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2016 Hyundai Eon – Price, Specifications, Mileage, Features & Pictures

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Prices of the 2016 Hyundai Eon start from Rs. 3.24 lakh and go up to Rs. 4.38 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Hyundai launched the Eon in 2011 and since then it has become one of the most preferred cars in its segment. The car was launched basically to target the budget conscious customers. The Hyundai Eon is one of the best looking cars in its segment thanks to the company’s fluidic design philosophy. The design makes it look a lot more up-market for its segment.

Read: All-New Hyundai Carlino Compact SUV Launch Details, Specifications & Pictures

The car’s interior has been designed very neatly and it will not make you feel that there is insufficient space. The material used is of fine quality.  The Hyundai Eon’s dual-tone colour combination make it look luxurious. The car has plenty of space and gives enough head and leg space to the occupants. The Eon is available in 2 engine options mated to  a 5-speed manual gearbox. The car has everything it takes to become an ideal budget hatchback.

Also Read: New Hyundai Tucson – All You Need to Know

2016 Hyundai Eon Prices

Variant Price (Ex-showroom, Delhi)
Petrol (814 cc)
Hyundai Eon D-LiteRs. 3.24 Lakh
Hyundai Eon D-Lite+Rs. 3.49 Lakh
Hyundai Eon Era+Rs. 3.64 Lakh
Hyundai Eon Magna+Rs. 3.95 Lakh
Hyundai Eon sportzRs. 4.24 Lakh
Petrol (998 cc)
Hyundai Eon 1.0 Kappa Magna+(o)Rs. 4.38 Lakh
Hyundai Eon Era+ LPGRs. 3.91 Lakh
Hyundai Eon Magna+ LPGRs. 4.22 Lakh

Note:  The prices given here are post budget 2016.

Also Read: Hyundai Creta Petrol Automatic Coming Soon to India

2016 Hyundai Eon front side

Read: Here’s A List of Upcoming Hyundai Cars in India

2016 Hyundai Eon Exteriors

As said earlier, the Hyundai Eon is designed to target budget conscious buyers. Though its stand out design has also made it a popular choice among youth. The visible lines on either sides and new clear headlamps make it look very stylish. The front chrome grille and sculpted bumper with fog lamps make it look quite attractive. At the rear, the car has an integrated spoiler with stop lamp. The rear lamps are designed in synchronization with the car’s fluidic design and they also have large reflectors for better visibility.

2016 Hyundai Eon Interior

The Hyundai Eon’s interior has been designed quite neatly while using good quality plastic. The car has well designed seats which give proper back and thigh support. The car also offers ample of storage spaces to keep your stuff including bottle holders on doors. Other interesting elements are 3-spoke steering wheel, an audio system (with higher trims), etc.

Comparison: Hyundai Creta Vs Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza Vs Renault Duster

2016 Hyundai Eon interior

Comparison: Hyundai Creta vs Renault Duster vs Maruti Suzuki S-Cross

2016 Hyundai Eon: Engine and Transmission

2016 Hyundai Eon comes with two engine options – an 814cc and a 998cc. While the former develops 55bhp @ 5500 rpm and 75Nm of torque @ 4000 rpm, the latter  generates 68bhp @ 6200 RPM along with 94Nm @ 3500RPM. Both the engines get a 5-speed manual gearbox.

2016 Hyundai Eon: Specification

Petrol (814cc)
Displacement – 814 cc
Cylinder – 3, SOHC
Power – 55 bhp @ 5500
Torque – 75 Nm @ 3500 rpm
Mileage – 21.1 Kmpl

Petrol (1.0L Kappa)
Displacement – 1197cc
Cylinder – 3, Inline
Power – 68 bhp @ 6200
Torque – 94Nm @ 3500 rpm
Mileage – 20.3 Kmpl

Displacement – 814 cc
Cylinder – 3, SOHC
Power – 55 bhp @ 5500
Torque – 75Nm @ 3500 rpm

Length (mm) – 3495
Width (mm) – 1550
Height (mm) -1500
Wheelbase (mm) – 2380
Ground Clearance (mm) – 170
Kerb Weight (kg) Petrol – 725
Kerb Weight (kg) LPG – 795
Seating Capacity – 5 people
Boot Space- 215 litre
Fuel capacity – 32 L

Front – McPherson strut with coil spring and anti roll bar
Rear – Torsion beam with coil spring

Front – 155 / 70 R13
Rear – 155 / 70 R13
Wheels – Steel

2016 Hyundai Eon Colours

The new 2016 Hyundai Eon is available in 6 colour options: Sleek Silver, Mushroom, Ember Grey, Maharajah Red, Pristine Blue and Coral white.

2016 Hyundai Eon in red

2016 Hyundai Eon Features

DetailsD-LiteD-Lite+Era+Magna+Sportz1.0LKappa Magna+(o)
ExteriorBody coloured door handlesNoNoNoNoYesYes
Body coloured outside mirrorNoNoNoNoYesYes
Body Colour BumperNoNoYesYesYesYes
Passenger outside mirrorNoNoNoYesYesYes
Tinted GlassNoNoYesYesYesYes
Roof AntennaNoNoNoYesYesYes
Comfort & ConvenienceLow fuel warningYesYesYesYesYesYes
Gear Shift indicatorYesYesYesYesYesYes
Remote fuel lid openerYesYesYesYesYesYes
Power OutletNoNoYesYesYesYes
Internally adjustable outside mirrorNoNoNoYesYesYes
Power WindowsNoNoFront OnlyFront OnlyFront OnlyFront Only
Digital ClockNoNoNoYesYesYes
Aux in portNoNoNoYesYesYes
USB PortNoNoNoYesYesYes
Interiors2 tone colourYesYesYesYesYesYes
Silver touch on centre fasciaNoNoYesYesYesYes
Speaker GrilleFront OnlyFront OnlyFront OnlyFront and RearFront and RearFront and Rear
Cup HolderYesYesYesYesYesYes
Metallic Finish 3 Spoke Steering wheelNoNoNoNoYesNo
Safety and SecurityFront and Rear seat beltsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Child Safety rear door locksYesYesYesYesYesYes
Engine ImmobilizerYesYesYesYesYesYes
Keyless EntryNoNoNoNoYesYes
Driver AirbagNoNoNoNoYesNo
Front Fog lampNoNoNoNoYesYes

2016 Hyundai Eon side profile

2016 Hyundai Eon Competition:

There is no product in the market which doesn’t face any competition and 2016 Hyundai Eon is no different. The car has a brand value and has delivered in the past with its performance but here are some of its close rivals in the market

Renault Kwid – Rs 2.57 lakh – 3.53 lakh
Maruti Alto – Rs 2.60 lakh – 3.78 lakh
Datson Go – Rs 3.26 lakh – 4.14 lakh
Tata Nano – Rs 2.06 lakh – 3.03 lakh

2016 Hyundai Eon Pros & Cons

Things you will like:
• Best-in-class looks
• Quality interiors

Things you won’t:
• Generates less power
• Light weight

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MG Hector 6-seater SUV Spied For The First Time in India

Baojun 530 6-seater

It is no secret that MG Motor is working on the three-row version of the Hector SUV for the Indian market. Now, the company has started testing the six-seat MG Hector and the first spied images of the SUV have hit the Internet. The spotted model was covered with thick cloth at the rear and the third-row of seat is not visible. However, the SUV has received styling changes which will be exclusive to the six-seat derivative of the MG Hector.

