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After its retail partner Brookstone accidentally posted the information about Fitbit s next wearable, the company has now officially announced its all new line-up of activity tracking devices: Fitbit Charge, Fitbit Charge HR, and Fitbit Surge. One of these device is a smart fitness watch, while two add new features like optical heart rate sensors, and support for GPS. Also Read - Smartwatches with ECG in India: Galaxy Watch 4, Apple Series Watch 7 and moreAlso Read - Want to build a fitness regime? 5 best smartwatches that should be a part of your life
Marketed as reinvented Force , the company has also launched apps for these wearable devices. These apps are compatible with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone mobile platforms. Without further adieu, let s take a look at the devices. Also Read - Google Wear OS updated at I/O 2021, co-developed with Samsung and Fitbit
The Fitbit Charge has striking resemblance to last year s Force. It comes with an OLED display, with water-resistant capability. The device can measure steps, distance travelled, calories burned, and floors climbed. It also has a caller ID feature, and automatic sleep detection. The company claims that once charged, the wearable can last for up to seven days. Priced at $130, it is now available for sale.
The Fitbit Charge HR is the same Charge wearable but with heart rate sensors dubbed PurePulse . Unlike a vast majority of wearables, the Fitbit Charge HR will continuously show you heart reading. It is priced at $150, and will go on sale early next year.
And now the wearable we have all been hearing a lot about since last few months. The Fitbit Surge is company s first smartwatch. It comes with an LCD touchscreen display and eight different sensors including a tri-axis accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, ambient light sensor, GPS and heart rate.
The device is capable of tracking granular data around activities like running and cross-training. In addition, it will also get smart watch notifications including text and call alerts. Much like the Charge and Charge HR, it is also water resistant. It also promises up to sevenhours of usage time, which is massive compared to market s current offering.
The company promises that these devices won t cause irritation, a massive issue that had made the company recall all its Force devices last year. We took these issues very seriously, said Fitbit co-founder and CEO James Park. We discovered that the users who reported issues were likely reacting to the adhesive we used in the product, and to a lesser extent, the nickel in the stainless steel casing. . He assures that no adhesive, in any part of the new devices, comes into close contact with the skin.


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Just one day after a disappointing Consumer Price Index report for August caused havoc on Wall Street, a separate inflation report indicated that increases in wholesale prices are showing signs of improvement.
The Producer Price Index, which tracks changes in average prices paid to producers of goods and services, rose 8.7%. in the 12 months ended August. Prices down 0.1% in the month of July to August, according to data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics published on Wednesday.
Economists had expected PPI to rise 8.8% year-on-year and fall 0.1% from July, according to Refinitiv estimates.
Because the PPI captures higher price changes, the report is seen by some as a leading indicator of broader inflation trends and what consumers may see at the store level.
Excluding the more volatile food and energy components, core PPI rose 8.1% from July and 0.2% in the 12 months to August.
Tuesday’s hot CPI report showed annual price inflation reached 8.3% in August. Although down from July’s 8.5%, the data also showed that the core CPI, which strips out volatile gas and food prices, rose at twice the expected rate, amid expectations that inflation had peaked.
As America grapples with decades of inflation, the Federal Reserve has set a series of historic rate hikes in recent months in an effort to slow the economy and encourage more spending.
Meanwhile, consumers are paying hundreds of dollars more each month as prices for food, shelter and healthcare rise.
This week’s two key inflation reports will provide crucial context for Fed officials as the central bank meets next week to determine the direction of the next rate hike. Tuesday’s CPI report has already prompted some analysts to call for a 100-basis-point increase, above third-party expectations of 75 basis points.
This story is developing and will be updated.

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What you need to know
- Apple's iPhone sales fell by 8.2% year-on-year in Q1.
- That's according to the latest figures from Gartner.
- The smartphone market as a whole declined 20% due to the impact of COVID-19.
Apple's iPhone sales fell 8.2% in the first quarter of the year compared to 2019, as the smartphone market as a whole declined by 20%.
According to the latest research from Gartner:
Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 20.2% in the first quarter of 2020, according to Gartner, Inc. The global shelter-in-place combined with the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic led to demand for smartphones collapsing as consumers stopped spending on nonessential products during the first quarter.
All of the top five smartphone vendors recorded a decline in the first quarter of 2020, except for Xiaomi (see Table 1). Strong sales of Redmi devices in international markets and aggressive online channel focus led Xiaomi to achieve better than expected sales. Although Samsung's smartphone sales declined 22.7% in the first quarter of 2020, the company still maintained the No. 1 spot with 18.5% market share.
According to the figures, Apple's 1Q20 market shared was 13.7%. This is actually an increase on last year, where Apple's share was just 7.3%. Despite a fall in iPhone sales, Apple actually managed to take some market share from its competitors. That's because rivals Samsung and Huawei's sales fell by 22.7% and 27.3% respectively.
While Apple is not as dependent on China as Huawei, Oppo or Vivo are, it faced supply constraints and store closures which negatively impacted iPhone sales in the first quarter of 2020. However, the impact of the pandemic was less significant than for the other top vendors. Apple's iPhone sales declined 8.2%, totaling 41 million units in the first quarter of 2020.
The figures show that Q1 was an extremely tough period for the smartphone market, but that Apple may have managed to weather the storm slightly better than some of its competitors.


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LABJ WEEKLY EDITION
Banc of California valued SoCal native Steve Sugarman enough to hand him the reins before his 40th birthday.
Youthful CEO Steve Sugarman has led Banc of California into an age of expansion.
Upcoming local events
Upcoming local conventions
Top executives of L.A.’s biggest companies and organizations.
From aerospace/defense to software industries, top executives at L.A.’s biggest companies and organizations.
CEOs could learn from arts organizations on how to stage a successful business, according to Ritch K. Eich.
The new year arrives, bringing more opportunities and challenges to L.A.’s business leaders. So the Business Journal asks:
What would L.A.’s business operators most like to see reduced in 2015?
SoCal’s ability to compete in business hinges on region’s success in boosting wireless broadband networks.
Jonathan Adelstein sees a boosted broadband infrastructure as a key link to Southern California’s future.
INTERNET: Fullscreen alleges ex-exec tried to poach talent.
Fullscreen’s lawsuit against a former exec spotlights the growing value of YouTube stars.
DEVELOPMENT: Supervisor switch may power up park plan.
New Eastside county supervisor may provide a shot in the arm for biomedical park project.
NIGHTLIFE: Ex-worker frames portrait as gift from Liz Taylor.
Former Abbey employee says he can’t picture how the bar has claims on his portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
Medbox changes up its board and pot business as it looks to build buzz for a jump to Nasdaq.
ENTERTAINMENT: Studios see mobile tie-ins giving films legs.
Studios look to mobile games tied to movies to push the right buttons with fans.
FiveCurrents steps up to stage opening event for Special Olympics.
FiveCurrents will work to keep 10,000 participants on track during the Special Olympics’ opening ceremony.
Replenish Bottling eyes repeated success with resuable product.
Replenish Bottling looks to mix it up with cleaning products that use refillable concentrate.
Filming the new low-budget movie “The Humbling” turned out to be a humbling experience for movie superstar Al Pacino.
News and notes from communities across Los Angeles County
Cydcor Inc., an outsourced sales operation company, has moved from Westlake Village to Agoura Hills.
FOOD: Premier Meat sees any additional business from launch of consumer-targeted Internet sales venture as gravy.
Premier Meat Co. looks to prove its chops by expanding into online sales.
BIOTECH: Xencor’s stock rises as interest increases in company’s research field.
Shares of Xencor get a healthy boost from Wall Street interest in the drug developer’s focus.
REAL ESTATE: $160 million hotel purchase among rush of pickups to close out 2014.
Investors close out the year with a bang and some of the biggest deals of 2014.
HOSPITALITY: Groups claim union exemption undercuts bargaining by businesses.
Hotel owners say a city of L.A. wage ordinance makes too much room for union organizing.
INTERNET: Park charges MomentFeed with turning photos into boon for brand.
Disneyland visitors’ Instagram photos have given the park an e-ticket to an e-marketing opportunity.
INVESTMENT: Executives at NASI accused of selling machines that did not exist.
Federal prosecutors arrest and charge pair of executives in ATM Ponzi scheme.
CONSTRUCTION: Tutor Perini scores $190 million for halted MGM hotel.
Investors put their money on Tutor Perini after firm reaches settlement on ill-fated Las Vegas project.
INVESTMENT: Launchpad moves into spending more on programs, events.
Santa Monica tech accelerator Launchpad LA has officially ditched its office space at 1520 Second St. as part of its shift to a model emulating the country’s top accelerator, Mountain View’s Y Combinator.
EMPLOYMENT: Rich Reinis on to second firm after life as Kripsy Kreme franchisee.
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NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki India
to commence formal booking of its premium hatchback Baleno
across country from October 14, a company source told ETAuto. The booking amount is expected to be about Rs 11,000.
The country’s largest car maker is also launching facelift version of its MPV Ertiga on October 15. This Ertiga will also have an automatic transmission and mild Hybrid variants.
Ertiga would be the second hybrid product under the FAME India
scheme, of Maruti, after Ciaz.Baleno
, one of the most awaited premium hatchback from Maruti will be the second product to be sold under company’s 80 premium NEXA
outlets in the country.
Maruti S Cross
was the first product to be sold from NEXA. The car is scheduled for October 26 launch
Baleno will take on the popular cars
in the segment such as Hyundai i20
and Honda Jazz
Baleno will be available in both petrol and diesel fuel options. The petrol variant will be powered by a 1.2 litre engine, while the diesel one will have a 1.3 litre engine.
For Maruti Suzuki
, Baleno is a very important product for the company’s 2020 vision when it aims to sell two million cars in India.Related Article:Maruti to open bookings for Baleno in a week’s time


