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Most of us expect about 90 percent of our charitable contributions to go toward funding any charitable cause to which we give.
How do you feel about the NFL donating only 8 percent of Pink gear sales toward cancer research?
This is one of those big stories that got lost in the giant news vacuum of the failed Obamacare website and subsequent “800” number crash.
It’s also a big story that could reverse favorable American opinions of the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodall.
Business Insider reports only about 8 percent of sales from the popular pink NFL merchandise goes toward cancer research. They break down distribution of the money from sales this way: 50 percent goes to the retailer, 37.5 percent to the manufacturer, 8.1 percent to the American Cancer Society for research, 3.24 percent to the administration at the Society and 1.25 percent to the NFL.
Here’s something else to consider: the “retailer” who gets 50 percent is most often the NFL itself and NFL teams.
ESPN’s Darren Rovell jumped all over this, writing that the league “takes a 25 percent royalty from the wholesale price (1/2 retail), donates 90 percent of royalty to American Cancer Society.”
Business Insider does quote the NFL website that states any money the league makes that is not donated to the American Cancer Society goes directly toward covering the costs of the Breast Cancer Awareness program.
That sounds good, but it doesn’t explain some more troubling aspects of the way money is shifted around and how little actually goes to cancer research.
Most of the pink NFL merchandise is reportedly sold through the league’s online store, individual teams and at the stadiums. That makes the NFL and individual teams the retailer. As noted by Business Insider, retailers get 50 percent.
If the league is giving all that money to Breast Cancer Awareness, that sounds great.
However, consider these numbers from Darren Rovell: “On pink gear, the NFL says it takes a 25 percent royalty from the wholesale price (1/2 retail), donates 90 percent of royalty to American Cancer Society.”
“In other words,” writes Business Insider’s Cork Gaines, “for every $100 in pink merchandise sold, $12.50 goes to the NFL. Of that, $11.25 goes to the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the NFL keeps the rest.”
“The remaining money is then divided up by the company that makes the merchandise (37.5 percent) and the company that sells the merchandise (50.0%), which is often the NFL and the individual teams.”
Considering only 71 percent of ACS money goes to research and cancer programs, that’s how they get to the 8 percent number of your purchases actually going to cancer research and programs.
The real outrage is the big profits for the NFL and small amount that goes to their broken promise of fighting breast cancer.
How many women in pink NFL gear are now regretting their purchase when they learn only 8 percent of the money they or their generous gift-giver spent goes to cancer research?
From a purely business marketing perspective, the NFL used the emotional attraction of pretending to care about cancer survivors and victims to attract and maintain female fans and got caught profiting from the pain of millions of Americans.
From a human perspective, there’s something especially sleazy about pimping such a heart-wrenching pain as Mom’s cancer for financial gain.
There is sure to be a lot of buyers’ remorse around the flat screens this weekend.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodall needs to do what too few so-called “leaders” do anymore. He needs to publicly apologize to the fans, breast cancer survivors and the families of those who have lost Moms, Daughters, Sisters, Aunts, Grandmothers and Wives to cancer.
Then he needs to dig in and donate 100 percent of every penny used to purchase pink NFL gear during the month of October to cancer research.
Only then can you and I trust the NFL to be honorable with any other charitable venture.


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New Delhi Gold's two-week winning run proceeded, as its prices surged Rs. 245 to a three-month high of Rs. 27,425 per 10 grams at the bullion market, driven by a firming worldwide pattern and substantial purchasing by jewelers to take care of wedding season demand.
Silver additionally picked up Rs. 100 to Rs. 36,600 per kg, because of expanded offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Bullion merchants said other than a firming pattern abroad where gold recorded its greatest rally in seven months, energetic purchasing by diamond setters to take care of rising regular demand primarily lifted gold prices, to right around a three-month high.
All around, gold in New York, which regularly sets value pattern on the residential front, increased 0.6 for every penny to USD 1,159.60 an ounce in yesterday's trade. Prices aroused 4.2 for every penny this week, the most since January 16. Decreases crosswise over worldwide value markets prodded interest for the yellow metal as a place of refuge.
Moreover, a deteriorating rupee against the dollar, making imports extravagant, likewise upheld the upward development in gold prices, they said. In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent virtue surged Rs. 245 each to Rs. 27,425 and Rs. 27,275 for every 10 grams, individually, a level keep going seen on May 26.
The valuable metal had picked up Rs. 2,200 in past 12 days. The sovereign, on the other hand, held relentless at Rs. 22,600 for every bit of eight grams. Silver promptly rose further by Rs. 100 to Rs. 36,600 per kg and week after week based conveyance by Rs. 15 to Rs. 36,200 per kg.
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Report on high Australian IT prices set for releasePUBLISHED: 06 Jul 2013 00:31:11 | UPDATED: 06 Jul 2013 02:33:28PUBLISHED: 05 Jul 2013 PRINT EDITION: 06 Jul 2013
The parliamentary committee has targeted the likes of Apple, Microsoft and Adobe to answer questions on why Australians often pay more for devices and software than the United States and elsewhere. Photo: Glenn Hunt
A long-awaited report on the Australian pricing practices of information technology companies is set to be released before the federal election, as concerns over the global practices of Apple, Adobe and others mount.
It is believed the parliamentary committee’s report, which inquires into price discrepancies on computers and other technology products in Australia and globally, will be tabled and publicly released before September 14.
Committee chairman and Labor MP Nick Champion would not deny the report’s imminent release. “I can confirm we’re deliberating,” he said.
The parliamentary committee, for which there were more than 133 public submissions, has targeted the likes of Apple, Microsoft and Adobe to answer questions on why Australians often pay more for devices and software than the United States and elsewhere.
But Labor MP Ed Husic said the companies had failed to provide sufficient evidence. “What they’re doing is ignoring calls by consumers for fairer pricing, charging what they want, and this has been potentially counter-productive, because I constantly get the view put to me that these pricing approaches are encouraging a less dim view of piracy,” he said.
A letter sent by the committee to Apple seeking clarification on evidence given during a March public hearing, went unanswered, according to committee members.
“It’s up to the future government to respond to both the report, but also the expectation in broader business and general community to get something done on these pricing approaches,” Mr Husic said.
The report comes as taxation commissioner Chris Jordan steps up his warnings on company profit-shifting, believed to be used by many of the same companies under the IT pricing inquiry to minimise tax paid in Australia.
One measure believed to be under consideration by IT pricing committee members is whether to clarify the legality of whether Australian consumers can bypass online restrictions on overseas services such as Netflix.
Though bypassing what are known as “geoblocks” is not technically illegal, it often breaks the terms of service of a website or company’s service.
“I personally think geoblocking is tantamount to protectionism, it stifles competition and I’m yet to be convinced that it’s an IP protection,” Mr Husic said. “The report will make its own views on geoblocking but I think there is a debate to be had about ending it.”
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Visto Sues Microsoft
By CINDY WAXER
Just a day after Visto announced a deal to license mobile e-mail technology from NTP Inc., the mobile e-mail developer has taken legal action against Microsoft for allegedly infringing upon multiple patents Visto holds regarding proprietary technology that provides consumers with mobile access to their e-mail and data.
Visto claims Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 infringes on three of its patents that provide users with access to corporate e-mail servers on their mobile devices. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, asks the court for a permanent injunction that would prohibit Microsoft from using the technology, as well as monetary damages.
"Microsoft has a long and well-documented history of acquiring the technology of others, branding it as their own, and entering new markets," said Brian A. Bogosian, Visto’s chairman, CEO and president.
The lawsuit against Microsoft comes a day after Visto announced signing a licensing agreement with patent holding company NTP Inc., which successfully sued Canadian company Research In Motion, for violating its patents. NTP is currently seeking a court injunction to shut down the BlackBerry e-mail service in the United States, after a federal judge rejected a $450 million settlement reached earlier in the year between RIM and NTP.
At stake for RIM is a $14 billion market valuation, 20 years’ worth of product development and the freedom to sell its iconic devices in the United States. For nearly four years, RIM has been in the crosshairs of the patent infringement lawsuit that, in the first quarter of 2005 alone, cost the company US $4.5 million in legal fees.
Such patent rows are prompting many vendors to hedge their bets. Good Technology recently reached a patent-licensing agreement with NTP. In turn, NTP agreed to invest an undisclosed amount in the Sunnyvale, California-based wireless email software maker and young RIM rival. And Finland’s Nokia, a mobile phone maker behemoth, recently obtained a licensing agreement from NTP for use of five patents.
Cindy Waxer is a Toronto-based freelance journalist specializing in business and technology. She has written for publications including TIME, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0, Computerworld, Canadian Business, and Workforce Management. To see more of her articles, please visit Cindy Waxer’s columnist page.