Going by the spy images, it is visible that the 5-seat and 6-seat models will come with different styling elements. MG Motors is following Tata Motors strategy of introducing the Harrier 5-seater and the H7X 7-seater SUV, which was previewed as the Buzzard at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The six-seat MG Hector comes with split-LED DRLs and a new honeycomb grille that appears to be larger than that of the 5-seat Hector. It also gets new headlamp cluster with turn indicator and a strip of chrome.

MG Hector 6-seat Spied

These changes suggest that the six-seater model front design will be in-line with the updated Baojun 530 and will be different from the Hector. At the back, the new model gets differently styled tail-lamps with clear-lens inserts and redesigned bumper with faux dual-exhaust tips.

The recently updated China-spec Baojun 530 is 40mm longer than the pre-facelift model. The SUV gets differently styled alloys and revised interior bits. Inside the cabin, the SUV will receive captain seats for the second row and bench-type seat for the third row. The SUV will share most of the features with the 5-seat MG Hector. Some of the features include a 10.4-inch portrait-oriented touchscreen infotainment system, Internet option, large panoramic sunroof, six airbags, etc.

MG Hector 6-seat Spied rear

The MG Hector six-seater model will share the engine options with the 5-seat model. The engine options will include a 143bhp, 1.5-litre turbo-petrol, a 170bhp, 2.0-litre diesel and a 48V mild-hybrid version. Scheduled to be launched in early 2020, the six-seat MG Hector will directly challenge the 7-seat Tata Harrier and the Mahindra XUV500.

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Toyota, Suzuki, Daihatsu To Co-Develop Compact EVs

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The first product developed under the Toyota-Suzuki partnership is likely to debut next year.

Toyota Motor Corporation recently announced that it will introduce a brand new battery electric vehicle (BEV) platform based on the TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) platform. Called the e-TNGA, the new platform will be co-developed by Toyota and Subaru. The Japanese carmaker also confirmed that it will launch 10 new BEVs by 2025. The new BEV range will include SUVs, Crossovers, MPVs and a sedan.

The company’s first BEV (Toyota C-HR) will make its world premiere at the Shanghai Motor Show in April, 2020. The Japanese carmaker aims to retail up to 4.5 million or more hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles and 1 million pure electric and fuel-cell cars by 2025. Toyota is collaborating with partners for vehicle development and the stable supply, improved durability and reuse of batteries. Read: Toyota and Suzuki Partnership Explained

Besides collaborating with Subaru (for e-TNGA platform), Toyota will join hands with Suzuki and Daihatsu for developing compact electric vehicles (EVs). Products developed under this partnership will initially target big markets including China, Europe and USA. India might also be on their radar.

While Toyota and Suzuki will co-develop affordable EVs for the Indian market, Toyota and Subaru will jointly develop mid-size SUV for the global markets. The first product developed under the Toyota-Suzuki partnership is likely to debut sometime next year. The carmakers have already established a Li-ion battery manufacturing facility in the country.

In 2017, Toyota and Suzuki signed an MoU to share technologies and jointly explore opportunities. Both companies agreed for sharing cross-badged models including Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Baleno, Ciaz, Ertiga and Corolla Altis. Toyota’s re-badged version of the Maruti Baleno – Glanza – was recently launched in the country.

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RAHUL’S TEAMCongress president-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi was known for neither wit nor wisdom on the social media. His Twitter handle @OfficeOfRG elicited more yawns than retweets or likes. But over the past few months, it’s been lighting up like a Christmas tree thanks to a burgeoning of followers who have been bowled over by his caustic knockout jabs aimed right at the BJP’s solar plexus. The BJP IT and troll social media team, with its massive pioneering lead in the game in which sarcastic one-upmanship can be a political vote multiplier, appears tongue-tied as Rahul’s firepower mounts by the day. With Rahul tweeting terms like “Shah-zada” to attack the BJP supremo’s son, Jay Amit Shah, regarding his controversial business dealings, dubbing  GST as “Gabbar Singh Tax”, and virtually trolling Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s recent defence of the economy with the comment, “May the farce be with you”, the BJP’s stock phrases of “pappoo”, “sickular”, “presstitutes” and related scatological abuse are  losing their edge.

The change in the social media strategy is part of a broader new Congress narrative in which “pappoo” is being transformed into a leader with vision, depth and, above all, tolerance with the help of the electrifying new Twitter queen, Ramya Spandana, who replaced the tired Rahul Pandey. Much of this is also the handiwork of Rahul’s new inner circle consisting of the pedigreed Wharton MBA, Kanishka Singh, son of former foreign secretary SK Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda of Haryana, Sachin Pilot, son of the illustrious Rajesh Pilot, Shashi Tharoor and, last but not least, the evergreen techie, Sam Pitroda, who commutes between the US and India to keep Rahul advised and informed. Rahul’s outer ring of advisors include the Gwalior royal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, the on-again-off-again Amethi raja, Sanjay Singh, and MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh. For ready reckoner advice, Rahul turns to veterans Ahmed Patel and Digvijaya Singh, both court favourites of his mother. The new message is: “Stay on course, stay on message, no negative abuse, stick to the facts.”

THE KASHMIR CONUNDRUMThe decision to appoint Dineshwar Sharma as central interlocutor to initiate a dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu & Kashmir signals the failure of what is known in South Block as the “Doval Doctrine”. It was so named after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval recommended a security hard line in J&K which encouraged the army to use tactics such as pellet guns. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti panicked after a series of militant attacks on PDP MLAs and workers. She flew to Delhi to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded some sort of demonstration by the centre to temper its policy and reach out to the civilian population.

What is little known is that Sharma, who retired as Intelligence Bureau chief, currently has his hands full, heading a peace talk process in the North-east. How much time he will be able to devote to Kashmir with its larger security implications, is a moot question.

FALL FROM GRACE?Of all the conspiracy theories doing the rounds of the corridors of power, the most potent concerns Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and what seems to be an abrupt fall from grace. The first sign was the prime minister distancing his government from GST while campaigning in Gujarat. This was followed by Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia’s public statement that GST needed an overhaul. It came immediately after Jaitley stoutly defended the GST rollout during his recent trip to Washington.The final straw in the wind was the resignation of the Solicitor General of India, Ranjit Kumar, citing personal reasons. Sources in the legal fraternity say that Kumar, who was once Jaitley’s assistant in the former’s legal practice, was asked to quit. His resignation came barely two months after he was given an extension. His closeness to Jaitley was well-known as was the case with Mukul Rohatgi, the former Attorney General, who also “resigned” after being given an extension.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 16) took the counsel for WhatsApp and Facebook to task for giving an undertaking before the European Union that user data on WhatsApp won’t be shared, but refraining from doing so in India. The respondents took the plea that a data protection agency existed in the EU, unlike India.

The top court was hearing arguments on the privacy policy of WhatsApp. The arguments had started on Monday (May 15) and the case is being heard by a five-judge bench of Justices Dipak Misra, AK Sikri, Amitava Roy, AM Khanwilkar and MM Shantanagoudar. On Monday (May 15), the counsels for WhatsApp and Facebook—KK Venuogopal, Kapil Sibal and Siddharth Luthra—had submitted their arguments.

On Tuesday (May 16), hearing continued before a five-judge bench of Justices Dipak Misra, AK Sikri, Amitava Roy, AM Khanwilkar and MM Shantanagoudar. Venugopal submitted that there was a difference between personal information and sensitive personal information. He argued that personal information was used to identify somebody but sensitive personal information disclosed facts such as sexual orientation, medical records, biometrics, etc. He submitted that WhatsApp didn’t store or handle sensitive personal information but dealt only with personal information. He also maintained that the policy of WhatsApp was in compliance with the rules framed under the IT Act as far as dealing with personal information was concerned.