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Africa and Europe to connect at Africa Tech Summit London
The rapid expansion of mobile and internet penetration across Africa is providing global opportunities for tech ventures that previously did not exist. International investors will connect with industry leaders from across the continent at Africa Tech Summit London on April 20th to drive business and investment forward.
Over the next five years, 168 million new mobile subscribers will be connected across Africa, reaching 725 million by 2020 (GSMA). From artificial intelligence (AI) to hardware, transport to mobile education, tech is changing Africa rapidly. It was therefore no surprise that Mark Zuckerberg finally made a highly publicised visit to Nigeria and Kenya last year, opening global eyes to the rapidly growing tech scene.
Local and international players have been busy, long before Zuckerburg touched down in Africa. Uber is now currently available in 15 African cities across 8 countries, with Cairo being the fastest growing city in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The scale of adoption in Africa means “Cairo could overtake London and Paris in terms of trip numbers in the next year or so” according to Uber's head of operations for EMEA, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty. This has spurred indigenous ventures such as Safaricom, the largest telecoms operator in Kenya, to innovate and launch a competing ride-sharing service called Little Cab. Meanwhile, in South Africa, a start-up named Taxify has also launched.
The fall in commodity and oil prices has resulted in a recession in Nigeria and slowdown in South Africa. However, African countries are diversifying beyond commodities and 2016 saw increased levels of investment in the technology sector. This is a clear indication of a gear change and that serious international money is now investing in African tech. iROKOtv, the mobile entertainment group dubbed the Netflix of Africa, secured $19 million from investors including France’s Canal Plus, to produce original content and expand across the continent, bringing its total funding to about $40 million. Andela, a Nigerian company training developers, completed a $24 million Series B round led by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, joining Google Ventures. Orange made a €75 million equity investment in the Africa Internet Group (AIG). This followed hot on the heels of AXA’s €75 million investment for an 8 percent stake in AIG. On the start-up front, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide up to $2 million in equity financing to Flat6Labs Cairo, which will invest in about 100 Egyptian tech start-ups over the next five years.
While the funding tide is slowly turning, there is still a distinct lack of local investment for many African tech ventures to scale and is a major hurdle faced by the ecosystem. International investment and exposure is therefore critical for ventures to scale, partner and grow. London sits at the confluence of international investment, banking, media and tech while a new wave of African focused ventures built by the diaspora call Europe home.
“Our vision for Africa Tech Summit London (ATSLDN) was simple, to bring together leading tech companies, investors, and entrepreneurs to explore key sectors, connect relevant stakeholders and drive investment and business between Africa and the rest of the world,” explains Andrew Fassnidge, Founder of Africa Tech Summit London.
“The positive response on last year’s inaugural event from leaders within the industry endorsed the need for such a platform in London. We are very excited to welcome back leading innovators, global investors, banks and mobile network operators from across Africa to connect in London for ATSLDN 2017, while also providing a platform for African ventures who want to expand globally,” he added.
The Summit is organised by Appsafrica.com and is supported by Linklaters LLP, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and VConnect. The event will feature over 30 speakers including Etisalat Nigeria, Safaricom Spark Fund, Orange, TechCrunch, IFC, RedCloud Technologies, EcoBank, VConnect, Draper Dark Flow, BitPesa, VC4Africa, Linklaters LLP, The Economist, Quartz Africa, TechCabal, Disrupt Africa, ABAN and other leading ventures will share insights on the mobile, fintech, consumer, media and investment opportunities across the continent.
To register please visit www.africatechsummit.com


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What’s the real best way to make waffle fries at home? We got to the bottom of it.
This menu hack supposedly comes straight from the inside.
Here’s why fast food fans are “shaking” their sandwiches in the bag first.
McDonald’s has finally entered the Chicken Sandwich War with the debut of three new menu items.
The trick claims to help you get a big discount on chicken sandwiches.
If you haven’t heard about “red bag chicken” yet, you’re missing out.
Apparently, Zoom meetings have made their way to the fast food world.
TikTok users are calling the grocery-store dupe a cost-saving “hack.”
Viewers said they were ‘scared’ at first to watch the video and then found themselves surprised at the process.
These fast food secret menu items will level up some of your favorite meals from Taco Bell, Chipotle, Starbucks and other chains.


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Airline may restrict use of Apple notebooksThe world's leading long distance airline is seeking advice on whether it should place restrictions on the use of Apple notebooks on its aircraft, following the Mac maker's a recall of 1.8 million notebook batteries on Thursday.
A spokesperson for Australia-based Qantas airline told APC that the company was seeking further information on the precise risk posed by the batteries in Apple PowerBooks and iBooks, and whether they posed the same risk as Dell's recently recalled 4.1 million batteries.
"We have put limitations on Dell computers and at this stage we are awaiting further information from Apple," said the spokesman.
Apple's product recall affects only batteries that are compatible with discontinued notebook models, specifically the iBook G4 and PowerBook G4. However, as noted by APC, owners of the companys new MacBook Pro notebooks may face opposition from Qantas flight attendants if restrictions are passed; the MacBook Pro looks almost identical to the PowerBook G4.
Yesterday, Qantas said that Dell notebook users could only use their laptop on a plane on battery power, or with the battery removed and the unit plugged into the power outlet.
Apple's recall of 1.8 million notebook batteries is the second largest in consumer electronics history, behind only Dell's.


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The author suggests the right way for humans and technology to interact
Everybody wins when you set up the game right, says the author, with example of a pizza shop called Rosa's
Microsoft has broken a US$80 million global campaign tiled ‘Make it great’ for the anticipated launch of Office 2010.
It’s Monday, October 26, bright and sunny but cold. I arrived in New York last Thursday but between conference calls and mails, I haven’t been able to get any sleep. Jetlag is slowly gnawing at my brain plus I’m nursing a terrible cold I caught on the way to a shoot in Delhi on Tuesday morning. Faint paranoia has me wondering if I’ll become a swine flu suspect at a US airport.
NYC & Company will kick start its global 'This is New York City' campaign in India to promote New York as a tourist destination to Indians. The campaign has been created by BBH. NYC & Company has also opened a new tourism and marketing office in India.
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The Walmart Black Friday 2014 Sale and Ads are expected to start early November. The Walmart
The actual Walmart Black Friday 2014 Sale starts on Thanksgiving Day. The online Walmart Black Friday 2014 sale will already launch early on Thanksgiving Day 2014.
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The geek mind wants to know about societal and financial issues, both abroad and at home. If a Fortune 500 decides to raise their minimum wage, or any high priority news, the geek mind wants to know.
The geek mind wants to know the top teams in the National Football League, or who’s likely to win the NBA Finals this coming year.
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This post is sponsored by NortonLifeLock. All opinions are my own.
If you’ve ever been the victim of identity theft, you know how frustrating and tedious it can be to untangle. If you haven’t been a victim of identity theft, consider yourself lucky. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, 2019 saw 164+ million sensitive records exposed and according to new research from NortonLifeLock, 12 million Americans reported being a victim of identity theft in 2019 and it’s not just peace of mind that is spared, it’s your money. An estimated $29 billion was lost last year alone due to cyber crimes.
Before we talk about what you can do to help protect yourself, let’s talk about the numbers. NortonLifeLock conducted its annual Cyber Safety Insights Report surveying more than 10,000 consumers in 10 countries examining consumers’ views and experiences regarding privacy, security and identity theft.
So what exactly is a cyber crime?
Common types of online crimes include:
Malicious Software- Software that was designed to intentionally cause harm to a computer, server, Wi-Fi network, smartphone, tablet, smart home, or some other connected device.
Data Breaches – When hackers access important information such as banking information or social security numbers from a trusted environment like a company or the government. They often use this information to commit identity theft.
Compromised Email Accounts– The malicious hacking into consumers accounts using their credentials, accessing their private data.
It’s clear that people need protection against cyber crimes and threats of the like, but who should be responsible for providing protection? According to the NortonLifeLock Cyber Safety Insights Report, consumers are unsure, 36% of Americans believe companies are, 34% believe that individuals are responsible for protecting their information and 29% believe the government is responsible.
So, what can you do as an individual to help protect yourself against cyber crime?
While hackers and criminals are continuously evolving these general tips could be helpful in making your data less vulnerable.
Tip 1. Use strong passwords. As tempting as it may be to use the same password across all of your accounts, this isn’t a good idea. Also consider making passwords difficult using a combination of 10 or more letters, numbers and symbols.
Tip 2. Keep your software updated. Updates are issued for reasons, often because developers realize there is an issue within the software that makes it vulnerable. By utilizing the most updated versions available to you for your devices, you can help ensure that you have the latest protections against hackers.
Tip 3. Use a full service internet security suite. All security services aren’t created equal. Good software works hard to protect your data in ways you might not know you need.
Tip 4. Teach your kids about internet safety. I recall downloading things to our family computer when I was a teen. I wasn’t the most versed in internet safety and definitely downloaded a number of viruses and malware onto our family computer. Had my parents installed a security suite on the computer and discussed the possible issues that could come along with downloading suspicious content, it probably would’ve saved them hundreds in repair costs.
Tip 5. Use a secure network for online purchases & review credit card and bank statements regularly. Software isn’t perfect and you’ll need to do your part. If you’re making online purchases make sure it’s from a legitimate site that has an SSL certificate. It’s also just a good habit in general to review your banking statements. I’ve saved myself hundreds of dollars in fraudulent charges by reviewing my account activity.
When it comes to protecting your information, it’s a team effort. Remain diligent and vigilant.