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When online directory provider Yellow.ca launched during the dot-com boom, consultants advised the founders to choose best-of-breed hardware and commercial software. So the Markham, Ont., firm installed Oracle Corp. database software running on Sun Microsystems Inc. servers. “Everybody was under the impression that you’ve got to buy the best brand to be a dot-com company,” says Dariush Zomorrodi, Yellow’s vice-president of new media.
As Yellow.ca grew, Zomorrodi says, it became apparent that scaling its application on Oracle wasn’t going to be economical. Licence fees for the server clusters the company needed were too high. So Yellow.ca looked for an alternative and was soon drawn to open source database software. The IT team examined two open source alternatives, PostgreSQL and MySQL. Either could have worked, Zomorrodi says, but “we found that MySQL had a larger user base and the online community was more active, so we thought it was a better one to go for in terms of support.”
Three years later, Zomorrodi doesn’t regret that decision. MySQL’s limitations on clustered servers forced some compromises at first, he says, but the latest version solves those problems. “I would say now I don’t have anything to complain about.”
Running a business on an open source database may seem daring, but it’s not as unusual as you might think. While the Linux operating system gets the lion’s share of attention, there is plenty of other open source software, some competing with major names such as Oracle and SAP. One of its key advantages is cost.
Darcy Buskermolen, a British Columbia-based consultant at PostgreSQL support provider Command Prompt Inc. of Cascade Locks, Ore., first got involved with PostgreSQL in a previous job. “We required a very feature-rich database, but the nature of what we were doing didn’t lend itself at that time to having to pay for the Oracle licensing model,” says Buskermolen. Meanwhile Microsoft’s SQL Server would not do what Buskermolen wanted. His previous employer chose PostgreSQL, considering it more powerful than MySQL.
Many organizations from small businesses to large corporations are running Linux on servers, and Linux systems power major businesses such as Google Inc., Continental Airlines Inc. and Sabre Holdings Corp. International Data Corp. predicts that a quarter of all computer servers shipping in 2008 will run Linux.
Linux’s popularity is nothing compared to the impact of open source software that helps operate the Web. The open source Apache Web server has about 60 per cent market share, according to the November 2006 Web Server Survey from Netcraft Ltd., a Bath, U.K.-based Internet services company – though it has lost some ground to Microsoft in recent months. The open source BIND software has a similarly commanding share of the Domain Name Server (DNS) market.
From that base, open source is pushing up the software stack, into database, development tools and even enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM).
“We’re seeing many, many customers start with Linux,” says Zack Urlocker, executive vice-president of products at MySQL, “and then once they’re familiar with it, 80 per cent want to have an open source database.”
Particularly among those developing Web-based applications and services, the LAMP stack is a popular buzzword today. LAMP is an acronym referring to building Web-based systems with Linux, the Apache Web-server software, MySQL and one of three open source programming languages – PHP, Perl or Python.
A strong hold
The LAMP stack runs well on commodity hardware based on Intel Corp. or Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processors, and is replacing proprietary software stacks among startup technology companies, Urlocker says.
Many companies adopting the LAMP stack are startups, but they aren’t all small. Some examples, Urlocker says, include YouTube, recently acquired by Google Inc. for US$1.6 billion, and FaceBook, a popular social-networking site.
“I think the transition is fairly broad-based,” says Chander Kant, founder and chief executive of Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Zmanda Inc., a supplier of open source backup and recovery software. While multi-year licences and the sheer complexity of switching give proprietary database vendors a strong hold on many customers, Kant says, there is no technical reason the LAMP stack can’t serve most needs.
Toronto-based Insurance Systems Inc. develops software for insurance companies. Its products work with the big three proprietary databases – Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server - and with PostgreSQL. Michael Hornick, senior vice-president of business development at Insurance Systems, says PostgreSQL can do everything the others can, and better. “We work with a number of them,” he says, “but personally I prefer Postgres, it’s easiest to use, fast, simple and works well.”
But even their proponents admit open source alternatives are not yet playing a significant role in the largest and most mission-critical database applications. Major credit card issuers use commercial software like Oracle Corp.’s Oracle or IBM’s DB2 to process transactions, Urlocker says, and “I don’t think we would be credible there for a while.”
Nor are small businesses with limited technology know-how flocking to open source, says George Goodall, analyst at London, Ont.-based Info-Tech Research. They are mostly Microsoft shops. Open source database and development tools are more popular among larger financial and insurance businesses, Goodall says. “Those are the places where people have dedicated IT departments. They tend to be fairly advanced.”
These companies are interested in open source software not so much as a way of saving money but because, unlike commercial database, ERP and CRM tools, it gives them the freedom to tweak the code to do what they want.
ERP and CRM, the nervous systems of big corporations, might seem like the natural last bastion of big commercial software vendors. Not so, says Andre Boisvert, chairman of ComPiere, Inc., the Santa Clara, Calif., company behind ComPiere open source ERP and CRM software. “It would be absolutely foolish for me to say I’m knocking out Oracle and SAP big-time,” Boisvert says. Businesses that have those systems are mostly happy with them and sticking with them, he says, but open source alternatives like ComPiere and OpenForBusiness are catching on among smaller companies that need to replace older, proprietary software and in emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India and China.
Goodall says open source ERP and CRM products are finding footholds in large corporations, but rarely at the heart of the organization. Most often, he says, a large company that uses a market-leading ERP system like SAP at headquarters will install an open source product in an overseas branch plant to avoid the cost of extending SAP to that facility, and use the open source software to feed data to the central SAP installation.


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HTC First getting discontinued, source says
After barely a month into its release, the HTC First is set to become discontinued, or so says a source close to BGR. The phone, which already dropped from $99 to $.99 last week, has reportedly sold somewhere south of 15,000 units. Blame AT&T, Facebook, or HTC… whoever ya want, this thing is a sinking ship.
Our source at AT&T has confirmed that the HTC First, which is the first smartphone to ship with Facebook Home pre-installed, will soon be discontinued and unsold inventory will be returned to HTC.
According to insiders, AT&T reps are not fans of the device and are instead pushing other products like the Samsung Galaxy S4, iPhone 5, and HTC One. And, really, the blame probably falls mostly at Facebook’s feet for thinking people want to buy a phone around “more” Facebook.
AT&T’s official stance, however, is that the $.99 price is a promotion and that no future plans have been made in regards to the HTC First.
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CD Projekt RED has officially confirmed a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel is in development.
Today CD Projekt announced its new company strategy roadmap that outlines games in production and development, including a new Cyberpunk game. The game is called Project Orion, and will be developed by the core CD Projekt RED dev team. From the sound of it, the developer isn't going to make the same mistakes that it did with Cyberpunk 2077's original 2020 release.
Project Orion is described as a "Cyberpunk 2077 sequel that will prove the full power and potential of the Cyberpunk universe."
"Orion is a codename for our next Cyberpunk game, which will take the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe," the studio said on Twitter.
It is highly like that multiplayer will be built into Project Orion on a base level. CD Projekt outlines that it will add multiplayer aspects into its games to "enrich the singleplayer experience." CD Projekt has also been coy on whether or not the planned AAA standalone multiplayer release of Cyberpunk 2077 has been cancelled or not, but now it looks like these plans will manifest in Project Orion.
CD Projekt recently made a big pivot to Unreal Engine 5 and has retired its proprietary RED engine. Cyberpunk 2077 and the planned multiplayer game were originally being developed in the RED engine, but the project may have been moved to UE5 as part of Project Orion.
Here's what CDPR said in April:
"Following the decision to change the underlying game engine and conclusion of a licensing and partnership agreement with Epic Games International, the Company gained access to multiplayer solutions available in Unreal Engine 4 and 5, as a result of which it abandoned further R&D work on adding multiplayer elements to REDEngine."


