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DHL announces its partnership with Marketplace Africa

Independent online (SA) 17 Jul 2018

CAPE TOWN - DHL partnership with e-commerce giant MallforAfrica’s online platform, Marketplace Africa, guarantees that growth of Africa’s entrepreneurs is set to be boosted as African-made goods will be exposed to global markets ... Amazing talents ... Before the partnership, African crafts people have been isolated from global customers, because of the distance, fear of not receiving overseas payments and complex shipping requirements....

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Hemp, Inc. Expertise and Product Offering Featured in The Business Journal's Coverage of Emerging Hemp Marketplace

Omaha World-Herald 17 Jul 2018

SPRING HOPE, NC, July 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK ... Senate’s 2018 Farm Bill and what it could mean for the future of the U.S. industrial hemp industry ... The Business Journal covers Fresno, Madera, Tulare and Kings Counties in California ... Hemp, Inc ... Hemp, Inc ... “Processing locally is the key to this industry, since trying to ship hemp biomass over long distances tend to flatten out and ruin the buds and hemp plant ... ....

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Did you know it now costs more to ship packages to the troops? This N.J. ...

NJ dot com 16 Jul 2018

Rep ... Postal Service to impose a flat rate for shipping to overseas military installations ... "Because of rate hikes, some nonprofits will see a drastic increase in postage costs that will severely limit the number of packages they can afford to ship ... The policy doubled the shipping costs for nonprofits like Operation Yellow Ribbon, which now must pay to send their packages a longer distance before they can be transported to the troops ... ....

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Sirius signs materials handling agreement and lease with Redcar Bulk Terminal

World Fertilizer 16 Jul 2018

This provides Sirius with maximum shipping flexibility and opportunities for berth optimisation for the long-term.Product storage facilities ... Locating the storage facilities adjacent to both port locations provides Sirius with a more efficient loading circuit by significantly reducing the distance from the warehouse (previously planning to be located at the materials handling facility at Wilton) to the ship loader....

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Joint Strike Missile scores direct hit in latest flight test from F-16

Market Watch 16 Jul 2018

LONDON, July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Norway's Ministry of Defense successfully test fired a Joint Strike Missile from an F-16 Fighting Falcon, demonstrating the weapon's ability to change course to avoid hitting a decoy target, and fly at low, radar-evading altitudes ... JSM is a long-distance, anti-ship missile designed to take on high-value, heavily defended land targets ... Navy's over-the-horizon weapon system acquired by the Navy....

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Mysty-eyed at the prospect of an iconic game being rebooted, 25 years later

Live Mint 16 Jul 2018

What I loved about ‘Myst’ was the aesthetics of the island, the minimalism, the unique design. The setting was surreal. I was on an island like no other. There were no sandy beaches; only sheer cliffs and rocks along the endless coast. All I could hear was the sound of breaking waves and the flutter of birds beyond some pine trees. In the distance, I could see a lighthouse and the mast of a sunken ship ... The graphics simply blew my mind....

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Review: ‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ is a poignant portrait of a comic giant ...

The Los Angeles Times 16 Jul 2018

Television Entertainment Review. ‘Robin Williams. Come Inside My Mind’ is a poignant portrait of a comic giant and his vulnerability. The late Robin Williams is the subject of Marina Zenovich's rich and affectionate documentary, "Robin Williams ... Advertisement ... It will reinforce, not remake, his public image as a private sort of public person; a sensitive, sometimes insecure soul strapped to a rocket ship mind, a long-distance sprinter....

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Witnessing event of a lifetime: Orangeburg travelers get view of volcano in Hawaii

The Times & Democrat 15 Jul 2018

The next day they boarded the Norwegian Cruise ship the Pride of America ... Prior to sailing, they received news that due to the current volcanic situation, the ship would not be porting on the Big Island ... Following breakfast on the ship’s deck Tuesday morning, while in Hilo on the Big Island, we noticed a gray cloud in the distance ... Both the ship and the helicopter kept a safe distance from the volcano....

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Clean Energy Is Vital, But Still Not Enough

Truth Dig 15 Jul 2018

One new study outlines the problems for people who want to provide the cement for tomorrow’s cities, the steel for new structures, and the long-distance transport of heavy goods ... US scientists report in the journal Science that they looked at the “tough nuts” yet to be cracked; air travel, long-distance freight traffic by truck or ship, and the making of steel and cement....

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Why Is Ice Cream So Expensive? Here's What The Artisanal Kind Requires.

Yahoo Daily News 14 Jul 2018

More ... What gives? ... ingredients, processes and distribution ... (Sidney Bensimon). More ... More ... The brick-and-mortar method of selling ice cream by the scoop and the occasional pint comes with a set of inefficiencies and added costs (rent, employees to scoop ice cream, etc.) that are not present in the retail model, though shipping ice cream across long distances and managing large-scale distribution comes with its own costs and complications ... ....

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3 major firms team up for drone-delivered shopping project

Asahi News 13 Jul 2018

aim to ease the burden of shipping goods on the transportation industry through the project. Under the plan, goods will be moved off the roads and flown along power grids by drones, cutting distances, journey times and costs. “If drones can deliver packages, shipping costs will be reduced,” said Koji Ando, managing executive officer of Rakuten....

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Bitterroot Valley: 50 mile garage sale; the smokeless smokestack and a few historical factoids

Blaine County Journal 11 Jul 2018

Bitterroot Valley . 50 mile garage sale; the smokeless smokestack and a few historical factoids. July 11, 2018 ... Reporters note ... Travelers' Rest near Lolo ... The 50 Mile Garage Sale ... I'd buy and ship items back to Montana along the way. I saw several long distance yard/garage sales and thought we could do something like that in the Bitterroot Valley." ... A short distance from US 93, heading in to Stevensville on MT 269, is Fort Owen ... Riverside ... ....

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Mountain States Oilseeds has big impact on S. Idaho

Capital Press 10 Jul 2018

“That helps the Idaho ag grower. We have growers now in their second generation with us ... “They probably buy 80 to 90 percent of all oilseeds grown out of this area and have given growers a market for a crop they otherwise would have to ship long, long distances to grow,” said Rockland-area farmer Cory Cress, an Idaho Oilseed Commission member representing southern Idaho on the three-member panel ... and Europe ... U.S ... .......

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