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Exciting news from BMW!
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Leica Camera Maker Teams Up With Valbray Timepieces For 100th Anniversary Watch
Valbray, a
Swiss watch maker, has been producing a very interesting timepiece for
several years now, and for 2014 has released a limited edition "EL1
Chronograph" model in collaboration with the famed German high-end
camera maker Leica. The core concept of Valbray is to have in iris-style
shutter on the dial that the wearer and open and close at will, by
twisting the bezel. What does this do? It offers people who own Valbray
watches the opportunity to fundamentally change the look of their watch
dial. Valbray watches can go from having a totally open dial, exposing
the chronograph mechanisms on the lower face, or the shutter can
completely close, offering a more minimalistic look–and everything in
between.
Read more here.
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What Is The Future Of Fabric? These Smart Textiles Will Blow Your Mind
I
recently had the pleasure of meeting with Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, an
adjunct associate professor at Pratt Institute as well as an author and
researcher on smart textiles and wearable technologies. With a
background in active sportswear design working as Design Director at
Fila USA, Champion, and Nike’s Starter Division, she really understands
the meaning of function and how clothing is meant to work with our
bodies, not just sit on top of them. When we think of clothing, we
usually just think of it as something we wear to provide coverage,
convey our sense of style and protect us from the environmental
elements. But, the future of clothing as we know it is about to change
in a big way, and smart textiles are paving the way for this change. My
chat with Rebeccah gave me some amazing insight into this industry, and
what’s about to come.
So,
what exactly are smart textiles? Smart textiles are fabrics that have
been developed with new technologies that provide added value to the
wearer. Rebeccah states that "what makes smart fabrics revolutionary is
that they have the ability to do many things that traditional fabrics
cannot, including communicate, transform, conduct energy and even grow."
Read more here.
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The New Luxury: The Discreet R144,000.00 Backpack
Here’s
an example of how the world of luxury has changed since labels and
logos were the ne plus ultra of luxury: Rather than buying brand-name
bags or recognizable $20,000 Birkins, the ultra wealthy are choosing to
have one-off items made entirely by hand via artisans who work in small
studios or even at home, and who sign their handiwork discreetly, if
they sign it at all.
To
wit: Joel Storella worked as a style consultant at Hermès for seven
years before he left the company in 2010 to start his own business
making five- and six-figure leather cases, bags and trunks, and
servicing a cadre of clients that would make any Barneys sales manager
salivate.
He says it’s the best decision he ever made.
Read more here.
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Blanket immunity to murderers
Mugabe says there will be no prosecution for people who killed white farmers in Zimbabwe’s “fast track land reform programme.”
On a few days away, heading south from the capital, the view from the
window is a Zimbabwe that is hot and dry and golden brown. Rivers that
were churning and thundering, overflowing their banks and breaking
bridges just three or four months ago are again dry, littered with rocks
and boulders and filled with deep yellow sand. The grass everywhere is
very tall and completely dry, brittle and golden. Every day we hold our
breath waiting for the inevitable fires that will this year have
enormous amounts of fuel to feed their flames. Out in the hot and
scratchy bush the dust is thick, red and choking; the deciduous trees
are losing their leaves fast and if you are lucky you may see a
magnificent Zimbabwe Aloe (Aloe Excelsa) in full flower, towering higher
than many of the trees, a beacon of red in a golden landscape.
Read more here.
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The most important healthcare company on the planet
How the digital revolution is changing medicine.
When
thinking of giants in the world’s healthcare sector, names like Johnson
& Johnson, UnitedHealth or Pfizer may come to mind. However,
speaking at the Growth, Innovation and Leadership summit in Cape Town
last week, Frost & Sullivan partner Dorman Followwill said that none
of these traditional names is the most important healthcare company in
the world today.
“It’s
Google,” he said. “These days the minute that symptoms present
themselves you open your laptop. Google understands that they are now
the first step on the therapy path.”
Read more here.
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Bad news for the stock market: The Hindenburg Omen is back
Strategist alarmed by frequency of technical pattern in recent days.
The dreaded Hindenburg Omen is back.
Named
for the German airship that met its demise in a fiery crash 80 years
ago, the appearance of this technical pattern sometimes portends a
stock-market crash.
Even
as the S&P 500 SPX, -0.18% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA, -0.35% rose Wednesday, there were more stocks hitting 52-week lows
than 52-week highs on the New York Stock Exchange — something the
market hasn’t seen since July 2015, according to Jason Goepfert,
president of Sundial Capital Research,
And this divergence has triggered a Hindenburg Omen on the S&P 500 for five out of the last six sessions.
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Washington's Mounting Woes Push S&P to Biggest Loss in Three Months
NEW
YORK — U.S. stocks sold off on Thursday, with the S&P 500 recording
its biggest daily percentage drop in three months as escalating worries
about the Trump administration's ability to push through its economic
agenda rattled investors.
The
benchmark index also closed at its lowest since July 11, with the day's
move marking the first time since the Nov. 8 election of two days with
more than 1 percent declines so close together. The index dropped 1.4
percent last Thursday, as concern over a possible conflict between the
United States and North Korea hit the market.
Read more here.
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Is South Africa heading for a debt crisis?
The
mounting financial burden South Africa is facing cannot be dismissed as
unworthy of serious consideration, nor reduced to a simple solution,
such as printing more money.
South
Africa is facing a few financial hurdles, not least the mounting
foreign debt and the financial demands placed on government by
state-owned entities (SOEs). The painfully slow release of March
financial results for SOEs is keeping us in suspense. However, the
financial status of those that have been released show a horrifying
picture of complete reliance on government guarantees and bailouts in
order to stay in business. If these are not brought under control, South
Africa could be dragged to the edge of a financial cliff.