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Centre Partners-Connors Bros. Deal Finalized
Centre Partners announced yesterday that it completed its acquisition of Connors Bros. Income Fund, producer of Bumble Bee canned tuna, for about $600 million.
The deal was originally announced in late September. Connors Bros.' senior management team will own a significant stake in the Toronto-based shelf-stable seafood company and continue to serve in the same executive capacity.
The New York private equity firm's relationship with the senior management team dates to May 2003, when it purchased Bumble Bee Foods from ConAgra Foods. Bumble Bee merged with Connors Bros. in April 2004.
"I am very pleased to be partnering with Centre for a second time. Their financial support and expertise should enable us to accelerate our growth plans for the business while allowing us to maintain our focus on providing the highest quality product while being the low-cost operator," says Connors Bros. CEO Chris Lischewski. "This transaction is a clear endorsement of the strength of our dedicated management team and the strength of our consumer brands."
"We continue to believe there is significant growth for seafood and, in these uncertain economic times, canned seafood in particular," says Scott Perekslis, senior partner at Centre Partners. "The company has a number of exciting growth initiatives, which we believe will significantly improve its market-leading positions in both the United States and Canada. We look forward to supporting Chris and the team as they expand their business further."
In addition to Bumble Bee, Connors Bros.' brands include Clover Leaf, Brunswick, Beach Cliff and Snow's. It also owns the Sweet Sue canned chicken brand. In mid-September, Connors Bros. unloaded its Castleberry's canned red meat business to Aunt Kitty's Foods, a subsidiary of Hanover Foods of Hanover, Pa.


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500 milligram versions of Cubicin (daptomycin for injection) are being recalled by the Lexington, Massachusetts-based Cubist Pharmaceuticals due to concerns about the possibility of particulate matter within the injections. If a patient is exposed to some type of glass particulate, they could suffer from such things as an embolism, phlebitis, granulomas, and more. A supplier manufacturing problem is thought to be the cause of the particulate formation. No issues have come to light at this time, but those with the four affected lots in question are being asked not to administer the products. Instead, Cubist can be contacted for instructions on how to bring back the injections.
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Manufacturers call for a Made-in-Canada promotion campaign, further leveraging of government procurement and infrastructure spending, and a national manufacturing strategy.
OTTAWA (June 22, 2020) – CME released today “Manufacturing our Future” a three-phased strategy to relaunch Canada’s manufacturing industry and create long-term economic prosperity for all Canadians.
Canada’s 90,000 manufacturers generate over 10 per cent of GDP, nearly two-thirds of merchandise exports, and 1.7 million jobs. “The manufacturing sector has the capacity to drive the Canadian economic recovery,” said Dennis Darby, President & CEO of CME. “CME developed a three-phase roadmap: respond, recover, and prosper, that will enable government to leverage manufacturing as part of their economic recovery plan.”
Unfortunately, despite many businesses ramping up or shifting production in response to the crisis, the majority of manufacturers report that their rate of output has fallen below normal since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and expect it will remain below normal for the next 3-6 months, mostly due to a drop in demand. “The crisis is far from over and to be able to lead the recovery, manufacturers need the government to take bold action and create the right business conditions. The three-phase plan includes 9 actions including the continuation and expansion of government emergency support programs, critical to the success of the industry. Additionally, a Made-in-Canada promotion campaign would spur demand for Canadian products and help consumers make purchasing decisions that will support the domestic industry. Governments can also play a role in boosting demand for Canadian products by leveraging procurement and increasing infrastructure spending. But most importantly is the creation of a national manufacturing strategy to support Canada’s tremendous industrial potential.
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Research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has published its latest estimates for Amazon Prime membership in the US. The company claims, based on its consumer surveys, that Amazon ended June 2022 with 172 million Prime members in the US.
That sounds impressive: around two thirds of the adult population. However, CIRP pointed out that this figure had remained flat over the first six months of the year “after years of steady and even explosive growth”. Bloomberg suggested that a rise in the price of Prime monthly and annual memberships in February may be one of the key factors.
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Things may be looking up for New Jersey craft brewers later this year if legislation regarding the sale and promotion of craft beer in the Garden State is passed.
Bill S-641 developed by the Garden State Craft Brewers Guild would change the laws for companies by allowing those with brewpub licenses to open at more than two locations and distribute beer wholesale. The bill would also allow production breweries to sell beer on brewery tours and brewers to conduct informational sessions off site.
On Monday the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing to vote whether or not to push the bill forward. A final vote of the entire legislature could pass the bill into law before lawmakers convene for summer recess.
In the past year, many craft brewers who favor local ingredients have opened up shop in South Jersey. Recently, brewers showcased their beers at Atlantic City’s Beer Fest in March. In promoting this legislation, the Guild sites tourism and job creation.
Guild Treasurer and Flying Fish brewer Gene Muller said that the opening of an Iron Hill Brewpub creates about 100 jobs. Muller says New Jersey only ranks 32nd in the amount of craft beer brewed in the state, behind states with a smaller population, such as New Mexico and New Hampshire.
Muller also points to the tourism initiative in Virginia, “Virginia is for Beer Lovers,” which invites visitors to enjoy the state’s craft brews.
“This is a growing industry,” said Muller, whose name appears on an online call to consumers to contact members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee to voice support for S-641. The Guild believes that this legislation will give consumers better access to beer they love.
As for the outcome of Monday’s vote, Muller is optimistic because of strong bipartisan support.
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If past editions of Natural Products Expo West highlighted the potential for kombucha to become a mainstream beverage category, this year’s show seemed to confirm that its moment has arrived. Kombucha brands at Expo West 2019 showed a growing willingness to explore different formats and flavors that can help them introduce the drinking experience to new consumers and into new use occasions. Meanwhile, though the category is still trailing kombucha in terms of household penetration, drinking vinegar brands have also pursued a similar growth strategy by leveraging the increasing popularity of gut health-focused drinks and functional beverages in general.
In this slideshow gallery, we highlight some of the notable new kombucha and drinking vinegar products and brand redesigns as seen at Expo West 2019, including shelf-stable cans from Revive, a new look for Better Booch, and Odwalla’s hybrid “Smoobucha.”
Revive introduced a new line of pasteurized, shelf-stable "sparkling kombuchas" in cans at Expo West. Designed as a lighter, lower calorie complement to its raw kombucha line, the new product was sampled in four flavors: Cherry Hibiscus, Citrus Ginger, Mango Orange and Strawberry Lemon.
Along with the release of a new flavor -- the decaffeinated, nootropic-powered Lion’s Root -- Colorado-based Rowdy Mermaid unveiled new 12 oz. can packaging for select varieties of kombucha that will appear on store shelves this summer.
Los Angeles-based craft kombucha brewery Better Booch shared a look at its new branding and updated design across its glass bottle and canned products.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
The Portland, Ore.-based kombucha maker unveiled its newest seasonal release, Power Flower, which is flavored with orange and hibiscus. The product will be available this summer in 14 oz. glass bottles.
Launching this April at Whole Foods stores, KeVita's new Exotic Greens flavor contains spirulina, kale and spinach along with starfruit and yumberry. The product will retail for a suggest price of $3.29.
California-based Clearly Kombucha, which was acquired by beer conglomerate Molson-Coors last June, brought its rebranded and redesigned line of kombucha in 14 oz. glass bottles to Expo West.
Dubbed “Smoobucha,” Odwalla’s newest product combines pasteurized kombucha with fruit juices and purees from concentrate. Each flavor -- Citrus & Guava, Berry & Ginger and Apple & Greens -- contains 140 calories per 15.2 oz. bottle. The line is available now across major retailers including Kroger.
Positioning the brand to make inroads with mainstream consumers, Health-Ade debuted six new flavors and new 4-packs of 8 oz. glass bottles at this year’s show.
Leveraging its expertise in formulating products with manuka honey, Wedderspoon used Expo West 2019 to unveil its new line of apple cider vinegar concentrates and drinking vinegars (pictured).
Created by KeVita co-founder Bill Moses, Flying Embers is a recently launched hard kombucha (4.5 percent ABV) sold in 16 oz. cans and available in three flavors: ancient berry, ginger & oak, and lemon orchard.
North Coast Organic
California-based North Coast Organic, which markets a range of apple-based foods and drinks, shared samples of its new drinking apple cider vinegar SKUs, including an apple-pomegranate flavor, an apple-ginger flavor with added probiotics and an unflavored offering with probiotics.
The Maple Guild
As part of its efforts to showcase its organic maple syrup and maple vinegar as versatile beverage ingredients, Vermont-based The Maple Guild shared samples of its new kombucha, water kefir and switchel products in 16 oz. glass bottles.
Jun kombucha maker Wild Tonic showcased the latest addition to its seasonal flavor line of alcoholic (5.6 percent alcohol by volume) kombuchas: Strawberry Blood Orange.