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In other business news, a report on the Toy Show Musical is expected to be published soon.
Planning decisions on over 20,000 homes are now overdue by an average of 16 months.
A report from construction consultancy firm Mitchell McDermott says the planning delays are costing consumers a combined $125m.
It also found there are 31,000 Strategic Housing Developments which have planning permission, but building hasn't started yet.
A report into the failure of RTE's Toy Show The Musical is expected to be published later.
It's reported RTE projected sales of 90,000 tickets for the musical, but only sold just over 11,000.
Five members of the current board were in place during the controversy, and it's claimed there's no written record of the €2.2m being approved.
Looking at today's Currency Markets, one euro buys you £0.85 and one $1.09.
While the ISEQ Index of Irish Shares is at 8,967, down .06 % since the opening.
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IPTV is one of the big and relatively new growth opportunities the nations local phone companies now offer. AT&T Uverse, Verizon FiOS and CenturyLink Prism are television services that are delivered using the Internet and are called IPTV.
"We have been seeing local phone companies attracting new customers away from the traditional cable television and satellite television world. The economics, the quality and the quality service are a big attraction for many customers. Many customers simply have had enough of the cable television company," says Technology analyst
"I have been watching the cable television industry losing market share to new competitors like this over the last few years. In fact I remember during an AT&T analyst meeting last December they gave an example which showed that in markets like
"Performance like that in a competitive marketplace means the television marketplace is being rewritten. New companies and new technologies are competing with the traditional cable television industry and are really shaking things up. Companies like
"We are watching new competitors really do strong business in the television sector. That's because the cable television industry never cared about the customer before. Now they do since the customers are leaving. However most are really having a problem changing long held customer beliefs," says Wireless analyst Kagan.
"That means parts of
"I think generally speaking,
"This is a transformation and it is important to stay ahead of the wave. They also need to get into new business opportunities. An area that
He is regularly quoted by the media. He offers comment to reporters and journalists on wireless, telecom, Internet, cable television, IPTV and other tech news stories.
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It's been years since Apple and Beats introduced the Powerbeats3, a $200 set of wireless headphones with ear hooks and a cable connecting the two earpieces together. Since then, Beats released the excellent, totally wireless Powerbeats Pro, but it looks like the company is readying a successor to the older model. A recent FCC filing for Apple shows off a paid of headphones that bears a striking resemblance to the Powerbeats 3, complete with a similar ear hook design and connecting cable.
Given that 9to5Mac discovered references to a "Powerbeats4" model in iOS 13 code back in December, it sounds like these new headphones will indeed be the successor to the Powerbeats3, which came out more than three years ago now. As for what might be new here, the Powerbeats 4 will probably include Apple's latest H1 chip and "Hey Siri" support, just like the Powerbeats Pro and the two current models of AirPods.
If history is any indication, these headphones will be priced at $200, $50 less than the Powerbeats Pro. But the Pro can often be found on sale for less than its $250 price point, so unless you prefer having a cable connecting your headphones, the Powerbeats Pro still might be the best option for most people. Of course, we'll have to wait until we hear them and find out more details, like battery life, before rendering final judgement. Given the FCC posting, we shouldn't have to wait too long to get the full details. We've reached out to apple to see if the company has any comment and will update this post if we hear anything.


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KUWAIT: Kuwait-based multinational corporation Alghanim yesterday announced the launch of the Kutayba Alghanim Architecture Prize, a new competition to support young Kuwaiti architects and designers and advance the country’s innovation economy, especially the creative and arts sectors. Named for the company’s executive chairman who conceived the idea, the competition will award a $10,000 prize to its winner. The competition is open to Kuwaiti architects and designers under the age of 30, based in Kuwait or abroad, including students.
“Kuwait has an extraordinarily rich history of arts, culture and creativity. It’s a legacy for which I feel great pride, and so should every Kuwaiti,” said Sir Kutayba Alghanim. “But it’s also important to know that rich tradition lives on today. I am so inspired by the talented young Kuwaitis in the creative industries, including architecture. My goal is to shine a bright light on that talent. I want to encourage more young Kuwaitis to jump into the innovation economy, the industry sectors where creativity and science come together.”
Among the best-known examples of modern architecture in Kuwait are its water towers, which dot the country’s landscape. Their iconic status makes them an ideal subject for the inaugural Kutayba Alghanim Architecture Prize. Competitors are asked to redesign and repurpose the water tower which was built in 1966, located in one of the company’s projects in Shuwaikh.
“Water towers are the perfect starting point for this competition, said Alghanim. “They blend function and form, the practical and the beautiful. They remind us of our country’s history and traditions. But they also remind us to look skyward – to continue, ever upward. This is a message that’s especially important as we continue to grapple with a global pandemic and economic challenges.
Despite our troubles, the future is bright.” The first round of the competition will open for submissions today, 17 December 2020, until 24 January 2021. Competitors can participate alone or in teams of up to four members. To find out more about the award, eligibility and the application process, visit competition.alghanim.com.
Alghanim is one of the largest, privately-owned companies in the MENA region. Founded at the turn of the century in Kuwait, the company today employs more than 15,000 people in 30 businesses across 40 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.
Alghanim is a market leader in almost every major sector of its operations, which include: engineering, retail, automotive sales and service, insulation and pre-engineered steel building structures, logistics and warehousing, fast moving consumer goods, food & beverage, office automation, advertising, insurance, consumer credit and travel.
The company is actively growing its brand portfolio, with a focus on top-tier global partners. Among them: Avis, British Airways, British Petroleum, Cathay Pacific, Daewoo, Honda, Saint-Gobain and Toshiba. Additionally, Alghanim Industries has created a number of successful regional businesses, including X-cite (consumer electronics), and Safat Home (lifestyle and home furniture).


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In celebration of the first-ever International Budtender Day, Leafly launched a budtenders only giveaway to pay homage to the hard-working budtenders that make the cannabis industry go round.
Internation Budtender Day was on Oct. 20, the last day to sign up for Leafly’s giveaway. The new holiday will celebrate and acknowledge the effort put into budtending and recognize how essential this role is for the ever-growing cannabis industry worldwide.
Winners were selected on Oct. 21 to receive one of the many prizes, including one $2,500 scholarship to Oaksterdam University (the first cannabis college and a leader in cannabis education and certification), nine budtender certification courses at Oaksterdam University, and 500 Leafly Budtender Exclusive Swag Packs.
“Budtenders are at the forefront of cannabis, and they do their jobs in an industry ignored and uncounted at the federal level and often in the face of lingering stigma from prohibition,” explained Laura Moriarity, SVP of Marketing and Communications at Leafly to Business Wire.
“In the early days of the COVID crisis, budtenders continued to serve their communities, showing up as the backbone of America’s newest essential industry. As cannabis legalization in America and Canada spreads worldwide, we at Leafly want to establish a holiday that honors these essential workers in recognition of the skills, knowledge, and service they provide to cannabis customers every day.”
While we celebrate our shared love and appreciation for cannabis on Apr. 20, “Oct. 20 is about celebrating the power of budtenders to provide customers the knowledge and products they need to discover the benefits of cannabis,” she concluded.
The giveaway allowed those from the United States and Canada to sign up for a shot at winning a prize. The submission process encouraged budtenders to submit a brief yet unique statement about how budtending has positively impacted their lives.
To promote the contest and International Budtender Day, Leafly dropped a set of Instagram GIF stickers for users and followers to celebrate the first budtender holiday socially. Next year, don’t forget to use the hashtag #Leafy1020 when International Budtender Day rolls around again.
Not a budtender but intrigued by the position? Here’s a quick guide to how you can become a legal budtender in just seven days. These positions are relatively easy to attain and urgently needed, mainly since budtenders don’t usually stick around at their jobs due to the majority being college students who need to go back to school. So it goes without saying that long-term budtenders are needed now more than ever.
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Records and books traditionally cost nearly as much to reproduce as produce. It's only when we get to the digital age that reproduction is as easy as drag 'n drop. And while some have been making hay while the suns shines, others have been quietly buying up all the fields. Ultimately, I suppose, the consumer will still get their hay. But at what cost to progress? Imagination and innovation are what drew me to information technology. To threaten those is to threaten the heart of this incredibly progressive industry.
Thursday, 7 April 2005
Microsoft seeks to stifle innovation (Yahoo!) - direct Gates quote! It's a bit worrying when a Stanford law professor hails the most sucessful IT company in the world as 'a threat to business and the economy as a whole', bit it even more so when he reports that M$ are hiring every Patent lawyer they can find. I thought they'd been a bit quiet for a while. Is this the calm before the almighty storm of intellectual property debate? It's been a long time coming - one could argue ever since we've had the ability to digitally store information.