Senior advocate KV Vishwanathan, appearing for Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), an intervenor in the case, submitted that the rules referred to only deal with collected data and not the collated meta data. He said that the respondents (WhatsApp and Facebook) create meta data from personal information and this didn’t fall within the ambit of the rules framed under the IT Act.

The counsel for the petitioners submitted that a clarification with regard to these rules was already issued by the central government which clearly stated that the rules were applicable to corporate functioning in India. He argued that WhatsApp and Facebook India did not have any authority to deal with the data collected.

Venugopal submitted that the meta data was collated from personal data but WhatsApp didn’t collect or use sensitive personal information of the users.

The counsel for petitioners brought the court’s attention to the new privacy policy of WhatsApp and Facebook, which according to him said that user data could be used for marketing purposes.

He further pointed out that WhatsApp had access to not just the user’s WhatsApp address directory but the whole mobile device directory as well.

Questioning the policy per se, the counsel argued that it was vague and kept that way. She argued that in one place it said that texts were end-to-end encrypted but in other place it said that the user content was used to provide services.

She contended that WhatsApp had access to meta data and the information contained in them was much more critical that text messages. It was due to this reason that Facebook had acquired WhatsApp as it was a goldmine for the former, to be exploited for economic gains, she said.

Defending the vagueness in the policy matter, the counsel for the respondent said that it was because laws of different countries needed to be adhered to.

However, the petitioner interjected by saying that WhatsApp and Facebook had given an undertaking before EU that they won’t share user data. On that the bench asked the respondents if that was true and it was told that an undertaking had to be given as there was a data protection agency.

Justice Misra was not happy with the answer and retorted that the bench itself was the data protection agency in India. It wanted to pass an interim order, for the same undertaking in India.

Arguments will continue after the lunch break

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More than 1700 IPO members participated in adopting the following platform statement:

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Africa Thermal Scanners Market

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Africa Thermal Scanners Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2025

  • Published : July, 2020

  • Rep Id : AF003797

  • No. of Pages : 40

  • Country : Africa

  • Status : Published

This report provides exclusive insights into the COVID-19 impact on the Africa Thermal Scanners Market. The detailed analysis provides information about the impact of the outbreak on the demand and supply conditions, trends, and forecasts of the Africa Thermal Scanners Market. Moreover, the impact analysis covers the study of the COVID-19 on the supply chain of Africa Thermal Scanners Market. The sectoral impact shall provide insights into both short term and long term effects of the pandemic on the related and support industries.

The country research report on Africa thermal scanners market is a customer intelligence and competitive study of the Africa market. Moreover, the report provides deep insights into demand forecasts, market trends, and, micro and macro indicators in the Africa market. Also, factors that are driving and restraining the thermal scanners market are highlighted in the study. This is an in-depth business intelligence report based on qualitative and quantitative parameters of the market. Additionally, this report provides readers with market insights and detailed analysis of market segments to possible micro levels. The companies and dealers/distributors profiled in the report include manufacturers & suppliers of thermal scanners market in Africa.

Segments Covered

The report on Africa thermal scanners market provides a detailed analysis of segments in the market based on technology, wavelength, application, and end-user.

Segmentation Based on Technology

·         Cooled

·         Uncooled

Segmentation Based on Wavelength

·         Short-wave Infrared (SWIR)

·         Mid-wave Infrared (MWIR)

·         Long-wave Infrared (LWIR)

Segmentation Based on Application

·         Thermography

·         Security & Surveillance

·         Search & Rescue

·         Other Applications

Segmentation Based on End-user

·         Industrial

·         Commercial

·         Aerospace & Defense

·         Automotive

·         Healthcare & Life Sciences

·         Oil & Gas

·         Other End-users

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The report provides detailed insights into:

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 4) Key trends and future prospects

 5) Leading companies operating in the thermal scanners market and their competitive position in Africa

 6) The dealers/distributors profiles provide basic information of top 10 dealers & distributors operating in (Africa) thermal scanners market

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By now you’ve seen the PAINFUL video of Canibus tarnishing his name by doing the unthinkable in a rap battle…pulling out a NOTEBOOK of rhymes! After naturally being crucified on his social networks (and I’m sure in the streets) for the heinous act, the rapper has issued a written apology. See what he had to say about the incident below.

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The day of the battle my memory and mental state wasnâ€™t 100% due to these circumstances. I knew this so I brought my copybook to practice the 30 plus pages of infinite rhymes that I had structured for Dizaster. The stitches in the back of my head were hurting me and my shoulder was killing me but The Ripper doesnâ€™t need medication, he controls pain with his mind. At the event I was very confident with the likes of Supernatural behind me and the guy whoâ€™s strong stomach was showing- But to protect him from any abduction I wonâ€™t reveal his name- Lets just call him Subject 10. The crowd showed me energy as well and as I delivered my first round I could see in Dizasterâ€™s eyes he was intimidated by the mind with the infinite rhyme. Eventually the traumatic effect I suffered days before caught up to me and I could no longer be as sharp as I needed to be. The fans paid money, as did the KOTD staff, so even though there was nothing left in my mental tank, I reached for what is now the infamous notepad and decided to read my infinite rhymes. Needless to say, the results were underwhelming and it didnâ€™t look right, but now, realizing the actions that preceded the event Iâ€™m sure you all understand.

Firstly, I want to apologize first to â€˜Subject 10â€™ whose vehicle I abandoned when the agents were approaching me. Secondly, Iâ€™d like to apologize to Supernat because I made him come support me and stand behind me for that embarrassment. Thirdly, Iâ€™d like to apologize to all The Rippers in attendance who I let down. Finally, Iâ€™d like to apologize to Dizaster and the entire KOTD staff. I tried my best and stood there like the solider I am but there was nothing I can do. As I said in the event, I could only do what I can do. For everyone who seems to be making a mockery out of my just- Remember this; dinosaurs once ruled the planet, Rome was once a powerhouse, The Blazers drafted Greg Oden, and every dog has its day. Doubt me and you will be defeated.


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Court Nullifies Creation Of Four Additional Emirates In Kano

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A High Court sitting in Kano has nullified the appointment and creation of four additional Emirates in Kano State.

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The Presiding judge, Justice Usman Na’abba, in his ruling on Thursday said that due process was not followed in the creation of the Emirates.

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Last Year I Was Homeless, Now I Am A Household Name In Nigeria: Mike Edwards

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2019 Big Brother Nigeria first runner-up, Mike Edwards, has updated fans with happenings about his life since he left the reality TV show by recounting how he went from being a homeless athlete, fighting to represent Nigeria to being a household name in the country.

Speaking via his Instagram page, Mike further revealed that he is up to some big things which would soon be made public.

He wrote:

Since I’ve left Big Brother House I haven’t really explained what’s been going on and when my fans will get to see me next, so here’s a little update on the situation & my life overall.

I’ve been out of Big Brother’s house 3 weeks now. I’ve stayed in 2 hotels, 1 apartment, and I’ll be moving to another location soon. I’m loving every minute of being back on home soil and spending quality time exploring Lagos with my beautiful wife, this city is so electric and fulfilling.

I came with a goal to make the most of the opportunity of a lifetime and I’m embracing the uncertainty of it all. I’ve had to figure out how to manoeuvre in Lagos traffic.