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Google to Launch Music Service to Compete Against iTunes? [Updated]
In a brief note, TechCrunch reports that it has heard from multiple sources that Google is preparing to launch a music service that would appear to compete against Apple's iTunes Store.
Google will soon launch a music service, we've heard from multiple sources, and the company has spent the last several weeks securing content for the launch of the service from the major music labels. One source has referred to the new service as Google Audio.
It is unclear at this time whether the service would offer music downloads or streaming, or perhaps both. TechCrunch will offer more details as they become available.
Update: TechCrunch now reports that it has received an invitation to a media event launching the service scheduled for October 28th. The invitation suggests that Google is partnering with music services Lala and iLike on the project.
MediaMemo provides additional information, noting that the service will reportedly be called "One Box" and will be a search service offering users content previews and directing them to sites where music can be purchased, not a full-fledged iTunes Store competitor.
Sources describe the service, which will be called "One Box" as a refined set of answers for music queries. The idea: Punch in, say, "Madonna", and you'll be presented with one or more songs, which may be partial clips or full-length versions, then guided to other sites where you can purchase the music.


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The Dark mode has been found lurking in the iOS 10 Beta and this might be one of the feature that will pop up in the future betas of the iOS 10. The developer Andrew Wiik shared in his Twitter account screenshots of a darkened Apple's messaging app with the hashtag #darkmodeconfirmed.
The iOS 10 simulator allows developers to easily inject code and find unfinished features within the upcoming operating system.
The Twitter user @MacAficionados replied to the tweet with screenshots of his own, featuring the apps Safari, Alarm, iTunes and iBooks in what appears to be Dark Mode.
Apple unveiled iOS 10 during WWDC 2016 last week.
This makes sense at some level, mostly because next year's iPhone is projected to make the switch from LCD to OLED, and a dark theme would be more appropriate for this new display technology.
Dark Mode won't simply be for aesthetic, it would also help synergize better with OLED screen technology.
"While users love the bright and fresh Apple TV interface, some may prefer a darker background to fit a home theater environment or darker rooms, so now users can select a dark background for Apple TV", a press release stated (via 9to5Mac).
As a result, some people have even suggested that Apple could hold the dark theme back and not release it with iOS 10 in the fall but continue working on it until the 2017 iPhone.
However, there's still the small possibility that the dark theme will make its way to iOS 10. Though Apple did not mention anything about the extra storage space benefit, and instead concentrated on features the new iOS brings, users who have already accessed it have mentioned getting several extra GBs of space on their devices. So unless Pangu is sure that Apple will be releasing iOS 9.3.3 for the public by the end of June, we are not going to see an iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak release on 1st July and this is just a rumor.


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The well known altcoin in the focal point of the conversations lost more than $ 500 million in esteem in no less than 60 minutes, losing in excess of 20% with a solid selling pressure. Is Binance behind the decrease in Altcoin?
FTX Token (FTT), the stock trade badge of the US-based monster cryptographic money trade FTX, has lost 20% in esteem as of now and has fallen underneath $ 20. At the hour of composing, FTT is exchanging at $2.2, down 28.80 percent from the $15.92 it kept as of now with a market capitalization of $15.92 billion. The sharp decrease in the Altcoin came a couple of days after Binance reported that it would sell its FTT tokens, which made the eyes be gone to the digital money trade.
FTX Token Is Liquefying Quickly
The drop made the FTT token lose more than $500 million in esteem soon. Moreover, the market capitalization of the FTX Token has liquefied more than $1 billion over the most recent 4 days. Chinese columnist Colin Wu brought up that there was an enormous exchange of FTX Token (FTT) from Beginning OTC Work area to FTX and expressed that this move could be the wellspring of the decrease in altcoin. He additionally added that Binance isn’t behind the new decrease in the FTT, saying:
The FTT fell sharply by 1 percent in 14 hours, and the LEFT fell by 14 percent in 24 hours. 12 hours ago, 1.9 million FTT ($ 44 million) was transferred from Genesis OTC Desk to FTX, but CZ said that this is not a sale owned by Binance.
Binance announced that it had decided to sell all of the FTX Tokens it held at the end of last week. This development comes after the emergence of the problematic outlook surrounding the balance sheet of FTX and sister company Alameda Research. Binance has reportedly transferred half a billion dollars worth of FTT tokens to its platform. After the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange took action, market experts began to approach FTX and its token with skepticism, suggesting that a new Terra ecosystem-like collapse could occur.
Binance Clarified the FTX Token Event
According to some, Binance’s announcement that it will sell the FTT tokens in its possession is part of its competition with FTX. However, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao contradicted all these claims in a recent statement. Zhao also mentioned the transfer of FTT tokens to Binance, noting that this is part of the liquidation process. However, Binance plans to complete the sale of its FTT tokens in the next few months.
Binance CEO stated that they will try to minimize the market impact of the sale of these FTT tokens, and that they expect it to take several months to complete due to market conditions and limited liquidity. Breaking his silence after all these statements for a while, FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried countered the claims that there are problems in their balance sheets by stating that the company’s balance sheets are without problems and financial audits have been carried out.


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SINGAPORE, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — PureSoftware, a global software products and services major announced its partnership with Databricks, a lakehouse company, excelling in enabling businesses to unify data and AI seamlessly to take data analytics potential to a new level. The Databricks Cloud Platform is designed for organizations that require an integrated view of data across multiple clouds and hybrid deployments, allowing businesses to make better decisions faster.
As a Databricks system integration partner, PureSoftware will combine the platform capabilities of Databricks with its data and AI expertise to create an integrated data ecosystem for both multi-cloud and hybrid cloud business models. The partnership will assist businesses to leverage the best of both worlds – Data lakes and Data warehouses, to simplify structural complexities in data governance, data engineering, data sharing, data streaming, and data science besides managing large-scale data pipelines to access real-time insights.
PureSoftware is a global software products and digital services company that has been driving transformation for the world’s top organizations across multiple verticals, such as banking and financial services, telecom, healthcare, gaming, and entertainment. Arttha, by PureSoftware, is a globally trusted financial technology platform. It helps businesses embrace digital solutions in the areas of consumer and MSME banking, agency/ branchless banking, digital lending, payments, BNPL and merchant management. Arttha5G, by PureSoftware is an ORAN-compliant 5G platform that enables companies to deploy digital RF front-end solutions for enhanced connectivity.
For more information, visit https://puresoftware.com/.


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The Conservative Party today announced plans to sell "toys and other pointless merchandise" in the run up to Christmas. Gregory T Mullet, the hyperactive Chief Marketing Manager for the new "@conservative" brand, told us optimistically, "Ok, so we didn't win the election. So what? We're going to be this year's number one toy instead!"
Among the items going on sale in all second-rate back street toyshops around the country are plastic dolls in the shape of key party figures. Douglas Ramsbottom, our expert toy analyser who has just been released from Belmarsh Prison, predicts that they will be a big hit. "We've had the Spice Girl dolls, the Hear'Say dolls, and even the WWF dolls, but nobody has tried politicians before," he said excitedly. "I think these dolls could reach sell-out status, just like the Teletubbies. I mean let's face it, Duncan Smith does look like a bit of a Teletubbie, doesn't he?" Mr Ramsbottom then left to put his name down on the waiting list for Anne Widdecombe dolls.
Other toys aiming to become popular this Christmas include a board game version of the Channel 5 show "Jailbreak", featuring ex-Tories Jonathan Aitkin and Jeffrey Archer, and Pokemon-like collectors cards for each of the Conservative MPs with the catchy slogan "catch us before we die out completely".
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Fashion sales led a strong first-half performance at department store group John Lewis, with a 19% rise in the six months to August 6..
Menswear and sportswear were the best performers during the half, with strong sales across casualwear, formalwear, accessories and shoes.
John Lewis said womenswear had also seen strong growth in both branded and own-brand clothing, footwear and accessories. Kidswear also performed well.
The department store business as a whole finished the first half 14.9% up on last year.
Managing director Andy Street said: “Those results show us winning market share in each of our buying groups; fashion, home and EHT [electricals and home technology]; an enormous credit to Jill Little in her final season as merchandise director.”
John Lewis said its website and its Bluewater store were the best performers over the six-month period. The website saw a 36% rise and Bluewater was up 25.4%.
The final week of the half year saw a slower increase in sales than recent weeks with an uptick of 5.3% to £52.68m. However, Street pointed out that it was this time last year that business in general began to recover and observed that the two-yearly figure showed a larger gain of 11.2%.
Street added: “Looking ahead, our first half year’s form should give us great confidence for the all-important second half. But we should be realistic in our expectations as we come up against stronger figures from last year. I suspect we won’t finish with another 15 per cent advance, so enjoy this one!”