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A recently enacted budget bill in New York makes several changes to tax law that will take effect in 2015. The impact of these changes will be significant for any multistate businesses with a presence in New York or companies that sell in New York.
The most significant changes are:
The adoption of a bright-line economic nexus standard for corporate income tax (i.e., Corporate Franchise Tax)
The adoption of a “market-based” sourcing rule for service revenue
The new bright line nexus standard will result in a corporation having nexus in New York if it has $1 million or more in receipts generated from within the state.
Additionally, the market-based sourcing rule for service revenue provides that revenue is attributable to the state where the customer is located rather than to the state where a service is performed.
These changes means that corporations that have never entered New York could be required to pay income tax to the state if they derive at least $1 million from New York customers.
Other states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio, and Washington, have already adopted these rules.
The new nexus and sourcing rules are limited in application to corporations (including S Corporations) in New York currently, which means a different set of rule for corporations as compared to partnerships and other business tax filers.
Generally, the other states that have enacted an economic nexus standard and a market-based sourcing rule have done so for both corporate and pass-through entities. Thus, choice of entity will become more important for potential New York taxpayers.
While these rules do not take effect until 2015, the impact may be significant and is deserving of more immediate attention to ensure proper compliance and planning.
Contact Faith Gorman, State and Local Tax Director, at [email protected] with questions.


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Automakers rolled out a bevy of updated models at the North American International Auto Show, as always.
What was surprising is that more chose to debut cars instead of SUVs or pickups. (Those weren’t absent.) What was even more surprising is that in the two cases of manufacturers announcing prices, both were down compared with previous models.
Among the models that made their debut were BMW’s new X2 SUV, which was introduced in fall 2017, and next-generation introductions of the Hyundai Veloster, the Kia Forte and the Toyota Avalon.
The two that particularly caught our eye were the next-generation versions of Lexus’ LS for 2018 and Volkswagen’s Jetta for 2019.
Toyota Motor, which introduced the LS in September 2017, announced that the new version of its flagship sedan, which will go on sale in February 2018, will start at $75,000. Sure, that’s pricey, but it’s $3,820 less than where the 2017 version starts, the company says.
The new LS has a new 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 engine that delivers 416 hp, compared with the previous version’s 4.6-liter V8, which generates 386 hp.
Meanwhile, the 2019 Jetta, which is expected to go on sale in the second quarter of 2018, will start at $18,545, which is $100 less than the 2018 version. It has the same engine as does the previous Jetta—a 1.4-liter turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder model that generates 147 hp—but it has 1.3 more inches of wheelbase, a “coupe-like” design and new “premium” interior materials.


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Wednesday May 30, 2012 0 commentsLONGMONT - UQM Technologies announced its PowerPhase HD electric drive systems have been selected to power FedEx Express electric delivery vans in Boulder.
The systems will be supplied to Boulder EV, a green-tech manufacturing company that builds all-electric delivery trucks and cargo vans.
"We just introduced the PowerPhase HD 220 electric drive system last month at EVS26 and have been selected to power the Boulder EV delivery vans as part of the FedEx Express all-electric fleet of vehicles," said Eric Ridenour, UQM president and CEO.
"Getting our new product out into commercial fleet customers like Boulder EV and FedEx Express is an excellent way to demonstrate performance and efficiency advantages and will set the foundation for future sales growth."
UQM is a developer and manufacturer of power-dense, high-efficiency electric motors, generators and power electronic controllers for the automotive, aerospace, military and industrial markets. For more information, visit www.uqm.com or www.boulderev.com.


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Microsoft is on a roll. Onkyo is the latest company to trade Android tablet royalties for access to Microsoft’s patent licensing program. The details of the agreement wasn’t released. This makes Onkyo the third company this week that has signed such an agreement. Velocity Micro and General Dynamic’s Itronix brand joined the club just days ago.
“We are pleased that Onkyo has taken advantage of our patent licensing program for Android devices and has signed this agreement,” said Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft. “This agreement and similar agreements recently announced evidence the momentum and success of our licensing program.”
Back in 2010 HTC became the first Android maker to sign on the dotted lined and has since been handing over royalities to Microsoft. It was reported that the deal might have HTC paying Microsoft $5 per handset sold. This is a major part of why Microsoft is making more money from Android that its own Windows Phone 7.
Other Android makers didn’t roll over so easily, though. Motorola and B&N are both fighting Microsoft regarding patents over their headlining products of the Droid 2, Droid X, and the Nook Color. But the pressure is likely mounting on those fighting as Microsoft gets more and more companies to fold.


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Two small companies want to change the way New Yorkers have takeout delivered: One has even given away thousands of free meals as a marketing gimmick.
Wait, what year is this? Didn't that business model die with Kozmo.com?
Both are Web-based intermediaries that connect hungry New Yorkers with takeout joints. They're selling convenience by putting menus and ordering online -- which means no more stacks of stained, out-of-date menus. Plus, single bill payment will eliminate piles of receipts.
They're not the first to give it a go. Urbanfetch (reduced to a garden-variety messenger service) and Kozmo both tried unsuccessfully to control all facets of the delivery process, from warehousing to ordering to delivery. Grocery deliverer Webvan was among the dot-com era's most spectacular implosions.
Rob Enderle, a research fellow with IT advisory firm Giga Information Group said Urbanfetch and Kozmo were "really good ideas," but "in both cases we can point to just absolutely horrid management as the cause for their premature decline."
NYCTOGO and SeamlessWeb executives know they're working in a corporate wasteland, but they're nonetheless keen on enjoying the fruits of what SeamlessWeb CEO Jason Finger estimates is a $2 billion New York City food delivery market.
NYCTOGO CEO Paul Geller said of Kozmo: "It is very hard to be profitable delivering a single VHS tape 50 blocks with no delivery fee. We don't do delivery or inventory product -- our restaurant network has already built that infrastructure."
The companies operate differently from each other, too. NYCTOGO bills restaurants for a percentage of sales, while SeamlessWeb charges delivery recipients -- that is, large companies -- a per-transaction fee.
"Despite the fee, clients save between 10 to 30 percent of their annual food purchases in eliminating processing costs and abuse (of the service by employees)," Finger said. "One of our clients saved over $800,000 last year."
NYCTOGO's Geller likens his company's business model to eBay's "in terms of keeping infrastructure small while making money by adding value in aggregation and taking a small piece of transactions."
Both companies advertise nearly exclusively by word-of-mouth.
While NYCTOGO has run a couple TV commercials starring Howard Stern show regular "Stuttering John" Melendez, many New Yorkers were more likely moved to try the service when they received a promotion code for an $8 meal credit in an e-mail or saw it on one of an estimated 50,000 fliers posted around Manhattan. The fliers brought about 5,000 orders -- more than the TV ad.
The flier promo hooked graphic artist Lisa Butterworth, who has returned to the site several times despite never actually receiving a free meal. But she has mixed feelings about the service, she said, because orders through NYCTOGO take about 15 minutes longer than phone orders.
She does, however, like viewing and comparing menus she doesn't already have -- and thinks this is the site's key to success. "Otherwise I can just order using a paper menu and the phone ... the result is the same," Butterworth said.
Both companies each have about 500 participating restaurants. While NYCTOGO is actively pursuing new additions, Finger said SeamlessWeb now adds vendors only when its clients request it.
Although Giga's Enderle urged a "measured approach" for SeamlessWeb and NYCTOGO, he said he's optimistic that slow growth, coherent business plans and levelheaded management will help them avoid the mistakes that doomed their predecessors.
Online delivery has, after all, worked for a growing number of companies like DVD rental outfit Netflix. And in the past year, several competitors have muscled in on online grocery service Peapod, including grocery bigwig Safeway and New York upstart FreshDirect.