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I learned that I can’t just walk into a local grocery store or bank because I cause too much attention, plus I hardly ever turn down a selfie with my people

I’ve had some incredible opportunities present themselves already, and it’s exciting thinking about the plans. Taking a leap of faith into the unknown is daunting, but it’s honestly one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I’m going to keep doing these flash life updates of how I’m transitioning back to Nigeria.

I’m also working with my management @theofficialeme_ and road team on something big for my official meet and greet tour which I’ll be announcing ASAP you know me, I’m all about details so I can deliver the best

Once again thank you all for being so supportive and understanding with all of this.
P.S It’s crazy to think last year I was a homeless Athlete fighting to represent Nigeria, and now I’m a household name. Gods Plan #ManLikeMike’

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High Capacity SSD Buying Guide

By Drew Robb

Big SSDs are a big deal. And many of them are now flooding onto the market. While 1 TB hard disk drives (HDDs) were major news not so long ago, SSDs are rushing ahead and are about to achieve the 32 TB mark.

There are already plenty of high-capacity SSDs on the market. But what are some of the options? Please post your view in the Comments section below

Some of the best high capacity SSDs

Samsung Electronics offers a wide range of SSDs. The PM1725, for example is a 6.4 TB SSD that performs at up to 2,000 MB/s on sequential reads and up to 120k IOPS in random read operation. Like most enterprise SSDs, it uses NAND flash memory as the storage media and a controller as the interface with the host system to map bad data blocks, cache read/write data, and conduct error checking and correction (ECC). But Samsung is also pushing the limits of SSD technology with its latest offerings, with the first examples due out this quarter.

“With our 4th generation V-NAND technology, we can provide differentiated values in high capacity, high performance and compact product dimensions,” said Young-Hyun Jun, president of the memory business at Samsung.

V-NAND is said to stack 30 percent more layers of cell arrays vertically compared to its predecessor. That makes it 64-layer triple-level-cell flash. As a result, its single-die density rises to 512 Gb and its IO speed to 800Mbps. The top of the line will be a 32 TB SAS SSD for enterprise storage systems which will hit the market in 2017. 512 V-NAND chips are stacked in 16 layers to form a 1 TB package with 32 of them contained in one 2.5-inch SSD. The company’s roadmap includes a 100 TB SSD by 2020.

Micron’s take on the market is that the emergence of high-capacity SSDs is being driven by the need for enterprises to modernize their legacy IT infrastructure and the requirement for more agility. Frame-based arrays filled with bays of 10K and 15K HDDs are being gradually replaced with solid state storage.

“Organizations are taking the necessary steps to disaggregate their more active application storage from traditional storage networks,” said Scott Shadley, principal technologist, Micron. “They are moving toward a direct attached storage (DAS) approach to enable businesses to more quickly access and leverage data to achieve the agility and insight they need to succeed.”

Micron has been a firm advocate of new interface technologies like NVMe to help systems reach into the high-capacity ranges in drives with speed and efficiency. The Micron 9100 PCIe NVMe SSD, for example, is built to deliver agility and scale for demanding data center workloads. The basic idea is to bring nonvolatile memory as close as possible to the processor, and this is said to be up to 10 times faster when compared to a single enterprise SATA SSD. It offers 3.2TB of storage in both high height, half length (HHHL) and 2.5-inch form factors.

Micron believes the highest-capacity SSDs at the top of the line make sense for many, but not all, applications.

“The switch to SSDs isn’t that much of an initial expense and will actually save more money in the long run for its performance, power consumption and overall space,” said Shadley. “High-capacity SSDs are well designed for cloud services that support content-sharing traffic, such as video and media streaming, as well as active archiving applications where highly sensitive information isn’t being overwritten only.”

But he added that for read-intensive workloads, you need right-sized endurance to provide users with consistency of data throughput to ensure fast delivery of the information being requested for reading, hearing or watching.

“Thanks to the advent of 3D NAND, individual SSDs are reaching the cost-sensitive and capacity thresholds previously owned by HDDs,” said Shadley.

Western Digital

The Western Digital HGST-branded Ultrastar SN100 SSD family is a balance between capacity and performance. It is targeted at cloud, hyperscale and enterprise hyperconverged systems. The Ultrastar SN100 is available in a 2.5-inch or U.2 form factor, and uses the PCIe interface and a NVMe driver to deliver low latency under even heavy loads. It has a capacity of 3.2 TB.

“The Ultrastar SN100 PCIe NVMe SSD particularly shines under mixed read/write workloads (delivering up to 310K IOPS),” said Walter Hinton, director of client and enterprise solutions marketing, Western Digital. “The SN100 is often used by customers with large scale-out databases like MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB or Hadoop’s HDFS as these databases favor devices inside the server rather than traditional SAN or NAS network-based storage.”

While the SN100 is one of the most densely packaged SSDs on the market, it is not considered by Western Digital to be an HDD replacement. Rather, it is part of a tiered architecture (used by most hyperscale/cloud/telco organizations) for handling the largest amounts of online transactional processing (OLTP) or online analytical processing (OLAP) data possible to gain insights and make decisions rapidly, but with the vast majority of data being stored long term in data lakes or archives.

“For database applications, consider the IOPS-to-GB ratio to choose between large-capacity SSDs versus performance-optimized SSDs or even tiered architectures,” said Hinton. “SSDs are available in a wide range of performance and capacities, often with varying levels of TCO.”

This article was originally published on December 01, 2016

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-- Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) today announced the general availability of two new Hitachi Network Attached Storage (NAS) Platform systems – the Hitachi NAS 3080 and 3090 – as the company sets its sights squarely on the midrange NAS market.

The entry-level 3080 tops out at 1PB of capacity, while the 3090 maxes out at 2PB and supports 256TB of file system. Both models feature integrated file-based tiering, enabling policy-based automatic data migration between Fibre channel, SAS, SATA and archive storage tiers.

The systems are tuned to work with Hitachi's other storage products and the Storage Command Suite for centralized management of unified NAS and SAN environments. They are also integrated with Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and Oracle while used in VMware vSphere environments.

The NAS systems are OEM'd and based on products from partner BlueArc, which launched the Mercury 50 and Mercury 100 in July. Fred Oh, senior product marketing manager for Hitachi's NAS systems, says homegrown software differentiates the HDS NAS systems from competitive offerings, including BlueArc's Mercury line.

"For the first time we are fiercely going after the midrange marketplace. The way we are differentiating ourselves is by focusing on intelligent tiered storage. We supplement the capabilities of the BlueArc systems with our own Intelligent File Tiering and Hitachi Command Suite software," says Oh.

The HDS Intelligent Tiering technology ties into Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, which streamlines the search process across storage tiers.

Pricing for an entry-level 3080 NAS system with three drives, CIFS or NFS support, two virtual server engines and snapshot capabilities starts at approximately $70,000.