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Cboe Digital intends to change into the primary U.S.-regulated crypto native trade that may allow each spot and leveraged derivatives buying and selling.
Posted November 14, 2023 at 12:28 am EST.
Cboe Digital, an trade backed by the world’s largest choices trade CBOE World markets and registered with the U.S. Commodities and Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC), plans to introduce margined Bitcoin and Ether futures in January.
In a press release on Monday, Cboe Digital mentioned it intends to change into the primary U.S. regulated crypto native trade and clearinghouse to allow each spot and leveraged derivatives buying and selling on a single platform.
The buying and selling and clearing in Bitcoin and Ether margin futures is about to start on Jan. 11, 2024, with 11 main companies from each the digital asset trade and conventional finance dedicated to supporting the launch from day one. This checklist consists of companies like Soar Buying and selling, Wedbusg and Cumberland DRW.
Margin buying and selling is a characteristic which permits a consumer to borrow cash from a dealer to buy an underlying asset. It’s a significantly profitable approach of buying and selling of institutional gamers, which are in a position to entrance a bigger quantity of capital for a larger revenue incentive and handle dangers.
At a later date, the trade plans to incorporate bodily delivered merchandise, topic to regulatory approval.
CBOE declares leveraged #Bitcoin futures buying and selling is feasible from January.
The chances of a spot Bitcoin ETF are growing.
The bull market is right here.
— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) November 13, 2023
“Our upcoming launch of margin futures represents a major milestone for Cboe Digital, and we’re grateful to have the assist of such a exceptional group of trade companions who share our dedication to constructing trusted and clear crypto markets,” mentioned John Palmer, President of Cboe Digital.
The launch of margin futures on Cboe will add to the trade’s present choices of spot buying and selling for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Money, Ether, Litecoin and USDC.


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If you think Toshiba Thrive was not the coolest android tablet in the market, then wait for the IFA because Toshiba is launching an ultra slim Android powered tablet.
Per a pre-IFA leak, there’s a new tablet coming and it’s every bit as sexy as the Asus Transformer or Samsung Galaxy Tab while packing at least some of the I/O ports found on the Thrive.
The new Toshiba Ultra Slim Android Tablet will have a micro HDMI, micro USB port, and a rather wide MicroSD card slot and the removable battery. Android and Me states that it will have a TI OMAP4460 dual-core 1.5GHz processor with a 10-inch screen.
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Apple’s commitment to making its smartwatch increasingly reliable in the medical and health fields continues. Today the company has donated 1000 Apple Watch for free to the University of North Carolina for a new study on food addiction and bulimia nervosa.
With this study we want to understand what are the biological changes caused by a bad relationship with food, examining both the cases in which you eat too much and also quickly and the cases in which you exceed with exercise in order to eliminate all the calories assimilated with food.
Researchers will use Apple Watch to examine heart rate and detect physical changes in subjects. Thanks to a specifically developed iPhone app, program volunteers will be able to monitor details about the foods they have taken and record any other relevant information. Taking into account that, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, there are about 30 million Americans who suffer from eating disorders and every 62 minutes at least one person dies of this, the gesture of Apple is important and if you succeed in get something concrete, Apple Watch would be enriched with a new function.


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The consultancy will be working to apply the O2 branding created by Lambie Nairn across all the brand’s packaging, as well as delivering a packaging strategy review and looking at structure, graphics and service design; new product development; and design for O2 mobile accessories.
Echo was appointed following a strategic pitch about a year ago, according to Echo managing director Nick Dormon.
Dormon says, ‘Our job is to take the identity and look at how it’s applied across all their packaging. Service businesses are realizing there’s a lot of different touch points they have to communicate their users that they’re not really considering well enough, and that’s quite exciting for us.’
Echo is currently in the process of carrying out a strategic review of all O2 packaging, a project it began at the end of last year.
Dormon says, ‘We have to do a very deep assessment of the packaging they already have and understand how it relates to the consumer and it’s use- it’s about looking at the whole journey. We have to go right back to the beginning – it’s an immense amount of work.’
The first packaging to use Echo’s designs will launch this summer, according to Dormon.


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Consumers Can Sell Vehicles 100% Online with CarGurus Instant Max Cash Offer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CarGurus (Nasdaq: CARG), a leading global online automotive marketplace, today announced CarGurus Instant Max Cash Offer, a new offering powered by CarOffer to help consumers sell their vehicles 100% online and have them picked up at the location of their choice. Starting with a roll out in Florida, Massachusetts and Texas, CarGurus shoppers in those states will now be able to digitally sell their vehicle to interested dealers via CarOffer’s Buying Matrix platform. Unlike many existing offerings to sell your car online, CarGurus Instant Max Cash Offer instantly presents consumers the highest offer available from the thousands of dealerships in the CarGurus/CarOffer network.
This latest offering addresses two of the most prevalent automotive retail trends currently facing the marketplace. First, consumer interest in completing more elements of buying and selling cars online versus in-person has accelerated rapidly. Second, dealerships are hungry to find new and efficient ways to acquire vehicles amid the current industry shortages.
Consumers can sell their vehicle 100% online with CarGurus Instant Max Cash Offer
How it works for consumers:
“We are headed towards a digital world where shoppers and dealers are both buying and selling vehicles online, and CarGurus is in a prime position to help both do so with the technology-first approach that we are known for in the industry,” said Sam Zales, President and Chief Operating Officer at CarGurus. “CarGurus Instant Max Cash Offer will not only let consumers sell their car online from the comfort of their home while securing the top offer from thousands of dealerships, but will also help those dealerships gain a competitive position amid this new digital retail environment and level the playing field with the industry’s largest consumer vehicle retail buyers.”
How it works for dealerships:
“Inventory acquisition is a major priority at Archibald’s and we often look for ways beyond auctions or trade-ins to purchase vehicles, and that includes searching for consumers who may not immediately come to us to buy a car,” said Danny Archibald, Owner of Archibald’s. “CarGurus’ large shopper audience coupled with this latest offering should increase both the quantity and types of inventory coming through our dealership, and we’re excited to see how it can work for our business.”
Dealerships interested in learning more about this program can contact their CarGurus sales representative or email FAQ@cargurus.com. Additionally, dealerships can read more about this latest offering on CarGurus’ Dealer Resource Center.
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A new eco-friendly downtown Orlando luxury apartment midrise is hosting a ribbon cutting on Jan. 29.
New York developer GDC Properties LLC and the city of Orlando will host the ceremony today at the estimated $35.9 million, 246-unit property at 899 N. Orange Ave., on the corner of North Orange and Marks Street. Construction began on the complex in late 2012, as previously reported by Orlando Business Journal. The complex also includes 10,000-square-foot of ground-level retail and restaurant space, a 400-space integrated parking garage and a 15,000-square-foot resort-style interior courtyard.
Here are some cool elements that the new complex features:
- One- and two-bedroom apartment units ranging from 691 to more than 1,400 square feet
- Juliette or walk-out balconies
- Large windows and modern interiors
- Zero-entry pool
- Retail tenants Coffee Culture Café, which will open in the spring, and North Quarter Tavern, set to open in the fall
- 24-hour fitness center with a Yoga/Pilates room
- 200-kilowatt rooftop photovoltaic system to convert sunlight into energy
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Looks as though the newest "Two and a Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher dodged a potentially messy bullet.
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will not be investigating Kutcher in connection with alleged improprieties stemming from his recent guest-editing gig at "Details" magazine. The commission posted the succinct and unambiguous message on their official Twitter page: "“The F.T.C. is not and has no plans to investigate Ashton Kutcher.”
Earlier, Richard Cleland, assistant director of the division of advertising practices at the FTC told The New York Times that Kutcher's recent guest-editing stint raised some eyebrows. It seems that the issue - which touts several up-and-coming tech firms - never contained any mention that Kutcher is an investor in several of these companies.
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“If you’re out there promoting individual products that you have a specific investment in, it needs to be disclosed,” Cleland told the Times. “If you have a significant economic investment that is not otherwise apparent, that may potentially affect the credibility of your endorsement, and I see that as a potential problem.”
Although the FTC hasn't yet questioned Kutcher, Cleland added that an investigation is "certainly a possibility."
Details Editor in Chief Dan Peres argues that Kutcher's involvement was stated in Kutcher's "Editor's Letter," and that the magazine stands behind him.
“If you read Ashton’s editors letter, you’ll see he succeeded in his mission to get people to talk about and even criticize this social issue," says Peres. "I stand by how we communicated Ashton’s involvement with some of the companies included in our coverage and remain extremely proud of the work we did on this project.”
“I can assure you that Ashton is not looking at our 500,000 readers as an opportunity to feather his nest,” he added.
The issue did contain a line saying that Kutcher "puts his money where his mouth is, backing many of the companies he champions here" in the introduction to the piece, titled "The New Titans of Tech."