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MIAMI - Miami-Dade police arrested two people accused of stealing Christmas presents.
Police on Tuesday charged 20-year-old Gerardo Benedit and 20-year-old Victoria Lopez with several counts grand theft and petit theft.
Surveillance video captured the pair grabbing a delivery box off the front porch of a home in the 3300 block of Southwest 140th Avenue on Monday, according to an arrest affidavit. The homeowner saw Benedit taking the box and getting in Lopez's car.
"These subjects were taking advantage of that opportunity by retrieving those packages that were left by the delivery companies and making off with them," said Det. Romelio Martinez.
Police tracked the pair to Lopez's home, where they saw them carrying boxes to her car and driving away. Officers pulled them over and took them into custody.
Both Benedit and Lopez confessed to stealing packages, said Martinez.
"They wanted to see what they could do to make the situation a little better by making sure that at least some of the kids got their Christmas gifts back," he said.
On Wednesday, detectives showed off some of the items recovered from the pair, including toys, clothes, electronics, and a penguin, which was the first item they stole, said Martinez (pictured below).
Benedit stole gifts last year, too, said Martinez.
"As this Christmas approached, he thought that it would be a good idea because of Cyber Monday," he said. "They committed approximately 50 thefts."
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Beirut, 30 October 2022--In recent years, several emerging issues have posed severe challenges to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Arab region. Overcoming these challenges by providing new opportunities for Arab SMEs is fundamental to expanding and positioning them for future progress and growth. In this context, the Arab SMEs Summit, organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in cooperation with the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO) and other partners, kicked off this morning in Amman, Jordan, under the patronage of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II represented by the Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh.
The Summit, gathering about 650 participants including entrepreneurs, investors, business influencers, political leaders, economists, journalists, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and donors, was inaugurated by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply in Jordan Yousef Alshamali, and UN Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti.
Alshamali said the small and medium enterprises were of great importance to the global economy in general, and to the local economy in particular as they were crucial elements of the economic activity worldwide, and the main engine of development and economic growth. He added that such meetings were now an urgent necessity, and the Summit came as a cross-border opportunity to help small and medium enterprises in the Arab region to access regional and international markets, learn about various sources of financing, and benefit from regional and international networks.
The Summit, which will be an annual event, will address various topics such as internationalization, global value chains, access to finance, green entrepreneurship, emerging technology trends and practical applications. It also includes an exhibition where nearly 100 SMEs will have the opportunity to connect and share experiences.
For her part, Dashti said the Summit convened amid the challenges facing the region with the aim to build a bridge to connect those looking for opportunities of finance, training and technology access, to those able to provide these opportunities; to link the ambitious to the wealthy and able to invest in them. “The Summit is a bridge between policymakers and decision makers looking to empower our societies, and the available means to achieve their aspirations,” she added.
The Summit will seek to strengthen partnerships and provide opportunities for SMEs to expand by encouraging entrepreneurs, by delivering targeted capacity-building programmes for government actors, and by engaging Arab countries in developing improved SME policy frameworks which promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
The summit concludes on November 1, and is livestreamed on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/ASMESLive
One of five United Nations regional commissions, ESCWA supports inclusive and sustainable economic and social development in Arab States, and works on enhancing regional integration.
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Matija Kašner from the Croatian town of Kutina is known for his pallet furniture design that has been housed in Croatian technology companies like UX Passion. But this time he decided to use the same recycled material to make – designer cases for tablets. The ipallet4.me crowdfunding campaign has started a few days ago!
The phenomenon of startups, rising and spreading worldwide, hasn’t bypassed Africa either. Sub-Saharan African startups now have their equity and debt-based crowdfunding platform Push and Start, which will help them penetrate and disrupt the market as well as bring some positive economic changes. Choosing entrepreneurs, startup hubs and incubators, Push and Start developed a different and new approach with adjusted, original concept. They developed an interesting avenue of interaction between startup founders, investors, professional service providers and mentors, and they also adopted a very simple agreement model for allocating equity.
During the last few months, the crowdfunding phenomena became a very hot topic on the sunny side of the Alps. Gathered around Crowdfunding.si initiative, Slovene projects have already raised more than 1 million euros on leading crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. This initiative is working closely with key decision makers to change Slovene legislation in order to help fund projects access their capital easily, without administrative complications and huge taxes. On the top of that, Slovenes already have their own translation of the word crowdfunding that is actually being used – množično financiranje (“mass financing”).
When entering a new market, regardless of the type of technology, platform or content, software localization is a must. But for digital tools in the agriculture industry it takes on a whole set of new, unexpected dimensions.
One of the fast-growing European agencies in collaboration with renowned innovator from the health field made a great B2B solution for which they received the German Innovation Award. How it came to be?