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I am Italian and I have been teaching traditional Chinese painting for 25 years. I was involved into art because 30 years ago I started to practice Zen meditation (zazen) and in the dojo where I was practicing there was a Zen Monk called Ezio who was teaching sumi-e (Sumi-e is a Japanese term which means black ink painting). I was quite immediately touched by this art.
I had also lessons with three different Japanese masters who taught me different techniques but the one I liked the most was the method which I learnt from this Zen Monk. From that moment on my life started to change and I am very grateful to have in my hands those precious stones which is the result of painting and meditation combined together. This is what I teach to my pupils and I feel lucky to be able to help them through this skillful mean.
This method, taught correctly can lead to a real training of our consciousness through the brush, body-posture and breathing. It is an universal painting method for people of every country, every age and every culture.
It is the very source of the so called “Art Therapy”.
Techniques: I do teach a sumi-e method (suibokuga – shuimohua) which is transmitted by Japanese Zen monks, it involves the whole body and the breathing. I am the only one in Europe who teaches this kind of method.
I sometimes also teach the Zenga method.
Art for Sale: I am not commercial so I do not sell my works but if somebody asks me I would be pleased to paint and discuss with the future “client” of the dimensions, support, subject, price, shipping and so on.
Teaching:  yes I do teach, I hold workshops all over Europe. The main place is Alba where I hold 9-day-workshop with students coming from all the parts of the world !
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York Place Residence-23 - Spacious family living area with wood burning stove

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The living area is open plan, with feature fireplace and expertly furnished. Cable TV, DVD player, DVDs, CD/Radio player and WiFi are all available for guests use. The adjoining kitchen comes with all mod cons, breakfast bar and coved dining area. The three double bedrooms all feature their own en suite with either shower or bath, king size beds and ample storage.

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Entry to the apartment is from 16:00 onwards; however, please note that arrivals after 21:00 will incur a late fee of £30 for unsociable hours. Earlier entry can perhaps be arranged but depends if there is a departure at your chosen apartment that day. This can be confirmed within 48 hours of arrival. If you are arriving earlier than 16:00 on your day of arrival, it is always worth contacting the property manager as they will always endeavour to give you access as soon as possible. You may be able to arrive early and leave luggage and come back however this is not guaranteed.

The latest departure time is 11:00, however, a guaranteed later departure (up to 20:00) can be arranged for a fee of 50% of the daily rate for that day but please note this is subject to no existing booking arriving that day already.

A £200 refundable damage/security deposit is due 7 days before arrival, and refunded after departure.

All properties are strictly non-smoking, and do not accept hen/stag/party groups. At least one guest must be over 25 years old.

Please arrange your arrival with the property manager at least 24 hours before arrival.

Check in is from 4pm, and check out is before 11am.

Please note that arrivals after 21:00 will incur a late fee of £30 for unsociable hours.

One master bedroom with super kingsize bed
Two further bedrooms that can both have either king or twin beds

Open plan living area with lounge, kitchen and dining area. Three bedrooms, each with ensuite, and one additional family bathroom.

Lower ground apartment within a traditional Georgian townhouse. Small, private terrace to the front of the property, and private decking to the rear.

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Waverley train station: 0.4 mile
Haymarket train station: 1.7 mile
Edinburgh airport: 8 miles
Edinburgh bus station: 0.1 mile

This property doesn't come with free parking but there is paid street parking in the local area for an additional fee. Alternatively, paid parking is available a short walk away at the Omni Q-Park car park - you can find details of parking costs via the following link: https://www.q-park.co.uk/en-gb/cities/edinburgh/omni/

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This property is a garden apartment and is only accessible by stairs.

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  • Fridge
  • Oven
  • Microwave
  • Linen provided
  • Bath towels provided
  • Bedding provided
  • Cot/ Travel cot
  • Hair dryer
  • High chair
  • Iron / Ironing board
  • Washer/ Dryer
  • Smoke Detectors
  • DVD player
  • Radio
  • CD player
  • TV
  • Satellite TV
  • Freeview / Freesat TV
  • iPod docking station
  • Internet access
  • Wifi
  • Private garden
  • Shared garden
  • Balcony
  • Patio / Decking
  • Garden dining furniture
  • 24h check-in available
  • Personal meet & greet available
  • Central heating
  • Pets not allowed

  • Cycle paths
  • Golf
  • Shops
  • Express supermarket
  • Bar / Pub
  • Restaurants
  • Café
  • Nightclub
  • Galleries
  • Museum
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Innermakeover Retreats and MindFree App Store

5 Day Innermakeover Retreat Sat Nov 2 – Wed Nov 6 2019

The package includes:

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  • Mini bus transfers to and from airport for interstate travellers flying in.
  • All workshops and classes
  • All meals and juices
  • All therapy sessions

You will benefit by attending a retreat if you:

  • Suffer from chronic pain
  • Struggle with your weight
  • Have emotional baggage
  • Lack motivation or need a mental break

No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you absolutely, positively have the power to dramatically change the way you look and feel.

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Missed Appointment Policy

Please understand that when you forget or cancel your appointment without giving enough notice, we miss the opportunity to fill that appointment time, and clients on our waiting list miss the opportunity to receive services. Our appointments are confirmed two business days in advance because we know how easy it is to forget an appointment you booked months ago.  Since the service is reserved for you personally, a MISSED APPOINTMENT fee will apply.

As a courtesy, we offer text and/or email confirmations that are sent out two business days prior to your appointment date. However, if we are unable to reach you please understand that it is your responsibility to remember your appointment dates and times to avoid late arrivals, missed appointments and the missed appointment fee.

We Require At Least:

  • 24-hours notice for appointment cancellations
  • 48 hours notice for Spa Package cancellations

Guests who cancel their appointments without proper notice or do not show up for their reserved appointment times are considered a “missed appointment.”

Children’s Policy

Innovations is a family owned business operated by family focused employees. We take the safety and well-being our child guests, as well as, the comfort and relaxation of our adult guests very seriously. In the event you must bring a young child into the salon, please provide proper supervision for them in the form of an additional caretaker. Unfortunately, the salon cannot provide childcare services. Also, young children in carriers/strollers may not be placed near the service areas or held in the lap.

We kindly request ONLY those receiving services be present in the service areas. Older children, (12+) capable of sitting quietly and unsupervised, may wait in the provided seating area. While this policy helps ensure that all guests enjoy a relaxing salon experience, it was created with your child’s safety in mind.

Our salon is not child-proof. Sharp instruments, hot styling tools, chemicals and a busy, congested area make for a potentially dangerous environment for young children.

We greatly appreciate your compliance with our child safety policy.

Prices Policy

We are constantly expanding our services to bring you the latest and greatest. Although we make every effort to keep our website and spa menu updated, please note that prices and services are subject to change at any time.

Our salon staff works on a “Level System” which measures experience and years of dedication. Those at higher levels are more often educators and lecturers that have established a high client demand. This encourages stability and allows our employees to grow and prosper based on years of loyalty and dedication to their profession and clients. We provide artists at every level to best suit the needs of our clients.

Special Considerations

Please notify Guest Services before reserving your appointment if you have high blood pressure, allergies, any other physical ailments or disabilities, or if you are pregnant. If you have any concerns at all, please let us know. If at any time during your services you experience discomfort, please alert your service provider immediately.

Payments & Gratuities’

We accept cash, MasterCard and Visa. Personal checks are also accepted accompanied with a valid drivers license.

Gratuity is not included in the service fees listed on our menu.


