything, it's possible we might get an update on the PlayStation Plus collection.
As for tempering expectations, Sony also revealed that the showcase will not include any announcements about its second generation of PSVR.


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April 23, 2016
Exclusive new survey shows true cost of managing expenses for US businesses
Manchester, UK, April 19, 2016 – Conferma has issued exclusive new research demonstrating that the average large US business is paying over $1m in managing their corporate expenses. Research for the leading virtual card numbers providers—carried out by Opinion Matters—is able to reveal that the multiple inefficiencies in how big US business manage expenses is proving a significant hit on their bottom lines.
In the US, there are in excess of 30,000 businesses with more than 500 employees, with an average annual cost of expenses management of $1,075,000 per business. Conferma can reveal that the total cost reaches a staggering $32.9bn.
Simon Barker, CEO of Conferma, explained, What we are seeing here is billions of dollars being lost thanks to a confused landscape of multiple employees using multiple ways in business to claim expenses. It is costing US business time and money to navigate this landscape and should be subject to much more rigorous control and oversight.
With the surveyed businesses having an average of 328 members of staff authorized to make purchases, managing these multiple expenses streams is proving expensive in terms of both time and money. About 66% of chief financial officers believe that current processes are too time-consuming and 58% believe they are too costly.
All of this confusion adds to an incredible 90% of chief financial officers admitting that it is difficult to reconcile payments on cards used by multiple members of staff.
Simon Barker added, Companies have to pay expenses; it’s a critical part of business life. Yet there is no additional reason why companies should face operational inefficiencies and excessive business costs. If something is difficult to do, it will cost time and money. And employees face unnecessary difficulties too; they have to remember to keep receipts, fill out expenses claim forms and then wait, sometimes for weeks, to be reimbursed by their employers.
One way in which management costs could be tackled is through the increased use of technology and automation. And this is something chief financial officers agree on. When it comes to addressing these problems, 90% of the chief financial officers who were surveyed point to employees being able to make purchases on mobile devices as a possible solution. As a further indication of the willingness of businesses to explore new technology to reduce cost and drive efficiencies, 40% of chief financial officers identified them as being able to help solve the concerns they had over expenses management. This rises to 49% of chief financial officers working in the financial services industries.
Simon Barker concluded, The technology exists to help solve these problems. With innovations in banking technology and FinTech, there are ways in which a previously complex system can be streamlined and automated. In the mobile channel, for example, there are methods of integrated receipt capture, making the whole process seamless, intuitive and paperless. It saves on employee time in submitting expenses, saves on company time in processing those expenses and saves on the substantial overheads in managing the system.
With an average of $1m at stake each year, companies must start looking at simplifying their expenses.
Here are the full results from the survey:


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Well-groomed men give beauty industry a new face
Growing competition has forced local retailers to expand their services as modern males embrace skin care, writes Carol Chan
WITH THE DOUBLE digit increase in the sale of men's skin-care products recorded by local retailers in recent years, the launch of more skin-care outlets will no doubt result in a jobs bonanza for keen sales professionals. It was only a few years ago that the idea of a man in a facemask was met with raised eyebrows, but those days are now long gone.
Today, men's skin care is big business, with entertainers clamouring to sign deals as spokesmen for new products in an industry which is enjoying a boom.
To promote its range of men's skin-care products, Biotherm Homme invited Asian film star Takeshi Kaneshiro to be the line's spokesman.
So far, Biotherm Homme has received a positive response from male customers and the product is flying off the shelves.
'Nowadays, clean and tidy looks are considered one of the basic criteria for being respectable,' said Kitty Yim, marketing manager of Biotherm Hong Kong.
Such a view is supported by Watsons, which also provides a wide range of men's skin-care products in its 170 stores.
Maria Norrman, the merchandise director of Watsons, said: 'Because information on men's grooming topics is now widely available, men have become more conscious about their appearance than ever and they are more willing to use different skin-care products.'
As a result of overwhelming feedback from male customers, Watsons recently opened a
3,000 sqft beauty and cosmetic outlet called Pure Beauty at Times Square in Causeway Bay, which provides more than 400 products for the modern man.
Watsons stresses that it is the first Asian 'masstige' cosmetic outlet, a marketing term formed from the phrase 'prestige for the masses'.