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Spurs fans seem happy with the reports Nike are to start producing their kit from next season.
Jim Cramer spoke with Phil Knight on Nike’s rise to the top, and how he succeeded in the face of adversity.
Nike has launched the HyperAdapat 1.0 sneaker, which it says is the first "self-lacing" mass-produced shoe of its kind.
Get your sick bags at the ready.
Highest bank - Goldman (at number 9).
Paula Radcliffe has criticised Nike’s decision to award controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin with a new sponsorship deal, describing the decision as not reflecting “the core values of the Nike that I am proud to represent”.
United have recently signed a new £750 million deal with Adidas as their new kit supplier.
United’s new £750million kit deal with Adidas has seen them overtake Madrid as the most valuable football club.
With the official release date just four weeks away, interest in the Gunners' new Puma shirts is peaking.
Arsenal will be sponsored by Puma for the foreseeable future.


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Detroit Grants 37 Cannabis Licenses, 13 Going To Black-Owned Businesses
Five of the licenses have gone to Majority Women-Owned Businesses
Some businesses in Detroit are going up in smoke— in a good way—as the City of Detroit has announced that it has granted cannabis licenses to 37 applicants. Thirteen of those have gone to businesses that are Black majority-owned, five to companies owned by a majority of women, and 21 that are owned by residents of Detroit.
“Just shy of a year ago, the City of Detroit awarded its first round of adult-use limited licenses, which saw a little more than 50% of adult-use limited licenses awarded to Detroit residents who are the majority owners of their businesses,” said City Council President Pro Temp James Tate in a written statement.
“Of those newly licensed business owners in ‘Round One,’ 16 are African American. Today, we continue the progressive expansion of our cannabis industry with the announcement of ‘Round Two’ awardees. Congratulations to all those who persevered through a gauntlet of challenges to get to this point, and I am excited for the future as we continue to provide legitimate opportunities for Detroiters within an industry that previously shut them out.”
The City of Detroit’s Office of Marijuana Ventures and Entrepreneurship (OMVE) has stated that the licenses distributed in this second round went to the businesses that have demonstrated the potential to be successful in this field. This round includes businesses that will become adult-use cannabis retailers, microbusinesses, and designated consumption establishment licenses.
“We congratulate all the successful applicants who have been awarded licenses in Round 2,” said Kim James, director of the Office of Marijuana Ventures and Entrepreneurship. “These individuals and organizations have exhibited remarkable potential and commitment to operate successfully while honoring the City’s diversity and equity goals. We are excited to witness their contributions to the sector and the positive economic impact we expect to see for the City of Detroit. OMVE remains dedicated to facilitating a transparent and fair licensing process, ensuring that all applicants have an equal opportunity to participate in this growing industry. The Office encourages unsuccessful applicants to continue their pursuit of entrepreneurship and stands committed to offering support and guidance for future licensing opportunities.”
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Sony’s announced Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, known as (Q-Force in Europe) for PS3 via PSN.
The new title is described as a “fun-sized Ratchet adventure which will be available for download exclusively on the PlayStation Store.”
“We’ve returned to the series’ classic feel, camera, controls and weapons, while innovating and giving you a whole new way to play,” says Insomniac’s Ted Price on the PS Blog. “Even better, the addition of online features means you can experience Q-Force with your friends.”
Price also mentions that he’ll have “news on the Ratchet & Clank Collection’s release date and a special surprise for North American fans coming in the next couple of weeks.” We’ve no idea what the surprise could be, although given it specifies North America we presume it’s not a Vita version.
Interestingly, even though it’s a store only release in the US, Europe will also receive a disc release.
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PEMBERVILLE, Ohio — A Pemberville general store with a 14-decade history of its own is celebrating a former downtown Toledo store with a special holiday display.
Beeker’s General Store, 226 E. Front St., will exhibit memorabilia from Tiedtke’s Department Store from Dec. 1 to Jan. 6 for the “Holy Toledo, It’s Tiedtke’s” display. Owner Todd Sheets said numerous customers enter his old-time shop and wax nostalgic with memories of the popular Toledo store.
“Our store is 141 years old,” Mr. Sheets said. “When folks walk in, we have the original old wooden floor, and many people rub their feet on the floor and say it brings back memories of Tiedtke’s.”
The Tiedtke's name became part of downtown Toledo in 1894 with a grocery store that offered delivery service to customers. In 1910, Tiedtke's expanded, and opened the flagship store at the corner of Summit and Adams streets. The first floor was devoted to a wide selection of fresh meat, fresh fish, produce, candy, spices, and tobacco. The upper floors showcased housewares, toys, clothing, and shoes.
Tiedtke’s was known for bringing in 2-ton wheels of cheddar at Christmas time, as well as fresh-ground coffee, popcorn, baked goods, freshly ground peanut butter, and flowers.
Tiedtke's fell on hard times following a change to corporate ownership, a shift in what was sold at the store, and a loss of population in the downtown area. The store closed in 1973. The building burned in a massive fire as it was being demolished two years later.
While Mr. Sheets has no memories of his own of Tiedtke’s, he has collected a few pieces of memorabilia over the years.
“Everybody always has a very positive memory of it,” he said. “We thought a display would be fun. Lots of people reminisce about going downtown to Tiedtke’s at Christmas time.”
Area residents have loaned a number of items for the display, including original signage and advertising, hat boxes, pastry boxes and coffee bags, a wedding dress with the original receipt, photos, a nativity set, and a number of written memories to be typed and framed.
“People have been generous thus far,” Mr. Sheets said. “We’ll have probably a 10-foot by 10-foot square area.”
Mr. Sheets will continue to accept loaned items throughout December, and he expects the display will grow and change as more items are added.
To share a memory or loan an item, residents may visit the store, send mail to P.O. Box 273, Pemberville, OH, 43450, email firstname.lastname@example.org, or call 419-287-3274. All items will be cataloged for ownership and returned promptly after the display closes in January.
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QWAQWA- The Department of Tourism and South African Tourism will host the first ever Africa’s Travel and Tourism Summit, which is set to take place from 19th to 21st September 2021, coinciding with Tourism Month in South Africa.
Preparations are already at advance stage in the Free State, with media launch scheduled for August 25-27.
The aim of the tour, according to DESTEA, is to introduce media houses to various tourist attractions in the Free State ahead of Tourism Month.
According to a media statement from South Africa Tourism, Africa’s Travel and Tourism Summit aims to be a catalyst for engagement on the current state of tourism on the African continent. Taking into account challenges facing the global tourism industry, Africa’s Travel and Tourism Summit will, through various engagement sessions, gather the tourism sector to share insights and ideas to explore collaborative efforts that can lead to recovery.
With an array of issues currently facing the sector, Africa’s Travel and Tourism Summit aims to attract African community delegates, African Tourism Ministers, industry Associations, Tourism Boards, Destination Marketing Organisations as well as various partners across the tourism value chain.
Some of the major topics for discussion at the Summit include aviation, innovation, technology, the health and safety protocols currently in place, as well as the continent’s positioning post the COVID-19 pandemic for the African continent.
SA Tourism’s Acting CEO, Sthembiso Dlamini, enthused that the African continent is resilient and that this Summit is important as it will contribute towards picking up the momentum within the sector, as it works towards an inclusive recovery.
“The COVID-19 pandemic may have dealt tourism, both business and leisure tourism, a heavy blow, but we are now in the recovery phase, and a summit of this nature is critical in ensuring that we are aligned as a continent whilst reigniting the tourism industry,” says Dlamini.
The Summit will be hosted in a hybrid format, over a two-day period. Delegates will have the option of attending virtually, or at identified venues across South Africa, or at three additional locations on the rest of the African continent, pending COVID-19 lockdown regulations. All venues will have COVID-19 health and safety protocols in place.
“We have opted for the hybrid format in order for us, as a continent, to lead the way in demonstrating how tourism can be enjoyed safely whilst adhering to health protocols. It is important that we are diligent in reigniting the sector, as it contributes significantly to the African economy,” Dlamini added.
Committed to ongoing transformation and development of the South African tourism industry, Africa’s Travel and Tourism Summit will feature a dedicated day to empower SMMEs in the sector on 19 September 2021, as a precursor to the two-day conference which takes place on 20th and 21st September 2021.
Meanwhile, the Free State head of department of Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DESTEA Dr Mbulelo Nokwequ, says under this year’s theme is ‘Tourism for Inclusive growth’, “DESTEA has chosen Dihlabeng municipality and Maluti-A-Phofung (MAP) as the local municipalities to visit.”
He described the Golden Gate Highlands along with Clarens as the Free State’s biggest tourist attraction during this year’s World Tourism Day.
“We’d like to allow tourists to experience not only the Golden Gate Highlands and Clarens but also tourist attractions found in MAP.”