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$203.50 estimated pay
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Wednesday, December 11
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Attire: Jeans or Khaki pants with plain polo (no graphics) & sneakers.
You must be able to lift 50lbs
Must be willing and capable of lifting 100 to 150 pounds! Will be going on deliveries & pick-ups with driver. Meet at warehouse. If you do well and the team likes you, we will invite you back for many shifts throughout the end of the year.
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Instawork is the best place for hospitality workers to find temporary jobs on-demand.
From Michelin-star restaurants to small coffee shops, Instawork makes it easy for bartenders, cooks, servers, dishwashers and other experienced hospitality workers to find work at local businesses and earn up to $30/hr on a flexible schedule.
No interviews or paper resumes. Just book the gig in the app and show up to do the work.
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Event Setup and Takedown responsibilities:

Setup and strike rooms for events as per supervisor instructions.
Support a team atmosphere with fellow team members and supervisors, including other department personnel.
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InsuraGuest Technologies, Inc.® (TSX-V: ISGI) (OTC: IGSTF) (the “Company” or “InsuraGuest”), through its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary Insure The People, LLC (“ITP”), is pleased to announce it is diversifying its product offering and has begun development of its new Business Owner Policy (“BOP”) insurtech (insurance + technology) portal,, and is expected to fully launch this new product offering to the U.S. markets by the third quarter of 2020.

ITP will be powered by InsuraGuest’s insurtech platform, which will digitally deliver BOP policies to 130+ class codes, including retail, wholesale, mercantile, office, and business service classes.  The BOP products will be available in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, where InsuraGuest Insurance Agency is licensed to sell insurance and will be eligible for companies that have sales of up to US$6 million per location, with occupancies up to 35,000 square feet, on a minimum annual premium of US$250.

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Aon brings $1m golf challenge to Australia

Aon will be bringing an exciting new element to ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide from Feb. 14-17, in partnership with the Ladies’ Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and PGA Tour.

The Aon Risk Reward Challenge is a season-long event that will highlight golf’s best strategic decision-makers. Aon will award a $1m prize to the player from each tour on top of the Aon leader board at the end of the regular season, for successfully tackling the most strategically challenging holes in the global LPGA 2019 tour. Aon will tally the best two scores from every event a player competes in, ensuring that all play is counted and providing a small advantage to those that make the cut.

Aon said the event reflects the company’s expertise in assessing risk and offering strategic recommendations in managing risk across a range of sectors.

“Golf is one of the best examples of how sportspeople need to balance risk and reward to maximise their performance, and (that) is what helps makes it so compelling for players and fans,” said Nick Green, head of sports at Aon. “We are delighted that our global partnership with golf will support the world’s best women’s golfers competing in Adelaide. The ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open is round two of a year-long challenge … and we’re excited to see how it evolves throughout 2019.”


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The Logical Fallacy Campus Protesters Never Learned

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It seems a month can’t go by without some new report of a college guest speaker being shouted down by students. Some examples include the following:

  • A September 2016 talk at Georgetown University given by Benjamin Netanyahu was interrupted by a number of students who called Netanyahu a "war criminal."
  • Political commentator Heather Mac Donald was disrupted by Claremont McKenna College students in April of 2017. She was accused of being a “white supremacist.”
  • In October of 2017, professor Charles Murray’s speech at the University of Michigan was disrupted by chants of “Racist, Sexist, KKK, Charles Murray go away.” These were similar to accusations made against Murray earlier in the year at Middlebury College.
  • At the same time as Murray’s October disruption, Columbia students disrupted anti-Islamic speaker Tony Robinson’s talk with shouts of “Go home Nazi scum.”

After looking at the reports of these events, it’s easy to see a common theme emerge. These students, although likely trying to demonstrate their knowledge of the speaker, the subject, and support for social justice, are actually showing something quite opposite. They are showing their complete ignorance of logic.

As one can see in the examples above, these students are all guilty of the ad hominem fallacy, one of the most well-known no-nos that individuals can commit in an argument. According to the children’s logic text, The Art of Argument:

Ad hominem means ‘to the man’ in Latin. When a person commits this fallacy, he criticizes his opponent – the man – himself – but not his opponent’s argument. People committing this fallacy often make use of name-calling or other emotional language that reduces the possibility of rational debate and discussion.”

So why is it that students don’t know this basic fact?

That question is answered by University of San Diego philosophy professor H.E. Baber. Baber explains:

“My university has just dropped the logic requirement. Why? Because it doesn't sell. I'm sitting here at academic assembly after a rousing speech by our dean telling us we had to worry about the possibility of a decline in enrollment and so had to work ever harder to sell ourselves by offering gimmicky junk and renaming courses with sexy names, etc.”

With that in mind, does it seem reasonable to think that universities – which often complain that controversial speakers are draining their security budgets – have brought such a predicament upon themselves by filling students with fluff instead of the meat and vegetables of true education? Are parents themselves going to have to pick up the slack and teach our children to recognize fallacies and learn the art of argument before they enter the halls of higher education?

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Annie Holmquist is the editor of Intellectual Takeout.

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Why UPS Is Able to Save the Environment While Ethanol Subsidies Destroy It

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Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have captured the headlines, but Ocasio-Cortez is not the only democratic socialist congresswoman elected to the new Congress. Fellow freshman and democratic socialist Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, is eager to make her own splash.

Last December, Ocasio-Cortez, along with fellow freshman member Tlaib, attended a congressional boot camp. At the boot camp, Tlaib took umbrage when she heard Gary Cohn, former chief economic advisor to President Trump, tell the new members they don't "know how the game is played."

Tlaib tweeted her response: "No Gary, YOU don't know what's coming – a revolutionary Congress that puts people over profits.”

While democratic socialists like Tlaib allow that “in the short term [they] can’t eliminate private corporations,” in the meantime they vow to “struggle to hold corporations accountable.”

Given there are at least 1.7 million corporations in America, there is a lot of “revolutionary struggle” ahead for the democratic socialist's cadres.

Tlaib is another economically illiterate member of Congress who seems determined to undermine the American economy while promising to remake it for the better.

Tlaib and other democratic socialists are dead wrong. In a free market, the only way to earn profits is to put people first.

In a free market, firms seek to profit from producing and exchanging goods and services. But a free market exchange is voluntary; buyers are free not to buy, and firms profit only when they offer goods and services that buyers value. When trade is voluntary, self-interest is an incentive to produce goods and services that satisfy the most urgent needs of consumers.

Serving the needs of others places firms in uncontrollable, vulnerable positions. In his essay “Ownership as a Social Function,” contained in Toward Liberty: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises, vol. 2, Paul Poirot explains:

The market affords no permanent security to the owner. Rather, it obliges him to prove himself over and over and over—endlessly. Consumers entrust property to his use, reward him handsomely if he serves them well, ruthlessly abandon him and reallocate the property the moment he fails to serve them. The market simply will not countenance the idea of property as an exclusive privilege of the owner. The market insists that property rights belong to those who best use the property to serve consumers.

Without the meddling of politicians who protect and subsidize favored corporations, corporations are continuously accountable. Poirot writes,

In the market economy, every owner is continuously obliged to justify, through service, his right to retain control of the resources he claims. Otherwise, consumers peacefully transfer the ownership and control into more capable, more productive, more serviceable hands.

Some producers dislike being subject to the continuous ballot box of a free market; they prefer to win favors through political processes. Through political means, they seek to gain something they could not gain through production and exchange. All political means are ultimately based on coercion, thus profits can be earned without satisfying the needs of consumers.

In his seminal book The Law, Frédéric Bastiat wrote, “A man may live and satisfy his wants by seizing and consuming the products of the labor of others. This process is the origin of plunder.”

Bastiat was a keen observer of the human condition. He saw that consumers can be fickle and hard to please, and to continuously create value for others is hard work. Given the opportunity, men will turn to government to “plunder” others.