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Networking company D-Link Systems is already seeing consumers and businesses switching to 802.11n, even though the wireless LAN technology isn't a ratified standard.
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Being out of the office without a PC will no longer be an excuse for missing meetings on Cisco Systems' WebEx Meeting Center and Unified MeetingPlace conferencing systems.
The Wireless Power Consortium hopes to make powering portable electronic devices simpler by offering a standard way to recharge them without wires.
For Avaya, 2009 could solidify the company's top spot on the unified communications sales charts, putting it in the best position to reap even more as the world economy improves in the years following, industry experts say.
Internet-based cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and specialized as profit-driven criminals continue to hone their approach to stealing data from businesses, employees and consumers, according to a Cisco study released this week.
The Free Software Foundation Thursday slapped Cisco with a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement related to Cisco's Linksys wireless routers.
Cisco next year will unveil a new release of its unified communications software that will let companies more effectively collaborate with each other.
The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (POWMRI) will replace its PABX with a 1000-seat communications platform to connect roaming staff and monitor its tissue preservation freezers, and physical security network.
Cisco's "Big Bang" switching upgrade will emerge in late January and encompass more than just the Catalyst 6500.
Cisco will add real-time translation to its TelePresence high-definition conference technology next year, enabling people in several different countries to meet virtually and each hear the other participants' comments in their own languages.
Cisco Systems will shift resources into new product areas next year, including making a major push into homes, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Tuesday.
Hewlett-Packard has inked a $1.2 million contract to outfit a new $99 million research and education centre at the Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) with fixed and wireless networks.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has called on Optus to roll out Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to more than 7000 seats and upgrade its aging network. The deal is worth $143 million over the next four years.
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The claim of providing choice of multiple service providers to power consumers in the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022, is ‘misleading’ and will make state-run discoms loss making entities, according to AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey. The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 is scheduled to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the All India Power Engineers Federation has demanded that the bill be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for wider consultation.
When asked about the government’s claim of providing consumers choice like mobile phone sim cards in the name of multiple distribution licensees, Dubey told PTI, ‘the very claim is misleading’.
Thus profit making areas will be snatched from government discoms and government discoms by default will become loss making companies and in the coming days will not have money to purchase electricity from generators, he said. “The government discoms network will also be handed over to private licensees at throw-away prices,” he feared.
As per the bill, ‘the continuing as well as new challenges of sustainability of the power sector, contract enforcement, payment security mechanism, energy transition and the need to provide choice (of multiple service providers) to consumers in order to promote competition and the like, it has become necessary to make certain amendments in the Electricity Act’. The bill seeks to amend section 42 of the Act to facilitate non-discriminatory open access to the distribution network of a distribution licensee.
Further, the bill seeks to amend section 14 of the Act to facilitate the use of distribution networks by all licensees under provisions of non-discriminatory open access with the objective of enabling competition, enhancing efficiency of distribution licensees for improving services and ensuring sustainability of the power sector. Thus discoms will be able to use the power distribution network of other licensees.
The bill also provides for inserting a new section 60A in the Act so as to enable management of power purchase and cross-subsidy in case of multiple distribution licensees in the same area of supply.
Dubey explained that ‘Cost of electricity includes 85 per cent cost of power purchase agreements. Since power purchase agreements are for 25 years therefore the cost of electricity is not going to be reduced. Therefore the promise of competition and cheaper electricity to consumers is a farce’. He further explained that 85% consumers are farmers and domestic consumers and all these consumers are getting subsidized electricity.
‘There cannot be any competition in such loss making subsidized consumers. Therefore multiple licensees will not be the consumers’ choice. Actually this will be the suppliers’ choice. Private licensees will be operating only in profit making areas,’ he pointed out.
The bill also seeks to amend section 62 of the Act so as to make provision regarding graded revision in tariff over a year and for mandatory fixing of maximum ceiling as well as minimum tariff by the Appropriate (electricity regulatory) Commission.
The draft law also provides for amending section 166 of the Act so as to strengthen the functions to be discharged by the Forum of Regulators. The bill will also amend section 152 of the Act so as to facilitate decriminalisation of offence as it would be mandatory to accept compounding. It will also amend section 146 of the Act to convert the rate of punishment from ‘imprisonment or with fine’ to ‘fine’.
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If you’re like me, you may be confused why the schools are suddenly celebrating Black Excellence Day and wondering why the name changed from Black Shirt Day.
After digging, I discovered Black Shirt Day and Black Excellence Day are two different movements with the same anti-racism goal.
Learn the origin story of Black Shirt Day and Black Excellence Day below.
You’ll also find links to purchase black shirts to support both movements below.
What is Black Shirt Day?
Black Shirt Day began in 2021 and was started by the Anti-Racism Coalition in Vancouver, Canada. The organizers started Black Shirt Day after speaking to their children and realizing the only thing they were learning at school during Black History Month was slavery.
Black Shirt Day commemorated the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and was both a day of education and remembrance. It was an invitation to a necessary conversation about racial injustice.
Canadians were asked to wear black shirts and use #blackshirtday to commemorate the ongoing struggle for civil and human rights fought by Black and racialized Canadians.
What is Black Excellence Day?
Black Excellence Day was founded in 2022 by Kamika Williams, president of the Ninandotoo Society. Williams was involved with Black Shirt Day’s initial year. However, after consulting with several community members, including the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, and BC Human Rights Commission, it was brought to her attention that the words “black shirt” and seeing people march wearing black shirts could have brought up traumatic experiences for some Holocaust survivors.
“Being anti-racist is about inclusion for all, and Black Excellence Day was born. Despite moving away from “Black Shirt Day,” the meaning of Black Excellence Day remains the same: acknowledging the ongoing civil rights struggle of Black and racialized Canadians and fighting for a mandatory curriculum on Black history.”
The province of British Columbia officially proclaimed Black Excellence Day on January 14, 2022 and then again in 2023 on January 13th.
Black Shirt Day and Black Excellence Goals
- Raise awareness around struggles that #BIPOC faces here and worldwide.
- Speaking up and out against racism where ever it shows itself.
- Being actively anti-racist.
- Preparing for Black History Month.
- Fighting for our future generations.
How Is Black Excellence Day Currently Serving the Community?
Black Excellence Day 2023
The second Black Excellence Day event will occur on January 13, 2023. The Ninandotoo Society and the Burnaby School District have created an online event highlighting Black Excellence in our communities. You can view the lineup of speakers for Black Excellence Day here.
The people behind Black Excellence Day are passionate about fighting for mandatory curriculum on Black history to be included in our schools and highlighting Black Canadians that are excelling in their fields.
To Wear a Black Shirt Or Not?
Black Excellence Day doesn’t include wearing black t-shirts in their celebrations. However, I think there is a tremendous impact in seeing people united for a cause. I love dropping my kids at school and seeing a yard full of kids wearing black shirts. I love that finding our shirts and making a point to wear them creates meaningful conversations in our home and community.
Although the schools have decided to move towards Black Excellence Day, my children and I will still be wearing black shirts on January 13th to show our support and commitment to being an anti-racist family.
Read How to Be An Anti-Racist Family Here
Black Excellence Day and Black Shirt Day sell t-shirts to help fundraise for their movements.
If you want to show your support in honouring the Black people in your community and to work towards an Anti-Racist world, you can purchase a black shirt from one of these local black-owned retailers.
Where to Buy Black Shirts for Black Excellence Day
This Black Excellence Day Shirt was designed by a 16-year-old student named Dieulane Miller. The shirt is available online in a full range of sizes from youth small to adult XXXXXL.
You can purchase from the Black Excellence Day Website, here.
Where to Buy Shirts to Support Black Shirt Day
This black shirt comes in youth large, and adult sizes, small to extra large. You can purchase the shirt through the Black Shirt Day website, here
Click here to purchase this Martin Luther King, Black Shirt Day design. This shirt comes in sizes Youth Large and Adult small through XL.
Click here to purchase this Black Shirt Day design. This shirt comes in sizes Youth Large and Adult small through XXXL.
As parents, it’s our job to create an anti-racist environment for our kids. We are not expected to be experts or always get the answers right. Still, by encouraging curiosity and learning, we can help educate ourselves and our families to leave the world a better place than we found.
Click here for to read: How to Raise An Anti-Racist Family.
If you know of black owned businesses that sell Anti-Racism shirts please email me. I’d love to include their businesses in this post.
About the Author
Christine lives on the West Coast of Canada with her husband, their three kids and approximately one million plant babies.
She is in the exploratory “In-Between” phase of rediscovering herself after being a stay-at-home mom for the last decade. She loves all adventures on the water or in the forest and connecting with other open-hearted, lifelong learners.


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British startup and virtual reality firm Improbable has become the latest UK tech startup to be valued at $1 billion, after a funding round of over $500 million, led by Japanese telecom firm SoftBank. According to the Financial Times (subscription required), this is the largest ever venture capital investment in a UK company.
Improbable's aims are nothing if not ambitious. The company aims to enable "virtual worlds of unprecedented scale and complexity." In practice, this means creating worlds that thousands of users inhabit at any one time, using VR as the means to get there. The consumer use is mostly for vast video game worlds; Wired reports the company is working on a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game with flying pirate ships. However, Improbable also creates hugely complex virtual worlds for industry, and counts both the UK and US defense departments among its clients.
Improbable creates these virtual worlds by using its in-house operating system, SpatialOS. This stitches together many servers and game engines to power one single world, rather than having the world powered by a single server or engine, meaning developers and players are restrained by the extent of that server's capabilities. Multiple engines -- such as Unity and Unreal -- are available in a single world, and the OS is tool-agnostic. It's also free to try and develop on.
This could be used by researchers to examine life in a city, or a simulation of an invasion, letting senior defense officers see what their country's weaknesses are and then act on them accordingly. Improbable's ultimate aim is to create an immersive world on an unheard-of scale, where you don't realize you're in a simulation.
Co-founder and CEO Herman Narula told a select group of business leaders, ministers and investors at a small, two-day event in California, "We're in a place today where it is actually possible to create artificial realities. Not in some abstract sense, but genuine, living, breathing re-creations of this one, powered by technology, that allow people to have totally new experiences."
However, despite these lofty goals and impressive technology, the company is still losing money, with relatively low revenues for a company of its size. It received $20 million in funding from US-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz in 2015, using it to expand the business. While the SoftBank funding doesn't give it control of Improbable --it is still independent -- backers hope the still-young startup will use this money to start generating revenue and, eventually, profit.
The London-based startup, which was only founded in 2012, now joins an elite number of startups valued at $1 billion. That group gets even smaller when limited to British firms. While the UK technology industry hasn't yet scaled the heights that companies in the US have, maybe Improbable will get there first. Question is, will that be in our world or theirs?