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The state of the art of Swiss digital corporate communications: When it comes to digital transparency, stakeholders are calling the shots
The 4th edition of the Webranking research, covered exclusively by Swiss business magazine Bilanz, reports on the current state of Swiss digital corporate communications.
The research, conducted by Lundquist in collaboration with Comprend, evaluated 40 Swiss non-listed companies.
You can read the results from the Webranking Switzerland Listed research for 2017 to see how the listed companies compare here.
When it comes to digital transparency, stakeholders are calling the shots
The relationship between businesses and stakeholders has undergone a complete transformation in recent years. Where companies traditionally dictated what information was consumed by stakeholders, it is now the stakeholders themselves that are calling the shots, influencing what information is presented to them through changes in consumer choices.
As evidenced in this year’s Webranking Swiss non-listed research, many Swiss companies have caught onto this and are now communicating more transparently per their stakeholders’ needs. In fact, we’re seeing vast improvements across the board, with 40% of the companies now managing to pass our stress test, up from 28% from last year. The majority of the companies fall between the held back category (37.5%), just meeting the bare minimum, while 22.5% fall short of the threshold, failing the stress test.
When it comes to digital transparency, stakeholders are calling the shots.
Martina Scapin, Webranking Researcher
This year, several companies launched new sites, resulting in a complete overhaul of the podium, with none of the winners from last year returning to the top three, and only Swiss Post (last year’s winner) making it into the top ten. It is therefore no longer sufficient for companies to rest on their laurels, as companies are upping their game and investment in digital is becoming more widespread.
Retail company Coop tops the podium this year, followed by commodities trading company Trafigura in second, and perfumer Firmenich in third.
Three macro trends stood out in the world of corporate digital communications in Switzerland:
Communicating clearly is the cornerstone to corporate transparency on the web. To remain competitive in an increasingly saturated digital landscape, Swiss non-listed companies need to put digital transparency at the heart of their communications strategy.
Although Switzerland is projected to be the first country to achieve full compliance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, digital transparency on sustainability topics has yet to take root among Swiss non-listed companies. The majority of companies do not publish a sustainability report or present information on environmental and social initiatives – a missed opportunity to engage with stakeholders on issues that they deem increasingly important.
In the social and digital era, excessive “noise” and the battle to stand out is a challenge for all companies competing for attention. Online communication, in fact, can no longer ignore the rise of visual communication and the importance of user experience.
How Webranking can help you to improve
The Webranking analysis allows you to define solutions to improve your digital presence, understand digital trends, compare to peers, generate internal engagement, and identify pathways for future improvement.
For further information about the research, to receive the highlights with the score per areas and to order a tailored, interactive report, please contact:
Martina Scapin, firstname.lastname@example.org


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Electronic Arts is banking on free-to-play in a big way. Speaking with Engadget at Gamescom over the weekend, EA COO Peter Moore said the publisher's goal is to let players interact with their franchises no matter where they are, what they're doing, or how much money they have in their pocket.
Moore emphasized EA's existing free-to-play efforts with its most successful franchises, Battlefield and FIFA, but said the company is looking to expand it well beyond those two.
"The ability for you to be able to interact with those franchises on a free-to-play basis is going to be part-and-parcel with every major franchise we do now," Moore said.
"We don't ship a game at EA that is offline," Moore said. "It just doesn't happen. And gamers either want to be connected so their stats and achievements reflect who they are, or you want the full multiplayer experience on top of that. We don't deliver offline experiences anymore."
I don't buy any of EA's games, but I am getting sick of this notion that online needs to be in every muthaf***in' game.
I think they also mean leader boards for SP games. Whoever is doing their marketing is a smart cookie. They understand what the effect competition has on most people. They also realize some people have to be number 1. Lastly they realize that some people no longer or never learned to play games for fun and enjoyment.
I agree this is a mistake as well but a lot of people love online and the rest of us will suffer for it. It's just the way the world works. They are simply taking advantage of the situation. If you could stand to make millions off it wouldn't you take advantage of it too?
Gaming has always been a gamble anyways. I can't hate EA for doing it when i know others would do the same.
Delusions are as necessary to happiness as realities. Yuki Nagato, Mafuyu Oribe, Kurumu Korono, Yui Kotogawa, Kaori Kanzaki, and Himari Noihara FTW


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The first segment in the biweekly series features Food Network personality Guy Fieri on 'How to Make a Texas-Style Burger.' This is one of the choices awaiting passengers at Guy's Burger Joint aboard the Galveston-based Carnival Triumph, as well as Carnival Freedom, once that ship repositions to Galveston in February.
Upcoming 'How To' videos will show how to master a myriad of shipboard specialties, including recipes from the BlueIguana Cantina, cocktails from the vintage-themed cocktail 'pharmacy' Alchemy Bar and towel-animal folding.
Carnival's chief marketing officer, Jim Berra, said the videos are an addition to the line's YouTube selections, which have received more than 16m views.
Apart from Carnival's YouTube channel, the 'How To' videos will be available on the line’s Facebook page and Twitter profile.


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Tag Archives: NYX
- GVC Holdings upgrades bwin content offering through launch of NYX OGS
April 10, 2017
NYX Gaming Group has extended its partnership with GVC Holdings PLC through the launch of NYX OGS.
- Ongame Network closing next month
September 27, 2016
The once mighty Ongame poker network reportedly tells its customers that it will shut down for good on Oct. 15.
- Big Time Gaming Queen of Riches
May 18, 2016
Big Time Gaming is pleased to announce the imminent release of its next MEGAWAYS™ slot; Queen of Riches, a classic Egyptian slot with magic.
- MiGS 2015 Day 3 Recap
November 20, 2015
The third day of MiGS 2015 was quieter than day one and two, but the sessions were still full and the atmosphere was relaxed and cheerful.
- MiGS 2015 Day 2 Recap
November 19, 2015
The second day of MiGS 2015 was just as busy as the first with several hundred iGaming professionals gathering at Malta’s Corinthia Hotel.
- NYX Gaming Group acquires Game360 to enter Italian market
May 21, 2015
NYX has confirmed its acquisition of Game360’s entire share via cash purchase, increasing its presence to the regulated Italian market.
Italy’s online gambling market now second largest in Europe
April 12, 2017
Malta suspends Mafia-linked Phoenix online gambling license
February 2, 2018
Italy sets online casino revenue record; PokerStars’ grip slips
February 10, 2018
Italy online sports betting soars, poker liquidity plans stall
December 8, 2017
Malta Gaming Authority ‘sandbox test’ of cryptocurrency impact
September 27, 2017