'It is definitely a growing segment of the beauty industry,' Ms Norrman said.
Interestingly enough, men's skin-care products are increasingly being targeted at women who are concerned with the appearance of their male partners.
During the World Cup, a survey conducted by Watsons revealed that oily skin, acne and dark circles around the eyes created a poor impression on women.
'We discovered that more than 30 per cent of our female customers will purchase grooming products for their fathers, husbands or boyfriends,' Ms Norrman said.
To attract more male clients, providing access to professional beauty consultants is an important strategy. 'All our beauty consultants are certified by Frederique Academy with in-store exercises and formal exams,' Ms Norrman said.
Kinder Yeung Kin-tat, the beauty consultant at Pure Beauty, said he used male skin-care products first to enable him to give good and knowledgeable advice to customers.
'I tell the clients what I feel after I use the products. It gives more confidence to the customers,' the 25-year-old consultant said.
He also said that men tended to be open-minded to skin-care products such as facial masks, and that they no longer felt shy when explaining their skin problems to consultants.
'All of our skin-care lines have testers and we give a lot of samples to customers so they can try the different products,' Ms Norrman said.
Keeping the skin-care steps simple is also important to promote male skin-care products.
Ms Yim from Biotherm said men were looking for much simpler skin-care steps than their female counterparts.
They also preferred a lighter texture.
'Men need more education on basic skin-care steps, while women need more in-depth service from our beauty adviser,' she said.
Local retailers are confident in the industry's growing popularity.
Margaret Leung, the president of Clarins, predicted that the industry would continue to gather steam.
'The market will grow in double digits per annum in the coming five to eight years.
'More brands will appear and they will get more competitive,' she said.
Ms Norrman from Watsons was equally confident.
'With a more comprehensive range of products to be introduced in 2006, we foresee a 40 per cent sales increase,' she said. Local skin-care product retailers said they would hire more staff, such as beauty consultants and skin therapists, to cope with the fast-growing industry.
Mence, which sells skin-care products as well as providing a skin-care and body toning service, said it would hire 100 staff to cope with a planned business expansion.
Mence Tsoi Man-sze, chief executive of Mence, said there were good monetary opportunities. 'The basic salary is about HK$5,000. However, the commissions can range from HK$10,000 to HK$30,000.'


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Billionaire Ryan Cohen, GameStop’s Largest Individual Investor, Takes Over at Video Game Retailer
ByThe Associated Press
September 28, 2023, 7:45 a.m.
Billionaire Ryan Cohen, GameStop’s largest individual investor, is taking over as CEO of the video game retailer.
Cohen is already chairman of the board and the company’s largest individual investor. GameStop said in a statement that Cohen will not receive any compensation for his roles as chairman, CEO and president.
The CEO position at GameStop, which has become one of the best-known meme stocks for creating a frenzy among retail traders on Wall Street, has become a revolving door with the company trying to survive as technology disrupts the gaming industry.
In June, the company fired CEO Matthew Furlong, the former Amazon executive who was brought in two years ago to turn around the struggling video game retailer.
Shares of Gamestop Corp. rose 7% Thursday before the opening bell.
Cohen’s holding company, RC Ventures, is the largest investor in GameStop, owning about 12% of the stake. Cohen co-founded Chewy, the online pet supplies company, and had hoped to modernize GameStop, founded in 1984.
Cohen began acquiring large stakes in GameStop at a time when the company was being shaken by new technology. Gamers no longer needed GameStop because they downloaded games rather than buying digital discs.
The stock story of GameStop is so intriguing that a movie was created about it, called “Dumb Money.” The company’s shares took off two years ago after a group of investors with smaller pockets helped send its shares up 1,000% in two weeks.


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LAS VEGAS — The Automotive Specialty Products Alliance (ASPA) will be hosting its third annual luncheon at AAPEX on Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 12 p.m. in the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. The event, entitled, “A New View on Marketing Automotive Specialty Products,” will include a panel of representatives featuring: Scott Dodson of Pep Boys; Glenn Lambert of Strauss Discount Auto; and Bill Maggs of Pronto Auto Parts. The representatives will discuss various strategies to increase sales of automotive chemicals and promote growth within this automotive products category.