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Samsung pursued a stake in EV specialist BYD after an affiliate was among foreign battery makers left off a list of suppliers approved by China, where sales of EVs are surging and the government has sped up construction of charging points. For Samsung, the foray into the auto industry is also a way to help make up for declining growth in hardware businesses such as televisions and smartphones.
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Tulsa-based Dollar Thrifty to report increased earnings
BY D.R. STEWART World Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. expects to report first-quarter earnings that more than double its profit in the first three months of last year, company executives said Monday.
In preliminary first-quarter guidance to investors, Dollar Thrifty said it expects earnings per share to range from $1.30 to $1.40 per diluted share, compared with 53 cents per diluted share in the first quarter of 2011.
Tulsa-based Dollar Thrifty said it expects first-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to range from $75 million to $80 million, compared with $36.3 million in the first quarter of 2011.
Company executives said the significant year-over-year improvement in both earnings per share and corporate adjusted EBITDA was attributable to very favorable fleet costs, combined with lower interest and selling, general and administrative expenses compared with the same quarter last year.
As previously announced, fleet costs for the first quarter benefited from lower base depreciation rates and gains on sales of vehicles in the open market, driven by the continued strength of the domestic used vehicle market, company officials said. The company said it expects first-quarter gains on sales of vehicles sold in the open market to be about $14 million, compared with $8 million in 2011's first quarter.
Dollar Thrifty executives said they expect rental revenue to be up 2 percent in the first quarter, compared with the same period a year ago.
Based on the company's performance in the first quarter and expectations for the domestic used vehicle market and travel volumes during 2012, company executives said the company is revising its full year guidance for diluted earnings per share to be within a range of $5 to $5.60, up from its previous guidance range of $4.60 to $5.20.
The company also said it expects corporate adjusted EBITDA for the full year to be within a range of $285 million to $310 million, up from its previously announced range of $275 million to $300 million.
President and CEO Scott Thompson said the company continues to perform well under its stand-alone plan.
"This quarter's performance again demonstrates the prudence of avoiding unprofitable revenue growth combined with disciplined fleet management," Thompson said. "These important tenants of our management approach are consistent with our overall return-on-asset strategy.
"I currently have nothing to report on any potential merger activity other than to say we did not spend any significant money during the first quarter on it."
During the past two years, Dollar Thrifty was a buyout target of both Hertz Global Holdings Inc., the rental car industry's second largest company, and Avis Budget Group Inc., the third largest rental car firm.
Dollar Thrifty executives said the company will report first-quarter results May 9.
Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, shares of Dollar Thrifty gained 34 cents to finish at $79.45.
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Head ski equipment company leading the way for lighter, performance-based boots
Lighter ski boots? Yes, please!
Heavy equipment can bog you down, not only on the slopes but on the chair lift as well. At this year’s Outdoor Retailer and Ski Industries America Snow Show, we saw more ski boot companies utilizing materials that will provide a lighter ski boot while still maintaining its performance.
“If you’ve been following Head for the last few years, you’ve seen the progression towards making lightweight, performance-based products,” said Andrew Couperthwait, alpine products manager for Head Tyrolia.
Head started using Graphene, a Nobel prize-winning material, in its skis a few years ago. Graphene is the strongest, lightest and thinnest material known to mankind. It’s lighter than wood or metal, yet harder than diamonds and steel.
Now they are using Graphene in their ski boots. “Graphene gives us some performance traits that you normally don’t find in a thin-walled, lightweight boot. Most importantly, it really dampens the plastic, so when you get out on snow you really feel that shock absorption that you normally only feel from a think-walled, performance-based boot,” said Couperthwait.
What you’ll also feel is a lighter boot. “This boot weighs in at just over 1,540 grams or a little over three pounds,” said Couperthwait. “So this is a touring-weight boot in an all-mountain, 100 millimeter last.”
Head also utilizes Liquid Fit Customization, where the boot can be injected with paraffin material to make the heel fit more precisely in the heel pocket. “If you talk to boot fitters, one of the biggest challenges is making the heel more precise and this allows you to do that,” Couperthwait said.
The Head ski company has always been looking for better ways to do things. In 1947, Howard Head, an aeronautical engineer, went skiing for the first time and he was not impressed with the equipment. He worked at creating prototype after prototype and over 70 years later you’ll find Head equipment used by some of the best skiers in the world.
But you don’t have to be a professional skier to enjoy the benefits of these technological advancements; you can try these lighter ski boots this season from your local ski shop.
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Post strike to affect up to 50 Somerset villages
- 14 June 2013
- From the section Somerset
Up to 50 villages in Somerset will be affected by post strikes starting on the last weekend of this month.
Royal Mail staff at the sorting office in Bridgwater have voted to strike for the next three Saturdays starting on 29 June.
A Communication Workers Union spokesman said it was over changes to pay and conditions for the 120 workers.
Royal Mail said it was disappointed and hoped it "could sort out the problems at a local level".


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THE Krispy Kreme outlet at Hermiston Gait sold almost five million of the sugary snacks in its first six months.
Sweet-toothed fans of the treats snapped up doughnuts at a rate of one every three seconds after the store opened in February.
The opening caused long tailbacks on the M8 and City Bypass and police had to be drafted in to control traffic.
At the height of Krispy Kreme mania, the News revealed how special wardens were called in to stop doughnut-daft snack lovers from skipping across the busy access road to get their sugary fix.
A source at the company described the seven-figure sales figure as “truly brilliant”.
“The shop has been a huge success story,” she said.
Asked for details of its sales in the first six months, the company said it had shifted 404,000 dozen boxes of doughnuts and 122,000 “singles”.
That adds up to 4,970,000 doughnuts – almost enough for every man, woman and child north of the Border.
Products range from the relatively slim-line Original Glazed containing 200 calories to the Cookies and Kreme, which contains 400 calories.
Based on the average, that number of doughnuts would have resulted in Scots consuming an estimated 1.5 billion calories, leading health campaigners to describe the figure as “truly alarming”.
Tam Fry, spokesman for the National Obesity Forum and chairman of the Child Growth Foundation, said: “I can understand that Krispy Kreme don’t have a responsibility to the NHS – they’re there to make money – but these figures show that something needs to be done.
“It’s really terrible. It’s ruinous and excessive and is damaging people’s health in ways they never imagine. They don’t realise the consequences.”
He added: “The Government is already acting upon the problem of obesity and have carried out extensive research into high calorie foods, but I think that outlets such as Krispy Kreme should cap the level of sugar they use and if they exceed it they should be fined.
“One of the doughnuts which weighs 90 grams has 24 grams of sugar alone. It’s shocking.”
Nutritionist Dr Chris Fenn said: “Those figures are absolutely shocking and create real concern for Scottish people’s health. It’s not just a calorie thing – it’s the type of calorie.
“The increased insulin levels that come about as a result of a high blood sugar level mean that any food eaten after the initial sugar rush is turned straight into fat.”
The firm is planning to open a fresh store in Glasgow.
Judith Denby, chief marketing officer at Krispy Kreme UK, said: “As a brand, Krispy Kreme is all about occasional treats and that is how we position our products to customers.”
Sugar rush at opening
DESPITE heavy snow, thousands of people flocked to Hermiston Gait for the opening. An all-time record was set when staff served 400 delirious doughnut lovers in the first hour of trading.
In its first three weeks tailbacks regularly stretched from its drive-thru window back on to the M8 motorway. Fans of the US phenomenon are often hard pressed to put their sticky finger on the secret of the chain’s success.
But most agree the most coveted item available is the prized loyalty goldcard, which gains the bearer a free double dozen every month for a year.


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U.S. House and Senate members said Tuesday they are forming a Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a bipartisan group looking to deal with the problem of piracy and the Bush administration’s efforts to obtain strong intellectual property protections in the context of international trade agreements.
The caucus plans to provide briefings for Congressional delegations traveling to countries with significant piracy problems; staff and member briefings and forums on international intellectual property protection and piracy; demonstrations of new technologies and products designed to improve consumers’ entertainment experiences and to reduce piracy; and to work closely with the committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate on related hearings and legislation.
Co-chairs of the caucus are Senators Gordon Smith (R.-OR) and Joe Biden (D.-DE) and Reps. Bop Goodlatte (R.-VA) and Adam Schiff (D.-CA).
“The rising theft of American intellectual property, through piracy and counterfeiting, has cost American jobs numbering in the hundreds of thousands, and has cost the U.S. government tax revenues and U.S. corporations billions of dollars,” said Biden. “American innovation and creativity need to be protected by our government, just like our personal property, our homes and streets need government protection. This caucus will help us find new ways to reduce the scourge of piracy abroad.”
In an effort to combat international copyright piracy by calling attention to countries where piracy has reached alarming levels, the caucus unveiled it’s 2003 International Piracy Watch List, citing serious problems of copyright piracy in Brazil, China, Pakistan, Russia and Taiwan.
“The U.S. is far and away the world’s largest producer and exporter of the creative works that entertain, inform and educate the world. In addition, the contribution of the American copyright industry to the strength of the overall American economy is significant,” Goodlatte said. “A vibrant sector of the U.S. economy is at tremendous risk due to widespread piracy of U.S.-made movies, music, software, videogames and other creative works. The caucus will play an important role in defending the rights of creators and distributors to be compensated for the work that they do.”
In an official statement, the caucus said, “Organized crime has become heavily involved in foreign DVD and CD piracy. Criminals are using the same formidable distribution network and resources that were developed for drug trafficking and arms smuggling. The result, in these and other countries, is a virtual evisceration of the legitimate market for American entertainment.”
Added Schiff, “America’s greatest trade export — our intellectual property — is under attack both here on our own soil and globally. In my district, the movie and recording industries suffer an immeasurable loss of jobs and economic revenue from the abundant spread of digital piracy. It is my hope that this new caucus will help educate members of Congress on the latest innovations to protect American ingenuity from international piracy.”