Have you ever seen a UPS truck turn left? Probably not. A left turn usually involves idling time as the driver waits for the traffic to clear. Idling time wastes fuel, and UPS is all about saving fuel. UPS route optimization efforts save 100 million minutes of idling time annually. From 2004 to 2015, route optimization also saved UPS “100 million gallons of gas and reduced carbon emissions by 100,000 metric tons.”

During the recent holiday season, you may have experienced a UPS driver arriving at your home to make a delivery during the dinner hour. A UPS driver makes up to 400 holiday deliveries a day; that is possible because UPS optimizes routes. Optimized routes “result in a reduction of 85 million miles driven each year.” If you’re wondering if the tacit knowledge that a driver accumulates could do better than a computer calculation, consider this: there are “15 trillion routes a driver with just 25 packages to deliver can choose from.”

Acting on behalf of their own self-interests and the interests of their customers, UPS optimization efforts benefit everyone who values a cleaner environment and lower prices. Yes, UPS is out to earn a profit, but looking out for the “people” goes hand in hand with maximizing profits.

At the same time, the government, captured by special interest groups, forces the rest of us to harm the environment by burning ethanol. Before there were dreams of a Green New Deal, Al Gore and other politicians were promoting ethanol.

Arthur Wardle is the author of a recent monograph, “A Review of the Environmental Effects of the Renewable Fuel Standard's Corn Ethanol Mandate,” Wardle’s report shows that “government support for corn ethanol drives habitat degradation, waterway pollution, and consumes unsustainable amounts of water. Perhaps most disappointingly, corn ethanol does little to nothing to help combat climate change.”

Let’s be blunt: Ethanol producers, aided and abetted by government, are poster examples of unaccountable corporations. These corporations have a low bar to clear—please politicians, not consumers. In exchange for campaign money, politicians will allow them to destroy Midwest farmland and drain Midwest aquifers. Self-interest is destructive when corporations are not subject to the ballot of the market.

In 2010, Al Gore did a mea culpa on his support for ethanol:

One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for president.

“It's hard once such a program is put in place to deal with the lobbies that keep it going," Gore observed. Gore is unable to generalize the lesson. He thinks only corn ethanol is a mistake. Gore enthusiastically supports the Green New Deal.

Economist Thomas Sowell observed, "It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” While posing as a savior, Gore has helped bring about environmental degradation, yet many still hang on his pronouncements. Proving Sowell right, Gore has paid no price for being spectacularly wrong.

Throughout the 2020 campaign, we will likely hear the mantra of “unaccountable corporations” being chanted, and not just by democratic socialists. Very likely, destructive new policies will become law. No price will be paid by those who destroy the economy. Those who cause the harm will simply advocate for still more intervention. This cycle will continue until the public learns that markets—not governments—act as a check against businesspeople who choose not to listen to the needs of consumers.

This article has been republished with permission from the Foundation for Economic Education.

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Harvard-Educated Historian: Harvard Just Labeled Me 'Fake News'

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Tom Woods is a historian and political commentator. A New York Times Best Selling author, he received his BA from Harvard and his PhD from Columbia.

I’d never heard of Woods until yesterday, when a libertarian friend forwarded to me a letter Woods sent to his readers. It began like this:

Harvard University has released a guide to so-called fake news. That guide links to a lengthy list of offending websites, which includes

Now granted, next to my entry is the word “Unknown,” which means they haven’t yet investigated my work to see if it truly qualifies. I made the list, they say, because some people have classified my site that way.

Well, that sounds fair!

As of Friday, Harvard’s newly-created fake news guide was still linking to the list, even though some commentators, including the New York Post's editorial board, had exposed its many flaws.

Where did the list come from? It was created months ago by Merrimack College’s Melissa Zimdars, an assistant professor of communication and media.

Woods is one of nearly a thousand names that appear on Zimdars' “fake news” list. Many of the names likely are familiar to readers: the Weekly Standard, the Washington Examiner, Gateway Pundit, the Drudge Report, National Review, The Blaze, Breitbart, Lifezette, Powerline Blog, the Daily Signal, Wikileaks, Zero Hedge, and many others. (Intellectual Takeout is not.)

The list is available for republishing under Creative Commons licensing, which means anyone can republish it.

It’s difficult to say precisely what criteria Zimdars used to characterize these media outlets as “fake.” The one consistent element is that most of the names readers will recognize publish media that is of a libertarian or conservative perspective. Beyond that, Zimdars’ criteria is rather nebulous.

For example, one indicator she says she looks for is the presence of “sensational or provocative language-- aka clickbait.” But “clickbait” is merely a tactic, one used by pretty much all media at one time or another. It’s also worth pointing out that BuzzFeed, a site that basically invented clickbait, appears nowhere on Zimdars’ list. Nor do left-of-center media brands such as Mother Jones, the Nation, Slate, Vox, or Salon.

Zimdars herself appears confused on what exactly she means by “fake news.” She added this addendum to her document:

Some people are asking which news sources I trust, and all I can say is that I read/watch/listen very widely, from mainstream, corporate owned sources (The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes) as well as The Atlantic, National Public Radio, and various local and alternative sources with different political perspectives…

Okay. Those are all fine media sources. Then she goes on:

The problem: Even typically reliable sources, whether mainstream or alternative, corporate or nonprofit, rely on particular media frames to report stories and select stories based on different notions of newsworthiness. The best thing to do in our contemporary media environment is to read/watch/listen widely and often, and to be critical of the sources we share and engage with on social media.

This is fine advice, but it’s advice Zimdars undermines with her blacklist of nearly all right-of-center media sites, many of which she admits she has not reviewed but still includes on a list of "fake news" sites.

At the bottom of her document Zimdars also features a disclaimer saying “all of the contents in this document reflect the opinion of the author.”

Did you catch that last part? Zimdars admits her list is pretty much based on her opinion

So let's get this straight. Harvard University, arguably the most prestigious academic institution in the United States, is essentially linking to a “fake news” blacklist that is based on one woman’s opinion of journalism, someone who has never worked professionally as a journalist and who seems confused on what precisely fake news is.

Fake News exists. Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed and others have done great work detailing how small operations in Macedonia, Kosovo, Costa Rica,  Germany, and beyond have beat Facebook’s algorithm to spread actual fake news that generates hundreds of millions of clicks (and tens of millions of dollars). Hollywood studios are even getting in on the action, using fake news to promote films.

Someone should gently explain to Zimdars and the folks at Harvard the difference between fake news and media published through a partisan or ideological lens. Their confusion on this point is fueling Americans' troubling tendency to label any news with which we disagree as "fake news."

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Dividend Stocks: “Boring” But Bountiful

I was enduring another dreary drive yesterday on the notoriously congested Washington, DC Beltway when my “fuel empty” indicator started flashing. Did I have enough gas to get home or should I pull over at the first exit and fill up?

Once the empty light comes on, my nine-year-old Volvo sedan can travel about another 30 miles at highway speed before it stops cold dead. I had time to get back to my neighborhood, but it got me to wondering: How much farther can this overvalued bull market run on fumes?

As headwinds accelerate, what’s an investor to do? Consider greater exposure to dividend stocks, which provide the trifecta of safety, income and growth. This class of asset is sort of like my old Volvo: ostensibly “boring” but solid, reliable and beautiful in its own way.

First, let’s look at the market dangers that make dividend stocks compelling right now.

The forward 12-month price-to-earnings ratio for the S&P 500 currently stands at 17.7, a level that exceeds the three most recent historical averages: five-year (15.2), 10-year (14.4), and 15-year (15.2).