Last year’s luncheon drew more than 100 participants and was viewed as a must-attend event for companies with products in the automotive appearance and automotive chemicals market. Register early for $50 and avoid the $15 late fee. Tickets are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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TAG Today - October 2022
- 2022 State of the Fight Briefing
- 2022 TAG/BSI Brand Safety Survey: The News Is Good When It Comes to Brand Safety in Journalism
- TAG on the Dais
- TAG In The News
- One More Thing
TAG Convenes Industry Leaders at Seventh Annual “State of the Fight” Briefing
On October 19, TAG held its seventh annual “State of the Fight” briefing in New York City. Building on the success of the 2021 event, TAG brought together a range of industry leaders to discuss some of the top fraud, malware, transparency, and brand safety challenges facing the industry, while updating attendees on the progress made by TAG over the last year and plans for 2023 and beyond.
Expert-led panels at TAG’s 2022 “State of the Fight” included:
- Are Criminals the Smartest People in Advertising? with Clare Meehan from Amazon Advertising, Jerome Dangu from Confiant, Lyndsay Superczysnki-Matthies from Yahoo, and Mike Lyden from TAG;
- The Brand Safety Forecast - with Amy Good from Spark Foundry and Louis Jones from the Brand Safety Institute;
- A Case in Trust – with TAG CEO Mike Zaneis and Tom Triscari from Fiducia;
- It Takes a Community to Fight Fraud - with Deva Bronson from Dentsu and Rob Rasko from The 614 Group;
- The Secret Weapon in Combatting Ad-Supported Piracy - with Abe Farraj from NBC Universal and Nick Stringer from TAG; and
- The Inconvenient Truth: How Fraud, Piracy, and Malvertising Collide – with Alex Groysman from Spectrum Reach, Scott Cunningham from Cunningham.tech, and Rachel Nyswander Thomas from TAG.
TAG team members also walked attendees through the 2023 recertification process, including a timeline of upcoming dates in the process. Notable existing requirements and changes for each of TAG’s seal programs for the 2023 recertification requirements were also highlighted. If you have any questions about your company’s recertification deadlines or requirements, please contact email@example.com.
2022 TAG/BSI Brand Safety Survey: The News Is Good When It Comes to Brand Safety in Journalism
According to a new survey conducted among 1,110 US respondents by TAG and the Brand Safety Institute, consumers broadly believe that all news content is appropriate for ads.
Only one in four respondents said any specific news topic should be off-limits to ads, while nearly half (46 percent) said all high-quality journalism should be appropriate for ads. Reinforcing those findings, respondents said by an overwhelming margin (69 percent to 31 percent) that ad funding for coverage of the Ukraine war was more important than the risk of ads appearing near violent content about the war.
Commenting on the findings, TAG CEO Mike Zaneis said, “It looks like the answer to ‘What is brand-safe journalism?’ may be ‘All of it,’ Consumers clearly see the value to high-quality, ad-supported journalism, and they prioritize funding for those news-gathering operations over any risk of ad misplacement with sensitive or controversial news-related content. This is good news for both advertisers and publishers, who can protect ad-funded journalism and the large audiences who follow it, while turning their attention to more complex brand suitability issues around the types of content that are most appropriate for their brands.”
When asked about specific topics, only small minorities of respondents said news coverage of those subjects should not be supported by ads, such as news about the war in Ukraine (19 percent), COVID-19 (19 percent), riots/civil unrest (22 percent), police brutality (22 percent), drug abuse/overdoses (23 percent), LGBTQ+ issues (23 percent), abortion (23 percent), school shootings (25 percent), controversial politicians (26 percent), or murder/violent crime (27 percent).
By contrast, far larger percentages of respondents said nine other types of non-news content should be blocked by advertisers. Those “noxious nine” topics, which align with equivalent categories in the GARM Brand Safety Suitability Framework, are:
- Sexually-explicit or pornographic content (70 percent said block nearby ads)
- Hate speech or racist content (70 percent)
- Unsafe or hacked websites (68 percent)
- Illegal drug-related content (65 percent)
- Terrorism-related content (59 percent)
- Content about violence, injury, or death (53 percent)
- Stolen/pirated movies or TV shows (48 percent)
- Profanity or obscene language (48 percent)
- Gun and ammunition-related content (46 percent)
“Brand safety issues are complicated and often involve a spectrum of shades of gray, which is why education of key stakeholders across the industry is so important,” said Neal Thurman, co-founder of BSI. “This survey highlights the nuanced perspective that consumers are developing around brand safety and suitability topics, and the findings can help inform the decisions that brands, publishers, and other stakeholders are making, as they work to protect their brands, ad campaigns, and customers from unsafe and inappropriate content.”