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Both health-care consumers and providers felt the squeeze of rising health-care costs in 2014 – with out-of-pocket costs for patients rising 11% -- according to a TransUnion Healthcare report released Wednesday.
“Our latest report demonstrates that consumers continue to feel the pressure of rising health-care costs,” said Gerry McCarthy, president of TransUnion Healthcare. “Despite a slowly improving economy, many consumers are finding they have less money to make these payments."
According to TransUnion, the report included anonymous data estimates for patient payment responsibilities from thousands of providers, including health-care clinics from across the nation. The information was then compared with the credit-information company’s financial data.
The findings are no surprise to National Association of Health Underwriters President Tom Harte, who is also founder and president of employee benefits broker Landmark Benefits. “Health insurance is expensive because health care is expensive,” said Harte.
According to Harte, as employers’ premiums continue to rise they are “cost shifting,”or putting more financial demands on the employee and their dependents -- in the form of higher deductibles or other strategies, like changing the plans they offer altogether.
“Employers are being faced with an average 20% increase in premiums,” said Harte. “They are making decisions on how to absorb those costs.”
A rise in deductibles is a major contributor to the increased financial burden felt by consumers, with patient deductible costs rising nearly 7% in the last year from $1,062 in Q4 2013 to $1,133 in Q4 2014.
“Deductibles have nearly doubled over the past five years through the adoption of high deductible plans offered by employers and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act,” said McCarthy. “We will be tracking this trend closely as we suspect that average deductibles could rise much more in the coming years.”
In just one year, 33-year-old Kristin DiGiovanni of New Jersey saw a spike of 200% in her United Healthcare emergency room deductible. From 2013 to 2014, DiGioavanni’s deductible for emergency room service increased from $50 to $150.
“My yearly salary increase didn’t come close to offsetting my increase in health-care costs,” said DiGiovanni, who worked as a manager in a large clothing retail chain, before recently leaving for work in the public sector in search of better benefit options. “I knew I’d eventually need a job that provided more affordable benefits.”
Director of Sales for Warner Pacific Insurance Services Neil Crosby, who also sits on the Media Relations Committee of NAHU, doesn’t agree with McCarthy that deductibles will continue to rise. But, his reasoning isn’t so comforting. He said at the current levels, they can’t get much higher.
“The deductibles aren’t going to keep getting higher,” said Crosby. “The highest deductible someone with group insurance will see will be about $5,000, while those who insure individually might see as high as $10,000 deductibles.”
And health-care administrators are not immune from the crunch.
“Thousands of health-care administrators across the country face the challenge of providing quality care while also seeking fair compensation,” explained McCarthy.
The report also found that as health-care costs rose in 2014, revolving credit became less available for consumers. For every $100 in health-care costs, consumers had $1,350 in revolving credit to potentially make those payments in the last quarter of 2014. For the same quarter in 2013, consumers had $1,520 in revolving credit for every $100 in health-care costs. The report looked at available revolving credit as an indicator for how consumers might cover out-of-pocket medical costs.
While some subprime risk category consumers might qualify for a type of charity care, McCarthy said that “if hospitals cannot readily provide this charity care, they may end up taking on more bad debt if patients are unable to make payments.”


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· Former McDonald's CEO warns $15 minimum wage directly contributing to fast-food industry's automation push
· McDonald’s replacing humans with robots at the drive-thru
Former McDonald's CEO warns $15 minimum wage directly contributing to fast-food industry's automation push
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski confirmed last week that the fast-food chain was testing automated drive-thrus at 10
By Lucas Manfredi, FOXBusiness
Jun 7, 2021
Former McDonald's CEO Ed Rensi is warning that the fight for a $15 minimum wage is directly contributing to the restaurant industry's push toward automation.
Last month, McDonald's announced plans to raise the starting hourly wage range to $11-$17 per hour for crew and $15-$20 per hour for shift managers. The fast-food chain noted in its wage hike announcement that it planned to hire 10,000 new employees over the next three months.
However, McDonald's current CEO Chris Kempczinski confirmed during Alliance Bernstein's Strategic Decisions Conference last week that the company is testing an automated, voice-recognition based drive-thru ordering system at 10 of its Chicago locations. Kempczinski noted that the artificial intelligence technology has 85% accuracy with filling orders, with workers having to step in for approximately one in five orders.
"There's a big leap from going to 10 restaurants in Chicago to 14,000 restaurants across the U.S., with an infinite number of promo permutations, menu permutations, dialect permutations, weather - and on and on and on," Kempczinski said, according to a conference transcript from FactSet obtained by Nation's Restaurant News...
McDonald’s replacing humans with robots at the drive-thru
by D. Goodman, GuiltyEats
Jun 8, 2021
If you have watched the news for five minutes lately, you are no doubt well aware of the shortage of employees numerous businesses are experiencing. Help wanted signs can be seen everywhere with ads all over social media. And in some areas fast food chains such as McDonald’s are getting hit the hardest.
Of course a situation like this calls for out of the box thinking. Ideas that no one has thought of before. So the fact it was McDonald’s who came up with a concept to try and fix the problem is not surprising. This is the same company that pretty much invented fast food as we know it after all.
However, I think it’s safe to assume no one thought that solution would be to take a page out of The Terminator or Matrix films and put the machines in charge. Because according to ZDNet that is exactly what is happening.
They are reporting that at 10 locations in Chicago, McDonald’s has installed AI robots to take your order when you go through the drive-thru. Yes, you read that right. In the Windy City you may give your order for a large Number 4 with a Coke to something that doesn’t have a heartbeat.
It turns out the McDonald’s drive-thru robot is far from perfect...


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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson’s third-quarter profit jumped 23%, beating Wall Street forecasts, thanks to higher sales of its key medicines for cancer and immune disorders and an acquisition-related charge a year earlier.
The world’s biggest maker of health care products also raised its financial forecast for the year, and its shares jumped more than 2% in premarket action.
J&J on Tuesday reported net income of $4.83 billion, or $1.81 per share. That was up from $3.93 billion, or $1.44 per share, in 2018’s third quarter, when the drugmaker took a $1.13 billion charge related to research programs acquired with its purchase of Alios BioPharma.
Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.12 per share, easily topping analysts’ projections for $2, according to a survey of analysts by Zacks Investment Research.
Revenue of $20.73 billion, up 2% from $20.35 billion a year ago, also beat forecasts.
J&J’s prescription drugs business boosted sales 5% to $10.88 billion, led by cancer drugs Darzalex and Imbruvica and by Simponi, Stelara and Tremfya, which treat immune system disorders such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease.
The consumer products business, which makes Johnson’s baby shampoo, Neutrogena and Aveeno skin care products and pain relievers Tylenol and Motrin, posted a 1.6% increase in sales, to $3.47 billion. The medical device and diagnostics business, once J&J’s biggest segment, saw sales drop 3% to $6.38 billion.
The New Brunswick, New Jersey company forecast 2019 per-share earnings of $8.62 to $8.67, after adjustments for one-time items, and revenue of between $81.8 billion and $82.3 billion. In July, the company forecast adjusted per-share earnings between $8.53 and $8.63, and revenue between $80.8 billion and $81.6 billion.
During the third quarter, Johnson & Johnson received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for additional uses for four of its medicines: blood thinner Xarelto, Type 2 diabetes pill Invokana, prostate cancer drug Erleada and Darzalex, for treating blood cancer multiple myeloma. In the European Union, Stelara received approval for treating ulcerative colitis and cancer drug Imbruvica won approval for two more uses. J&J also launched two new medical devices, a surgical stapler and a new version of its Attune knee replacement system.
In premarket trading, J&J shares jumped $2.38, or 1.8%, to $133.10.
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Portions of this story were generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research.
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St. Vincent’s Academy ARTrageous online fundraiser to benefit students
St. Vincent's Academy is holding an online art auction starting Monday to replace its Martinis & Masterpiece fundraiser that has been silenced by the coronavirus pandemic, said Christina Winters, director of advancement at St. Vincent's.
The reinvented art auction is named ARTrageous, with more than 80 pieces to bid on. Preview the art online at artrageousatsva.givesmart.com where bidding runs Monday through Friday. All monies raised will benefit students in financial need of tuition assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, Winters said.
“The software used is user friendly,” Winters said. “Once you bid on an item, ... if someone places a higher bid, you will receive a text notification inquiring if you want to increase your bid or not. All you need to do is sit back and relax, fix yourself a martini, and dream about the beautiful new artwork you may be able to place on your quarantine walls. Know that you are helping a most worthy cause!”


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Jeanologia, the Valencia, Spain-based producer of eco-friendly finishing equipment and technology for denim and other textiles, is collaborating with China’s Prosperity Textiles to open a demonstration center in Guangzhou, China.
The facility, similar to one earlier planned for Dhaka, Bangladesh, will open on Thursday, the second day of a two-day seminar called “The Denim Innovation Forum 2013,” to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Guangzhou. Along with Jeanologia and Prosperity, participants in the event, which will include live demonstrations of Jeanologia’s equipment and software, are Invista, Clariant, Lenzing, Texhong, Stylesight, the Kingpins Show and Inside Fashion. Kingpins is produced by Olah Inc., which recently was designated the North American marketing and sales representative for Prosperity.
According to Enrique Silla, president of Jeanologia, about 30 percent of the jeans produced in Europe and the Americas are made using the company’s technology, a penetration level not yet reached in Asia.
Silla said that, despite changes in labor, raw material and transportation costs, China will remain the world’s biggest jeans producer.
“The times of shifting production from one country to another seeking lower labor costs are over,” he said. “We are entering the era of technological efficiency. In a few years, no pants will be manufactured without the use of green technologies.”
The center will be used to train workers on Jeanologia’s machinery and software and, according to Silla, will be “an example of the factory of the future….Jeanologia and Prosperity are aware that the industry is changing and we not only need to invest in machinery and technology, but it is necessary to train people in the new methods.”
On Wednesday, the first day of the forum, Fernando Cardona, development director of Jeanologia, will speak on the future of the jeans market in China and provide insights into the laser and ozone sustainable technologies promulgated by the company.


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