The widely followed Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings (CAPE) Ratio sports a reading for the S&P 500 of 31.4, compared to the average of 16.9. The CAPE ratio is defined as price divided by the average of 10 years of earnings (moving average), adjusted for inflation.

CAPE, developed by Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller, provides a more meaningful context than the standard P/E ratio. The current CAPE level was topped only during the 1929 market peak, the 2000 dot-com frenzy, and the 2007 equities and housing bubble.

Today’s high valuations are increasingly held aloft by “animal spirits” rather than empirical data. Meanwhile, according to research firm FactSet, the latest projections for second-quarter corporate earnings are negative, at -1.9%.

Stocks fell yesterday from record highs, dragged lower by earnings misses from blue-chip companies. To date, more than 40% of S&P 500 companies have reported their latest operating results. The analyst consensus calls for a contraction in overall earnings, once the final numbers are in. Export-dependent companies, such as multinational manufacturers, are expected to suffer the worst earnings declines because of the persistent U.S.-China trade war and a sputtering global economy.

News remains mixed on the economic front. The government reported Friday morning that U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter slowed to a 2.1% annual pace, compared to a 3.1% gain in the first quarter (see chart).

The main culprit for the slowing pace of GDP growth was shrinking business investment. Companies are retrenching because of tariffs, flagging global demand (especially from China), and fears of a recession.

However, the GDP report also contained encouraging news on consumer spending and beat expectations of 1.8% growth. Both Alphabet (NSDQ: GOOGL) and Intel (NSDQ: INTC) reported earnings Thursday that topped analyst expectations. As of this writing Friday morning, the three major U.S. stock market indices were trading in the green.

Third-quarter correction?

In this good news/bad news context, evidence is mounting that tough times lie ahead. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) have all warned in recent days of a likely stock market correction in the third quarter, due to disappointing corporate earnings and slowing economic growth.

You don’t have to be an income investor to love dividend-paying stocks. Dividend-payers are time-proven vehicles for long-term wealth building, but they’re also safe harbors in turbulent seas because companies with robust and rising dividends by definition boast the strongest fundamentals.

If a company has the low debt and healthy cash flow required to throw off juicy dividends, it follows that the balance sheet is intrinsically sound enough to sustain the firm through corrections.

When doing your homework on a dividend stock, it’s crucial to examine the payout ratio. The payout ratio reflects how much of a company’s net income is devoted to dividend payments. For example, if the company in a quarter generated earnings per share of $1.00 and paid a dividend of 60 cents per share, the payout ratio would equal 60%.

A low payout ratio can indicate the company is pursuing a long-term growth strategy by using most of its earnings to reinvest in the company. On the other hand, a high payout ratio can indicate management’s desire to share profits with investors.

The beauty of being dull…

The so-called “Dividend Aristocrats” always provide a fertile hunting ground for investors. To earn the honorific Dividend Aristocrat, a company must typically have raised dividends for at least 25 years.

These dividend powerhouses constitute the S&P 500 High Yield Dividend Aristocrat Index, an official index of the 50-plus highest dividend yielding stocks in the S&P Composite 1500. This Aristocrat Index is maintained by Standard & Poor’s, which every December updates the list of companies that make the grade.

By its very nature, a Dividend Aristocrat tends to be a large and stable blue-chip company with a strong balance sheet. Many of these companies are familiar names that produce household brands. These companies may seem dull, but their financial stability helps them weather market ups and downs.

For example, during the crash of 2008, the Dividend Aristocrats Index fell 21.9%, compared to the S&P 500’s plunge of 37%. In 2018, the Dividend Aristocrats (-2.73%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-4.38%) by 1.65% (see chart).

Source: FactSet, Investing Daily

The REIT path…

During the late stage of a recovery, as we’re experiencing, the real estate sector tends to perform well. That makes real estate investment trusts (REITs) good bets now.

In fact, if you’re looking to live off dividends in your retirement, you shouldn’t ignore REITs. By law, REITs must deliver 90% of taxable income back to shareholders.

REITs generally hold their value in a down market because the rents their tenants pay are contractual obligations. Rents also tend to rise with inflation, helping offset its corrosive impact on purchasing power.

When you’re considering REITs, look for those that are consistently growing their funds from operations (FFO), which is how a REIT reports earnings. Because FFO doesn’t include gains or losses on property sales, nor depreciation, the metric gives you an idea of how a REIT is faring on a real cash basis.

My friends who prefer snazzier, newer cars like to tease me about my Volvo. True, it’s not a sexy car, just as dividend-paying stocks aren’t as sexy as the technology “story stocks” that get hyped on CNBC. But like my battle-hardened Volvo, dividend stocks get you where you need to go…safely.

Letters to the Editor

Below are two reader letters, in response to my July 24 story, Sunset in the Energy Patch?

“Your oil piece was spot on. Great insight. After spending 30-plus years in the industry, I realize that most people don’t understand the oil patch. My last 10 years was in fracking; everyone thought we were after oil independence but we were actually just trying to beat the next company, spending every dime we had.” — Jack L.

Jack, as I wrote in my story, the U.S. fracking industry finds itself in a financial vise: it’s deeply indebted, with falling revenue as oil prices slump. Many producers have decided to aggressively drill their way out their dilemma, instead of calibrating their businesses to the supply-and-demand equation. This strategy is doomed to fail.

“I am heavily invested in oil/energy equities and retired. Value has dropped $100,000. Should I just hold my nose and sell what I have or be patient another 5 years?” — Linda W.

Linda, securities law forbids me from offering personalized advice. I also don’t know the specifics of your portfolio. But here’s a general rule of thumb: it’s usually best to ride out the ups and downs of the market, because quality holdings will perform well over the long haul. Never dump your holdings in a panic.

The oil and gas sector has been volatile and a lasting turnaround has remained elusive. However, every portfolio should have exposure to energy. Oil is the world’s most valuable commodity and, despite the inroads of “green” energy, we still live in the Hydrocarbon Age.

Stick to energy companies with solid cash flow, low debt, strong balance sheets, and prolific oil and gas assets. They’re positioned to thrive when energy inevitably bounces back. But until then, brace yourself for more turbulence ahead.

Questions or comments? Drop me a line: mailbag@investingdaily.com

John Persinos is the managing editor of Investing Daily.


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China has made an announcement on Thursday that it will reduce tariffs on hundreds of US goods to half. The US goods are worth around $75 billion. The existing tariffs of 10 percent and 5 percent on different US goods will now be 5 percent and 2.5 percent respectively. This was made public by the statement from China’s Ministry of Finance.

The move was made  in order to “advance the healthy and stable development of China-U.S. trade.” The move was also made after the  US decided to halve the tariffs on $120 billion worth of Chinese goods in January. The tariffs will be reduced from 15 percent to 7.5 percent on February 14.

However, the next tariff adjustment will depend on how the trade relation evolves between the US and China in the coming days. China has expressed that it is looking forward to eliminating all tariff increases through mutual understanding.

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Tampa, FL – BHCOE Accreditation has recognized Invo Behavior and Therapy Services, with a 2-Year Accreditation, acknowledging the organization as a behavioral service provider dedicated to continuous improvement in applied behavior analysis. BHCOE Accreditation recognizes behavioral health providers that excel in the areas of clinical quality, staff qualifications and consumer satisfaction and promote systems that enhance these areas. These areas are measured with a wide-ranging audit, including interviews with agency clinical leadership, in-depth on-site observation, a detailed staff qualification review, an anonymous staff satisfaction survey, and an anonymous consumer satisfaction survey.

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