Among other findings of the survey:
- Consumers believe that brand unsafe content is pervasive online, with respondents saying they believe roughly half (51 percent) of all online content is dangerous, offensive, or inappropriate
- More than three-quarters (76 percent) said the U.S. had the biggest problem with dangerous, offensive, or inappropriate content online versus just 11 percent for the U.K./Europe and 13 percent for the Asia-Pacific region
- A large majority of respondents (85 percent) said hate speech has increased online over the last year, including 45 percent saying it increased "a great deal"
- An overwhelming majority (88 percent) said it is very or somewhat important that advertisers ensure their ads are not placed near brand unsafe content
- A similarly large group of respondents (88 percent) said they would feel more positive about a company that required its partners to be independently certified for brand safety
- Respondents felt the responsibility for brand safety should be shared across participants in the ad ecosystem, including advertisers (60 percent), ad agencies (58 percent), tech providers (48 percent), and publishers (59 percent)
This is the fourth consumer survey conducted by TAG and BSI on brand safety topics, following a survey conducted of U.K. consumers in 2022 and the last survey conducted of US consumers in 2020. The full results of the 2022 TAG/BSI Consumer Brand Safety Survey can be found here.
TAG on the Dais: IAB Hong Kong
TAG’s Nick Stringer hosted a panel at the IAB Hong Kong event “Protect Your Brand in Today’s Digital World.” The panel also served as a soft launch of TAG’s standards in the Hong Kong market, following the announcement of the IAB HK partnership last year. The full panel (in Cantonese) can be viewed here.
TAG IN THE NEWS
From “Premion Gets Brand Safety Seal from Trustworthy Accountability Group” in Broadcasting & Cable:
“Our TAG Brand Safety Certified Program serves the digital advertising supply chain by providing transparency, choice and control for buyers, enabling them to buy advertising inventory with confidence and creating a brand safety framework that increases the value of certified sellers' inventory,” TAG CEO Mike Zaneis said. “We commend Premion for its commitment to building a safe and trustworthy supply chain by adopting the industry’s best practices for brand safety and ad fraud protection.”
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Users who have a stake in MeetUp are privy to the fact that it’s owned by the currently discredited and struggling WeWork, so when the platform started testing a new revenue model in which it charged users $2 to RSVP to certain events (even free ones), people assumed it was a shortsighted way to pad the pockets of its cash-strapped parent company, and they weren’t happy about it.
1. Users made their plans to abandon the site clear on Twitter.
“To be 100% clear: the freeCodeCamp.org community is still hard at work on an open source alternative to Meetup, and we are making steady progress.”
For now, I’m calling it “MeetingPlace”, and have put up a super simple landing page up here: http://meetingplace.io
Enter your email there to get updates, and to share the features you’d need to switch your group away from meetup.
MeetUp responded quickly to say they were only testing this model on a small number of events, but tech and business news outlets picked up the story, and it’s not a good look for the brand.
Whether this actually hurts MeetUp in the long run remains to be seen, but it seems to have made them vulnerable.
Why it’s hot: Between offering ad-supported, fremium, and subscription services, platform-based tech companies must navigate a tenuous relationship with users when extracting money from them.
This negotiation with the public happens within a consumer culture that increasingly requires business transparency and imposes a collectively agreed-upon level of “fairness”.
Companies that violate this perceived fairness, or don’t offer a (perceived) commensurate level of value in return are liable to find themselves on thin ice.


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Target retail chain works to design and produce innovative products that make their customers loyal to the brand. CBS News correspondent Don Dahler got an exclusive look at how Target focuses on growing its customer base.
Federal officials are calling for stricter guidelines to prevent intoxicated drivers from getting behind the wheel. More than 10,000 people were killed in drunken driving accidents last year, nearly a 5 percent increase from the previous year.
More states are legalizing medical marijuana but Dr. Margaret Haney, director of the Marijuana Research Laboratory at Columbia University, tells CBS News’ Kera Rennert that scientific evidence for the drug’s medical benefits is lacking.