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On 16 April 2015, the French data protection authority, the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés), published its annual report for 2014. The CNIL’s annual report is an opportunity for the authority to report on its activities over the previous year as well as set out its priorities for the coming year. Significantly, a number of new technologies such as connected cars and smart cities were included in the list of priorities that the CNIL will tackle in coming months.
The CNIL reported that it received over 5,000 complaints in 2014 and conducted over 400 investigations, including 146 remote investigations (the CNIL is empowered since March 2014 to conduct remote investigations). It also issued 62 cease and desist letters, ordered eight monetary fines and seven warnings in 2014.
In addition, the CNIL revisited the actions it took in 2014, including the publication of “compliance packs” for certain industry sectors, such as the insurance sector (see our blog post of December 2014), the adoption of an accountability standard (see our blog post of January 2015) and the creation of a hub within the CNIL which is dedicated to BCRs.
The CNIL annual report also includes a section with topics that the CNIL intends to address in the upcoming year. For 2015, the CNIL has listed five topics which it will tackle, namely the use of personal data by online companies providing cultural content (such as books, music and videos), digital identity, mobile cameras, connected cars and “smart cities”.
In relation to the last two topics, the CNIL indicated in its report that it plans to work with relevant data controllers to ensure that they receive guidance from first implementation of their new products so that these products comply with French data protection law.
With respect to connected cars – cars which are connected to data centers in order to enhance the car’s operation, maintenance and safety as well as the convenience and comfort of drivers and passengers – the CNIL said it is aware of the strategic stakes involved in the development of connected vehicles. Consequently it wishes to contribute its expertise as part of developing the ecosystem for connected cars. As part of this, the CNIL is currently conducting a collective “think tank” exercise with organizations involved in the creation of connected vehicles in order to establish suitable compliance tools with the cooperation of such organizations.
Like connected cars, the aim of smart cities is to enhance people’s quality of life through the use of new technologies. The CNIL explained that its objective is to work with data controllers, including by encouraging a “privacy by design” approach, so that data protection and privacy considerations are built into the design and manufacturing process of new technologies. Indeed, one of the issues raised by smart cities is that personal data will be collected in public spaces and may be made available to the general public or to a targeted audience. In various other sectors, such as telecoms, transportation and energy, the CNIL has already taken steps to address this issue by proposing measures to ensure the anonymity of individuals in those cases where individuals did not consent to the collection of their data.
The CNIL listed a series of questions raised by smart cities that it will try to respond to in 2015, including:
- how will citizens be able to identify the actors involved (the entity collecting their data vs. the entities further processing their data) in order to exercise their rights under French data protection law (rights of access, modification, deletion of their personal data and right to oppose the processing of their personal data);
- how will citizens be provided with all of the notification information which data controllers are required to provide to data subjects under French law;
- how can organizations create a service which complies with the other aspects of French data protection law;
- how can organizations engage in a privacy by design process and conduct Privacy Impact Assessments.
The comments and questions raised by the CNIL in relation to connected cars and smart cities echo several provisions of the draft new EU Data Protection Regulation which contains very specific responsibilities for businesses operating in Europe or with European-based customers. These provisions require the adoption of policies and principles, such as “privacy by design” and “privacy by default”, to ensure that organizations take into account the nature, impact and risk of their data processing activities before those activities take place and consequently deploy suitable privacy and data protection tools to address that risk.
This entry was originally posted on Hogan Lovells’ Chronicle of Data Protection


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“Pedal Minnesota” Wins National Travel Marketing Award
Release Date: Aug 28, 2013
A collaborative marketing program to promote bicycling, spearheaded by Explore Minnesota Tourism (EMT), has just received an award from the National Council of State Tourism Directors (NCSTD). The 2013 Mercury Award for niche marketing was presented to EMT last week during the U.S. Travel Association’s annual Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO) conference.
The Pedal Minnesota campaign, now in its second year, encourages more people to get on bikes more often in Minnesota. Initiated by EMT, the partnership includes the Minnesota departments of Health, Transportation and Natural Resources, the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, the Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota, the National Park Service, and sponsorship by HealthPartners. The program's website is www.pedalmn.com.


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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The smartphone and tablet are more critical than most people think, according to Max Wolff at GreenCrest Capital.
Mobile banking usage grows with mobile phone adoption, underbanked showing climbing interest.
Iowa-based EFT network says more than 200 financial institutions now offering alerts, balances service to card holders.
Philadelphia credit union's website detects device and offers interface to match.
Foundation planning "Protect Your Identity" week with partners: Set for Oct. 20-27.
River City Federal Credit Union has announced its launch of a bilingual mobile banking app.
This edition of Mobility Matters by technology reporter Robert McGarvey looks at what the new iPhone might mean to the payments industry: A lot.
Personal financial management specialist MoneyDesktop has bought a fellow Provo, Utah, company, mobile PFM specialist MoneyReef, the companies said.
New Jersey credit union says 40% of members already using its smartphone offerings.
Pop quiz: Which statement is true? Mobile banking is becoming more secure. When it comes to mobile security, the crooks are gaining.


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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission released its first consumer-facing industry report in five years, detailing serious problems with safety of household devices, from baby bottles to air conditioners.
The Consumer Product Hazard Analysis Report (CPHAR) has found that more than two-thirds of devices tested contain lead, arsenic, and mercury, and that a large number of devices are also contaminated with mercury and arsenic.
“The public’s health is at stake,” said CPDC Chair Anne Marie Aikins.
“We’re in an era of unprecedented energy efficiency and climate change, so the risks posed by household and industrial products are going to be much greater in the future than they were in the past.”
Consumer products are increasingly connected to the grid and energy sources.
In the coming months, the FCC will issue final rules for the National Electrical Code and the Energy Star program, which will require new energy efficient homes to be retrofitted with more efficient technology.
The FCC will also issue final regulations on the use of LED lights.
The report also reveals that the prevalence of lead in lead-acid batteries has increased dramatically in recent years, as has the rate of lead-based paint and the number of leaded gasoline cans sold each year.
“There’s a lot of work ahead,” Aikens said.
“But it’s clear that we have to take these trends and work to protect our public health, and this is one of the best ways to do that.”
While there has been progress in reducing lead exposure, the report highlights that lead continues to be a significant health concern in many households.
It states that: “The majority of Americans who live in households where lead is present are older than 65 years of age.
The average American household has 1.5 children under the age of 5 years.
These households are the ones most likely to suffer lead poisoning, and lead poisoning is the leading cause of death in the United States.”
The report concludes that “the greatest challenges facing the U.S. are the prevalence, quantity, and cost of lead poisoning in the home.”
Consumer electronics and consumer products are a major consumer source of CO2, a greenhouse gas.
While the United Nations Environmental Programme states that the use and manufacture of household electronics and appliances can contribute to global warming, it notes that “consumers do not own the CO2 they produce, and many people do not have the means to change their lifestyles.
A growing number of countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and the European Union, have introduced measures to address CO2 emissions from household appliances and electronics.
The United States is one such country.
President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order to eliminate a $5 billion tax credit to help manufacturers comply with regulations on CO2 and reduce the use or manufacture of products that emit carbon dioxide.
This new order includes a ban on the sale of new products that use CO2 as a substitute for electricity.


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Bridgestone Plans to Acquire Tire Network in France
Bridgestone Corp.’s EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) subsidiary plans to acquire 100% of Speedy France SAS, a car service retail company and tire network in France.
The acquisition is subject to approval by the regulatory authorities.
Bridgestone says teaming up with Speedy will increase its direct access to end-users in France, one of its core European markets, as well as in other markets where Speedy has a presence. Speedy will maintain its market identity, according to Bridgestone.
Once the transaction is approved, Bridgestone’s presence in France will be expanded to more than 800 retail outlets.
"We consider Speedy to be a strong strategic fit, with a premium customer mix, extended geographical coverage and a focus on service quality," says Eduardo Minardi, executive chairman and CEO of Bridgestone EMEA. "Furthermore, Speedy has a strong brand recognition and an innovative mindset."
“Given Speedy’s performance improvements in the past years, we want its CEO Jacques Le Foll and his team to continue to manage their activities in line with their strategic plan.”
Bridgestone says a service network extension of this nature also provides it with a unique opportunity to gain a better understanding of end-users.
Speedy’s CEO, Jacques Le Foll, said the acquisition is excellent news for Speedy, its suppliers, its franchisees and its customers.
“The association with Bridgestone will provide us support to ensure Speedy’s development while ensuring continuity on our strategic principles: quality, customer service, innovation and pioneer spirit. Consequently, this is a win-win situation for both key players and we look forward to working towards the next phase of Speedy’s future development and growth.”