Read more here.
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Destroying company relationships
SWELLENDAM
– If economic theory holds true, you could have a good business selling
Johannesburg Big Mac hamburgers in New York. For the latest Economist
Big Mac Index shows that New Yorkers pay about twice as much than
Joburgers, and that’s a healthy margin by any standards.
Of
course, even the most ill-informed will protest that it is much more
complex than that. It may not be the best example, but it is some
reflection of how often theories, abstracts and aggregates lose touch
with underlying complexities, when a macro-assumption not only does not
fit a micro situation but its imposition as an absolute can cause more
harm than good. The best examples we have are the dominant drivers of
economic policy such as gross domestic product and the consumer price
index.
Read more here.
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Emira soldiers on with recovery plans
The real estate company bets its turnaround on reducing exposure to offices and ongoing property developments.
Mid-cap
Emira Property Fund is still shaking off market jitters over its
exposure to older B-grade office properties, if the sizeable discount at
which its stock is trading is anything to go by.
The
company, with a market cap of R7.5 billion, has ramped up its efforts
over the last six years to reduce its exposure to the struggling office
sector by selling underperforming properties and revamping older
buildings.
Emira
has made headway in transforming its property portfolio, with the
number of office properties reducing from 73 in 2011 to 52 in 2017.
Market
watchers are bearish towards JSE real estate stocks that are heavily
exposed to the office sector, which is vulnerable to lower tenant
demand, higher vacancies and faltering rental growth during low-economic
growth cycles.
Read more here.
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A New World Of Luxury In Nicaragua: Mukul Resort
When
Nicaraguan businessman Carlos Pellas, one of the richest people in
Central America, set out to open Nicaragua’s first true super-luxury
resort, he looked north. Convinced that Mexico offers some of the best
hospitality in the world, he hired managers, a very talented chef and
even palaperos from that country to build the first soaring palapa at
a resort in the country. The result is a high-end hotel that more than
holds its own against anything in that far more established travel
destination. Or anywhere in the world, for that matter.
Read more here.
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Chef Ferran Adria's Exotic Coffee Creations
Spanish chef
Ferran Adria, the culinary mastermind behind the now-closed elBulli
restaurant in Roses, Spain, (which was ranked a record five times as the
Best Restaurant in the World) admits he grew bored “conceiving dishes."
It’s why he decided to close elBulli, and start fresh. “I like to take
risks and challenge myself. I used to think I knew everything before,
but now, today, I am back at zero.”
Read more here.
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Jazzercise Is Back—and It Might Just Kick Your Ass
Here, how the
original boutique fitness class has evolved over the decades from leg
warmers and jazz hands to Pitbull and planks.
Laura
Kitzi is a fierce CrossFitter who has mastered handstand push-ups and
ring muscle-ups. She can bang out a 1-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200
push-ups, 300 squats, and another 1-mile run in less than 45 minutes.
She's also a Jazzercise instructor.
Yes,
you read that right. Jazzercise, the workout that was all the rage in
the '80s, is still around. Not only that, it's reinvented itself as a
hardcore dance- and strength-based routine that purports to rival the
trendiest boutique fitness classes in terms of intensity, calorie burn,
and sweat equity.
Read more here.
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House for Sale in Glenvista
Executive home – perfect location!
Executive
home with magnificent views over Glenvista Country Club and Golf Course.
Look no further – this is an entertainers dream home. You are welcomed
into the double volume entrance hall and your eyes are immediately drawn
to the open plan lounge area and views that lay beyond. Large sliding
doors open onto the patio overlooking the sparkling pool and green golf
course as the backdrop to this picture perfect home.
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Mercedes-AMG GT R
From R 2 689 900.00
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Facebook is working on futuristic smart glasses — here are new details
Facebook
is hard at work on the technical breakthroughs needed to ship
futuristic smart glasses that can let you see virtual objects in the
real world.
A
patent application for a "waveguide display with two-dimensional
scanner" was published on Thursday by three members from the advanced
research division of Facebook's virtual-reality subsidiary, Oculus.
The
display "may augment views of a physical, real-world environment with
computer-generated elements" and "may be included in an eye-wear
comprising a frame and a display assembly that presents media to a
user’s eyes," according to the filing.
Read more here.
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This 25-year-old made a fortune in bitcoin — now he travels the world partying and plotting the future of money
Jeremy
Gardner was returning from a safari in South Africa — where he flew out
to attend AfrikaBurn, a regional Burning Man festival — when he came
into cell service. He checked Twitter, where he follows other bitcoin
watchers, to see how his investments were doing.
Read more here.
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Mercedes-Maybach just unveiled a concept car to rival Tesla
On Friday, Mercedes-Maybach unveiled its new Vision 6 Cabriolet concept at the 2017 Monterey Car Week in Monterey, California.
The
stunning drop top is the ultimate embodiment of the Mercedes' Sensual
Purity design philosophy. The concept melds classic automotive design
element with a sleek futuristic aesthetic.
Read more here.
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Apple's $5 billion 'Spaceship' campus looks nearly finished a month before the next iPhone launches
Apple is widely expected to launch a new iPhone next month. It's supposed to be a stunner.
Where
will Apple CEO Tim Cook hold up the latest iPhone for the first time in
public? It could be at a big space in San Francisco, like last year's
iPhone event.
Or
it could be at the underground, 1,000-seat Steve Jobs Theatre on
Apple's new $5 billion Apple Park campus, which looks nearly ready for
its close-up in the latest video from drone videographer Matthew
Roberts.
Read more here.
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